Gerry Morgan

Name: Francis Gerard Morgan*
Born: 25 July 1899, Belfast
Died: March 1959
Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 8 Full Caps (1922-1928); Irish League: 1 Cap (1922).
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 1921/22; Irish Cup Winner 1921/22; Gold Cup Winner 1921/22; City Cup Winner 1921/22; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1921/22; Alhambra Cup Winner 1921/22; Belfast Charity Cup Winner 1921/22.


Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Army Football	-	-	-	-	-	-
St Paul's Swifts	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliftonville	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Linfield	21/22-22/23	May-21	£50	-	-	-
Nott'm Forest	22/23-28/29	Nov-22	-	200/6	19/0	-
Luton Town	29/30	Aug-29	-	4/0	-	-
Grantham	30/31	-	-	(Midland League)
Cork	31/32	-	-	(Irish Free State League)
Ballymena	33/34	-	-	*8/0	-	-
Bray Unknowns	-	-	-	(Irish Free State League)
TOTALS	-	£-		212/6	19/0	-

* all games

Biography:

As a player Gerry Morgan had a glorious career, but it was as trainer to Linfield and Ireland that he is best remembered.

A member of the Linfield “Seven Trophy” team of 1921/22, it was with the Blues that he won his first two caps. He then moved on to England where he was a regular centre-half (and occasional right-half) for Nottingham Forest in the First and Second Divisions.

Later he was to become 'Uncle Gerry', confidante to players such as Danny Blanchflower, wizard with the 'magic sponge' and one of the most enduring characters in the history of the Irish game.

More to follow.

Ireland Cap Details:
25-05-1922 Norway.. A L 1-2 FR
21-10-1922 England. A L 0-2 BC
01-03-1924 Scotland A L 0-2 BC
20-10-1926 England. A D 3-3 BC
22-10-1927 England. H W 2-0 BC
04-02-1928 Wales... H L 1-2 BC
25-02-1928 Scotland A W 1-0 BC
22-10-1928 England. A L 1-2 BC

Summary: 8/0. Won 2, Drew 1, Lost 5.

With thanks to Martin O'Connor.

* Middle name also reported as Gerald.

Paddy Kelly

Name: Patrick J. Kelly
Born: 7 September 1896, Kilcoo

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Position: Outside-Right

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1920); League of Ireland: 1 Cap (1925).
Club Honours: (with Belfast Celtic) Irish League Champion 1919/20; (with Fordsons) FAI Cup Winner 1925/26.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Belfast Celtic	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manchester City	20/21-21/22	Oct-20	-	25/ 1	4/2	-
West Ham United	23/24	Jul-23	-	0/ 0	-	-
Fordsons	24/25-25/26	-	-	/21	/3	-
TOTALS	-	-		-	-	-

Biography:
Pat Kelly joined Belfast Celtic during the First World War, and helped them to claim the first post-War Irish League title. With Celtic’s withdrawal from the Irish League in 1920 Kelly was free to sign for another club, and in October 1920 elected to join Manchester City.

Within a month of his arrival at Maine Road, Kelly was selected for Ireland. He won what was his only cap in a 2-0 defeat by England in Sunderland. After three seasons in which he made a limited impact at City, Kelly was allowed to move on. He signed with West Ham in July 1923, but never made a League appearance while at Upton Park.

Kelly then returned to Ireland to sign for Cork-based Fordsons.

Ireland Cap Details:
23-10-1920 England. A L 0-2 BC

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

* picture courtesy of James Duff via the Belfast Celtic Society Facebook page.

Willie Millar

Name: William Thomas Millar
Born: 25 October 1906, Ballymena
Died: December 1986, San Diego (USA)
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.10 st
Position: Inside/Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Full Caps/1 Goal (1931-1932).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
South End Rangers		-	-	(Intermediate League)
Linfield	-	May-26	-	-	-	-
Liverpool	28/29	Aug-28	£1,500	3/ 2	-	-
Barrow	29/30-32/33	Jan-30	£300	103/66	1/2	-
Newport County	33/34	Jun-33	Free	7/ 1	-	2/1
Carlisle United	34/35	Jul-34	Free	33/ 9	-	1/ 2
Dalbeattie Star	-	c/s-35	-	-	-	-
Ballymena	35/36	Dec-35	-	4/ 1	-	-
Sligo Rovers	-	Aug-36	Free	-	-	-
Cork	-	May-37	Free	-	-	-
Drumcondra	-	Aug-38	Free	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£1,800		150/79	1/2	3/3

