Bailey Peacock-Farrell

Name: Bailey Peacock-Farrell
Born: 29 October 1996, Darlington (England)
Height: 1.92 m / 6.03½ ft
Weight:
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, Under-21.

Club Career
Middlesbrough .............. Youth
Leeds Utd 15/16- date ...-13 Youth
York City 17/18 ..... Oct-17 .Loan 4(0)/0
Landskrona .......... Jan-18 Trial

Biography:
English-born goalkeeper who made his professional debut for Leeds in a 1-1 draw with QPR on 5th April 2016.

Eligible for Northern Ireland through his grandparents, he was invited to a training camp held by Michael O'Neill in May 2017 and was then included as a late call-up for the senior squad for the World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Czech Republic in September 2017.

Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
29-05-2018 Panama A D 0-0 FR sub
still active

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
26-03-2018 Iceland H D 0-0 ECQ
still active

Paul Straney

Name: Paul Straney
Born: 7 October 1975, Downpatrick
Died: December 2017 (age 42)
Height: 6.00 ft
Weight: 12.00 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-18, Under-16, 6 Under-15 Caps (1991).
Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish League Cup Winner 2003/04 ...

Club Career:
Clubs ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League
Glentoran.................. -89 ...... 0(0)/0
Glenavon................... -91 ...... 1(0)/0
Stoke City.............. Jun-93 ...... 0(0)/0
Glenavon................ Oct-94 ..... 15(0)/0
Telford Utd. 95/96 ..... Aug-95 Loan .10(0)/0
Newry Town.. 97/98 ..... Jul-97 Loan . 5(0)/0
Newry Town.. 98/99-00/01 c/s-98 ..... 20(1)/0
Cliftonville 01/02-05/06 Jun-01

Biography:
Paul Straney was a regular member of Northern Ireland's schools and youth squads prior to moving to Stoke City prior to his eighteenth birthday. Although he never made the first team while in hthe Potteries he remained in the thoughts of the Irish FA staff and was an unused substitute for the B international side as the faced England in May 1994. The following season he returned to the Irish League with Glenavon, but it was with Cliftonville, where he spent five seasons and played 179 matches that he is best known, with a League Cup win in 2003 the highlight.

Straney later acted as Cliftonville's goalkeeping coach during their successes under Tommy Breslin and at the time of his premature death was assistant manager at Kilmore Rec.

BBC

Conor Hazard

Name: Conor Hazard
Born: 5 March 1998, Downpatrick
Height: 6.06 ft / 1.98 m
Weight:
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-19, Under-17, Under-16 Schools.

Club Career:
Celtic ............ Jul-14 Youth
Falkirk 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Loan

Biography:
Teenage goalkeeper called into the senior Northern Ireland squad for the first time for a training camp in May 2017. Originally a midfielder, as often happens, he first donned the gloves when the regular keeper was injured for a Foyle Cup match and utilised the handling skills he had learned as a Gaelic footballer to save a penalty.

A former pupil of St Patrick's Grammar in Downpatrick, Hazard joined Celtic's Academy in July 2014. At a height of 6 foot 6 inches he commands his area well and has represented Northern Ireland at Under-16, Under-17 and Under-19 levels. Hazard was on the bench for the senior team against South Korea in March 2018 as Michael O'Neill continued his policy of including young players in the senior squad for experience.

Conor Mitchell

Name: Conor Mitchell
Born: 9 May 1996, Portrush
Height: 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Weight: 11.06 st / 72kg
Position: Goalkeeper

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

Club Career:
Burnley ....................... Youth
Sheffield... 15/16 ..... Aug-15 .Loan
Bradford PA. 15/16 ..... Jan-16 .Loan
Chester .... 17/18 ..... Aug-17 .Loan
St Johnstone 18/19 ..... Jul-18 .Loan

Biography:

To follow.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
02-09-2016 Iceland H L 0-1 ECQ

Chris Johns

Name: Christopher Johns
Born: 13 May 1995
Height: 6.00 ft
Weight:
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19, Under-17, Under-16, Under-15.
Club Honours: (with Coleraine) Irish Cup Runner-Up 2016/17.

Club Career:
Teams ..... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League 
Lisburn Youth ................ Youth
Dungannon Swifts ........ 2009 Youth 
Southampton ........... May-11 Youth 0(0)/0
Bangor .... 15/16 ..... Aug-15 .Free
Coleraine . 15/16 ..... Jan-16

Biography:
Son of former Ireland rugby player, Paddy Johns.

