Johnny Gorman

Name: Rory John Gorman
Born: 26 October 1992, Cheshire (ENG)
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 12.04 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 9 Full Caps (2010-2011), 6 Under-21 Caps (2011-2013), 3 Under-19 Caps / 1 Goal, 5 Under-17 Caps, 2 Under-16 Caps / 1 Goal; Republic of Ireland: Youth.
Club Honours: (with Barrow) Conference North Champion 2014/15.

Club Career:
Teams.......... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League FA Cup FL Cup Others
Manchester City .................. Youth
Manchester Utd.................... Youth
Wolverhampton W 11/12-12/13 ..2009 Youth 0(1)/0
Plymouth Argyle 12/13 ..... Aug-12 .Loan 1(1)/0 ...... 2(0)/1
Macclesfield ...12/13 ..... Jan-13 .Loan 0(1)/0 (Conference National) 
Cambridge Utd.. 12/13 ..... Mar-13 .Loan 0(2)/0 (Conference National)
Leyton Orient . 13/14 ..... Aug-13 .Free 0(2)/0 1(2)/0 0(1)/0 1(0)/0
Crewe Alexandra ........... Jul-14 Trial 0(0)/0
Southport ..... 14/15 ..... Aug-14 .Free 3(2)/1 (Conference National)
Barrow ........ 14/15 ..... Oct-14 .Free ...... (Conference North)
AFC Telford Utd 15/16 ..... Jun-15 .Free ...... (National League North)
Colwyn Bay .... 15/16 ......Feb-16 .Loan ...... (Northern Premier League)
Curzon Ashton.. 16/17 ......Aug-16 ..... ...... (National League North)
Ashton United.. 16/17  .....Dec-16 .Dual.. .... (Northern Premier League)

Atherton Col'es.16/17 ..... Feb-17 .Dual ...... (North West Counties Lge)

Northwich Vic...17/18 ..... Oct-17 .Dual ...... (North West Counties Lge)

Frome Town .....18/19- date Oct-18

Biography:
Johnny Gorman spent a year with Man City and six with Man United as a teenager before joining Wolves' academy. Although born in England, his mother was originally from Coleraine. His Irish lineage was originally taken advantage of by the FAI and he played for the Republic of Ireland at Under-16 level before he switched allegiances to Northern Ireland for whom he played at Under-16 and Under-17 level.

Called into the Northern Ireland squad that toured North and South America in 2010 despite having not yet made his firstteam debut for Wolves, and indeed played just half-an-hour of reserve team football, Gorman started both matches of the tour. He had had to take time off from studying for his A Levels to take part and at the age of just 17 years and 212 days he was the seventh youngest Northern Ireland debutant ever. Amazingly, just two months earlier he had played for Repton School in the ISFA Boodles Cup final defeat by Shrewsbury School.

Gorman retained his place in the senior squad for the August friendly against Montenegro having a month earlier starred for the Under-20s as they reached the Milk Cup final. He made his senior competitive debut as a late substitute in a Euro qualifier against Slovenia in September 2010. His continued inclusion in the Northern Ireland squad ahead of more experienced players for the remainder of Nigel Worthington's tenure as manager was questioned by many.

On 24th March 2012 Gorman made his Wolves senior debut, coming off the bench late on in a 2-1 Premier League defeat by Norwich. By the time of his first league appearance he had already been awarded nine full caps.

Gorman joined Plymouth on loan for the first half of the 2012/13 season, though the move was cut short in September as Wolves felt he was not getting sufficient first team experience. Later in the season he played on loan in the Conference National for Macclesfield and Cambridge United. With Wolves relegated from the Championship, Gorman was released in a mass clear-out.

After a successful trial Gorman joined Leyton Orient for the 2013/14 season. He failed to make an impact at Orient and was released after just seven appearances as the club earned promotion to the Championship via the play-offs. He dropped into non-league football, briefly featuring for Southport before helping Barrow to the 2014/15 Conference North title. He remained at that level (renamed National League North), signing for Telford in 2015.

