Jackie McManus

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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.

Dundalk Who's Who

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

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

Player Transfers January 2016

2014/15 - 2015/16 -2016/17

- Club Appearances - Transfers (summer 2015 - January 2016) - Cups, Ups & Downs -

Northern Ireland players on the move...

Permanent Transfers
Rory Patterson (FC United to Derry City) BBC
Jonny Steele (ex-Minnesota United to Ottawa Fury) FuryFC
Philip Lowry (Derry City to Portadown) BBC
Shane Ferguson (Newcastle United to Millwall) BBC
Michael McLellan (H&W Welders to Linfield) BBC
Chris Johns (Bangor to Coleraine) CFC
Colin Nixon (Bangor to Larne) LFC
Ryan Brobbel (Whitby to TNS) Shropshire Star 

Loan Deals
Jeff Hughes (Cambridge to Tranmere) BBC
Ivan Sproule (Linfield to Ballinamallard) BBC
Robbie McDaid (Leeds to Lincoln) IrishFA
Luke Conlan (Burnley to Morecambe) Lancashire Evening Post
Chris Hegarty (Linfield to Dungannon) LFC
Lee Hodson (MK Dons to Kilmarnock) BBC

Pre-Contracts
Michael Gault (Portadown to Crusaders) BBC

Released
Jamie Sendles-White (Hamilton Academical) AcciesFC

Eddie Johnston

Name: Edward Johnston
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Position: Left-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 4 Amateur Caps (1958-1960).
Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Irish Cup Winner 1957/58, Runner-Up 1958/59.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Larne	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Ballymena United	57/58-60/61	-57	Amateur	*142/1	-	-
TOTALS	-	£0		-	-	-

* all games
Biography:
A left-back of tremendous ability...

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
27-09-1958 England. A L 2-6
17-01-1959 Wales... A W 4-3
21-02-1959 Scotland H D 0-0
25-04-1960 Scotland A L 0-2

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

Jim Burke

Name: James Burke
Born: 4 November 1939, Belfast
Position: Left-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1965); Junior, Youth.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Lower Shankill BC		-	Youth	-	-	-	-	-
Cliftonville	58/59	-	Amateur	*2/ 0	-	-	-	-
Minorca	-	-	Amateur	(Northern Amateur League)
Carrick Rangers	-	-	Amateur	(Irish League B Division)
Distillery	62/63-65/66	-	Amateur	*95/17	-	-	-	-
Dundalk	66/67-67/68	c/s-66	-	32/ 1	4/1	17/0	2(0)/0	14/1
Crusaders	68/69	c/s-68	-	*29/ 0	-	-	0(1)/0	-
Larne	68/69	-	-	*10/ 0	-	-	-	-
Ards	69/70-70/71	-	-	*83/22	-	-	1(0)/0	-
Carrick Rangers	-	-	-	(Irish League B Division)
Corinthian Casuals	-	-	-	(Isthmian League)
TOTALS	-	£-		351/40	-	-	3(1)/0	-

* all domestic games

Biography:
To follow.

Dundalk Who's Who

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
25-09-1965 England H L 0-2

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

Kris Lindsay

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Born: Dromore, 5 February 1984
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Position: Central Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-23 (2007-2008), 1 Under-21 Cap (2006), Under-19.
Club Honours: ... (with Glenavon) Irish Cup Winner 2013/14, 2015/16; NIFL Charity Shield Winner 2016.

Club Career:
Teams.... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- --League-- Europe 
Portadown 99/00-04/05 ...... Youth .?? (?)/1 .2(0)/0
Larne.... 05/06...... Jul-05 ...... 20 (0)/1
Linfield. 06/07-11/12 May-06 ...... 68(13)/5* 3(0)/0
Glenavon. 11/12 ..... Jan-11 .Loan ..1 (0)/0
Glenavon. 12/13- date May-12 .Free 
* All domestic games

Biography:
A big central defender, Kris Lindsay made his firstteam debut for Portadown just days after his sixteenth birthday in a Mid Ulster Cup game against Armagh City in February 2000. He had to wait over a year for his first Irish League appearance as he came on as a substitute in a 3-3 derby game against Glenavon in May 2001.

A regular in the Northern Ireland Under-19 then Under-21 squads throughout his time at Shamrock Park, Lindsay never established himself in the Ports' first eleven and he left for Larne in search of regular football. At Inver Park he developed quickly, his maturity earning him the club captaincy and, after several years on the fringe of the squad, an Under-21 cap during a tour of Israel.

In the summer of 2006 Lindsay was hot property and it seemed he would return to Portadown as Ronnie McFall tried to rectify his earlier mistake. Instead, Lindsay joined Linfield where he had to serve a lengthy apprenticeship with the Swifts. He has also suffered with injuries since arriving at Windsor Park, but was included in David Jeffrey's Under-23 squad for Northern Ireland's entry into the inaugural International Challenge Trophy.

Lindsay joined Glenavon on loan in January 2011 as he attempted to prove his fitness. Unable to convince Linfield of his fitness, he made the Glenavon move permanent that summer. In June 2017 he became player/first team coach.

