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England vs Northern Ireland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Tuesday, 16 May 1978, 19:45 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
England
1-0
Northern Ireland
Referee:
John Gordon, Newport-on-Tay /
Scotland
Attendance, venue:
Goals:
1-0 (44') Phil Neal
England football team line-up in match Nr.521
Managed by team manager Ron Greenwood
Player
Caps
Age
Club
35
29
Liverpool FC, Liverpool
11
27
Liverpool FC, Liverpool
17
29
Ipswich Town FC, Ipswich
13
21
Chelsea FC, London
32
31
Manchester City FC, Manchester
52
30
Liverpool FC, Liverpool
10
28
Leeds United AFC, Leeds
5
22
Manchester United FC, Manchester
15
28
Manchester United FC, Manchester
1
22
Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford
15
25
Manchester United FC, Manchester
Northern Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.315
Managed by team manager Danny Blanchflower
Player
Caps
Age
Club
3
26
Middlesbrough FC, Middlesbrough
40
31
Millwall FC, London
8
25
York City FC, York
15
31
Southampton FC, Southampton
13
21
Manchester United FC, Manchester
28
23
Manchester United FC, Manchester
15
20
Manchester United FC, Manchester
23
26
Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford
20
27
Peterborough United FC, Peterborough
7
23
Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
Chris McGrath   60' 
17
23
Manchester United FC, Manchester
60' Terry Cochrane  
3
25
Burnley FC, Burnley
Historical data sources
The Guardian (Manchester), №40979, 17 May 1978; Newspapers.com
Belfast Telegraph (Belfast), №-, 17 May 1978; Irish Newspaper Archives
News Letter (Belfast), №-, 17 May 1978; Irish Newspaper Archives
Comments
England vs Northern Ireland post-match head-to-head
WP
85.3
P
85
W
66
D
13
L
6
GF
296
GA
78
GF/P
3.482
GA/P
0.918
Av attendance
32 518
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Match stats
England:
players - 11 (from 7 clubs)
goals - 1 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 27.089 (born 1946-1956)
average caps - 18.727
cautions - 0, expulsions - 0
Northern Ireland:
players - 12 (from 9 clubs)
goals - 0 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 25.578 (born 1946-1957)
average caps - 16.000
cautions - 0, expulsions - 0
England national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1978
Wales vs England 1-3
Cardiff, Saturday 13 May 1978
Next match:
British Championship 1978
Scotland vs England 0-1
Glasgow, Saturday 20 May 1978
Northern Ireland national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1978
Scotland vs Northern Ireland 1-1
Glasgow, Saturday 13 May 1978
Next match:
British Championship 1978
Wales vs Northern Ireland 1-0
Wrexham, Friday 19 May 1978
Top England goal scorers
1. Bobby Charlton (1958 - 1970) - 49 goals
2. Jimmy Greaves (1959 - 1967) - 44 goals
3. Nat Lofthouse (1950 - 1958) - 30 goals
4. Tom Finney (1946 - 1958) - 30 goals
... Phil Neal (1978) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 16, 1978)
Brief match report
Tue. 16 May 1978
British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley), London
England 1-0 Northern Ireland
Goals: Neal 44

England: Clemence, Neal, Mills, Wilkins, Watson, Hughes (c), Currie, Coppell, Pearson, Woodcock, Greenhoff. Managed by Greenwood.

Northern Ireland: Platt, Hamilton (c), Scott, Chris Nicholl, Jimmy Nicholl, McIlroy, McCreery, O'Neill, Anderson, Armstrong, McGrath (Cochrane 60). Managed by Blanchflower.

Att: 55 000,
Ref: Gordon (Scotland)

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