IrishFA
Wolves Article
BBC News Report

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
26-05-2010 Turkey...... N L 0-2 FR
30-05-2010 Chile....... A L 0-1 FR
11-08-2010 Montenegro.. A L 0-2 FR. sub
03-09-2010 Slovenia.... A W 1-0 ECQ sub
17-11-2010 Morocco..... H D 1-1 FR 
25-03-2011 Serbia...... A L 1-2 ECQ
24-05-2011 Rep. Ireland A L 0-5 CNC
27-05-2011 Wales....... N L 0-2 CNC
11-10-2011 Italy....... A L 0-3 ECQ

Summary: 7(2)/0. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 7.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
15-11-2011 Serbia...... H L 0-2 ECQ
13-11-2012 England..... A L 0-2 FR. sub
14-08-2013 Denmark..... H L 1-4 FR. sub
11-10-2013 Belgium..... H L 0-1 ECQ sub
15-10-2013 Serbia...... A L 1-3 ECQ sub
19-11-2013 Cyprus...... H W 1-0 ECQ sub*

Summary: 1(5)/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 5.
* some sources credit Gorman with the goal in this match, officially it is recorded as an own goal.

Pictures courtesy of Roy Cathcart and Redneck Rich from the OWC Forum.

Robbie Weir

Name: Robert J. Weir

Born: 9 December 1988, Belfast

Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 B Cap (2009), Under-21, Youth.
Club Honours: (with Larne) Irish Cup Runner-Up 2004/05; (with Burton) Football League One Runner-Up 2015/16; Football League Two Champion 2014/15.
Awards: Ulster Young Footballer of the Year 2005.

Club Career:

Teams........ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other

Larne Youth

Larne........ 04/05 ..... c/s-04 Youth

Sunderland .............. May-05 Youth .0 (0)/0

York City.... 10/11 ..... Nov-10 .Loan .5 (0)/0 2(0)/0

Tranmere Rvrs 10/11 ..... Feb-11 .Loan 16 (2)/0

Tranmere Rvrs 11/12 ..... May-11 .Free 29(10)/3 1(0)/0 1(0)/0 2(1)/0
Burton Albion 12/13-15/16 May-12 .Free 153(7)/7 8(0)/0 8(1)/1 7(0)/1
Leyton Orient 16/17 ..... May-16 .Free
Chesterfield. 17/18- date Aug-17 .Free

Biography:
Robbie Weir scored his first Irish Premier League goal for Larne as a fifteen year-old in a 5-2 win over Crusaders in October 2004. By February he had agreed a move to England, Sunderland beating the likes of Fulham, Rangers and Stoke to his signature. He played his final game for Larne in their 2005 Irish Cup final defeat by Portadown.
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Weir made his senior debut in English football during a loan spell at Blue Square Bet Premier side, York City, where he played in the same team as Northern Ireland keeper, Michael Ingham. In February 2011 Weir then joined Tranmere on loan until the end of the season before making the deal permanent in May.

After a full season with Tranmere Weir moved on to Burton Albion and he helped them to successive promotions in 2015 and 2016 that saw them arrive in the Championship for the first time. However, he had lost his place in the starting eleven mid-way through the 2015/16 campaign and was released that summer. He then dropped down to League Two with Leyton Orient where he was immediately appointed captain.

More to follow.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:

Steve Robinson

Name: Stephen Robinson
Born: 10 December 1974, Lisburn
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.03 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 7 Full Caps (1997-2007), 4 B Caps / 1 Goal (1994-1998), 1 Under-21 Cap (1994), 2 Under-18 Caps / 1 Goal, 1 Under-16 Cap.
Club Honours: (with Bournemouth) Football League Trophy Runner-Up 1997/98; (with Luton) Football League One Champion 2004/05.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Lisburn Youth	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-
Tottenham H.	93/94-94/95	Jan-93	Youth	1 (1)/ 0	-	-	-
Leyton Orient	93/94	Mar-94	Loan	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Bournemouth	94/95-99/00	Oct-94	Free	228(13)/51	15(1)/5	14(0)/1	16(0)/3
Preston N.E.	00/01-01/02	May-00	£375k	6(18)/ 1	0(1)/0	3(1)/0	-
Bristol City	01/02	Mar-02	Loan	6 (0)/ 1	-	-	-
Luton Town	02/03-07/08	Jun-02	£50k	170(15)/ 9	15(0)/2	6(1)/1	4(0)/0
TOTALS	-	£425K		411(47)/62	30(2)/7	23(2)/2	20(0)/3

Biography:
In a ten-year international career Steve Robinson won just seven caps, scant reward for one of the most gifted midfield players appearing in the English lower-leagues.

