Taylor Skippers N.Ireland To Victory

Last updated : 01 April 2004 By Brian Cartlidge

The Blues keeper, who was skippering his country for the first time in the international friendly in Tallin, also kept a clean sheet as Northern Ireland won the game 1-0 - their first win in 16 games.

Preston North End striker David Healy, who had scored Irelands first international goal since October 2001 in their 4-1 defeat to Norway in February, bagged the all important winner for the Irish in first half injury time.

Northern Ireland: Taylor, Baird, Williams, Craigan, Capaldi, Jones, Whitley, Sonner, Mulryne, Healy, Smith. Subs: Fettis, McCann, Duff, Toner, Kirk.