 ::::The current name and remit of the team is Northern Ireland, and that is why the article is so-named. The records of the team currently known as Northern Ireland go back to 1882. Because the team used to play under a different name and remit doesn't mean that we should go against official recognition, common practice, reliable sources, artificially alter the team's records and create two articles giving the false impression that a new team was created at some unspecified and unverified point in time (whether that be 1921, 1924, 1950 or 1954). We don't do it for Germany. We don't do it for Pakistan or India.   