This is a list of players born outside of Ireland that have played international football for (Northern) Ireland since 1882.
No player born in what is now the Republic of Ireland has been capped at full international level by the Irish FA since a World Cup Qualifier/British Championship match against Wales on 8th March 1950.
This article will be extended to include a reason for eligibility shortly.
Canada
George Forbes (1888-1891)
Alan Mannus (2004-date)
Jimmy Nicholl (1976-1986)
England
Kingsley Black (1988-1994)
Adrian Coote (1999-2000)
Aidan Davison (1996-1997)
Jack Davison (1882-1885)
Tommy Doherty (2003-2005)
Iain Dowie (1990-1999)
Allan Elleman (1889-1890)
Colin Hill (1990-1998)
Kevin Horlock (1995-2002)
Phil Hughes (1986-1987)
Michael Ingham (2005-2007)
Ian Jenkins (1997-1999)
Jon McCarthy (1996-2001)
Lee McEvilly (2002)
Bernard McNally (1986-1988)
Chris Nicholl (1974-1983)
Ian Nolan (1996-2002)
Martin Paterson (2007-date)
James Quinn (1996-2006)
Jack Reynolds (1890-1891)
Lawrie Sanchez (1986-1989)
Peter Scott (1975-1979)
Danny Sonner (1997-2004)
Peter Watson (1971)
Mark Williams (1999-2005)
Paul Williams (1991)
Danny Wilson (1986-1992)
Kevin Wilson (1987-1995)
(West) Germany
Steve Lomas (1994-2003)
Maik Taylor (1999-date)
India
William Eames (1885)
McWha (1882-1885)
Jersey (Channel Islands)
Trevor Wood (1995)
Lithuania (formerly part of Russia)
Louis Bookman (1914-1921)
New Zealand
George Moorehead (1923-1929)
Norway
Tony Capaldi (2004-2007)
Scotland
WK Gibson (1894-1902)
Danny Hegan (1969-1973)
W Leslie (1887)
George McClure (1907-1909)
Brian McLean (2006)
JR Morrison (1891)
J Ponsonby (1895-1899)
JT Walker (1911)
South Africa
Pat Kelly (1949)
Dudley Milligan (1939)
USA
Billy Andrews (1908-1913)
Wales
Warren Feenery (1976)
Zambia
Jeff Whitley (1997-2005)
Jim Whitley (1998-1999)
Note: A total of 124 players' birthplaces remain untraced at this time, the majority from the earliest days of the Ireland national team. It is possible that a small number of these will have been born outside of (Northern) Ireland.
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4 comments:
I believe Tony Capaldi was born in Sweden, not Norway.
Hi sorryarnold,
According to all the sources I have, Tony Capaldi was born in Porsgrunn, Norway.
Jonny
Surely the only reasons a player would nominate to play for NI is (a) no choice or (b) really don't fancy their chances getting to any alternate national side.
I mean realistically NI aren't going to get to a European or World Cup any time soon.
Nice site but.
gadmin,
You're probably right in most cases, but there have been some "imports" who have turned down call-ups for other larger countries in favour of NI (eg Kingsley Black, Jeff Whitley and Brian McLean). There are others who only ever wanted to play for NI anyway (Iain Dowie) or were actually raised here from children (Steve Lomas, Warren Feeney Sr and (the one that got away) Alan Kernaghan). Having said all that, I don't think any goalkeeper would have done better for NI in the last decade than Maik Taylor, even if we were hi last resort for international football.
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