My pleasure

Northern Ireland were 88th in the FIFA rankings when he took over. (They have been as low as 122nd). They are now 26th, above - for example - Holland, Sweden and the Czech Republic.

In the Euro qualifiers before he was appointed they finished second bottom of their group, behind Estonia and Slovenia.

For the following Euros, last year, they finished top of their group. They had never previously topped a qualifying group in their history and had never played in the Euro finals. It was their first major tournament for 34 years.

They are currently second in their World Cup qualifying group behind Germany.

Posted By: norway, May 1, 13:39:16