Player · Northern Ireland · Defender

Jimmy Nicholl

Scored on 15 Oct 1980

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Caps: 8
Starts: 8
Minutes: 720
Win % when playing: 12.5%
Goals: 1
Matches scored in: 1
Penalties: 0
Hat-tricks: 0
Own goals: 1
For their side: 72nd of 117

Goals by year

1980

Tallest: 1 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 1 · Minute

What the goals did

Extended lead1

Northern Ireland with and without them

Northern Ireland's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	8	1	4	3	7	13	12.5%
Without them	0	0	0	0	0	0	—

Played most alongside10


Billy Hamilton	8
David McCreery	8
Norman Whiteside	8
Sammy McIlroy	8
Mal Donaghy	7
Pat Jennings	7
Gerry Armstrong	6
Chris Nicholl	5
John McClelland	5
Martin O'Neill	5

Faced most10


José Antonio Camacho	Spain	2
Rafael Gordillo	Spain	2
Ricardo Gallego	Spain	2
Abdellah Medjadi Liegeon	Algeria	1
Alain Couriol	France	1
Alain Giresse	France	1
Alemão	Brazil	1
Andoni Goikoetxea	Spain	1
Andoni Zubizarreta	Spain	1
Anthony Costly	Honduras	1

Against1


Sweden	1	1

At tournaments1

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.


FIFA World Cup qualification 1980	1	1

Every goal2


15 Oct 1980	v Sweden	3–0	37′	—	Extended lead	3–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 1980
17 Oct 1979	v England	1–5	74′	own goal	Extended lead	1–5	UEFA Euro qualification 1979

Every match on record10

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


12 Jun 1986	v Brazil	0–3	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage
7 Jun 1986	v Spain	1–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage
3 Jun 1986	v Algeria	1–1	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage
4 Jul 1982	v France	1–4	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage
1 Jul 1982	v Austria	2–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage
25 Jun 1982	v Spain	1–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage
21 Jun 1982	v Honduras	1–1	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage
17 Jun 1982	v Serbia	0–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage
15 Oct 1980	v Sweden	3–0	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 1980
17 Oct 1979	v England	1–5	—	—	—	—	UEFA Euro qualification 1979

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.