Stuart Elliott

A modern footballing rarity, Stuart Elliott rose from the Irish League to establish himself in the international set-up and in the English and Scottish Leagues...
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Name: Stuart Elliott
Born: 23 July 1978, Belfast
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.09 st
Position: Winger/Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 38 Full Caps / 4 Goals (2000-2008), 1 B Cap (2003), 3 Under-21 Caps (1998-1999); Under-18 Schoolboy Caps.
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1998/99; Irish Cup Winner 1999/00; Irish League Cup Winner 1997/98, Runner-Up 1998/99; Gold Cup Winner 1998/99; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1998/99, 1999/00; Irish League Floodlit Cup Runner-Up 1996/97; (with Hull City) Football League Division Three Runner-Up 2003/04 (promoted); Football League One Runner-Up 2004/05 (promoted).
Awards: Hull City Player of the Year 2003, 2005; PFA League One Team of the Year 2005; League One Player of the Month Dec-2004

Club Career: 

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Dungoyne Boys	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	95/96-99/00	-	Youth	115 (41)/ 51	*	-	3(1)/0	-
Motherwell	00/01-01/02	Jul-00	£100,000	50 (20)/ 22	1(1)/1	2(1)/0	-	-
Hull City	02/03-07/08	Jul-02	£230,000	156 (37)/ 65	4(4)/1	6(3)/1	-	0(1)/1
Doncaster Rvrs	07/08	Jan-08	Loan	1  (9)/  0	-	-	-	-
Doncaster Rvrs	08/09	Aug-08	-	3  (6)/  0	-	0(1)/0	-	-
Grimsby Town	08/09	Jan-09	Loan	9  (2)/  2	-	-	-	-
Hamilton Acad.	09/10	Jan-10	Free	2  (3)/  0	1(1)/0	-	-	-
Stirling Albion	09/10	Feb-10	Loan	5  (2)/  1	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	12/13	Aug-12	Free	3  (2)/  0	-	1(0)/1	-	-
TOTALS	-	£330,000		344(122)/141	6(6)/2	9(5)/2	3(1)/0	0(1)/1

* all domestic games.

Seasonal League Statistics:
Glentoran
95/96 .0 (2)/ 0* (Irish Premier League)
96/97 .9 (9)/ 3*
97/98 26(11)/11*
98/99 32(18)/14*
99/00 48 (3)/23*
Motherwell
00/01 22(13)/12 (Scottish Premier League)
01/02 30 (7)/10
Hull City
02/03 30 (6)/12 (Football League Division Two)
03/04 42 (0)/14
04/05 35 (1)/27 (Football League One)
05/06 26(14)/ 7 (Football League Championship)
06/07 20(12)/ 5
07/08 .3 (4)/ 0
Doncaster Rovers
07/08 .1 (9)/ 0 (Football League One)
08/09 .3 (6)/ 0 (Football League Championship)
Grimsby Town
08/09 .9 (2)/ 2 (Football League Two)
Hamilton Academical
09/10 .2 (3)/ 0 (Scottish Premier League)
Stirling Albion
09/10 .5 (2)/ 1 (Scottish League Division Two)

Biography:
In August 2010 Stuart Elliott, a long-time Christian, quit football to devote his life to God. He was ordained as a pastor at the Living Hope Church in Hull in January 2011.

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IFA Premiership

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
02-09-2000 Malta............ H W 1-0 WCQ 
07-10-2000 Denmark.......... H D 1-1 WCQ 
11-10-2000 Iceland.......... A L 0-1 WCQ 
28-02-2001 Norway........... H L 0-4 FR. sub 
24-03-2001 Czech Republic... H L 0-1 WCQ 
28-03-2001 Bulgaria......... A L 3-4 WCQ 1 goal 
02-06-2001 Bulgaria......... H L 0-1 WCQ 
06-06-2001 Czech Republic... A L 1-3 WCQ 
01-09-2001 Denmark.......... A D 1-1 WCQ sub 
06-10-2001 Malta............ A W 1-0 WCQ 
13-02-2002 Poland........... N L 1-4 FR. sub 
27-03-2002 Liechtenstein.... A D 0-0 FR. sub 
17-04-2002 Spain............ H L 0-5 FR 
12-02-2003 Finland.......... H L 0-1 FR. sub 
29-03-2003 Armenia.......... A L 0-1 ECQ sub 
03-06-2003 Italy............ A L 0-2 FR. sub 
11-10-2003 Greece........... A L 0-1 ECQ 
02-06-2004 St Kitts & Nevis. A W 2-0 FR 
06-06-2004 Trinidad & Tobago A W 3-0 FR. 1 goal 
18-08-2004 Switzerland...... A D 0-0 FR 
04-09-2004 Poland........... H L 0-3 WCQ 
09-10-2004 Azerbaijan....... A D 0-0 WCQ 
13-10-2004 Austria.......... H D 3-3 WCQ sub 1 goal 
26-03-2005 England.......... A L 0-4 WCQ 
30-03-2005 Poland........... A L 0-1 WCQ sub 
04-06-2005 Germany.......... H L 1-4 FR 
17-08-2005 Malta............ A D 1-1 FR 
03-09-2005 Azerbaijan....... H W 2-0 WCQ 1 goal 
07-09-2005 England.......... H W 1-0 WCQ 
08-10-2005 Wales............ H L 2-3 WCQ 
12-10-2005 Austria.......... A L 0-2 WCQ sub 
15-11-2005 Portugal......... H D 1-1 FR 
01-03-2006 Estonia.......... H W 1-0 FR. sub 
16-08-2006 Finland.......... A W 2-1 FR 
02-09-2006 Iceland.......... H L 0-3 ECQ 
22-08-2007 Liechtenstein.... H W 3-1 ECQ sub 
08-09-2007 Latvia........... A L 0-1 ECQ 
26-03-2008 Georgia.......... H W 4-1 FR 