Released by Southanpton in the summer of 2015, he was reported to have signed for Glentoran but spent the first half of the 2015/16 season with Bangor. He then joined Coleraine in January 2016.

More to follow.

UEFA
IrishFA

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
09-09-2014 Serbia H L 1-4 ECQ
still active

Irwyn McKibbin

Name: Irwyn McKibbin
Born:
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Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 5 Amateur Caps (1969-1973), Youth.
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Gold Cup Winner; City Cup Winner.

Club Career:
Teams....... --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- League FA Cup Europe Other
Cliftonville .................. Amateur
Derry City .................... Amateur
Linfield ................. 1972 Amateur
Carrick Rangers .......... 1975

Biography:
To follow.

LinfieldFC

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
27-09-1969 England. H L 1-4
15-04-1972 Wales... A W 3-0
15-05-1972 England. A W 2-1
06-10-1972 England. A L 1-2
07-04-1973 Wales... A D 1-1

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

Conor Brennan

Name: Conor Brennan
Born: 30 March 1994
Height:
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Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, 2 Under-19 Caps, 6 Under-17 Caps, 12 Under-16 Caps (2009-2010).

Club Career:
Teams .......... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League FACup FLCup Other
Ards ....................... Sep-07 Youth 0(0)/0
Dungannon Swifts 09/10 ..... Jun-09 ..... 0(0)/0 ............ 1(0)/0
Leicester City ............. Sep-10 ..... 0(0)/0
Kilmarnock ..... 14/15-15/16 Jun-13 .Free 4(3)/0 
Stranraer ...... 15/16 ..... Jul-15 .Loan 3(0)/0 ..... 2(0)/0 1(0)/0
Raith Rovers ... 16/17 ..... Aug-16 .Free
Notts County ............... Jul-17 Trial 0(0)/0
Ballymena United 17/18 ..... Jul-17 .Free
Greenock Morton. 17/18
Brechin City ... 18/19- date Jun-18 

Biography: 
Conor Brennan made his senior football debut as a 15 year-old, in a 1-0 Mid-Ulster Cup semi-final defeat by Glenavon in March 2010. At the time he was also a pupil at St. Colmcille's High School in Crossgar, Northern Ireland Schoolboy's regular number one and a former member of the County Down Milk Cup squad. Early in the following season he joined Leicester City, but he was released after three seasons.

Brennan joined Kilmarnock in 2013, becoming Kenny Shiels' final signing before his sacking. He spent his first season at Rugby Park in the Under-20 squad, appearing on the bench for the firstteam for the first time in February 2014. From the start of the following campaign he was a match-day regular, making his debut in October in a 2-0 win over Dundee United, coming on as a half-time for Craig Samson who had suffered a broken toe.

Having played for Northern Ireland at every age-group level, Brennan won his first Under-21 cap in August 2013 against Denmark, in a friendly at his old home ground in Dungannon which resulted in a 1-4 defeat. However, when he was substituted at half-time the scoreline was 1-1.

In order to gain more experience Brennan was loaned to Scottish League one side Stranraer at the start of the 2015/16 season, but he was recalled early as Kilmarnock suffered a goalkeeping injury crisis. At the end of the 2015/16 season Brennan was released by Killie.

To follow.

UEFA
Irish FA
Kilmarnock FC
Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
14-08-2013 Denmark H L 1-4 FR
09-09-2013 Belgium A L 0-1 ECQ
11-10-2013 Belgium H L 0-1 ECQ
15-10-2013 Serbia. A L 1-3 ECQ
14-11-2013 Italy.. A L 0-3 ECQ
19-11-2013 Cyprus. H W 1-0 ECQ
05-03-2014 Italy.. H L 0-2 ECQ
still active.

Sean McCann

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Born:
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Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Ireland: 4 Amateur Caps (1949-1951).
Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1947/48 ...

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Ballymena United	48/49	-	Amateur	*32/0	-	-
Glenavon	-	-50	Amateur	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£0		-	-	-

* all games

Biography:
To follow.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
05-02-1949 England. A W 1-0
16-03-1949 Scotland H D 2-2
04-02-1950 England. H L 1-3
19-05-1951 Scotland H L 0-1

Summary: 4/0. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 2.

