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The 1974 World Cup qualification series was fairly disastrous for Northern Ireland. Not only were they forced to play all their home matches away from Belfast due to "the Troubles", they also suffered the embarrassment of losing to Cyprus.
European Qualifying Group 6
Rank
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
1
|
Bulgaria
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
13
|
3
|
10
|
10
|
2
|
Portugal
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
3
|
N. Ireland
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
-1
|
5
|
4
|
Cyprus
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
14
|
-13
|
2
|
Results
Bul
|
Cyp
|
NIr
|
Por
|
|
Bul
|
2-0
|
3-0
|
2-1
|
|
Cyp
|
0-4
|
1-0
|
0-1
|
|
NIr
|
0-0
|
3-0
|
1-1
|
|
Por
|
2-2
|
4-0
|
1-1
|
Northern Ireland Line-Ups
 |
| Sammy Morgan, Dave Clements, Roy Coyle, Allan Hunter, Liam Coyle, Martin O'Neill, Willie McFaul, Bertie Lutton, Pat Rice, Terry Neill (player-manager) Jim Platt, Tommy Jackson, Bryan Hamilton, Dave Craig, Tommy Cassidy, Sammy McIlroy, Trevor Anderson |
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