McAuley Breaks Imps' Record

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21st May 2006

Within the past hour, Gareth McAuley has today broken a long-standing Lincoln City Football Club record.

Tonight saw Northern Ireland play Uruguay in a match at the Giants' Stadium in New Jersey, USA. It was the first match of a mini-tour of the USA that Northern Ireland are undertaking.

Although McAuley failed to make the starting line-up, he did make an appearance as an 83rd minute substitute. This means that he has now won four Northern Ireland international caps while at Lincoln City FC, which makes him the club's most capped player of all time.

This was the second time that McAuley has played at the Giants' Stadium - and he is the only current Northern Ireland player to have done so prior to this match. A few years ago, he was a member of a six-a-side Irish pub team who won a competition prize of a trip to play a training session at the famous stadium.

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