NIFG

FIFA World Cup  -  1930  -  1934  -  1938  -  1950   -  1954  - 1958 ( Finals ) - 1962 - 1966 - -  1970   -  1974  -  1978  - 1982 ( Finals ) - 1986 ( Finals ) -  1990  -  1994   -  1998  - -  2002  -  2006  -  2010  -  2014  -  2018  -  2022  - With England hosting the 1966 World Cup Finals this was as close to a "home" World Cup as Northern Ireland are ever likely to get. Sadly, their qualification campaign fell agonisingly short as they could only draw with the unfancied Albanians in the final match. European Qualifying Group 5 # Team Pl W D L GF GA GD P ts 1 Switzerland 6 4 1 1 7 3 4 9 2 N. Ireland 6 3 2 1 9 5 4 8 3 Netherland...

FIFA World Cup  -  1930  -  1934  -  1938  -  1950   -  1954  - 1958 ( Finals ) - 1962 - 1966 - -  1970   -  1974  -  1978  - 1982 ( Finals ) - 1986 ( Finals ) -  1990  -  1994   -  1998  - -  2002  -  2006  -  2010  -  2014  -  2018  -  2022  - Paired with West Germany and Greece as they sought to qualify for a second World Cup finals, Northern Ireland put up an honourable, but ultimately fruitless, fight. European Qualifying Group 3 Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 West Germany 4 4 0 0 11 5 6 8 2 N. Ireland 4 1 0 3 7 8 -1 2 3 Greece 4 1 0 3 3 8 -5 2 Results GRE NI...

FIFA World Cup  -  1930  -  1934  -  1938  -  1950   - 1954 - 1958 ( Finals ) - 1962 - 1966 - -  1970   -  1974  -  1978  - 1982 ( Finals ) - 1986 ( Finals ) -  1990  -  1994   -  1998  - -  2002  -  2006  -  2010  -  2014  -  2018  -  2022  - The 1954 World Cup was the second entered by the Home Nations . Qualifying took the same format as for the 1950 finals, with the 1953/54 British Championship series doubling up as World Cup qualifiers. The top two were the same, England and Scotland, and this time both would take up their places. Although they recorded just one win in their three matches, Northern Ireland's results were showing a marked improvement. Gone were the hammerings of old, to be replaced by "plucky" defeats, and indeed a win over Wales. Also, names that would enter footballing folklore in the later...