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Northern Ireland's World Cup of Kits 2022 - Semi Finals

- Group Stages:  A - B  -  C - D  -  E - F  -  G - H  -  I - J  -  K - L  -  M - N  -  O - P Second Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final / 3rd Place Match 1 Group F Winner 1977 Home (Adidas) Group A Winner 1986 Away (Adidas) The first match in the NIFG World Cup of Kits has reached the semi-final stage. The first last-four match sees two jerseys with World Cup pedigree facing off. https://t.co/4JT8yTmCxn — NIFG (@jcdnifg) December 11, 2022 Match 2 Group I Winner 1990 Home (Umbro) Group J Winner 1983 Home (Adidas) Semi-final number 2 in the NIFG World Cup of Kits. The early-90s eyebrow raiser vs the mid-80s success-bringer https://t.co/4JT8yTmCxn — NIFG (@jcdnifg) December 12, 2022

Northern Ireland's World Cup of Kits 2022 - Quarter Finals

- Group Stages:  A - B  -  C - D  -  E - F  -  G - H  -  I - J  -  K - L  -  M - N  -  O - P Second Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final / 3rd Place Match 1 Group H Winner 2016 Home (Adidas) Group F Winner 1977 Home (Adidas) The NIFG World Cup of Kits 2022 has reached the quarter-final stage. In Match 1 the 1982 World Cup kit faces the Euro 2016 kit - a clash of the titans! https://t.co/2uReX7RgQa — NIFG (@jcdnifg) December 5, 2022 Match 2 Group A Winner 1986 Away (Adidas) Group N Winner 1992 Home (Umbro) NIFG World Cup of Kits Quarter-Finals, match 2. The kit we wore twice at Mexico 86 up against an Umbro classic that reflected the retro-craze of the early-90s. https://t.co/2uReX7RgQa — NIFG (@jcdnifg) December 6, 2022 Match 3 Group I Winner 1990 Home (Umbro) Group O Winner 2004 Home (Umbro) The third quarter-final in the NIFG World C...

Bobby McAuley

Name: Robert McAuley Born: Height: Weight: Position: Left-Half  Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap.  Club Honours: (with Portadown) Carlsberg Cup Winner 1972/73 ; Texaco Cup Winner 1973/74 . ... Club Career:  Teams ......... -Seasons- Signed --Fee-- League Cup Europe Cliftonville .. ................   Amateur  Portadown ..... .........   Jun-72 .................. 1(1)/0 Drogheda United   Biography: A member of the Northern Ireland squad that claimed the 1972 British Amateur Championship. In 1978 he scored the winning penalty for Drogheda United in a Tyler Cup tie against ex-club, Cliftonville. He was one of a healthy Belfast-based contingent then with the Drogs, which also included Martin Donnelly , Brendan Tully and Gerry Brammeld. McAuley was from a footballing family. His father, Bobby Senior, was part of the Dundela team that won the Irish Cup in 1955 and also played for Belfast Celtic, Crusaders and Bray Wanderers. His brot...

Northern Ireland's World Cup of Kits 2022 - Second Round

- Group Stages:  A - B  -  C - D  -  E - F  -  G - H  -  I - J  -  K - L  -  M - N  -  O - P Second Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final / 3rd Place Visit the Group pages to see how each kit progressed, and to get a bit of history on each one. Match 1 - Euro 2016, Bucharest to Nice Group P Winner 2014 Home (Adidas) Group H Winner 2016 Home (Adidas) Two 2nd Round match-ups today in the NIFG World Cup of kits. Match 1 sees the kit we qualified for Euro 2016 face the kit we wore in France! https://t.co/o4szazEAY8 Follow the links to the individual groups for more details on each kit. — NIFG (@jcdnifg) November 29, 2022 Match 2 Group M Winner 1996 Home (Asics) Group F Winner 1977 Home (Adidas) Match 2 in the Second Round of the NIFG World Cup of Kits 2022. A 90s classic against the Espana 82 kit. https://t.co/o4szazEAY8 — NIFG (@jcdnifg) November 29, 2022 Match 3 - Original...

Northern Ireland's World Cup of Kits 2022 - Group O & P

- Group Stages:  A - B  -  C - D  -  E - F  -  G - H  -  I - J  -  K - L  -  M - N  -  O - P Second Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final / 3rd Place Through November and December 2022, to coincide with the FIFA World Cup, NIFG will be running polls to definitively select Northern Ireland’s greatest ever kits. Starting with a daily group stage, the best kit from each group will proceed to the knock-out rounds, with the final two facing off and the ultimate winner to be crowned on the day of the World Cup Final. Kits are being judged in their default format, with minor variations ignored. Voters can use whatever criteria they wish to identify their greatest - whether that is style, a favoured match, or a childhood memory. [unless otherwise stated, stats are based on senior men’s matches and are based on “best guesses”*] To vote, please visit and follow on Twitter. Group polls will be open for two days, wi...