Alan Campbell

Name: T. Alan Campbell
Born: 11 September 1944, Belfast
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.11 st
Position: Centre-Half / Full-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Amateur Caps (1963-1964), Junior, Youth, 3 Schoolboy Caps (1959); Irish League: 10 Caps (1963-1969).
Club Honours:

Club Career:
Teams ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
Distillery
Coleraine... 61/62-70/71 Mar-62
Grimsby Town 70/71-72/73 Oct-70 ...... 84(1)/0 3(0)/0 4(0)/0
Coleraine
Glenavon................ Jan-75 (player-manager)

Biography:
A Ballygomartinlad, Alan Campbell had a long and distinguished playing career.

More to follow.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

Jim Crossan

Name: James Crossan
Born: c.1941, Londonderry
Height: 5.08 ft
Weight: 10.07 st
Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Caps (1964).
Club Honours: (with Derry) Irish League Champion 1964/65; Irish Cup Winner 1963/64.

Club Career:
Teams..... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- Domestic Europe
Derry City .................................. 5/ 1

Biography:
Although small for a defender, Jim Crossan was strong and determined in the tackle. Also blessed with good pace, he won his only amateur cap as right-back, though shortly before this he had established himself as Derry City's regular centre-half. Indeed it was as "pivot" that he claimed an Irish Cup winner's medal in 1964 when the Candytripes defeated Glentoran 2-0.

In 1964 Crossan also aided Derry to a Gold Cup success and the following season the club claimed their first Irish League title. These successes brought European football to the Brandywell for the first time and Crossan played in the Cup Winners' Cup against Steaua Bucharest (a 5-0 aggregate defeat) and in the Champions' Cup in 1965 they defeated Lynn Oslo 8-6 over two legs, with Crossan among the scorers. After a 9-0 defeat by Anderlecht in the first leg of the following round UEFA refused to allow the Brandywell to stage the second leg and Derry withdrew from the competition.

A railway fireman during his playing days, Crossan managed of Derry City on their joining the League of Ireland in 1985, over a decade after they had left the Irish league. He left early in that first season.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
08-02-1964 Scotland A D 2-2

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 0.

Jimmy Todd

Name: James Alexander Todd
Born: c.1918
Died: 4 November 2007
Height:
Weight:
Position: Outside-Right

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1938); Irish League: 2 Caps (1938).
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1937/38.

Club Career:
Teams.... --Seasons-- Signed League -Other-
Linfield. 37/38 ..... Apr-37
Glentoran 38/39 ....... 1938 .19/ 8 (all games)
Linfield. 39/40 ....... 1939
Ards..... 39/40-46/47 ..1939 .19/10 122/89*
* Intermediate League

Biography:
Jimmy Todd was capped at Amateur international level as a Linfield player. He made his Blues debut on 18th September 1937, scoring twice in a 5-2 win over Glentoran. He ended his first season with a Co. Anrtrim Shield medal following a 3-2 win over Ballymena.

In 1938 Todd joined Glentoran and made an immediate impact, setting-up two goals in an exciting 3-2 win over his ex-club. Todd quickly progressed to inter-league honours, scoring the consolation as the Irish League lost out 6-1 to their Scottish counterparts. Todd spent just a season with the Glens.

Glentoran where the opposition for Todd's Ards debut on 7th October 1939, his ex-club running out 5-3 winners. As the North Down club left the Irish League for the duration of the Second World War most of Todd's appearances were in intermediate football. In 1947 he was forced to retire due to a serious knee injury.

With his playing days over Todd coached Ards IIIs. He also scouted for the club before taking charge of Crusaders who he led to Irish Cup and Co. Antrim Shield successes in the 1960s. He also managed Carrick Rangers and had two spells in charge at Ards in the late-1980s.

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Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
19-02-1938 England. A D 1-1
13-04-1938 Scotland H W 2-1

Summary: 2/0. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 0.

Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
07-09-1938 Scottish League A L 1-6 1 Goal
21-09-1938 Football League H L 2-8

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

Cecil Smyth

Name: Cecil Smyth
Born: 4 May 1941, Belfast
Height: 5.06 ft
Weight: 10.08 st
Died: 7 November 2008, Exeter (England)
Position: Right-Back

Club Honours: (with Distillery) City Cup Winner 1959/60; (with Exeter) Football League Division Four Fourth Place (promoted) 1963/64.

