Jackie McManus

Name:
Born: 6 April 1947, Belfast
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Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Amateur (1971), Junior (1966); Irish League (1978); League of Ireland (1977).
Club Honours: (with Dundalk) League of Ireland Champion 1975/76; FAI Cup Winner 1976/77; Leinster Cup Winner 1973/74, 1976/77; (with Coleraine) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1981/82.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Star of the Sea	-	-	Youth	-	(Northern Amateur League)
Glenavon	-	-65	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Distillery	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Queen's University	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Bangor	-	-69	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Dundalk	73/74-77/78	-	-	98(1)/14	10(0)/1	10(1)/2	4(0)/0	8(0)/0
Drogheda United	77/78	-77	-	*21(-)/ 2	-	-	-	-
Larne	-	-78	-	/ 0	-	-	-	/3
Coleraine	81/82-84/85	-81	-	/ 0	-	-	4(0)/0	/1
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-	8(0)/0	-

Biography:
To follow.

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Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
17-04-1971 Wales A L 0-1

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

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.

Darren Meenan

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Name: Darren Meenan
Born: 16 November 1986, Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
Height: 5.09 ½ ft / 1.75 m
Weight: 11.07 st / 73 kg
Position: Forward/Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Under-21 Caps (2006-2008).
Club Honours: (with Dundalk) League of Ireland Champion 2014, League of Ireland Cup Winner 2014 (unused sub).

Club Career: 
Teams....... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
St. Joseph's Boys ............. Youth
Finn Harps...2006 ........ 2006 ..... 14 (-)/1 3(-)/0 1(-)/0
Monaghan Utd 2007 - 2008 Mar-07 .Free 48 (-)/8 3(-)/0 1(-)/0
UCD......... 2008 ...... Jul-08 .Free 12 (-)/1
Shelbourne.. 2009 ...... Nov-08 .......3 (-)/0 ...... 1(-)/0
Sligo Rovers.2009 ...... May-09 .Free .5 (-)/0 1(-)/0 ............. 2(-)/0
Drogheda Utd 2010 ...... Jul-10 ..... 14 (-)/1

UCD ........ 2011 ................... 32 (-)/5
St Pat's Ath 2012 ...... Jan-12 ...... 7(11)/1 1(0)/0 1(0)/0 2(4)/0 2(0)/0
Dundalk .... 2013 - date Feb-13

Biography:
In 2006 Darren Meenan became the first Republic of Ireland-born player to be awarded a significant representative honour by the Irish FA since 1950. A left-sided midfielder or striker, Meenan qualified for Northern Ireland through his father Terence, who came from Derry, and played in a total of three Under-21 internationals.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
14-11-2006 Germany A L 1-2 FR sub
24-03-2007 Romania A L 0-2 FR sub
26-03-2008 Romania H L 1-3 FR

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

Gerry McCaffery

Name: Gerard McCaffery
Born: Belfast
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Position: Inside-Left

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-23 Cap (1963); Irish League: 5 Caps (1967-1970).
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish League Champion 1962/63; City Cup Winner 1962/63; Irish Cup Runner-Up 1968/69; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1963/64, Runner-Up 1975/76; (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1969/70; Gold Cup Runner-Up 1970/71; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1970/71.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Europe	Other
Distillery	61/62-62/63	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leicester City	62/63-63/64	Jan-63	-	0(0)/ 0	-	-	-
Distillery	63/64-69/70	Mar-64	-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	69/70-71/72	Dec-69	£3k	*63(3)/21	-	-	-
Drogheda Utd	71/72-73/74	-	-	27(2)/ 4	-	-	-
Distillery	74/75-76/77	Feb-75	Free	#235(-)/96	-	-	-
AFC Craigavon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Crumlin United	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-	-

* all competitive games; # all competitive games in all spells

Biography:
Originally a winger with Distillery, though he made his Whites debut at inside-left, Gerry McCaffery's career would see him appear across the forward line. In 1962/63 he claimed League and City Cup winner's medals before transferring to Leicester City in January 1963. "McCaf" never made the first eleven at Filbert Street, though was capped by Northern Ireland at Under-23 level against Wales in February 1963.

In March 1964 McCaffery returned to Distillery where he claimed a Co. Antrim Shield winner's medal in 1963/64. He converted to centre-forward in the late-sixties, a role in which he proved "an eager chance snapper" with "intelligent positional play" and "a fine shot". His "new lease of life" brought five inter-league appearances and inclusion in the Northern Ireland squad as he regularly appeared among the top scorers in the Irish League.

Glentoran claimed McCaffery's signature in December 1969 after a lengthy chase. It took an Irish League record deal of £3,000 plus two players to prise him from Grosvenor Park. Although his initial goalscoring form with the Glens was impressive, McCaffery did not prove as prolific across his three seasons at the Oval as was hoped. He did however prove a more than capable foil for teammates Tommy Morrow and Jimmy Magill as the Irish League title was claimed in 1970.

On leaving Glentoran in 1972, McCaffery played in the League of Ireland but by the end of 1974 he had retired from football. He was persuaded out of retirement in February 1975 by Distillery where he offered some much needed experience to a poor side over the following three seasons. Later McCaffery would coach Crewe United before managing Crumlin United for a lengthy period with some success.

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
27-02-1963 Wales... A L 1-5 FR

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

John Cowan

Name: John Cowan
Born: 8 January 1949, Belfast
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 9.08 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1970).

Club Career:
Teams............. --Seasons-- Signed -League- FA Cup FL Cup
Crusaders
Newcastle United.. 69/70-72/73 Feb-67 .6(3)/ 0 ...... 0(1)/0
Drogheda United
Darlington........ 75/76 ..... Aug-75 10(0)/ 0
Scarborough

Biography:
John Cowan began his career as a wing-half with Crusaders before joining Newcastle United for £300 in February 1967. He was one of a number of Northern Ireland players to feature at St. James’ Park through the late-sixties and early-seventies, including Iam McFaul, Tommy Cassidy and Dave Craig – with whom he shared ‘digs’. Cowan’s chances were few-and-far-between, and it was two years before he made his Football League debut.

Almost immediately on his Newcastle debut Cowan was called into the Northern Ireland set-up. He was denied an Under-23 cap when a game against Wales was snowed-off early in 1970. He did however gain a place in Billy Bingham’s Full squad for the 1970 Home Nations Championship, making his only international appearance as a substitute against England at Wembley.

Despite his ability to play either in defence or midfield, Cowan had to wait until the 1972/73 season before making the Newcastle first eleven again, coming in for the injured Tommy Gibb early in the season. After a total of just ten appearances in six years at Newcastle, Cowan was released in the summer of 1973.

He returned to Ireland, taking the position of player-manager at Drogheda United while in his mid-20s. In two seasons at Lourdes Stadium he stabilised an oft rock-bottom club, and he could take much credit for putting in place the beginnings of Jimmy McAlinden’s successful squad of the late-seventies.

Cowan returned to the north-east of England with Darlington in 1975, but lasted just a season back in League football before joining non-League Scarborough.

With his footballing career behind him, John Cowan formed successful a sports trophy business in Newcastle.

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
21-04-1970 England A BC L 1-3 sub


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

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