Released by cash-strapped Luton in May 2008, attempts by Robinson to find a new club were scuppered by injury. He was appointed as the IFA's County Londonderry Performance Coach and then became assistant-manager of Northern Ireland's Under-19 side. In January 2012 he was appointed assistant-manager at his home-town club, Lisburn Distillery.

In February 2012 he was appointed as Northern Ireland's Under-21 team manager on a short-term basis. In October he was confirmed as manager of the Under-19 and Under-17 teams. A re-jig of the underage coaching set-ups saw him take charge of the Under-21 and Under-17 teams from April 2013. In early 2014 he stepped down from his role with the Under-21s to work within the IFA's Elite Development Programme. He retained his post as Under-17 manager and also took charge of the Under-16 Schoolboys side. In September 2014 he also joined-up with the senior set-up as coach.

Robinson (right) with Northern Ireland
assistant manager, Jimmy Nicholl

Robinson left the Irish FA's Elite Development Programme in February 2015 to take up the post of Motherwell assistant manager, he remained a part of Michael O'Neill's senior international backroom team. In September 2015 he was appointed joint-caretaker-manager at Motherwell along with Stephen Craigan. Shortly after returning from Euro 2016 he quit his Northern Ireland role and was appointed manager at Oldham Athletic, but was sacked the following January. A month later he re-joined to the staff at Motherwell and within a fortnight was appointed manager following the sacking of Mark McGhee.

More to follow.

Wikipedia
LutonFC

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
21-05-1997 Thailand.... A D 0-0 FR. sub
31-03-1999 Moldova..... A D 0-0 ECQ
29-05-1999 Rep. Ireland A W 1-0 FR
23-02-2000 Luxemburg... A W 3-1 FR. sub
26-04-2000 Hungary..... H L 0-1 FR. sub
03-09-2005 Azerbaijan.. H W 2-0 WCQ sub
21-11-2007 Spain....... A L 0-1 ECQ sub

Summary: 2(5)/0. Won 3, Drew 2, Lost 2.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
10-05-1994 England..... A L 2-4 FR sub
26-03-1996 Norway...... H W 3-0 FR sub
28-03-1997 Portugal.... H W 2-0 FR 1 goal
11-02-1998 Rep. Ireland A W 1-0 FR

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

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
22-03-1995 Romania..... H D 0-0 FR

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

Phil Mulryne

A great young hope for Northern Ireland football, early glimpses of Phil Mulryne were encouraging, the following years brought little but disappointment...

Name: Philip Patrick Stephen Mulryne
Born: 1 January 1978, Lisburn
Height: 5.08 ft
Weight: 10.11 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 27 Full Caps / 3 Goals (1997-2005), 1 B Cap / 1 Goal (1996), 5 Under-21 Caps / 1 Goal (1998-1999), 4 Under-18 Caps / 2 Goals, 1 Under-17 Cap; 1 Under-16 Cap, 7 Under-15 Caps / 1 Goal.
Club Honours: (with Manchester United) FA Youth Cup Winner 1994/95; (with Norwich City) Football League Division One Champion 2003/04.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Manchester Utd	97/98-98/99	-96	Youth	1 (0)/ 0	0(1)/0	3(0)/0	-
Norwich City	98/99-04/05	Mar-99	£500k	132(29)/18	5(2)/2	6(1)/0	3(0)/0
Cardiff City	05/06	Jul-05	Free	1 (3)/ 0	-	-	-
Ipswich Town	-	Aug-06	Guest	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Brighton & H.A.	-	Sep-06	Trial	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Legia Warsaw	-	Oct-06	Trial	0 (0)/ 0	(Polish Premier League)
Barnsley	-	Nov-06	Trial	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Leyton Orient	06/07	Feb-07	Free	1 (1)/ 0	-	-	-
AFC.Bournemouth	-	Jul-07	Trial	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
St Mirren	-	Aug-07	Trial	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Kings Lynn	07/08	Oct-07	Free	-	(Southern League)
Linfield	-	Jun-08	Trial	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£500k		135(33)/18	5(3)/2	9(1)/0	3(0)/0

Biography:

Phil Mulryne first came to the publics attention with a goal on his international debut as a nineteen-year-old, and he went on to star as captain in the early successes of Northern Ireland's Under-21 team. An FA Youth Cup winner with Manchester United, it was a combination of the presence of more illustrious contemporaries such as David Beckham and Paul Scholes, and a succession of injuries that limited Mulryne to just a handful of appearances at Old Trafford.

