Jimmy McEvoy

Born: Dundalk
Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Irish League: 1 Cap (1954).
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish Cup Winner 1955/56 (did not play in deciding match); Gold Cup Runner-Up 1953/54; Ulster Cup Winner 1957/58; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1953/54, Runner-Up 1952/53, 1956/57.

Club Career:
Teams.................. --Seasons-- Signed Domestic
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Dundalk
Distillery ............ 51/52-57/58 Oct-51 .186/ 9

Biography:
"Slasher" McEvoy had spells at Wolves and home-town club Dundalk before joining Distillery in 1951. As the nickname might suggest he was a "fearless tackler" but also a "surefooted defender".

During his time with Distillery, McEvoy also played several goals at centre-forward, including a game in which he score a hattrick against Derry City in April 1954. He also led the attack in the 1956 Irish Cup final, scoring in a 2-2 draw with Glentoran. He was injured in the replay 1-1 draw and so missed the second replay in which his teammates claimed a 1-0 win.

McEvoy played his final match for Distillery in February 1958 and at the end of that season he was honoured with a benefit match.

Irish League Representative Appearances:
20-10-1954 Football League A L 2-4

Walter Durkan

Born: c.1933
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Irish League: 2 Caps (1954-1955); League of Ireland: 1 Cap (1952).
Club Honours: (with Dundalk) FAI Cup Winner 1951/52; Leinster Cup Winner 1950/51; President's Cup Winner 1951/52; (with Glenavon) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1954/55; City Cup Winner; Gold Cup Winner; Ulster Cup Winner.

Club Career:
Dundalk
Glenavon

Biography:
Walter Durkan represented the Irish League at just 21 years of age, standing in for Bangor's Ted Hinton for the visit to face the Football League at Anfield in October 1954. Regarded as having "great promise" he played his only other match for the Irish League against the League of Ireland on St Patrick's Day 1955 at Dalymount Park. He was between the sticks on the day Glenavon lost in the Irish Cup final to lowly Dundela in 1955.

Durkan came through the ranks with Dundalk as a teenager, representing the League of Ireland againts the USA in 1952, the same season as he claimed an FAI Cup winner's medal following a 3-0 replay win over Cork Athletic. He moved to Glenavon during the 1952/53 season, taking the place of another ex-Dundalk man, George Brennan, who had suffered a broken leg. Durkan himself lost his place to Roy Rea in the late-1950s.

In the 1960s durkan emigrated to the United States where he became a professional referee.

Dundalk Legends

Irish League Representative Appearances:
20-10-1954 Football League.. A L 2-4
17-03-1955 League of Ireland A L 1-2

League of Ireland Representative Appearances:
05-05-1952 U.S.A. .......... H W 4-0

Ballymena United FC

Founded: 1928 (as Ballymena FC); 1934 (as Ballymena United)
Names: Ballymena FC; Ballymena United FC
Ground History: Ballymena Showgrounds
Main Colours: Sky Blue
Club Website: http://www.ballymenaunitedfc.com/

Managerial History:
(from 1982)
Alan Campbell
Ivan Murray (Feb '82-Feb '83)
Ian Russell (Apr '83-Nov '83)
Jim Platt (Dec '83-May '84)
Alan Campbell (Jun '84-May '85)
Jimmy Brown (c/s '85-Sep '87)
Alex McKee (Sep '87-Apr '91)
Jim Hagan (May '91-Sep '93)
Tommy Jackson (Oct '93-Oct '94)
Gary Erwin (Oct '94-Feb '95)
Alan Fraser (Feb '95-Apr '99)
Nigel Best (Apr '99-Dec '00)
Kenny Shiels (Jan '01-May '05)
Tommy Wright (May '05-Apr '08)
Roy Walker (May '08-date)

League History:
Irish League 1928/29-1994/95, First Division 1995/96-1996/97, Premier Division 1997/98-2000/01, First Division 2001/02-2002/03, Premier League 2003/04-date.

