Sunday, August 30, 2020

Compendium to the 1980 Euros-Qualifiers-Part 1 (Group 1)

 

UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

 

 

May 24, 1978 (Copenhagen, Demark 3-Republic of Ireland 3)

September 20, 1978 (Dublin, Republic of Ireland 0-Northern Ireland 0)

September 20, 1978 (Copenhagen, Demark 3-England 4)

October 11, 1978 (Copenhagen, Demark 2-Bulgaria 2)

October 25, 1978 (Dublin, Republic of Ireland 1-England 1)

October 25, 1978 (Belfast, Northern Ireland 2-Denmark 1)

November 29, 1978 (Sofia, Bulgaria 0-Northern Ireland 2)

February 7, 1979 (London, England 4-Northern Ireland 0)

May 2, 1979 (Dublin, Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0)

May 2, 1979 (Belfast, Northern Ireland 2-Bulgaria 0)

May 19, 1979 (Sofia, Bulgaria 1-Republic of Ireland 0)

June 6, 1979 (Sofia, Bulgaria 0-England 3)

June 6, 1979 (Copenhagen, Demark 4-Northern Ireland 0)

September 12, 1979 (London, England 1-Denmark 0)

October 17, 1979 (Dublin, Republic of Ireland 3-Bulgaria 0)

October 17, 1979 (Belfast, Northern Ireland 1-England 5)

October 31, 1979 (Sofia, Bulgaria 3-Denmark 0)

November 21, 1979 (Belfast, Northern Ireland 1-Republic of Ireland 0)

November 22, 1979 (London, England 2-Bulgaria 0)

February 6, 1980 (London, England 2-Republic of Ireland 0)

 

 

 

Table

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

1

England

8

7

1

0

22

5

17

15

2

Northern Ireland

8

4

1

3

8

-14

-6

9

3

Republic of Ireland

8

2

3

3

9

8

1

7

4

Bulgaria

8

2

1

5

6

14

-8

5

5

Denmark

8

1

2

5

13

17

-4

4

 

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

 
 

Date: May 24, 1978

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Denmark 3-Republic of Ireland 3

Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance:  28,900

Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck (Holland)

Goalscorers:

(Denmark): Henning Jensen 31, Benny Nielsen 78 pen, Soren Lerby 79

(Republic of Ireland): Frank Stapleton 11, Tony Grealish 25, Gerry Daly 65

Lineups:

Denmark:

Birger Jensen (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging / Belgium)

Johnny Hansen (Vejle Boldklub)

Henning Munk Jensen (Frederikshavn forenede Idrætsklubber)

Per Røntved (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / West Germany)

Søren Lerby (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Morten Olsen (Racing White Daring Molenbeek / Belgium(Jan Højland (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 e.V. / West Germany) 75)

Kristen Nygaard (AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) '67 –Alkmaar / Holland) (Frank Arnesen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland) 65)

Jan Sørensen (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging / Belgium)

Benny Nielsen (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)

Henning Jensen (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

Jørgen Kristensen (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V. / West Germany)

 

Coach: Kurt Nielsen

 

Team Captain: Per Røntved

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 

Republic of Ireland:

Michael ‘Mick’ Kearns (Walsall Football Club / England)  

Patrick Martin ‘Paddy’ Mulligan (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)   

David Anthony O'Leary (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Mark Thomas Lawrenson (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England) 

James Paul Holmes (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) (Eamonn Gregg (Bohemians Football Club-Dublin) 51)

Gerard Anthony ‘Gery’ Daly (Derby County Football Club / England) 

John Michael Giles (captain) (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

Anthony Patrick Grealish (Leyton Orient Football Club-London / England)

Stephen Derek Heighway (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Daniel Joseph  ‘Don’ Givens (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) (Paul Gerard McGee (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) 46)

Francis Anthony ‘Frank’ Stapleton (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

 

Player-Coach: John Michael Giles

 

Team Captain: John Michael Giles

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: O’Neills

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 
 
 
 

Date: September 20, 1978

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Republic of Ireland 0-Northern Ireland 0

Venue: Dublin -Lansdowne Road

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): None

(Northern Ireland): None

Lineups:

Republic of Ireland:

Michael ‘Mick’ Kearns (Walsall Football Club / England)  

Anthony Patrick Grealish (Leyton Orient Football Club-London / England)

Mark Thomas Lawrenson (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England) 

Noel Synott (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

James Paul Holmes (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Gerard Anthony ‘Gery’ Daly (Derby County Football Club / England) 

John Michael Giles (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

William ‘Liam’ Brady (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Stephen Derek Heighway (Liverpool Football Club / England) (Daniel Joseph  ‘Don’ Givens (Birmingham City Football Club / England)  63)

Paul Gerard McGee (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club-London / England)

Francis Anthony ‘Frank’ Stapleton (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) (Michael Anthony ‘Mickey’ Walsh (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)   54)

 

Player-Coach: John Michael Giles

 

Team Captain: John Michael Giles

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: O’Neills

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Patrick James Rice (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Samuel Nelson (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Alan Hunter (Ipswich Town Football Club / England)   (Bryan Hamilton (Milwall Football Club –London / England)  72)

