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209: 19 June 1958

208 vs Czechoslavakia - 209 - 210 vs England
1958 FIFA World Cup Finals - Quarter-Final
Thursday, 19th June 1958. KO: 19:00 (local)
NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) 0 - 4 FRANCE (FRA)

Venue: Idrottsparken, Norrköping (SWE)
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (SPA)
Linesmen: 
Goals: NIR: - ; FRA: Wisnieski (44), Fontaine (55, 63), Piantoni (68)

NORTHERN IRELAND: (green - white - green)
Manager: Peter Doherty
Captain: Danny Blanchflower
Line-Up:
Harry Gregg (Manchester United)
5 Dick Keith (Newcastle United)
3 Alf McMichael (Newcastle United)
Danny Blanchflower (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 Willie Cunningham (Leicester City)
13 Tommy Casey (Newcastle United)
7 Billy Bingham (Sunderland)
8 Wilbur Cush (Leeds United)
14 Jackie Scott (Grimsby Town)
10 Jimmy McIlroy (Burnley)
11 Peter McParland (Peter McParland)

FRANCE: (blue - white - red)
Coach: Albert Batteux
Captain: Rober Jonquet
Line-Up:
Claude Abbes (AS Saint-Etienne)
Raymond Kaelbel (AS Monaco FC)
13 Armand Penverne (Stade de Reims)
10 Robert Jonquet (Stade de Reims)
André Lerond (Olympique Lyonnais)
12 Jean-Jacques Marcel (Olympique de Marseille)
18 Raymond Kopa (Kopaszewski) (Real Madrid CF)
22 Marian Wisniewski (RC Lens)
17 Just Fontaine (Stade de Reims)
20 Roger Piantoni (Stade de Reims)
21 Jean Vincent (Stade de Reims)

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Posted by Northern Ireland Football Museum on Friday, 19 June 2020

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