 In doing so he became the first and so far only Irish League player to play in a World Cup Finals match.He won his fourth and final cap in the first post-World Cup game, Northern Ireland losing 2–0 in Austria.He was a regular choice for the Irish League, and he won three caps – in a 3–3 draw with OFK Beograd (representing the Yugoslav League) in 1982, and twice against the League of Ireland, a 4–0 win (in which he scored) in 1984 and a 2–1 defeat in 1986.