Joey Jones

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Name: Joseph D. Jones
Born: 15 April 1994, Kingston (England)
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Position: Defender / Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19, 9 Under-17 Caps / 1 Goal, 2 Under-16 Caps.

Club Career:
Teams ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League FA Cup FL Cup Other
Sutton United ................. Youth
Arsenal ....................... Youth 0(0)/0
Leicester C. ............. 2010 Youth 0(0)/0 
Yeovil Town. 13/14 ..... Jun-13 .Free 0(0)/0
Brentford .............. c/s-13 Trial 
Woking ..... 13/14 ..... Jan-14 .Loan 6(6)/2 (Conference)
Woking ..... 14/15-17/18 Jul-14 .Free
Eastleigh .. 18/19- date Jun-18

Biography:
Capable across the back line or in midfield, but most at home at centre-back, Joey Jones spent time with Arsenal as a schoolboy before opting to sign youth forms with Leicester. He was released by the Foxes in the summer of 2013 without making a firstteam appearance but remained in the Championship with newly promoted Yeovil Town, signing after a successful trial spell. Having played only reserve-team football for the Glovers, he joined Conference side Woking mid-way through the 2013/14 season on a short-term loan deal.

Eligible for Northern Ireland thanks to his Ulster-born father, Dave, Jones was first capped as a fifteen-year-old at Schoolboy level. Although he retained ambitions of winning international recognition from his native-England, he continued through the Irish FA's youth teams, earning a first Under-21 cap in a friendly against Hungary in August 2012.

More to follow.

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IrishFA

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
15-08-2012 Hungary A L 2-3 FR
still active

Conor Brennan

Name: Conor Brennan
Born: 30 March 1994
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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.

Alex Bruce

Name: Alex Stephen Bruce
Born: 28 September 1984, Norwich (England)
Height: 5.09 ft (1.75 m)
Weight: 11.04 st (71.66 kg)
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Full Caps (2013-14); Republic of Ireland: 2 Full Caps, B, Under-21.
Club Honours: (with Hull) Football League Championship Runner-Up 2012/13 (promoted); FA Cup Runner-Up 2013/14.

Club Career:
Teams..... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Manchester United ........... Youth ..0(0)/0
Blackburn Rovers ............ Youth ..0(0)/0
Oldham Ath 04/05 ..... Dec-04 .Loan ..3(3)/0 1(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Birmingham 04/05-06/07 Jan-05 .Free ..3(3)/0 4(2)/0
Oldham Ath 04/05 ..... Jan-05 .Loan ..5(1)/0 1(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Sheff Wed..04/05 ..... Mar-05 .Loan ..8(1)/0 
Tranmere R 05/06 ..... Aug-05 .Loan .10(1)/0 ...... 0(1)/0
Ipswich T..06/07-09/10 Aug-06 .Free 112(3)/2 5(1)/1 6(0)/0
Leicester. 09/10 ..... Feb-10 .Loan ..2(1)/0 ............. 4(0)/0
Leeds Utd. 10/11-11/12 Aug-10 ...... 29(0)/1 2(0)/0 2(0)/0 
Hudd'field.11/12 ..... Nov-11 .Loan ..3(0)/0
Hull City .12/13-16/17 Jul-12 .Free 74(11)/1 7(1)/0 6(2)/0 2(1)/0
Wigan Ath. 16/17 ..... Jan-17 .Loan ..0(2)/0 
Bury ..... 17/18 ..... Aug-17 .Free ..2(0)/1 
Wigan Ath. 17/18- date Aug-17 .Free

Biography:

(courtesy of John Floyd)

Son of former Manchester United defender, Steve, Alex Bruce currently plays for Hull City where his father is manager.

A controversial selection for the Northern Ireland squad in October 2012, Bruce had previously rejected a Northern Ireland call-up, preferring instead to represent the Republic of Ireland. Having won two friendly caps for the south he became frustrated by his lack of opportunities and agreed a switch to the north with Nigel Worthington in the summer of 2011.

