Saturday, 7 August 2010

Umbro Northern Ireland Football of the Year Awards

Northern Ireland Footballer of the Year
2003 Gary Hamilton (Portadown)
2004 Michael Halliday (Glentoran)
2005 Peter Thompson (Linfield)
2006 Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)
2007 Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)
2008 Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)
2009 Colin Coates (Crusaders)

Top Goalscorer
2006 Peter Thompson (Linfield)
2007 Peter Thompson (Linfield)
2008 Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)
2009 Chris Scannell (Cliftonville)

Special Merit Award
2007 Jeff Spiers (Crusaders)
2008 Noel Bailie (Linfield)
2009 Gary Smyth (Crusaders)
2009 Colin Nixon (Glentoran)

Lifetime Achievement Award
2007 Malcolm Brodie
2008 Roy Coyle
2009 Derek McKinley
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Monday, 7 June 2010

McQUADE James (Jimmy)

Born: Scotland
Position: Inside-Forward
Int. Hons: IL: 2; LoI

Scottish-born forward who played for the League of Ireland against the Irish League in April 1954, giving a brilliant display. Transferred to Derry City from Waterford prior to the 1954-55 season.

Waterford
Derry City (c/s-54)

IL Rep Apps: (Derry City) 1954 v SL, FL
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MOORE Brian McGowan

Born: Belfast, 29-Dec-1933
Position: Inside-Right
Int. Hons: NI: Yth; IL: 1

A classy inside-forward who started out with Glentoran II. A former youth interntaional he attracted the attentions of Blackpool, Burnley and Chelsea while playing with Distillery before signing for West Ham.

Glentoran
Distillery 53/54-54/55 64/19
West Ham United (Feb-55) 54/55-55/56 9/1

IL Rep Apps: (Distillery) 1954 v FL
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NELSON Samuel (Sammy) Edward

Born: Belfast, 26-May-1924
Position: Outside-Right
Int: Hons: NI: Jun; IL: 2
A clever ball player. Originally with Linfield, he played with Blackpool and Luton Town before joining Bangor.

Linfield
Blackpool (Oct-46) 46/47-47/48 13/0
Luton Town (Jan-48) 47/48-48/49 4/1
Bangor

IL Rep Apps: (Bangor) 1954 v FL, 1957 v WC
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CASEMENT George

Position: Right-Half
Int. Hons: IL: 3

A strong defender who was with Crusaders when they were admitted to the Irish League in 1949. A 90 minute player.

Distillery
Crusaders

IL Rep Apps: (Crusaders) 1951 v WL, 1954 v FL, 1955 v LoI (3)
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McEVOY Jimmy "Slasher"

Born: Dundalk
Position: RB
Int. Hons: IL: 1 (1954)
A native of Dundalk, signed for Distillery in 1951. A fearless tackler and surefooted defender.

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Dundalk
Distillery (Oct-51) 51/52-57/58

IL Rep Apps: (Distillery) 1954 v FL (1)
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Monday, 31 May 2010

1950-51 Irish League Goalscorers

Goalscorers in the Irish League, Irish Cup, City Cup, Gold Cup, Ulster Cup and Co. Antrim Shield during the 1950-51 season.

Top Scorer (all competitions): Sammy Hughes (Glentoran) 46
Top Scorer (league): Hughes (Glentoran) and Allen (Portadown) 23

Player

IL

IC

CC

GC

UC

CA

Total

Ards

Orr

5

1

2

5

13

Bogan

8

1

9

Robinson

5

2

7

Kirkpatrick

4

2

1

7

Lawther

3

2

5

White

1

3

1

5

Feeney

D.

2

2

4

Hamill

2

1

3

Black

1

1

2

Murphy

1

1

O'Connor

J.

