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  • Record for most Northern Ireland caps: Danny Blanchflower's 33rd appearance

West Germany vs Northern Ireland match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 15 June 1958, 19:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
West Germany
2-2
Northern Ireland
Competition:
1958 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 1
Referee:
Joaquim Campos, Lisbon /
Portugal
Attendance, venue:
21 990, Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Goals:
0-1 (18') Peter McParland, 1-1 (20') Helmut Rahn, 1-2 (60') Peter McParland, 2-2 (79') Uwe Seeler
West Germany football team line-up in match Nr.252
Managed by head coach Sepp Herberger
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Fritz Herkenrath  
18
29
SC Rot-Weiss, Essen
Georg Stollenwerk  
11
27
1. FC Köln, Köln
Erich Juskowiak  
23
31
TSV Fortuna, Düsseldorf
Horst Eckel  
29
26
1. FC Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
Herbert Erhardt  
20
27
SpVgg Fürth, Fürth
Horst Szymaniak  
12
23
Wuppertaler SV, Wuppertal
Helmut Rahn  
25
28
SC Rot-Weiss, Essen
Fritz Walter  
59
37
1. FC Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
Uwe Seeler  
7
21
Hamburger SV, Hamburg
Hans Schäfer  Captain 
30
30
1. FC Köln, Köln
Berni Klodt  
18
31
FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen
Northern Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.203
Managed by team manager Peter Doherty
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Harry Gregg  
13
25
Manchester United FC, Stretford
Dick Keith  
6
25
Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne
Alf McMichael  
32
30
Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne
Danny Blanchflower  Captain 
33
32
Tottenham Hotspur FC, Tottenham
Willie Cunningham  
19
28
Leicester City FC, Leicester
Bertie Peacock  
18
29
Celtic FC, Glasgow
Billy Bingham  
31
26
Sunderland AFC, Sunderland
Billy Cush  
14
30
Leeds United AFC, Leeds
Tommy Casey  
9
28
Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jimmy McIlroy  
29
26
Burnley FC, Burnley
Peter McParland  
17
24
Aston Villa FC, Birmingham
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
West Germany
11
22.909
28.860
8
2
0
0
Northern Ireland
11
20.091
27.973
9
2
0
0
Historical data sources
Passauer Neue Presse (Passau), №134, 16 Jun 1958; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Deister-und Weserzeitung (Hameln), №136, 16 Jun 1958; Zeitungsarchiv Deister-und Weserzeitung
Hamburger Abendblatt (Hamburg), №137, 16 Jun 1958; Zeitungsarchiv Hamburger Abendblatt
Belfast News-Letter (Belfast), №-, 16 Jun 1958; Irish Newspaper Archives
Kicker (Nuremberg), №24, 16 Jun 1958; Extracts from periodicals
Mannheimer Morgen (Mannheim), №135, 16 Jun 1958; Marchivum Druckschriften Digital
Comments

bandyall - posted on 11 August 2010 at 10:51:10

stadium, venue: Malmö Idrottsplats, Malmö
is (...)

toniofarrugia - posted on 2 June 2011 at 20:31:37

- Goalkeeper Harry Gregg had his ankle injured and spent most of the game hobbling on one leg. His full backs took the goal kicks.
(...)

Makar - posted on 19 May 2013 at 11:37:18

Captains and referees. (link: )

Makar - posted on 13 July 2014 at 09:14:09

West Germany national team. (link: )
West Germany vs Northern Ireland post-match head-to-head
WP
50.0
P
1
W
0
D
1
L
0
GF
2
GA
2
GF/P
2.000
GA/P
2.000
Av attendance
21 990
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
West Germany national team matches
Previous match:
1958 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
Czechoslovakia vs West Germany 2-2
Hälsingborg, Wednesday 11 June 1958
Next match:
1958 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
West Germany vs Yugoslavia 1-0
Malmö, Thursday 19 June 1958
West Germany matches
Northern Ireland national team matches
Previous match:
1958 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
Argentina vs Northern Ireland 3-1
Halmstad, Wednesday 11 June 1958
Next match:
1958 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
Czechoslovakia vs Northern Ireland 1-2
Malmö, Tuesday 17 June 1958
Northern Ireland matches
Top West Germany goal scorers
1. Fritz Walter (1940 - 1956) - 33 goals
2. Ernst Lehner (1934 - 1942) - 31 goals
3. Edmund Conen (1934 - 1941) - 27 goals
... Helmut Rahn (1951 - 1958) - 13 goals
... Uwe Seeler (1958) - 2 goals
(correct as of June 15, 1958)
top West Germany scorers
Top Northern Ireland goal scorers
1. Billy Gillespie (1913 - 1926) - 13 goals
2. Joe Bambrick (1928 - 1938) - 11 goals
3. Olphie Stanfield (1887 - 1897) - 10 goals
4. Jack Peden (1887 - 1898) - 7 goals
... Peter McParland (1954 - 1958) - 5 goals
... Alex Stevenson (1935 - 1947) - 5 goals
(correct as of June 15, 1958)
top Northern Ireland scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 15 Jun 1958
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
West Germany 2-2 Northern Ireland
Goals: McParland 18, Rahn 20, McParland 60, Seeler 79

West Germany: Herkenrath, Stollenwerk, Juskowiak, Eckel, Erhardt, Szymaniak, Rahn, Walter, Seeler, Schäfer (c), Klodt. Managed by Herberger.

Northern Ireland: Gregg, Keith, McMichael, Blanchflower (c), Cunningham, Peacock, Bingham, Cush, Casey, McIlroy, McParland. Managed by Doherty.

Att: 21 990,
Ref: Campos (Portugal)

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