Gerry Armstrong

#	Player	Years	Together	Both started
1	Jimmy Nicholl	1977–1986	51	46
2	Sammy McIlroy	1977–1986	48	42
3	Pat Jennings	1977–1986	41	35
4	David McCreery	1977–1986	38	23
5	Martin O'Neill	1978–1984	36	36
6	Mal Donaghy	1980–1986	36	30
7	Billy Hamilton	1980–1986	33	32
8	Chris Nicholl	1977–1983	33	31
9	John McClelland	1980–1986	31	28
10	John O'Neill	1980–1986	30	24
11	Noel Brotherston	1980–1983	21	16
12	Norman Whiteside	1982–1986	20	15
13	Ian Stewart	1982–1986	20	15
14	Terry Cochrane	1978–1984	20	11
15	Sammy Nelson	1977–1982	18	16
16	Jim Platt	1980–1984	15	13
17	Tommy Cassidy	1979–1982	13	11
18	Derek Spence	1977–1982	12	3
19	Jimmy Quinn	1984–1986	8	4
20	Tommy Finney	1979–1980	7	7

Counted from the line-ups and substitutions of his 54 FIFA matches. Players with an unknown position in the line-up count as starters.

#	Opponent	Years	Matches	W	D	L	Goals
1	England	1979–1985	8	0	3	5	0
2	Scotland	1980–1983	5	1	3	1	0
3	Wales	1980–1984	4	1	1	2	1
4	France	1982–1986	3	0	1	2	1
5	Denmark	1978–1986	3	1	1	1	0
6	Austria	1982–1983	3	1	1	1	0
7	Australia	1980	3	2	1	0	0
8	Bulgaria	1978–1979	2	2	0	0	2
9	Spain	1982–1985	2	1	1	0	1
10	Finland	1984	2	1	0	1	1
11	Israel	1980–1981	2	1	1	0	1
12	Portugal	1980–1981	2	1	0	1	1
13	Ireland	1978–1979	2	1	1	0	1
14	Romania	1984–1985	2	2	0	0	0
15	Turkey	1983–1985	2	1	1	0	0

FIFA matches against the team. Won / drawn / lost only where the result is known; a penalty shoot-out decides.