Linfield FC

Full Name: Linfield Football & Athletic Club (originally Linfield Athletic)

Founded: March 1886

Grounds: The Meadow (Linfield Mill) 1886; Ulsterville 1889; played all matches away c.1893-c.1895; Myrtlefield (Balmoral) c.1895; Windsor Park 1905.

Colours: Royal blue shirts, white shorts.

Manager History:

Selected...

Tully Craig

Jackie Milburn (57/58 - 60/61)

Gibby McKenzie

Tommy Leishman (65/66-66/67)

Ewan Fenton

Billy Bingham (Aug/70 - Aug/71)

Jimmy Hill (71/72)

Billy Campbell (Apr/74 - Oct/75)

Roy Coyle (Nov/75 - Apr/90)

Eric Bowyer (May/90 - Oct/92)

Trevor Anderson (Oct/92 - Jan/97)

David Jeffrey (Jan/97 - date)

Club Honours:

More to follow.

Irish League Champions (49 times)

Irish Cup Winners (40 times)

Irish League Cup Winners (9 times)

Co. Antrim Shield Winners

City Cup Winners

Gold Cup Winners

Ulster Cup Winners

Charity Shield Winners

Floodlit Cup Winners

North-South Cup Winners

Blaxnit Cup Winners

Tyler Cup Winners

Setanta Cup Winners

Top Four Cup Winners

Charity Cup Winners

On two occasions Linfield have won seven trophies in a season (1921/22 and 1961/62). They have won a world record 21 League and Cup "Doubles", including an unmatched three in a row between 2005/06 and 2007/08.

European Record:

To follow.

Award Winners:

Ulster Player of the Year

Dick Keith (1956), Jackie Milburn (1958), Tommy Dickson (1962), Tommy Leishman (1966), Sammy Hatton (1968), Bryan Hamilton (1971), Eric Bowyer (1975), Peter Rafferty (1977), Jim Martin (1978), Lindsay McKeown (1980, 1989), George Dunlop (1981), Martin McGaughey (1985), Noel Bailie (1994), Glenn Ferguson (2001, 2004, 2006), William Murphy (2007), Alan Mannus (2008).

Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year

Bryan Hamilton (1971), Jim Martin (1978), Lindsay McKeown (1980), George Dunlop (1983), Billy Murray (1984), Martin McGaughey (1985), Trevor Anderson (1986), Noel Bailie (1994), Glenn Ferguson (2001, 2004, 2006), William Murphy (2007), Michael Gault (2008)

Northern Ireland PFA Player of the Year

Peter Rafferty (1977), Colin McCurdy (1980), Martin McGaughey (1985)

Ulster Young Footballer of the Year

George O'Boyle (1987), Noel Bailie (1990), Lee Feeney (1998), Michael Gault (2003)

Northern Ireland PFA Most Promising Newcomer

Lee Doherty (1984), George O'Boyle (1987), Noel Bailie (1990), Glenn Hunter (1991)

Umbro Northern Ireland Footballer of the Year

Peter Thompson (2005), Glenn Ferguson (2006, 2007, 2008)

Umbro Northern Ireland Top Goalscorer

Peter Thompson (2006, 2007), Glenn Ferguson (2008)

Umbro Northern Ireland Special Merit Award

Noel Bailie (2008)

Manager of the Year

Roy Coyle (1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986), Trevor Anderson (1994), David Jeffrey (2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)

Players to have won major representative honours while Linfield players...

(Northern) Ireland Internationals:

75 players for 334 caps (correct up to 29 March 2011)

