Ireland national football team (1882–1950)

Ireland
1882–1950
Association	Irish Football Association
Most caps	Elisha Scott (31)
Top scorer	Billy Gillespie; Joe Bambrick (12);
Home stadium	Windsor Park; Lansdowne Road; Solitude; Ulster Cricket Ground; Celtic Park, Belfast;
FIFA code	EIR
	First colours
	First colours
First international
	Ireland 0–13 England ; (Belfast, 18 February 1882)
Last international
	Wales 0–0 Ireland ; (Wrexham, 8 March 1950)
Biggest win
	Ireland 7–0 Wales ; (Belfast, 1 February 1930)
Biggest defeat
	Ireland 0–13 England ; (Belfast, 18 February 1882)

The Ireland national football team were the past Ireland national football team that lasted from 1882 to 1950. It was controlled by the Irish Football Association.

Team colours and emblems

Usual	Away to Scotland
Early Ireland colours

Up to 1950

British Home Championship
- Winners: 1 (1914)
- Shared title: 1 (1903)
- Runners up: 5 (1904, 1926, 1928, 1938, 1947)

Blue plaque noting six goal hero Bambrick's home in Belfast
Cigarette card issued by Hignett Bros. & Co. in 1924, displaying the IFA cap and logo
Elisha Scott is Ireland's most capped player at 31 capps.

↑ "England - Northern Ireland". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
↑ The official Elo ratings pages combine the Northern Ireland national football team (1882–1950) results with the post-1923 FAI team. The lowest ranking for the pre-1923 team is 37th. ("World Football Elo Ratings: Ireland". Retrieved 25 February 2008.) The "new" Northern Ireland team is introduced to the Elo ranking in 1923, with an initial points total higher than the FAI team inherits from the "old" IFA team: 1600 as opposed to 1522. The lowest rank the IFA team subsequently attains, based on this, is 41st ("World Football Elo Ratings: Northern Ireland". Archived from the original on 17 February 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2008.