Gerard Doherty

BBC

Name: Gerard Doherty
Born: 24 August 1981, Londonderry
Height: 6.02 ft (1.88 m)

Weight: 13.08 st (86 kg)
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Republic of Ireland: Youth; League of Ireland Representative (2011).
Club Honours: (with TNS) Welsh Premier League Champion 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07; Welsh Cup Winner 2004/05; League of Wales Cup Winner 2005/06; FAW Premier Cup Winner 2006/07; (with Derry) FAI Cup Winner 2012; League of Ireland Cup Winner 2008, 2011; League of Ireland First Division Winner 2010.

Awards: Airtricity/Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland Goalkeeper of the Year 2011.

Club Career: (to end of 2012)

Clubs.... --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe

Derry C. .98/99 .............. Youth ..5(0)/0

Derby Co. ........... Feb-99 £30,000 ..0(0)/0 

T.N.S. .. 01/02-07/08 Nov-01 ...Free 144(0)/0 ............. 8(0)/0

Barry T. .03/04 ............... Loan ..2(0)/0 

Derry C...2008 - date Jan-08 ....... 130(-)/0 ............. 4(0)/0

Biography:

A former Republic of Ireland youth cap, Ger Doherty was long talked-up as a potential international by his club-manager, Declan Devine. Michael O'Neill awarded Doherty his first Northern Ireland call-up for a February 2013 friendly in Malta.

More to follow.

Wikipedia

Welsh Premier League
Irish Times Soccer Stats

League of Ireland Representative Appearance Details:

30-07-2011 Manchester City FC L 0-3 DSC

31-07-2011 Celtic FC ........ L 0-5 DSC

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

Jim Watt

Name: William James Watt
Born: Garvagh
Died: 23 July 2006
Height:
Weight:
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1951).
Club Honours: (with Coleraine) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1952/53.

Club Career:
Coleraine

Biography:
Goalkeeper who lost both his place at Coleraine and Ireland Amateurs to Harry Gregg in the early-50s. He regained his place for the Bannsiders after Gregg moved on to greater things, and was in goal when they lost to Linfield in the 1953 Irish Cup final. He later lost his place to Wesley Ard.

A "larger than life character" Watt later served on Coleraine Borough Council and was involved in the running of the Milk Cup as well as the in the rescue of Coleraine from their financial woes in 2005.

Watt died in 2006 after a battle with cancer. A sports centre in his native Garvagh was named in his honour.

Milk Cup

More to follow.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
03-02-1951 England A L 3-6
15-08-1951 Gold Coat H W 5-2

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

Ross Glendinning

Born: Ross Glendinning

Born: 18 May 1993

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Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21 (2012-date), Youth, 7 Under-16 Schoolboy Caps (2009).
Club Honours: (with Ballymena) NIFL Cup Winner 2016/17.

Club Career:

Teams ......... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League FACup FLCup Europe Other

Greenisland .......................... Youth 

Linfield ...... 11/12- date Feb-12 Youth 69(-)/0

Ballyclare Com. 11/12 ..... Jul-11 .Loan 13(0)/0 .... 1(0)/0
Ballymena Utd . 16/17- date Jul-16 .Loan
Ballymena Utd . 17/18- date Jun-17

Biography:

Son of Mark, Ross Glendinning won Schoolboy caps while at Glengormley High School. He came through the ranks at Linfield, adding Under-17 caps to his collection. Having spent the first half of the 2011/12 season on loan at Ballyclare Comrades, Glendinning made his Linfield début towards the end of the season with a couple of substitute appearances against Cliftonville and Coleraine as the Blues regular 'keepers, Alan Blayney and Stuart Addis struggled with injury. 

With Blayney again injured, Glendinning's first senior club starts came early in the following campaign as B36 Torshavn were defeated on penalties in the UEFA Champions League preliminary round, however he returned to the bench when Blayney regained his fitness. Glendinning's club performances earned him elevation to the Northern Ireland Under-21 panel that travelled to Hungary for a friendly in August 2012 and he made his début from the bench.

Over the following few seasons Glendinning found himself battling for a starting place at Linfield against Jonny Tuffey, finally permanently displacing the Northern Ireland international during the 2014/15 season. For the 2015/16 season Glendinning was undisputed first choice for the Blues, but they club were suffering an uncharacteristic barren spell. He was injured in the weeks prior to the 2016 Irish Cup final and took a place on the bench for a 2-0 defeat by Glenavon as relative-rookie Gareth Deane was favoured. 

In the summer of 2016 David Healy signed Roy Carroll and Glendinning was sent on loan to Ballymena where he would once again vie with Alan Blayney for a starting place. Having seen off Blayney, Glendinning's move to Ballymena became permanent for the following season.

