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328: 25 May 1979

327 v Scotland - 328 - 329 v Denmark
British Home Nations Championship
Friday, 25th May 1979. KO 19:00.
NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) 1-1 WALES (WAL) (H/T 1-0)


Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: B.J. Homewood (ENG)
Goalscorers: NIR: Spence 1; WAL: James 63

NORTHERN IRELAND: (green shirts, white shorts, green socks)
Manager: Danny Blanchflower (Game 21. Won 5, Drew 5, Lost 11)
Captain: Allan Hunter
Players
Team
Gls
Sub
Cap
1
JENNINGS P.A.
Arsenal


79
2
RICE P.J.
Arsenal


47
3
NELSON S.
Arsenal


39
4
NICHOLL C.J.
Southampton


22
5
HUNTER Allan
Ipswich Town


50
6
NICHOLL J.M.
Manchester United


22
7
McCREERY D.
Manchester United

>45
22
8
McILROY S.B.
Manchester United


37
9
ARMSTRONG G.J.
Tottenham Hotspur


16
10
SPENCE D.W.
Blackpool
1

22
11
HAMILTON B.
Swindon Town


47
Substitutes
10s
SLOAN T.
Manchester United

45>
2

WALES:
Manager: 
Captain: Flynn
Davies (Wrexham); Stevenson (Leeds), Jones (Wrexham), Mahoney (Middlesbrough), Dwyer (Cardiff), Phillips (Swansea), Yorath (Swansea), Flynn (Leeds), James (Swansea), Toshack (Swansea), Curtis (Leeds) [sub: Nicholas (Crystal Palace) 77]


Gerry Armstrong, Allan Hunter, Derek Spence, Chris Nicholl, Pat Jennings, David McCreery
Jimmy Nicholl, Sammy McIlroy, Bryan Hamilton, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson
Match Programme:

Notes:
  • Northern Ireland's goal was scored by Derek Spence after 56 seconds.

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