571: 27 May 2011

570 vs Republic of Ireland - 571 - 572 vs Faroe Islands

Friday, 27 May 2011. KO 19:45 BST

Carling Nations Cup 2011

NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) 0 - 2 WALES (WAL) (H/T 0-1)

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 529

Referee: Alan Kelly (IRL)

Goalscorers: WAL: Ramsey (36), Earnshaw (69)

Northern Ireland: 4-5-1 (white shirts, green shorts, white socks)

Manager: Nigel Worthington (Game 36. Won 8, Drew 10, Lost 18)

Captain: Gareth McAuley (Game 3. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 2)

Tuffey; Hodson, Coates, McAuley, Cathcart [sub: Dallas (63)], Carson, Norwood, Garrett [sub: Winchester (76)], Gorman, McGinn [sub: Owens (80)], Feeney [sub: Boyce (73)].

Unused subs: Blayney; McQuoid.

Wales: 4-5-1 (all red)

Manager: Gary Speed

Captain: Aaron Ramsey

Hennessey [sub: Price (74)]; Gunter [sub: Matthews (72)], Gabbidon, Collins, Taylor, Ramsey [sub: Dorman (90)], Collison [sub: Tudor Jones (62)], Vaughan, Cotterill, Bellamy [sub: Earnshaw (63)], Morison [sub: Voles (80)].

Unused subs: Morgan, King, Easter, Eardley, Myhill.

Bookings: Tudor Jones (67)

Pre-Match:

Northern Ireland Squad:

Jonathan Tuffey (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), Alan Blayney (Linfield), Lee Hodson (Watford), Adam Thompson (Watford), Gareth McAuley (Ipswich Town), Ryan McGivern* (Manchester City), Colin Coates (Crusaders), Craig Cathcart (Blackpool), Carl Winchester** (Oldham Athletic), Niall McGinn (Celtic), Sammy Clingan (Coventry City), Oliver Norwood (Manchester United), John Gorman (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Josh Carson (Ipswich Town), Steven Davis* (Rangers), Robert Garrett (Linfield), Stuart Dallas (Crusaders),Warren Feeney (Oldham Athletic), Josh McQuoid (Millwall), Liam Boyce (Werder Bremen), Jordan Owens (Crusaders)
* withdrawn due to injury; ** late call-up

Wales Squad: (BBC)
Wayne Hennessey (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Boaz Myhill (West Bromwich Albion), Lewis Price (Crystal Palace); Darcy Blake (Cardiff City), Danny Collins (Stoke City), Adam Matthews (Cardiff City), Neal Eardley (Blackpool), Danny Gabbidon (West Ham United), Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest), Lewin Nyatanga (Bristol City), Craig Morgan (Preston North End), Neil Taylor (Swansea City); Jack Collison (West Ham United), David Cotterill (Swansea City), Andy King (Leicester City), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal, capt), David Vaughan (Blackpool), Andy Dorman (Crystal Palace), Owain Tudur Jones (Norwich City); Jermaine Easter (Crystal Palace), Craig Bellamy (Manchester City, on loan Cardiff City), Rob Earnshaw (Nottingham Forest), Freddie Eastwood (Coventry City), Steve Morison (Millwall), Sam Vokes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Match Reports:

TeamTalk

SkySports

SkySports (minute-by-minute)

BBC

Match Programme:

Match Highlights:

Notes:

• Northern Ireland claim the "wooden spoon" in the inaugural Celtic Nations Cup, losing all three games without scoring and conceding 10 goals.
• This was the first time that three Crusaders players appeared in an international match.
• This was Wales' first win under the management of Gary Speed.
• The attendance in a stadium that holds 51,700 was a meagre 529. Both Wales and Northern Ireland fans had decided to boycott the tournament.

