The Last ‘Home’ Home International

18-year-old Norman Whiteside opened the scoring for Northern Ireland against Scotland in Belfast’s last-ever Home International Championship match, 38 years ago.Wednesday 13 December 1983 - the last-ever Home International staged on Irish soil. Almost 40 years ago, something that no doubt will come in the form of mild shock to those of a certain age.

Each season we couldn’t wait for these games especially when the schedule moved them to the end of the domestic season and a week-long round-robin.

Ironically Scotland was the last visitor to these shores in the competition. It was the Scots who first refused to travel to Belfast due to civil unrest in 1972 and the last to return eight years…