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Name: Pierce Joseph Charles Born: 21 July 2005, Manchester (ENG) Height: 6.01 ft / 1.81 m Weight: 11.02 st / 71 kg Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19, Under-17. Club Career: Teams ..... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- League Man. City .................. Youth 0(0)/0 Sheff. Wed. 23/4-date Aug-21  Biography: Younger brother of Shea Charles, the siblings were also on the books of Manchester City's Academy together. In August 2021 Pierce joined Sheffield Wednesday and he was quickly training with the firstteam. In January 2024 he made his debut in an FA Cup tie against Coventry. Although still back-up in the league, he was installed as his clubs' "cup 'keeper" for 2024/25. Charles followed his brother through the Northern Ireland youth teams before earning a first senior call-up in May 2024. That summer he was number one for the Under-19 team as Northern Ireland hosted the European Championships. Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Det

693 vs Belarus - 694  - 695 vs --- Tuesday 15th October 2024. KO: 19:45 (BST) 2024-25 UEFA Nations League - Group C3 NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) - BULGARIA (BUL) Venue: The National Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: Referee:  Assistant referees:  Fourth official:  NORTHERN IRELAND: Manager: Michael O'Neill BULGARIA: Head Coach: Ilian Iliev Pre-Match: Northern Ireland Squad ( BBC ) Goalkeepers: Bailey Peacock-Farrell # (Birmingham City), Luke Southwood (Bolton Wanderers), Pierce Charles (Sheffield Wednesday), Christy Pym* (Mansfield Town) Defenders: Paddy McNair (West Bromwich Albion, on loan from San Diego FC), Jamal Lewis (Sao Paulo, on loan from Newcastle United), Daniel Ballard # (Sunderland), Ciaron Brown (Oxford United), Trai Hume (Sunderland), Brodie Spencer (Huddersfield Town), Eoin Toal (Bolton Wanderers), Kofi Balmer* (Motherwell) Midfielders: George Saville (Millwall), Jordan Thompson (Stoke City), Alistair McCann (Preston North End), Conor Bradley (Liverpool), She

692 vs Bulgaria - 693  - 694 vs Bulgaria 12th October 2024. KO: 20:45 (local) / 19:45 (BST 2024-25 UEFA Nations League - Group C3 BELARUS (BLR) 0-0 NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) (H/T 0-0) Venue: ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg (HUN) Attendance: (behind closed doors) Referee:  Henrik Nalbandyan (ARM) Assistant referees:  Mesrop Ghazaryan (ARM), Artur Gdlyan (ARM) Fourth official:  Yura Mahtesyan (ARM) NORTHERN IRELAND: (all white) Manager: Michael O'Neill Captain: Conor Bradley (3-5-2) P. Charles; T. Hume, P. McNair, E. Toal _ ; C. Bradley, I. Price, S. Charles, G. Saville, J. Lewis; J. Reid, C. Marshall BELARUS: (all garnet red) Head Coach: Carlos Alos (ESP) Captain: Sergei Politevich Pre-Match: Northern Ireland Squad ( BBC ) Goalkeepers: Bailey Peacock-Farrell # (Birmingham City), Luke Southwood (Bolton Wanderers), Pierce Charles (Sheffield Wednesday), Christy Pym* (Mansfield Town) Defenders: Paddy McNair (West Bromwich Albion, on loan from San Diego FC), Jamal Lewis (Sao Paulo, on loan from Ne

Name: Christy James Pym Born: 24 April 1995, Exeter (England) Height: 6.00 ft / 1.83 m Weight: 11.09 st  / 73.9 kg Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours:  England: 3 Under-20 Caps (2014) . Club Honours:  (with Peterborough)  EFL League One Runner-Up 2020/21  (promoted); (with Mansfield)  EFL League Two third place 2023/24 (promoted). Awards:  Exeter City Player of the Year 2017/18 ; Exeter City Supporters' Player of the Year 2017/18 . Club Career: Teams ...... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other Exeter City. 13/4-18/9 Apr-13 Youth 151(0)/0 5(0)/0 5(0)/0 5(0)/0 Peterborough 19/0-22/3 Jul-19 .Free .82(0)/0 6(0)/0 2(0)/0 4(0)/0 Stevenage .. 21/2 .... Jan-22 .Loan .23(0)/0  Mandfield T. 22/3 .... Jul-22 .Loan .42(0)/0 2(0)/0 1(0)/0 Mansfield T. 23/4-date Jul-23 Undis Biography: In October 2024, ahead of a UEFA Nations League double-header against Belarus and Bulgaria, Michael O'Neill found himself short on goalkeepers. Christy Pym's late call-up came out o

The UEFA Nations League was announced in 2014 and commenced in 2018. It provided guaranteed matches on what had previously been friendly matches along with a centralised TV contract to ensure equitable financial distribution across all European football associations.  Divided into four divisions ("Leagues") initially based on FIFA rankings, each league was then divided into four groups with each team playing each other home and away with promotion and relegation based on final group rankings. Overall tournament rankings then provided a backdoor for entry into the play-offs for "major" tournaments, the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championships, for teams that had not qualified through the traditional qualifying groups. At the time of the tournament's initial seeding in December 2017, Northern Ireland were the 21st ranked team in Europe which placed them in League B. Northern Ireland's Record Season Rank Div Rank

- Northern Ireland Matches in Manchester Away Venue P  4 -  W 0 -  D  0 -  L 4 -  F  2 - A  24 Win% 0% - Pts% 0% 005. Manchester Football Ground Address: Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, Stretford Tenants: Manchester RFC Capacity: 6,000+ (1885) Surface: Grass Status: Demolished. Now residential (adjacent to army drill hall/field hospital) Co-Ordinates:  53.4569, -2.2648 Links: England Football Online 1896 2024 049. Old Trafford Address: Sir Matt Busby Way, Trafford, Stretford Tenants: Manchester United FC (1910-date) Capacity: 80,000 (1909) ,   56,385 (1985) ,   74,310 (2019) Surface: Grass Major Events: 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1996 UEFA European Championships, 1915 FA Cup Final, 2003 UEFA Champions League Final; Rugby League World Cup Finals; Rugby League Premiership/Super League Finals 1987-date. Status: In use Co-Ordinates: 53.4631, -2.2913 Links: ManUtd.com 1930 1966 2005 (Jonny Blair) 051. Maine Road   Address: M