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Monday, September 24, 2007

Northen Ireland kits World Cup 1982, Spain



Northen Ireland 1982 FIFA World Cup squads
1 GK Pat Jennings, 2 DF Jimmy Nicholl, 3 DF Mal Donaghy, 4 MD David McCreery, 5 DF Chris Nicholl, 6 DF John O'Neill, 7 FW Noel Brotherston, 8 MD Martin O'Neill, 9 FW Gerry Armstrong, 10 MD Sammy McIlroy, 11 FW Billy Hamilton, 12 DF John McClelland, 13 DF Samuel Nelson, 14 MD Thomas Cassidy, 15 MD Thomas Finney, 16 FW Norman Whiteside 17 GK Jim Platt, 18 FW John Jameson, 19 MD Patrick Healy, 20 MD James Cleary, 21 FW Robert Campbell, 22 GK George Dunlop, Coach: Billy Bingham


Northern Ireland also qualified for the 1982 World Cup, again reaching the quarter-finals after topping the first stage group, having beaten Spain, the hosts 1-0. In 1982, Norman Whiteside became the youngest ever player in the World Cup finals, a record that still stands.
Northen Ireland 1982 FIFA World Cup matchfacts :
First phase (Group E), top of the group draw with Yugoslavia 0-0, draw with Honduras 0-0 and made through second-round after beat Spain 1-0, the most memorable match fot Green Army team.
Second phase (Group 4) draw with Austria 2-2 and defeated by France 4-1

3 comments:

Hakim Amir said...

waaa this is during Norman Whiteside debut !! what a world cup for him back then!

cheers
hakim

Martian said...

Brilliant shirt. Any idea where i can get them in Malaysia?

Unknown said...

do you know what font was used for the numbers? thx