Belfast - England 2, Ireland 0 (1954)

Belfast, Northern Ireland. SV England take the field at Windsor Park, Belfast. GV packed ground. GV kick-off. Ireland in dark shirts kick left to right. SV Ray Wood soon in action with a flying dive. SV crowd. SV Billy Bingham taking the corner, Wood punches clear Jimmy McIlroy collects and centres. SV Wood runs out collects the ball, second attempt, rolls over, recovers and clears up field. GV crowd. Half time, no score. LV Ireland still attacking, Bingham centres and Wood is forced to throw himself forward in an attempt to intercept. He misses the ball, but Billy Foulkes just manages to get to the ball before Peter McParland and ball goes behind for a corner with Wood out of goal. SV crowd. SV McParland giving the English defence the run around. LV McParland giving the English defence the run around. LV McParland centres and Wood tips it over for a corner. SV crowd. SV Johnny Haynes receives ball, dribbles round the defence, shoots and scores. SV crowd applaud. SV towards, Lofthouse running with ball, ba
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