Head to head · Men's national teams
England v Northern Ireland
England and Northern Ireland have met 99 times since 1882: England lead 76–7.
76England wins
16draws
7Northern Ireland wins
Goals: England 324, Northern Ireland 81 · 99 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Saturday, 18 February 1882: Ireland 0–13 England in Belfast.
- The most recent was on Wednesday, 7 September 2005: Northern Ireland 1–0 England (FIFA World Cup qualification).
- England's biggest win: Ireland 0–13 England, 1882.
- Northern Ireland's biggest win: England 0–3 Ireland, 1914.
- 96 of the 99 meetings were competitive matches and 3 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2005 | ||
| 7 Sept | Northern Ireland 1–0 England FIFA World Cup qualification · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Northern Ireland |
| 26 Mar | England 4–0 Northern Ireland FIFA World Cup qualification · Manchester, England |
England |
| 1987 | ||
| 1 Apr | Northern Ireland 0–2 England UEFA Euro qualification · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1986 | ||
| 15 Oct | England 3–0 Northern Ireland UEFA Euro qualification · London, England |
England |
| 1985 | ||
| 13 Nov | England 0–0 Northern Ireland FIFA World Cup qualification · London, England |
Draw |
| 27 Feb | Northern Ireland 0–1 England FIFA World Cup qualification · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1984 | ||
| 4 Apr | England 1–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1983 | ||
| 28 May | Northern Ireland 0–0 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Draw |
| 1982 | ||
| 23 Feb | England 4–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1980 | ||
| 20 May | England 1–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
Draw |
| 1979 | ||
| 17 Oct | Northern Ireland 1–5 England UEFA Euro qualification · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 19 May | Northern Ireland 0–2 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 7 Feb | England 4–0 Northern Ireland UEFA Euro qualification · London, England |
England |
| 1978 | ||
| 16 May | England 1–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1977 | ||
| 28 May | Northern Ireland 1–2 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1976 | ||
| 11 May | England 4–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1975 | ||
| 17 May | Northern Ireland 0–0 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Draw |
| 1974 | ||
| 15 May | England 1–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1973 | ||
| 12 May | England 2–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · Liverpool, England |
England |
| 1972 | ||
| 23 May | England 0–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
Northern Ireland |
| 1971 | ||
| 15 May | Northern Ireland 0–1 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1970 | ||
| 21 Apr | England 3–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1969 | ||
| 3 May | Northern Ireland 1–3 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1967 | ||
| 22 Nov | England 2–0 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1966 | ||
| 22 Oct | Northern Ireland 0–2 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1965 | ||
| 10 Nov | England 2–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1964 | ||
| 3 Oct | Northern Ireland 3–4 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1963 | ||
| 20 Nov | England 8–3 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1962 | ||
| 20 Oct | Northern Ireland 1–3 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1961 | ||
| 22 Nov | England 1–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
Draw |
| 1960 | ||
| 8 Oct | Northern Ireland 2–5 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1959 | ||
| 18 Nov | England 2–1 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1958 | ||
| 4 Oct | Northern Ireland 3–3 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Draw |
| 1957 | ||
| 6 Nov | England 2–3 Northern Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
Northern Ireland |
| 1956 | ||
| 6 Oct | Northern Ireland 1–1 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Draw |
| 1955 | ||
| 2 Nov | England 3–0 Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1954 | ||
| 2 Oct | Ireland 0–2 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1953 | ||
| 11 Nov | England 3–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Liverpool, England |
England |
| 1952 | ||
| 4 Oct | Ireland 2–2 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Draw |
| 1951 | ||
| 14 Nov | England 2–0 Ireland British Home Championship · London, England |
England |
| 1950 | ||
| 7 Oct | Ireland 1–4 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1949 | ||
| 16 Nov | England 9–2 Ireland FIFA World Cup qualification · Manchester, England |
England |
| 1948 | ||
| 9 Oct | Ireland 2–6 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1947 | ||
| 5 Nov | England 2–2 Ireland British Home Championship · Liverpool, England |
Draw |
| 1946 | ||
| 28 Sept | Ireland 2–7 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1945 | ||
| 15 Sept | Ireland 0–1 England Friendly · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1938 | ||
| 16 Nov | England 7–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Manchester, England |
England |
| 1937 | ||