PLAYER	CAPS	FIRST	LAST
ANDERSON W.	3	1898
BAMBRICK J.	7	1928	1931
BARR H.H.	1	1961
BLAYNEY A.	3	2010
BRAITHWAITE R.	3	1962	1963
CAUGHEY M.	2	1986
CHRISTIAN J.	1	1889
DALTON W.B.	10	1890	1894
DARLING J.	22	1897	1912
DICKSON T.A.	1	1956
DOHERTY L.	2	1984	1987
DUNLOP G.	4	1984	1989
FEENEY J.M.	1	1946
FERGUSON G.	5	1999	2001
FERGUSON W.	2	1966
FRAME T.	1	1924
GAFFIKIN J.	15	1890	1895
GARRETT R.	3	2009	2010
GAUKRODGER G.W.	1	1895
GAULT M.	1	2008
GORDON H.	3	1895	1896
GORDON R.W.	7	1891	1893
GORDON T.	2	1894	1895
GOWDY W.A.	3	1934	1935
HAMILTON B.	6	1968	1971
HARLAND A.I.	2	1922
HATTON S.	2	1962
HOUSTON J.	3	1912	1913
HOUSTON W.	1	1932
IRVINE R.J.	7	1962	1963
JOHNSTON S.	4	1890	1894
JONES J.	18	1930	1935
JORDAN T.	2	1895
LOCKHART N.H.	1	1946
MAGINNIS H.	8	1900	1904
MANNUS A.	4	2004	2009
MAXWELL J.	3	1902	1903
McALLEN J.	9	1898	1902
McCANDLESS W.	3	1919	1920
McCARTNEY A.	2	1904
McCAW J.H.	6	1927	1931
McCLEERY W.	9	1929	1932
McCRACKEN R.	1	1922
McCURDY C.	1	1980
McFAUL W.S.	1	1966
McGAUGHEY M.	1	1984
McGUIRE J.S.	1	1928
McKEOWN H.N.	7	1892	1894
McVICKERS J.	1	1888
MERCER H.V.A.	1	1908
MERCER J.T.	2	1902
MILNE R.G.	28	1894	1906
MOORE J.R.	3	1891
MOOREHEAD G.	4	1923	1929
MORGAN F.G.	2	1922
MORRISON J.R.	2	1891
MULGREW J.	2	2010
NIXON R.J.	1	1914
PARKE J.	1	1963
PEDEN J.	15	1887	1893
PYPER M.	1	1931
RAFFERTY P.	1	1979
ROLLO D.	4	1912	1914
RUSSELL A.	1	1946
SCOTT W.	7	1903	1905
SLOAN T.	3	1930	1931
STEWART T.C.	1	1961
SWAN S.	1	1899
THOMPSON F.W.	1	1911
THOMPSON P.	7	2005	2008
TORRANS R.	1	1893
TORRANS S.	26	1889	1901
WILLIS G.	4	1906	1912
WILSON H.	2	1924	1925
YOUNG S.	7	1907	1914

Northern Ireland B Internationals:

4 players for 4 caps (correct up to 6 May 2009)

PLAYER	CAPS	FIRST	LAST
FERGUSON G.	1	1999
GARRETT R.	1	2009
HAMILL T.	1	1957
LAMONT W.	1	1995

Northern Ireland Under-23 Internationals:

5 players for 6 caps (correct up to 27 April 2004)

Excludes International Challenge Trophy Matches

PLAYER	CAPS	FIRST	LAST
BAILIE N.	1	1990
CRAIG W.	1	1965
HAMILTON B.	2	1968	1969
IRVINE R.W.	1	1963
MANNUS A.	1	2004

Northern Ireland Under-21 Internationals:

17 players for 53 caps (up to 9 February 2011)

PLAYER	CAPS	FIRST	LAST
BAILIE N.	2	1990	1994
BEATTY S.	1	1994
CARVILL M.	1	2009
ERVIN J.	2	2004	2006
FEENEY L.	6	1998	1999
GARRETT R.	4	2009
GAULT M.	2	2005
HAMILTON W.	1	1978
HUNTER A.	1	2002
LOWRY P.	1	2009
McCANN R.	1	2002
McILROY T.	1	1994
MULGREW J.	10	2006	2008
MURRAY W.	1	1978
SCATES G.	3	2000	2001
STEWART T.	12	2006	2008
THOMPSON P.	4	2005	2006

Ireland Victory Internationals:

Dave Rollo, Billy Lacey, Bill McCandless (all 1919), Tommy Breen, Jim Feeney, Johnny McKenna, Davy Walsh (all 1945-46)

(Northern) Ireland Amateur Internationals:

Isaac Andrews, Hubert Barr, Harry Bell, Eric Bowyer, George Bunting, Harry Burns, David Cairns, Des Cathcart, Robert Collins, Samuel Cowan, Thomas Cowan, William Craig, James Crymble, Robert Foye, Tommy Frame, Alan Fraser, Ken Gilliland, Samuel Graham, Sammy Hatton, Hammie Hewitt, Jimmy Hill, Robert Hopkins, Jack Jones, Ray Lockhart, Ferris Lunn, Paul Malone, Anthony Maynes, Ivan McAllister, Charles McCracken, Gavin McDowell, Quintan McFall, Jackie McGrillen, Sandy McIlreavy, Fred McKee, Michael McWillams, Harry Mercer, David Nixon, Sammy Pavis, Tommy Priestley, John Richardson, Charlie Robertson, Jackie Scott, Thomas Shields, Sammy Smyth, Stephen Snodden, Jimmy Todd, Ronnie White, Ray Whiteside.