Christopher John Nicholl (Southampton Football Club / England) 

James Michael Nicholl (Manchester United Football Club / England)  

David McCreery (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) 

Gerald Joseph Armstrong (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England)

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Derek William Spence (Blackpool Football Club / England)  (George Terence Cochrane (Burnley Football Club / England)  69)

 

Coach: Robert Dennis ‘Danny’ Blanchflower

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

 

 


Photo from: Football Association of Ireland, 75 Years, Author Peter Byrne, 1996

(September 20, 1978, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 0-Northern Ireland 0)


Photo from: Football Association of Ireland, 75 Years, Author Peter Byrne, 1996

(September 20, 1978, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 0-Northern Ireland 0)


 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Republic of Ireland v England, 1978

(September 20, 1978, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 0-Northern Ireland 0)



Photo From: Official Match Programme, Republic of Ireland v England, 1978

(September 20, 1978, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 0-Northern Ireland 0)



 
 
 

Date: September 20, 1978

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Denmark 3-England 4

Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance:  47,600

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Denmark): Allan Simonsen 27 pen, Frank Arnesen 30, Per Røntved 86

(England): Kevin Keegan 21, 25, Bob Latchford 52, Phil Neal 85 

Lineups:

Denmark:

Birger Jensen (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging / Belgium)
Flemming Nielsen (Odense Boldklub)
Henning Munk Jensen (Frederikshavn forenede Idrætsklubber)
Per Røntved (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / West Germany)
Søren Lerby (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)
Frank Arnesen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)
Carsten Nielsen (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / West Germany)
Flemming Lund (Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V. / West Germany)
Allan Simonsen (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / West Germany)
Benny Nielsen (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium) (Allan Hansen (Berliner Tennis Club Borussia  1902 e.V / West Germany) 46)
Jørgen Kristensen (Næstved Idræts-Forening)
 

Coach: Kurt Nielsen

 

Team Captain: Per Røntved

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1- Denmark were awarded their penalty kick after Lerby was fouled by Neal in the box.

 

England:

Raymond Neal Clemence (Liverpool Football Club)
Philip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club)
Michael Denis ‘Mick’ Mills  (Ipswich Town Football Club)

Raymond Colin Wilkins (Chelsea Football Club-London)
David Vernon Watson (Manchester City Football Club)     
Emlyn Walter Hughes  (Liverpool Football Club)
Kevin Joseph Keegan  (Hamburger Sport Verein  e.V. /  West Germany)
Stephen James Coppell (Manchester United Football Club)
Robert Dennis Latchford (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Trevor David Brooking (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Peter Simon Barnes (Manchester City Football Club) 

 

Coach: Ronald Greenwood

 

Team Captain: Emlyn Walter Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks


Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Bulgaria, 1979

(September 20, 1978, EC Qualifier, Denmark 3-England 4)



Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Denmark, 1979

(September 20, 1978, EC Qualifier, Denmark 3-England 4)



Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Denmark, 1979

(September 20, 1978, EC Qualifier, Denmark 3-England 4)



Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Denmark, 1979

(Denmark squad, September 20, 1978, EC Qualifier, Denmark 3-England 4)









Date: October 11, 1978

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Denmark 2-Bulgaria 2

Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance:  15,800

Referee: Angel Franco Martinez (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Denmark): Benny Nielsen 17, Soren Lerby 65

(Bulgaria): Pavel Panov 37, Ivan Illiev 85

Lineups:

Denmark:

Ole Kjær (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber)

Flemming Nielsen (Odense Boldklub)

Lars Larsen (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen)

Per Røntved (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / West Germany)

Søren Lerby (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Morten Olsen (Racing White Daring Molenbeek / Belgium

Heino Hansen (Slagelse Boldklub & Idrætsforening)

Frank Arnesen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Flemming Lund (Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V. / West Germany)

Benny Nielsen (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)

Jørgen Kristensen (Næstved Idræts-Forening)

 

Coach: Kurt Nielsen

Booked: Benny Nielsen

 

Team Captain: Per Røntved

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Bulgaria:

Rumiancho Goranov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)   
Plamen Nikolov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)           
Nikolai Grancharov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia) (Ivan Iliev (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 10)

Petar Stankov (Sportna Fizkultura Druzestvo Akademik Svishov)

Georgi Bonev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)   
Radoslav Zdravkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)   
Angel Stankov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)          
Georgi Slavkov (Trakia Plovdiv) (Aleksandar Ivanov(Trakia Plovdiv)78)
Stoicho  Mladenov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Beroe - Stara Zagora)   
Pavel Panov  (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)         
Russi Gochev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)           
 

Coach: Tsvetan Ilchev

 

Team Captain: Pavel Panov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, Red Socks




 

Date: October 11, 1978

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Denmark 2-Bulgaria 2

Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance:  15,800

Referee: Angel Franco Martinez (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Denmark): Benny Nielsen 17, Soren Lerby 65

(Bulgaria): Pavel Panov 37, Ivan Illiev 85

Lineups:

Denmark:

Ole Kjær (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber)

