Michael Duffy

Name: Michael Duffy
Born: 28 July 1994
Height: 5.10 ft / 1.78 m
Weight: 10.10 st / 68 kg
Position: Forward / Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19.
Club Honours: (with Dundalk) FAI Cup Runner-Up 2017.

Club Career:
Teams .... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
Derry City 2012 - 2014 ...... Youth 56(-)/13 ............. 6(-)/2
Brentford ............ Jan-14 Trial .0(0)/ 0
Celtic ............... Feb-15 Undis .0(0)/ 0
Alloa Ath. 15/16 ..... Jul-15 .Loan 31(3)/ 3 1(0)/0 1(0)/0 ...... 2(0)/0
Dundee ... 16/17 ..... Jun-16. Loan .4(4)/ 0 0(1)/0 3(1)/1
Dundalk .. 2017 - date Jan-17 .Free

Biography:
Left winger awarded his first senior call-up in August 2016.

More to follow.

UEFA
Derry City

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
09-09-2014 Serbia.. H L 1-4 ECQ
05-09-2015 Scotland H L 1-2 ECQ
08-09-2015 Iceland. A D 1-1 ECQ
still active

Jimmy "Paddy" Sheridan

Name: James Sheridan
Born: 15 May 1882, Downpatrick (some sources list birth date as April 1884)
Died: before 1960 (possibly in Glasgow)
Height: 5.07½ ft / 1.71 m
Weight: 11.0 st / 70 kg
Position: Inside-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 6 Full Caps / 2 Goals (1903-1905).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Cambuslang Hibernian	-	Aug-01	-	(Scotland)
Everton	02/03-03/04	May-02	-	20/4	-	-
Stoke	04/05	Sep-04	£300	12/1	-	-
New Brompton	05/06	Jun-05	-	(Southern League)
Colne	05/06	Feb-06	-	(Lancashire Combination)
Accrington Stanley	-	May-06	-	(Lancashire Combination)
Bo'ness	07/08	Aug-07	-	-	-	-
Shelbourne	08/09	Aug-08	-	-	-	-
Broxburn Athletic	09/10	Jun-09	-	-	-	-
Clyde	09/10	Oct-09	-	2/4	-	-
Alloa Athletic	-	Jan-10	-	-	-	-
Hamilton Academical	10/11	Jan-11	Trial	5/0	-	-
Port Glasgow Athletic	11/12	Aug-11	-	-	-	-
Newcastle City	11/12	Dec-11	-	(North Eastern League)
Ashington	-	May-12	-	(Northern Alliance)
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
A skilful inside-forward, "Paddy" Sheridan played Junior football in Scotland before signing for Everton in 1902. He made his Football League debut against Wolves in the opening weeks of the 1902/03 season and played 17 times that season, scoring twice, but thereafter fell from the firstteam reckoning.

Ireland got off to a poor start in the 1903 International Championship campaign, losing 4-0 to England on Sheridan's international debut. On the occasion of his second appearance a "superior" Irish side defeated Scotland for the first time, running out 2-0 winners at Parkhead thanks largely to "the effectiveness of the Irish forwards". Ireland secured a share of the title as Sheridan's late goal wrapped up a 2-0 win over Wales.

Capped five times while with the Toffees, Sheridan made his Stoke debut in a 2-1 home win over Sheffield United, though he struggled to settle and left for New Brompton at the end of the season. He won his sixth and final cap while with Stoke, but his poor form left the Athletic News to question his selection: "Why... Sheridan, of Stoke, should have been capped is beyond comprehension."

In the summer of 1906 it was reported that Sheridan had retired through injury, though he quickly returned to the field for a number of teams across the British Isles.

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Ireland Cap Details:
14-02-1903 England. A L 0-4 BC
21-03-1903 Scotland A W 2-0 BC
28-03-1903 Wales... H W 2-0 BC 1 Goal
12-03-1904 England. H L 1-3 BC
26-03-1904 Scotland H D 1-1 BC 1 Goal
25-02-1905 England. A D 1-1 BC

Summary: 6/2. Won 2, Drew 2, Lost 2.