570: 24 May 2011

569 vs Slovenia - 570 - 571 vs Wales

Tuesday, 24th May 2011. KO 19:45 BST

Carling Nations Cup 2011

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (IRL) 5 - 0 NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) (H/T 3-0)

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 15,092
Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO)

Goalscorers: IRL: Ward (24), Keane (36, 54 pen), Cathcart OG (45), Cox (80)

NORTHERN IRELAND: 4-4-2 (white shirts, green shorts, white socks)
Manager: Nigel Worthington (Game 35. Won 8, Drew 10, Lost 17)

Captain: Gareth McAuley (Game 2. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 1)
Blayney; Thompson █(53), Hodson, Cathcart, McAuley, Clingan, Davis [sub: Garrett (77)], Carson [sub: McGinn (72)], Gorman [sub: Coates (56)], Feeney [sub: Boyce (72)], McQuoid [sub: Norwood (46)]

subs: Tuffey; Coates, Winchester, Garrett, McGinn, Norwood, Boyce, Owens, Dallas

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: (green shirts, white shorts, white and green socks)

Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni (ITA)

Captain: Robbie Keane

Given [sub: Forde (72)]; Delaney, Foley [sub: Hunt (60)], McShane, Kelly, Coleman [sub: Lawrence (56)], Andrews, Treacy, Keane [sub: Keogh (63)], Ward, Cox.

subs: Forde; Randolph, St Ledger, O'Dea, Hunt, Lawrence, Keogh

Pre-Match

Northern Ireland Squad: (IrishFA)
Jonathan Tuffey (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), Alan Blayney (Linfield), Lee Hodson (Watford), Adam Thompson (Watford), Gareth McAuley (Ipswich Town), Ryan McGivern* (Manchester City), Colin Coates (Crusaders), Craig Cathcart (Blackpool), Carl Winchester** (Oldham Athletic), Niall McGinn (Celtic), Sammy Clingan (Coventry City), Oliver Norwood (Manchester United), John Gorman (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Josh Carson (Ipswich Town), Steven Davis (Rangers), Robert Garrett (Linfield), Stuart Dallas (Crusaders), Warren Feeney (Oldham Athletic), Josh McQuoid (Millwall), Liam Boyce (Werder Bremen), Jordan Owens (Crusaders)
* withdrawn due to injury; ** late call-up


Republic of Ireland Squad: (BBC)
Given (Man City), Westwood (Coventry), Forde (Millwall); Dunne (Aston Villa), O'Shea (Man Utd), O'Dea (Ipswich), St Ledger (Preston), Foley (Wolves), Delaney (Ipswich), Clark (Aston Villa), Coleman (Everton), Kilbane (Huddersfield), Kelly (Fulham), McShane (Hull); McCarthy (Wigan), Whelan (Stoke), Wilson (Stoke), Gibson (Man Utd), Andrews (Blackburn), McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Fahey (Birmingham), Lawrence (Portsmouth), Treacy (Preston), Hunt (Wolves), Ward (Wolves); Keogh (Wolves), Stokes (Celtic) Folan (Colorado Rapids), Walters (Stoke), Keane (West Ham), Doyle (Wolves), Long (Reading), Duff (Fulham).

IrishFA Preview

Match Report:

BBC

TeamTalk

SkySports

IrishFA

Match Programme:

Notes:

• The majority of Northern Ireland fans will be boycotting this match for reasons including player "poaching" by the FAI, travel restrictions to and from the match and exhorbitant costs. #boycottthenationscup
• Among a weakened squad Jordan Owens, Josh Carson and Stuart Dallas have been awarded their first call-ups.
  
• This was Northern Ireland's worst defeat since losing 5-0 to Spain in 2002.
• At 17 years and 355 days Josh Carson became the 12th youngest ever Northern Ireland international, and only the 13th débutant under the age of 18.
• Adam Thompson's sending-off was the 19th for a Northern Ireland international.

