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1 May 1990

(Danny Blanchflower Benefit) 
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - NORTHERN IRELAND 2:1 (2:1) 

Referee: A.W. Ward (London) 
Attendance/Venue: 6,769, White Hart Lane, London (Receipts £75,000) 
Goals: (Tottenham) Howells (12), Gascoigne (41 penalty); (NI) Wilson (20)

Tottenham: (white -navy - white) 
  • Thorsvedt [sub: Mimms 45]
  • A. Polston [sub: Perryman 45]
  • Thomas
  • Sedgley
  • Howells [sub: Garland 30]
  • J. Polston [sub: Butters 45]
  • Stewart [sub: Gormley 67]
  • Gascoigne [sub: A. Polston 73]
  • Nayim [sub: Ardiles 45]
  • Lineker [sub: Walsh 42]
  • Allen [sub: Taylor 45]. 
  • Captain: Gary Lineker
  • Manager: Terry Venables 
Northern Ireland: (green - white - white)
  1. Tommy Wright (Newcastle United) [sub 46: Allen McKnight (West Ham United)] 
  2. Paul Agnew (Grimsby Town) 
  3. Tony Scappaticci (Glenavon) [sub 53: Stephen Beattie (Queen's Park Rangers(?))] 
  4. John McClelland (Leeds United) 
  5. Alan McDonald (Queen's Park Rangers) 
  6. David McCreery (Hearts) 
  7. Gerry Armstrong (Glenavon) [sub 46: Phil Gray (Tottenham Hotspur)] 
  8. Jim Magilton (Liverpool) 
  9. Colin Clarke (Queen's Park Rangers) 
  10. Kevin Wilson (Chelsea) [sub 70: Matthew Edwards* (Tottenham Hotspur)] 
  11. Paul Gray (Luton Town) 
  • Captain: John McClellans
  • Manager: Billy Bingham 

    * Matt Edwards was a Spurs reserve team player with no apparent links to Northern Ireland. He can be seen playing in this match wearing Spurs socks.

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