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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Sunday, 4 April 2010

Glenavon FC

Work in progress

Founded: 1889
Ground History: Mourneview Park
Main Colours: Royal blue and white
Club Website: http://www.glenavonfc.com/

Managerial History:
Harry Walker (1950-1954)
Jimmy McAlinden (1954-1968)
Ted Smith (1968)
Joe Kinkead (1968-1969)
Jimmy Jones (1969-1972)
Eric Adair (1972-1973)
Brian Campbell (1974-1975)
Alan Campbell (1975-1978)
Billy McClatchey (1978-1979)
Billy Sinclair (1979-1982)
Terry Nicholson (1982-1991)
Alan Fraser (Oct/91-1994)
Nigel Best (1994-Nov/97)
Billy Hamilton (Nov/97-May/98)
Roy Walker (May/98-Jul/00)
Colin Malone (Aug/00-Feb/03)
Alfie Wylie (2003-Jan/04)
Tommy Kincaid (Jan/04-Jul/05)
Jimmy Brown (Jul/05-Jun/06)
Colin Malone (Jun/06-2007)
Terry Cochrane (Jan/08-Jun/08)
Stephen McBride (Aug/08-Jan/09)
Marty Quinn (Feb/09-date)
League History:
Irish league

Club Honours:
Irish League Champions
Irish Cup Winners
Mid-Ulster Cup Winners

European History:
1957/58 Champions Cup (first entry into European competition by an Irish League club)
First Round - AGF Aarhus (Denmark) A 0-0, H* 0-3 (lost 3-0 on aggregate)
1960/61 Champions Cup
(withdrew before playing in the Preliminary Round as their opponents, Wismut Karl-Marx, could not gain visas to enter Northern Ireland and Glenavon would have had to play both matches outside the UK which proved prohibitively expensive)
1961/62 Cup Winners' Cup
First Round - Leicester City (England) H* 1-4, A 1-3 (lost 7-2 on agg.)
1977/78 UEFA Cup
First Round - PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) H 2-6, A 0-5 (lost 11-2 on agg.)
1979/80 UEFA Cup
First Round - Standard Liege (Belgium) H L 0-1, A L 0-1 (lost 2-0 on agg.)
1988/89 Cup Winners' Cup
First Round - AGF Aarhus (Denmark) H 1-4, A 1-3 (lost 7-2 on agg.)
1990/91 UEFA Cup
First Round - Bordeaux (France) H 0-0, A 0-2 (lost 2-0 on agg.)
1991/92 Cup Winners' Cup
First Round - Ilves (Finland) H 3-2, A 1-2 (4-4 on agg. lost on away goals rule)
1992/93 Cup Winners' Cup
First Round - Royal Antwerp (Belgium) H 1-1, A 1-1 (2-2 on agg. lost 3-1 in penalty shoot-out)
1995/96 UEFA Cup
Preliminary Round - FH (Iceland) H 0-0, A 1-0 (won 1-0 on agg.)
First Round - Werder Bremen (Germany) H 0-2, A 0-5 (lost 7-0 on agg.)
2001/02 UEFA Cup
Qualifying Round - Kilmarnock (Scotland) H 0-1, A 0-1 (lost 2-0 on agg.)

*denotes home matches played at Windsor Park, Belfast.

Top Goalscorers:
(season-by-season since WW2)
1947/48 P. Cronin 18
1948/49 A. Moore 28
1949/50 J. Denver 15
1950/51 J. Denver 29
1951/52 J. Denver 39
1952/53 J. Jones 40
1953/54 J. Jones 49
1954/55 J. Jones 47
1955/56 J. Jones 46
1956/57 J. Jones 74
1957/58 J. Jones 50
1958/59 J. Jones 59
1959/60 J. Jones 50
1960/61 J. Jones 36
1961/62 J. Jones 33
1962/63 W. Johnston 26
1963/64 W. Johnston 34
1964/65 D. Guy 50
1965/66 D. Guy 44
1966/67 D. Guy 30
1967/68 D. Guy 32
1968/69 D. Guy 30
1969/70 D. Guy 20
1970/71 D. Guy 29
1971/72 D. Guy 33
1972/73 J. Alexander 11
1973/74 J. Hall 19
1974/75 J. Hall 12
1975/76 P. Horan 14
1976/77 P. Malone 23
1977/78 P. Malone 20
1978/79 P. Malone 23
1979/80 T. Armstrong 11
1980/81 M. Malone 14
1981/82 M. MacDonald 25
1982/83 A. Denver 11
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 McCann 11
2003/04 A. McVeigh 7
2004/05 Walsh 20
2005/06 M. Verner 18
2006/07 G. McMahon 7
2007/08 Hamlin 7
2008/09 Grant 12
2009/10 Molloy 16

