Football World Cup 1982 / Northern Ireland

This article covers the Northern Irish national team at the 1982 World Cup in Spain .

qualification

Northern Ireland qualified from qualifying group 6 behind Scotland and ahead of Sweden for the finals. Northern Ireland took part in a World Cup finals for the first time since 1958 .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Scotland	9: 4	11: 5
2	Northern Ireland	6: 3	9: 7
3	Sweden	7: 8	8: 8
4th	Portugal	8:11	7: 9
5	Israel	6:10	5:11

Israel	-	Northern Ireland	0-0
Northern Ireland	-	Sweden	3: 0 (3: 0)
Portugal	-	Northern Ireland	1: 0 (0: 0)
Scotland	-	Northern Ireland	1: 1 (0: 0)
Northern Ireland	-	Portugal	1: 0 (0: 0)
Sweden	-	Northern Ireland	1: 0 (0: 0)
Northern Ireland	-	Scotland	0-0
Northern Ireland	-	Israel	1: 0 (1: 0)

Northern Irish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Pat Jennings	Arsenal FC	06/12/1945	4th	0	0	0
17th	Jim Platt	Middlesbrough FC	01/26/1951	1	0	0	0
22nd	George Dunlop	Linfield FC	January 16, 1956	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Jimmy Nicholl	Toronto Blizzard	12/28/1956	5	0	0	0
3	Time Donaghy	Luton Town	09/13/1957	4th	0	0	1
5	Chris Nicholl	Southampton FC	October 12, 1946	5	0	0	0
6th	John O'Neill	Leicester City	03/11/1958	1	0	0	0
12	John McClelland	Glasgow Rangers	December 07, 1955	5	0	0	0
13	Sammy Nelson	Brighton & Hove Albion	04/01/1949	2	0	0	0
midfield player
4th	David McCreery	Tulsa roughnecks	09/16/1957	5	0	0	0
8th	Martin O'Neill	Norwich City	03/01/1952	5	0	0	0
10	Sammy McIlroy	Stoke City	08/02/1954	5	0	0	0
14th	Thomas Cassidy	Burnley FC	11/18/1950	1	0	0	0
15th	Tommy Finney	Cambridge United	11/06/1952	0	0	0	0
19th	Patrick Healy	Coleraine FC	09/27/1955	1	0	0	0
20th	James Cleary	Glentoran FC	05/27/1956	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Noel Brotherston	Blackburn Rovers	December 27, 1949	2	0	0	0
9	Gerry Armstrong	Watford FC	05/23/1954	5	3	0	0
11	Billy Hamilton	Burnley FC	05/09/1957	5	2	2	0
16	Norman Whiteside	Manchester United	05/07/1965	5	0	1	0
18th	Johnny Jameson	Glentoran FC	03/11/1958	0	0	0	0
21st	Bobby Campbell	Bradford City	09/13/1956	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Billy Bingham		08/05/1931

Northern Irish Games

Preliminary round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	04: 20
2.	Spain	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
3.	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	03: 30
4th	Honduras	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02: 40

Group 5

Yugoslavia	-	Northern Ireland	0-0
Northern Ireland	-	Honduras	1: 1 (1: 0)
Northern Ireland	-	Spain	1: 0 (0: 0)

Intermediate round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	2	2	0	0	005: 100	+4	04-00
2.	Austria	2	0	1	1	002: 300	−1	01: 30
3.	Northern Ireland	2	0	1	1	003: 600	−3	01: 30

Group D

Northern Ireland	-	Austria	2: 2 (1: 0)
Northern Ireland	-	France	1: 4 (0: 1)