Michael Smith

Name: Michael Smith
Born: 4 September 1988, Ballyclare
Height: 5.11 ft / 1.80 m
Weight: 
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, 1 Under-23 Cap, Junior, Youth.

Club Career:
Teams ............. --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Greenisland BC ....................... Youth
Ballyclare Comrades .............. -05
Ballymena United .. 08/09-10/11 Jan-09 
Bristol Rovers .... 11/12-13/14 Jun-11 ..... 84(17)/1 6(0)/0 3(1)/1 3(0)/0
Peterborough United 14/15-16/17 Jul-14 Undis
Heart of Midlothian 17/18- date Jun-17 Nom'l

Biography:
Versatile defender who earned his first senior call-up for the March 2016 friendlies against Wales and Slovenia.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
28-03-2016 Slovenia H W 1-0 FR
still active

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
24-11-2009 Wales... H D 2-2 ICT

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

Matty Lund

Name: Matthew Charles Lund
Born: 21 November 1990, Manchester (ENG)
Height: 5.07 ft
Weight: 9.06 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (2016-date), 6 Under-21 Caps (2011-2012).

Club Career:
Teams ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FLCup Other
Crewe Alexandra ............... Youth
Stoke City ............. Jul-09 Youth .0 (0)/0
Hereford Utd 10/11 ..... Nov-10 .Loan .1 (1)/0 0(1)/0

Oldham Ath.. 11/12 ..... Jul-11 .Loan .2 (1)/0 
Bristol Rvrs 11/12 ..... Jan-12 .Loan .9 (4)/2
Bristol Rvrs 12/13 ..... Jul-12 .Loan 14 (4)/2 1(0)/0 0(1)/0
Southend Utd 12/13 ..... Feb-13 .Loan 10 (2)/1 ............. 1(0)/0 
Rochdale ... 13/14-16/17 Jun-13 .Free 
Burton Alb.. 17/18 ..... Jun-17 
Bradford C.. 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Loan
Scunthorpe U 18/19- date

Biography:
Following impressive early season form, Lund received his first senior call-up for a November 2014 European qualifier in Romania as a late injury replacement. He remained an occasional squad member until making his debut against Croatia in November 2016.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
15-11-2016 Croatia ..... H L 0-3 FR
still active.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
09-02-2011 Wales........ A L 0-2 FR
31-05-2011 Faroe Islands A D 0-0 ECQ
10-08-2011 Faroe Islands H W 4-0 ECQ
10-05-2012 FYR Macedonia A L 0-1 ECQ
07-09-2012 FYR Macedonia H L 1-3 ECQ sub
13-11-2012 England...... A L 0-2 FR

Summary: 5(1)/0. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 4.

Picture courtesy of Roy Cathcart.

Mark McChrystal

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Name: Mark McChrystal
Born: 25 June 1984, Londonderry
Height: 6.01 ft
Weight: 13.07 st
Position: Defender


Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 9 Under-21 Caps (2004-2006), Under-19, Schoolboy (2000)
Club Honours: (with Derry) FAI Cup Runner-Up 2008; League of Ireland Cup Winner 2008; (with Bristol Rovers) Football Conference Play-Off Winner 2014/15.

Club Career:
Teams............. --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
Tristar ............................. Youth
Wolverhampton W. .................... Youth ..0(0)/0
Bradford City .... 02/03 ..... Apr-03 .Loan ..0(0)/0
Derry City........ 2003 - 2006 Apr-03 .Free .50(-)/1* ............ 1(0)/0
Institute......... 03/04 ..... Aug-03 .Loan ..1(0)/0 ...... 4(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Partick Thistle... 06/07 ..... Jan-07 .Free .13(2)/1 2(0)/0
Derry City ....... 2007 - 2009 Aug-07 .Free .34(5)/1
Huddersfield Town ............ Sep-09 Trial ..0(0)/0
Crewe Alexandra .............. Oct-09 Trial ..0(0)/0
Lisburn Distillery 09/10 ..... Nov-09 .Free ..3(0)/0
Derry City ....... 2010 ...... Jan-10 ..... .29(1)/3
Tranmere Rovers .. 10/11-12/13 Jan-11 .Free .38(3)/1 ...... 1(0)/0 ...... 2(0)/0
Scunthorpe United. 12/13 ..... Nov-12 .Loan ..3(0)/0
Bristol Rovers ... 12/13-16/17 Jan-13 .Free 107(7)/0 4(0)/0 1(0)/0 ...... ......8(0)/1
Crusaders ........ 17/18- date Jul-17 .Free
* All domestic games.

Biography:
In the early 2000s Wolves had a strong Northern Ireland contingent among their youth ranks - Sammy Clingan, Mark Clyde, Andrew Dickson and Mark McChrystal were all on the fringes of the senior team at Molineux.

A strapping left-sided centre-back, McChrystal had won Schoolboy caps while at St. Columb's College in his native Derry and added Under-18 honours while with Wolves. He was released by Wolves in 2003 and returned home to join Derry City. He initially struggled to make an impact at the Brandywell and for the start of the 2003/04 season made the short move to Institute on a three month loan. He played six times at right-back for Stute before the loan spell was cut short by injury.

