Tag Archives: NorthernIreland

I got the intended first round of posts done in record time, so a bonus entry with one about Brazil Northern Ireland: Pictured above is the Norn Ireland team celebrating after they, at home, beat Spain 3-2. But despite David Healy’s heroics after he scored a hat-trick in that game, they still failed to qualify for the 2008 European Finals. Which as you will remember was won by…Spain. Additional note: Which I think should be err… noted… here was the aforementioned Healy who became the leading goalscorer in the competition when he score 13 of NI’s 15 goals including the…

I mentioned previously about Wales in the 1958 World Cup Finals, well Northern Ireland were there too. They too reached the Quarter Finals but were knocked out by France with a 4-0 drubbing. A member of that ’58 Northern Ireland team included Billy Bingham – who went on to manage the team and take them to the finals in 1982. Did you see who was in that team back then ? They had some decent names: Pat JENNINGS, Jimmy NICHOLL, Mal DONAGHY, David MC CREERY, Chris NICHOLL, Martin O NEILL, Gerry ARMSTRONG, Sam MC ILROY, Billy HAMILTON, John MC CLELLAND,…