Palace Under-21s prospects Justin Devenny and Craig Farquhar bolstered the ranks of the Northern Ireland U21s side ahead of their friendly against Czechia and their 2025 UEFA U21 European Championship qualifier against Serbia.
Midfielder Devenny recently featured in the first-team’s mid-season friendly against Bodo/Glimt, while Farquhar joined in January from Larne FC. In their first game against Czechia, Northern Ireland fell to a 3-0 defeat, Devenny played the full 90 while Farquhar was an unused substitute.
The pair both started the following game against Serbia and managed to come from behind to emerge victorious in a 2-1 triumph in Eastern Europe. Farquhar scored the winning goal 20 minutes from time, getting on the end of Devenny’s corner for a bullet header.
That winning goal made by the Palace pair still keeps the Northern Ireland U21 side in with an outside chance of qualifying to the latter stage via the play-offs, as they move up to fourth in Group F.
Watch Farquhar's goal and Devenny's assist from the corner at 1:19 in the video below!
