(Northern) Ireland Amateur International Results (1906-1974)

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The Ireland Amateur team played their first match in 1906, losing 2-1 to England at Dalymount Park. The team's first-choice colour was green (unlike the full international side who at the time usually wore blue). Aside from a single match against France in 1921, England were the only regular opponents until 1929 when an annual match against Scotland was first contested.

In 1953/54 Ireland faced Wales for the first time, thus allowing an Amateur Home Nations Championship to begin. From then until 1974 all matches were part of the Home Nations series, with the exception of a match against a touring South Africa side in 1954. Northern Ireland never entered the UEFA Amateur Cup which began in 1966/67 and ran through to 1978 (since succeeded by the Regions' Cup).

The Northern Ireland Amateur side was discontinued in 1974 as the Home Nations abolished official amateur status.

No.	Date	Opposition	Venue
1	15/12/06	ENG	Dalymount Pk, Dublin	H	L	1-2
2	07/12/07	ENG	White Hart Lane, London	A	L	1-6
3	21/11/08	ENG	Dalymount Pk, Dublin	H	L	1-5
4	20/11/09	ENG	Elland Rd, Leeds	A	D	4-4
5	19/11/10	ENG	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	3-2
6	18/11/11	ENG	Leeds ad, Huddersfield	A	L	0-2
7	05/10/12	ENG	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	3-2
8	08/11/13	ENG	The Oval, Belfast	H	L	0-2
9	15/11/19	ENG	Baseball Ground, Derby	A	L	0-5
10	13/11/20	ENG	Solitude, Belfast	H	L	0-4
11	08/02/21	FRA	Parc des Princes, Paris	A	W	2-1
12	14/11/21	ENG	Filbert St, Leicester	A	L	1-4
13	11/11/22	ENG	Deepdale, Preston	A	L	0-4
14	10/11/23	ENG	Crystal Palace, London	A	L	0-3
15	08/11/24	ENG	Solitude, Belfast	H	L	2-3
-	11/05/25	Irish league	Solitude, Belfast	N	D	2-2
16	07/11/25	ENG	Maidstone	A	L	4-6
17	06/11/26	ENG	Solitude, Belfast	H	L	0-3
18	12/11/27	ENG	Blackpool	A	D	1-1
19	10/11/28	ENG	Belfast	H	L	0-2
20	12/10/29	SCO	Brandywell, L'derry	H	L	0-3
21	16/11/29	ENG	Selhurst Pk, London	A	L	2-7
22	20/09/30	SCO	Pittodrie, Aberdeen	A	L	0-2
23	15/11/30	ENG	Belfast	H	W	3-1
24	14/11/31	ENG	Bootham Crescent, York	A	L	2-3
25	23/01/32	SCO	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	4-0
-	16/05/32	Irish League	Celtic pk, Belfast	N	L	3-4
26	28/01/33	SCO	Glasgow	A	L	*
27	18/02/33	ENG	Belfast	H	W	4-3
28	17/02/34	ENG	Ilford, Essex	A	L	0-4
29	25/04/34	SCO	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	4-1
30	16/02/35	ENG	Belfast	H	L	2-4
31	17/04/35	SCO	Ibrox Pk, Glasgow	A	W	3-2
32	15/02/36	ENG	Bloomfield Rd, Blackpool	A	L	0-5
33	22/04/36	SCO	Belfast	H	L	3-5
34	13/02/37	ENG	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	5-1
35	21/04/37	SCO	Cathkin Pk, Glasgow	A	L	0-3
36	19/02/38	ENG	Filbert St, Leicester	A	D	1-1
37	13/04/38	SCO	Belfast	H	W	2-1
38	18/02/39	ENG	Belfast	H	L	0-1
39	19/04/39	SCO	Firhill, Glasgow	A	D	1-1
40	08/02/47	ENG	Southport	A	L	1-3
41	07/02/48	ENG	Belfast	H	L	0-5
42	05/02/49	ENG	Carrow Rd, Norwich	A	W	1-0
43	16/03/49	SCO	Grosvenor Pk, Belfast	H	D	2-2
44	10/12/49	SCO	Pittodrie, Aberdeen	A	W	5-2
45	04/02/50	ENG	Windsor Pk, Belfast	H	L	1-3
46	03/02/51	ENG	Highfield Rd, Coventry	A	L	3-6
47	19/05/51	SCO	Brandywell, L'derry	H	L	0-1
48	15/08/51	Gold Coast	The Oval, Belfast	H	W	5-2
49	02/02/52	ENG	Shamrock Pk, Portadown	H	L	1-3
50	12/04/52	SCO	Ibrox Pk, Glasgow	A	L	1-2
