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.

Garth Scates

Name: Garth Scates
Born: 27 August 1979, Dundonald
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight:
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Under-21 Caps (2000-2001), Under-18, Under-16.
Club Honours: (with Blackburn) FA Youth Cup Runner-Up 1997/98, (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 2000/01; Irish Cup Runner-Up 2000/01; Irish League Cup Runner-Up 2001/02; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2000/01; (with Ballymena) Co. Antrim Shield Runner-Up 2005/06; (with Bangor) Steel & Sons Cup Winner 2011/12.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Comber Rec.	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	-	-95	Youth	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-	-
Blackburn Rovers	-	-96	-	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-	-
Linfield	00/01-02/03	Aug-00	Free	39(16)/ 2	6(1)/2	7(1)/2	1(2)/0	8(1)/0
Ballymena United	03/04-07/08	Jul-03	-	111(12)/11	11(2)/2	12(7)/3	2(0)/0	5(1)/0
Glenavon	08/09-09/10	Aug-08	Undis.	7 (4)/ 0	-	2(0)/0	-	1(0)/0
Bangor	-	Oct-09	Free	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-	-	-

Biography:
Garth Scates was appointed player-manager at Bangor in January 2013.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
28-03-2000 Malta......... A W 2-1 FR
10-10-2000 Iceland....... A W 5-2 ECQ sub
23-03-2001 Czech Republic H L 0-2 ECQ
05-06-2001 Czech republic A L 0-4 ECQ sub

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

Adam Barton

Name: Adam James Barton
Born: 7 January 1991, Blackburn (ENG)
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 12.12 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Full Cap (2010); Republic of Ireland: 5 Under-21 Caps (2011-2012).

Club Career:
Teams............ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Blackburn Rovers.................... Youth .0 (0)/0
Preston North End 08/09-11/12 Jan-09 Youth 37(13)/1 1(0)/0 4(1)/1 2(0)/1
Crawley Town..... 09/10 ..... Sep-09 .Loan .1 (1)/0 (Football Conference)
Coventry City ... 12/13-14/15 Aug-12 Undis 43(20)/3 3(2)/0 2(0)/0 3(0)/0
Fleetwood Town .. 13/14 ..... Apr-14 .Loan .0 (0)/0
Portsmouth ...... 15/16-16/17 Jun-15 .Free 13 (6)/0 2(0)/0 1(0)/0 4(0)/0
Partick Thistle . 16/17- date Aug-16 Undis

Biography:
A skilful, rangy midfielder, Blackburn-born Adam Barton qualified for Northern Ireland through the parent rule.

Formerly a youth team player with Blackburn Rovers, Barton was released at 16 due to a serious back injury. Preston North End then took a chance and offered him a scholarship then a professional deal, on a two-and-a-half year contract, just prior to his eighteenth birthday. He was first included in Preston's senior squad in March 2009 when he was an unused substitute against Charlton. It was while on loan with Crawley that Barton made his firstteam debut, coming on as a substitute against Luton Town in a 3-0 Blue Square Premier defeat on 1st September 2009. He made his Preston debut, starting against Scunthorpe, on 10th April 2010 but was substituted at half-time following a head injury. Since the start of the 2010/11 season Barton has been a regular at Deepdale and he scored his first goal in a 4-3 defeat by local rivals Burnley on 11th Sptember 2010. Impressive early season form has already seen him linked to a number of Premier League sides.

Barton, who has previously been included in Northern Ireland Under-19 and Under-21 squads, earned his first senior call-up for the double header against Italy and the Faroe Islands in September 2010. A day later he withdrew from the squad hoping to keep his international options open. Two months later he was again called-up by Nigel Worthington as a late inclusion in the squad for a match against Morocco. As this was a friendly, his appearance had not permanently tied his future to Northern Ireland.

In March 2011, despite struggling for form and having been dropped from the Preston firstteam, Barton was called into the Republic of Ireland Under-21 squad, making a further mockery of his earlier claims that he wished to retain the option of playing for England.

Barton joined Coventry for an undisclosed fee in the summer of 2012. He was released when his contract expired in 2015 and joined Portsmouth.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
17-11-2010 Morocco H D 1-1 FR

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

Johnny Flynn

Name: Jonathan Joseph Flynn
Born: 18 November 1989, Belfast
Height: 6.00 ft
Weight: 11.01 st
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 11 Under-21 Caps (2008-2010), 3 Under-20 Caps, 10 Under-19 Caps.