Club Honours:

(Senior)
Irish League Runners-Up (2) 1938/39, 1979/80.
Irish League First Division Champions (1) 1996/97, Runners-Up (2) 1995/96, 2002/03
Irish Cup Winner (6) 1928/29, 1939/40, 1957/58, 1980/81, 1983/84, 1988/89, Runner-Up (8) 1929/30, 1930/31, 1938/39, 1950/51, 1958/59, 1969/70, 1973/74, 1977/78
City Cup Winner (1) 1971/72
Gold Cup Winner (1) 1974/75
Ulster Cup Winner (2) 1960/61, 1980/81
Co. Antrim Shield Winner (4) 1947/48, 1950/51, 1975/76, 1979/80, Runner-Up (8) 1937/38, 1953/54, 1965/66, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1996/97, 2002/03, 2005/06
Festival of Britain Cup Winner (1) 1951/52
(Intermediate by Ballymena Reserves)
Steel & Sons Cup Winners (1) 1995/96, Runners-Up (2) 1961/62, 1983/84
Louis Moore Cup Winners (1) 1952/53
George Wilson Cup Winner (2) 1989/90, 1990/91


European History:


Notable Players: (WIP)
Thomas Aiken
W. Anderson
Robert Averell
Chris Baird
Barr
Hubert Barr
Hughie Blair
Alan Blayney
Paddy Bonnar
Thomas Brannigan
Bobby Burke
Adam Buckley
Aaron Callaghan
Shea Campbell
Neil Candlish
Joe Cassidy
Norman Clarke
David Cloughley
Alexander Connell
Stevie Cowan
Roy Coyle
William Cubitt
J. Currie
Johnny Dalrymple
Jimmy D'Arcy
Joe Douglas
George Dunlop
Gary Erwin
Billy Ferguson
Darren Fitzgerald
Graham Fox
John Garrett
Jim Hagan
Rory Hamill
Alan Harrison
Ted Hinton
Johnny Houston
Jeff Hughes
Dickie Jorner
Eddie Johnston
Davy Kavanagh
Jimmy Kelly
Peter Kennedy
Norman Kernaghan
Tommy Lowry
Gerard Lyttle
Jackie Mahood
Paul Malone
Davy "Boy" Martin
Samuel McAuley
Billy McAvoy
Justin McBride
Jimmy McCambridge
Billy McCandless
Sean McCann
Tim McCann
David McCartney
Craig McClean
McCrea
M. McDonnell
E./W. McDowell
McFall
Charlie McIlroy
Billy McMillan
McMullan
Trevor McMullan
Joe McNinch
Samuel McQuiston
Gavin Melaugh
Paul Millar
Joe Miller
Dudley Milligan
Eddie Mitchell
J. Mitten
William Moore
Gerry Morgan
Gerry Mullan
Conal Murtagh
David Neill
Tony O'Doherty
Robert Olphert
Colin O'Neill
Dessie Orr
Steve Penney
Jim Platt
Kevin Ramsey
Eddie Russell
Garth Scates
R. Sclater
Richard Shaw
James Shiels
Gordon Simms
J. Simpson
John Sloan
Tom Sloan
John Eric Smith
Gary Smyth
Michael Smyth
Thomas Smyth
Arthur Stewart
Tommy Stewart
Neil Teggart
Brian Todd
Roy Torrens
Eric Trevorrow
Geoff Twentyman
Blair Vincent
James Wallace
Michael Ward
Albert Watson
James White
Billy Wilson
Nigel Worthington
Tommy Wright

Carrick Rangers FC

Founded: 1939
Names: Carrick Rangers FC
Ground History: Taylors Avenue, Carrickfergus
Main Colours: Amber and Black
Club Website: http://www.carrickrangers.co.uk/

Managerial History: (work in progress)
Jim Brown, Jimmy Hill (Nov '88-Feb '91), Robert Barr ('91-), Kenny Shiels (Feb '92-Dec '94), Colin Crawford (Dec '94-), Graham McConnell(-Apr '06), Stephen Small (Apr '06-date)

League History:
Northern Amateur League, Irish League B Division, Irish League 1983/84-1994/95, First Division 1995/96-2007/08, IFA Championship 2008/09-date.

Club Honours:
(Senior)
Irish League (I) best season 8th (1988/89)
Irish Cup Winners (1) 1975/76, Runners-Up (2) 1983/84, 1994/95
Co. Antrim Shield Winners (1) 1992/93
Soccer Sixes Winners (1) 1991
(Intermediate)
Intermediate Cup Winners (2) 1975/76, 1976/77
Steel & Sons Cup Winners (2) 1961/62, 1967/68, Runners-Up (2) 1955/56, 2008/09
Intermediate League Cup Winners (1) 2003/04

European History:
Cup Winners' Cup 1976/77 (Second Round)

Notable Players: (work in progress)
Gary Blackledge
Eric Bowyer
Paul Kee
Davy Larmour
Jimmy Hill
Michael Hughes
Sammy Hughes
John McClelland
Alan Mannus (l)
William Murphy
Tom Sloan

Bangor FC

Founded: 1918
Names: Bangor (1918-date)
Ground History: Clandeboye Park
Main Colours: Gold and Blue
Club Website: www.bangorfc.com

League History:
Irish League 1927/28-1994/95, Premier Division 1995/96, First Division 1996/97-2007/08, IFA Premiership 2008/09, IFA Championship 2009/10-date.