Club Career:
Teams.......... --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- -League- -FACup- -FLCup-
Distillery .... 58/59-61/62 .............. 108(0)/? (all games)
Exeter City.... 62/63-68/69 Aug-62 ....... 270(3)/1 16(0)/0 14(0)/1
Torquay United. 69/70-70/71 Aug-69 £ 2,500 .22(1)/0 .1(0)/0
Barnstaple Town

Biography:
Cec Smyth established himseld as a regular for Distillery while still a teenager, helping them to a City Cup success in 1959. He moved to the Football League with Exeter City in 1962 where he was regular right-back for eight seasons and aided them to promotion to the Thir Division in 1964. He finished his professional career with Torquay United and later settled in Exeter where he worked for the prison service. A player who "visibly enjoyed" the game and was regarded as a great character, Cecil Smyth passed away in 2008 at the age of 67.

Exeter City Tribute

Frank Mulholland

Name: Francis Gerard Mulholland
Born: 28 October 1927, Belfast
Died: 2006
Position: Wing-Half

Representative Honours: Irish League: 3 Caps (1950-1951).
Club Honours:

Club Career:
Teams........ --Seasons-- Signed League FACup
Glentoran
Middlesbrough 51/52-57/58 Oct-51 .46/ 0 .4/ 0
Poole Town .............. Sep-58
Hillingdon
Bangor

Biography:
Frank Mulholland was an un-used reserve for Ireland's October 1951 match with Scotland.

More to follow.

Paddy Hasty

Name: Patrick Joseph Hasty
Born: 17 March 1932, Belfast
Died: 2000
Height: 5.08 ft
Weight: 12.00 st
Position: Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 5 Amateur Caps (1955-1961); Great Britain (1960 Rome Olympics).
Club Honours: (with Tooting & Mitcham) Athenian League Champion 1954/55; Isthmian League Champion 1957/58, 1959/60; London Senior Cup Winner 1958/59, 1959/60.

Club Career:
Teams............... --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- League FACup FLCup
Tooting & Mitcham U. .................. Amateur (Athenian League/Isthmian League)
Leyton Orient....... 58/59 ..... Jul-58 Amateur ..2/ 2
Tooting & Mitcham U. 58/59-59/60 ...... Amateur (Isthmian League)
Q.P.R............... 59/60 ..... Oct-59 Amateur ..1/ 0
Tooting & Mitcham U. 59/60-60/61 . 1960 Amateur (Isthmian League)
Aldershot........... 60/61-62/63 Mar-61 ....... .35/14 .3/ 2 .3/ 2
Guildford City ................................ (Southern League)

Biography:
One of only five men to score a hattrick for Amateur Ireland, Paddy Hasty also scored twice in three games at the 1960 Olympics.

More to follow.

Tooting & Mitcham Internationals

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
17-09-1955 England. H L 1-4
25-02-1956 Scotland A W 3-1 3 Goals
15-09-1956 England. A L 2-5 1 Goal
24-09-1960 England. A L 2-3
14-01-1961 Wales... A L 1-4

Summary: 5/4. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 4.

Great Britain Olympic Appearance Details:
26-08-1960 Brazil N L 3-4
29-08-1960 Italy. N D 2-2 1 Goal
01-09-1960 Taiwan N W 3-2 1 Goal

Summary: 3/2. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 1.

Stewart Campbell

Name:
Born: Belfast
Height:
Weight:
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Amateur Caps (1954-1955), Youth; Irish League: 11 Caps (1956-1963).
Club Honours: (with Glenavon) Irish League Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1956/57, 1958/59, 1960/61, Runner-Up 1954/55.

Club Career:
Teams
Glenavon

Biography:
A versatile forward with an "I'll-play-anywhere" attitude, Stewart Campbell was something of a protege. During the 1953/54 season he played in an Amateur international against Scotland at Kilmarnock then flew to Germany for a Youth international. His early good form brought the youngster to the attention of Celtic, but he decided to remain at home, showing remarkable loyalty to Glenavon, despite being a native of Belfast. His goals, including a hattrick against Linfield in the 1961 Irish Cup final win over Linfield, along with those of Jimmy Jones, fired Glenavon to untold success through the 1950s and early-60s.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
23-01-1954 Wales..... H W 3-2
22-02-1954 Distillery N W 5-2
10-04-1954 Scotland.. A D 0-0
18-09-1954 England... A L 0-5
22-01-1955 Wales..... A W 2-1

Summary: 4/0. Won 2, Drew 1, Lost 1.

