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6 October 2012

Alex Bruce

Name: Alex Stephen Bruce
Born: 28 September 1984, Norwich (England)
Height: 5.09 ft (1.75 m)
Weight: 11.04 st (71.66 kg)
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Full Caps (2013-14); Republic of Ireland: 2 Full Caps, B, Under-21.
Club Honours: (with Hull) Football League Championship Runner-Up 2012/13 (promoted); FA Cup Runner-Up 2013/14.

Club Career:
Teams..... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Manchester United ........... Youth ..0(0)/0
Blackburn Rovers ............ Youth ..0(0)/0
Oldham Ath 04/05 ..... Dec-04 .Loan ..3(3)/0 1(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Birmingham 04/05-06/07 Jan-05 .Free ..3(3)/0 4(2)/0
Oldham Ath 04/05 ..... Jan-05 .Loan ..5(1)/0 1(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Sheff Wed..04/05 ..... Mar-05 .Loan ..8(1)/0 
Tranmere R 05/06 ..... Aug-05 .Loan .10(1)/0 ...... 0(1)/0
Ipswich T..06/07-09/10 Aug-06 .Free 112(3)/2 5(1)/1 6(0)/0
Leicester. 09/10 ..... Feb-10 .Loan ..2(1)/0 ............. 4(0)/0
Leeds Utd. 10/11-11/12 Aug-10 ...... 29(0)/1 2(0)/0 2(0)/0 
Hudd'field.11/12 ..... Nov-11 .Loan ..3(0)/0
Hull City .12/13-16/17 Jul-12 .Free 74(11)/1 7(1)/0 6(2)/0 2(1)/0
Wigan Ath. 16/17 ..... Jan-17 .Loan ..0(2)/0 
Bury ..... 17/18 ..... Aug-17 .Free ..2(0)/1 
Wigan Ath. 17/18- date Aug-17 .Free

Biography:
(courtesy of John Floyd)
Son of former Manchester United defender, Steve, Alex Bruce currently plays for Hull City where his father is manager.

A controversial selection for the Northern Ireland squad in October 2012, Bruce had previously rejected a Northern Ireland call-up, preferring instead to represent the Republic of Ireland. Having won two friendly caps for the south he became frustrated by his lack of opportunities and agreed a switch to the north with Nigel Worthington in the summer of 2011.

Northern Ireland Full Cap Details:
06-02-2013 Malta. A D 1-1 FR
05-03-2014 Cyprus A D 0-0 FR

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

14 March 2011

Lee Camp

Name: Lee Michael John Camp
Born: 22 August 1984, Derby (England)
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 11.11 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 9 Full Caps (2011-2012); England: 5 Under-21 Caps, 1 Under-20 Cap; Football League: Under-21 Representative (2006).
Awards: PFA Football League Championhip Team of the Year 2010.

Club Career:
Teams.........--Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Derby County..02/03-06/07 Jul-02 Youth .90(1)/0 4(0)/0 2(0)/0 2(0)/0
Burton Albion 02/03 ..... Jan-03 .Loan ..5(0)/0
QPR.......... 03/04 ..... Mar-04 .Loan .12(0)/0
Norwich City. 06/07 ..... Sep-06 .Loan ..3(0)/0
QPR.......... 06/07 ..... Feb-07 .Loan .11(0)/0
QPR.......... 07/08-08/09 Jul-07 £300k .50(0)/0 1(0)/0 2(0)/0
Nott'm Forest 08/09 ..... Oct-08..Loan .15(0)/0
Nott'm Forest 09/10-12/13 Jul-09 £100k 163(0)/0 7(0)/0 4(0)/0 6(0)/0
Norwich City. 12/13 ..... Jan-13..Free ..1(2)/0
West Brom ... 13/14 ..... Sep-13 .Free ..0(0)/0
Bournemouth . 13/14-14/15 Oct-13. Free .42(0)/0 3(0)/0 2(0)/0
Rotherham Utd 15/16-16/17 Aug-15 .Free .59(0)/0 1(0)/0
Cardiff City. 17/18 ..... Jun-17 .Free ..0(0)/0
Sunderland .. 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Loan .11(1)/0
Birmingham C. 18/19- date Aug-18 .Free

Biography:
A former England Under-21 goalkeeper, Lee Camp declared his interest in playing for Northern Ireland in September 2010 having become frustrated at his failure to break into the England senior squad. Eligible for Northern Ireland through his Belfast-born grandfather, the required FIFA clearance for changing countries was received the following February and he was called into the Northern Ireland squad for the first time for a Euro 2012 double-header against Serbia and Slovenia the following month. After much discussion as to whether he would go straight into the starting eleven, Nigel Worthington's decision was made easier as Maik Taylor withdrew from the squad due to an injury and Camp started in Belgrade.