Flemming Nielsen (Odense Boldklub)

Lars Larsen (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen)

Per Røntved (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / West Germany)

Søren Lerby (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Morten Olsen (Racing White Daring Molenbeek / Belgium

Heino Hansen (Slagelse Boldklub & Idrætsforening)

Frank Arnesen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Flemming Lund (Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V. / West Germany)

Benny Nielsen (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)

Jørgen Kristensen (Næstved Idræts-Forening)

 

Coach: Kurt Nielsen

Booked: Benny Nielsen

 

Team Captain: Per Røntved

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Bulgaria:

Rumiancho Goranov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)   
Plamen Nikolov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)           
Nikolai Grancharov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia) (Ivan Iliev (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 10)

Petar Stankov (Sportna Fizkultura Druzestvo Akademik Svishov)

Georgi Bonev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)   
Radoslav Zdravkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)   
Angel Stankov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)          
Georgi Slavkov (Trakia Plovdiv) (Aleksandar Ivanov(Trakia Plovdiv)78)
Stoicho  Mladenov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Beroe - Stara Zagora)   
Pavel Panov  (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)         
Russi Gochev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)           
 

Coach: Tsvetan Ilchev

 

Team Captain: Pavel Panov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, Red Socks

 



Date: October 25, 1978

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Northern Ireland 2-Denmark 1

Venue: Belfast -Windsor Park

Attendance:  25,000

Referee: Rolf Haugen (Norway)

Goalscorers:

(Northern Ireland): Derek William Spence 63- Trevor Anderson 85

(Denmark): Henning Jensen 51

Lineups:

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Patrick James Rice (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Samuel Nelson (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

James Michael Nicholl (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Alan Hunter (Ipswich Town Football Club / England) 

David McCreery (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) 

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Gerald Joseph Armstrong (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England)

Samuel John Morgan (Sparta Rotterdam / Holland)  (Derek William Spence (Blackpool Football Club / England)  61) (Trevor Anderson (Petersborough Football Club / England)  67)

George Terence Cochrane (Middlesborough Football Club / England) 

 

Coach: Robert Dennis ‘Danny’ Blanchflower

 

Team Captain: 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

 

Denmark:

Ole Kjær (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber)

Flemming Nielsen (Odense Boldklub)

Lars Larsen (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen)

Per Røntved (captain) (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / West Germany)

John Andersen (Boldklubben 1903-Copenhagen)

Ole Rasmussen (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V. / West Germany)

Carsten Nielsen (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / West Germany)

Ove Flindt Bjerg (Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885)

Henrik Agerbeck (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V. / West Germany) (Jan Sørensen (B 1901 (Nykøbing Falster Boldklub af 1901) 52)

Henning Jensen (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

Jørgen Kristensen (Næstved Idræts-Forening)

 

Coach: Kurt Nielsen

 

Team Captain: Per Røntved

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

 

Photo From: Soccer Monthly, January 1979

(October 25, 1978, EC Qualifier, Northern Ireland 2-Denmark 1)






Date: October 25, 1978

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Republic of Ireland 1-England 1

Venue: Dublin -Lansdowne Road

Attendance:  55,000

Referee: Heinz Adlinger (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): Gerry Daly 27

(England): Bob Latchford 8

Lineups:

Republic of Ireland:

1-Michael ‘Mick’ Kearns (Walsall Football Club / England)  

2-Patrick Martin ‘Paddy’ Mulligan  (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)   

5-David Anthony O'Leary (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) (Eamonn Gregg (Bohemians Football Club-Dublin) 73)

4-Mark Thomas Lawrenson (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England) 

3-James Paul Holmes (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

7-Gerard Anthony ‘Gery’ Daly (Derby County Football Club / England) 

8-Anthony Patrick Grealish (Leyton Orient Football Club-London / England)

6-William ‘Liam’ Brady (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

10-Gerard Joseph ‘Gerry’ Ryan (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England) 

11-Daniel Joseph  ‘Don’ Givens (Birmingham City Football Club / England)  

9-Paul Gerard McGee (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) (Francis Anthony ‘Frank’ Stapleton (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) 65)

 

Player-Coach: John Michael Giles

 

Team Captain: Patrick Martin ‘Paddy’ Mulligan 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: O’Neills

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

 

England:

1-Raymond Neal Clemence (Liverpool Football Club)
2-Philip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club)
3-Michael Denis ‘Mick’ Mills (Ipswich Town Football Club)

4-Raymond Colin Wilkins (Chelsea Football Club-London)
5-David Vernon Watson (Manchester City Football Club)  (14-Philip Bernard Thompson (Liverpool Football Club) 22)
6-Emlyn Walter Hughes (Liverpool Football Club)
7-Kevin Joseph Keegan (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. /  West Germany)
8-Stephen James Coppell (Manchester United Football Club)
9-Robert Dennis Latchford (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

10-Trevor David Brooking (West Ham United Football Club-London)

11-Peter Simon Barnes (Manchester City Football Club)  (Anthony Stewart Woodcock (Nottingham Forest Football Club) 81)

 

Coach: Ronald Greenwood

 

Team Captain: Emlyn Walter Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

 


