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Northern Ireland
v England⁠

1–0

Full time

Northern Ireland v England finished 1–0.

England
None
Northern Ireland
Healy 73'
Date
Wednesday 7 September 2005 · England in 2005
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Windsor Park, Belfast

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Northern Ireland

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Maik Taylor GK
  • No. 22, James Quinn FW Off in the 79'
  • No. 37, David Healy FW Off in the 88'
  • Tony Capaldi D
  • No. 5, Stephen Craigan D
  • No. 7, Stuart Elliott M Off in the 90'
  • No. 10, Steven Davis M
  • No. 18, Aaron Hughes D
  • No. 19, Keith Gillespie M
  • No. 22, Damien Johnson M
  • No. 34, Chris Baird D

Substitutes

  • No. 14, Warren Feeney On in the 79'
  • Ivan Sproule On in the 88'
  • No. 4, Michael Duff On in the 90'
  • Chris Brunt (not used)
  • No. 1, Michael Ingham (not used)
  • No. 8, Steve Robinson (not used)
  • No. 14, Steve Jones (not used)

Referee: Massimo Busacca.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1985 – 2005

Official meetings since 1954

England v Northern Ireland stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings37In our results database
England wins27England perspective
Draws7Level at full time
Northern Ireland wins3Northern Ireland victories

England have scored 84 goals to Northern Ireland's 27 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

11

Greaves

11 goals against Northern Ireland in matches we hold scorer data for.

Northern Ireland · Fixture leader

3

Wilson

Northern Ireland's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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