Brendan Tully

Name: Brendan Tully

Born: c.1956

Height: 5.10 ft

Weight: 12.00 st

Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1974); League of Ireland Representative.

Club Honours: (with Bangor) Co. Antrim Shield Runner-Up 1972/73; (with Drogheda) FAI Cup Runner-Up 1975/76; (with Glenavon) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1980/81.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Bangor	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Drogheda United	75/76-78/79	-	-	86(1)/ 9	/2	-
Ballymena United	79/80	-	-	*18(-)/.4	-	*
Glenavon	79/80-80/81	Dec-79	-	/ 4	/1	/ 2
Cliftonville	-	1981	-	/ 5	/1	/ 5
Portadown	86/87-88/89	-	-	/ 2	-	/ 2
Donegal Celtic	-	Sep-89	-	-	-	-
TOTALS		£-		/22	/4	/11

* all games (BUFC goals: 2 League, 1 Ulster Cup, 1 Gold Cup)

Biography:

The nephew of Charlie Tully, Brendan made his name with Bangor, the team his uncle was managing at the time of his death. Capped at Amateur level while still a teenager, he made his only appearance in Northern Ireland's final match in the British Amateur Championship.

More to follow.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

06-04-1974 Wales... A L 0-1

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

Paul McAreavey

Name: Paul McAreavey
Born: 3 December 1980, Belfast
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.06 st
Position: Defender / Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 7 Under-21 Caps (2000-2001), Under-18, Under-16.
Club Honours: (with Portadown) Mid Ulster Cup Winner 2001/02*, 2002/03; (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08; Irish Cup Winner 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08; Irish League Cup Winner 2005/06, 2007/08; Setanta Cup Winner 2005, Runner-Up 2007; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2005/06, Runner-Up 2008/09.
* Final held over from previous season.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Newhill	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-	-
Swindon T.	97/98-01/02	Aug-97	Youth	10(14)/ 1	1(0)/0	-	-	1(0)/0
Kilkenny City	00/01	Dec-00	Loan	11 (-)/ 2	-	-	-	-
Portadown	02/03	Jul-02	Free	19(10)/ 3	3(0)/0	5(0)/1	2(0)/0	2(1)/2
Linfield	03/04-08/09	Jul-03	Free	*140(32)/38	-	-	6(2)/1	-
Dundalk	2009	May-09	Free	-	-	-	-	-
Donegal Celtic	09/10	Jan-10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ballymena U.	10/11	Jan-11	Free	2 (0)/ 0	-	-	-	-
Donegal Celtic	12/13	Jan-13	Free	9 (3)/ 0	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		191(59)/44	4(0)/0	5(0)/1	8(2)/1	3(1)/2

* all domestic games.

Biography:
Paul McAreavey was appointed manager at Donegal Celtic prior to the start of the 2013/14 season.

More to follow.

Swindon Town
IFA Premiership
Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
28-03-2000 Malta... A W 2-1 FR
29-05-2000 Scotland H D 1-1 ITT
01-09-2000 Malta... H D 1-1 ECQ
06-10-2000 Denmark. H L 0-3 ECQ sent-off
31-08-2001 Denmark. A L 0-2 ECQ
04-09-2001 Iceland. H L 1-3 ECQ sub
05-10-2001 Malta... A D 2-2 ECQ sub

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

Gavin Melaugh

Name: Gavin Mark John Melaugh
Born: 9 July 1981, Londonderry
Height: 5.07 ft
Weight: 9.07 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 11 Under-21 Caps / 1 Goal (2002-2003).
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 2004/05; Irish Cup Winner 2003/04, Runner-Up 2005/06.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Aston Villa	-	Jul-98	Youth	0(0/0	-	-	-	-
Rochdale	02/03	Nov-02	Free	17(2)/1	5(0)/1	-	-	-
Glentoran	03/04-05/06	Jul-03	Free	-	-	-	-	-
Donegal Celtic	06/07	Jul-06	Free	-	-	-	-	-
Ballymena United	06/07-08/09	Jan-07	-	56(2)/4	6(1)/0	4(0)/0	-	4(0)/0
Lisburn Distillery	09/10	Jun-09	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-	-	-

Biography:
Gavin Melaugh was a reglar in the Aston Villa reserves during his time as Northern Ireland Under-21 captain, though he was destined never to make the Villa firstteam. In April 2002 he was an unused substitute for a weakened senior Northern Ireland team for a friendly against Spain.