Photo From: Soccer Monthly, January 1979

(October 25, 1978, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-England 1)



 

Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 25, December 1978

(October 25, 1978, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-England 1)



 

Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 25, December 1978

(England squad, October 25, 1978, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-England 1)



 

Photo From: Ireland on the Ball, Author Donal Cullen, 1993

(Republic of Ireland squad, October 25, 1978, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-England 1)








 
 

Date: November 29, 1978

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Bulgaria 0-Northern Ireland 2

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

Goalscorers:

(Bulgaria): None

(Northern Ireland): Gerry Armstrong 17, William Thomas Caskey 83

Lineups:

Bulgaria:

Rumiancho Goranov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Nikolai Grancharov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)          

Petar Stankov (Sportna Fizkultura Druzestvo Akademik Svishov)

Roman Karakolev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Marek Stanke Dimitrov)

Georgi Dimitrov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)    

Borislav Sredkov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)    

Russi Gochev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)           

Georgi Slavkov(Trakia Plovdiv)

Stoicho  Mladenov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Beroe - Stara Zagora)  (Spas Djevizov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  66)

Pavel Panov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)         

Angel Stankov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)  (Chavdar Tzvetkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia)  46)

 

Coach: Tsvetan Ilchev

 

Team Captain: Pavel Panov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 

Northern ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

James Michael Nicholl (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Samuel Nelson (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Bryan Hamilton (Swindon Town Football Club / England) 

Christopher John Nicholl (Southampton Football Club / England) 

David McCreery (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

William Thomas Caskey (Derby County Football Club / England) 

Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) 

Gerald Armstrong (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England)

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (Manchester United Football Club / England)  (Victor Moreland (Derby County Football Club / England)   86)

George Terence Cochrane (Middlesborough Football Club / England)  (Roland Christopher McGrath (Manchester United Football Club / England)  54)

 

Coach: Robert Dennis ‘Danny’ Blanchflower

 

Team Captain: 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 
 
 

Date: February 7, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: England 4-Northern Ireland 0

Venue: London - Wembley

Attendance:  92,000

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Goalscorers:

(England): Kevin Keegan 24, Bob Latchford 46, 63, David Watson 49

(Northern Ireland): None

Lineups:

England:

Raymond Neal Clemence (Liverpool Football Club)
Philip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club)
Michael Denis ‘Mick’ Mills (Ipswich Town Football Club)

Anthony Williams Currie (Leeds United Association Football Club)
David Vernon Watson (Manchester City Football Club) 
Emlyn Walter Hughes (Liverpool Football Club)
Kevin Joseph Keegan  (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. /  West Germany)
Stephen James Coppell (Manchester United Football Club)
Robert Dennis Latchford (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Trevor David Brooking (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Peter Simon Barnes (Manchester City Football Club) 

 

Coach: Ronald Greenwood

 

Team Captain: Emlyn Walter Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

 

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)
Patrick James Rice (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)
Samuel Nelson (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)
James Michael Nicholl (Manchester United Football Club / England) 
Christopher John Nicholl (Southampton Football Club / England) 
David McCreery (Manchester United Football Club / England) 
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) 
Samuel Baxter McIlroy( Manchester United Football Club / England) 
Gerald Joseph Armstrong (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England)
William Thomas Caskey (Derby County Football Club / England)   (Derek William Spence (Blackpool Football Club / England) 50)
George Terence Cochrane (Middlesborough Football Club / England)  (Roland Christopher McGrath (Manchester United Football Club / England) 81)

 

Coach: Robert Dennis ‘Danny’ Blanchflower

 

Team Captain: 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

 


Photo From: Onze, Issue 39, March 1979

(February 7, 1979, EC Qualifier, England 4-Northern Ireland 0)



 

Photo From: World Soccer , March 1979

(February 7, 1979, EC Qualifier, England 4-Northern Ireland 0)



 




Date: May 2, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0

Venue: Dublin -Lansdowne Road

Attendance:  35,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): Gerry Daly 45, Don Givens 66

(Denmark): None

Lineups:

Republic of Ireland:

Gerald Joseph ‘Gerry’ Peyton (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Eamonn Gregg (Bohemians Football Club-Dublin)

Patrick Martin ‘Paddy’ Mulligan (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)   

Michael Paul ‘Mick’ Martin (Newcastle United Football Club / England)   

James Paul Holmes (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Gerard Anthony ‘Gery’ Daly (Derby County Football Club / England) 

John Michael Giles (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

William ‘Liam’ Brady (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Austin William Patrick Hayes (Southampton Football Club / England) (Michael Anthony ‘Mickey’ Walsh (Queen's Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) 61)

Francis Anthony ‘Frank’ Stapleton (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Daniel Joseph ‘Don’ Givens (Birmingham City Football Club / England)  (Paul Gerard McGee (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) 71)

 

Player-Coach: John Michael Giles

 

Team Captain: John Michael Giles

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: O’Neills

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

 

Denmark:

Ole Kjær (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber)

Flemming Nielsen (Spielclub Fortuna Köln e.V. / West Germany)

Per Røntved (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / West Germany)

Lars Larsen (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen)

