The North getting put out due to a mistake by the referee is a sickener to be honest. Switzerland didn't beat NI, the ref did.
I don't recall the ref scoring the penalty.
Seriously, NI didn't make it. Boo hoo, I won't be losing any sleep over it. Can't believe the sob stories over this.
Do you remember Henry's handball??!!
Yes I do. And I got over it 10 minutes later.
Anyway, there's reason to get annoyed at something when your own team is involved. Very few have any affiliation to Norn Iron on here, so why would you care?
I'm not talking about you in particular but the whole country/media lost its marbles at the time. Much worse than the North complained about the non handball!
Yes I remember. What people forget is that at 1-1, Ireland still needed to score again to qualify. The Henry incident changed very little. Had Ireland scored again, they'd have qualified anyway, on away goals. They couldn't get another, so they didn't qualify. Move on.
Norn Iron couldn't score in 2 games. Even if the ref hadn't awarded that penalty, they would've needed to score to qualify. They didn't, so didn't qualify. Again, move on.