Managerial History:
Selected pre-1988
Tommy Stevenson (1920s), Ben Jones (resigned 1938), Gerry Wright (WW2), Billy McDevitt (50s), Andy Wylie (50s), Joe Duff (50s), Haydn Green (50s), Lincoln Hyde (50s), Gibby McKenzie (50s), Chris Duffy (50s), Sammy Smyth (Appointed 1955), Billy Hanna (late-50s), Clancy McDermott (Appointed 1962), Charlie Tully (Jan ’64-Apr’ 65 & Jan ‘68-Jul ‘71), Bertie Neill (mid-70s), Billy Neill, Jim Emery, Billy Johnston, Bertie Neill, Eric Halliday, Billy Humphries (1983-1985), Ronnie McQuillan (Appointed 1985)

Since 1988
John Flanagan (Feb ‘88-Sep ’92)
Nigel Best (Sep ’92-Nov ’94)
Rod Collins (Jan ‘95-May’ 95)
Paul Malone (Jun ’95-Nov ‘95)
Andy Dougan (Dec ’95-Feb ‘97)
Colin McCurdy (Mar ’97)
David Chisholm (May ‘97-May’98)
Stephen McBride (May ‘98-Nov ’98)
Alan Campbell (Nov ‘98-Sep ’99)
Alan Fraser (Sep ’99-Oct ‘00)
Lee Doherty (Nov ’00-May ’03)
Eric Halliday (May ‘03-Apr ’05)
George Dunlop (Apr ’05-May ’07)
Paul Millar (May ‘07-May’ 08)
Marty Quinn (May ’08-Feb ’09)
Colin McCurdy (Feb ’09-date)

Club Honours:
(Senior)
Irish League Runners-Up (1) 1990/91
Irish Cup Winners (1) 1992/93, Runners-Up (2) 1937/38, 1993/94
Irish League Cup Winners (1) 1992/93
Gold Cup Runners-Up (2) 1973/74, 1993/94
City Cup Winners (2) 1970/71, 1975/76
Ulster Cup Winners (2) 1991/92, 1994/95, Runners-Up 1993/94
Co. Antrim Shield Winners (3) 1969/70, 1974/75, 1988/89, Runners-Up (6) 1945/46*, 1948/49, 1958/59, 1962/63, 1972/73, 1999/00
Mid Ulster Cup Winners (1) 1995/96
North Down Cup Winners (2) 2004, 2005 (shared), Runners-Up (1) 2003
Charity Shield Winners (1) 1993 (shared), Runners-Up (1) 1994
(Intermediate)
Intermediate Cup Winners (3) 1940/41*, 1942/43*, 1943/44*
Intermediate League Cup Winners (1) 2004/05
Steel & Sons Cup Winners (5) 1923/24, 1940/41*, 1945/46*, 1994/95*, 2004/05
George Wilson Cup Winners (3) 1992/93*, 1994/95*, 1997/98*
* Honours won by Bangor Reserves

European Record:
Cup Winners’ Cup 1993/94 (Qualifying Round), 1994/95 (Qualifying Round)
UEFA Cup 1992/93 (First Round)

Award Winning Players:
PFA Player of the Year
1993 Paul Byrne
Football Writers’ Player of the Year
1993 Paul Byrne
Ulster Young Footballer of the Year
1975 Ronnie McCullough
1988 Mark Glendinning
1993 Paul Byrne



Notable Players:

		Era	Full	B, U23, U21	Amateur	Youth etc	Other Rep	Inter- League
Cecil	Allan	1940(g)	(1)		(1)			(2)
Dave	Anderson	1980
Gerry	Armstrong	1970	(63)				(X)
Harry	Baird	1930	(1)					(2+2RL)
Stephen	Baxter	1990					(X)	(2)
Ken	Beattie	1950			2			4
Andy	Bothwell	1920	(5)					(5)
Eric	Bowyer	1980						(2)
Billy	Bradford	1940						2
Stephen	Brown	1980-90						4
Walter	Bruce	1930			2
James	Buchanan	1950			2
G.	Bunting	1940						1
Malcolm	Butler	1930	(1)			(X)	(X)
Paul	Byrne	1990
A.	Capes	1960			2			1
Tommy	Casey	1940	(12)				X
Mark	Caughey	1990	(2)			(X)		(1)
Albert	Corry	1950						1
Hugh	Couser	1930						1
Thomas	Craig	1970			4
Stephen	Craigan	1990(y)	(40+)	(1B)
Hugh	Cunningham	1940			3(11)		X
John	Cunningham	1980						3
Sammy	Curran	1930	(5)					(4)
Timothy	Dalton	1990						1
John	Dunlop	1950			1(2)
"Bap"	Dunlop	1940						2
Lee	Feeney	2000		(8u21)		(X)
Norman	Flanagan	1960			1
James	Gallagher	1960			1
Billy	Gibson	1940						1
Mark	Glendinning	1980-90						2
Jack	Graham	1930			2
Paul	Gray	1980-90		(1u21)		X	(X)
Sammy	Hatton	1950	(2)		(2)			(1)
Ted	Hinton	1950	(7)				(X)	(1RL)
Bill	Irwin	1970			2	X
Johnny	Jameson	1970					X
Jimmy	Jones	1960	(3)					(17)
Paul	Kee	2000	(9)	(1u21)			(X)
Davy	Larmour	1990(y)				X
Jim	Lewis	1960						1
Hugh	Lowry	1950			2
R.	Madden	1970			3
Jackie	Mahood	1920	(9)		(2)			(8)
G.	Matier	1960			1
Stephen	McBride	1990	(4)	(1u23)				(2)
Alan	McCarroll	1960			1
Gary	McCartney	1990
Ray	McCoy	1990	(1)	(1u21)				(4)
Barry	McCreadie	1990						2
Ronnie	McCullough	1970
Colin	McCurdy	1980	(1)				(X)	(2)
Danny	McKinney	1920	(2)				(X)	1
James	McKnight	1930			1
Jack	McManus	1970			1
Don	McMillen	1950						1
Paul	Millar	2000		(1B, 1u23, 1u21)
Jack	Milligan	1960		(1)	(2)			2(4)
Eddie	Mitchell	1930	(2)		(2)
Sammy	Moore	1920-30			(1)
Brian	Morrison	1970			2
Tommy	Morrow	1960		(2u23)	(3)
Andy	Morrow	2000		(1u21)
Steve	Morrow	1980	(39)	(2u23)		X
John	Muldoon	1990						1
Brian	Mulgrew	1960-70			5			1
Jack	Murphy	1990						1
Terry	Neill	1950	(59)	(4u23)		X
Tony	Nelson	1960			1
Samuel	Nielson	1950						2
John	Reid	1920
Richard	Sands	1960			1(3)
Johnny	Scraggs	1920	(2)				(X)	(7)
Denis	Shiels	1950		(1B)	(1)
Dave	Sloan	1960	(2)	(1u23)	2	1
Sammy	Smyth	1950	(9)		(1)
Gordon	Stewart	1970			1
Dave	Stewart	1970	(1)
Arthur	Stewart	1970	(7)		(5)	(X)		(5)
Jim	Thompson	1970			1
William	Truesdale	1950			1
Brendan	Tully	1970			1
Alfred	Wright	1970			1

Era roughly corresponds to decades in which a player featured with the club. Representative honours earned with club followed by totals in brackets. NI unless otherwise stated. (g) guest player, (l) loan player, (y) youth player who never played for the firstteam.

Ards FC

Founded: 1902 (or before)
Names: Ards (1900-1921); Ards Town (1921-1923); Ards (1923-date)
Ground History: Recreation Grounds (1900-1914); Fair Grounds (1914-1923); Castlereagh Park (1923-2000); Solitude, Belfast (2000-2001); Castlereagh Park (2001-2002); Taylor’s Avenue, Carrickfergus (2002-2003); Clandeboye Park, Bangor (2003-2008); Dixon Park, Ballyclare (2008-date).
Main Colours: Red and Blue
Club Website: ardsfc.co.uk

Managerial History: (from ardsfc.co.uk)

