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England's Opponents:
Northern Ireland
 Tuaisceart Éireann
1921-2005 Played 63 Won 46
83% successful
Northern Ireland
The Ireland Football Association
Foundation: 18 November 1880
Flag from 1924 to 1972		 Home Shirts: Green
Home Shorts: White
Home Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
See also Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Ireland's National Football Teams
 
England's Record Against Northern Ireland
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 33 26 5 2 92 26 +66 2 15 2.788 0.788 86.4 +24
Away 30 20 7 3 77 30 +47 5 11 2.567 1.000 78.3 +17
All 63 46 12 5 169 56 +113 7 26 2.683 0.889 82.5 +41

 

England's Record Against Northern Ireland by Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP * 6 4 1 1 17 4 +13 2 3 2.833 0.667 75.0 +3
ECP * 6 6 0 0 18 1 +17 0 5 3.000 0.167 100.0 +6
BC * 55 40 11 4 150 54 +96 5 20 2.727 0.982 82.7 +36
All 63 46 12 5 169 56 +113 7 26 2.683 0.889 82.5 +41

*Two British Championship games served as World Cup preliminaries and two further British Championship matches served as European Championship preliminaries.  These records are thus duplicated.

 

England's Results Against Northern Ireland

No.

Date Venue Type F A Result H.T.
127 22-Oct-1921 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 1 1 AD [1-1]
130 21-Oct-1922 The Hawthorns, West Bromwich BC 2 0 HW [0-0]
137 20-Oct-1923 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 1 2 AL [1-1]
142 22-Oct-1924 Goodison Park, Liverpool BC 3 1 HW [1-0]
147 24-Oct-1925 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 0 0 AD [0-0]
151 20-Oct-1926 Anfield Road, Liverpool BC 3 3 HD [1-2]
157 22-Oct-1927 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 0 2 AL [0-1]
162 22-Oct-1928 Goodison Park, Liverpool BC 2 1 HW [1-1]
168 19-Oct-1929 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 3 0 AW [2-0]
173 20-Oct-1930 Bramall Lane, Sheffield BC 5 1 HW [0-0]
178 17-Oct-1931 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 6 2 AW [3-1]
182 17-Oct-1932 Bloomfield Road, Blackpool BC 1 0 HW [1-0]
188 14-Oct-1933 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 3 0 AW [1-0]
196 06-Feb-1935 Goodison Park, Liverpool BC 2 1 HW [2-1]
199 19-Oct-1935 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 3 1 AW [0-1]
206 18-Nov-1936 Victoria Ground, Stoke BC 3 1 HW [1-1]
212 23-Oct-1937 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 5 1 AW [2-0]
222 16-Nov-1938 Old Trafford, Manchester BC 7 0 HW [4-0]
227 28-Sep-1946 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 7 2 AW [3-0]
237 05-Nov-1947 Goodison Park, Liverpool BC 2 2 HD [0-0]
242 09-Oct-1948 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 6 2 AW [1-0]
251 16-Nov-1949 Maine Road, Manchester BC/ WCP 9 2 HW [4-0]
259 07-Oct-1950 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 4 1 AW [1-0]
267 14-Nov-1951 Villa Park, Birmingham BC 2 0 HW [1-0]
273 04-Oct-1952 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 2 2 AD [1-1]
283 11-Nov-1953 Goodison Park, Liverpool BC/ WCP 3 1 HW [1-0]
291 02-Oct-1954 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 2 0 AW [0-0]
300 02-Nov-1955 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 3 0 HW [0-0]
307 06-Oct-1956 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 1 1 AD [1-1]
316 06-Nov-1957 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 2 3 HL [0-1]
326 04-Oct-1958 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 3 3 AD [1-1]
337 18-Nov-1959 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 2 1 HW [1-0]
342 08-Oct-1960 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 5 2 AW [2-1]
354 22-Nov-1961 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1 1 HD [1-0]
364 20-Oct-1962 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 3 1 AW [1-0]
374 20-Nov-1963 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 8 3 HW [4-1]
383 03-Oct-1964 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 4 3 AW [4-0]
394 10-Nov-1965 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 2 1 HW [1-1]
410 22-Oct-1966 Windsor Park, Belfast BC/ ECP 2 0 AW [1-0]
417 22-Nov-1967 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC/ ECP 2 0 HW [1-0]
430 03-May-1969 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 3 1 AW [1-0]
441 21-Apr-1970 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 3 1 HW [1-0]
453 15-May-1971 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 1 0 AW [0-0]
462 23-May-1972 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 0 1 HL [0-1]
468 12-May-1973 Goodison Park, Liverpool BC 2 1 HW [1-1]
480 15-May-1974 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1 0 HW [0-0]
491 17-May-1975 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 0 0 AD [0-0]
499 11-May-1976 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 4 0 HW [2-0]
509 28-May-1977 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 2 1 AW [1-1]
521 16-May-1978 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1 0 HW [1-0]
527 07-Feb-1979 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 4 0 HW [1-0]
528 19-May-1979 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 2 0 AW [2-0]
535 17-Oct-1979 Windsor Park, Belfast ECP 5 1 AW [2-0]
541 20-May-1980 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1 1 HD [0-0]
559 23-Feb-1982 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 4 0 HW [1-0]
577 28-May-1983 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 0 0 AD [0-0]
586 04-Apr-1984 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1 0 HW [1-0]
596 27-Feb-1985 Windsor Park, Belfast WCP 1 0 AW [0-0]
607 13-Nov-1985 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 0 0 HD [0-0]
620 15-Oct-1986 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 3 0 HW [1-0]
623 01-Apr-1987 Windsor Park, Belfast ECP 2 0 AW [2-0]
825 26-Mar-2005 Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 4 0 HW [0-0]
831 07-Sep-2005 Windsor Park, Belfast WCP 0 1 AL [0-0]