Harking back: 20 brilliant NI sporting images from the early 1980s
![1984: NI goalkeeping legend Pat Jennings has a 'kickabout' with kids in the streets beside Windsor Park](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_101175677.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&trim=&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![1984: NI goalkeeping legend Pat Jennings has a 'kickabout' with kids in the streets beside Windsor Park](/img/placeholder.png)
Billy Bingham's boys made it all the way to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, Barry McGuigan was on the rise, Alex Higgins was the king of snooker and Irish League grounds were packed to the rafters.
Take a walk down memory lane with these brilliant photos from yesteryear.