Dan McCaffrey

Name: Daniel McCaffrey
Born:
Height:
Weight:
Position: Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1954).

Club Career:
Teams
Derry City
Crusaders

Biography:
A centre-forward with "plenty of punch" to his game, Dan McCaffrey won his only Amateur cap during a purple patch infront of goal for Crusaders. H efailed to find the net in a 5-0 defeat by England at Selhurst Park.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
18-09-1954 England A L 0-5

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Maurice Masters

Name: Maurice Masters
Born: c.1927
Height:
Weight:
Position: Inside-Right/Right-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 8 Amateur Caps / 1 Goal (1948-1955)
Club Honours: (with Coleraine) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1947/48; (with Glenavon) Irish Cup Winner 1958/59; Runner-Up 1954/55 ...

Club Career:
Teams
Coleraine
Glenavon
Cliftonville

Biography:
Maurice Masters had a 23 year Irish League career, playing until he was 41.

Masters' earliest successes were with Coleraine who he helped to the Irish Cup final in 1948. En route to the final the Bannsiders caused a major upset by defeating Belfast Celtic in the semis. The final against Linfield, played in front of 31,000 at Celtic Park, was surrounded by controversy as a row surrounded the eligibility of a Blues player, Les Bardsley. With Bardsley in the line-up Linfield cruised to an easy 3-0 as all Coleraine protests were waved aside.

With Glenavon during the 1950s Masters tasted further Irish Cup ups-and-downs. In 1955 he played in a shock final defeat by Dundela, but he finally got his hands on a winner's medal in 1959. He came into the side for the final replay against Ballymena, replacing Derek Lawther in a 2-0 win.

Through the 1950s Masters was in-and-out of the Glenavon side, though he did retain a place in the Ireland Amateur team.

With his playing days over, Masters remained actively involved in football with Cliftonville.

(Northern) Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
07-02-1948 Englan.d.. H L 0-5
15-08-1951 Gold Coast H W 5-2 1 Goal
02-02-1952 England... H L 1-3
12-04-1952 Scotland.. A L 1-2
31-01-1953 England... A L 1-4
14-02-1953 Scotland.. H W 1-0
10-04-1954 Scotland.. A D 0-0
18-09-1954 England... A L 0-5
12-02-1955 Scotland.. H W 2-1

Summary: 9/1. Won 3, Drew 1, Lost 5.

Joe Hedley

Name: Joseph Hedley
Born: Co. Down
Position: Outside-Right

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1954)

Club Career:
Teams
Ards

Biography:
A "small and tricky" goalscoring forward, capable of leading the line or on the flank, Joe Hedley rose from junior football in north Down to the Ards first team, establishing himself at the start of the 1954/55 season.

More to follow.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
18-09-1954 England. A L 0-5

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Sammy Maze

Name: Samuel Maze
Position: Left-Half


Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1954).


Club Career:
Teams..... --Seasons-- Signed
Ards
Distillery ............. 1954


Biography:
To follow.


Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
22-02-1954 Distillery N W 5-2 1 Goal
18-09-1954 England... A L 0-5


Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Billy Truesdale

Name: William Truesdale
Position: Right-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1954), Youth.

Club Career:
Teams
Co-Op Rec.
Glentoran
Bangor

Biography:
"A wing-half who mixes defence and attack cleverly", Billy Truesdale was a contemporary of Jimmy McIlroy and Billy Bingham at Co-Op Rec, then Glentoran's "thirds". He graduated to the Seconds but, unlike his illustrious colleagues, could progress no further at The Oval and instead moved to Bangor. It was while with the Seasiders that Truesdale won a single amateur cap.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
18-09-1954 England. A L 0-5

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Gerry Green

Name:
Born: 4 December 1943, Belfast
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 10.00 st
Position: Outside-Left

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1963).
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1963/64; Irish Cup Runner-Up 1963/64.

Club Career:
Teams.... --Seasons-- Signed Domestic
Manor Street Boys Club
Crusaders 61/62-62/63 ..1961
Glentoran 63/64 ..... c/s-63 ..27/ 2

Biography:
To follow.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
12-01-1963 Wales... A W 2-0

Summary: 1/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 0.