(Northern) Ireland Junior Internationals:

Include...

Dick Keith, Alf McMichael, Lee Doherty, John Parke, Jimmy Hill, George Dunlop, Martin McGaughey, Tommy Wright.

Northern Ireland Under-23 International Challenge Trophy Players:

Include...

Kris Lindsay, Jamie Mulgrew, Peter Thompson, Thomas Stewart, Michael Carvill, Robert Garrett, Curtis Allen, Philip Lowry, Billy Jo Burns

Inter-League Players:

Include...

Anderson, Trevor Anderson, Isaac Andrews, Noel Bailie, Harry Baird, Joe Bambrick, Ken Barclay, Bartlett, Stephen Baxter, Eric Bowyer, Bobby Braithwaite, Bryson, Burns, Sydney Burrows, David Cairns, Des Cathcart, Mark Caughey, Clifford, Toni Coly, Darrin Coyle, Colin Crawford, Lindsay Curry, William Dalton, Johnny Darling, Tommy Dickson, Dodds, Lee Doherty, Donnelly, Peter Dornan, Alan Dornan, George Dunlop, Edwards, Billy Ferguson, Tommy Frame, George Gaukrodger, Michael Gault, Ken Gilliland, Hugh Gordon, Tom Gordon, Tony Gorman, Ray Gough, Bill Gowdy, Jack Graham, Hagan, Tommy Hamill, Hamilton, Bryan Hamilton, Jack Hanna, Hannah, Alfie Harland, Sammy Hatton, Terry Hayes, Gary Haylock, Jimmy Hill, Johnny Houston, Billy Houston, Bobby Irvine, David Jeffrey, Sam Johnston, Jack Jones, Tom Jordan, Dick Keith, Kirkwood, Philip Knell, W. Liggett, Eric Magee, Hugh Maginnis, Alan Mannus, Marshall, Mathers, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe McAllen, Paul McAreavey, William McCambley, Alex McCartney, Harold McCaw, Billy McCleery, McCormick, Dick McCracken, Colin McCurdy, Isaac McDowell, Gavin McDowell, McEwan, Martin McGaughey, Bert McGonigal, Alex McIlreavy, McIlveen, Fred McKee, McKee, Johnny McKenna, Thanny McKeown, Lyndsay McKeown, McMeekin, Alf McMichael, McNeill, Harry Mercer, Jackie Milburn, Millen, Bob Milne, Minford, Barney Moorhead, Gerry Morgan, Chris Morgan, William Murphy, William Murray, Rab Nixon, George Nixon, George O'Boyle, John Parke, Sammy Pavis, John Peden, Maurice Pyper, Peter Rafferty, Bob Rea, Richardson, Pat Robinson, Dave Rollo, James Rosbotham, Russell, Alex Russell, Billy Scott, Scott, Phil Scott, Shepherd, Billy Simpson, Tom Sloan, Steve Snodden, N. Stewart, Tommy Stewart, Thomas Stewart, Peter Thompson, T. Thompson, Rab Torrans, Sam Torrans, Waddell, Walden, Jimmy Walker, Wallace, Roy Walsh, Sydney Weatherup, White, George Willis, Wilson, Sam Young.

Seasonal Record:

1880-81	1881-82	1882-83	1883-84	1884-85	1885-86	1886-87	1887-88	1888-89	1889-90
1890-91	1891-92	1892-93	1893-94	1894-95	1895-96	1896-97	1897-98	1898-99	1899-00
1900-01	1901-02	1902-03	1903-04	1904-05	1905-06	1906-07	1907-08	1908-09	1909-10
1910-11	1911-12	1912-13	1913-14	1914-15	1915-16	1916-17	1917-18	1918-19	1919-20
1920-21	1921-22	1922-23	1923-24	1924-25	1925-26	1926-27	1927-28	1928-29	1929-30
1930-31	1931-32	1932-33	1933-34	1934-35	1935-36	1936-37	1937-38	1938-39	1939-40
1940-41	1941-42	1942-43	1943-44	1944-45	1945-46	1946-47	1947-48	1948-49	1949-50
1950-51	1951-52	1952-53	1953-54	1954-55	1955-56	1956-57	1957-58	1958-59	1959-60
1960-61	1961-62	1962-63	1963-64	1964-65	1965-66	1966-67	1967-68	1968-69	1969-70
1970-71	1971-72	1972-73	1973-74	1974-75	1975-76	1976-77	1977-78	1978-79	1979-80
1980-81	1981-82	1982-83	1983-84	1984-85	1985-86	1986-87	1987-88	1988-89	1989-90
1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00
2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20