Søren Lerby (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Frank Arnesen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Morten Olsen (Racing White Daring Molenbeek / Belgium

Flemming Lund (Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V. / West Germany)

Allan Simonsen (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

Benny Nielsen (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium) (Henrik Agerbeck (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V. / West Germany) 75)

Preben Elkjaer (Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren / Belgium)

 

Coach: Kurt Nielsen

Booked: Flemming Nielsen, Soren Lerby, Benny Nielsen

 

Team Captain: Per Røntved

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Red Shorts, White Socks

 

 Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Denmark squad, May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0)



 

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  Republic of Ireland v Argentina, 1979

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0)



 

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  Republic of Ireland v West Germany, 1979

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0)



 




Date: May 2, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Northern Ireland 2-Bulgaria 0

Venue: Belfast -Windsor Park

Attendance: 18,700

Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland) 

Goalscorers:

(Northern Ireland): Chris Nicholl 16, Gerry Armstrong 33

(Bulgaria): None

Lineups:

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

James Michael Nicholl (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Samuel Nelson (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Bryan Hamilton (Swindon Town Football Club / England) 

Christopher John Nicholl (Southampton Football Club / England) (Victor Moreland (Derby County Football Club / England) 75)

David McCreery (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

William Thomas Caskey (Derby County Football Club / England) (Derek William Spence (Blackpool Football Club / England) 77)

Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) 

Gerald Joseph Armstrong (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England)

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

George Terence Cochrane (Middlesborough Football Club / England) 

 

Coach: Robert Dennis ‘Danny’ Blanchflower

 

Team Captain: 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: -Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 

Bulgaria:

Stoian Stoianov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Marek Stanke Dimitrov)

Tsonio Vassiliev (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Kiril Ivkov  (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)   

Aleksandar Rainov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Marek Stanke Dimitrov)

Georgi Bonev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)          

Liuben Kolev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Marek Stanke Dimitrov)

Radoslav Zdravkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  (Georgi Iliev (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  66)

Pavel Panov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)    

Borislav Sredkov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Spas Djevizov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Chavdar Tzvetkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 

 

Coach: Yanko Dinkov

 

Team Captain: Kiril Ivkov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: -Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 

 

Date: May 19, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Bulgaria 1-Republic of Ireland 0

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Bulgaria): Chavdar Tzvetkov 80

(Republic of Ireland): None

Lineups:

Bulgaria:

Iordan Filipov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Nikolai Grancharov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)   

Kiril Ivkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)   

Ivan Iliev (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia)     

Tsonio Vassiliev (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Radoslav Zdravkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Krassimir Borisov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)    

Pavel Panov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)    

Voin Voinov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)    

Andrei Jeliazkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 

Chavdar Tzvetkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 

 

Coach: Tsvetan Ilchev

 

Team Captain: Kiril Ivkov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 

Republic of Ireland:

Gerald Joseph ‘Gerry’ Peyton (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Eamonn Gregg (Bohemians Football Club-Dublin)

David Anthony O'Leary (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Michael Paul ‘Mick’ Martin (Newcastle United Football Club / England)   

James Paul Holmes (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) (Patrick Martin ‘Paddy’ Mulligan (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England) 61)

Gerard Anthony ‘Gery’ Daly (Derby County Football Club / England) 

John Michael Giles (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

William ‘Liam’ Brady (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Stephen Derek Heighway (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Michael Anthony ‘Mickey’ Walsh (Queen's Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) (Paul Gerard McGee (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) 75)

Daniel Joseph ‘Don’ Givens (Birmingham City Football Club / England)  

 

Player-Coach: John Michael Giles

 

Team Captain: John Michael Giles

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: O’Neills

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 
 

Date: June 6, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Bulgaria 0-England 3

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance:  47,500

Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Bulgaria): None

(England): Kevin Keegan 33, David Watson 53, Peter Barnes 64

Lineups:

Bulgaria:

Iordan Filipov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Nikolai Grancharov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)   

Kiril Ivkov  (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)   

Ivan Iliev (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia)     

Georgi Bonev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Radoslav Zdravkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia) (Todor Barzov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)  60)

Krassimir Borisov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)    

Pavel Panov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)    

Voin Voinov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)  (Russi Gochev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia) 46)     

Andrei Jeliazkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 

Chavdar Tzvetkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 

 

Coach: Tsvetan Ilchev

 

Team Captain: Kiril Ivkov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, Red Socks

 

England:

Raymond Neal Clemence (Liverpool Football Club)
Philip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club)
Michael Denis ‘Mick’ Mills  (Ipswich Town Football Club)
Philip Bernard Thompson (Liverpool Football Club)
David Vernon Watson (Manchester City Football Club) 
Raymond Colin Wilkins (Chelsea Football Club-London)

Kevin Joseph Keegan (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. / West Germany)
Stephen James Coppell (Manchester United Football Club)
Robert Dennis Latchford (Everton Football Club-Liverpool) (Trevor John Francis (Nottingham Forest Football Club) 65)

Trevor David Brooking (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Peter Simon Barnes (Manchester City Football Club) (Anthony Stewart Woodcock (Nottingham Forest Football Club) 79)

