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Tuesday, 23 February 1982
 Home International Championship 1981-82 (87th) Match

England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Northern Ireland Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 54,900; Kick-off: 7.45pm BST

England - Bryan Robson (1 0:47), Kevin Keegan (49), Ray Wilkins (85), Glenn Hoddle (86)
 
Results 1980-1985

? kicked-off. ? minutes (? & ?).
 

Match Summary

Officials from Wales

England

Type

Northern Ireland
Referee (-) - Gwyn P. Owen
x (-).

Linesmen - H.W. King and E.G. Morgan.

Reserve Linesman - N. Butler, London.

Teams presented to The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Harewood, LL.D., F.A. Hon-vice President

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  Possession  

England Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking;
EFO ranking
ELO rating 12th to 8th		 Colours: The 1980 Admiral home uniform - White v-necked jerseys with royal blue/red shoulder panels, royal blue shorts with red side stripe and white seam, white socks with red/blue tops.
Capt: Kevin Keegan, 29th captaincy Manager: Ronald Greenwood, 60 (11 November 1921), appointed as caretaker 17 August 1977, permanent on 17 December 1977,
45th match, W 26 - D 9 - L 10 - F 78 - A 37.
England Lineup
1 Clemence, Raymond N. 33 5 August 1948 GK Tottenham Hotspur FC 58 50ᵍᵃ
2 Anderson, Vivian A. 25 29 July 1956 RB Nottingham Forest FC 9 0
BME most apps
3 Sansom, Kenneth G. 23 26 September 1958 LB Arsenal FC 19 0
4 Wilkins, Raymond C. 25 14 September 1956 M Manchester United FC 43 3
5 Watson, David V. 35 5 October 1946 CHB Stoke City FC 64 4
954 6 Foster, Stephen B. 24 24 September 1957 CD Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1 0
7 Keegan, J. Kevin 31 14 February 1951 OR Southampton FC 60 21
8 Robson, Bryan 25 11 January 1957 M Manchester United FC 15 2
9 Francis, Trevor J., injured off 65th min. 27 19 April 1954 AM Manchester City FC 24 5
10 Hoddle, Glenn 24 27 October 1957 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 9 4
11 Morley, W. Anthony, off 77th min. 27 26 August 1954 OR Aston Villa FC 2 0
England Substitutes
three   Regis, Cyrille G., on 65th min. for Francis 24
14 days		 9 February 1958
 in Maripasoula, French Guiana		 CF West Bromwich Albion FC 1 0
955
  Woodcock, Anthony S., on 77th min. for Morley 26 6 December 1955 F 1. FC Köln eV, Germany 20 16 6
4

unused substitutes:

 -

substitute notes:

 Cyrille Regis is the 75th different England player to be used as a substitute, the nineteenth to mark his debut as a substitute, however, the first BME player to mark his debut as a substitute.
 
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Averages:

 Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Northern Ireland Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking;
EFO ranking
ELO rating 24th to 25th		 Colours: Made by Adidas - Green v-necked collared jerseys with white Adidas trim/collars/cuffs, white shorts with green Adidas trim, green socks with white Adidas trim.
Capt: Martin O'Neill Manager: William Laurence Bingham, 50 (5 August 1931), second spell re-appointed in March 1980 (also manager October 1967-May 1971),
this spell - sixteenth match, W 7 - D 5 - L 4 - F 14 - A 13.
overall, 36th match, W 15 - D 8 - L 13 - F 38 - A 35.
Northern Ireland Lineup
1 Jennings, Patrick A. 36 12 June 1945 G Arsenal FC, England 90 114ᵍᵃ
most apps 1964-82
2 Nicholl, James M. 25 28 December 1956
 in Hamilton, Canada		 RB Sunderland AFC, England, on loan from Manchester United FC, England 41 1
3 Nelson, Samuel 32 1 April 1949 LB Brighton & Hove Albion FC, England 48 1
4 Nicholl, Christopher J. 36 12 October 1945
 in Wilmslow, England		 RHB Southampton FC, England 39 3
5 O'Neill, John P. 23 11 March 1958 CHB Leicester City FC, England 15 1
6 Donaghy, Malachy M. 24 13 September 1957 LHB Luton Town AFC, England 9 0
7 Brotherston, Noel, off 65th min. 25 18 November 1956 OR Blackburn Rovers FC, England 11 3
8 O'Neill, Martin H.M., off 77th min. 29 1 March 1952 IR Norwich City FC, England 42 5
9 Hamilton, William R. 24 9 May 1957 CF Burnley FC, England 15 2
10 Armstrong, Gerald J. 27 23 May 1954 IL Watford FC, England 35 7
11 McIlroy, Samuel B. 27 2 August 1954 OL Stoke City FC, England 53 3
Northern Ireland Substitutes
  Cochrane, Terence G., on 65th min. for Brotherston 29 23 January 1953 OL Middlesbrough FC, England 23 1
  McCreery, David, on 77th min. for O'Neill 24 16 September 1957 M Tulsa Roughnecks, USA 38 0

unused substitutes:

 -

team notes:

 Pat Jennings extends his tally as Northern Ireland's record appearance holder.
Manager Billy Bingham played for Northern Ireland against England on thirteen separate occasions from 1951 until 1963, scoring one in 1959. He also managed the country against England 1967-1971.
 
 
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Averages:

 Age 28.0 Appearances/Goals 36.2 2.4

 
    Match Report by Mike Payne

 
    Match Report by Norman Giller

Goalkeeper Pat Jennings was picking the ball out of the Irish net after only forty four seconds of his ninetieth international following a typical burst from Bryan Robson. England were experimenting with a sweeper system, Ray Wilkins playing behind the back line of the defence, and there was a lack of rhythm in their play after their dream start. It was not until the second-half that they proved their supremacy with goals from Kevin Keegan, Wilkins and Glenn Hoddle. Cyrille Regis replaced the limping Trevor Francis in the sixty-sixth minute for his first experience of international football and was only inches wide with a diving header. Brighton defender Steve Foster won the first of his three England caps in an England defence that settled comfortably to the sweeper trial.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
 Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Norman Giller, Football Author
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CG