567: 9 February 2011

566 vs Morocco - 567 - 568 vs Serbia

9 February 2011 - 19:45 GMT

Carling Nations Cup 2011

NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) 0 - 3 SCOTLAND (SCO) (H-T 0-2)

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Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 12,041 or 18,742

Referee: Tomas Connolly (ROI)

Referee's Assistants: Damien McGrath (ROI), Marc Douglas (ROI)

Goals: SCO: Miller (19), McArthur (32), Commons (51)

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Northern Ireland: (green shirts, navy shorts, green socks)

Manager: Nigel Worthington (Game 32. Won 7, Drew 9, Lost 16)

Captain: Stephen Craigan (Game 5. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 4)

Players		Club	Gls	Sub	Cap
1	TUFFEY J.	Inverness CT			7
2	McARDLE R.	Aberdeen		46>	4
3	BAIRD C.	Fulham			49
4	McAULEY G.	Ipswich Town			26
5	CRAIGAN S.	Motherwell		66>	53
6	EVANS C.	Manchester United			9
7	McCOURT P.	Celtic			5
8	DAVIS S.	Rangers		58>	45
9	PATTERSON R.	Plymouth Argyle			5
10	McCANN G.	Peterborough United		46>	32
11	McGINN N.	Celtic		72>	11
Substitutes:
s2	HODSON L.	Watford		>46	2
s5	THOMPSON A.	Watford		>66	1
s8	NORWOOD O.	Manchester United		>58	2
s10	HEALY D.J. █	Rangers		>46	85
s11	BOYCE L.	Werder Bremen		>72	1
Unused: BLAYNEY A. (Linfield)

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Scotland: (navy shirts, white shorts, red socks)

McGregor, Hutton, Steven Caldwell, Berra, Bardsley (Mark Wilson 57 █), Morrison (Maguire 79), Adam (Bannan 57), Commons (Conway 72), McArthur, Naismith (Snodgrass 58), Miller (Danny Wilson 90). Subs Not Used: Bell, Hanley, Gary Caldwell.
Manager: Craig Levein

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Pre-Match

Northern Ireland Squad:

BBC/BBC/IrishFA

Goalkeepers - Taylor (Birmingham), Tuffey (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), Blayney (Linfield)
Defenders - J Evans (Manchester United), Craigan (Motherwell), Cathcart (Blackpool), McAuley (Ipswich), Hughes (Fulham), Baird (Fulham), McCartney (Sunderland - on loan at Leeds), McArdle* (Aberdeen), Thompson* (Watford), Hodson* (Watford)
Midfielders - McCann (Peterborough United), Brunt (West Brom), Gorman (Wolves), C Evans (Manchester United - on loan at Hull), Davis (Rangers), McGinn (Celtic), Clingan (Coventry), McCourt (Celtic), Norwood* (Manchester United)
Forwards - Healy (Rangers), Feeney (Oldham), Lafferty (Rangers), R Patterson (Plymouth), Boyce (Werder Bremen)
* Late additions. Players struck out withdrew from squad.

Scotland Squad:
BBC
Goalkeepers - Bell (Kilmarnock) Gordon (Sunderland) McGregor (Rangers)
Defenders - Bardsley (Sunderland) Berra (Wolves) Caldwell (Wigan Athletic) Hanley (Blackburn Rovers) Hutton (Tottenham Hotspur) Danny Wilson (Liverpool) Mark Wilson (Celtic)
Midfielders - Adam (Blackpool) Bannan (Aston Villa) Brown (Celtic) Commons (Celtic) Dorrans (West Brom) Fletcher (Manchester United) McCulloch (Rangers) Morrison (West Brom)
Forwards - Maguire (Aberdeen) Miller (Bursaspor) Naismith (Rangers) Snodgrass (Leeds United)

Match Programme/Ticket:

Match Reports:BBC

Match Pictures:
Belfast Telegraph

Chris Baird, Rory McArdle, Gareth McAuley, Rory Patterson, Steven Davis
Corey Evans, Pat McCourt, Jonathan Tuffey, Stephen Craigan, Niall McGinn, Grant McCann

Match Highlights:

Credits/Sources:
The GAWA
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