         

Coach: Ronald Greenwood

 

Team Captain: Kevin Joseph Keegan 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Denmark, 1979

(June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Bulgaria 0-England 3)



Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Denmark, 1979

(June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Bulgaria 0-England 3)



 

Photo From: Onze, Issue 54, June 1980

(England squad, June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Bulgaria 0-England 3)



 

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Bulgaria, 1979

(Bulgaria squad, June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Bulgaria 0-England 3)






Date: June 6, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Denmark 4-Northern Ireland 0

Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance:  16,500

Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Denmark): Preben Elkjær 31,33, 82, Allan Simonsen 63

(Northern Ireland): None

Lineups:

Denmark:

Ole Kjær (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber)

Ole Højgaard (KB-Kjøbenhavns Boldklub-Copenhagen)    (Peter Poulsen (Køge Boldklub) 75)

Søren Busk (Sportclub Westfalia 1904 e.V. Herne / West Germany)

Sten Ziegler (Roda JC (Juliana Combinatie) Kerkrade / Holland)

John Andersen (Boldklubben 1903-Copenhagen)

Frank Arnesen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Morten Olsen (Racing White Daring Molenbeek / Belgium

Klaus Nørregaard (KB-Kjøbenhavns Boldklub-Copenhagen) (Per Røntved (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / West Germany) 59)

Søren Lerby (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Allan Simonsen (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

Preben Elkjaer (Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren / Belgium)

 

Coach: Kurt Nielsen

 

Team Captain: Allan Simonsen

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Red Shorts, White Socks

 

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Patrick James Rice (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Samuel Nelson (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

James Michael Nicholl (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Alan Hunter (Ipswich Town Football Club / England) 

David McCreery (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)(Thomas Sloan (Manchester United Football Club / England)  65)

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Gerald Joseph Armstrong (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England) (William Thomas Caskey (Derby County Football Club / England) 68)

Derek William Spence (Blackpool Football Club / England) 

Bryan Hamilton (Swindon Town Football Club / England) 

 

Coach: Robert Dennis ‘Danny’ Blanchflower

 

Team Captain: 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

 

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Denmark squad, June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Denmark 4-Northern Ireland 0)



Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Denmark squad, June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Denmark 4-Northern Ireland 0)







Date: September 12, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: England 1-Denmark 0

Venue: London - Wembley

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Cesar da Luz Dias Correira (Portugal)

Goalscorers:

(England): Kevin Keegan 17

(Denmark): None

Lineups:

England:

Raymond Neal Clemence (Liverpool Football Club)
Philip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club)
Michael Denis ‘Mick’ Mills (Ipswich Town Football Club)

Philip Bernard Thompson (Liverpool Football Club)
David Vernon Watson  (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / West Germany)
Raymond Colin Wilkins (Manchester United Football Club)
Terence McDermott (Liverpool Football Club) 
Stephen James Coppell (Manchester United Football Club)
Trevor David Brooking (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Kevin Joseph Keegan  (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. /  West Germany)
Peter Simon Barnes (West Bromwich Albion Football Club) 

         

Coach: Ronald Greenwood

 

Team Captain: Kevin Joseph Keegan 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

 

Denmark:

Birger Jensen (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging / Belgium)

Ole Højgaard (KB-Kjøbenhavns Boldklub-Copenhagen)   

Søren Busk (MVV (Maastrichtse Voetbal Vereniging)- Maastricht / Holland)

Sten Ziegler (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Morten Olsen (Racing White Daring Molenbeek / Belgium

Søren Lerby (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Frank Arnesen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Benny Nielsen (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)  (Jens Jørn Bertelsen (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber) 60)

Henning Jensen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Allan Simonsen (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

Preben Elkjaer (Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren / Belgium) (Ove Flindt Bjerg (Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885)   80)

 

Coach: Josef "Sepp" Piontek (West Germany)

Booked: Preben Elkjær

 

Team Captain: Sten Ziegler

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 


Photo From: World Soccer , November  1979

(September 12, 1979, EC Qualifier, England 1-Denmark 0)



 

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Denmark squad, September 12, 1979, EC Qualifier, England 1-Denmark 0)



 

     

 

 

Date: October 17, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Republic of Ireland 3-Bulgaria 0

Venue: Dublin -Lansdowne Road

Attendance:  22,000

Referee: Heinz-Dieter Einbeck (East Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): Mick Martin 39, Tony Grealish 46, Frank Stapleton 83

(Bulgaria): None

Lineups:

Republic of Ireland:

Gerald Joseph ‘Gerry’ Peyton (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Patrick Martin ‘Paddy’ Mulligan (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

David Anthony O'Leary (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Pierce O'Leary (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

Augustine Ashley Grimes (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Michael Paul ‘Mick’ Martin (Newcastle United Football Club / England)   

William ‘Liam’ Brady (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Anthony Patrick Grealish (Luton Town Football Club / England)   

Stephen Derek Heighway (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Paul Gerard McGee (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club-London / England)

Francis Anthony ‘Frank’ Stapleton (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

 

Player-Coach: John Michael Giles

 