A move to Norwich City brought a little more luck (after further injury struggles), and a run in the Northern Ireland side under Sammy McIlroy. He helped Norwich City to promotion to the Premiership in 2004 under the leadership of Nigel Worthington (who was in the Northern Ireland side in which Mulryne made his debut), but a combination of poor form and continuing fitness problems led to his release after Norwich’s relegation.

Signed by Cardiff City after a brief trial in the summer of 2005, he was joined at Ninian Park by international colleague Jeff Whitley. In September 2005, while on international duty for a double-header against Azerbaijan and England, the Cardiff-duo broke curfew and were sent home by Lawrie Sanchez. Neither played for Northern Ireland again, although the door was left open by Lawrie Sanchez if a suitable apology was received. Mulryne failed to make an impact at Cardiff City, and was released at the end of his first season.

Mulryne then trained with Ipswich Town (playing for their reserves) and had trials with Brighton, Legia Warsaw and Barnsley. In early-February 2007, after over eight months without a club, Mulryne signed with Leyton Orient until the end of the season, making his debut in a 4-1 defeat by Brighton. As of the start of the 2007/08 season he was still without a club, though had been training back at Norwich to maintain his fitness. After a spell training with Yeovil he signed with Kings Lynn on 25 October but was released on 1 January 2008. In March 2008 he was training with Cliftonville. In late-June 2008 he joined Linfield on trial, but he wasn't offered a deal as Blues' boss David Jeffrey decided a midfielder wasn't a priority.

After a year off the football map, it was announced in July 2009 that Phil Mulryne would be entering the priesthood.

See also...
Flown From The Nest
Wikipedia
Irish FA Website

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
11/02/1997 Belgium............ H W 3-0 FR. sub 1 Goal
30/04/1997 Armenia............ A D 0-0 WCQ sub
21/05/1997 Thailand........... A D 0-0 FR
10/09/1997 Albania............ A L 0-1 WCQ sub
03/06/1998 Spain.............. A L 1-4 FR. sub
15/09/1998 Turkey............. A L 0-3 ECQ
10/10/1998 Finland............ H W 1-0 ECQ
27/04/1999 Canada............. H D 1-1 FR
16/08/2000 Yugoslavia......... H L 1-2 FR
07/10/2000 Denmark............ H D 1-1 WCQ sub
02/06/2001 Bulgaria........... H L 0-1 WCQ sub
06/06/2001 Czech Republic..... A L 1-3 WCQ 1 Goal
01/09/2001 Denmark............ A D 1-1 WCQ 1 Goal
05/09/2001 Iceland............ H W 3-0 WCQ
13/02/2002 Poland............. N L 1-4 FR
27/03/2002 Liechtenstein...... A D 0-0 FR
12/10/2002 Spain.............. A L 0-3 ECQ

(courtesy of Colin Beattie)

16/10/2002 Ukraine............ H D 0-0 ECQ
06/09/2003 Ukraine............ A D 0-0 ECQ sub
10/09/2003 Armenia............ H L 0-1 ECQ sub
31/03/2004 Estonia............ A W 1-0 FR
28/04/2004 Serbia & Montenegro H D 1-1 FR
30/05/2004 Barbados........... A D 1-1 FR
02/06/2004 St Kitts & Nevis... A W 2-0 FR. sub
06/06/2004 Trinidad & Tobago.. A W 3-0 FR
09/02/2005 Canada............. H L 0-1 FR. sub
17/08/2005 Malta.............. A D 1-1 FR. sub

Summary: 16(11)/3. Won 6, Drew 11, Lost 10.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
26-03-1996 Norway Olympic XI.. H W 3-0 FR. 1 Goal

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

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
21-04-1998 Switzerland........ H W 2-1 FR
20-05-1998 Scotland........... N D 1-1 MT 1 Goal
22-05-1998 Republic of Ireland A W 1-0 MT
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31-03-1999 Moldova............ A D 0-0 ECQ
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Summary: