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25 January 1971

(Olympic Trial)
IRISH F.A. XI 3-3 BRITISH OLYMPIC XI (H/T 1-2)


Referee: John Adair (Belfast)
Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
Goals: (IFA) Dickson 2, Mullan (pen); (British Olympic) Delaney, Pritchard, Gray

I.F.A. XI:
Roy McDonald (Distillery) --
Alan Fraser (Linfield)
William McKeag (Glentoran) --
Anthony O’Doherty (Coleraine)
David Jackson (Coleraine)
Roy Coyle (Glentoran) --
Shaun Dunlop (Coleraine)
Bryan Hamilton (Linfield)
Des Dickson (Coleraine)
Brendan Mullan (Coleraine)
...[sub: Eric Bowyer (Linfield)]
Eric Magee (Linfield)
Captain:

British Olympic XI:
I Wolstenholme (Slough Town) --
P Fuschillo (Wycombe Wanderers)
J Delaney (Wycombe Wanderers) --
E Powell (Wycombe Wanderers)
D Gamblin (Leatherhead)
J Payne (Enfield)
...[sub: A Phillips (Tooting & Mitcham)] --
L Pritchard (Wycombe Wanderers)
R Haider (Hendon)
...[sub: R Day (Slough Town)]
P Clements (Skelmersdale United)
K Gray (Enfield)
P Hardcastle (Skelmersdale United)
Captain:

By George Glass

Notes: Alternative sources list the referee as H. Wilson (Belfast) and the British Olympic team's goalscorers as Pritchard (2) and Gray.

Comments

Anonymous said…
The date was 25th January 1971.
jcd said…
Thanks, available stats for this game do appear to be all over the place. 25 January does seem the much more likely date though!