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CONTENTS
TEAMS
2
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
3
MICHAEL O’NEILL
5
PATRICK NELSON
7
KYLE LAFFERTY INTERVIEW
10
NORTHERN IRELAND SQUAD
20
CONOR McLAUGHLIN INTERVIEW 22
THE OPPONENTS - CZECH REPUBLIC 33
THE RISE OF NORTHERN IRELAND 40
INTERNATIONAL RECORD
47
MASCOTS
52
Cover photo and above:
Stuart Dallas celebrates scoring his last gasp winner in Northern Ireland’s World Cup
qualifier against Azerbaijan in Baku back in June. It was the only goal of the game.
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