Absolutely outstanding finish from Kyle Lafferty for N. Ireland against Sweden. Not a great game. Currently 1-1.

Cyprus have just scored, it's a good night for Marios.

Amanatidis' goal against Turkey:







And Cyprus just opened the score in Ireland!!!!

Poor old Stan Staunton is gonna be strung up.

Finnan! 1-1

Nice finish - I think one of the Cypriots got red carded when Kilbane tried to get the ball back.

Final whistle just gone, lots of boo's all round...

Shame about the late equalizer, but i suppose a draw in Ireland is still a very good result for us.

It was shocking stuff from Ireland. Managers at total fault tho.

It would be great if we had a chance to finish 3rd in the group, but our final games are against Germany and the Czechs. No way we're finishing above Ireland and i'm guessing Slovakia will also finish above us.

5th place is not that good, but we already beat our points record (which was 10) by 4, so there's nothing to feel ashamed of in this tournament.

I actually thaught Cyprus played much better football than us throught out the tournament. Shows how much difference a good manager can make.

Yeah I was impressed with Cyprus going forward tonight, obviously Ireland's tactics had a bit to do with it but they play a good passing game and really deserved to win overall I thought. I switched it off when Cyprus scored so I didnt see Finnans goal but either way it doesnt change the fact that Staunton just isnt good enough

Our manager used to receive a lot of criticism, but after the last 3-4 results i think people here trust him more now.

I think the main reason our team is performing well is because a lot of the players (esp in midfield/attack) have been playing together for many years.

How he got the job in the 1st place I'll never know. Eamon Dunphy for the job!

I wanted to watch Scotland game on BBC2, but had to put up with Wales at San Marino.

2-1 win - fantastic

I believe San Marino got their 16th goal on 83 internationals (mind you - I remember them getting one against England ).

I am Welsh, and love my country but..........

There was another very important game tonight: Norway - Turkey.

The Turks beat the Norwegians 1-2 and are now favourites to qualify second in the group (21 points - Norway has 20). They still have to beat Bosnia at home to make it happen though. All 3 goals were beautiful. Norway opened the score with an over the head scissor kick, Emre equalised with a shot from 25 feet outside the box and Nihat won the game for Turkey with a nice touch and shot from just outside the box.

Greece reached 28 points tonight with a 5-0 win over Malta (hat-trick by Gekas). That's the most points any team has in the qualifying round. Even Poland has less (27) and they played 2 games more (13).

Spain 3-0 Sweden

Superb result for Northern Ireland last night v Denmark, 2-1.
Though I was quite surprised the game went ahead, the pitch looked pretty waterlogged in places, and the ball would "stick" at times.
Healey scored his 13th goal of the campaign, a new record I believe - mathematically N. Ireland can still qualify, but they will need to beat Spain away and hope Sweden lose at home to Latvia.

Its going to be a very tough call for the N. Irish, but I can just about remember Gerry Armstrong scoring for them v the World Cup Hosts in Espana '82 to win 1-0...so you never know...

Superb result for Northern Ireland last night v Denmark, 2-1.
Though I was quite surprised the game went ahead, the pitch looked pretty waterlogged in places, and the ball would "stick" at times.


You haven't seen the pitch in Macedonia,it was waterlogged all over the place and the ball was sticking all the time,it was possible only to hit it as strong as you can further from your goal towards the other ,ridicolous.That must have been postponed Bilic asked it to be postponed but it's the referee who decide.

Superb result for Northern Ireland last night v Denmark, 2-1.
Though I was quite surprised the game went ahead, the pitch looked pretty waterlogged in places, and the ball would "stick" at times.


You haven't seen the pitch in Macedonia,it was waterlogged all over the place and the ball was sticking all the time,it was possible only to hit it as strong as you can further from your goal towards the other ,ridicolous.That must have been postponed Bilic asked it to be postponed but it's the referee who decide.

Superb result for Northern Ireland last night v Denmark, 2-1.
Though I was quite surprised the game went ahead, the pitch looked pretty waterlogged in places, and the ball would "stick" at times.


You haven't seen the pitch in Macedonia,it was waterlogged all over the place and the ball was sticking all the time,it was possible only to hit it as strong as you can further from your goal towards the other ,ridicolous.That must have been postponed Bilic asked it to be postponed but it's the referee who decide.