1935 only Tom Adamson 1937-39* Sam Patton 1947-48 Ronnie Dellow 1949-50 Harry Walker 1950-51 John Reid 1951-53 Isaac McDowell 1953-59 George Eastham 1959 Jimmy Tucker 1959-60 Len Graham 1960-63 Tommy Ewing 1963-64 Johnny Neilson 1964-70 George Eastham 1970-78 Billy Humphries 1978-79 Joe Kincaid 1979-80 Billy Nixon 1980-82 Billy Humphries 1983-85 Lawrence Walker

1985-87 Jimmy Todd 1987 John Reaney 1988-89 Jimmy Todd 1989-90 Peter Dornan 1990-91 Bertie McMinn 1991-92 Roy Coyle 1992-93 Paul Malone 1993-97 Roy Coyle 1997 George Bowden 1997-99 Tommy Cassidy 1999-01 Trevor Anderson 2001-03 Frankie Parks 2003-05 Shane Reddish 2005-06 George Neill 2006 Gary Hillis & Ray Morrison 2006- Tommy Kincaid

League History:
Irish Junior League 1901/02-1914/15; Belfast Combination 1920/21-1922/23; Irish League 1923/24-1994/95; Premier Division 1995/96-1997/98; First Division 1998/99-2000/01; Premier Division 2001/02-2002/03; Premier League 2003/04-2005/06; First Division 2006/07-2007/08; IFA Championship 2008/09-date.

Club Honours:
(Senior)
Irish League Champions (1) 1957/58
First Division Champions (1) 2000/01
Irish Cup Winners (4) 1926/27, 1951/52, 1968/69, 1973/74, Runners-Up (2) 1959/60, 1922/93
Irish League Cup Winners (1) 1994/95, Runner-Up 1990/91
Irish League Floodlit Cup Runners-Up (1) 1993/94
Gold Cup Winners (2) 1953/54, 1973/74, Runners-Up (3) 1928/29, 1967/68, 1971/72
City Cup Runner-Up (1) 1971/72
Ulster Cup Winners (1) 1973/74; Runners-Up (3) 1948/49, 1992/93, 1998/99
Co. Antrim Shield Winners (3) 1955/56, 1971/72, 1993/94, Runners-Up (4) 1927/28, 1933/34, 1969/70, 2003/04
Mid Ulster Cup Runners-Up (1) 1998/99
North Down Cup Winners (2) 2003, 2005 (shared), Runners-Up (1) 2004
Blaxnit All-Ireland Cup Winners (1) 1973/74
Carlsberg Cup Runners-Up (2) 1972/73, 1973/74
Soccer Sixes Winners (1) 1992
(Intermediate)
Intermediate Cup Winners (1) 1957/58*, Runners-Up (1) 2007/08
Steel & Sons Cup Winners (1) 2008/09, Runners-Up (3) 1959/60*, 1966/67*, 1976/77*
George Wilson Cup Winners (2) 1957/58*, 1982/83*
McElroy Challenge Cup Winners (1) 1940/41
Clements Little Challenge Cup Winner (2) 1941/42, 1942/43, Runners-Up (1) 1946/47
* Honours won by Ards II

European Record:
European Cup 1958/59 (Preliminary Round)
Cup Winners’ Cup 1969/70 (First Round), 1974/75 (First Round)
UEFA Cup 1973/74 (First Round)
Intertoto Cup 1997/98 (First Round)

..

Award Winning Players:

Ulster Footballer of the Year
1969 Billy McAvoy

1970 Billy Humphries

1972 Billy Humphries

Football Writers' Player of the Year
1972 Billy Humphries

1987 Damien Byrne

PFA Player of the Year
1978 Tom Armstrong

1983 Jim Campbell

Irish League Top Goalscorers

1962 Mick Lynch (20)

1979 Tom Armstrong (21)

1983 Jim Campbell (15)

1994 Darren Erskine (22) joint
...
Notable Players: (work in progress)

Player	Era	Full Caps	U21 / U23 / B	Amateur	Youth/ School/ Junior	Other Rep.	Inter-League
Samuel Allen	1930			1
Tom Armstrong	1970						1
Joe Bambrick	1920	(11)		(1)	(X)		(12)
Stephen Baxter	1980						1(2)
S. Bierne	1920						1(2)
Andy Bothwell	1920	5					5
Alexander Boyd	1950						2
“Tosher” Burns	1920-30	(1)					(1)
Damien Byrne	1980						1
Jim Campbell	1980						1
N. Case	1940						1
Mark Caughey	1980	(2)				(X)	(1)
James Conkey	1950			1
Ronnie Cromie	1970				(X)