Summary: 26(12)/4. Won 10, Drew 8, Lost 20.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
20-05-2003 Scotland ........ A L 1-2 FR

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

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
09-10-1998 Finland.......... H D 1-1 ECQ
02-06-1999 Rep. of Ireland.. N L 0-1 PT sub
04-06-1999 Scotland ........ A D 1-1 PT 

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

Mark Caughey

After a meteoric rise in the Irish League that brought international recognition, Mark Caughey's dream move to full-time football brought a great deal of disappointment...

Name: Mark Caughey
Born: 27 August 1960, Belfast
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 12.09 st
Position: Winger

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Full Caps (1986), Junior, Youth Caps; Irish League: 1 Cap / 1 Goal (1986); British Police.
Club Honours: (with R.U.C.) Irish Intermediate Cup Winner 1984/85; 'B' Division Knockout Cup 1982/83, 1984/85; (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 1985/86; (with Bangor) Ulster Cup Winner 1991/92.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Others
Glentoran	-	-	Youth	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-	-
R.U.C.	-	-79	Amateur	-	(Irish League B Division)
Manchester C.	-	-	Trial	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-	-
Linfield	85/86	Jul-85	Amateur	25 (-)/ 5	-	-	2(0)/0	21(0)/11
Hibernian	86/87	Jun-86	-	5 (9)/ 0	-	1(0)/0	-	-
Burnley	86/87	Feb-87	Loan	8 (0)/ 0	-	-	-	1(0)/ 0
Hamilton Ac.	86/87-87/88	Mar-87	-	20 (1)/13	-	1(0)/0	-	-
Motherwell	87/88	Oct-87	-	9 (6)/ 0	-	-	-	-
Ards	88/89	c/s-88	-	/ 3	/0	/1	-	/ 6
Bangor	89/90-92/93	Aug-89	-	38 (5)/14	5(0)/1	4(0)/2	2(0)/0	29(3)/16
Glentoran	92/93-93/94	Oct-92	-	10 (3)/ 1	-	-	-	4(0)/ 2
Limavady.Utd	93/94-94/95	Nov-93	-	/ 5	(Irish League B Division)
Portstewart	-	Feb-95	Free	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS			-	115(24)/41	5(0)/1	6(0)/3	4(0)/0	54(3)/35

Biography:
Mark Caughey's emergence during the 1985/86 season, his first season in Irish League football, was so rapid that he earned a host of cross-channel admirers, and a place in Northern Ireland's World Cup squad. In fact, so determined were Hibernian to acquire the winger's signature that, when it seemed that an English club were set to snatch him, their chairman and manager flew out to the Northern Ireland training camp in Albuquerque, New Mexico to finalise the deal.

Caughey, a policeman by day, made his name with the RUC playing in the 'B' Division, before being snapped up by Linfield in the summer of 1985. During what would be his only season with the Windsor Park club he scored 16 times and picked up an Irish League winner's medal and Inter-League honours. He also won his first cap, in a World Cup warm-up match with France, in February, adding a second a month later against Denmark.

One of only two Irish League players (Jim Platt being the other), to make it into Northern Ireland squad for the Finals, Caughey did not feature in Mexico, but the 1986/87 season promised much, with full-time football in the Scottish Premier Division, and the prospect of further international honours. His Linfield exit had been controversial however, as an amateur they had not earned a fee from the move and felt somewhat miffed to lose one of their star players for nothing.

It was not to be, Caughey's time at Easter Road proved to be unhappy, with the pace of the Scottish game leaving him looking laboured. Consequently Caughey dropped out of Billy Bingham's thoughts, and found himself loaned to English Fourth Division side Burnley in February 1987 (in what is acknowledged as the clubs worst ever season). The following month he signed for Hamilton Academical, finally making the impression on the Scottish game which he had hoped for. However, his three goals in four starts could not save the club from relegation from the Premier Division.

Caughey continued to shine for the Accies in the First Division, his goal tally reaching double figures by Halloween, and he was snapped up by another Premier Division club, this time Motherwell. His time at Fir Park again proved unhappy, and, an own goal on his debut aside, the goalscoring touch deserted him.

In the 1988 close-season Caughey was allowed to return to the Irish League with Ards. A season later he joined Bangor, as the club embarked on the most successful period in it's history, Caughey having a penalty saved, setting one up and scoring another in the club's 3-1 Ulster Cup victory over Crusaders in September 1991. He left Clandeboye Park mid-way through the 1992/93 season, missing out on medals as Bangor claimed both the Irish League Cup and Irish Cup that season, to return to Glentoran where he had played as a youth. That season the Glens were dumped out of the Irish Cup at the semi-final stage by none other than Bangor.

After a trophy-less year at the Oval, Caughey finished his playing career with spells at Limavady United and Portstewart.

RUC FC Legend

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
26-02-1986 France. A D 0-0 FR sub
26-03-1986 Denmark H D 1-1 FR sub

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