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www.irishfa.comSTADIUM FACTS
Northern Ireland have scored a total of 292 goals
in their 234 games at Windsor Park in the last 106
years. Not surprisingly the player with the most
international goals at the ‘Shrine’ is David Healy
with an impressive tally of 19. Jimmy Quinn and
Kyle Lafferty, who have both scored 10 goals
each at Windsor, are the only other players to
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Northern Ireland’s complete record at
Windsor Park is:
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Total: 234
86
56
92
292
332
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defeated Scotland 1-0 in a British International
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supporters. Frank Thompson scored the only goal
of the game in the 54th minute.
The largest attendance ever recorded at what is
now the National Football Stadium was 59,000
when England ran out 2-0 winners on 2 October
1954. In contrast the lowest crowd ever to attend
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1989 when Chile defeated Northern Ireland 1-0
in a friendly. One of the reasons given for the
low turnout that evening was the live television
coverage of the First Division title decider
between Liverpool and Arsenal.
There have been four hat-tricks scored by Northern
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Crossan was the next player to achieve the feat in
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came in a 5-0 success over Cyprus in a European
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probably the most famous hat-trick to be scored
at the ground was, of course, by David Healy in
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September 2006.
The most consecutive wins Northern Ireland have
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21 September 1982 and 14 November 1984. If
Michael O’Neill’s charges defeat San Marino this
evening they will equal that record.
Northern Ireland’s longest unbeaten run at the
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11 games.
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score for Northern Ireland at Windsor when he
found the net in a 4-1 friendly win against Mexico
on 22 June 1966. Twelve players have managed
that feat since, the last one being Will Grigg in the
3-0 win over Belarus back in May.
England have been the most frequent visitors to
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in Belfast. Northern Ireland have won only four of
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two goals from Billy Gillespie gave them a 2-1
victory. Gillespie was again on target 10 years later
when another 2-1 success was recorded. Following
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before another home success and David Healy’s
memorable winner against Sven-Goran Eriksson’s
side in 2005.
The most goals that Northern Ireland have ever
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was in April 1971 when they beat Cyprus 5-0,
the second came on 15 November 1995 when
Bryan Hamilton’s side defeated Austria 5-3 in a
European Championship tie - a game in which
current International boss Michael O’Neill scored
twice.
The fastest ever hat-trick by an opposition player
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Erdem scored three in just three minutes as Turkey
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coming on as a substitute was by Germany’s Oliver
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three times inside six minutes to give the visitors a
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