| 23 Oct | Ireland 1–5 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1936 | ||
| 18 Nov | England 3–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Stoke-on-Trent, England |
England |
| 1935 | ||
| 19 Oct | Ireland 1–3 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 6 Feb | England 2–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Liverpool, England |
England |
| 1933 | ||
| 14 Oct | Ireland 0–3 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1932 | ||
| 17 Oct | England 1–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Blackpool, England |
England |
| 1931 | ||
| 17 Oct | Ireland 2–6 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1930 | ||
| 20 Oct | England 5–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Sheffield, England |
England |
| 1929 | ||
| 19 Oct | Ireland 0–3 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
England |
| 1928 | ||
| 22 Oct | England 2–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Liverpool, England |
England |
| 1927 | ||
| 22 Oct | Ireland 2–0 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Northern Ireland |
| 1926 | ||
| 20 Oct | England 3–3 Ireland British Home Championship · Liverpool, England |
Draw |
| 1925 | ||
| 24 Oct | Ireland 0–0 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Draw |
| 1924 | ||
| 22 Oct | England 3–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Liverpool, England |
England |
| 1923 | ||
| 20 Oct | Ireland 2–1 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Northern Ireland |
| 1922 | ||
| 21 Oct | England 2–0 Ireland British Home Championship · West Bromwich, England |
England |
| 1921 | ||
| 22 Oct | Ireland 1–1 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
Draw |
| 1920 | ||
| 23 Oct | England 2–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Sunderland, England |
England |
| 1919 | ||
| 25 Oct | Ireland 1–1 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
Draw |
| 1914 | ||
| 14 Feb | England 0–3 Ireland British Home Championship · Middlesbrough, England |
Northern Ireland |
| 1913 | ||
| 15 Feb | Ireland 2–1 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
Northern Ireland |
| 1912 | ||
| 10 Feb | Ireland 1–6 England British Home Championship · Dublin, Ireland |
England |
| 1911 | ||
| 11 Feb | England 2–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Derby, England |
England |
| 1910 | ||
| 12 Feb | Ireland 1–1 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
Draw |
| 1909 | ||
| 13 Feb | England 4–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Bradford, England |
England |
| 1908 | ||
| 15 Feb | Ireland 1–3 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1907 | ||
| 16 Feb | England 1–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Liverpool, England |
England |
| 1906 | ||
| 17 Feb | Ireland 0–5 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1905 | ||
| 25 Feb | England 1–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Middlesbrough, England |
Draw |
| 1904 | ||
| 12 Mar | Ireland 1–3 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1903 | ||
| 14 Feb | England 4–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Wolverhampton, England |
England |
| 1902 | ||
| 22 Mar | Ireland 0–1 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1901 | ||
| 9 Mar | England 3–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Southampton, England |
England |
| 1900 | ||
| 17 Mar | Ireland 0–2 England British Home Championship · Dublin, Ireland |
England |
| 1899 | ||
| 18 Feb | England 13–2 Ireland British Home Championship · Sunderland, England |
England |
| 1898 | ||
| 5 Mar | Ireland 2–3 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1897 | ||
| 20 Feb | England 6–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Nottingham, England |
England |
| 1896 | ||
| 7 Mar | Ireland 0–2 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1895 | ||
| 9 Mar | England 9–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Derby, England |
England |
| 1894 | ||
| 3 Mar | Ireland 2–2 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
Draw |
| 1893 | ||
| 25 Feb | England 6–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Birmingham, England |
England |
| 1892 | ||
| 5 Mar | Ireland 0–2 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1891 | ||
| 7 Mar | England 6–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Wolverhampton, England |
England |
| 1890 | ||
| 15 Mar | Ireland 1–9 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1889 | ||
| 2 Mar | England 6–1 Ireland British Home Championship · Liverpool, England |
England |
| 1888 | ||
| 7 Apr | Ireland 1–5 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1887 | ||
| 5 Feb | England 7–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Sheffield, England |
England |
| 1886 | ||
| 13 Mar | Ireland 1–6 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1885 | ||
| 28 Feb | England 4–0 Ireland British Home Championship · Manchester, England |
England |
| 1884 | ||
| 23 Feb | Ireland 1–8 England British Home Championship · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
| 1883 | ||
| 24 Feb | England 7–0 Ireland Friendly · Liverpool, England |
England |
| 1882 | ||
| 18 Feb | Ireland 0–13 England Friendly · Belfast, Ireland |
England |
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Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.