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National football teams

Iceland suffered its 4th consecutive defeat
Record for most Northern Ireland caps: Pat Jennings's 69th appearance
Record for most Iceland caps: Matthías Hallgrímsson's 45th appearance
Northern Ireland vs Iceland Head to Head: Northern Ireland football team's 1st victory in 2 matches

Northern Ireland vs Iceland match report

Date, kick-off time:

Wednesday, 21 September 1977, 16:30 (UTC+1:00)

National teams, score:

Northern Ireland

2-0

Iceland

Competition:

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

Referee:

Henning Lund Sørensen, Aarhus /

Denmark

Attendance, venue:

17 372, Windsor Park, Belfast

Goals:

1-0 (67') Chris McGrath, 2-0 (76') Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.311

Managed by team manager Danny Blanchflower

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Iceland football team line-up in match Nr.102

Managed by national coach Tony Knapp (England)

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Match stats

National team

Players

Average caps

Average age

Clubs

Goals

Cautions

Expulsions

Northern Ireland

nan

Iceland

nan

Historical data sources

Tíminn (Reykjavík), №208, 22 Sep 1977; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Morgunblaðið (Reykjavík), №210, 22 Sep 1977; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Vísir (Reykjavík), №233, 22 Sep 1977; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Dagblaðið (Reykjavík), №208, 22 Sep 1977; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Þjóðviljinn (Reykjavík), №209, 22 Sep 1977; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Belfast Telegraph (Belfast), №-, 22 Sep 1977; Irish Newspaper Archives

News Letter (Belfast), №-, 22 Sep 1977; Irish Newspaper Archives

Comments

Outcaster - Additional information posted on 2 January 2023 at 16:11:30

Att.: 17 372 (link:

)

Northern Ireland vs Iceland post-match head-to-head

50.0

GF/P

1.000

GA/P

0.500

Av attendance

13 821

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

Iceland vs Northern Ireland 1-0

Reykjavík, Saturday 11 June 1977

Next match:

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Northern Ireland vs Netherlands 0-1

Belfast, Wednesday 12 October 1977

Northern Ireland football matches

Iceland national team matches

Previous match:

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Belgium vs Iceland 4-0

Anderlecht, Saturday 3 September 1977

Next match:

Friendly International

Iceland vs Denmark 0-0

Reykjavík, Wednesday 28 June 1978

Iceland football matches

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. Johnny Crossan (1962 - 1965) - 10 goals
5. Peter McParland (1954 - 1960) - 10 goals
6. Jimmy McIlroy (1956 - 1961) - 10 goals
... Chris McGrath (1976 - 1977) - 3 goals
... Sammy McIlroy (1975 - 1977) - 2 goals

(correct as of September 21, 1977)

Northern Ireland goal scorers

Brief match report

Wed. 21 Sep 1977
Windsor Park, Belfast
Northern Ireland 2-0 Iceland
Goals: 67, 76

Att: 17 372,
Ref: Lund Sørensen (Denmark)