Club Honours: (with Ross Co.) Scottish League Challenge Cup Winner 2010/11; (with Cliftonville) Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2014/15; NIFL Cup Winner 2015/16; NIFL Charity Shield Winner 2014.

Club Career:
Teams........... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Ballymena United 07/08 ............ Youth 12 (1)/0 1(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/1
Blackburn Rovers 07/08-10/11 Jan-08 Undis..0 (0)/0
Chester City ... 09/10 ..... Oct-09 .Loan .3 (0)/0 (Conference)
Accrington St'y. 09/10 ..... Nov-09 .Loan .6 (2)/0
Ross County .... 10/11-11/12 Aug-10 .Free 25 (5)/3 3(0)/0 1(0)/1 1(0)/0
Falkirk ........ 12/13-13/14 Jun-12 Nom'l 48 (8)/0 4(1)/0 3(1)/0 6(0)/0
Cliftonville ... 14/15-15/16 Jul-14 .Free 54 (1)/2
Ballymena United 16/17-17/18 May-16 .Free 
Portadown ...... 18/19- date May-18

Biography:
Johnny Flynn captained Northern Ireland's Under-21 side. Transferred from Ballymena to Blackburn in January 2008 after a successful trial, he was involved in Rovers' 2008/09 pre-season programme.

On 16th October 2009 he joined Jim Harvey's Chester City on a months loan, during which time he "impressed as an all round central defender". He made his debut in a 1-0 Conference win over Gateshead and scored his first goal the following week in a 1-1 FA Cup draw with Barrow.

On 27th November Flynn joined Accrington Stanley on another month-long loan deal. He made his debut in a 4-2 win at against Torquay on 5th December. The deal was then extended to the end of the season but disappointingly he made just eight appearances all season.

Also capable as a full-back, despite Blackburn indicating that they had "high hopes" for Flynn's future, he was allowed to leave Ewood Park for Ross County on a free transfer in the early weeks of the 2010/11 season. Although he had never played in the Rovers first team, observers feel that he is "better" than the Scottish First Division.

Flynn never really established himself at Ross County, and he played just seven times as the First Division title was claimed in 2012. He then remained in the Scottish second tier, signing for Falkirk for a nominal fee. Flynn spent the 2012/13 season as a regular in the centre of Falkirk's defence, but was relegated to a back-up role the following campaign. His final appearances for the club where in the Premiership Play-Offs.

In March 2014 it was announced that he had signed a pre-contract agreement with Cliftonville.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
19-08-2008 Poland........ N L 0-1 MT
20-08-2008 Ukraine....... A L 1-4 MT
05-09-2008 Germany....... A L 0-3 ECQ
18-11-2008 Scotland...... A W 3-1 FR sub
31-03-2009 Ukraine....... H D 1-1 FR
11-08-2009 Portugal...... A L 1-2 FR sent-off 
13-10-2009 Iceland....... A L 1-2 ECQ
13-11-2009 Germany....... H D 1-1 ECQ
17-11-2009 Czech Republic H L 1-2 ECQ
02-03-2010 San Marino.... A W 3-0 ECQ
07-09-2010 Germany....... A L 0-3 ECQ

Summary: 10(1)/0. Won 2, Drew 2, Lost 8.

Photos by Roy Cathcart.

Tony Kane

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Name: Anthony Michael Kane

Born: 29 August 1987, Belfast

Height: 6.00 ft

Weight: 12.00 st

Position: Left-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21 Caps, Under-18, Under-19; Republic of Ireland: 5 Under-21 Caps (2006-2007).
Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Irish Cup Runner-Up 2013/14; NIFL Cup Winner 2016/17; Runner-Up 2014/15; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2012/13, 2015/16.

