Goals from strikers Kyle Lafferty, Conor Washington and Will Grigg gave Northern Ireland a perfect Belfast send-off before Euro 2016 as they extended their unbeaten run to 11 games with a 3-0 victory over Belarus.
Lafferty notched for the 17th time on the international stage in his 50th cap early on before Washington headed in on the stroke of the interval to make it two goals from two games in Belfast for him.
Neither featured prominently for their parent clubs in the season that just concluded but this was an indication that Michael O'Neill may have found the partnership which will start in the country's first ever European Championship finals.
In-form Wigan forward Grigg, whose viral chant was the song of choice on the Windsor Park terraces throughout, then got the goal the crowd had been begging for as he lashed in his first Northern Ireland strike late on.
O'Neill will reveal his final 23 on Saturday, though it was telling that potential cuts Billy McKay, Liam Boyce, Michael Smith, Daniel Lafferty and Ben Reeves were all missing from the squad having been conspicuous absentees at training on Thursday.
Marcus Rashford's extraordinary rise shows no sign of abating, with the teenager's volley on his England debut helping to down Australia and boost his Euro 2016 chances.
There are fairytale ascents and then there is an 18-year-old breaking into the first team at Manchester United, winning the FA Cup and becoming the Three Lions' youngest goalscoring debutant in the space of 92 days.
Rashford has flourished since being thrust into the spotlight in late February and opened his England account in style, capitalising on Daniel Sturridge's absence as Roy Hodgson's side defeated Asian champions Australia 2-1 in Sunderland.
A calf strain kept the oft-injured Sturridge out at the Stadium of Light and his teenage replacement shone on his international audition, volleying home impressively after just two minutes and 18 seconds.
The Liverpool striker's latest setback and Rashford's man-of-the-match display gives Hodgson a selection headache ahead of whittling his squad down to 23 on Tuesday, but there is no doubt about Wayne Rooney's place in France.
Brought off the bench at half-time, England's all-time top scorer gleefully collected a pass from Raheem Sterling and rifled into the top corner.
More hairy moments at the back shows there still remains fine-tuning, though, epitomised by substitute Eric Dier directing Milos Degenek's cross past his own goalkeeper following a potential injury to stand-in captain Chris Smalling.
Andrej Kramaric boosted his hopes of getting into Croatia's Euro 2016 squad after scoring a clinical early winner in their 1-0 friendly victory over Moldova on Friday.
The former Leicester City player took an Ivan Perisic pass in his stride and beat goalkeeper Ilie Cebanu with a crisp low shot from 13 metres in the ninth minute.
The 24-year old Kramaric, who made no impact during his one-year spell at Leicester before he was loaned to German Bundesliga side Hoffenheim in January and made the move permanent this week, was substituted at halftime.
"I am fairly satisfied given that we played after a lot of hard-working practice sessions but our finishing left something to be desired," Croatia coach Ante Cacic told the country's national HRT television.
Adam Nemec showed he could provide the scoring threat Slovakia need in their European Championship debut by netting two goals to secure a 3-1 win over Georgia on Friday.
Slovakia are looking to regain the attacking momentum that carried them to six successive wins, including victory against champions Spain, in qualifying for their first Euro finals since becoming an independent nation in 1993.
Resting key players ahead of a friendly with Germany on Sunday, the Slovaks struggled early to keep pressure on Georgia, who did not qualify for Euro 2016 and hired former Slovakia manager Vladimir Weiss in March.
Nemec, the team's second leading goal scorer in qualifiers, took advantage of his first opportunity, scoring from a fine pass from Matus Bero five minutes into the match.
After the break, the 30-year-old striker for Dutch side Willem II Tilburg headed home a Lukas Tesak cross.
Adam Zrelak, earning his second cap, gave Slovakia their third goal in the 71st minute.
Georgia got one back moments later when Levan Kenia capitalised on a defensive mistake.
The Czech Republic cruised to a 6-0 win over Malta as Petr Cech earned a record 119th cap and Tomas Rosicky returned to the squad in time for next month's European Championship.
The Czechs are counting on a mixture of experience along with new faces to get them out of a tough Euro 2016 group in France next month which includes defending champions Spain.
Midfielder Jaroslav Plasil scored after 15 minutes with a 30-metre strike that went in off the left post.
Milan Skoda tapped in from close range and Roman Hubnik gathered a Plasil cross to smash in the third goal.
David Lafata, Tomas Necid and Patrik Schick scored in the second half as the Czechs' controlled the ball, rarely allowing Malta to threaten a defence anchored by 33-year-old goalkeeper Cech.
Rosicky missed half the Czechs' qualifying campaign and almost the whole season for Arsenal due to injuries but the 35-year-old was at his inspirational best in 65 minutes on the pitch against Malta.
"Tomas will be ready and I think he showed today why he is an important player," coach Pavel Vrba told reporters.
