Football World Cup 1986 / Northern Ireland

This article covers the Northern Irish national soccer team at the 1986 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	England	21: 2	12
2	Northern Ireland	8: 5	10
3	Romania	12: 7	9
4th	Finland	7:12	8th
5	Turkey	2:24	1

Finland	-	Northern Ireland	1-0
Northern Ireland	-	Romania	3: 2
Northern Ireland	-	Finland	2: 1
Northern Ireland	-	England	0: 1
Northern Ireland	-	Turkey	2-0
Turkey	-	Northern Ireland	0-0
Romania	-	Northern Ireland	0: 1
England	-	Northern Ireland	0-0

Northern Irish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Pat Jennings	Everton FC	06/12/1945	3	0	0	0
12	Jim Platt	Coleraine FC	01/26/1951	0	0	0	0
13	Phil Hughes	Bury FC	November 19, 1964	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Jimmy Nicholl	West Bromwich Albion	12/28/1956	3	0	0	0
3	Time Donaghy	Luton Town	09/13/1957	3	0	1	0
4th	John O'Neill	Leicester City	03/11/1958	3	0	0	0
5	Alan McDonald	Queens Park Rangers	10/12/1963	3	0	0	0
15th	Nigel Worthington	Sheffield Wednesday	04/11/1961	2	0	1	0
18th	John McClelland	Watford FC	December 07, 1955	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	David McCreery	Newcastle United	09/16/1957	3	0	0	0
7th	Steve Penney	Brighton & Hove Albion	01/06/1964	2	0	0	0
8th	Sammy McIlroy	Manchester City	08/02/1954	3	0	1	0
10	Norman Whiteside	Manchester United	05/07/1965	3	1	1	0
16	Paul Ramsey	Leicester City	09/03/1962	0	0	0	0
20th	Bernard McNally	Shrewsbury Town	02/17/1963	0	0	0	0
21st	David Campbell	Nottingham Forest	06/02/1965	1	0	0	0
striker
9	Jimmy Quinn	Blackburn Rovers	11/18/1959	0	0	0	0
11	Ian Stewart	Newcastle United	09/10/1961	3	0	0	0
14th	Gerry Armstrong	West Bromwich Albion	05/23/1954	1	0	0	0
17th	Colin Clarke	Bournemouth AFC	10/30/1962	3	1	0	0
19th	Billy Hamilton	Oxford United	05/09/1957	3	0	1	0
22nd	Mark Caughey	Linfield FC	08/31/1960	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Billy Bingham		08/05/1931

Northern Irish team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	5-0	6th
2	Spain	5: 2	4th
3	Northern Ireland	2: 6	1
4th	Algeria	1: 5	1

• Algeria - Northern Ireland 1: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Estadio Tres de Marzo ( Guadalajara )

Spectators: 22,000

Referee: Butenko ( Soviet Union )

Goals: 0: 1 Whiteside (6th), 1: 1 Zidane (59th)

• Spain - Northern Ireland 2: 1 (2: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Tres de Marzo ( Guadalajara )

Spectators: 28,000

Referee: Brummeier ( Austria )

Goals: 1-0 Butragueño (1st), 2-0 Salinas (18th), 2-1 Clarke (46th)

• Brazil - Northern Ireland 3: 0 (2: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Jalisco ( Guadalajara )

Spectators: 51,000

Referee: Cherries ( GDR )

Goals: 1-0 Careca (15th), 2-0 Josimar (42nd), 3-0 Careca (87th)