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694 vs Bulgaria -  695 - 696 vs Luxembourg UEFA Nations League C 15th November 2024. KO 19:45 GMT NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) 2-0 BELARUS (BLR) (H/T 0-0) Venue: The N,ational Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 18,044 Referee: Luis Godinho (POR) Goals: NIR: Ballard, D. Charles (pen) Northern Ireland: (green - white - white) Manager: Michael O'Neill Captain: Shea Charles [1 match: 1 win] NIR:  Pierce Charles; Conor Bradley, Brodie Spencer, Trai Hume, Daniel Ballard, Ciaron Brown, Brodie Spencer, Alistair McCann, Dion Charles, Shea Charles, Isaac Price. Substitutes: (used) George Saville, Josh Magennis, Jamie Reid, Ruairi McConville, Brad Lyons; (unused) Bailey Peacock-Farrell (GK), Luke Southwood (GK), Kofi Balmer, Ethan Galbraith, Callum Marshall, Jordan Thompson, Lee Bonis. Belarus: (all maroon) Head Coach:  Carlos Alós (ESP) Captain:  Aleksandr Martynovich  Belarus: Fedor Lapoukhov, Vadim Pigas, Kirill Pechenin, Pavel Zabelin, Aleksandr Martynovich, Serg...

Name: Justin Devenney Born: 11 October 2003, Scotland Height: 5.08 ft / 1.77 m Weight: 11.09 st / 74 kg Position: Midfielder Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21. Club Honours: (with Airdrie) Scottish League One Play-Off Winner 2022/23. Club Career: Teams.... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- League Kilmarnock ...............  Youth 0(0)/0 Broomhill. 21/2 ...........   Loan (Lowland League) Airdrie .. 21/2 ....   Feb-22   Loan Airdrie .. 22/3 ....   Jun-22 Cr. Palace 23/4-date   Aug-23 Biography: Scottish-born midfielder, eligible for Northern Ireland through his mother, Justin Devenney played under Tommy Wright at Kilmarnock. Devenney joined Crystal Palace's Under-21 development team after impressing for Airdrie as they gained promotion from the Scottish League One. He was quickly included in Tommy Wright's Northern Ireland Under-21 team. He made his Premier League debut, starting as Palace lost 2-0 to Fulham in November 2024. He was quickly elevated to...

Name: Albert S. Nixon Born: - Died: 6 November 2024, Belfast Height: Weight: Position: Right-Back Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Amateur Caps (1962-1964) , Youth (1958) . Club Honours: (with Ballyclare) Irish League B Division Winner 1960/61 ; Intermediate Cup Winner; Steel & Sons Cup Winner; George Wilson Cup Winner 1960/61 . Club Career: Teams ......... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- Ballyclare Com. ............ -59 Glenavon .......................   Amat. Ballyclare Com.  Linfield Biography: Bertie Nixon came to prominence with the all-conquering Ballyclare Comrades side of 1960/61, claiming all the available intermediate honours and reached the Irish Cup semi-final. He moved on to Glenavon where he added Amateur caps to his collection, appearing in a famous win over England. In the 1970s he coached Linfield Swifts, even taking the opportunity to take the field during a player shortage. His father Tommy had been a champion bowler, and with his football days behi...

Name: Rauri McConville Born: 1 May 2005,   Belfast Height: 6.04 ft /  1.93 m Weight: Position: Central Defender Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19. Club Career: Seasons0 -Seasons- Signed -Fee- League Linfield  ................   Youth 0(0)/0 Brighton 22/3-date   Jul-21 Youth  Biography: Rauri McConville signed for Brighton in 2021. Initially with the Under-18 set-up, he was elevated to the Under-21s the following year.  McConville was called-up to the senior Northern Ireland squad in November 2024 and made his debut as a late substitute against Belarus. Northern Ireland Cap Details: 15-11-2024 Belarus H W 2-0 ENL sub Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details: 21-11-2023 England A L 0-3 

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) 5-0 BULGARIA (BUL) (H/T 3-0) Venue: The National Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 17,891 Referee:  Jérôme Brisard (FRA) Assistant referees:  Alexis Auger (FRA), Nicolas Danos (FRA) Video Assistant Referee:  Eric Wattellier (FRA) Assistant Video Assistant Referee:  Bastien Dechepy (FRA) Fourth official: Mathieu Vernice FRA Goals: NIR   Price (15, 29, 81), Mitov (32 og), Magennis (89); BUL - NORTHERN IRELAND: (green - green - white) Manager: Michael O'Neill Captain: Conor Bradley [2] (3-5-2) P. Charles; T. Hume, P. McNair, E. Toal _ 41 [C. Brown 45 ]; C. Bradley, S. Charles [J. Magennis 85 ], A. McCann, B. Spencer, I. Price  _ 25  [B. Lyons  85 ]; C. Marshall [P. Smyth 74 ], D. Charles [J. Reid 74 ] Unused subs: L. Southwood (gk), C. Pym (gk), J. Lewis, G. Saville, L. Bonis, J. Thompson,...

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 Pa...

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 Py...

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 ...