Central defender Gareth McAuley won his 25th Northern Ireland cap as his side disappointingly drew 1-1 with the Faroe Islands in Toftir this afternoon. The former Blues skipper was used as an emergency striker in the closing minutes as his team desperately went looking for a winner.

The 30-year-old played in his usual right-back role for his country and wasn't far from scoring his second international goal with a stooped far post header just before the break.

Ex-Town loanee David Healy came on as a second half sub, prior to one-time Blues target Kyle Lafferty equalising Christian Holst’s goal for the home side.

Northern Ireland had started their Euro 2012 campaign strongly with a victory in Slovenia and a home draw with Italy.

Meanwhile, both Márton Fülöp and Tamás Priskin were unused subs as Hungary beat Finland 2-1 in Helsinki.

Brian Murphy was left out of the Republic of Ireland 18 for their 1-1 draw in Slovakia.

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Back_The_Boss added 19:45 - Oct 12 Very poor result for N.Ireland. A win and they could have really pushed on in the group.
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comeonthegoodtimes added 08:10 - Oct 13 Makes that point against Italy look really good now doesn't it........NOT!!
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