Northern Ireland Full Cap Details:
06-02-2013 Malta. A D 1-1 FR
05-03-2014 Cyprus A D 0-0 FR

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

Billy McKay

Name: William McKay
Born: 22 October 1988, Corby (England)
Height: 5.09 ft / 1.75 m
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Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (2013-date), 7 Under-21 Caps (2008-2010), Under-20, Under-18.
Honours: (with Inverness) Scottish League Cup Runner-Up 2013/14.
Awards: SPL Player of the Month November 2012; SPFL Player of the Month September 2013.

Club Career:
Teams .......... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- --League-- -FACup- FL Cup Other
Leicester City.. 07/08-08/09 ..2005 Youth ..0 (0)/ 0
Hinckley United. 07/08 ..... Jan-08 .Loan (Conference North)
Northampton Town 09/10-10/11 Jul-09 .Free .53(21)/13 .2(1)/1 5(0)/2 0(2)/0

Inverness C.T. . 11/12-14/15 Jul-11 .Free 110(11)/54 11(0)/6 9(0)/2
Wigan Athletic . 14/15- date Jan-15 £150k
Dundee United .. 15/16 ..... Aug-15 .Loan .28 (1)/12 .4(0)/1 2(0)/0
Oldham Athletic. 16/17 ..... Jul-16 .Loan
Inverness C.T. . 16/17 ..... Jan-17 .Loan
Ross County .... 17/18- date Jul-17 Undis

Seasonal Record:

Season	Club	TOTAL			League			FA Cup			League Cup			Other			Div
		St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl
09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 14/15 15/16 15/16 16/17	Northampton Northampton Inverness Inverness Inverness Inverness Wigan Ath. Wigan Ath. Dundee Utd Oldham Ath.	30 30 19 40 46 25 1 0 34 -	(13) (11) (5) (5) (0) (1) (8) (2) (1) -	8 8 3 27 22 10 0 0 13 -	29 24 17 33 38 22 1 0 28 -	(11) (10) (5) (5) (0) (1) (8) (1) (1) -	8 5 3 23 18 10 0 0 12 -	0 2 2 3 4 2 - - 4 -	(1) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) - - (0) -	0 1 0 3 3 0 - - 1 -	1 4 - 4 4 1 - 0 2 -	(0) (0) - (0) (0) (0) - (1) (0) -	0 2 - 1 1 0 - 0 0 -	0 0 - - - - - - - -	(1) (1) - - - - - - - -	0 0 - - - - - - - -	FL2 FL2 SPL SPL SPFLP SPFLP FLC FL1 SPFLP EFL1
TOTAL		225	(46)	91	192	(42)	79	17	(1)	8	16	(1)	4	0	(2)	0	-

Biography:
Young striker who came through the ranks at Leicester, impressing for their academy and reserve teams. Promoted to the Foxes' firstteam squad in April 2008 he never made a senior appearance and was released at the end of the 2008/09 season. He joined Northampton that summer after a successful trial and made his league debut on the opening day of the season, starting in a 0-0 home draw against Macclesfield. He scored his first goal in a 3-0 win after coming on as a substitute at Accrington Stanley on 18th August and became a regular starter and goalscorer from Christmas onwards. On 22nd September 2010 he scored against Liverpool at Anfield as Northampton won a Carling Cup tie on penalties. On his release by Northampton in the summer of 2011 he joined SPL side, Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Capped seven times at Under-21 level, he made his debut during a mini tournament in Ukraine in August 2008.

A rich vein of form early in the 2012/13 season saw McKay called up to the senior squad for the first time against Azerbaijan in November 2012, though he remained an unused sub. His goals for Inverness, including a winner against Celtic, earned him the SPL Player of the Month award for November. He earned his first cap as a substitute in a low-key friendly draw with Malta in February 2013. By mid-March he had become the first Northern Ireland player to score twenty goals in an SPL season.

McKay continued his good form into the 2013/14 season, claiming the September SPFL Player of the Month award. That season he aided Caley to their first major final, only to suffer the disappointment of seeing his penalty saved in a shoot-out defeat by Aberdeen in the League Cup. Mid-way through 2014/15, with his contract set to expire at the end of the campaign, Caley cashed in on McKay, selling him to Wigan for a fee of around £150,000.