More to follow.

NIFL Premiership

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
08-02-2006 Israel A W 1-0 FR


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

Conor Devlin

Name: Conor Devlin
Born: 23 September 1991, Belfast
Height: 6.02 ft
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Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 11 Under-21 (2010-2012), 15 Under-19 Caps, 13 Under-17 Caps, 20 Under-16 Schoolboy Caps (2006-2007).
Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish League Champion 2012/13, 2013/14; Irish Cup Runner-Up 2012/13; Irish League Cup Winner 2012/13, 2013/14, 2015/16; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2014/15; NIFL Charity Shield Winner 2014.
Awards: NIFWA Young Player of the Year 2013.

Club Career:
Teams ........ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
St Mary's Boys Club ............. Youth
Manchester Utd ............. 2007 Youth ..0(0)/0
Aston Villa .. 08/09 ..... Dec-08 .Loan ..0(0)/0
Hartlepool Utd 10/11 ..... Sep-10 .Loan ..0(0)/0
AFC Bournemouth .......... May-11 Trial ..0(0)/0
Hull City ................ Jul-11 Trial ..0(0)/0
Brentford .... 11/12 ..... Nov-11 .Free ..0(0)/0
Shamrock Rovers .......... Feb-12 Trial ..0(0)/0
Cliftonville...12/13-15/16 May-12 .Free 110(0)/0 ............. 4(0)/0
Larne ........ 17/18- date Sep-17 .Free

Biography:
Released by Manchester United in June 2011.

Joined Brentford on a one-month contract as goalkeeping cover in November 2011. He left when the deal expired having been an unused substitute on four occasions.

Devlin joined Cliftonville for the 2012/13 season, helping them to the Irn Bru League Cup and Danske Premiership and being named Young Player of the Year.

Early in the 2013/14 season Devlin was invited to train with the senior Northern Ireland team and received his first official call-up for matches against Portugal and Luxembourg for which he took a place on the bench.

More to follow.

IrishFA Bio

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
07-09-2010 Germany...... A L 0-3 ECQ

09-02-2011 Wales........ A L 0-2 FR

31-05-2011 Faroe Islands A 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 Denmark...... H L 0-3 ECQ
15-11-2011 Serbia....... H L 0-2 ECQ
10-05-2012 FYR Macedonia A L 0-1 ECQ
15-08-2012 Hungary...... A L 2-3 FR
07-09-2012 FYR Macedonia H L 1-3 ECQ
13-11-2012 England...... A L 0-2 FR

Summary: 11/0. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 9.

Picture by Roy Cathcart.

Alex Connell

Name: Alexander Connell
Born: c.1910, Belfast
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Position: Half-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 6 Amateur Caps (1934-1938).
Club Honours:

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
53rd Old Boys	27/28	-	Amateur	(Amateur League)
Brantwood	28/29	-1928	Amateur	(Intermediate League)
Larne.Olympic	28/29-29/30	-1928	Amateur	-	-	-
Ballycarry	29/30	-1929	Amateur	-	-	-
Larne	29/30-30/31	-1930	Amateur	-	-	-
Ards	31/32-32/33	-1931	Amateur	-	-	-
Glenavon	33/34-34/35	-1933	Amateur	-	-	-
Ballymena.United	35/36-37/38	-1935	Amateur	*42/2	-	-
TOTALS	-	£		-	-	-

* all games

Biography:
A Shore Road lad, Alex Connell was a clever player "who can play with his head as well as with his feet" and was capable as either a right or left half-back, positions he regularly fulfilled both at club and international level.

As a teenager Connell helped 53rd Old Boys to runners-up spot in the Amateur League in the 1927/28 season. He then played a single game for Brantwood at the start of the following season before joining Larne Olympic where he played regularly through to September 1929 when he was truck down by a serious illness. Advised to quit the game altogether, Connell "had the taste" for the game, and by Christmas was back and "treading the turf" with Ballycarry. His form recovered, he was persuaded back to Larne and towards the end of the 1929/30 season he was introduced to senior football and in the following campaign he "rarely had a Saturday off."

After becoming unsettled at Larne, Connell took his enthusiasm to Ards. At Castlereagh Park he started out in his favoured right-half position, but after a few games moved over to the other side with immediate success. He "gave entire satisfaction" to the Ards management and supporters, and was not once absent from the team throughout the campaign. Already a "successful career" was being predicted for Connell, but it was not until he had joined Glenavon that he claimed his first major representative honours, playing three time for Amateur Ireland while on the books at Mourneview. He retained his place in the amateur international set-up while with Ballymena United, taking his cap total to six.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
25-04-1934 Scotland H W 4-1
16-02-1935 England. H L 2-4
17-04-1935 Scotland A W 3-2
15-02-1936 England. A L 0-5
22-04-1936 Scotland H L 3-5
13-04-1938 Scotland H W 2-1

Summary: 6/0. Won 3, Drew 0, Lost 3.

From details contained in an ISN profile kindly supplied by Jim Murphy.