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Wartime Caps Wartime Chronology Tournament Final Stages
Breakdown By Country Most Caps and Goals Most Everton Players in One Game)
EVERTON'S NORTHERN IRELAND INTERNATIONALS
Wartime Caps Wartime Chronology Tournament Final Stages
Breakdown By Country Most Caps and Goals Most Everton Players in One Game)
From 1882 to 1921
all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national
football team, organised
by the Irish Football Association (IFA).
In 1920 Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. In 1922 Southern Ireland gained
independence as the Irish Free State, later being renamed as the Republic of Ireland.
In 1921 the jurisdiction of the IFA was reduced to Northern Ireland, although its team purported to remain the national
team for all of Ireland until the 1950s, and used the name "Ireland" until the mid-1970s.
Also in 1921, following the initial political upheavals surrounding partition, a Dublin-based organisation calling itself
the Football Association of the Irish Free State (FAIFS) split from the IFA and began organising its own league
and national football team, called the "Irish Free State". After 1936, they reverted to the
designation "Football Association of Ireland" (FAI) and began to refer to their team as "Eire" or "Ireland".
So, during this whole period after 1921, there were two Irish international football teams, chosen by the two rival
Associations. Both Associations, the Northern Ireland-based IFA and the Irish Free State-based FAI, claimed jurisdiction
over the whole of Ireland and considered themselves entitled to select players from the whole island.
Around 40 dual internationals - including Everton's Tommy Eglington, Peter Farrell and Alex Stevenson - were
elected to represent both teams.
In 1953 FIFA ruled that neither team could be referred to as "Ireland" in its competitions, decreeing that the FAI team be
officially designated as the "Republic of Ireland", while the IFA team was to become "Northern Ireland", with eligibility
restricted on the basis of the political/geographic border between the 2 countries.
The IFA's modern Northern Ireland national football team is recognised as the successor to the original Ireland national team.
In these pages, to avoid confusion, only the terms "Northern Ireland" and "Republic of Ireland" are used to denote
the 2 separate teams - irrespective of what they called themselves at the time of the matches.
by the Irish Football Association (IFA).
In 1920 Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. In 1922 Southern Ireland gained
independence as the Irish Free State, later being renamed as the Republic of Ireland.
In 1921 the jurisdiction of the IFA was reduced to Northern Ireland, although its team purported to remain the national
team for all of Ireland until the 1950s, and used the name "Ireland" until the mid-1970s.
Also in 1921, following the initial political upheavals surrounding partition, a Dublin-based organisation calling itself
the Football Association of the Irish Free State (FAIFS) split from the IFA and began organising its own league
and national football team, called the "Irish Free State". After 1936, they reverted to the
designation "Football Association of Ireland" (FAI) and began to refer to their team as "Eire" or "Ireland".
So, during this whole period after 1921, there were two Irish international football teams, chosen by the two rival
Associations. Both Associations, the Northern Ireland-based IFA and the Irish Free State-based FAI, claimed jurisdiction
over the whole of Ireland and considered themselves entitled to select players from the whole island.
Around 40 dual internationals - including Everton's Tommy Eglington, Peter Farrell and Alex Stevenson - were
elected to represent both teams.
In 1953 FIFA ruled that neither team could be referred to as "Ireland" in its competitions, decreeing that the FAI team be
officially designated as the "Republic of Ireland", while the IFA team was to become "Northern Ireland", with eligibility
restricted on the basis of the political/geographic border between the 2 countries.
The IFA's modern Northern Ireland national football team is recognised as the successor to the original Ireland national team.
In these pages, to avoid confusion, only the terms "Northern Ireland" and "Republic of Ireland" are used to denote
the 2 separate teams - irrespective of what they called themselves at the time of the matches.
