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N.M.E. 25:12:1982

16/11/1983 Hamburg 

West Germany 0-1 Northern Ireland

“The Spain game in 1982 was a real highlight, but nobody who played in Hamburg will ever forget beating the Germans in their own backyard. I actually went up to Rummenigge during the warm-up and asked him if he would swap his shirt with me after the game. I’d never done that before, but there were 70,000 people in the stadium and I was just so taken by the atmosphere.”

“That [goal] certainly silenced the crowd. Karlheinz Forster hadn’t given me a kick up to that point – he had me in his pocket – but when Ian [Stewart] went on a mazy run down the left the ball fell for me and I managed to force the ball past Harold Schumacher.”

“I was lying in the bath after the game and Rummenigge arrived at the changing room. We were surprised to see him, but he asked if he could have my shirt. I couldn’t believe it. That was a great German side, but we managed to beat them twice in two years which was a fantastic feat. Ian Stewart scored the winner at Windsor and I remember he absolutely tortured Kaltz that night. We had a really good side back then and were unlucky not to pip the Germans for qualification to the Euro finals.”

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