Mikhail Kennedy

Name: Mikhail Kennedy
Born: 18 August 1996, Londonderry
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.09 st
Position: Forward / Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-20, Under-19, Under-17 ...

Club Career:
Teams
Charlton Athletic 15/16- date Dec-14 Youth
VCD Athletic .... 14/15 ..... Dec-14 .Loan (Isthmian League)
Derry City ...... 2017 ...... Feb-17 .Loan

Biography:
A member of Northern Ireland's 2014 Milk Cup winning side, Mikhail Kennedy scored on his Charlton Athletic debut, in a League Cup tie against Peterborough in August 2015. The following month he scored within seven minutes of his Northern Ireland Under-21 debut, in a 2-1 defeat by Scotland.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
05-09-2015 Scotland H L 1-2 ECQ 1 goal
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Ben Reeves

Name:
Born: 19 November 1991, Verwood (England)
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 10.07 st
Position: Midfielder


Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full.
Club Honours: (with Southend) Football League Trophy Runner-Up 2012/13.

Club Career:

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

Southampton 11/12-12/13 Aug-10 Youth 0(5)/0 1(2)/0 3(2)/1

Dag. & Red. 11/12 ..... Feb-12 .Loan 5(0)/0

Southend U. 12/13 ..... Jan-13 .Loan 7(3)/1 ............. 2(1)/1

MK Dons ... 13/14-16/17 Jul-13 .Free
Charlton A. 17/18- date Aug-17 .Free

Biography:
Midfielder, first called-up by Northern Ireland for a March 2014 friendly in Cyprus. He made his debut as a late substitute in a famous win over Greece in Athens.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
14-10-2014 Greece.. A W 2-0 ECQ sub
25-03-2015 Scotland A L 0-1 FR
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Harry McCracken

Name: Henry McCracken
Born: Castlewellan
Position: Centre-Forward / Inside-Right

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap / 3 Goals (1925); Irish League: 5 Caps (1928-1931).
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1929/30, 1930/31, 1933/34, Runner-Up 1931/32; Gold Cup Winner; City Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1927/28, 1928/29, 1929/30.

Club Career:
Teams ........... --Seasons-- Signed League
Annsborough
Newry Town
Cardiff City .... 25/26 ..... Nov-25 0/ 0
Charlton Athletic 26/27 ......May-26 1/ 0
Linfield .................... Nov-26
Portadown ................... c/s-35

Biography:
One of four McCracken brothers from Castlewellan to appear in the Irish League and one of only five players to score a hattrick for Amateur Ireland. His three goals in three minutes early in the first half of a 1925 amateur international against England leveled the scores at 4-4 before the English eventually regained control of the match to win 6-4.

More to follow.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
07-11-1925 England A L 4-6 3 Goals

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

Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
31-10-1928 Scottish League A L 2-8
25-09-1929 Football League A L 2-7
09-10-1929 Scottish League H L 1-4
23-09-1931 Football League A L 0-4
03-10-1931 Scottish League H W 3-2

Summary: 5/0. Won 1, Drew 0, lost 4.

Additional club career details courtesy of Martin O'Connor.

Andrew Sloan

Name: Andrew Mulholland Porter Sloan*
Born: JAS 1899, Belfast
Died: 14 December 1964, Marylebone, London
Height:
Weight:
Position: Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1925), 4 Amateur Caps / 1 Goal (1921-1924).
Club Honours: (with London Caledonians) FA Amateur Cup Winner 1922/23; Isthmian League Winner 1924/25; London Charity Cup Runner-Up 1922/23; West Norfolk & Lynn Hospital Cup Winner 1922/23.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	Other
Cliftonville	20/21-23/24	-	Amateur	-	-	-
London.Cal.	21/22-24/25	-	Amateur	-	(Isthmian.League)
Charlton Ath.	24/25	Aug-24	Amateur	1/0	-	-
Millwall	25/26	-	-	0/0	-	-
Catford Wdrs	-	Nov-30	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
Born in Belfast of Scottish parents, Andrew Sloan qualified to play for London Caledonians as the son of a Scottish national, and turned out regularly for Cliftonville or Caledonians, depending on his place of residence at the time. He represented Amateur Ireland versus England on four consecutive occasions. His only amateur international goal came in front of his home crowd at Solitude, in a 3-2 defeat on the 8th November 1924.

