10 May 1988

(Co. Antrim FA Centenary Game)
CO. ANTRIM FA - MID ULSTER/NORTH-WEST SELECT 2:6

Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
Referee: W. Clarke (Newtownards)
Goalscorers: (CA) McGaughey (2); (MU/NW) Millar (3), Wade, McLaughlin, Keenan (pen)

Co. Antrim:
Dunlop (Linfield) --
Huston (Larne)
Mooney (Linfield)
Devine (Glentoran)
Spiers (Linfield)
Morrison (Glentoran)
Doherty (Linfield)
Caskey (Glentoran)
McGaughey (Linfield)
McCartney (Glentoran)
Jameson (Glentoran)
Substitutes:
Hillis (Glentoran)
Conville (Ballymena United)
Knell (Linfield)
Manager: Roy Coyle (Linfield)

Mid-Ulster/North-West:
Keenan (Portadown) --
McCullough (Coleraine)
Burns (Newry Town)
Davidson (Portadown)
Byrne (Glenavon)
Lowry (Glenavon)
Wade (Coleraine)
O'Neill (Portadown)
Millar (Portadown)
McBride (Glenavon)
Ralph (Newry Town)
Substitutes:
Gray (Newry Town)
McDowell (Coleraine)
McLaughlin (Glenavon)
Manager: Terry Nicholson (Glenavon)

Selected Other Co. Antrim FA Representative Matches:
01-09-1888 vs Canada ..................... H L 2-6
14-10-1953 vs South Africa ............... H W 1-0
21-10-1958 vs Sheffield & Hallamshire FA . A L 2-6
20-10-1959 vs Sheffield & Hallamshire FA . H W 5-3

21 October 1958

(friendly match)
SHEFFIELD & HALLAMSHIRE F.A. - COUNTY ANTRIM F.A. 6:2

Venue: Hillsborough, Sheffield
Goalscorers: (CA) Calderwood, Shiels; (Shef) Shiner (3), Wilkinson (2), McAnearney

Co. Antrim:
Moffatt (Ards) --
Lucas (Glentoran)
Graham (Linfield) --
Neill (Glentoran)
Forde (Ards)
Orr (Distillery) --
Weatherup (Crusaders)
Bruce (Glentoran)
Shiels (Distillery)
Parke (Linfield)
Calderwood (Glentoran)

Sheffield:
Hodgkinson (Sheffield United) --
Short (Barnsley)
Graham (Doncaster Rovers) --
Gibson (Sheffield Wednesday)
J. Shaw (Sheffield United)
Houghton (Barnsley) --
D. Wilkinson (Sheffield Wednesday)
Graham (Barnsley)
Shiner (Sheffield Wednesday)
McAnearney (Sheffield Wednesday)
Walker (Doncaster Rovers)

Selected Other Co. Antrim FA Representative Matches:
01-09-1888 vs Canada ..................... H L 2-6
14-10-1953 vs South Africa ............... H W 1-0
20-10-1959 vs Sheffield & Hallamshire FA . H W 5-3
10-05-1988 vs Mid-Ulster/North-West Select H L 2-6

20 October 1959

(friendly match)
COUNTY ANTRIM F.A. - SHEFFIELD & HALLAMSHIRE F.A. 5:3

Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 6,000
Goalscorers: (CA) Welsh (2), Boyd (2), Bruce; (Shef) Barber, Hamilton, Gilliland (og)

Co. Antrim:
Milligan (Cliftonville) --
Gilliland (Linfield)
Parke (Linfield) --
Kennedy (Distillery)
Campbell (Crusaders)
Gough (Linfield) --
Welsh (Linfield)
Bruce (Glentoran)
Barr (Ballymena United)
Dickson (Linfield)
Boyd (Ards)
Captain: Dickson

