England 4 N Ireland 0
England 4 Northern Ireland 0, Wembley Stadium, British Home Championship, February 23, 1982. Manchester United midfielders Bryan Robson and Ray Wilkins netted a goal each as England overcame Northern Ireland 4-0 on their own soil. Also making the scoresheet were Newcastle United´s Kevin Keegan and Glenn Hoddle of Tottenham Hotspur.
England cruised to a comfortable 4-0 British Home Championship victory against Northern Ireland at Wembley in a match where Brighton and Hove Albion defender Steve Foster and West Bromwich Albion marksman Cyrille Regis both made their debuts for The Three Lions, the latter as a second-half substitute for Sampdoria forward Trevor Francis. England found themselves a goal up within the first minute of the clash as Francis ran into the eighteen-yard box and delivered the ball on a silver platter for Bryan Robson who made no mistake from a few yards out. England´s second goal arrived three minutes after the interval, with captain Kevin Keegan heading home a brilliantly crossed ball from Francis, and as the stadium clock ticked on, the men in white shirts had their third in the 84th minute through Ray Wilkins whose deflected shot from outside the area went past Arsenal custodian Pat Jennings and into the top left-hand corner of the net. And barely a couple of minutes later Glenn Hoddle notched up the final goal of the contest with a close range finish after Jennings had parried an attempt from his Highbury teammate Kenny Sansom. In their next British Home Championship fixture, England would go on to edge out Wales by 1-0 at Cardiff City´s Ninian Park thanks to a goal from the inform Francis, while Northern Ireland, for their part, would be held to a 1-1 draw against Scotland at Windsor Park in Belfast, with Stoke City playmaker Sammy McIlroy netting for the Ulstermen and Ipswich Town´s John Wark finding the target for the Scottish side. England Team: Ray Clemence, Viv Anderson, Steve Foster, Kenny Sansom, Dave Watson, Glenn Hoddle, Tony Morley, Bryan Robson, Trevor Francis, Ray Wilkins, Kevin Keegan. Substitutes: Cyrille Regis, Tony Woodcock. Northern Ireland Team: Pat Jennings, Mal Donaghy, Sammy Nelson, Chris Nicholl, Jimmy Nicholl, John O’Neill, Noel Brotherston, Martin O’Neill, Gerry Armstrong, Sammy McIlroy, Billy Hamilton. Substitutes: David McCreery, Terry Cochrane.
England Quickfacts
Alf Ramsey´s England demolished Northern Ireland to the tune of a comprehensive 8-3 scoreline in a British Home Championship encounter at Wembley Stadium on the 20th of November 1963 courtesy of four goals from Jimmy Greaves and three from Terry Paine, plus one goal by Bobby Smith.
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