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286:5–1 England Amateurs
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231:First international
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1636:U-16 Schools
1626:U-18 Schools
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1491:World Finals
1414:2020–present
1328:Windsor Park
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1181:. Retrieved
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1124:. Retrieved
1117:the original
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825:Appearances
755:Jackie Davis
545:Appearances
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471:Cliftonville
467:Irish League
451:Dinny Hannon
423:
415:South Africa
375:Home Nations
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15:
1586:Other teams
1482:David Healy
1333:Celtic Park
973:Paddy Hasty
517:(Belfast).
337:Celtic Park
271:Biggest win
24:Association
1656:Categories
1428:Statistics
1363:Bloomfield
1146:www.fai.ie
1078:References
1042:Jimmy Gibb
1011:1938–1950
983:1955–1961
955:1931–1933
945:Boy Martin
927:1948–1954
901:1965–1969
892:Dennis Guy
875:1948–1956
847:1957–1962
803:Most goals
790:1964–1969
764:1953–1956
738:1951–1955
710:1949–1957
682:1961–1966
654:1957–1962
626:1948–1956
598:1948–1956
570:1925–1939
487:Distillery
411:Gold Coast
48:Top scorer
1606:(defunct)
837:Hugh Barr
816:Position
644:Hugh Barr
539:Position
507:Coleraine
483:Coleraine
64:FIFA code
52:Hugh Barr
1348:The Oval
1338:Solitude
1312:Managers
1183:22 April
1151:23 April
1126:23 April
515:The Oval
479:Glenavon
475:Linfield
459:Solitude
426:friendly
383:Scotland
363:football
353:was the
297:Solitude
1641:Juniors
1603:Amateur
1593:Women's
1565:Culture
1529:Summary
1498:Summary
1456:Players
1449:Players
1409:2000–19
1404:1980–99
1399:1960–79
1394:1930–59
1389:1900–29
1384:1882–99
1377:Results
1295:General
1068:Honours
521:Records
499:Belfast
473:, with
379:England
369:History
355:amateur
341:Glasgow
301:Belfast
214:colours
212:Second
144:colours
1321:Venues
822:Goals
819:Years
548:Goals
542:Years
493:Venues
407:France
264:Dublin
142:First
1475:Goals
1120:(PDF)
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813:Name
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