Player · Northern Ireland · Forward

Billy Hamilton

Goals from 25 Mar 1981 to 21 Sep 1983

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Caps: 8
Starts: 6
Minutes: 583
Win % when playing: 12.5%
Goals: 4
Matches scored in: 3
Penalties: 0
Hat-tricks: 0
For their side: 25th of 117
Yellow cards: 3
Sent off: 0
Longest gap: 1.3 yrs
Minutes per goal: 292

Goals by year

FinalsQualifiers

198119821983

Tallest: 2 · 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: 2 · Minute

What the goals did

Opening goal3

Equaliser1

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


David McCreery	8
Jimmy Nicholl	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

Against2


Austria	3	2
Scotland	1	1

At tournaments3

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.


UEFA Euro qualification 1983	1	1
FIFA World Cup 1982	2	1
FIFA World Cup qualification 1981	1	1

Every goal4


21 Sep 1983	v Austria	3–1	28′	—	Opening goal	1–0	UEFA Euro qualification 1983
1 Jul 1982	v Austria	2–2	75′	—	Equaliser	2–2	FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage
1 Jul 1982	v Austria	2–2	27′	—	Opening goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage
25 Mar 1981	v Scotland	1–1	70′	—	Opening goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 1981

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	came on 67′	23	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage
7 Jun 1986	v Spain	1–2	came on 70′	20	—	Yellow	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage
3 Jun 1986	v Algeria	1–1	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage
21 Sep 1983	v Austria	3–1	—	—	1	—	UEFA Euro qualification 1983
4 Jul 1982	v France	1–4	started	90	—	Yellow	FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage
1 Jul 1982	v Austria	2–2	started	90	2	—	FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage
25 Jun 1982	v Spain	1–0	started	90	—	Yellow	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
25 Mar 1981	v Scotland	1–1	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 1981

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.