Team Captain: Patrick Martin ‘Paddy’ Mulligan

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: O’Neills

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

 

Bulgaria:

Rumiancho Goranov  (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Tsonio Vasiliev (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Georgi Dimitrov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Georgi Bonev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Ivan Iliev (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia)     

Vanio Kostov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia)  (Kostadin Kostadinov (Trakia Plovdiv)  46)

Todor Barzov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)    

Plamen Markov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Andrei Jeliazkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 

Boicho Velichkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Chavdar Tsvetkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 

 

Coach: Dobromir Tashkov

 

Team Captain: Rumiancho Goranov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Green Shorts, White Socks

 
 

 

Photo From: Onze, Issue 47, November 1979

(October 17, 1979, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 3-Bulgaria 0)



 

Photo From: Onze, Issue 47, November 1979

(October 17, 1979, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 3-Bulgaria 0)



 

 

 

Date: October 17, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Northern Ireland 1-England 5

Venue: Belfast -Windsor Park

Attendance:  25,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Northern Ireland): Victor Moreland 50 pen

(England): Trevor Francis 18, 62, Anthony Woodcock 34, 71, Jimmy Nicholl (Own Goal) 74

Lineups:

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Patrick James Rice (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Samuel Nelson (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

James Michael Nicholl (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Alan Hunter (Ipswich Town Football Club / England) (Peter Rafferty (Linfield Football Club-Belfast) 46)

Victor Moreland (Derby County Football Club / England) 

David McCreery (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club –London / England)

Thomas Cassidy (Newcastle United Football Club / England) 

Gerald Armstrong (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England)

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Thomas Finney (Cambridge United Football Club / England) (William Thomas Caskey (Derby County Football Club / England) 68)

         

Coach: Robert Dennis ‘Danny’ Blanchflower

 

Team Captain: 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 

England:

Peter Leslie Shilton (Nottingham Forest Football Club) 
Philip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club)
Michael Denis ‘Mick’ Mills (Ipswich Town Football Club)

Philip Bernard Thompson (Liverpool Football Club)
David Vernon Watson  (Southampton Football Club)
Raymond Colin Wilkins (Manchester United Football Club)
Kevin Joseph Keegan (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. /  West Germany)
Stephen James Coppell (Manchester United Football Club)
Trevor John Francis (Nottingham Forest Football Club)
Trevor David Brooking (West Ham United Football Club-London) (Terence McDermott (Liverpool Football Club)  83)
Anthony Stewart Woodcock (Nottingham Forest Football Club)

         

Coach: Ronald Greenwood

 

Team Captain: Kevin Joseph Keegan 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 
 

Date: October 31, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Bulgaria 3-Denmark 0

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance:  65,000

Referee: Sotos Axfentiou (Cyprus)

Goalscorers:

(Bulgaria): Andrei Jeliazkov 21, Chavdar Tzvetkov 51, 87

(Denmark): None

Lineups:

Bulgaria:

Hristo Hristov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Pirin – Blagoevgrad)

Tsonio Vassiliev (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Borislav Dimitrov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Georgi Bonev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Ivan Iliev (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia)     

Todor Barzov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)   

Plamen Markov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

Kostadin Kostadinov (Trakia Plovdiv)  (Russi Gochev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)  70)

Boicho Velichkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)    

Andrei Jeliazkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 

Chavdar Tsvetkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 

 

Coach: Dobromir Tashkov

 

Team Captain: 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 

Denmark:

Ole Qvist (KB-Kjøbenhavns Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Jens Steffensen (Fußball Club Bayer 05 Uerdingen / West Germany)

Søren Busk (MVV (Maastrichtse Voetbal Vereniging)- Maastricht / Holland)

Sten Ziegler (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Frank Olsen (AGF-Aarhus Gymnastik Forening af 1880)

Frank Arnesen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Søren Lerby (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Jens Jørn Bertelsen (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber)

Kristen Nygaard (AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) '67 –Alkmaar / Holland) (Carsten Nielsen (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / West Germany) 64)

Henning Jensen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

Allan Simonsen (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

 

Coach: Josef "Sepp" Piontek (West Germany)

Booked: Soren Lerby

 

Team Captain: Sten Ziegler

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

 

 

Date: November 21, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Northern Ireland 1-Republic of Ireland 0

Venue: Belfast -Windsor Park

Attendance:  15,000

Referee: Andre Daina (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Northern Ireland): Gerry Armstrong 54

(Republic of Ireland): None

Lineups:

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

James Michael Nicholl (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Samuel Nelson (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

Alan Hunter (Ipswich Town Football Club / England) 

Christopher John Nicholl (Southampton Football Club / England) 

Victor Moreland (Derby County Football Club / England) 

David McCreery (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club –London / England)

Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) (Thomas Cassidy (Newcastle United Football Club / England) 66)

Gerald Joseph Armstrong (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England)

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Derek William Spence (Blackpool Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Robert Dennis ‘Danny’ Blanchflower

 

Team Captain: 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Note:

Northern Ireland Manager Danny Blanchflower resigned after this match.

