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But his goal was mere consolation, as Paul Fairclough's side were already three down.
Gary Hamilton and Paul McAreavey had already given a Northern Ireland side made up of the best players from the Irish Premier League, including two full Irish Internationals and five Under-21s, a 2-0 eleventh minute lead.
Former Charlton Athletic and England Youth International, Stacy Long, another debutant, had the Three Lions' only real chance in a first half an hour dominated by the home side.
Long, now with Gravesend and Northfleet, collected a pass form Les Afful but shot straight at the keeper.
The visitors were then given hope just before the break when George McMullan handled inside the box. However, Stevenage Borough's Steve Morison couldn't make it two penalties in two games as Alan Mannus saved well.
England's misery was compounded ten minutes into the second-half when David Scallion's shot from the edge of the area made it 3-0 and gave the National Game XI their first taste of defeat since May 2004.
Northern Ireland: Mannus (Morris 46), Nixon (Murphy 55), Scannell, Gault (Downey 58), Buchanan, McAlinden, McMullan (Ward 46), McAreavey (Clarke 46), Thompson (Stewart 53), Hamilton (Halliday 46)
England: 1 Danny Alcock (13 Martin Rice 55), 2 Barry Fuller, 3 Scott Griffiths, 4 Adam Quinn, 5 Craig Stanley, 6 Kieran Charnock (12 Ronnie Henry 55), 7 Les Afful (15 Guiseppe Sole 46), 8 Michael Carr, 9 Steve Morison, 10 Clayton Donaldson (14 Paul Benson 62), 11 Stacy Long (16 Marcus Kelly 46)
Referee: Mark Courtney (Dungannon)
Source: www.thefa.com