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No, it’s not fake news, it’s not all a dream, the Northern Ireland international football team were once in the World Cup Final! It was a tournament known as the Little World Cup or the Mini-World Cup and it took place in April 1963…it does seem a bit of an odd moniker though as when… Continue reading That Time Northern Ireland🔴🤚☘️Were In The World Cup Final🏆⚽️

Northern Ireland🔴🤚☘️Footballers⚽️At Brazilian Clubs “We’re not Brazil, we’re Northern Ireland” – Stewart McAfee (and the GAWA). In this series, we look at Northern Irish footballers playing outside the UK and Ireland, in countries like Hong Kong, South Korea, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Greece etc. This post looks at 5 times World Cup winners Brazil.… Continue reading Northern Ireland🔴🤚☘️Footballers⚽️At Brazilian🇧🇷Clubs

In this series, we look at Northern Irish footballers playing outside the UK and Ireland, in countries like Hong Kong, South Korea, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Greece etc. This post looks at 3 times World Cup winners West Germany and 1 time winner Germany. Sure Northern Ireland might have played Germany and West Germany… Continue reading Northern Ireland🔴🤚☘️Footballers⚽️At German🇩🇪Clubs

In this series, we look at Northern Irish footballers playing outside the UK and Ireland, in countries like Hong Kong, South Korea, Spain, Germany, France, Brazil, Greece etc. This post looks at 4 times World Cup winners Italy. It would appear that only three Northern Ireland footballers have played for Italian clubs down the years.… Continue reading Northern Ireland🔴🤚☘️Footballers⚽️At Italian🇮🇹Clubs

In this series, we look at Northern Irish footballers playing outside the UK and Ireland, in countries like Hong Kong, South Korea, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Greece etc. This post looks at 4 times Euro winners and 1 time World Cup winners Spain. Well we might have bate the Spaniards away a few times… Continue reading Northern Ireland🔴🤚☘️Footballers⚽️At Spanish🇪🇸Clubs

While we all know that George Best was Northern Ireland’s first Ballon D’Or winner, let’s not forget about all the other Northern Irish nominees down the years.💚🔴🤚☘️⚽️🏆🥅 Danny Blanchflower was top twenty thrice in the 1950s and 1960s. Pat Jennings braced that trophy in the 1970s. He was 23rd in 1973 and 27th in 1975,… Continue reading Northern Ireland’s Ballon D’Or Nominees💚🔴🤚☘️⚽️🏆🥅

There are actually not as many footballers as you think who played for both Northern Irelandand England. Of course, there are many footballers born in England who have represented Northern Ireland down the years – mostly due to their parents or grandparents being from Northern Ireland. Supreme examples of this are Iain Dowie, Chris Nicholl,… Continue reading Footballers Who Played For Northern Ireland🧤☘️💚🤍⚽️And England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

World Cup Winners Who Were At Irish League Clubs George Eastham (Ards and England 1966) Believe it or not, I could only find ONE World Cup winner who has played for a club team from Northern Ireland and therefore The Irish League!! While the likes of Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst and Gordon Banks all played… Continue reading World Cup Winners Who Were At (Northern) Irish League Clubs

Quiz for ye! Just for fun – NORTHERN IRELAND football ANAGRAMS.LIKE, SHARE, SOLVE and BATE! – All players have at least one CAP – Players can appear twice – HOWEVER, 1 player is not a Northern Ireland international (who is the exception, the “foranner” on the list ?) Good luck! 1.HP RAY LIG 2.COPE A… Continue reading Northern Ireland Football Players Anagrams Quiz

“Baggsy not nets” – Every Northern Irish kid down the park. I don’t know if I can speak for all football fans here, but I love a last minute goalkeeper charge intill the box. Goalkeepers are often unsung heroes. Goalkeepers are often scapegoats. They make a mistake, they concede a goal. They get blamed. But… Continue reading Northern Ireland Goalkeepers Who Scored Goals