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Northern Ireland veteran winger Keith Gillespie has revealed that he intends to keep playing for his country for as long as he can.

The Sheffield United player will win his 82nd cap against Slovakia on Saturday and hopes there will be many more to come.

"Anyone who pulls on the green shirt is proud to do so," said Gillespie.

"I want to play for my country as long as I can. I've had a frustrating month with the injury but I am over it now.

"It is especially nice at the moment with the way things are going. The confidence is high as we have a good mix of young and experienced players.

"What we have to do now is to produce the football we did in the majority of those Euro qualifiers and eradicate the mistakes.

"If we can do that then we will have every chance of qualifying.

"My feeling is we can beat anyone at home - just look at our results against England, Spain and Sweden. It is just our away form we have to improve on."