The outstanding Northern Irish coach coached the Northern Irish national team for 118 international matches and the Greek national team for 12 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 5- 8-1931 Country: Northern Ireland Matches as Coach: 130 (W42-D37-L51 - GF126-GA152 - %46.54) Matches as Coach for Northern Ireland: 118 (W40-D34-L44 - GF115-GA129 - %48.30) Matches as Coach for Greece: 12 (W 2-D 3-L 7 - GF 11-GA 23 - %29.17) Age First Match: 36 yr 77 d 21-10-1967 vs. Scotland 1-0 Age Last Match: 62 yr 104 d 17-11-1993 vs. Ireland 1-1 National Team Career: 26 yr 27 d
Coach for Northern Ireland
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
first tenure
1 21-10-67 Belfast Scotland 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
2 22-11-67 London England 0-2 European Ch. Qual.
3 28- 2-68 Wrexham Wales 0-2 European Ch. Qual.
4 10- 9-68 Tel-Aviv Israel 3-2
5 23-10-68 Belfast Turkey 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
6 11-12-68 Istanbul Turkey 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
7 3- 5-69 Belfast England 1-3 British Championship
8 6- 5-69 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 British Championship
9 10- 5-69 Belfast Wales 0-0 British Championship
10 19- 9-69 Belfast Soviet Union 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
11 22-10-69 Moskva Soviet Union 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
12 18- 4-70 Belfast Scotland 0-1 British Championship
13 21- 4-70 London England 1-3 British Championship
14 25- 4-70 Swansea Wales 0-1 British Championship
15 11-11-70 Sevilla Spain 0-3 European Ch. Qual.
16 3- 2-71 Nicosia Cyprus 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
17 21- 4-71 Belfast Cyprus 5-0 European Ch. Qual.
18 15- 5-71 Belfast England 0-1 British Championship
19 18- 5-71 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 British Championship
20 22- 5-71 Belfast Wales 1-0 British Championship
second tenure
21 26- 3-80 Tel-Aviv Israel 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
22 17- 5-80 Belfast Scotland 1-0 British Championship
23 20- 5-80 London England 1-1 British Championship
24 23- 5-80 Cardiff Wales 1-0 British Championship
25 11- 6-80 Sydney Australia 2-1
26 15- 6-80 Melbourne Australia 1-1
27 18- 6-80 Adelaide Australia 2-1
28 15-10-80 Belfast Sweden 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
29 19-11-80 Lisboa Portugal 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
30 25- 3-81 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
31 29- 4-81 Belfast Portugal 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 19- 5-81 Glasgow Scotland 0-2 British Championship
33 3- 6-81 Stockholm Sweden 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
34 14-10-81 Belfast Scotland 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
35 18-11-81 Belfast Israel 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
36 23- 2-82 London England 0-4 British Championship
37 24- 3-82 Paris France 0-4
38 28- 4-82 Belfast Scotland 1-1 British Championship
39 27- 5-82 Wrexham Wales 0-3 British Championship
40 17- 6-82 Zaragoza Yugoslavia 0-0 World Cup
41 21- 6-82 Zaragoza Honduras 1-1 World Cup
42 25- 6-82 Valencia Spain 1-0 World Cup
43 1- 7-82 Madrid Austria 2-2 World Cup
44 4- 7-82 Madrid France 1-4 World Cup
45 13-10-82 Wien Austria 0-2 European Ch. Qual.
46 17-11-82 Belfast West Germany 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
47 15-12-82 Tiranë Albania 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
48 30- 3-83 Belfast Turkey 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
49 27- 4-83 Belfast Albania 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
50 24- 5-83 Glasgow Scotland 0-0 British Championship
51 28- 5-83 Belfast England 0-0 British Championship
52 31- 5-83 Belfast Wales 0-1 British Championship
53 21- 9-83 Belfast Austria 3-1 European Ch. Qual.