Irish FA
IFA Premiership
Linfield FC
UEFA

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
15-08-2012 Hungary A L 2-3 FR sub
10-09-2012 Denmark A L 0-3 ECQ
09-11-2012 England A L 0-2 FR sub
31-05-2013 Cyprus. A L 0-3 ECQ
14-08-2013 Denmark H L 1-4 FR sub 
still active.

Sam Cowan

Name: Samuel Cowan

Born:

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Weight:

Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1965).

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Linfield	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
TOTALS		£-		-	-	-

Biography:

As Linfield's back-up 'keeper through the mid-1960s, Sam Cowan had to play second fiddle to Iam McFaul. He enjoyed his best run in the team during the 1964/65 season, playing a total of nineteen games and earned selection for Amateur Ireland as stand-in for Distillery's Jack Kennedy.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

03-04-1965 Scotland H D 1-1

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

John Lillie

Name: John Lillie

Born:

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Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1936).

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Willowfield	-	-	Amateur	(Northern Amateur League)
Cliftonville	34/35-35/36	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Glentoran	36/37	1936	Amateur	*25/0	-	-
TOTALS		£0		-	-	-

* all games.

Biography:

"No safer pair of hands ever held a ball, and it will be an awkward shot indeed if Lillie does not take it as a matter of course and deal with it after the manner of a master."

Acclaimed for his coolness and anticipation, Lillie broke into the Cliftonville firstteam towards the end of the 1934/35 season and, although still comparatively young, established himself for the following campaign. He was rewarded with two Amateur caps as the season drew to a close.

Early in 1936/37 Lillie arrived at Glentoran who were suffering something of a goalkeeping crisis. Indeed, he was just one of four players who were tried between the sticks by the Glens as they slumped to a disappointing mid-table league position.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

15-02-1936 England. A L 0-5

22-04-1936 Scotland H L 3-5

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

With thanks to Jim Murphy for forwarding the photo and ISN article on which this profile is largely based.

Fred McCurry

Name: Frederick McCurry

Born: c.1914, Belfast

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Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Ireland: 7 Amateur Caps (1935-39), 2 Schoolboy Caps (1929-30); Irish League: 2 Caps (1938); R.U.C.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	Other
Agnes.Street.School	-	-	Youth	-	-
4th Belfast Boys’ Brigade Company			Youth	-	-
Cliftonville	33/34-??/??	1930	Amateur	-	-
R.U.C.	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS		£-		-	-

Biography:

As a youth Fred McCurry won two Schoolboy caps against Scotland and Wales while attending Agnes Street School. He also represented the Oldpark based 47th Company of the Boys' Brigade where he gained many admirers. In 1930 he joined Cliftonville, rising through the Strollers and Olympic sides before temporarily gaining his chance in the first eleven in 1934 due to the unavailability of Alfie Gardiner, and established himself in the firstteam the following season.

Initially criticised for his nervousness, McCurry quickly earned his spurs in Irish League football, "his handling is much more confident ... his anticipation is good, full of grit ... there is no situation he will not tackle." He earned a "fully merited" Amateur cap during his first season as a regular in senior football as Ireland proved they could "do a bit more than hold their own" in defeating Scotland at Ibrox Park.

McCurry lost his place in both the Cliftonville and Amateur Ireland teams to John Lillie during the 1935/36 season but, when Lillie left for Glentoran, McCurry quickly re-claimed both spots and held on to them through to the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1938 he played twice for the Irish League in a 3-1 win over the Eire League at Dalymount Park and an 8-2 defeat by the Football League at Windsor Park.

Throughout his time with Cliftonville, McCurry served in the RUC. He played in a number representative matches for them against club sides, other police forces and military representative teams. He became secretary of the RUC Athletic Association and was a key figure in their joining the Amateur League in 1956 and in the establishment of Newforge as a base for the team.

With his own playing days behind him, McCurry kept a close eye on the Irish League. However, in 1956 he lamented that the game had "gone back a lot this past few years. Players get more coaching than ever they did, and yet the football isn't any better. I think the trouble is that the natural ball player isn't allowed to play his own game." Perhaps proving that it was always better in the good old days!

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

17-04-1935 Scotland A W 3-2

13-02-1937 England. H W 5-1

21-04-1937 Scotland A L 0-3

19-02-1938 England. A D 1-1

13-04-1938 Scotland H W 2-1

18-02-1939 England. H L 0-1

19-04-1939 Scotland A D 1-1

Summary: 7/0. Won 3, Drew 2, Lost 2.

