NORTHERN IRELAND NATIONAL TEAM
2013
U-21
Italy vs Northern Ireland
Match Worn Shirt
Did you Know?
The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland. It organized the Ireland national football team from 1880 to 1950, which after 1954, became the Northern Ireland national football team. The IFA was formed on 18 November 1880 by seven football clubs mostly in the Belfast area, as the organising body for the sport across all of Ireland. A meeting was called by Cliftonville of other football clubs that followed the rules set out by the Scottish Football Association (SFA). At that meeting, on 18 November of that year, seven clubs formed the IFA, making it the fourth oldest national football association in the world (after those of England, Scotland and Wales). The founding members were: Alexander, Avoniel, Cliftonville, Distillery, Knock, Moyola Park and Oldpark. The IFA’s first decision was to form an annual challenge cup competition similar to the FA Cup and Scottish Cup competitions, called the Irish Cup. Two years later, Ireland played its first international against England, losing 13–0 (which remains a record for both teams; a record win for England, and a record loss for (Northern) Ireland).
NORTHERN IRELAND NATIONAL TEAM
Fifa World Cup “QATAR 2022” Qualifiers
Northern Ireland vs Italy
Match Issued Shirt
Brown Ciaron
Did you Know?
This shirt was worn by by Ciaron Brown during the Fifa World Cup “Qatar 2022″ qualifiers game between Northern Ireland and Italy which took place in Belfast,”National Football Stadium at Windsor Park”, on November 15th 2021. Northern Ireland tied 0-0 and at the end of the game Brown, who was a bench player, swapped his shirt with an Italy National team’s player whom we got it from. Brown was born in the London Borough of Hillingdon and he qualifies for Northern Ireland through his mother, who is from Belfast. In September 2019, he was called up to the under-21 side for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers against Malta and Finland. Six days later he was drafted into the senior squad and made his debut against Luxembourg in a friendly.