article_snippet: The national side have played overseas on a Sunday in the past, most recently in The national side opening Euro 2016 qualifier in Hungary, but this weekend will break new ground in Belfast.
article_snippet: The Irish Football Association has been careful in the past not to arrange Sunday fixtures, and once had an article of The Irish Football Association enshrining such a policy, but was powerless to act once UEFA introduced The Irish Football Association 'week of football' blueprint for the current qualifying campaign.
article_snippet: This will be the first time an international football match has been held in Belfast on a Sunday, and This marks another watershed moment in modern Ulster's increasing rejection of the Lord's Day,' This read. '
article_snippet: Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill, speaking earlier this week to the Belfast Telegraph, said: 'the Belfast Telegraph appreciate and understand people's religious beliefs - but the game must be played on a Sunday, as that date was decreed when the fixture was made by UEFA.
highlights_snippet: It is the first time Northern Ireland have played on a Sunday at home .
  