54 12-10-83 Ankara Turkey 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
55 16-11-83 Hamburg West Germany 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
56 13-12-83 Belfast Scotland 2-0 British Championship
57 24- 4-84 London England 0-1 British Championship
58 22- 5-84 Swansea Wales 1-1 British Championship
59 27- 5-84 Pori Finland 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
60 12- 9-84 Belfast Romania 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
61 16-10-84 Belfast Israel 3-0
62 14-11-84 Belfast Finland 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
63 27- 2-85 Belfast England 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
64 27- 3-85 Palma Spain 0-0
65 1- 5-85 Belfast Turkey 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
66 11- 9-85 Izmir Turkey 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
67 16-10-85 Bucuresti Romania 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
68 13-11-85 London England 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
69 26- 2-86 Paris France 0-0
70 26- 3-86 Belfast Denmark 1-1
71 23- 4-86 Belfast Morocco 2-1
72 3- 6-86 Guadalajara Algeria 1-1 World Cup
73 7- 6-86 Guadalajara Spain 1-2 World Cup
74 12- 6-86 Guadalajara Brazil 0-3 World Cup
75 15-10-86 London England 0-3 European Ch. Qual.
76 12-11-86 Izmir Turkey 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
77 18- 2-87 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-1
78 1- 4-87 Belfast England 0-2 European Ch. Qual.
79 29- 4-87 Belfast Yugoslavia 1-2 European Ch. Qual.
80 14-10-87 Sarajevo Yugoslavia 0-3 European Ch. Qual.
81 11-11-87 Belfast Turkey 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
82 17- 2-88 Athinai Greece 2-3
83 23- 3-88 Belfast Poland 1-1
84 27- 4-88 Belfast France 0-0
85 21- 5-88 Belfast Malta 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
86 14- 9-88 Belfast Ireland 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
87 19-10-88 Budapest Hungary 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
88 21-12-88 Sevilla Spain 0-4 World Cup Qualifier
89 8- 2-89 Belfast Spain 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
90 26- 4-89 La Valletta Malta 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
91 26- 5-89 Belfast Chile 0-1
92 6- 9-89 Belfast Hungary 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
93 11-10-89 Dublin Ireland 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
94 27- 3-90 Belfast Norway 2-3
95 18- 5-90 Belfast Uruguay 1-0
96 12-10-90 Belfast Yugoslavia 0-2 European Ch. Qual.
97 17-10-90 Belfast Denmark 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
98 14-11-90 Wien Austria 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
99 5- 2-91 Belfast Poland 3-1
100 27- 3-91 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-4 European Ch. Qual.
101 1- 5-91 Belfast Faroe Islands 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
102 11- 9-91 Landskrona Faroe Islands 5-0 European Ch. Qual.
103 16-10-91 Belfast Austria 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
104 13-11-91 Odense Denmark 1-2 European Ch. Qual.
105 19- 2-92 Glasgow Scotland 0-1
106 28- 4-92 Belfast Lithuania 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
107 2- 6-92 Bremen Germany 1-1
108 9- 9-92 Belfast Albania 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
109 14-10-92 Belfast Spain 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
110 18-11-92 Belfast Denmark 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
111 17- 2-93 Tiranë Albania 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
112 31- 3-93 Dublin Ireland 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
113 28- 4-93 Sevilla Spain 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
114 25- 5-93 Vilnius Lithuania 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
115 2- 6-93 Riga Latvia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
116 8- 9-93 Belfast Latvia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
117 13-10-93 København Denmark 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
118 17-11-93 Belfast Ireland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
Coach for Greece
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 30- 9-71 Thessaloniki Mexico 0-1
2 17-11-71 Sofia Bulgaria 2-2
3 1-12-71 Piraeus England 0-2 European Ch. Qual.
4 16- 2-72 Piraeus Netherlands 0-5
5 4- 3-72 Piraeus Italy 2-1
6 12- 4-72 Thessaloniki Spain 0-0
7 7- 5-72 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1-0
8 2- 9-72 Piraeus France 1-3
9 19-11-72 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
10 17- 1-73 Athinai Spain 2-3 World Cup Qualifier
11 31- 1-73 Athinai Bulgaria 2-2
12 21- 2-73 Málaga Spain 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
130 42 37 51 126-152 121 46.54
Types of Matches
World Cup Qualifier 43
European Ch. Qualifier 29
Friendlies 28
British Championship 22
World Cup 8
Total matches: 130
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