Northern Ireland's regular number one through the last year of Nigel Worthington's management, Camp's position came under pressure when Roy Carroll returned to the squad. In September 2012, after finding himself relegated to the bench, he withdrew from the international squad for "personal reasons" and he has not returned since. His club career likewise suffered and in January 2013 he was released by new Forest manager Alex McLeish, moving on to Norwich City on a short-term deal.

Camp provided goalkeeping cover for the Canaries for the remainder of the 2012/13 season, making his Premier League debut as a substitute in a 1-1 draw at Sunderland following the sending-off of Mark Bunn. When Bunn returned from suspension and regular number one John Ruddy returned to fitness Camp found himself as third choice and his contract was not renewed at the end of the campaign.

Early in the following season he was given the opportunity to remain in the Premier League, again on a short-term contract, with West Brom who were suffering a goalkeeper shortage. He never made it beyond the bench at the Hawthorns and when the club's more established custodians returned to fitness Camp was allowed to go on loan to Bournemouth. After good form with the Cherries his deal was made permanent in the January 2014 transfer window. He played 13 time as Bournemouth claimed promotion to the Premier League for the first time, but having been displaced by Artur Boruc he was released early in that historic campaign and subsequently joined Rotherham.

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Northern Ireland Cap details:
25-03-2011 Serbia....... A L 1-2 ECQ 
29-03-2011 Slovenia..... H D 0-0 ECQ 
10-08-2011 Faroe Islands H W 4-0 ECQ 
02-09-2011 Serbia....... H L 0-1 ECQ 
06-09-2011 Estonia...... A L 1-4 ECQ 
07-09-2011 Estonia...... H L 1-2 ECQ
29-02-2012 Norway....... H L 0-3 FR
02-06-2012 Netherlands.. A L 0-6 FR
15-08-2012 Finland...... H D 3-3 FR sub

Summary: 8(1)/0. Won 1, Drew 2, Lost 6.

Pictures by Roy Cathcart and @ourweecountry

5 September 2010

David Howland

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Name: David Howland
Born: 17 September 1986, Ballynahinch
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 11.08 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Under-21 Caps (2007-2008), Youth.
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2010/11.

Club Career:
Teams.......... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
Birmingham City 06/07-07/08 Nov-04 Youth .0(0)/ 0
Port Vale...... 07/08 ..... Jan-08 .Loan 17(0)/ 1
Port Vale...... 08/09-09/10 Aug-08 .Free 35(9)/ 2 1(1)/1 ............. 1(1)/0
Dundalk ................... Jul-10 Trial .0(0)/ 0
Glentoran ..... 10/11-15/16 Sep-10 .Free

Biography:
Former Birmingham City midfielder, released by Port Vale at the end of the 2009/10 season. He signed a short-term deal with Glentoran on 19th September and made his debut in a home 0-0 draw with Linfield eight days later.

More to follow.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
06-02-2007 Wales..... H L 0-4 FR
24-03-2007 Romania... A L 0-2 FR. sub
16-11-2007 Luxembourg H W 5-0 ECQ sub
26-03-2008 Romania... H L 1-3 FR

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

9 January 2009

Robin Shroot

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Name: Robin Shroot
Born: 26 March 1988, London (England)
Height: 5.09 ft / 1.75 m
Wight: 11.07 st / 70 kg
Position: Winger

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Under-21 Caps (2008-2009), Under-20, Under-19.