Tony Curley

Name: Anthony Curley
Born: 5 May 1939, Lurgan
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.00 st
Position: Indside-Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps / 2 Goals (1963); Irish League: 1 Cap (1964)
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish League Champion 1962/63; Irish Cup Runner-Up 1962/63; City Cup Winner 1962/63; (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1963/64; Irish Cup Runner-Up 1963/64; Gold Cup Runner-Up 1963/64; (with Coleraine) Irish league Champion 1973/74; Irish Cup Winner 1964/65, 1971/72; Gold Cup Winner 1968/69; City Cup Winner 1968/69; Ulster Cup Winner; Blaxnit Cup Winner 1968/69, 1969/70; Top Four Cup Winner 1968/69.

Club Career:
Teams..... --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- -Domestic- -Europe-
Shelbourne (Junior)
Distillery 62/63 ............ Amateur
Glentoran. 63/64-64/65 c/s-63 ........ 51 (0)/ 19 1(0)/0
Coleraine. 64/65-73/74.. 1964 ....... 387(13)/129 7(2)/2

Biography:
Tony Curley broke into the Distillery firstteam during the first half of the 1962/63 season, filling in as left-back, left-half, inside-left and centre-forward before establising himself at inside-right. Early impressive form brought him a City Cup winner's medal and amateur international recognition. His club-form peaked at exactly the right time as Distillery chased down their first Irish League title in 57 years. He scored in the final three matches of the season, wins over Glenavon, Crusaders and, most importantly, in the "decider" against title rivals Linfield to give The Whites the Gibson Cup by a two-point margin. Although Linfield had already seen-off Distillery in a close-fought Irish Cup final, Curley's season finished with another Amateur cap and another goal in a 5-2 win over Scotland.

In the summer of 1963 Curley transferred to Glentoran. He managed 19 goals in a season that bore some similarities to the one previous with Distillery. Glentoran broke their eleven year title drought, pipping Coleraine in the league by a single point. In the Irish Cup Final The Glens lost-out to unfancied Derry City. One remarkable statistic was that Glentoran managed 21 goals against Linfield, with Curley failing to claim any of them! Although his career was to last a further decade, Curley won his only inter-league recognition in April 1964.

Early in the 1964/65 campaign Curley was deemed "surplus to requirements" by Glentoran and allowed to join Coleraine. It was with The Bannsiders that he was to become a legend, playing over 400 games and helping them to many landmark trophy wins. In 1965 he played in his third consecutive Irish Cup final, for a third different team, and finally got his hands on a winner's medal. The following season as Coleraine played in Europe for the first time, Curley scored their first Eueopean goal against Dynamo Kiev, though the game was lost 6-1.

Curley scored 23 times in Coleraine's 1968/69 "Five Trophy" season, claiming Ulster Cup, Gold Cup, City Cup, Blaxnit Cup and Top Four Cup winner's medals. The following season, as well as claiming another Blaxnit Cup, he also score against Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg in the Fairs Cup as Coleraine won a European tie for the first time in their history. By the time of Coleraine's second Irish Cup win in 1972, Curley was more normally to be found in midfield and his versatility helped bring the Irish League to the Showgrounds for the first time in 1974.

Since his retirement as a player, Curley has coached, managed and scouted for Coleraine.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
12-01-1963 Wales... A W 2-0 1 Goal
10-05-1963 Scotland H W 5-2 1 Goal

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

Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
15-04-1964 League of Ireland H D 2-2

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 0.

Richie Warburton

Name: Richard Burton
Born:
Height: 5.08 ft
Weight: 10.07 st
Position: Outside-Right

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Amateur Caps / 1 Goal (1963-1966); Irish League: 1 Cap (1964).
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1963/64; Gold Cup Winner 1962/63; Co. Antrim Shield Runner-Up 1963/64; City Cup Winner 1964/65; Ulster Cup Winner 1966/67.

Club Career:
Teams.... --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- Domestic Europe
Glentoran 61/62-66/67 ...... Amateur .143/ 41 .7/ 0

Biography:
The product of a rugby-playing school, Richie Warburton made an early impact on the football field, his fast wing-play in Glentoran's 1962 Fairs Cup matches against Real Zaragoza marking him as a star, despite an 8-2 aggregate defeat. Just a year after leaving school, Warburton claimed Amateur international honours and by the mid-1960s he was a regular amongst the scorers for the Glens. In October 1964, the same season that he scored 22 times for his club, Warburton scored his only representative level goal, in a 2-1 defeat by England at Romford, and also featured in his only inter-league match, a 4-0 defeat by the Football League at his home ground, The Oval.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
12-01-1963 Wales... A W 2-0
26-09-1964 England. A L 1-2 1 Goal
25-09-1965 England. H L 0-2
24-09-1966 England. A L 0-2

Summary: 4/1. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 3.

Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
28-10-1964 Football League H L 0-4

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Sammy Magee

Name: Samuel Magee
Born: 1941, Lurgan
Height: 5.07½ ft
Weight: 10.00 st
Position: Half-Back/Inside-Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 11 Amateur Caps (1961-1965), Junior; Irish League: 1 Cap (1961).
Club Honours: (with Glenavon) Irish League Champion 1959/60; Cup Winner 1958/59, 1960/61, Runner-Up 1964/65.

Club Career:
Teams
Glenavon

Biography:
A product of Boys' Brigade football, Sammy Magee represented the Belfast BB against Dublin BB as a teenager. He came to prominence in Glenavon's Irish Cup success in 1959, scoring in the semi-final against Distillery and in the 2-0 final replay win over Ballymena. In his early days he was a goalscoring inside-forward, but by the 1960s he had converted to a constructive wing-half, still offering a potent attacking threat. He was a regular capatin of the Ireland Amateur team through to the mid-1960s

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

Irish League Representative Appearances:
17-03-1961 League of Ireland A W 3-2

Summary: 1/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 0.

Tom Turkington

Name: Thomas Turkington
Born:
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 12.07 st
Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 7 Amateur Caps (1963-1965).

Club Career:
Teams....... --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- Domestic
R.U.C.
Glentoran....59/60 ....... 1958 Amateur ..8/ 0
Cliftonville.............. 1961 Amateur

Biography:
A stalwart of the Cliftonville'S "red wall" defence of the 1960s, Tom Turkington first came to prominence as a footballer with the RUC. He had a largely unproductive spell with Glentoran before joining Cliftonville who were then managed by Norman Kernaghan, also boss of the Northern Ireland Amateur team. Turkington captained Northern Ireland during their Amateur Championship success in 1964.

RUC FC Legends

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
12-01-1963 Wales... A W 2-0
10-05-1963 Scotland H W 5-2
28-09-1963 England. H W 2-1
11-01-1964 Wales... H D 2-2
08-02-1964 Scotland A D 2-2
26-09-1964 England. A L 1-2
16-01-1965 Wales... A D 1-1

Summary: 7/0. Won 3, Drew 3, Lost 1.

Isaac Andrews

Name: Isaac Andrews
Born: c.1943, Belfast
Height: 5.07 ft
Weight: 10.07 st
Position: Right-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 6 Amateur Caps (1961-1963); Irish League: 3 Caps (1962-1969).
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish league Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1962/63, 1969/70, Runner-Up 1967/68; Gold Cup Winner; City Cup Winner; Ulster Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1961/62, 1962/63, 1965/66, 1966/67; North-South Cup Winner 1961/62.

Club Career:
Teams............ --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- Domestic Europe
Manchester United .................... Trial
Distillery .................... 1959 Amateur
Linfield ...................... 1960 Amateur ........ 15(2)/0
Glenavon

Biography:
"Wee Isaac" Andrews, a Shankill Road man, was briefly a "Busby Babe" while a teenager. On returning to Northern Ireland he joined Distillery and a year later signed for Linfield as an amateur. He made his Blues debut as seventeen year-old against Ballymena and quickly earned a reputation as a tenacious tackler, indeed he was once called "the Billy Bremner of Ulster". Another fan was Northern Ireland manager, Peter Doherty who said of Andrews: "He is my type of footballer. He has speed, guile, positional sense and tackles strongly."

Andrews really established himself during Linfield's 1961/62 "Seven Trophy" season, playing 18 times and claiming winner's medals in the Irish League, North-South Cup, Co. Antrim Shield. In the decade that followed he collected those medals that had eluded him during that historic campaign. Representative honours came his way in the form of Amateur caps and Irish League appearances.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
30-09-1961 England. H L 0-3
13-01-1962 Wales... H W 3-1
17-02-1962 Scotland A D 0-0
29-09-1962 England. A L 2-3
12-01-1963 Wales... A W 2-0
10-05-1963 Scotland H W 5-2

Summary: 6/0. Won 3, Drew 2, Lost 1.

Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
31-10-1962 Football League.. A L 1-3
27-11-1968 Football League.. H L 0-1
09-04-1969 League of Ireland H L 1-2

Summary: 3/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 3.

Arnold Carlisle

Name:
Born:
Height: 5.09
Weight: 11.00 st
Position: Left-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1963).
Club Honours:

Club Career:
Teams....... --Seasons-- Signed
Bangor.................... 1949
Distillery
Crusaders
Dundela
Cliftonville.............. 1960

Biography:
To follow.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
12-01-1963 Wales... A W 2-0

Summary: 1/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 0.

Jackie Patterson

Name:
Born: Belfast
Height: 5.03 ft
Weight: 9.10 st
Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 6 Amateur Caps (1961-1963); Irish League.
Club Honours: (with Ards) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1959/60.

Club Career:
Teams..... Signed
Cregagh Methodist
Ards ....... 1959

Biography:
Ards Player of the Year 1959/60, the same year as he appeared in a 5-1 Irish Cup Final defeat by Linfield.

More to follow.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

Jim Parkhill

Name: James Archibald Parkhill
Born: 27 July 1934, Belfast
Height: 6.02 ft
Weight: 13.07 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1963), Junior.

Club Career:
Teams......... --Seasons-- Signed League FACup FLCup Europe Other
Banbridge Town
Bangor........ 58/59 ....... 1958
Cliftonville.. 59/60-62/63 ..1959
Exeter City... 63/64 ..... Sep-63 ..1/ 0
Taunton Town.. (Western League)

Biography:
Jimmy Parkhill began his football career with Banbridge Town. He moved to senior football with Bangor in 1958 before moving to Cliftonville the following season. A Junior international, he was capped twice as an Amateur international in 1963. He then moved to Exeter City, but played just once for the Grecians as they won promotion from the Fourth Division in 1964.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
12-01-1963 Wales... A W 2-0
10-05-1963 Scotland H W 5-2

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

(Northern) Ireland Amateur International Results (1906-1974)

Amateur International Players - Amateur International Results - Amateur International Championship

