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Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 11:18 GMT

Gillespie to keep going with NI

Keith Gillespie
Northern Ireland v Georgia
Date: Wednesday, 26 March
Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
BBC coverage: Live on BBC2 NI, BBC Radio Ulster (MW only 1341 & 873 AM) and BBC Sport website

Northern Ireland winger Keith Gillespie says he still sees a long-term future for himself in international football at the age of 33.

Gillespie will win his 81st cap in Wednesday's friendly against Georgia.

"I'll keep going as long as I can and I'm looking forward to the World Cup qualifying campaign," he said.

"Some people are saying it could be my last campaign but I still feel very fit and I keep myself in shape so who knows how long I've got."

The Sheffield United player believes home advantage will give Northern Ireland the edge over the Georgians.

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The game will also give Nigel Worthington's team the chance to bounce back from the 1-0 friendly defeat by Bulgaria in Belfast last month.

He added: "I don't really know much about Georgia but I watched them against Scotland in the Euro 2008 qualifiers and technically they are very good.

"However, we feel we can beat anyone at Windsor Park and hopefully we can get a result on Wednesday.

"The last friendly against Bulgaria was disappointing but the good thing was that there were no points at stake."




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Related to this story:

Four players pull out of NI squad (23 Mar 08 |  Internationals )
Carroll back as Gault called up (17 Mar 08 |  Internationals )
Northern Ireland 0-1 Bulgaria (06 Feb 08 |  Internationals )

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