Sheffield:
Springett (Sheffield Wednesday) --
Coldwell (Sheffield United)
Morgan (Rotherham) --
T. McArnearney (Sheffield Wednesday)
Swan (Sheffield Wednesday)
Barber (Barnsley) --
Wilkinson (Sheffield Wednesday)
Hamilton (Sheffield United)
Pace (Sheffield United)
Myerscough (Rotherham)
Simpson (Sheffield United)

Selected Other Co. Antrim FA Representative Matches:
01-09-1888 vs Canada ..................... H L 2-6
14-10-1953 vs South Africa ............... H W 1-0
21-10-1958 vs Sheffield & Hallamshire FA . A L 2-6
10-05-1988 vs Mid-Ulster/North-West Select H L 2-6

14 October 1953

(Friendly match)
COUNTY ANTRIM F.A. - SOUTH AFRICA 1:0

Referee: Tom J. Mitchell (Lurgan)
Venue: Cliftonville, Belfast
Goals: (Ireland) John Walker

County Antrim FA:
William Smyth (Distillery) –
Dick Keith (Linfield)
Tommy Hamill (Ards) –
William Neill (Glentoran)
Jackie Vernon (Crusaders)
Clarke (Crusaders) –
Lowry (Glentoran)
Ewing (Glentoran)
John Walker (Linfield)
Thomson (Ards)
Tully (Crusaders)

South Africa:
Tyrell (North Transvaal) --
R Coop (Rhodesia)
C G Meeser (Western Province) --
T R Dow (Natal)
H E Naish (North Transvaal)
B K Gibson (South Transvaal) –
J H Claasens (North Transvaal)
G Keys (Western Province)
Salton (Natal)
W Warren (South Transvaal)
Roos (Western Province)

By George Glass

01 September 1888

(friendly match)
COUNTY ANTRIM F. A. - CANADA 2:6 (2:2)

Umpires: Mr. Heaney (Antrim), Mr. Bingham (Canada)
Referee: William McCrum (Armagh)
Attendance/Venue: 1,000, Shaftesbury Grounds, Ormeau Road*, Belfast.
Goals: (Ireland) Peden (18), Gibb (43); (Canada) Scrimmage, Kraus, Webster, Thompson 3.

Co. Antrim:
John Clugston (Cliftonville) --
Frederick Browne (Cliftonville)
Robert Wilson (Cliftonville) --
James Williamson (Cliftonville)
James Christian (Linfield)
Samuel Baird (Oldpark) --
Olphert Martin Stanfield (Distillery)
Samuel Torrans (Linfield)
John Barry (Cliftonville)
John Turnbull Gibb (Cliftonville)
John Peden (Linfield)
Captain:

Canada: (dark Blue shirts)
A.N. Garrett (Toronto) --
S. Brubacher (Berlin Rangers)
F. Killer (Berlin Rangers) --
H. Pirrie (Queen’s College)
T. Gibson (Berlin Rangers)
H. Bewell (Norwood Wanderers) --
Walter Bowman (Berlin Rangers)
Alex Gibson (Berlin Rangers)
W.P. Thompson (University of Toronto)
A. Webster (Galt F.C.)
C. Kranz (Berlin Rangers)
Captain:

* The ground of Belfast Young Men’s Christian Association FC from 1886 to 1889.
The Canada team was a team from the Western Football Association of Canada, based in Berlin, Ontario while the Irish Team was a selection from the County Antrim area only, all however were International players.

Canada also played matches against Distillery (won 3-2 on 3rd September), Clarence (won 3-2 on 4th September) and YMCA (drew 1-1 on 5th September) before touring Scotland and England.

By George Glass

Selected Other Co. Antrim FA Representative Matches:
14-10-1953 vs South Africa ............... H W 1-0
21-10-1958 vs Sheffield & Hallamshire FA . A L 2-6
20-10-1959 vs Sheffield & Hallamshire FA . H W 5-3
10-05-1988 vs Mid-Ulster/North-West Select H L 2-6