Northern Ireland v Belarus (15/11/2024)

DID YOU KNOW? Isaac Price’s stunning treble against Bulgaria in October

WORDS: MARSHALL GILLESPIE

meant he became the 11th player in Northern Ireland’s history to score a hat-trick and the first since David Healy in March 2007. At 21 years and 20 days he became the youngest player to score three goals in a full international, beating the long-standing record held by Olphie Stanfield who was 21 years and 346 days when he scored his hat-trick against Wales on 7 February 1891.

Last month Isaac Price became only the fifth player to score a hat-trick at the National Stadium/ Windsor Park for Northern Ireland. The other players to achieve the feat were: George Best v Cyprus ECQ – 21 April 1971 Billy McAdams v West Germany WCQ – 26 Oct 1960 Johnny Crossan v Albania WCQ – 7 May 1965 David Healy v Spain ECQ – 6 Sep 2006

There have been more players born in September (77) to have represented Ireland/Northern Ireland in the past 142 years than any other month of the year. The most popular date for full Northern Ireland internationals to be born on is 26 September, which is also the date on which last month’s hat-trick hero Isaac Price was born!

When Conor Bradley skippered Northern

The emphatic 5-0 victory over Bulgaria was only the fourth time in Northern Ireland’s history that they have managed to score five goals in a full international fixture. The other occasions were:

Ireland against Belarus in October he became the first Liverpool player since Billy Lacey on 22 October 1921 to captain Ireland/ Northern Ireland. Bradley also became the sixth youngest player to wear the captain’s armband since 1882.

5-3 v Austria (h) ECQ – 15 Nov 1995 5-0 v Faroe Islands (n) ECQ – 11 Sep 1991

5-0 v Cyprus (h) ECQ - 21 May 1971

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