Why ALLY McKENZIE is starting to believe Northern Ireland could qualify for a major tournament

Kyle Lafferty scores against Finland

FIVE years before my birth was the last time Northern Ireland were in a major tournament (1986) and since then there hasn’t been much to celebrate.
Well, just that win against England, that victory against Spain and countless other one-off games that have come and gone down the years, filling the void and momentarily disguising the fact that we just aren’t good enough to mingle with the world’s best in major tournaments.
At the beginn...