A contemporary book on London Caledonians noted of Sloan: “He more often than not displayed that “fire” and dash that go to make the really great centre. His is a style that tends to brighten the game and it is worth while even making a long journey to see him perform for he rarely has an off day.”

Caledonians' most prolific scorer in the 1923/24 season, Sloan signed for Charlton Athletic in August 1924, but returned to Caledonians after only one match.

Ireland Cap Details:
18-04-1925 Wales... H D 0-0 BC

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

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
14-11-1921 England. A L 1-4 
11-11-1922 England. A L 0-4
10-11-1923 England. H L 0-3 
08-11-1924 England. H L 2-3 1 goal

Summary: 4/1. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 4

Note:- All records show him as Andrew S. Sloan. However there is no trace of this middle name anywhere. The Story of London Caledonians Football Club to 1925 contains a 1922/23 photograph including A. M. P. Sloan.
An Andrew M. P. Sloan died Marlebone OND 1964 aged 65 as the only Andrew Sloan dying in England at a reasonable age for A.S. Sloan.
No Andrew M.P. Sloan birth registered Scotland or England. One Andrew Mulholland Sloan born JAS 1899 Belfast.
Additional details supplied by James Creasy has located A.M.P. Sloan’s probate and noted his full name. This confirms him as the Belfast born Andrew Mulholland Sloan.

By George Glass.

Jimmy D'Arcy

Name: Seamus Donal D'Arcy
Born: 14 December 1921, Newry
Died: 22 February 1985, Sudbury Hill (England)
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 11.12 st
Position: Inside-Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 5 Full Caps/1 Goals (1952-1953); Irish FA Representative (1953).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Waterford	-	-	-	-	-	-
Limerick	43/44-45/46	-	-	-	-	-
Dundalk	46/47	c/s-46	-	*9/ 4	-	-
Ballymena U.	46/47-47/48	Nov-46	Free	30/19	-	-
Charlton Ath.	47/48-50/51	Feb-48	£5,000	13/ 1	3/0	-
Chelsea	51/52-52/53	Oct-51	£10,000	23/12	8/2	-
Brentford	52/53	Oct-52	Exch.	13/ 3	-	-
TOTALS	-	£15,000		58/20	11/2	-

Biography:
Jimmy "Paddy" D'Arcy, originally a big centre-forward, spent much of his early footballing career in the League of Ireland during the Second World War years. He spent three seasons with Limerick before joining Dundalk in the summer of 1946. He spent just a few months at Oriel Park, scoring a City Cup hattrick against Drumcondra at Tolka Park, but by November he found his chances limited due to a surfeit of forwards and he requested to be released. He joined Ballymena United who had just returned to senior football after a War-time hiatus. In February 1948, aged 26, D'Arcy was transferred to English First Division club Charlton Athletic in a £5,000 deal.

At the Valley D'Arcy was unable to make a sustained impression on the first-team, playing just sixteen games in three-and-a-half seasons. With the reserves however he was a star, banging in 80 goals in 112 games. Finally, just shy of his thirtieth birthday, D'Arcy was given a chance to shine with a £10,000 move to Chelsea. Despite only joining in October and now playing mainly at inside-right, he finished the 1951/52 season as Chelsea's equal top scorer with twelve goals. He was also awarded his first Ireland cap in March 1952, playing at inside-right in a 3-0 defeat by Wales, and he remained an ever-present for the next four internationals.