 

Republic of Ireland:

Michael ‘Mick’ Kearns (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England)   

John Anthony Devine (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

David Anthony O'Leary (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Pierce O'Leary (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

Augustine Ashley Grimes (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Gerard Anthony ‘Gery’ Daly (Derby County Football Club / England) (Joseph John Wary Waters (Grimsby Town Football Club / England)   53)

Michael Paul ‘Mick’ Martin (Newcastle United Football Club / England)   

Anthony Patrick Grealish (Luton Town Football Club / England)   

Stephen Derek Heighway (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Paul Gerard McGee (Preston North End Football Club / England) (Daniel Joseph  ‘Don’ Givens (Birmingham City Football Club / England)  75)

Francis Anthony ‘Frank’ Stapleton (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

 

Player-Coach: John Michael Giles

 

Team Captain: Michael Paul ‘Mick’ Martin

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: O’Neills

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

Note:

1- A coin thrown from the stands struck Gerry Daly, which forced him to leave the field.

 

 

 

Photo From: Official Match programmes, republic-of-ireland-vs-switzerland, 1980

(November 21, 1979, EC Qualifier, Northern Ireland 1-Republic of Ireland 0)


 
 

Date: November 22, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: England 2-Bulgaria 0

Venue: London - Wembley

Attendance: 71,491

Referee: Erik Frederiksson (Sweden)

Goalscorers:

(England): David Watson 9, Glenn Hoddle 68

(Bulgaria): None

Lineups:

England:

Raymond Neal Clemence (Liverpool Football Club)

Vivian Alexander Anderson (Nottingham Forest Football Club)
Kenneth Graham Sansom (Crystal Palace Football Club-London)

Philip Bernard Thompson (Liverpool Football Club)
David Vernon Watson (Southampton Football Club)
Raymond Colin Wilkins (Manchester United Football Club)

Kevin Philip Reeves (Norwich City Football Club) 
Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

Trevor John Francis (Nottingham Forest Football Club)
Raymond Kennedy (Liverpool Football Club)
Anthony Stewart Woodcock (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V. / West Germany)

         

Coach: Ronald Greenwood

 

Team Captain: Philip Bernard Thompson

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

 

Bulgaria:

Hristo Hristov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Pirin – Blagoevgrad)
Roman Karakolev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Marek Stanke Dimitrov)
Ivan Iliev (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia)     
Borislav Dimitrov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  
Todor Barzov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)   
Plamen Markov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  
Boicho Velichkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)   (Krasimir Manolov(Trakia Plovdiv) 87)
Georgi Dimitrov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  
Andrei Jeliazkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 
Chavdar Tsvetkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia)  (Kostadin Kostadinov (Trakia Plovdiv)  79)
Georgi Denev
(CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)  

         

Coach: Dobromir Tashkov

 

Team Captain: Andrei Jeliazkov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Green Shorts, White Socks

 
 


Photo From: World Soccer , February 1980

(November 22, 1979, EC Qualifier, England 2-Bulgaria 0)



 

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  Wales v England, 1980

(England squad, November 22, 1979, EC Qualifier, England 2-Bulgaria 0)



 




Date: February 6, 1980

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: England 2-Republic of Ireland 0

Venue: London - Wembley

Attendance: 90,299

Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)

Goalscorers:

(England): Kevin Joseph Keegan 34, 74

(Republic of Ireland): None

Lineups:

England:

Raymond Neal Clemence  (Liverpool Football Club)
Trevor John Cherry  (Leeds United Association Football Club)
Kenneth Graham Sansom (Crystal Palace Football Club-London)
Phillip Bernard Thompson (Liverpool Football Club)
David Vernon  Watson (Southampton Football Club)
Bryan Robson (West Bromwich Albion Football Club)
Kevin Joseph  Keegan (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. / West Germany)
Terence Mc Dermott (Liverpool Football Club)
David Edward Johnson (Liverpool Football Club) (Stephen James Coppell (Manchester United Football Club) 60)
Anthony Stewart Woodcock (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V. / West Germany) 
Lawrence Paul Cunningham (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

 

Coach: Ronald Greenwood

 

Team Captain: Kevin Joseph  Keegan 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

 

Republic of Ireland:

Gerald Joseph Peyton (Fulham Football Club-London / England) (Ronald Healey (Cardiff City Football Club / Wales) 60)

Christopher William Gerard Hughton (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

David Anthony O'Leary (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)        (Pierce O'Leary (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin) 68)

Mark Thomas Lawrenson (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England)

Augustine Ashley Grimes (Manchester United Football Club / England)

Gerard Anthony ‘Gery’ Daly (Derby County Football Club / England)

Anthony Patrick Grealish (Luton Town Football Club / England)

William ‘Liam’ Brady (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Frank O'Brien (Philadelphia Furies / USA)

Stephen Derek Heighway (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Francis Anthony ‘Frank’ Stapleton (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

 

Coach: John Michael Giles

 

Team Captain: William ‘Liam’ Brady

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: O’Neills

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

Note:

1-Gerry Peyton was injured and substituted after colliding with David Johnson.

 

Photo From: World Soccer , March 1980

(February 6, 1980, EC Qualifier, England 2-Republic of Ireland 0)




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