Bertie Peacock 1962-1967
After enjoying a highly successful football playing career, Peacock was installed as the new Northern Ireland manager in the year 1961 and gave George Best his first cap. It was a period where Northern Ireland failed to qualify for a competition. After five years in charge of the Northern Ireland football team he went on to take charge at Coleraine, helping the club win the Irish league title in the year 1974. He later on became assistant manager of Northern Ireland in 1981, helping the nation qualify for the 1982 world cup finals.

Billy Bingham 1967-1971 & 1980-1984
Bingham started his managerial career in charge of Southport in 1966 before being installed as the new manager of the Northern Ireland football team in 1967. His time in charge of the team was frustrating as they failed to qualify for the European championships or world cup. He later on was installed manager of the Greece national team between 1971 and 1973 and managed Everton between 1973 and 1977. In the year 1980, he was installed as the Northern Ireland manager for a second period, this time being in charge of the team for 14 years, until 1994. He led the country in to the 1982 and 1986 world cup finals and improved the side in the early 1990’s as they enjoyed a good stretch of results in 1991, 1992 and 1993.

Bryan Hamilton 1994-1998
Hamilton began his managerial career at Tranmere Rovers before managing Wigan Athletic for a single season between 1985 and 1986 and returned to the Latics for a second spell in 1987. His spell in charge of Northern Ireland was fine; he improved the side dramatically during the qualification process for Euro 96 as they embarked on some good results in 1995 and 1996. After four years in charge he left the post and was installed as the manager of Norwich City in the year 2000.

Lawrie McMenemy1998 – 1999
McMenemy is one of the greatest readers of the game in the history of football. He started off his managerial career with Bishop Auckland in the year 1964 before going on to manage Sheffield Wednesday and Grimsby town. In the year 1976, McMenemy guided Southampton to the 1976 FA Cup final and helped them win the final. He helped the Saints win promotion in the 1977 – 1978 season and to reach the league cup final in the year 1979. He went on to manage Sunderland, leaving the post in 1987 before being installed as assistant manager of England in 1990, leaving the post in 1993. In the year 1998, McMenemy was installed as the new manager of Northern Ireland, however after an unsuccessful period as manager of the national football team he left the post after they failed to qualify for the 2000 European football championships.

Sammy Mcllroy 2000 – 2003
After enjoying a successful playing career with the Irish, he was installed as their new manage in the year 2000, however under his guidance, Northern Ireland failed to score even one goal in 13 qualification matches for Euro 2004. After failing miserably to qualify for Euro 2004, he left the post in 2003 and went on to manage Stockport County before being installed as care taker manager of Morecambe in November 200

Lawrie Sanchez 2004 – 2007
In the year 1995, Sanchez was reserve team manager of Wimbledon before taking charge at Wycombe Wanderers in 1998. He performed heroics at the club during the 2001 – 2002 seasons as he took the side to the FA Cup semi finals, losing against Liverpool. After a disappointing start to the 2003 – 2004 season he left the post as manager of Wycombe and was installed as the new manager of Northern Ireland football team in January 2004. Since taking charge, Northern Ireland has improved dramatically, including a heroic 1-0 win over England in September 2005 thanks to a David Helay goal. He also managed the Irish to an away draw against Portugal and a 3-2 home win against Spain in September 2006 in a Euro 2008 qualification match. Lawrie left in 2007 to fulfill his dream of managing in the English premiership with Fulham.

Nigel Worthington 2007- Present

Took on the post on a short term contract to help in Northern Irelands bid for qualification to the European Championships for the first time ever. Northern Ireland reached 29^th place in the FIFA World rankings under Nigel without even playing a game (Their highest ever ranking). Nigel has been in charge at Blackpool , Norwich and Leicester and his greatest managerial feat to date was taking Norwich up to the Premiership