In October 1952 D'Arcy was on the move again, joining Second Division Brentford in a deal that saw future England manager Ron Greenwood move in the other direction. In the summer of 1953 he was a member of the Irish FA's touring party to the USA and Canada. Five games into the tour the Irish side took on a Sasjatchewan Select at Moose Jaw, and having scored in a 10-0 win D'Arcy badly twisted his right angle on a rutted pitch far from suited to football. Despite playing on through the rest of the tour, and indeed scoring, he never fully recovered, and was forced to retire from the game the following January.

How Brentford could have used D'Arcy in the 1953/54 season, as they finished second-bottom of Division Two, and were relegated. Obviously somewhat miffed at losing a key player, the club took the IFA to the London High Court in a successful insurance claim. D'Arcy's appearance against Wales in March 1953 was to be the last time a Brentford player was capped for another 35 years - were the club influenced by D'Arcy's international injury?

With his playing days behind him, D'Arcy re-joined Charlton as Development Association Liaison Officer for an eight-month spell in 1955. He later settled in Sudbury in Suffolk, and worked as a quality inspector for a local glass manufacturing company. Jimmy D'Arcy died in Northwick Park Hospital in February 1985, aged 63.


Northern Ireland Cap Details:
19-03-1952 Wales... A L 0-3 BC
04-10-1952 England. H D 2-2 BC
05-11-1952 Scotland A D 1-1 BC 1 Goal
11-11-1952 France.. A L 1-3 FR
15-04-1953 Wales... H L 2-3 BC

Summary: 5/1. Won 0, Drew 2, Lost 3.

Dave Campbell

The name of David Campbell stands out in the history books… as one of just a handful of players to turn out for ten or more League clubs. Another Northern Ireland player who's early career promised so much, but ultimately delivered little but statistical oddities...

Name: David Anthony Campbell
Born: 2 June 1965, Eglinton
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 10.09 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 10 Full Caps (1986-1988), Under-18 Caps; League of Ireland: 1 Cap (1991).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Oxford United Stars		-	Youth	(Northern Ireland Intermediate League)
Nottingham Forest	83/84-87/88	Jun-81	Youth	35 (6)/ 3	0(1)/0	4(0)/2	-
Notts County	86/87	Feb-87	Loan	18 (0)/ 2	-	-	-
Charlton Athletic	87/88-88/89	Oct-87	£75k	26 (4)/ 1	1(1)/0	3(0)/0	2(0)/0
Plymouth Argyle	88/89	Mar-89	Loan	1 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Bradford City	88/89-89/90	Mar-89	£75k	27 (8)/ 4	0(1)/0	2(0)/0	0(1)/0
Derry City	90/91	Dec-90	Loan	5 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Shamrock Rovers	90/91-91/92	Jan-91	-	30 (1)/ 5	-	-	-
Cliftonville	91/92	Jan-92	Loan	4 (0)/ 0	-	1(0)/0	-
Rotherham United	92/93	Nov-92	Free	0 (1)/ 0	-	-	1(0)/0
West.Bromwich.Alb.	92/93	Feb-93	Free	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Burnley	92/93	Mar-93	-	7 (1)/ 0	-	-	-
Lincoln City	93/94	Feb-94	Loan	2 (2)/ 1	-	-	1(0)/0
Portadown	93/94	Mar-94	Loan	7 (0)/ 2	1(0)/0	-	-
Wigan Athletic	94/95	Aug-94	Free	7 (0)/ 0	-	4(0)/0	-
Cambridge United	94/95	Jan-95	Free	1 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Tamworth	-	-	-	(Southern League)
Sutton Coldfield Town		-	-	(Southern League)
Paget Rangers	-	-	-	(Southern League)
TOTALS	-	£150k		170(23)/18	2(3)/0	14(0)/2	4(1)/0

Biography:
Born in Eglinton, just outside Londonderry, Dave Campbell’s playing career took off at local intermediate side, Oxford United Stars. From there he moved on to Nottingham Forest as an apprentice in June 1981, picking up Northern Ireland Youth Caps along the way, before signing professional forms at the City Ground in June 1983.