51	31/01/53	ENG	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	A	L	1-4
52	14/02/53	SCO	Belfast	H	W	1-0
53	12/09/53	ENG	Showgrounds, Coleraine	H	W	2-1
54	10/10/53	South Africa	Windsor Pk, Belfast	H	L	2-5
55	23/01/54	WAL	Grosvenor Pk, Belfast	H	W	3-2
-	22/02/54	Distillery FC	Grosvenor Pk, Belfast	A	W	5-2
56	10/04/54	SCO	Rugby Pk, Kilmarnock	A	D	0-0
57	18/09/54	ENG	Selhurst Pk, London	A	L	0-5
58	22/01/55	WAL	Llanidloes	A	W	2-1
59	12/02/55	SCO	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	2-1
60	17/09/55	ENG	Solitude, Belfast	H	L	1-4
61	21/01/56	WAL	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	2-1
62	25/02/56	SCO	Rugby Pk, Kilmarnock	A	W	3-1
63	15/09/56	ENG	Bromley, Kent	A	L	2-5
64	19/01/57	WAL	Ebbw Vale, Monmouth	A	L	1-3
65	23/02/57	SCO	Castlereagh Pk, N'ards	H	W	4-1
66	28/09/57	ENG	The Oval, Belfast	H	L	0-3
67	18/01/58	WAL	Showgrounds, Coleraine	H	W	3-1
68	22/02/58	SCO	Broomfield Pk, Airdrie	A	W	3-1
69	27/09/58	ENG	Dean Court, Bournemouth	A	L	2-6
70	17/01/59	WAL	Llandudno	A	W	4-3
71	21/02/59	SCO	Showgrounds, Coleraine	H	D	0-0
72	26/09/59	ENG	Solitude, Belfast	H	D	1-1
73	16/01/60	WAL	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	W	3-2
74	24/04/60	SCO	Hampden Pk, Glasgow	A	L	0-2
75	24/09/60	ENG	Loakes Pk, High Wycombe	A	L	2-3
76	14/01/61	WAL	Portmadoc	A	L	1-4
77	18/02/61	SCO	Showgrounds, Coleraine	H	D	3-3
78	30/09/61	ENG	Showgrounds, Coleraine	H	L	0-3
79	13/01/62	WAL	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	W	3-1
80	17/02/62	SCO	Brockville Pk, Falkirk	A	D	0-0
81	29/09/62	ENG	Champion Hill, Dulwich	A	L	2-3
82	12/01/63	WAL	The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	A	W	2-0
83	10/05/63	SCO	Belfast	H	W	5-2
84	28/09/63	ENG	The Oval, Belfast	H	W	2-1
85	11/01/64	WAL	Solitude, Belfast	H	D	2-2
86	08/02/64	SCO	Hampden Pk, Glasgow	A	D	2-2
87	26/09/64	ENG	Brooklands, Romford	A	L	1-2
88	16/01/65	WAL	Newtown, Montgomeryshire	A	D	1-1
89	03/04/65	SCO	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	D	1-1
90	25/09/65	ENG	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	L	0-2
91	15/01/66	WAL	Shamrock Pk, Portadown	H	D	0-0
92	12/03/66	SCO	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	A	W	3-2
93	24/09/66	ENG	Vicarage Road, Watford	A	L	0-2
94	14/01/67	WAL	Newtown, Montgomeryshire	A	D	3-3
95	18/03/67	SCO	Castlereagh Pk, N'ards	H	L	1-2
96	23/09/67	ENG	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	W	1-0
97	16/03/68	SCO	Greenock	A	L	0-2
98	11/05/68	WAL	Shamrock Pk, Portadown	H	L	0-1
99	29/09/68	ENG	The Valley, Charlton	A	L	0-5
100	11/01/69	WAL	Ton Pentre	A	L	0-1
101	22/03/69	SCO	Shamrock Pk, Portadown	H	L	1-2
102	27/09/69	ENG	Shamrock Pk, Portadown	H	L	1-4
103	10/01/70	WAL	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	W	3-1
104	14/02/70	SCO	Stair Park, Stranraer	A	L	1-3
105	02/10/70	ENG	Woking	A	L	1-4
106	19/02/71	SCO	The Oval, Belfast	H	D	1-1
107	17/04/71	WAL	Llanelli	A	L	0-1
108	15/04/72	WAL	Welshpool	A	W	3-0
109	28/04/72	SCO	Paisley	A	W	1-0
110	15/05/72	ENG	Claremont Rd, Hendon	A	W	2-1
111	06/10/72	ENG	Norwich	A	L	1-2
112	16/03/73	SCO	Brockville Pk, Falkirk	A	L	0-1
113	07/04/73	WAL	Rhyl	A	L	1-2
114	12/10/73	ENG	Maine Rd, Manchester	A	L	0-2
115	06/04/74	WAL	Denbigh	A	L	0-1

* Result uncertain, either 0-6 or 1-5.

Sources:
100 Years of Irish Football (Malcolm Brodie, 1980)
George Glass
Roy Cathcart (card scan)