No.	Date	Opposition	Venue
1	15/12/1906	England	Dalymount Park, Dublin	H	L	1-2
2	07/12/1907	England	White Hart Lane, London	A	L	1-6
3	21/11/1908	England	Dalymount Park, Dublin	H	L	1-5
4	20/11/1909	England	Elland Road, Leeds	A	D	4-4
5	19/11/1910	England	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	3-2
6	18/11/1911	England	Leeds Road, Huddersfield	A	L	0-2
7	05/10/1912	England	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	3-2
8	08/11/1913	England	The Oval, Belfast	H	L	0-2
9	15/11/1919	England	Baseball Ground, Derby	A	L	0-5
10	13/11/1920	England	Solitude, Belfast	H	L	0-4
11	08/02/1921	France	Parc de Princes, Paris	A	W	2-1
12	14/11/1921	England	Filbert Street, Leicester	A	L	1-4
13	11/11/1922	England	Deepdale, Preston	A	L	0-4
14	10/11/1923	England	Crystal Palace, London	A	L	0-3
15	08/11/1924	England	Solitude, Belfast	H	L	2-3
-	11/05/1925	Irish league	Solitude, Belfast	N	D	2-2
16	07/11/1925	England	Maidstone	A	L	4-6
17	06/11/1926	England	Solitude, Belfast	H	L	0-3
18	12/11/1927	England	Blackpool	A	D	1-1
19	10/11/1928	England	Belfast	H	L	0-2
20	12/10/1929	Scotland	Brandywell, Londonderry	H	L	0-3
21	16/11/1929	England	Selhurst Park, London	A	L	2-7
22	20/09/1930	Scotland	Pittodrie, Aberdeen	A	L	0-2
23	15/11/1930	England	Belfast	H	W	3-1
24	14/11/1931	England	Bootham Crescent, York	A	L	2-3
25	23/01/1932	Scotland	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	4-0
26	28/01/1933	Scotland	Glasgow	A	L	1-5
27	18/02/1933	England	Belfast	H	W	4-3
28	17/02/1934	England	Ilford, Essex	A	L	0-4
29	25/04/1934	Scotland	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	4-1
30	16/02/1935	England	Belfast	H	L	2-4
31	17/04/1935	Scotland	Ibrox Park, Glasgow	A	W	3-2
32	15/02/1936	England	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool	A	L	0-5
33	22/04/1936	Scotland	Belfast	H	L	3-5
34	13/02/1937	England	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	5-1
35	21/04/1937	Scotland	Cathkin Park, Glasgow	A	L	0-3
36	19/02/1938	England	Filbert Street, Leicester	A	D	1-1
37	13/04/1938	Scotland	Belfast	H	W	2-1
38	18/02/1939	England	Belfast	H	L	0-1
39	19/04/1939	Scotland	Firhill, Glasgow	A	D	1-1
40	08/02/1947	England	Southport	A	L	1-3
41	07/02/1948	England	Belfast	H	L	0-5
42	05/02/1949	England	Carrow Road, Norwich	A	W	1-0
43	16/03/1949	Scotland	Grosvenor Park, Belfast	H	D	2-2
44	10/12/1949	Scotland	Pittodrie, Aberdeen	A	W	5-2
45	04/02/1950	England	Windsor Park, Belfast	H	L	1-3
46	03/02/1951	England	Highfield Road, Coventry	A	L	3-6
47	19/05/1951	Scotland	Brandywell, Londonderry	H	L	0-1
48	15/08/1951	Gold Coast	The Oval, Belfast	H	W	5-2
49	02/02/1952	England	Shamrock Park, Portadown	H	L	1-3
50	12/04/1952	Scotland	Ibrox Park, Glasgow	A	L	1-2
51	31/01/1953	England	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	A	L	1-4
52	14/02/1953	Scotland	Belfast	H	W	1-0
53	12/09/1953	England	Showgrounds, Coleraine	H	W	2-1
54	10/10/1953	South Africa	Windsor Park, Belfast	H	L	2-5
55	23/01/1954	Wales	Grosvenor Park, Belfast	H	W	3-2
-	22/02/1954	Distillery	Grosvenor Park, Belfast	A	W	5-2
56	10/04/1954	Scotland	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	A	D	0-0
57	18/09/1954	England	Selhurst Park, London	A	L	0-5
58	22/01/1955	Wales	Llanidloes	A	W	2-1
59	12/02/1955	Scotland	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	2-1
60	17/09/1955	England	Solitude, Belfast	H	L	1-4
61	21/01/1956	Wales	Solitude, Belfast	H	W	2-1
62	25/02/1956	Scotland	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	A	W	3-1
63	15/09/1956	England	Bromley, Kent	A	L	2-5
64	19/01/1957	Wales	Ebbw Vale, Monmouth	A	L	1-3
65	23/02/1957	Scotland	Castlereagh Park, Newtownards	H	W	4-1
66	28/09/1957	England	The Oval, Belfast	H	L	0-3
67	18/01/1958	Wales	Showgrounds, Coleraine	H	W	3-1
68	22/02/1958	Scotland	Broomfield Park, Airdrie	A	W	3-1
69	27/09/1958	England	Dean Court, Bournemouth	A	L	2-6
70	17/01/1959	Wales	Llandudno	A	W	4-3
71	21/02/1959	Scotland	Showgrounds, Coleraine	H	D	0-0
72	26/09/1959	England	Solitude, Belfast	H	D	1-1
73	16/01/1960	Wales	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	W	3-2
74	24/04/1960	Scotland	Hampden Park, Glasgow	A	L	0-2
75	24/09/1960	England	Loakes Park, High Wycombe	A	L	2-3
76	14/01/1961	Wales	Portmadoc	A	L	1-4
77	18/02/1961	Scotland	Showgrounds, Coleraine	H	D	3-3
78	30/09/1961	England	Showgrounds, Coleraine	H	L	0-3
79	13/01/1962	Wales	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	W	3-1
80	17/02/1962	Scotland	Brockville Park, Falkirk	A	D	0-0
81	29/09/1962	England	Champion Hill, Dulwich	A	L	2-3
82	12/01/1963	Wales	The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	A	W	2-0
83	10/05/1963	Scotland	Belfast	H	W	5-2
84	28/09/1963	England	The Oval, Belfast	H	W	2-1
85	11/01/1964	Wales	Solitude, Belfast	H	D	2-2
86	08/02/1964	Scotland	Hampden Park, Glasgow	A	D	2-2
87	26/09/1964	England	Brooklands, Romford	A	L	1-2
88	16/01/1965	Wales	Newtown, Montgomeryshire	A	D	1-1
89	03/04/1965	Scotland	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	D	1-1
90	25/09/1965	England	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	L	0-2
91	15/01/1966	Wales	Shamrock Park, Portadown	H	D	0-0
92	12/03/1966	Scotland	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	A	W	3-2
93	24/09/1966	England	Vicarage Road, Watford	A	L	0-2
94	14/01/1967	Wales	Newtown, Montgomeryshire	A	D	3-3
95	18/03/1967	Scotland	Castlereagh Park, Newtownards	H	L	1-2
96	23/09/1967	England	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	W	1-0
97	16/03/1968	Scotland	Greenock	A	L	0-2
98	11/05/1968	Wales	Shamrock Park, Portadown	H	L	0-1
99	29/09/1968	England	The Valley, Charlton	A	L	0-5
100	11/01/1969	Wales	Ton Pentre	A	L	0-1
101	22/03/1969	Scotland	Shamrock Park, Portadown	H	L	1-2
102	27/08/1969	England	Shamrock Park, Portadown	H	L	1-4
103	10/01/1970	Wales	Showgrounds, Ballymena	H	W	3-1
104	14/02/1970	Scotland	Stair Park, Stranraer	A	L	1-3
105	02/10/1970	England	Woking	A	L	1-4
106	19/02/1971	Scotland	The Oval, Belfast	H	D	1-1
107	17/04/1971	Wales	Llanelli	A	L	0-1
108	15/04/1972	Wales	Welshpool	A	W	3-0
109	28/04/1972	Scotland	Paisley	A	W	1-0
110	15/05/1972	England	Claremont Road, Hendon	A	W	2-1
111	06/10/1972	England	Norwich	A	L	1-2
112	16/03/1973	Scotland	Brockville Park, Falkirk	A	L	0-1
113	07/04/1973	Wales	Rhyl	A	L	1-2
114	12/10/1973	England	Maine Road, Manchester	A	L	0-2
115	06/04/1974	Wales	Denbigh	A	L	0-1

