Bulgaria v Northern Ireland, 29 November 1978

Score2-0 to Northern Ireland
Referee Hilmi Ok
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Group 1
VenueVasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance30,000
Kick-off: 5:00pm local (4:00pm GMT)

0  Bulgaria

Manager: Tsvetan Ilchev

2  Northern Ireland

Manager: Danny Blanchflower

Goals:

Goals:

Gerry Armstrong 17 G
Billy Caskey 83 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Rumencho Goranov
Defender Georgi Dimitrov
Defender Roman Karakolev
Defender Petar Stankov
Midfielder Borislav Sredkov
Midfielder Angel Stankov
Forward Rusi Gochev
Forward Pavel Panov (captain)
Forward Georgi Slavkov

Starting lineup:

Pat Jennings Goalkeeper
Sammy Nelson Defender
Chris Nicholl Defender
Jimmy Nicholl Defender
Bryan Hamilton Midfielder
David McCreery Midfielder
Sammy McIlroy Midfielder
Martin O'Neill Midfielder
Gerry Armstrong Forward
Billy Caskey Forward
Terry Cochrane Forward

Substitutions:

Chavdar Tzvetkov for Angel Stankov 46
Spas Dzhevizov for Stoicho Mladenov 66

Substitutions:

Chris McGrath for Terry Cochrane 54
Vic Moreland for Sammy McIlroy 86

On the bench:

Forward Spas Dzhevizov

On the bench:

Midfielder Chris McGrath
Midfielder Vic Moreland

0  Bulgaria

Manager: Tsvetan Ilchev

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Rumencho Goranov
Defender Georgi Dimitrov
Defender Roman Karakolev
Defender Petar Stankov
Midfielder Borislav Sredkov
Midfielder Angel Stankov
Forward Rusi Gochev
Forward Pavel Panov (captain)
Forward Georgi Slavkov

Substitutions:

Chavdar Tzvetkov for Angel Stankov 46
Spas Dzhevizov for Stoicho Mladenov 66

On the bench:

Forward Spas Dzhevizov

2  Northern Ireland

Manager: Danny Blanchflower

Goals:

Gerry Armstrong 17 G
Billy Caskey 83 G

Starting lineup:

Pat Jennings Goalkeeper
Sammy Nelson Defender
Chris Nicholl Defender
Jimmy Nicholl Defender
Bryan Hamilton Midfielder
David McCreery Midfielder
Sammy McIlroy Midfielder
Martin O'Neill Midfielder
Gerry Armstrong Forward
Billy Caskey Forward
Terry Cochrane Forward

Substitutions:

Chris McGrath for Terry Cochrane 54
Vic Moreland for Sammy McIlroy 86

On the bench:

Midfielder Chris McGrath
Midfielder Vic Moreland