Biography:
Signed originally as a wing-half by Linfield, Billy Millar was selected as an emergency centre-forward and took to the role like a duck-to-water. So impressive was his form as a speedy and agile goal-getter that he earned the Blues a substantial £1,500 fee when he moved to Liverpool in 1928. Millar's Liverpool debut, against Bury at Anfield on the opening day of the 1928/29 campaign, brought a first minute goal and another in the second half as the Reds cruised to a 3-0 win. Amazingly he played just twice more for the club - in wins over Leicester and Newcastle - before his firstteam career ended after less than two months

Early in 1930 Millar made a cut-price move to Division Three North Barrow. After a 7-0 defeat by Rotherham on his debut, he managed six goals from fifteen games in his first season as the Ziggers finished bottom of the League and were forced to apply for re-election. Things began to turn round from then on, his 25 goals seeing the club finish in the security of 16th place in 1931. The following season he managed thirty goals from thirty games (a club record in League football) and earned the first of two caps for Ireland, thus becoming the only Barrow player ever to win full international honours.

Millar marked his Ireland debut with a goal in a 4-0 win over Wales at Windsor Park in December 1931. He retained his place for the opening Home Nations match of the 1932/33 season, lining out as centre-forward against Scotland at Windsor Park. A fine all-round performance from the Scots left Millar with only a few chances, though still he was "prominent" in attack and unlucky not to score when a shot was charged down by the 'keeper. In the end the the visitors cruised to an easy 4-0 win.

From then on Millar's career began to wind down. He managed just six strikes through the entire 1932/33 season, though he featured regularly for the reserves, scoring 22 times in 19 Lancashire Combination matches. He enjoyed few firstteam chances after joining Newport County in 1933, though he once again excelled for the reserves, tallying 23 goals in his only season for the Division Three South side. A move to Carlisle United saw him feature more regularly, though often on the right-wing.

After a brief spell in Scotland, Millar returned to Ireland in 1935 joining his hometown club, Ballymena. He finished his senior career with spells with several Free State League clubs.

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Ireland Cap Details:
05-12-1931 Wales... H W 4-0 BC 1 Goal
12-09-1932 Scotland H L 0-4 BC

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

Additions and corrections by Martin O'Connor.

Harry Chatton

Name: James Harold A. Chatton
Born: 23 April 1899, Enniskillen
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Position: Right-Half / Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1924-1925). Irish Free State: 3 Full Caps (1931-1934).
Club Honours: (with NY Nationals) US National Cup Winner 1928; Lewis Cup Winner 1928/29; (with Shelbourne) League of Ireland Champion 1930/31; (with Cork) Irish Free State Cup Winner 1933/34.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	-	-	-	-	(Scottish Junior)
Dumbarton	20/21-22/23	-	-	*40/0	-	*23/5
Partick Thistle	23/24-25/26	-	-	86/2	-	-
Indiana Flooring	26/27	-	-	31/0	(ASL)	3/0
Heart of Midlothian	26/27	-27	Free	0/0	-	-
New York Nationals	27/28-29/30	-	-	114/0	(ASL)	13/2
Shelbourne	30/31-31/32	-	-	23/0	/0	-
Dumbarton	31/32-32/33	c/s-31	-	-	-	-
Cork	33/34	-	-	/0	/0	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

*Scottish League Division One Appearances only (20/21-21/22), total games from 1922/23 possibly 23/5.

Biography:
Born in Enniskillen, Harry Chatton moved to Scotland with his family as a child. A commanding centre-half, he was playing in the Scottish League with Partick Thistle when the IFA selectors first called him up in October 1924 for a Home Nations game with England. He won two further caps for the IFA, against Scotland the following February, and again against England in October 1925.

In 1926 Chatton was one of many British players lured by the dollar of the American Soccer League. After a season with Indiana Flooring he sought to return home to sign for Hearts, but the move was blocked by FIFA after a protest from the USFA. Instead Chatton moved back across to the Atlantic, by which time Indiana had relocated to New York where they were to play as the Nationals. In three seasons with the Nationals, Chatton enjoyed successes in the the US National Cup (now the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup) and in the Lewis Cup (the ASL's league cup competition). In March 1929 he had been reported as suspended "forever" by the USFA owing to "activities in connection with the working of New York Nationals" but this appears to have been a short-lived ban.

After returning to play in Ireland with Shelbourne, Chatton was selected by the FAI for a game against Spain on 26th April 1931. That summer he returned to Scotland to play for Dumbarton and on 13th December he captained the FAI’s team in the return game against Spain. Chatton’s third and final FAI cap was won in 1934, whilst playing for Cork, in a 5-2 defeat by Holland. His first two caps had been as left-half, and the last at right-back.

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Ireland Cap Details:
22-10-1924 England. A L 1-3 BC
28-02-1925 Scotland H L 0-3 BC
24-10-1925 England. H D 0-0 BC

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

Thanks to stuthejag and Roy Cathcart for the pictures.