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National football teams

  • Netherlands's 8th consecutive match without defeat
  • Record for most Northern Ireland caps: Pat Jennings's 70th appearance
  • Northern Ireland vs Netherlands Head to Head: Northern Ireland national football team's 2nd loss in 5 matches

Northern Ireland vs Netherlands match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 12 October 1977, 15:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Northern Ireland
0-1
Netherlands
Competition:
1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4
Referee:
António Garrido, Leiria /
Portugal
Attendance, venue:
33 000, Windsor Park, Belfast
Goals:
0-1 (76') Willy van de Kerkhof
Northern Ireland national football team line-up in match Nr.312
Managed by team manager Danny Blanchflower
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Pat Jennings  
70
32
Arsenal FC, London
Pat Rice  
40
28
Arsenal FC, London
Sammy Nelson  
30
28
Arsenal FC, London
Jimmy Nicholl  
10
20
Manchester United FC, Manchester
Allan Hunter  
45
31
Ipswich Town FC, Ipswich
Martin O'Neill  
21
25
Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford
Sammy McIlroy  
25
23
Manchester United FC, Manchester
George Best  
37
31
Fulham FC, London
David McCreery  
12
20
Manchester United FC, Manchester
Chris McGrath  
14
22
Manchester United FC, Manchester
Trevor Anderson  
17
26
Swindon Town FC, Swindon
Netherlands national football team line-up in match Nr.363
Managed by head coach Ernst Happel (Austria)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Jan Jongbloed  
16
36
SV Roda JC, Kerkrade
Wim Suurbier  
52
32
AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Ruud Krol  
48
28
AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Wim Rijsbergen   50' 
22
25
RV& AV Feyenoord, Rotterdam
50' John Dusbaba  
2
21
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
Hugo Hovenkamp  
5
27
AZ67, Alkmaar
Wim Jansen  
46
30
RV& AV Feyenoord, Rotterdam
Willy van de Kerkhof   61'
14
26
PSV, Eindhoven
Wim van Hanegem  
48
33
AZ67, Alkmaar
Johnny Rep  
22
25
SÉC Bastia, Furiani
Johan Cruijff  Captain  71' 
47
30
FC Barcelona, Barcelona
71' Willy van der Kuijlen  
22
30
PSV, Eindhoven
René van de Kerkhof  
17
26
PSV, Eindhoven
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Northern Ireland
11
29.182
26.479
6
0
0
0
Netherlands
13
27.769
28.957
8
1
1
0
Historical data sources
Belfast Telegraph (Belfast), №-, 13 Oct 1977; Irish Newspaper Archives
Algemeen Dagblad (Rotterdam), №141, 13 Oct 1977; Delpher
De Volkskrant ('s-Hertogenbosch), №1635, 13 Oct 1977; Delpher
Het Parool (Amsterdam), №10041, 13 Oct 1977; Delpher
Trouw (Meppel), №10268, 13 Oct 1977; Delpher
De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), №27944, 13 Oct 1977; Delpher
Het vrije volk (Rotterdam), №9298, 13 Oct 1977; Delpher
News Letter (Belfast), №-, 13 Oct 1977; Irish Newspaper Archives
Comments

piero - posted on 6 January 2013 at 10:47:14

Netherland’s captain was Johan Cruyff, not Ruud Krol. (link: )

Zsorzsinju - posted on 19 June 2014 at 06:03:52

Netherlands captain:
Johan Cruijff (c) 1’-71’
Ruud Krol (c) 71’-90’ (link: )

Vijay77 - posted on 17 May 2017 at 14:43:57

Two different sources claim that the yellow card was given to Willy van de Kerkhof.

Link 1: (link: ) (link: )
Northern Ireland vs Netherlands post-match head-to-head
WP
40.0
P
5
W
1
D
2
L
2
GF
4
GA
8
GF/P
0.800
GA/P
1.600
Av attendance
41 251
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Northern Ireland national team matches
Previous match:
1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Northern Ireland vs Iceland 2-0
Belfast, Wednesday 21 September 1977
Next match:
1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Northern Ireland vs Belgium 3-0
Belfast, Wednesday 16 November 1977
Northern Ireland football results
Netherlands national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Netherlands vs Soviet Union 0-0
Rotterdam, Wednesday 5 October 1977
Next match:
1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Netherlands vs Belgium 1-0
Amsterdam, Wednesday 26 October 1977
Netherlands football results
Top Netherlands goal scorers
1. Faas Wilkes (1946 - 1961) - 35 goals
2. Abe Lenstra (1940 - 1959) - 33 goals
3. Johan Cruijff (1966 - 1977) - 33 goals
4. Beb Bakhuys (1929 - 1937) - 28 goals
... Willy van de Kerkhof (1976 - 1977) - 2 goals
(correct as of October 12, 1977)
Netherlands scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 12 Oct 1977
Windsor Park, Belfast
Northern Ireland 0-1 Netherlands
Goals: van de Kerkhof 76

Northern Ireland: Jennings, Rice, Nelson, Nicholl, Hunter, O'Neill, McIlroy, Best, McCreery, McGrath, Anderson. Managed by Blanchflower.

Netherlands: Jongbloed, Suurbier, Krol, Rijsbergen (Dusbaba 50), Hovenkamp, Jansen, Willy van de Kerkhof, van Hanegem, Rep, Cruijff (c) (van der Kuijlen 71), René van de Kerkhof. Managed by Happel (Austria).
Booked: Willy van de Kerkhof 61.

Att: 33 000,
Ref: Garrido (Portugal)

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