Back at Derry, McChrystal slowly established himself in the firstteam squad, filling in at left- or right-back as well as in his preferred central defencive role. He established himself in the Northern Ireland Under-21 team, becoming captain, even when not assured of a starting place with his club side.

McChrystal was released by Derry in December 2006 having been identified as surplus to requirements. Within a few weeks he was playing for Partick Thistle in the Scottish First Division. He made his Jags debut in a 2-0 defeat by Clyde on 2nd January 2007 and was a regular through to the end of the season. He scored his only goal in a 4-3 defeat by Queen of the South as Partick almost came back from 4-0 down. McChrystal was released at the end of that season by new manager, Ian McCall.

McChrystal returned to Derry City in August 2007 and the following year he collected his first major honours, a winner's medal in the League Cup as Wexford Youths were routed 6-1 and a runners-up medal following an FAI Cup Final penalty shoot-out defeat by Bohemians.

In September 2009 McChrystal, unhappy with his limited firstteam chances after returning from a broken cheekbone, negotiated an early release from his Derry contract, the Candystripes being only too happy to offload players as their financial straits became clearer. He joined Huddersfield on trial but after three weeks he was unable to secure the hoped for move. There followed another trial with Crewe which proved equally fruitless before he joined Lisburn Distillery on a short-term deal.

McChrystal returned to Derry City in January 2010 as the demoted side gained an instant return to the League of Ireland Premier Division. In January 2011 he joined Tranmere Rovers on a six-month deal.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
18-08-2004 Switzerland.... H D 0-0 FR
08-02-2005 Scotland....... H W 2-1 FR
16-08-2005 Rep. of Ireland H D 2-2 FR
06-02-2006 Israel......... A W 1-0 FR
28-02-2006 Wales.......... A W 1-0 FR
12-04-2006 Leichtenstein.. A W 4-1 ECQ
10-05-2006 Leichtenstein.. H W 4-0 ECQ
16-05-2006 Scotland....... H W 1-0 FR
16-08-2006 Romania........ A L 0-3 ECQ

Summary: 9/0. Won 6, Drew 2, Lost 1.

Jeff Hughes

Name: Jeff Hughes

Born: 29 May 1985, Larne

Height: 6.01 ft

Weight: 11.00 st

Position: Left-Back/Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full Cap (2006), 7 Under-21 Caps (2006); Under-19, Under-17.

Club Honours: (with Larne) Irish Cup Runner-Up 2004/05; (with Tranmere) National League Play-Off Winner 2017/18.

Club Career:

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

Larne

Ballymena United

Larne........... 03/04-04/05 ...... ...... 47(-)/ 1

Lincoln City.... 05/06-06/07 Aug-05 ..£5k .55(8)/ 8 ...... 1(0)/0 4(0)/3

Crystal Palace.. 07/08...... Jul-07 £250k ..4(6)/ 0

Peterborough Utd 07/08...... Nov-07..Loan ..2(5)/ 1 1(1)/0

Bristol Rovers.. 07/08...... Mar-08..Loan ..0(0)/ 0

Bristol Rovers.. 08/09-10/11 Jun-08 Undis 127(2)/28 3(0)/1 4(0)/0 4(0)/1

Notts County.... 11/12-12/13 Jun-11. Free .83(6)/20 7(0)/4 1(1)/0 1(0)/0
Fleetwood Town.. 13/14-14/15 May-13. Free .45(2)/ 4 4(0)/1 1(0)/0 2(1)/1
Cambridge United 15/16 ..... Jul-15 .Free . 7(2)/ 0 1(0)/1 ...... 1(0)/0
Tranmere Rovers. 15/16 ..... Jan-16 .Loan .18(0)/ 1
Tranmere Rovers. 16/17-17/18 Jul-16 .Free .64(7)/ 4 1(0)/0 ...... 5(0)/1
Larne .......... 18/19- date Jul-18 .Free

Biography:

Plucked from the Irish League for £5,000 in August 2005, Jeff Hughes quickly established himself as one of the hottest young prospects in League Two with Lincoln City. An attacking left-back or left-winger, he also proved a more than useful goalscorer, finding the net three times in the two-legged play-off semi-final matches against Bristol Rovers in 2007, though the Imps still lost 7-4 on aggregate.

First capped Northern Ireland during the 2006 US Tour, he has also been a regular for the Under-21 side in the past few seasons

In July 2007 Hughes move to Crystal Palace in a deal reported to be worth £250,000. The fee, which could rise to £350,000 depending on appearances and other criteria, includes a 25% portion due to Larne as part of a sell-on clause. He failed to make an impact at Selhurst Park and after several loan spells he left the Eagles for Bristol Rovers in the summer of 2008.

A regular among the goals during three seasons with the Pirates, many called for his recall to the Northern Ireland squad. When Rovers were relegated to League Two at the end of the 2010/11 he was released as the club attempted to balance their books. He remained in League One with Notts County.

Having been ignored completely be Nigel Worthington, Hughes was finally recalled to the Northern Ireland squad by Michael O'Neill in May 2012, but he failed to add to his two senior caps.

A move to Fleetwood in 2013 was blighted by a broken leg and Hughes was released after two seasons.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:

21-05-2006 Uruguay N L 0-1 FR

26-05-2006 Romania N L 0-2 FR

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