With thanks to Jim Murphy for supplying the phto and ISN articles on which this profile is largely based.

Lee Camp

Name: Lee Michael John Camp
Born: 22 August 1984, Derby (England)
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 11.11 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 9 Full Caps (2011-2012); England: 5 Under-21 Caps, 1 Under-20 Cap; Football League: Under-21 Representative (2006).
Awards: PFA Football League Championhip Team of the Year 2010.

Club Career:
Teams.........--Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Derby County..02/03-06/07 Jul-02 Youth .90(1)/0 4(0)/0 2(0)/0 2(0)/0
Burton Albion 02/03 ..... Jan-03 .Loan ..5(0)/0
QPR.......... 03/04 ..... Mar-04 .Loan .12(0)/0
Norwich City. 06/07 ..... Sep-06 .Loan ..3(0)/0
QPR.......... 06/07 ..... Feb-07 .Loan .11(0)/0
QPR.......... 07/08-08/09 Jul-07 £300k .50(0)/0 1(0)/0 2(0)/0
Nott'm Forest 08/09 ..... Oct-08..Loan .15(0)/0
Nott'm Forest 09/10-12/13 Jul-09 £100k 163(0)/0 7(0)/0 4(0)/0 6(0)/0
Norwich City. 12/13 ..... Jan-13..Free ..1(2)/0
West Brom ... 13/14 ..... Sep-13 .Free ..0(0)/0
Bournemouth . 13/14-14/15 Oct-13. Free .42(0)/0 3(0)/0 2(0)/0
Rotherham Utd 15/16-16/17 Aug-15 .Free .59(0)/0 1(0)/0
Cardiff City. 17/18 ..... Jun-17 .Free ..0(0)/0
Sunderland .. 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Loan .11(1)/0
Birmingham C. 18/19- date Aug-18 .Free

Biography:
A former England Under-21 goalkeeper, Lee Camp declared his interest in playing for Northern Ireland in September 2010 having become frustrated at his failure to break into the England senior squad. Eligible for Northern Ireland through his Belfast-born grandfather, the required FIFA clearance for changing countries was received the following February and he was called into the Northern Ireland squad for the first time for a Euro 2012 double-header against Serbia and Slovenia the following month. After much discussion as to whether he would go straight into the starting eleven, Nigel Worthington's decision was made easier as Maik Taylor withdrew from the squad due to an injury and Camp started in Belgrade.

Northern Ireland's regular number one through the last year of Nigel Worthington's management, Camp's position came under pressure when Roy Carroll returned to the squad. In September 2012, after finding himself relegated to the bench, he withdrew from the international squad for "personal reasons" and he has not returned since. His club career likewise suffered and in January 2013 he was released by new Forest manager Alex McLeish, moving on to Norwich City on a short-term deal.

Camp provided goalkeeping cover for the Canaries for the remainder of the 2012/13 season, making his Premier League debut as a substitute in a 1-1 draw at Sunderland following the sending-off of Mark Bunn. When Bunn returned from suspension and regular number one John Ruddy returned to fitness Camp found himself as third choice and his contract was not renewed at the end of the campaign.

Early in the following season he was given the opportunity to remain in the Premier League, again on a short-term contract, with West Brom who were suffering a goalkeeper shortage. He never made it beyond the bench at the Hawthorns and when the club's more established custodians returned to fitness Camp was allowed to go on loan to Bournemouth. After good form with the Cherries his deal was made permanent in the January 2014 transfer window. He played 13 time as Bournemouth claimed promotion to the Premier League for the first time, but having been displaced by Artur Boruc he was released early in that historic campaign and subsequently joined Rotherham.

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Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Cap details:

25-03-2011 Serbia....... A L 1-2 ECQ 
29-03-2011 Slovenia..... H D 0-0 ECQ 
10-08-2011 Faroe Islands H W 4-0 ECQ 
02-09-2011 Serbia....... H L 0-1 ECQ 
06-09-2011 Estonia...... A L 1-4 ECQ 
07-09-2011 Estonia...... H L 1-2 ECQ
29-02-2012 Norway....... H L 0-3 FR
02-06-2012 Netherlands.. A L 0-6 FR
15-08-2012 Finland...... H D 3-3 FR sub

Summary: 8(1)/0. Won 1, Drew 2, Lost 6.

Pictures by Roy Cathcart and @ourweecountry