At Forest Campbell’s route to a regular first team midfield spot was always going to be difficult, especially with young English talent such as Neil Webb and Steve Hodge also battling to establish themselves. As it was, Campbell did admirably to break into the Forest team for the second half of the 1985/86 season, enjoying a run of 27 consecutive Division One appearances through to the following season.

It was Campbell’s impressive First Division form that prompted Billy Bingham to call him up as Northern Ireland searched for the right squad mix to take to the World Cup Finals in Mexico. Campbell made his international bow as a sub in the pre-World Cup warm-up game with Morocco, and did enough to earn a place in the Finals’ squad. His first start for Northern Ireland was against Brazil at the Finals, but he could do little to prevent a 3-0 defeat in the Guadalajara sun.

On returning from Mexico, Campbell’s continued good form brought him impressive press, his skills on the ball allowing him to twist and turn his way into the opposition’s penalty area. Here though lay the problem, once in these dangerous positions he would often lose the plot, blasting wildly goal-wards, or fluffing the easy pass, and Brian Clough took the decision to drop him. In February 1987 Campbell was loaned to Forest’s Third Division neighbours, Notts County, where he regained his confidence for another attack on the Forest first eleven. Indeed, the following season began brightly with Campbell forcing his way back into the team, but it was clear that Clough still wasn’t confident in the youngster, and he was sold to Charlton Athletic for £75,000 in October 1987.

On the international front, Campbell continued as a regular, playing in every one of Northern Ireland’s Euro ’88 qualification matches. By the end of the campaign though, Bingham was looking for more reliable players who would suit his preferred style of play, and Campbell found himself making way for the likes of Michael O’Neill and Kevin Wilson. He made his final international appearances as substitute in the friendlies against Greece and Poland early in 1988.

From then on, Campbell’s career as a wandering pro began. A loan spell with Plymouth in March 1989 was a cut short to allow a £75,000 move to Bradford. He lasted a year-and-a-half in Yorkshire before returning home to Derry City on loan in December 1990, then at Shamrock Rovers a month later – a move that later became permanent. Whilst with Rovers Campbell gained an Inter-League cap in a 2-0 defeat by the Irish League at Tolka Park in November 1991. From there, Campbell had a loan spell with Cliftonville (January ‘92), non-contract spells at Rotherham (November ’92) and West Brom (February ’93), an injury ravaged year with Burnley (from March ’93) and a brief loan spell at Lincoln (February ’94). In March 1994 Ronnie McFaul brought Campbell to Portadown as they pushed, ultimately unsuccessfully, for the double, eventually finishing Irish League runners-up to Linfield and losing in the Irish Cup semi-final to Bangor.

A new beginning seemed on the horizon when Campbell was signed on a non-contract basis by Kenny Swain for Wigan Athletic in August 1994, but with Swain dismissed just a month of the season, Campbell found himself released in October after just seven games. He signed for Cambridge United to the end of the season the following January, and made his debut against Brentford. It proved to be a miserable game, with Cambridge losing 6-0 (it had been scoreless at half-time), and Campbell suffering a broken leg which forced his retirement as a professional footballer.

Since retiring from playing Campbell has run summer schools, coaching youngsters throughout the UK.

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
23-04-1986 Morocco... H W 2-1 FR. sub
12-06-1986 Brazil.... N L 0-3 WCF
15-10-1986 England... A L 0-3 ECQ
12-11-1986 Turkey.... A D 0-0 ECQ
01-04-1987 England... H L 0-2 ECQ
29-04-1987 Yugoslavia H L 1-2 ECQ
14-10-1987 Yugoslavia A L 0-3 ECQ
11-11-1987 Turkey.... H W 1-0 ECQ sub
17-02-1988 Greece.... A L 2-3 FR. sub
23-03-1988 Poland.... H D 1-1 FR. sub

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