Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Northern Ireland 1st with 21 points, Faroe Islands 6th with 6, 15 apart. Faroe Islands had been under-performing their position — 42nd on five-round form against 6th in the table. Per game in the league, Faroe Islands were scoring 0.6 and conceding 1.7, Northern Ireland 1.6 and 0.8, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
F. Zwayer took charge of the match — our records show 100 games refereed with an average of 2.9 yellow cards per game. The venue was Tórsvøllur in Torshavn, with room for 2,000 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.