Sources:
100 Years of Irish Football (Malcolm Brodie, 1980)
George Glass

The British Amateur International Championship (1953/54-1973/74)

Amateur International Players - Amateur International Results - Amateur International Championship

Ireland began playing England in an annual amateur international match in 1906. In 1908 England then began playing a similar series of matches against Wales. Scotland did not partake in their first amateur international match until meeting England in 1926 and they first met Ireland in 1929, the same season as the Scots first played the Welsh at this level.

It was not until the 1953/54 season that the Football Association of Wales overcame their "reluctance" to organise an amateur international match against Ireland, so founding the Amateur International Championship along the same lines as the Senior International Championship (like the senior version the tournament was variously referred to as the Amateur International Championship, British Amateur International Championship, Home Nations/Countries Amateur Championship or some variation thereof).

Although it was England who unsurprisingly dominated the championship throughout its history, Northern Ireland were the inaugral winners 1954. The Irish claimed three further titles outright, the last in 1972, and "shared" a further two.

In 1974 the International Football Association Board (led by the (English) FA) abolished the distinction between amateurs and professionals, so ending the tournament. Sadly, the final edition was not played to completion as Scotland were unwilling to travel to Northern Ireland due to "The Troubles".


Summary of Winners:
England........ 15 (11 outright, 3 shared two-ways, 1 shared three-ways)
Northern Ireland 5 (3 outright, 1 shared two-ways, 1 shared three-ways)
Scotland........ 4 (1 outright, 2 shared two-ways, 1 shared three-ways)
Wales........... 1 (outright)


Final Tables:
1953/54

	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
N. Ireland	3	2	1	0	5	3	2	5
Scotland	3	1	2	0	4	1	3	4
England	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	2
Wales	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1

1954/55

	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	11	4	7	5
N. Ireland	3	2	0	1	4	7	-3	4
Scotland	3	1	1	1	9	5	4	3
Wales	3	0	0	3	2	10	-8	0

1955/56

	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	0	1	9	5	4	4
N. Ireland	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	4
Wales	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Scotland	3	0	1	2	5	9	-4	1

1956/57

	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	10	2	8	5
Wales	3	1	1	1	4	7	-3	3
N. Ireland	3	1	0	2	7	9	-2	2
Scotland