Club Career:
Clubs........ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- --League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Wimbledon ...................... Youth
Staines Town
AFC Wimbledon.06/07-07/08 Sep-07 ....... 7(12)/ 6 ............. 6(7)/1
Harrow Boro'. 07/08 ............. Loan
Harrow Boro'. 08/09 ..... Sep-08 . n/c. 12 (0)/ 9 ............. 4(0)/4
Birmingham C. 08/09-10/11 Jan-09 Nom'l ..0 (0)/ 0 1(0)/0
Walsall ..... 08/09 ..... Mar-09 .Loan ..0 (5)/ 0
Burton Albion 09/10 ..... Jul-09 .Loan ..4 (3)/ 0
Kilmarnock .............. Jul-10 Trial ..0 (0)/ 0
Cheltenham T. 10/11 ..... Aug-10 .Loan ..4 (3)/ 1 2(0)/0 0(1)/0 0(1)/0

Stevenage ... 11/12-13/14 Jul-11 .Free .28(33)/ 9 2(3)/1 1(4)/0 2(2)/1  
Crawley Town ............ Dec-13 Trial
Sarpsborg 08 ............ Jan-14 Trial
IL Hødd ..... 2014 ...... Mar-14 .Free .19 (4)/16 (Norway)
Sogndal ..... 2015 ...... Jan-15 ....... 6 (5)/ 4 (Norway)
IL Hødd ..... 2015 - 2017
Viking ...... 2017 ...... Mar-17 .Loan
Nashville SC ............ Dec-17

Biography:
Young winger Robin Shroot moved from non-league football to Championship side, Birmingham City in January 2009. He has played for Northern Ireland at the Milk Cup.

Joining up with fellow Northern Irishmen Maik Taylor and Damien Johnson at St. Andrew's, Shroot was awarded an early debut against Wolves in the FA Cup. He was then loaned out to Midland-neighbours, League One side Walsall to gain firstteam experience and made his Football League debut at Southend on 7th March 2009.

Shroot was due to spend the 2009/10 season on loan at Football League new-boys, Burton Albion. The deal was cut short in October 2009 "in the best interests of both parties" as it was felt he was not getting the opportunities to gain the experience expected. He returned to Birmingham though was unable to play for them until the January 2010 transfer window. He joined Cheltenham on loan at the start of the 2010/11 season.

London-born Shroot, who qualifies for Northern Ireland through his grandmother, brought himself to the attentions of the Irish FA after writing to Lawrie Sanchez while a teenager. He played in the Final defeat at the 2007 Milk Cup and earned his first Under-21 cap in an emphatic win over Scotland in November 2008.

Shroot was released by Birmingham at the end of the 2010/11 season. He joined Stevenage after a successful trial. He enjoyed some good form with Borough, but also suffered a poor relationship with the club's hierarchy and he was eventually released by mutual consent in March 2014. He moved to Norway, signing for 1. divisjon (second tier) side, Idrottslaget Hødd.


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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
18-11-2008 Scotland A W 3-1 FR 
31-03-2009 Ukraine. H D 1-1 FR
11-08-2009 Portugal A L 1-2 FR sub
08-09-2009 Iceland. H L 2-6 ECQ

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

7 August 2007

Jim McLaughlin

Name: James Christopher McLaughlin
Born: 22 December 1940, Londonderry
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.04 st
Position: Winger

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 12 Full Caps / 6 Goals (1961-1966), 2 Under-23 Caps / 2 Goals (1963-1964), Youth; Irish FA Representative.
Club Honours: (with Swansea) Welsh Cup Winner 1965/66; (with Dundalk) League of Ireland Champion 1975/76; FAI Cup Winner 1976/77.
Awards: FAI Special Merit Award 2002; SWAI Personality of the Year 1979, 1984, 1989; SWAI Special Merit Awards 2010.

Club Career:
Teams
Seasons
Signed
Fee
League
FA Cup
FL Cup
Europe
Other
Derry City
57/58
-
Youth
* / 16
-
-
-
-
Birmingham C.
58/59-59/60
Jun-58
£4,000
0 (0)/  0
-
-
-
-
Shrewsbury T.
60/61-63/64
Jul-60
£2,500
129 (0)/ 56
-
-
-
-
Swansea Town
63/64-66/67
May-63
£16,000
120 (3)/ 45
-
-
2(0)/0
-
Peterborough U.
66/67
Mar-67
-
8 (0)/  2
-
-
-
-
Shrewsbury T.
67/68-72/73
Sep-67
£7,000
159(14)/ 21
-
-
-
-
Swansea City
72/73-73/74
Nov-72
-
20 (8)/  2
-
-
-
-
Dundalk
74/75-78/79
Nov-74
-
113*(-)/  4
-
-
4(0)/0
-
TOTALS
-
£29,000
549(25)/146
-
-
6(0)/0
-
* All domestic games.