In November 2002 Melaugh joined Rochdale on loan where he teamed-up with two Northern Ireland Under-21 colleagues, Pat McCourt and Lee McEvilly. He made his League debut in a 2-0 defeat at Oxford establishing himself immediately as a firstteam regular. So impressive were his performances that when his loan spell expired Dale offered him a contract for the remainder of the season which he duly accepted. His inclusion, along with McCourt and McEvilly, in the Northern Ireland Under-21 squad would force the postponement of a Rochdale fixture - an historic first for the club!

February 2003 proved a golden month for Melaugh. He scored his first senior goal in a 2-1 win in the return game against Oxford, scored for the Northern Ireland Under-21s as they defeated Finland 3-1 and so bringing to an end an eleven game winless streak and then he scored the equaliser for Dale in their televised FA Cup fifth round clash with Wolves. All this earned him the accolade of Rochdale Player of the Month.

Although Melaugh lost his Rochdale place for a spell late in the season, he was surprised not to be offered a long-term deal at Spotland. After a trial spell at Partick Thistle he returned to Northern Ireland to join Glentoran. With Glentoran Melaugh played on the wing, in central midfield and at full-back, collecting League and Cup winner's medals. After his contract at the Oval expired he briefly played with Donegal Celtic in 2006 before two-and-a-half seasons at Ballymena United and was Player of the Year in 2008.

Transfer-listed during the 2008/09 season, in June 2009 Melaugh was signed by Distillery, managed by former Glentoran assistant-manager Jimmy Brown.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
12-02-2002 Germany. H L 0-1 FR
06-09-2002 Scotland A D 1-1 FR
11-10-2002 Spain... A L 0-1 ECQ
15-10-2002 Ukraine. H D 1-1 ECQ
11-02-2003 Finland. H W 3-1 FR. 1 Goal
28-03-2003 Armenia. A L 0-2 ECQ
01-04-2003 Greece.. H L 2-6 ECQ
10-06-2003 Spain... H L 1-4 ECQ
05-09-2003 Ukraine. A L 0-1 ECQ
09-09-2003 Armenia. H W 3-1 ECQ
10-10-2003 Greece.. A W 1-0 ECQ
Summary: 11/1. Won 3, Drew 2, Lost 6.

Peter Kennedy

Name: Peter Henry James Kennedy

Born: 10 September 1973, Lisburn

Height: 5.10 ft

Weight: 11.11 st

Position: Midfielder/Left-Back

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Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 20 Full Caps (1998-2004), 1 'B' Cap (1997); Irish League: 1 Under-21 Cap (1995).

Club Honours: (with Portadown) Irish League Champion 1995/96; Irish League Cup Winner 1995/96; Ulster Cup Winner 1995/96; (with Watford) Football League Division One Play-Off Winner 1998/99 (promoted); Football League Division Two Champion 1997/98.

Awards: Ulster Footballer of the Year 1996; NI Football Writers' Player of the Year 1996.
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Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Lisburn Youth	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-
Portadown	-	-	Youth	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Glentoran	-	1989	Youth	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Glenavon	92/93-94/95	c/s-92	-	36 (3)/ 7	7(0)/ 3	5(0)/0	7(2)/3
Portadown	95/96	Aug-95	-	23 (0)/10	5(0)/ 4	5(0)/1	16(0)/3
Notts County	96/97	Aug-96	£100k	20 (2)/ 0	2(1)/ 1	1(0)/0	-
Watford	97/98-00/01	Aug-97	£130k	107 (7)/18	7(0)/ 2	9(0)/2	4(0)/0
Wigan Athletic	01/02-03/04	Jul-01	£300k	60 (5)/ 2	4(0)/ 0	6(0)/0	3(0)/0
Derby County	03/04	Oct-03	Loan	5 (0)/ 1	-	-	-
Peterborough U.	04/05-05/06	Jul-04	Free	25 (6)/ 2	1(1)/ 1	1(0)/0	-
Portadown	06/07-07/08	c/s-06	Free	-	-	-	-
Banbridge Town	08/09	c/s-08	Trial	-	-	-	-
Ballymena U.	08/09	-	Free	3 (0)/ 0	-	-	1(0)/0
Donegal Celtic	09/10	Jul-09	Free	-	-	-	-
Kilmore Rec.	09/10	Apr-10	Free	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£530k		279(23)/40	26(2)/11	27(0)/3	31(2)/6

