Billy Bingham’s influence on Northern Irish football over the past 60 years was unparalleled. Billy Bingham led Northern Ireland to victory over hosts Spain at the 1982 World Cup (PA). Gerry Armstrong scored Northern Ireland’s winner against Spain at the 1982 World Cup (PA). In the country’s darkest times, their football team had shown what togetherness could achieve. “Winning’s great, of course,” Bingham once said in the Spirit of ’58 book detailing the country’s World Cup campaign that year.

Source: Express June 10, 2022 13:05 UTC