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Opposition Index

England's Opponents:
 Northern Ireland
 

Northern Ireland

Ireland Football Association
 Founded 18 November 1880 as Ireland
Northern Ireland from 1954

 
P 37 W 27 D 7 L 3 F 84: A 27
82% successful
1954-2005

Green & White Army
Country name Northern Ireland
 Tuaisceart Éireann
Home venue Windsor Park, Belfast
Home strip Green shirts and white shorts
Notes See also Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Ireland's National Football Teams
'It was not until June 1954 that FIFA ordered the IFA to name their international team Northern Ireland and select only players born within Northern Ireland.' - George Glass, leading Belfast statistician.
 
 
England's Record Against Northern Ireland
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 19 14 3 2 46 12 +34 2 11 2.421 0.632 81.6 +12
Away 18 13 4 1 38 15 +23 3 8 2.111 0.833 83.3 +12
All 37 27 7 3 84 27 +57 5 19 2.27 0.73 82.4 +24

 

England's Record Against Northern Ireland by Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 4 2 1 1 5 1 +4 2 3 1.25 0.25 62.5 +1
ECP 6 6 0 0 18 1 +17 0 5 3.00 0.167 100.0 +6
British Championship 29 21 6 2 65 25 +40 3 13 2.241 0.862 82.8 +19

Note that the 1966-67 records of the Eurpean Championship Preliminaries and British Championships are duplicated, and is therefore deducted from the grand total.
All 37 27 7 3 84 27 +57 5 19 2.27 0.73 82.4 +24

 

England's Results Against Northern Ireland
 
291 2 October 1954 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 2 [0-0]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (59,000)		 Haynes, Revie BC AW
300 2 November 1955 -
England 3 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (58,000)		 Wilshaw (2), Finney HW
307 6 October 1956 -
Northern Ireland 1 England 1 [1-1]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (58,420)		 McIlroy
 Matthews		 AD
316 6 November 1957 -
 England 2 Northern Ireland 3 [0-1]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (40,000)		 A'Court, Edwards
 Hopkinson OG, McCrory, Simpson		 HL
326 4 October 1958 -
Northern Ireland 3 England 3 [1-1]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (58,000)		 Cush, Peacock, Casey
 R.Charlton (2), Finney		 AD
337 28 October 1959 -
England 2 Northern Ireland 1 [1-0]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (60,000)		 Baker, Parry
 Bingham		 HW
342 8 October 1960 -
Northern Ireland 2 England 5 [1-2]
Windsor Park, Belfast (60,000)		 McAdams (2)
R.Smith, Greaves (2), Douglas, R.Charlton		 AW
354 22 November 1961 -
England 1 Northern Ireland 1 [1-0]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (30,000)		 R.Charlton
McIlroy		 BC HD
364 20 October 1962 -
Northern Ireland 1 England 3 [0-1]
Windsor Park, Belfast (39,000)		 Barr
Greaves, O'Grady (2)		 AW
374 20 November 1963 -
England 8 Northern Ireland 3 [4-1]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (55,000)		 Paine (3), Greaves (4), R.Smith
J.Crossan, S.Wilson (2)		 HW
383 3 October 1964 -
Northern Ireland 3 England 4 [0-4]
Windsor Park, Belfast (58,000/60,000)		 S.Wilson, McLaughlin (2)
Pickering, Greaves (3)		 AW
394 10 November 1965 -
England 2 Northern Ireland 1 [1-1]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (70,000)		 Baker, Peacock
Irvine		 HW
410 22 October 1966 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 2 [0-1]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (47,897)		 Hunt, Peters BC/
ECP		 AW
Barry Ferguson
417 22 November 1967 -
England 2 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (83,969)		 Hurst, R.Charlton HW
430 3 May 1969 -
Northern Ireland 1 England 3 [0-1]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (23,000)		 McMordie
Peters, Lee, Hurst (pen)		 BC AW
441 21 April 1970 -
England 3 Northern Ireland 1 [1-0]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (100,000)		 Peters, Hurst, R.Charlton
Best		 HW
453 15 May 1971 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 1 [0-0]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (33,000)		 Clarke BC AW
462 23 May 1972 -
England 0 Northern Ireland 1 [0-1]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (64,000)		 Neill HL
468 12 May 1973 -
Northern Ireland 1 England 2 [1-1]
 Goodison Park, Liverpool (29,865)		 Clements (pen)
 Chivers (2)		 AW
480 15 May 1974 -
England 1 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (45,500/48,500)		 Weller HW
491 17 May 1975 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 0 [0-0]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (36,500)		   AD
499 11 May 1976 -
England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [2-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (48,000)		 G.Francis, Channon (2 (1 pen)), Pearson HW
509 28 May 1977 -
Northern Ireland 1 England 2 [1-1]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (35,000)		 McGrath
 Channon, Tueart		 AW
521 16 May 1978 -
England 1 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (50,000)		 Neal HW
527 7 February 1979 -
England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (91,224)		 Keegan, Latchford (2), Watson ECP HW
528 19 May 1979 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 2 [0-2]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (35,000)		 Watson, Coppell BC AW
535 17 October 1979 -
Northern Ireland 1 England 5 [0-2]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (17,755/25,000)		 Moreland (pen)
T.Francis (2), Woodcock (2), J.Nicholl OG		 ECP AW
541 20 May 1980 -
England 1 Northern Ireland 1 [0-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (33,676)		 Brotherston OG
Cochrane		 BC HD
559 23 February 1982 -
England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (54,900)		 Robson, Keegan, Wilkins, Hoddle HW
577 28 May 1983 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 0 [0-0]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (22,000 to <30,000)		   AD
586 4 April 1984 -
England 1 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (24,000)		 Woodcock HW
596 27 February 1985 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 1 [0-0]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (28,500)		 Hateley WCP AW
607 13 November 1985 -
England 0 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (70,500)		   HD
620 15 October 1986 -
England 3 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (35,304)		 Lineker (2), Waddle ECP HW
623 1 April 1987 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 2 [0-2]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (20,578)		 Robson, Waddle AW
825 26 March 2005 -
England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0]
 Old Trafford, Manchester (65,239)		 J.Cole, Owen, Baird OG, Lampard WCP HW
831 7 September 2005 -
Northern Ireland 1 England 0 [0-0]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (14,069)		 Healy AL

 
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