1

1

Sweeney

1

1

Parkes

1

1

OG

1

1

Ballymena United

Currie

7

3

2

12

Morrison

4

1

2

2

2

11

Douglas

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

Bell

4

2

6

Moore

3

1

2

6

Lunn

3

1

4

Ewart

2

1

1

4

Williamson

2

1

1

4

Barr

2

1

3

O'Hara

2

1

3

Anderson

1

2

3

Johnston

2

2

Trevorrow

1

1

2

Small

1

1

2

Murphy

2

2

Imrie

1

1

Murray

1

1

Dunkley

1

1

Jackson

1

1

Donaghy

1

1

Grey

1

1

Bangor

Richardson

8

1

1

2

12

Smith

3

4

1

8

McMaster

4

2

6

McMillan

1

4

5

Bell

4

4

Murdough

3

1

4

McGrath

2

1

1

4

Taylor

2

1

3

McNeill

3

3

Russell

2

1

3

Legge

2

2

McConnell

1

1

Coey

1

1

Hayes

1

1

Gibson

1

1

Mackie

1

1

Fulton

1

1

Cliftonville

McGarry

13

2

4

8

27

Reid

7

1

3

1

1

13

Hicks

3

2

3

2

2

12

Shiels

6

1

7

McCartney

3

1

3

7

Davidson

3

2

1

6

Weir

1

2

1

1

1

6

Beggs

2

2

4

Gilmore

3

3

Boyd

2

2

Kelleher

2

2

Cummings

1

1

Wright

1

1

Glover

1

1

Legge

1

1

OG

1

1

Coleraine

Doherty

11

3

2

7

23

McConkey

10

6

1

17

McCormick

9

8

17

Currie

15

15

Milne

5

2

7

Corr

1

1

4

1

7

Kavanagh

1

3

2

6

McCavana

2

2

McCarroll

1

1

Pacioni

1

1

Bradford

15

1

16

Crowther

4

1

4

9

Coffey

6

1

1

8

Walker

4

2

1

1

8

Brady

4

2

6

Mooney

3

1

2

6

Simpson

2

3

5

Houston

2

3

5

Campbell

1

2

3

McDonald

1

1

1

3

Napier

1

2

3

Milford

1

1

2

Dunwoody

1

1

Derry City

Colvan

5

4

2

11

Kelly

5

1

2

8

Higgins

5

1

1

7

Madden

5

5

Doherty

S.

3

3

Kennedy

2

2

McLoughlin

2

2

Morgan

1

1

2

Walker

1

1

2

Cannon

2

2

Coyle

1

1

Begley

1

1

McCord

1

1

Bradley

1

1

Aitken

1

1

Mathieson

1

1

Distillery

Mulholland

12

2

11

1

26

Graham

7

7

Dodds

6

1

7

McDonald

5

1

1

7

Hollinger

4

3

7

Beck

5

5

Mycock

4

4

Kelly

2

2

Smyth

2

2

Hermon

2

2

McClinton

2

2

Glenavon

Denvir

18

1

10

1

30

Walker

16

1

4

1

22

Masters

3

5

2

10

McVeigh

2

1

5

1

9

Gallagher

7

1

8

Drake

2

1

2

5

Martin

1

3

4

McGinn

3

3

Cush

2

1

3

McMaster

2

2

McDaid

2

2

Matthews

1

1

2

Johnston

1

1

White

1

1

Clarke

1

1

OG

1

1

2

Glentoran

Hughes

S.

23

4

6

2

9

2

46

Feeney

9

4

7

2

2

1

25

Ewing

6

3

5

2

16

McFarlane

3

1

5

1

1

11

McCarthy

4

1

1

2

1

1

10

Williamson

6

2

1

9

Bingham

5

1

3

9

Dunlop

6

6

Cunningham

4

1

5

Lowry

1

1

2

4

Thompson

2

1

3

Ferran

1

1

2

Mulholland

1

1

2

Walker

1

1

McCartney

1

1

OG

1

1

1

3

Linfield

Dickson

13

4

4

5

2

28

Thompson

11

3

8

2

1

25

McDowell

8

2

5

2

2

19

Coulter

1

4

7

12

Simpson

5

2

3

10

Blackledge

5

5

McMillen

4

4

Shiels

3

1

4

Hazlett

2

2

4

Smyth

1

2

1

4

Currie

2

1

3

Walsh

2

1

3

Moore

2

2

Small

1

1

Scott

1

1

Coey

1

1

Hamill

1

1

OG

5

1

6

Portadown

Allen

23

2

1

1

2

29

Dobbin

7

2

1

1

11

Darragh

6

2

8

McLoughlin

4

4

Giffen

3

1

4

Gorman

3

3

Shiels

3

3

Gilmore

1

2

3

Boyce

2

2

Elliott

2

2

Vennard

2

2

Liggett

2

2

Twinem

2

2

Guiney

1

1

Lynn

1

1

Humphries

1

1

OG

2

1

3

Non-league teams

Brantwood

Montgomery

1

3

4

O'Neill

1

1

Gorman

1

1

2

4

Green

1

1

Irvine

2

2

McAuley

1

1

Ferran

1

1

Malone

1

1

OG

1

1

Ballyclare Comrades

Orr

1

1

McCaigue

1

1

Minford

1

1

O'Kane

1

1

Larne

Harris

4

4

Cubitt

4

4

Johnston

1

1

Dundela

Wilson

1

1

Tucker

1

1

Neill

1

1

Ulsterville

Shields

1

1

Hazlett

1

1

Source: Irish Association Football Guide 1951-52. Spellings as per source.

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