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(Roy Cathcart)

Northern Ireland Full Cap Details:
06-02-2013 Malta..... A D 0-0 FR. sub
10-09-2013 Luxembourg A L 2-3 WCQ sub
11-10-2013 Azerbaijan A L 0-2 WCQ sub
still active.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
19-08-2008 Poland.... N L 0-1 MT. sub
20-08-2008 Ukraine... A L 1-4 MT
05-09-2008 Germany... A L 0-3 ECQ sub
08-09-2009 Iceland... H L 2-6 ECQ
13-10-2009 Iceland... A L 1-2 ECQ sub
02-03-2010 San Marino A W 3-0 ECQ
07-09-2010 Germany .. A L 0-3 ECQ

Summary: 4(3)/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 6.

Billy Kee

Name: Billy Rodney Kee
Born: 1 December 1990, Leicester (England)
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.04 st
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 10 Under-21 Caps / 3 Goals (2009-2012), 8 Under-19 Caps/ 4 Goals.
Awards: EFL League Two Player of Season 2017/18; EFL Team of the Season 2017/18; PFA League Two Team of the Year 2017/18; League Two Player of the Month Nov-2011.

Club Career:
Teams............. --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Leicester City ... 08/09-09/10 . 2006 Youth .0 (0)/ 0
Accrington Stanley 09/10 ..... Jul-09 .Loan 15(22)/ 9 1(2)/0 1(1)/0 2(0)/0
Torquay United ... 10/11-11/12 Jun-10 .Free 18 (6)/ 9 1(3)/1 1(0)/0 4(1)/0

Burton Albion .... 11/12-14/15 Aug-11 Undis 70(29)/39 4(3)/2 2(3)/1 3(3)/0
Scunthorpe United. 14/15 ..... Aug-14 Undis .0(12)/ 0 1(1)/0 ...... 0(2)/0 
Mansfield Town ... 14/15 ..... Jan-15 .Loan .8 (5)/ 2
Accrington Stanley 15/16- date Jun-15 .Free

Biography:
A young stocky striker, Billy Kee spent 2009/10 on loan at Accrington Stanley from Leicester City. He was part of the Northern Ireland side that claimed the 2009 Milk Cup Elite title and in September 2009, still just eighteen, he was called into the senior Northern Ireland squad. He was disappointed to be released by Leicester in May 2010 but quickly signed for Torquay United. In August 2011 he scored his first goals at  Under-21international level, a virtuoso hattrick against the Faroe Islands, so becoming the first Northern Ireland player to score three in a match at that level.  Early in the 2011/12 season Kee left Torquay for personal reasons. He move closer to "home" by joining Burton Albion for a fee believed to be around £20,000 and a startling run of goalscoring form saw him crowned Football League Young Player of the Month for October. In August 2014 he moved on to Scunthorpe for a fee believed to be around £250,000, earning Torquay a further £80,000 through a sell on clause. He failed to start a league game or score a goal for the Iron and joined Mansfield on a three-month loan deal mid-season.

Irish FA
Wikipedia
Accrington Stanley

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
04-09-2009 Czech Republic A L 0-2 ECQ
13-10-2009 Iceland....... A L 1-2 ECQ
13-11-2009 Germany....... H D 1-1 ECQ
17-11-2009 Czech Republic H L 1-2 ECQ
02-03-2010 San Marino.... A W 3-0 ECQ
17-11-2010 Scotland ..... A L 1-3 FR
10-08-2011 San Marino ... H W 4-0 ECQ 3 goals
02-09-2011 Serbia ....... A L 0-1 ECQ
07-09-2012 FYRo Macedonia H L 1-3 ECQ
10-09-2012 Denmark ...... A L 0-3 ECQ sub

Summary: 9(1)/3. Won 2, Drew 1, Lost 7.

Picture courtesy of Roy Cathcart

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.