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Biography:

Peter Kennedy emerged as one of the brightest young stars on the Irish League scene in the mid-1990s. He stood out from the crowd at a very young age, playing in the Under-11 side when barely nine-years-old, and had early trials with Tottenham and Bournemouth. Following six years with Lisburn Youth he spent an unhappy six months with Portadown before signing with the Glentoran Colts where he picked up a Youth Cup winner's medal in 1991. He failed to make the step up at the Oval and signed for Glenavon in the summer of 1992.

His first season at Mourneview was spent mainly in the reserves, where he helped them finish third in the Irish League 'B' Division Section II, just two points behind the eventual winners, Glentoran (in fact, if Glenavon had won their final match at Omagh, the title would have been their's!).

Following another trial in the summer of 1993, this time with Blackburn, Kennedy returned to Mourneview where he finally established himself in the Glenavon first eleven. He, and Glenavon, had an outstanding season, finishing just two points off the Irish League title, and the 1994/95 season was again a successful one, all-be-it the club finished without a trophy (though they were runners-up in both the League and the Co. Antrim Shield). On a personal note however Kennedy picked up his first representative honour, playing for the Irish League Under-21 side against their FAI National League counterparts, in a 0-0 draw at Mourneview.

A suprise move in the summer of 1995 took Kennedy across Craigavon to Glenvaon's bitter rivals Portadown. At Shamrock Park his performances picked up further, as he scored 18 goals to help the club clinch a trio of trophies, the Irish League title, the Irish League Cup and the Ulster Cup. The summer of 1996 finally saw the move Kennedy had been waiting his whole career for, with Notts County stumping up a massive £100,000 for his signature.

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After a decade playing in England, Kennedy returned to Portadown for the 2006/07 season. He was released by the Ports in June 2008 and after a short spell with Banbridge Town signed for Ballymena United. He managed just four matches for the Braidmen before announcing his retirement from playing in September 2008 to concentrate on obtaining his accountancy qualifications.

By July 2009 Kennedy felt that he had quit football too soon and joined Donegal Celtic.

Since quitting as a player Kennedy has managed Lisburn Rangers and Crewe United. In June 2018 he joined the coaching staff back at Glenavon.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:

18-11-1998 Moldova....... H D 2-2 ECQ

27-03-1999 Germany....... H L 0-3 ECQ sub

18-08-1999 France........ H L 0-1 FR

04-09-1999 Turkey........ H L 0-3 ECQ

09-09-1999 Germany....... A L 0-4 ECQ

10-10-1999 Finland....... A L 1-4 ECQ

28-02-2001 Norway........ H L 0-4 FR

28-03-2001 Bulgaria...... A L 3-4 WCQ sub

06-06-2001 Czech Republic A L 1-3 WCQ sub

01-09-2001 Denmark....... A D 1-1 WCQ

05-09-2001 Iceland....... H W 3-0 WCQ

06-10-2001 Malta......... A W 1-0 WCQ

13-02-2002 Poland........ N L 1-4 FR

21-08-2002 Cyprus........ H D 0-0 FR

12-02-2003 Finland....... H L 0-1 FR

03-06-2003 Italy......... A L 0-2 FR

11-06-2003 Spain......... H D 0-0 ECQ

06-09-2003 Ukraine....... A D 0-0 ECQ

11-10-2003 Greece........ A L 0-1 ECQ

18-02-2004 Norway........ H L 1-4 FR
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Summary: 17(3)/0. Won 2, Drew 5, Lost 13.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
28-03-1997 Portugal...... H W 2-0 FR
11-02-1998 Rep of Ireland A W 1-0 FR

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