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National football teams

Billy Simpson scored his first international goal in his debut match on 7 Mar 1951

Football player Billy Simpson

William Joseph Simpson

Billy Simpson

Born on 12 December 1929
Died on 27 January 2017 (aged 87)

National team appearances of Billy Simpson

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Northern Ireland	1951 - 1958	12				5		0.417
Total:		12				5		0.417

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Rangers FC, Glasgow	07 Mar 1951 - 05 Nov 1958	12				5		0.417

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Goals

Goals/ Caps

British Championship (BC)

0.375

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

0.200

Friendly matches and other tournaments

1.000

(-) matches counted in two competitions at once:

Total:

0.417

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
7 Mar 1951	Wales	debut; first goal	21 years 2 months 23 days
5 Nov 1958	Scotland	last appearance	28 years 10 months 24 days

Record of Billy Simpson's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Wales	2		2	2				1.000	2	1.000
France	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Portugal	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
England	1		1	1				1.000	3	0.333
(+) other teams									5
Total:	5		5	5	0	0	0	1.000	12	0.417

Record of national team matches played by Billy Simpson

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Northern Ireland football team	12	3	4	5	17	20	41.7

Billy Simpson's international caps

as player of Rangers FC, Glasgow:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 21 years 2 months 23 days

07 Mar 1951 15:00

Belfast, Windsor Park

1-2

Northern Ireland vs Wales

British Championship 1950-1951

1х

12 May 1951 15:00 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

2-2

Northern Ireland vs France

Friendly International

1х

03 Oct 1953 15:00 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

1-3

Northern Ireland vs Scotland

1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification, British Championship 1953-1954, Group 3

11 Nov 1953 14:30

Liverpool, Goodison Park

3-1

England vs Northern Ireland

1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification, British Championship 1953-1954, Group 3

02 Oct 1954 15:00 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

0-2

Northern Ireland vs England

British Championship 1954-1955

25 Apr 1957 15:30 (+1:00)

Rome, Stadio Olimpico

1-0

Italy vs Northern Ireland

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 8

01 May 1957 19:30 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

3-0

Northern Ireland vs Portugal

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 8

1х

05 Oct 1957 15:00 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

1-1

Northern Ireland vs Scotland

British Championship 1957-1958

06 Nov 1957 14:30

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

2-3

England vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1957-1958

1х

15 Jan 1958 14:15

Belfast, Windsor Park

2-1

Northern Ireland vs Italy

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 8

16 Apr 1958 17:45

Cardiff, Ninian Park

1-1

Wales vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1957-1958

1х

05 Nov 1958 14:45

Glasgow, Hampden Park

2-2

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1958-1959

Comments

thomsof Norway - Additional information posted on 1 February 2017 at 13:45:01

Died 27/01/2017 (link:

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dudd Ukraine - Other notes posted on 8 March 2020 at 07:09:22

William Joseph ’Billy’ Simpson (link:

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Northern Ireland upcoming fixtures

Friendly International

Spain vs Northern Ireland

Palma de Mallorca, Saturday 8 June 2024

Friendly International

Andorra vs Northern Ireland

Murcia, Tuesday 11 June 2024

Northern Ireland vs Luxembourg

Belfast, Thursday 5 September 2024

Bulgaria vs Northern Ireland

Sunday 8 September 2024

Northern Ireland football fixtures

Billy Simpson's most often teammates

Billy Bingham (1951 - 1958) - 11 games
Alf McMichael (1951 - 1958) - 11 games
Danny Blanchflower (1951 - 1958) - 11 games
Jimmy McIlroy (1953 - 1958) - 10 games
Bertie Peacock (1954 - 1958) - 8 games
Willie Cunningham (1951 - 1958) - 8 games

Northern Ireland players born on 1 May

Eric Welsh (1942) - 4 caps, 1 goal
Rory McArdle (1987) - 7 caps