Career Record: Played 27: Won 11, Drew 9, Lost 7
Goals: 3.
Noel Brotherston played in a famous 1-0 win for Northern Ireland over Israel that allowed the
team to qualify for the World Cup finals for the first time in 24 years. He also scored
the winning goal against Wales in 1980 to give Northern Ireland the British Championship
trophy in the Irish Football Association's centenary year.
He became a painter and decorator in Blackburn when he retired as a player.
He died of a heart attack aged just 38 on 6th. May 1995.
17/05/80 v Scotland (H) W 1-0 (HC)
20/05/80 v England (A) D 1-1 (HC)
23/05/80 v Wales (A) W 1-0 (HC)
11/06/80 v Australia (A) W 2-1 (F)
15/06/80 v Australia (A) D 1-1 (F)
18/06/80 v Australia (A) W 2-1 (F)
15/10/80 v Sweden (H) W 3-0 (WCQ)
19/11/80 v Portugal (A) L 1-0 (WCQ)
14/10/81 v Scotland (H) D 0-0 (WCQ)
18/11/81 v Israel (H) W 1-0 (WCQ)
23/02/82 v England (A) L 4-0 (HC)
24/03/82 v France (A) L 4-0 (F)
28/04/82 v Scotland (H) D 1-1 (HC)
27/05/82 v Wales (A) L 3-0 (HC)
21/06/82 v Honduras (N) D 1-1 (W.Cup) sub
01/07/82 v Austria (N) D 2-2 (W.Cup) sub
13/10/82 v Austria (A) L 2-0 (ECQ) sub
17/11/82 v West Germany (H) W 1-0 (ECQ)
15/12/82 v Albania (A) D 0-0 (ECQ)
30/03/83 v Turkey (H) W 2-1 (ECQ)
27/04/83 v Albania (H) W 1-0 (ECQ)
24/05/83 v Scotland (A) D 0-0 (HC) sub
28/05/83 v England (H) D 0-0 (HC) sub
31/05/83 v Wales (H) L 1-0 (HC)
12/10/83 v Turkey (A) L 1-0 (ECQ)
16/10/84 v Israel (H) W 3-0 (F) sub
01/05/85 v Turkey (H) W 2-0 (WCQ)
Football League Career.
1974–1977 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (0)
1977–1987 Blackburn Rovers 317 (40)
1987–1989 Bury 38 (4)
1988 Scarborough (loan) 5 (0)
1989 Motala AIF