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IDROTTSPARKEN Address:  Norrköping, Sweden Opened:  1904 AKA: Nya Parken (2009-date) Capacity:  20,000  (1958) Main Tenants:  IK Slipner, IF Sylvia, IFK Norrköping Surface: Grass (1904-2008);   Artificial ( 2009-date ) Venue Type:  Neutral Played 1 Won 0 Drew 0 Lost 0 Win Ratio 0% Result Ratio 0% 1 209 19/06/1958 France WCF L 0-4

MALMO STADION Address:  Malmo, Sweden Opened:  1958 Capacity:  30,000  (1958) Main Tenants:  IFK Malmo Venue Type:  Neutral Played 2 Won 1 Drew 1 Lost 0 Win Ratio 50% Result Ratio 67% 1 2 207 208 15/06/1958 17/06/1958 West Germany Czechoslovakia WCF WCF D W 2-2 2-1* * After extra-time

Northern Ireland have played at the World Cup Finals on three occasions, 1958 , 1982 and 1986 . These teams have achieved the stuff of legend - Northern Ireland are the smallest European country to qualify for the tournament finals and the smallest country in the world to make it beyond the first round stage. In Sweden 58 they drew with reigning champions West Germany and in Spain 82 defeated the hosts in a must-win game, each time coming within one game of the semi-finals. At Mexico 86 an aging Northern Ireland team held their own in a group containing the brilliant Brazilians. In World Cup Finals matches Northern Ireland have used a total of 38 players, the 24 below have appeared in three or more games. Of course this list excludes the names of some of Northern Ireland's greatest ever players; men such as Peter Doherty, George Best and David Healy who never had the opportunity to appear on the world's biggest stage and make their marks on the i...

World Cup Finals Northern Ireland 2 - 2 West Germany Match Programme/Ticket: Match Highlights:

- 203 - FIFA World Cup Qualifier NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) 2-1 ITALY (ITA) ** Northern Ireland qualify for Sweden 1958 ** Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast 63 years ago today (15th January 1958) Northern Ireland played Italy with a place at the 1958 World Cup Finals up for... Posted by Northern Ireland Football Museum on  Friday, 15 January 2021

Name: Robert Rea Born: 28 November 1934, Belfast Died: 5 April 2005, Toronto (Canada) Height: 5.09 ft Weight: 11.00 st Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 ‘B’ Cap (1957) , 4 Amateur Caps (1956-1957) , Junior, Youth, 2 Schoolboy Caps (1949) ; Irish League: 13 Caps (1956-1959) ; Intermediate League Representative. Club Honours: (with Glenavon) Irish League Champion 1956/57, 1959/60 ; Irish Cup Winner 1956/57, 1958/59 ; Gold Cup Winner 1956/57 ; Ulster Cup Winner 1958/59 ; City Cup Winner 1955/56, 1960/61 ; (with Glentoran) Gold Cup Winner 1962/63 . Awards: Ulster Footballer of the Year 1963 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Europe Others Banbridge Town - - - (Mid-Ulster League) Glenavon 53/54-61/62 1953 Amateur * 219/0 * 3/0 * Glentora...

Name: Robin Trainor Born: 25 April 1934, Castledawson (tbc) Died: 2021/2022 (tbc) Position: Outside-Right Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 5 Amateur Caps / 3 Goals (1958-1959) , Junior; Irish league: 2 Caps (1957-1958) . Club Honours: (with Coleraine) Gold Cup Winner 1958/59 . Club Career: Teams ...... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- League FA Cup FL Cup Other Ballyclare Comrades  Coleraine ..  56/7-58/9  .. -56 .Amat Doncaster R. 57/8 ........... Trial Corby Town . 59/0 ................. 35/2 (Southern League) Glentoran .. 60/1  ............ £500 .............. .../2 .../1 Derry City ..............  -61 Limavady Utd 63/4-64/5  ..  -63 Garvinstown Chimney Corner Biography: Capped as an outside-left at Junior international level during the 1956/57 season, Bobby Trainor achieved rapid elevation to senior football. He established himself at outside-right for Coleraine during the following season and in November 1957 he represented the Irish League ...

Name: Thomas J. Hamill Born: 4 March 1929, Ligoniel, Belfast Died: 28 March 1996 Height: 5.11 ft Weight: 12.00 st Position: Centre-Half Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 B Cap (1957) ; Irish League: 14 Caps (1953-1958) . Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion  49/50, 53/54, 54/55, 55/56, 58/59, 60/61 ; Irish Cup Winner 1949/50, 1952/53, 1959/60 Runner-Up 1957/58 ; Co. Antrim Shield winner 1948/49,   1952/53, 1954/55, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1960/61 ; City Cup Winner  49/50, 51/52, 57/58, 58/59 ; Gold Cup Winner  49/50, 50/51, 55/56, 57/58, 59/60 ; Ulster Cup Winner  55/56, 56/57, 59/60 ; George Wilson Cup 1961/62 (with Linfield Swifts) Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Europe Other Queen's Island Woodworkers - - - - - - Linfield 47/48-61/62 -49 - - - 2/0 - TOTALS - £- - ...