David McCreery

‘Wee Dee’ McCreery was a bundle of energy in the Northern Ireland midfield for a decade-and-a-half…

Name: David McCreery
Born: 16 September 1957, Belfast
Height: 5.07 ft
Weight: 10.07 st
Position: Forward/Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 67 Full Caps (1976-1990), 1 Under-21 Cap (1978), Youth, 4 Schoolboy Caps (1973).
Club Honours: (with Man. United) FA Cup Winner 1976/77, Runner-Up 1975/76; (with Newcastle) Football League Division Three (promoted) 1983/84.

Club Career:
Clubs........... --Seasons-- Signed ---Fee--- --League-- -FACup- -FLCup- Europe Other
Ashfield Boys Club
Manchester Utd.. 74/75-78/79 Oct-74 Appr'tice .48(39)/ 7 .1(6)/0 .4(4)/1 4(3)/0 0(1)/0
Q.P.R. ......... 79/80-80/81 Aug-79 .£200,000 .56 (1)/ 4 .1(1)/0 .8(0)/1
Tulsa Roughnecks.1981 - 1982 Mar-81 .£125,000 .50 (-)/ 0 (NASL)
Newcastle United.82/83-88/89 Oct-82 ..£80,000 237 (6)/ 2 10(1)/0 15(0)/0 ...... 3(0)/0
Tulsa Renegades..1989....... ................ (Southwest Indoor Soccer League)
GIF Sundsvall....1989....... ................ (Sweden)
Hearts ......... 89/90-90/91 Sep-89 .....Free .24 (5)/ 0 .3(0)/0 .3(0)/0 1(0)/0
Hartlepool Utd.. 91/92...... Apr-91 .....Free..27 (3)/ 0 .3(0)/0 .2(1)/0
Coleraine....... 92/93...... Sep-92 .....Free ..1 (0)/ 0 ....... ........ ..... 3(0)/0
Carlisle United..92/93-93/94 Sep-92 .....Free .25(10)/ 0 .3(0)/0 .0(1)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Hartlepool Utd.. 94/95 ..... Oct-94 .....Free...7 (2)/ 0 .1(0)/0
Totals............................ .......... 475(66)/13 22(8)/0 32(6)/2 5(3)/0 7(1)/0

Appearances/Goals by Competition:
Football League Division One. 222(40)/ 9
Football League Division Two. 119 (6)/ 4
Football League Division Three 59(15)/ 0
FA Cup........................ 19 (8)/ 0
Football League Cup........... 29 (6)/ 2
FA Charity Shield ............. 0 (1)/ 0
FL Centenary Trophy............ 2 (0)/ 0
FL Full Member Cup............. 1 (0)/ 0
FL Associate Member Cup........ 1 (0)/ 0
Scottish Premier League ...... 24 (5)/ 0
Scottish Cup................... 3 (0)/ 0
Scottish League Cup ........... 3 (0)/ 0
Irish League................... 1 (0)/ 0
Gold Cup ...................... 2 (0)/ 0
Irish League Floodlit Cup...... 1 (0)/ 0
UEFA Cup....................... 2 (3)/ 0
European Cup Winners' Cup...... 3 (0)/ 0
NASL.......................... 50 (-)/ 0
Totals....................... 541(84)/15

Biography:
In February 2011 David McCreery was appointed Technical Director at Magway FC in Burma.

More to follow.

Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
08-05-1976 Scotland.... H L 0-3 BC sub
11-05-1976 England..... A L 0-4 BC
14-05-1976 Wales....... A L 0-1 BC
13-10-1976 Netherlands. A D 2-2 WCQ
10-11-1976 Belgium..... A L 0-2 WCQ
27-04-1977 West Germany A L 0-5 FR
28-05-1977 England..... H L 1-2 BC
01-06-1977 Scotland.... A L 0-2 BC
03-06-1977 Wales....... H D 1-1 BC
11-06-1977 Iceland..... A L 0-1 WCQ
21-09-1977 Iceland..... H W 2-0 WCQ
12-10-1977 Netherlands. H L 0-1 WCQ
16-11-1977 Belgium..... H W 3-0 WCQ
13-05-1978 Scotland.... A D 1-1 BC
16-05-1978 England..... A L 0-1 BC
19-05-1978 Wales....... A L 0-1 BC
20-09-1978 Rep. Ireland A D 0-0 ECQ
25-10-1978 Denmark..... H W 2-1 ECQ
29-11-1978 Bulgaria.... A W 2-0 ECQ
07-02-1979 England..... A L 0-4 ECQ
02-05-1979 Bulgaria.... H W 2-0 ECQ
25-05-1979 Wales....... H D 1-1 BC
06-06-1979 Denmark..... A L 0-4 ECQ
17-10-1979 England..... H L 1-5 ECQ
21-11-1979 Rep. Ireland H W 1-0 ECQ
16-05-1980 Scotland.... H W 1-0 BC sub
20-05-1980 England..... A D 1-1 BC sub
23-05-1980 Wales....... A W 1-0 BC sub
11-06-1980 AustraliA... A W 2-1 FR sub
15-06-1980 Australia... A D 1-1 FR
15-10-1980 Sweden...... H W 3-0 WCQ sub
19-11-1980 Portugal.... A L 0-1 WCQ sub
25-03-1981 Scotland.... A D 1-1 WCQ
29-04-1981 Portugal.... H W 1-0 WCQ
03-06-1981 Sweden...... A L 0-1 WCQ
14-10-1981 Scotland.... H D 0-0 WCQ
18-11-1981 Israel...... H W 1-0 WCQ
23-02-1982 England..... A L 0-4 BC sub
24-03-1982 France...... A L 0-4 FR
17-06-1982 Yugoslavia.. N D 0-0 WCF
21-06-1982 Honduras.... N D 1-1 WCF
25-06-1982 Spain....... N W 1-0 WCF
01-07-1982 Austria..... N D 2-2 WCF
04-07-1982 France...... N L 1-4 WCF
13-10-1982 Austria..... A L 0-2 ECQ
12-10-1983 Turkey...... A L 0-1 ECQ sub
12-09-1984 Romania..... H W 3-2 WCQ
27-03-1985 Spain....... A D 0-0 FR sub
11-09-1985 Turkey...... A D 0-0 WCQ sub
16-10-1985 Romania..... A W 1-0 WCQ
13-11-1985 England..... A D 0-0 WCQ
26-02-1986 France...... A D 0-0 FR
26-03-1986 Denmark..... H D 1-1 FR
03-06-1986 Algeria..... N D 1-1 WCF
07-06-1986 Spain....... N L 1-2 WCF
12-06-1986 Brazil...... N L 0-3 WCF
12-11-1986 Turkey...... A D 0-0 ECQ
01-04-1987 England..... H L 0-2 ECQ
29-04-1987 Yugoslavia.. H L 1-2 ECQ
14-10-1987 Yugoslavia.. A L 0-3 ECQ
21-12-1988 Spain....... A L 0-4 WCQ
26-04-1989 Malta....... A W 2-0 WCQ
26-05-1989 Chile....... H L 0-1 FR
06-09-1989 Hungary..... H L 1-2 WCQ
11-10-1989 Rep. Ireland A L 0-3 WCQ
27-03-1990 Norway...... H L 2-3 FR
18-05-1990 Uruguay..... H W 1-0 FR sub

Summary: 55(12)/0. Won 17, Drew 19, Lost 31.

Appearances/Record by Competition:
Competition.......... Apps/Gl .W - D - L
British Championship. 9 (5)/0 .2 - 4 - 8
World Cup Qualifiers 18 (3)/0 .8 - 5 - 8
World Cup Finals..... 8 (0)/0 .1 - 4 - 3
Euro Qualifiers..... 13 (1)/0 .4 - 2 - 8
Friendlies........... 7 (3)/0 .2 - 4 - 4
Totals.............. 55(12)/0 17 - 19 - 31