Notable Players:
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Saturday, 9 January 2010

Jack Mehaffy

Name: John Wesley Mehaffy
Born: 22 December 1896, Belfast
Died: 1937
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Irish League: 2 Caps (1921-1923).Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1920/21; Irish Cup Winner* 1920/21; Gold Cup Runner-Up 1919/20; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1920/21; Steel & Sons Cup Winner** 1918/19; (with Dundalk) Leinster Senior Cup Runner-Up 1928/29.
* Mehaffy was also awarded a winner’s medal in 1920 (see text below)
** with Glentoran II.

Club Career:
Teams .......... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League FA Cup FL Cup -Other-
Belfast Celtic
Glentoran....... 18/19-21/22 ............ 87/ 0 (all games)
Oldham Athletic. 22/23...... Aug-22 .......0/ 0
Glentoran....... 23/24...... Aug-23 ......17/ 0 (all games)
New Brighton.... 23/24...... Dec-23 ...... 5/ 0 ..4/ 0
Rotherham County 24/25 ..... Jan-25 £525..18/ 0
Rotherham United 25/26-26/27 ............ 61/ 0
Dundalk......... 27/28-28/29 May-28 ..... 13/ 0 ..2/ 0 .8/ 0* .7/ 0#
Coleraine
* League of Ireland Shield; # Leinster Cup.

Biography:
Younger brother of Irish international goalkeeper, Bertie, John Mehaffy battled hard to break away from his brothers shadows. The pair had been on the books of Belfast Celtic together, with Bertie winning an Irish League medal in 1915, though both were forced out of Celtic Park by the signing of Elisha Scott, their cousin, for the duration of wartime football.

Signed by Glentoran, Mehaffy was part of the successful reserve side of 1918/19, claiming a winner’s medals in the Steel Cup and Intermediate League and finishing as runner-up in the Intermediate Cup. He was offered a first senior match late that season in a Charity Cup tie against Belfast United when regular custodian, Billy Liddell couldn’t find a train to the match.

Mehaffy began to establish himself as the Glens regular ‘keeper through the 1919/20 season. He was a member of the side expelled from the Irish Cup for fielding an ineligible player in the semi-final, while his brother Bert was in the opposing Belfast Celtic side who were also expelled after their fans rioted. Although Shelbourne were awarded the Cup by virtue of being the only remaining club in the competition, the Glentoran players did claim the winner’s medals following a “Challenge Match”.

A terrific season in 1920/21 saw Mehaffy collect Irish League, Irish Cup (defeating his brother’s Glenavon side in the Final) and Co. Antrim Shield winner’s medals. He was also awarded inter-League recognition, turning out for the Irish league in a 3-0 defeat by the Scottish League at Ibrox. Mehaffy spent the 1922/23 season with English First Division side, Oldham, though he never made the first eleven. He returned to the Oval and was rewarded with a second appearance for the Irish League, this time in a 6-2 hammering by the Football League at Windsor Park.

Shortly after that inter-League appearance, Mehaffy was off on his travels again. He signed for Merseyside-based New Brighton of Division Three (North) and spent a season as under-study to his brother, Bert. He went on to make his mark on the Football League with Rotherham County, then with the “reformed” Rotherham United.

Jack Mehaffy was enticed to return to Ireland by Dundalk manager, Joe McCleery who had introduced Bert to Belfast Celtic back in 1914. Jack made his Dundalk debut in the final game of the 1927/28 season and he was a regular the following season as they reached their first senior final where they lost in the Leinster Cup after a replay to Shamrock Rovers.

Later he returned to the Irish League with Coleraine.

John Mehaffy died in 1937, aged just 40.

Irish League Appearance Details:
25-01-1921 Scottish League A L 0-3
29-10-1923 Football League H L 2-6

Summary: 2/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 2.

William Mehaffy forwarded the scan of the card shown above. It purports to be a picture of Bertie Mehaffy, however it has been identified as his brother, Jack, by Jack's son.

Black and white photo and many career details supplied by Jim Murphy.
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Saturday, 31 October 2009

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
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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
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