Club Career:

Clubs........ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other

Blackburn R. .04/05-08/09 Nov-04 Youth .0(0)/ 0

Stockport Co. 06/07...... Nov-06 .Loan .4(0)/ 0

Cercle Brugge 06/07...... Jan-07 .Loan 11(0)/ 0 (Belgium)

Stockport Co. 08/09 ..... Oct-08 .Loan .3(0)/ 0

Carlisle Utd. 08/09 ..... Feb-08 .Loan .6(3)/ 0

Carlisle Utd. 09/10-10/11 Aug-09 .Free .1(4)/ 0 ............ 1(0)/0

Darlington... 09/10 ..... Sep-09 .Loan .4(0)/ 0

Cliftonville..10/11 ..... Feb-11 .Free .8(0)/ 1

Ballymena Utd 11/12- date Jul-11 .Free

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Biography:

Tony Kane was involved in a tug-of-war between the IFA and FAI. After representing Northern Ireland as a Youth before gaining caps at Under-21 level for the Republic of Ireland. He was called into the Northern Ireland squad by Nigel Worthington for a match against Sweden in October 2007, and although he never claimed full international honours, he did earn five Northern Ireland Under-21 caps.

During five years on the books at Blackburn Rovers, Kane remained on the fringes of the first team without making an appearance. He did spend loan spells at a number of clubs, including Cercle Brugge in Belgium and at Carlisle United before being released in 2009. He then joined Carlisle on a permanent deal, but made only a handful of appearances for the Cumbrian club.

Kane was released by Carlisle United in January 2011. Cliftonville signed him the following month ahead of interest from Glentoran and Portadown. He marked his Reds debut with a goal in a 2-0 win over Newry City. He moved on to Ballymena the following season, and in November 2012 was part of their Co Antrim Shield winning side.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:

17-10-2007 Israel.... H L 1-3 ECQ
16-11-2007 Luxembourg H W 5-0 ECQ
20-11-2007 Moldova... H W 3-0 ECQ
06-02-2008 Israel.... A L 1-2 ECQ
26-03-2008 Romania... H L 1-3 FR

Summary: 5/0. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 3.

Pat Robinson

Name: Patrick Robinson
Born: 1892, Belfast
Died: 
Height: 
Weight: Position: Outside-Right

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Full Caps (1920-1921); Irish League: 3 Caps (1919-1923).
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Gold Cup Winner 1919/20; Co. Antrim Shield 1919/20.

Club Careers:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Barn	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belfast Celtic	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliftonville	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Distillery	19/20	Aug-19	-	-	-	-
Blackburn Rovers	20/21	Sep-20	-	18/2	-	-
Caerphilly	22/23	Aug-21	-	-	(Southern League)
Bridgend Town	-	Jan-22	-	-	(Southern League)
Aberaman Athletic	-	-	-	-	(Southern League)
Pontypridd	22/23	Jan-23	-	-	(Southern League)
Ebbw Vale	23/24	Aug-23	-	-	(Southern League)
Linfield	23/24	Feb-24	-	-	-	-
Newry Town	25/26	Aug-25	-	-	-	-
Brooklyn.Wanderers	25/26	-	-	9/2	(ASL)	1/0
Shelbourne	-	-	-	-	?/3	-
Derry City	-	Oct-29	-	-	-	-
TOTALS			-	27/4	?/3	-

Biography:
Pat Robinson came to prominence in the Irish League’s first post-Great War season. He was signed by Distillery from Cliftonville and made an immediate impact at Grosvenor Park from the right-wing or inside-right position. In an excellent season with the Whites he won the Gold Cup (scoring in the 3-1 final win over Shelbourne) and the Co. Antrim Shield. The club also finished as runners-up in the League, three points behind champions Belfast Celtic, and in the Charities Cup, where they again lost to Celtic.

In his only season with Distillery, Robinson also played for the Irish League, in a 2-2 draw against the Football League at Anfield, and won the first of two Ireland caps, in a 3-0 defeat by Scotland in Glasgow. Transferred to Blackburn Rovers in the summer of 1920, it was while at Ewood Park that Robinson won his second and final cap. Again it was a disappointing performance and result for the Irish as they lost out 2-1 to Wales in Swansea.

Later Robinson would play for Caerphilly in their aborted season in the Welsh Section of the Southern League. He later returned to the Irish League with Linfield and Newry before setting out to try his luck in the fledgling American Soccer League with Brooklyn Wanderers.

Ireland Cap Details:
13-03-1920 Scotland A L 0-3 BC
09-04-1921 Wales... A L 1-2 BC

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

With thanks to Martin O'Connor for expanding details of Robinson's club career.