N. Ireland may play home games away

Northern Ireland face playing their home games in Scotland or England unless the government helps fund the replacement of a roof at Windsor Park, Irish Football Association (IFA) president Jim Boyce has said. Boyce told the Belfast Telegraph that the...

Northern Ireland face playing their home games in Scotland or England unless the government helps fund the replacement of a roof at Windsor Park, Irish Football Association (IFA) president Jim Boyce has said.

Boyce told the Belfast Telegraph that the IFA could not afford the £325,000 ($632,300) needed for a new roof for one of the stands and had asked the government for help.

"Unless the government help out, there is the serious possibility that Northern Ireland home games would not take place at Windsor Park," he told the newspaper.

"As there is no other stadium in N. Ireland capable of hosting international football, going to probably Scotland, or maybe England, would be the only avenue open to us."

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