EVERTON'S NORTHERN IRELAND INTERNATIONALS
(number in brackets
= number of goals scored; (s) = came on as a substitute)
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Billy Bingham
- 12 caps and 2 goals
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Bobby Irvine
- 11 caps and 3 goals
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1960
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W Germany, Scotland |
1922
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Scotland, England | |
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1961
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Italy, Greece, W Germany, Greece, England |
1923
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Wales (2), England | |
| 1962 | Poland, England, Scotland (1), Poland (1) | 1924 | Scotland, England | |
| 1963 | England |
1925
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England | |
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1926
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England (1) | |||
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Dave Clements
- 12 caps
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1927
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Wales, England | ||
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1973
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Bulgaria, Portugal |
1928
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Scotland | |
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1974
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Scotland, England, Wales, Norway | |||
| 1975 | Yugoslavia, England, Scotland, Wales, Sweden, |
Tommy Jackson
- 6 (5+1) caps
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| Yugoslavia |
1968
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Israel | ||
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1969
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England, Scotland, Wales, USSR (s), USSR | |||
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Billy Cook -
12 caps
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1935
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England, Scotland |
Pat Jennings†
- 1 cap
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1936
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Wales, Scotland, England |
1986
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Morocco | |
| 1937 | Wales, England, Scotland | † Jennings never played a competitive 1st team game for Everton | ||
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1938
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Wales, Scotland, England | He signed a short-term deal as cover for the 1986 | ||
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1939
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Wales | FA Cup Semi-Final & Final | ||
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Jackie Coulter
- 5 caps and 1 goal
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Billy Lacey
- 10 caps and 1 goal
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1934
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Scotland (1) |
1909
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England, Scotland, Wales (1) | |
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1935
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England, Wales |
1910
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England, Scotland, Wales | |
| 1936 | Scotland | 1911 | Wales, England, Scotland | |
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1937
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Wales |
1912
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England | |
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Tommy Eglington
- 6 caps*
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Shayne Lavery†
- 1 (0+1) cap
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1946
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Scotland |
2018
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Panama (s) | |
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1947
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Wales, Scotland, England | † Lavery never played a competitive 1st team game for Everton | ||
| 1948 | Wales, England | |||
| (* Eglington also has 22 caps and 2 goals |
Alex McCartney†
- 2 caps
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| for the Republic of Ireland) |
1905
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England, Scotland | ||
| † McCartney never played a competitive 1st team game for Everton | ||||
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Peter Farrell
- 7 caps*
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1946
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Scotland | Isacc Price - 2 (0+2) caps | ||
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1947
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Wales, Scotland, England |
2023
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San Marino (s), Finland (s) | |
| 1948 | Wales, England | |||
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1949
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Wales |
Peter Scott
- 2 caps
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| (* Farrell also has 26 (25+1) caps and 3 goals |
1975
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Wales, Yugoslavia | ||
| for the Republic of Ireland) | ||||
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Billy Scott
- 16 caps
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Bryan Hamilton
- 11 caps
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1905
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England, Scotland | ||
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1976
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Israel, Scotland, England, Wales, Holland, Belgium |
1907
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England, Scotland | |
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1977
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W Germany, England, Scotland, Wales, Iceland | 1908 | England, Scotland, Wales | |
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1909
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England, Scotland, Wales | |||
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Val Harris -
14 caps
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1910
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England, Scotland | ||
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1909
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England, Scotland, Wales | 1911 | Wales, England, Scotland | |
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1910
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England, Scotland, Wales |
1912
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England | |
| 1911 | Wales, England, Scotland | |||
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1912
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England |
Jimmy Sheridan
- 5 caps and 2 goals
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1913
|
England, Scotland |
1903
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England, Scotland, Wales (1) | |
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1914
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Wales, Scotland |
1904
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England, Scotland (1) | |
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Jimmy Hill -
3 caps
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Alex Stevenson
- 14 caps and 5 goals*
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1963
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Scotland, Spain, England |
1934
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Scotland | |
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1935
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England (1), Scotland | |||
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Johnny Houston
- 3 caps
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1936 | Wales (1), England | ||
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1913
|
England, Scotland |
1937
|
Wales (1), England (1) | |
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1914
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Scotland |
1938
|
Wales, Scotland, England | |
| 1939 | Wales | |||
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1946
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Scotland | |||
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1947
|
Wales (1), Scotland | |||
| (* Stevenson also has 6 caps (no goals) | ||||
| for the Republic of Ireland) | ||||
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Norman Whiteside
- 2 caps and 1 goal
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1989
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Hungary (1), Rep Ireland | |||