With thanks to Martin O'Connor for details of Sheridan's later career. Further details to be confirmed.

Andy Kirk

Name: Andrew Kirk
Born: 29 May 1979, Belfast
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.00 st
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 11 Full Caps (2000-2010), 9 Under-21 Caps/2 Goals (1999-2001), Under-18, Under-16, Under-18 Schools.
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1998/99; Irish Cup Winner 1997/98; Gold Cup Winner 1998/99; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1998/99; (with Northampton) Football League Two Runner-Up 2005/06 (promoted); (with Dunfermline) Scottish First Division Champion 2010/11 (promoted).

Awards: Ulster Young Footballer of the Year 1997; Scottish League Player of the Month August 2010, Scottish League Monthly Top Scorer August 2010.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Dungoyne Boys	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	95/96-98/99	-	Youth	53 (22)/ 31	*39(13)/31	-	1(3)/0	-
Heart of Mid.	98/99-03/04	Feb-99	£50k	64 (50)/ 30	5 (2)/ 0	5(4)/ 2	1(3)/0	-
Boston United	04/05	Jun-04	Free	25  (0)/ 18	4 (0)/ 2	1(0)/ 0	-	0(1)/0
Northampton T.	04/05-07/08	Mar-05	£125k	82 (24)/ 30	5 (4)/ 2	3(0)/ 3	-	4(1)/1
Yeovil Town	07/08	Jan-08	Free	15  (4)/  4	-	-	-	-
Dunfermline A.	08/09-12/13	Jul-08	Free	106 (50)/ 41	11 (2)/ 6	8(3)/ 7	-	2(1)/1
Alloa Athletic	13/14	Jul-13	Free	27  (5)/  5	3 (0)/ 0	2(0)/ 1	-	1(0)/0
TOTALS	-	£175k		372(155)/159	67(19)/41	19(7)/13	2(6)/0	7(3)/2

* all domestic cup games.

Biography:
Andy Kirk, son of ex-long-serving Distillery manager Paul, has proven a reliable goalscorer throughout his career. A product of the successful Glentoran youth set-up of the late-1990s that also produced Stuart Elliott, Kirk made a £50,000 move to Hearts in February 1999, shortly before his twentieth birthday. Although his firstteam appearances were limited by injuries he proved a success when available, regularly hitting double figures in the goalscoring charts. Hearts parilous financial situation saw him released when his contract expired in 2004.

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After four years out of the international reckoning, Kirk was recalled to the Northern Ireland squad for a World Cup Qualifier against the Czech Republic in October 2009. He came on as a late substitute in a 0-0 draw.

Kirk was one of eight players to be made redundant by Dunfermline in March 2013 as the club was on the brink of financial meltdown.

In 2014 Kirk joined the coaching staff at Rangers. He then returned to Hearts, joining the coaching staff in early-2016. In December 2016 he was appointed as joint-caretaker manager along with Jon Daly following the resignation of Robbie Nielson.

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Dunfermline Official Profile
Irish FA Website
Wikipedia
Soccerbase

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
26-04-2000 Hungary....... H L 0-1 FR
28-02-2001 Norway........ H L 0-4 FR. sub
16-10-2002 Ukraine....... H D 0-0 ECQ sub
12-02-2003 Finland....... H L 0-1 FR. sub
02-04-2003 Greece........ H L 0-2 ECQ sub
09-02-2005 Canada........ H L 0-1 FR. sub
26-03-2005 England....... A L 0-4 WCQ sub
04-06-2005 Germany....... H L 1-4 FR. sub
14-10-2009 Czech Republic A D 0-0 WCQ sub
14-11-2009 Serbia........ H L 0-1 FR. sub
03-03-2010 Albania....... A L 0-1 FR. sub

Summary: 1(10)/0. Won 0, Drew 2, Lost 9.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
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