Despite retiring from club football in 1985, Jennings played his final international game at the 1986 World Cup, on his 41st birthday, making him at the time the World Cup's oldest-ever participant. The field was bone hard from a summer drought, and as he went to kick the ball away from his goal, he saw that the Spurs' Alan Gilzean was lurking unnoticed just 25 yards from the Manchester goal. Pat Jennings has done almost everything at least once before. Twenty-five pounds a week to play football? ", The next morning, match day, icy rain volleys in; coach Bingham hopes the rain will turn the Windsor Park turf into ground suitable for trench warfare, which the Irish relish.

Soccer Player. Bingham brought his men in at half time and once more tried to salvage something from the match. Patrick Anthony Jennings OBE (born 12 June 1945) is a Northern Irish former footballer.He played 119 international matches for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper, in an international career which lasted for over 22 years.During his career Jennings played for Newry Town, Watford, and in the top division with Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, winning the FA Cup with both of the north London rivals. Imbued with a sense of pride, Northern Ireland came into the second half fighting.

Northern Ireland had emerged from a qualifying group containing the likes of England, Turkey and Romania. I got to the airport and he said ‘you know why you’re here?’ and I said ‘to do extra training’ and he said ‘no, not really, Bill Nicholson is waiting for you at Vicarage Road! The season started on 19 August 2006 and concluded on 13 May 2007. He is still associated with Spurs and hosts Corporate Hospitality fans in the Pat Jennings Lounges at White Hart Lane [9] and Windsor Park, Belfast.

Northern Ireland.

"Look at them," he says. Yet as fans from the North watched on in a tournament soon to be remembered by the ‘Hand of God’, a twinge of regret surely caught in their throats. He played in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur, Mansfield Town and for Bulova SA in Hong Kong.

Brazil were keen to impose themselves early on and Bingham’s men were struggling. For him the second half will be spent in the trenches, under siege again as the Irish fall back in defense to hold the lead. North of the border, Northern Ireland fans were watching in anticipation as Norn Iron were appearing in their third ever World Cup at the games in México. Top Five Players Making Premier League Debuts This Weekend, Quiz: Name the players who have scored the most Premier League hat-tricks, Graeme Souness speaks about the Irish player who ‘would get in any Premier League team today’, Aiden McGeady tells brilliant Samuel Eto’o story, Rio Ferdinand on how Roy Keane ‘killed’ Juan Veron’s Man United career.

[8], After his retirement, Jennings returned to Tottenham Hotspur, playing mostly in their reserve side to maintain his match sharpness for Northern Ireland's 1986 World Cup campaign. I’d never really dreamt of playing professional football but once I got in amongst those boys, I thought ‘I can do this’.”, “Amazing. No, what made the event memorable was that it was Jennings's 115th appearance for his national side, equaling the record of Bjorn Nordqvist, a center back who played 115 games for Sweden from 1963 to '78. Northern Ireland needed time to acclimatize to the heat and manager Billy Bingham knew what to do. I’d never really dreamt of playing professional football but once I got in amongst those boys, I thought ‘I can do this’.”, How tough was it to come over to England so young?Pat: “It was difficult for me because I’d never been away from home aged 17 but I was getting paid to play football and I couldn’t believe my luck! Says John Carson, the Lord Mayor of Belfast, "The name of our little province is going round the world—for the right reasons for once." Those reflexes seem unaffected by the years.

After that, the story runs like a high-speed dream. To celebrate reaching the milestone, our legendary former goalkeeper and all-time world great Pat has answered 70 questions covering his early days, his time at Spurs, some of the legends he played with, Northern Ireland and what is next for him. Viewpoint. Fortune wasn’t smiling on Bingham’s men. I sensed that if there was any body contact at all between us, I'd be penalized. Everything went very quiet. Whilst at Highbury, he helped Arsenal to four Cup finals in three successive years; the FA Cup final in 1978, 1979, and 1980, as well as the European Cup Winners Cup final that year. Jennings turned 40 last summer, but nevertheless he will be in Mexico to play in soccer's World Cup tournament, which begins Saturday.

Thus, after just one full season with Watford, Jennings was snapped up by Tottenham Hotspur, one of the most famous clubs in soccer. The 1987 FA Cup Final took place on 16 May 1987 at Wembley Stadium.

Bill McGarry, the Watford manager, told me he wanted me to come back to do some extra training. In the school Jennings attended—a Catholic school—Gaelic football, a game more similar to rugby, was the mandatory sport and soccer was forbidden. Then, at the end of a day like this, I'd be riding back home to Newry—that's 60 miles from here—and I'd be frozen stiff. The best goalkeeper in the world in his pomp, Pat joined us from Watford in 1964, played until 1977, returned briefly in 1985 and has been a coach and goalkeeping consultant since 1993, still on the training pitches here at Hotspur Way today, at the age of 74. Anybody can. After retirement from playing professionally he was at the helm of Arsenal's Academy teams, then served as assistant manager of Arsenal, a position he held since the appointment of Arsène Wenger in 1996, and helped the club to two more Doubles, amongst other silverware, in that time. Just in case you need reminding, here’s a brief rundown of Pat’s career. It was a special date for Northern Ireland goalie Pat Jennings who celebrated his 41st birthday and also his 119th international cap. Surely the Spaniards would be fearful of another Gerry Armstrong wonderstrike? First Name Pat #36. He said to me straight away ‘forget the Mr, just call me Bill’. But people think I catch it one-handed.

Brazil and Spain in one group?

William Dallas Fyfe Brown was a Scottish football goalkeeper.

Jennings joined Tottenham at 18. After eighteen minutes, Careca put Brazil one nil up. They had a slim chance of qualifying from the group and that’s all they needed.



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