Coaching Career:
Swansea City (coach) 1972/73-1973/74
Dundalk (manager) 1974/75-1982/83
League of Ireland Champions 1975/76, 1978/79, 1981/82
FAI Cup Winners 1976/77, 1978/79, 1980/81
League Cup Winners 1977/78, 1980/81
Shamrock Rovers (manager) 1983/84-1985/86
League of Ireland Champions 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86
FAI Cup Winners 1984/85, 1985/86
Derry City (general manager) 1986/87-1987/88; (manager) 1987/88-1990/91
League of Ireland Champions 1988/89
FAI Cup Winners 1988/89
League Cup Winners 1988/89, 1990/91
Shelbourne (assistant-manager)
Drogheda United (manager) 1993/94-1995/96
League of Ireland Division One Runners-Up 1994/95 (promoted)
Dundalk (joint-manager) 1997/98-1998/99

Biography:
Left-winger Jimmy McLaughlin burst on to the Irish League scene as a sixteen year-old in 1957/58, scoring on his début against Crusaders and top-scoring for Derry City with sixteen goals in his first campaign, marking himself as “star material”. In the summer of 1958 he signed apprentice forms with Birmingham City, netting Derry a “satisfactory” £4,000 fee in the process. It wasn’t until a move to Shrewsbury Town two years later that McLaughlin was given his League debut. His adaptability within the forward line meant he slotted in comfortably at centre-forward and inside-forward, as well as his preferred role on the wing.

A return of twenty-plus goals in each of his first two seasons with the Shrews brought McLaughlin to the attentions of Northern Ireland boss, Peter Doherty, who installed him as replacement for another goalscoring outside-left, Peter McParland. He scored on his international debut against Scotland in October 1961, but no doubt any elation was tempered by the 1-6 defeat. A brace on his second international appearance against Greece was the first of two international ‘doubles’. The second, against England in 1964, was during a remarkable match in which the English romped into a 4-0 half-time lead thanks to a Jimmy Greaves hattrick. In the second-half the Irish rallied, giving England a real fright by taking the scoreline to 4-3, McLaughlin’s two-goal haul all the more impressive due to a severe shoulder injury.

In May 1963 Division Two Swansea splashed a club-record £16,000 on McLaughlin’s signature. His first campaign at the Vetch Field was so close to both a dream and a nightmare. In the FA Cup Swansea defeated Stoke and Liverpool on the way to the semi-final, where they met Preston North End at Villa Park. McLaughlin scored and hit the wood-work three times, but Preston won through to Wembley courtesy of a controversial penalty and a freak goal by centre-half Tony Singleton, scored from the half-way line. In the League the Swans finished just a point above relegation to Division Three.

McLaughlin’s time with Swansea continued in an up-and-down fashion. In 1965 Swansea succumbed to relegation, but in the following year he won his first senior honour, Chester defeated 2-1 in the Welsh Cup Final. That season he also scored twenty League goals and won his twelfth and final Northern Ireland cap in a 4-1 win over Wales. In addition he was capped as a Youth and twice at Under-23 level, scoring on each of his appearances against Wales.

A short stay at Peterborough in 1967 preceded McLaughlin’s return to Shrewsbury. In his first campaign back at Gay Meadow the Shrews just missed out on promotion from Division Three, finishing third. Thereafter the club wallowed in the bottom half of Division Three, without really flirting too closely with relegation. He returned to a cash-strapped Swansea (by then renamed ‘Swansea City’) in November 1972. Managed by ex-international colleague Harry Gregg, McLaughlin was appointed player-coach. His experience could not help save the Swans from relegation to Division Four, and that was where he played his 461st and final League game, in a 3-1 defeat by Doncaster on 3 November 1973.

McLaughlin remained at the Vetch Field, also filling the role of club secretary, until his appointment as Dundalk player-manager in November 1974. There began a twenty-five year management career in which he became the most successful boss in League of Ireland history. With Dundalk (twice), Shamrock Rovers, Derry City and Drogheda United he won seven League titles, six FAI Cups, four League Cups and a promotion from Division One, plus Leinster Cups, Presidents Cups and North-West Cups. He also took charge of the League of Ireland representative team and the Irish Olympic side, before retiring in May 1999.

