Jackie McManus

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Born: 6 April 1947, Belfast
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Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Amateur (1971), Junior (1966); Irish League (1978); League of Ireland (1977).
Club Honours: (with Dundalk) League of Ireland Champion 1975/76; FAI Cup Winner 1976/77; Leinster Cup Winner 1973/74, 1976/77; (with Coleraine) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1981/82.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Star of the Sea	-	-	Youth	-	(Northern Amateur League)
Glenavon	-	-65	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Distillery	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Queen's University	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Bangor	-	-69	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Dundalk	73/74-77/78	-	-	98(1)/14	10(0)/1	10(1)/2	4(0)/0	8(0)/0
Drogheda United	77/78	-77	-	*21(-)/ 2	-	-	-	-
Larne	-	-78	-	/ 0	-	-	-	/3
Coleraine	81/82-84/85	-81	-	/ 0	-	-	4(0)/0	/1
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-	8(0)/0	-

Biography:
To follow.

Dundalk Who's Who

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
17-04-1971 Wales A L 0-1

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

Danny Hale

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Born: 1 July 1941, Waterfoot
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Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Amateur Caps (1960-1963)
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish Intermediate Cup Winner 1961/62; (with Crusaders) Ulster Cup Winner 1963/64; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1964/65; (with Dundalk) League of Ireland Champion 1966/67; League of Ireland Shield 1966/67; Top Four Cup Winner 1966/67; (with Derry) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1970/71.
Awards: Irish League Topscorer 1968/69; League of Ireland Topscorer 1966/67 (joint); Dundalk Player of the Year 1966/67.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
St Malachy's		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cranburn Stars		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lisnagarvey Strollers		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliftonville	59/60-60/61	-	Amateur	*/ 19	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	61/62	-	Amateur	8(0)/  3	1(0)/2	-	-	3(0)/1
Crusaders	62/63-65/66	c/s-62	Amateur	*/138	-	-	-	-
Dundalk	66/67-67/68	c/s-66	-	41(1)/ 22	7(0)/4	18(0)/12	2(0)/1	12(0)/4
Derry City	67/68-70/71	-	-	*/103	-	-	-	-
Ards	71/72	c/s-71	-	/  6	-	/ 2	-	/3
TOTALS	-	£-		/291	/6	/14	2(0)/1	/8

* all games

Biography:

To follow.

Dundalk Who's Who

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
24-09-1960 England A L 2-3 
28-09-1963 England H W 2-1
25-09-1965 England H L 0-2

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

Con Davey

Name: Conleth Davey
Born: 1 January 1950 (tbc), Newry
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.07 st
Position: Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap / 1 Goal (1973).
Club Honours: (with Dundalk) Leinster Cup Winner 1973/74

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Glenavon	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Dundalk	73/74-75/76	Aug-73	-	51(3)/5	4/0	14(1)/1	-	7(0)/1
Toronto Metros	1974	-74	Guest	11(-)/0	(NASL)	-	-	-
Glenavon	-	-76	-	/8	-	-	2(0)/0	/4
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-	-	-

Biography:
Son of Hugh, a senior international in the 1920s, and father of Hugh, an Under-21 international in the 2000s, Con Davey won a single amateur cap as a striker while with Glenavon. After spells with Dundalk (where he played alongside his brother Terry) and in the NASL he returned to the Lurgan Blues where he captained them as a commanding centre-half. Also capable at full-back or in midfield, he was Glenavon's Player of the Year for the 1977/78 season.

More to follow.

NASL Jerseys

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
07-04-1973 Wales L 1-2 1 goal

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

David Malcolmson

Name: David Malcolmson
Born: Portadown
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Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps
Club Honours: (with Portadown) Gold Cup Winner 1971/72.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Portadown	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Ballymena United	75/76-77/78	Aug-75	-	29(0)/0	1(0)/0	28(2)/5
Omagh Town	77/78	Aug-78	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
David Malcolmson was one of Northern Ireland's final Amateur internationals, winning two caps in the final two fixtures during the 1973/74 against England and Wales. The call up had been merited through the Portadown native's impressive performances for his hometown team which had led to both progression in Europe and the club’s Player of the Year award during the 1974/75 season.

Signed for Ballymena United in August 1975 by player-manager Arthur Stewart, but despite scoring on his debut against Cliftonville, injuries curtailed his first season at the Braid and he missed out on a County Antrim Shield winner’s medal that season.

The following year Malcolmson was an influential figure in a struggling United side – now managed by Eddie Russell as he won the club’s Member’s Player of the Year award. The midfielder’s third and final season was even more dismal than his first, as the injuries returned - the Sky Blues finished bottom of the league and Davy missed the Irish Cup final defeat to Linfield through injury.

In August 1978, Malcolmson joined ‘B’ Division side, Omagh Town.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

12-10-1973 England. A L 0-2

06-04-1974 Wales... A L 0-1

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

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Jamie Vincent

Name: James Vincent
Born: 29 December 1898
Died: 28 November 1976
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Position: Right-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1928).
Club Honours: (with Coleraine Olympic) Irish Junior Cup Winner 1926/27.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Coleraine	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£0		-	-	-

Biography:
Elder brother of Blair Vincent.

Another brother, Jack died young from a burst appendix after playing for Castlerock despite stomach pains.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
10-11-1928 England H L 0-2

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

William Anderson

Name: William Anderson
Born: Ballymena
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Position: Inside-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1947).
Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1950/51.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Ballymena United	46/47-47/48	Aug-46	Amateur	33/3	4/0	7/1
Ballyclare Comrades	-	-	-	(Intermediate)
Ballymena United	50/51-51/52	Aug-50	Amateur	14/0	5/1	8/2
TOTALS	-	£0		47/3	9/1	15/3

Biography:
William ‘Nipper’ Anderson, was an immediate post-war inside forward whose exploits in the Intermediate leagues earned him a promotion to senior football with his hometown team, Ballymena United in August 1946.

Recruited by manager William Reid, Anderson was to form part of a new look Ballymena side who had returned to competitive football after a six year hiatus due to their grounds being used as part of the Second World War effort. His efforts in United’s 1946/47 Northern Regional League campaign merited his sole Amateur international cap against England. Despite being a regular on the teamsheet throughout the 1947/48 season at the Showgrounds, Nipper missed out on a place in the team for the County Antrim Shield final win against Linfield in May 1948 and left the club soon after – returning to the intermediate league to play regular football including a spell with Ballyclare Comrades.

Two years later new boss Norman Kernaghan brought Anderson back to senior football for the 1950/51 season and played a key role in the team’s run to the final of the Irish Cup, even scoring the winning goal in the semi-final against Portadown. Defeat to Glentoran in the showpiece left the local forward with only a runners-up medal for his efforts though. United also reached the final of the County Antrim Shield again, which this time Anderson started, but the 2-2 with Cliftonville and the lack of available dates during the remainder of the season meant the replay would be held over until the following August.

By August, his mentor Kernaghan had left as manager and the club’s committee drafted in a raft of new faces as the club fielded six new players for the replay in August 1951. This meant no space in the team for William, who made only the one appearance that season before leaving the club for a second time.

Nipper continued playing in the local area, and went on to become a much loved and respected manager in junior circles and also managed Ballymena United’s reserve team.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
08-02-1947 England A L 1-3

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

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