McLaughlin is helped off by trainer Jimmy
McCune and his England counterpart Harold
Shepherdson after breaking two fingers of his
left hand. He returned to score two goals in a
dramatic second half at Windsor Park where
England won 4-3 in October 1964.
Northern Ireland Cap Details:
07-10-1961 Scotland... H L 1-6 BC 1 goal
17-10-1961 Greece..... H W 2-0 WCQ 2 goals
22-11-1961 England.... A D 1-1
 BC
11-04-1962 Wales...... A L 0-4
 BC
03-04-1963 Wales...... H L 1-4
 BC
15-04-1964 Wales...... A W 3-2
 BC 1 goal
29-04-1964 Uruguay.... H W 3-0 FR
03-10-1964 England.... H L 3-4 
BC 2 goals
14-10-1964 Switzerland H W 1-0 WCQ
14-11-1964 Switzerland A L 1-2 WCQ
31-03-1965 Wales...... H L 0-5 FR
30-03-1966 Wales...... A W 4-1 FR


Summary: 12/6. Won 5, Drew 1, Lost 6.

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
27-02-1963 Wales...... A L 1-5 FR 1 goal
05-02-1964 Wales...... H D 3-3 FR 1 goal

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

7 July 2007

Jon McCarthy

Name: Jonathan David McCarthy
Born: 18 August 1970, Middlesbrough (England)
Height: 5.09½ ft
Weight: 11.02 st
Position: Right-Winger

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 18 Full Caps (1996-2001), 2 B Caps (1996-1998).
Club Honours: (with Port Vale) Anglo-Itlaian Cup Runner-Up 1995/96; (with Birmingham) Football League Cup Runner-Up 2000/01; (with Hucknall) Northern Premier League Champion 2003/04; (with Northwich) Football Conference North Champions 2005/06.
Awards: York City Clubman of the Year 1991/92, 1994/95.

Club Career:
Teams
Seasons
Signed
Fee
League
FA Cup
FL Cup
Other
Hartlepool United
87/88-88/89
Nov-87
Youth
0 (1)/ 0
-
-
-
Shepshed.Charterhouse
89/90
Mar-89
Free
(Northern Premier League)
York City
89/90-94/95
Mar-90
-
198 (1)/31
11(0)/3
8(0)/1
15(0)/3
Port Vale
95/96-97/98
Aug-95
£450k
93 (1)/12
7(0)/1
10(0)/2
8(0)/2
Birmingham City
97/98-01/02
Sep-97
£1,850k
106(17)/ 8
4(0)/0
9(1)/0
3(1)/0
Sheffield Wednesday
01/02
Mar-02
Loan
4 (0)/ 0
-
-
-
Port Vale
02/03
Aug-02
Free
5 (3)/ 0
-
1(0)/0
-
Doncaster Rovers
02/03
Oct-02
Free
1 (0)/ 0
-
-
-
York City
02/03
Nov-02
Free
1 (0)/ 0
-
-
-
Carlisle United
02/03
Nov-02
Free
19 (2)/ 1
2(0)/0
-
4(0)/1
Hucknall Town
03/04
-
Free
(Northern Premier League)
Northwich Victoria
04/05-06/07
Jul-04
Free
(Football Conference)
TOTALS
-
£2,300k
427(25)/52
24(0)/4
28(1)/3
30(1)/5

Biography:
Appointed first-team coach at Chester in January 2014, taking over as manager in May 2016.

More to follow.

Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
24-04-1996 Sweden........ H L 1-2 FR
22-01-1997 Italy......... A L 0-2 FR
30-04-1997 Armenia....... A D 0-0 WCQ
21-05-1997 Thailand...... A D 0-0 FR
11-10-1997 Portugal...... A L 0-1 WCQ sub
25-03-1998 Slovakia...... H W 1-0 FR sub
03-06-1998 Spain......... A L 1-4 FR
10-10-1998 Finland....... H W 1-0 ECQ sub
18-11-1998 Moldova....... H D 2-2 ECQ sub
27-03-1999 Germany....... H L 0-3 ECQ sub

27-04-1999 Canada........ H D 1-1 FR
29-05-1999 Rep of Ireland A W 1-0 FR
18-08-1999 France........ H L 0-1 FR
04-09-1999 Turkey........ H L 0-3 ECQ
09-09-1999 Germany....... A L 0-4 ECQ
10-10-1999 Finland....... A L 1-4 ECQ
28-02-2001 Norway........ H L 0-4 FR
28-03-2001 Bulgaria...... A L 3-4 WCQ sub

Summary: 12(6)/0. Won 3, Drew 4, Lost 11.


Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
26-03-1996 Norway........ H W 3-0 FR
11-02-1998 Rep of Ireland A W 1-0 FR

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

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