Kevin Ramsey

Name: Kevin Ramsey
Born: 18 September 1984, Londonderry
Height: 6.00 ft
Weight: 12.13 st
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (2006); Under-19.
Club Honours: (with Limavady) North West Cup Winner 2004/05; (with Institute) IFA Intermediate League First Division Champion 2006/07; Intermediate League Cup Winner 2006/07.

Club Career:
Teams .......... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup -Other-
Trojans ........................... Youth
Celtic............................. Youth .0(0)/ 0
Ballymena United 03/04 ..... c/s-03 .Free .4(1)/ 0 ...... 2(1)/2 .0(1)/0
Limavady United. 03/04-04/05 Jan-04 ..... ??(?)/20 .............. ?(?)/3
Institute....... 05/06-06/07 c/s-05 ..... 27(3)/11 1(0)/0 5(1)/8 11(0)/3
Finn Harps...... 2007 - 2008 Jul-07 .Free
Institute....... 08/09- date Sep-08 .Free

Biography:
Kevin Ramsey won a single Northern Ireland Under-21 cap when he played in the first half of a 1-0 win over Scotland at his home ground, Drumahoe, in May 2006.

A former Celtic youth team player, Ramsey returned to Northern Ireland in 2003 when he joined Ballymena United. Big things were expected from the teenager but, although given an early chance, he stayed only briefly at Warden Street before moving closer to home to play with Limavady. In 2004/05, his only full season with the Roesiders, Ramsey scored twenty goals and claimed a North West Cup winner's medal following a 2-0 final win over Institute.

Ramsey moved on to Stute that summer and although he managed a respectable tally of seven goals in 21 games, the club were relegated from the Premier League. He remained at Drumahoe for the following season firing home a total of 15 goals as an immediate return to the top-flight was secured. He also claimed five goals when coming from the bench as Stute came from behind to win 7-2 in a Carnegie Intermediate League Cup match against Queen's. Dundela were defeated 2-1 in the final at Dungannon.

In July 2007 Ramsey joined Finn Harps. He suffered an early set-back as he suffered a fourth broken ankle in two years and he never really hit form during eighteen months at Finn Park. A return to Institute in January 2009 saw a return to form as he managed eleven goals in the second half of the 2009/09 season. In May 2010 Ramsey missed a penalty in the promotion/relegation play-off against Donegal Celtic as Stute lost 1-0 on aggregate to go down.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
16-05-2006 Scotland H W 1-0 FR

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

Tom McLean

Name: Thomas McLean
Died:
Born:
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Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1885); County Londonderry: 1 appearance (1889).
Club Honours: (with Limavady) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1884/85, 1885/86; North West Cup Winner 1886/87, 1887/88 (also Cricket Cup winner).

Clubs:
Alexander/Limavady 1882/83-1888/89

Biography:
Originally a cricketer with the Alexander Cricket Club, Tom McLean took to football with Alexander for the 1882/83 with some success. He played for Limavady in two Irish Cup Finals, 3-0 and 1-0 defeats by Distillery in 1885 and 1886. In total he scored thirteen Irish Cup goals, including a hattrick against Kilrea during the 1886/87 season.

In 1885 McLean played for Ireland against Scotland in March 1885 in the same forward-line as Limavady teammate, Joe Sherrard. Having spent the first-half on the back-foot the Irish found themselves 4-0 down at the break. In the second-half however the Irish rallied and made two dents in the Hampden net, though the Scots still finished 8-2 winners.

Ireland Cap Details:
14-03-1885 Scotland A L 2-8 BC

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

Additional information and photo by George Glass.

Gerry Mullan

Name: Gerard Mullan
Born: Limavady
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Weight:
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Full Caps (1983); Irish League: 5 Caps / 1 Goal (1980-1987).
Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Ulster Cup Winner 1980/81, Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1979/80; (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1987/88; Irish Cup Winner 1982/83, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88; Gold Cup Winner 1986/87; Ulster Cup Winner 1982/83, 1983/84; Co. Antrim Chalice 1987/88.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	FL.Cup	Europe	Other
Newtowne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coolagh Celtic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Limavady U.	-	-	-	(Irish League 'B' Division)
Ballymena.U.	78/79-80/81	-	-	*80 (-)/ 27	-	-	2(0)/0	-
Everton	80/81-81/82	Oct-80	£40k	0 (0)/  0	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	81/82-87/88	Nov-81	£30k	*237(36)/107	-	-	7(2)/2	-
Coleraine	88/89-90/91	Jul-88	Swap	* / 30	-	-	-	-
Roe Valley	-	Sep-90	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£70k		/164	-	-	9(2)/2	-

* all domestic games.

Biography:
Limavady-born Gerry Mullan rose through a number of local teams before making it into the Irish League with Ballymena United. With Ballymena he claimed a Co. Antrim Shield winner’s medal, scoring twice on the way to a penalty shoot-out Final win over Crusaders, and an Ulster Cup medal. He scored 28 goals in a little-over two seasons with the Braidmen before earning a move to Everton in October 1980.

He failed to make an impact at Goodison Park, a change of manager in May 1981 not helping Mullan’s cause. He returned the Irish League with Glentoran without making a firstteam appearance for Everton in November 1981. So convinced was Glens-boss Ronnie McFall that Mullan still had plenty to offer that an Irish League-record fee of £30,000 exchanged hands.

Within days of his arrival at Glentoran Mullan was in the Northern Ireland squad. He was an unused substitute for the crunch World Cup qualifier against Israel on 18 November 1981 – Gerry Armstrong’s first-half strike was enough to take Northern Ireland to España ’82. Mullan’s hopes of making the squad for the Finals were dealt a blow as he took time to settle at the Oval, with club-mates Jim Cleary and Johnny Jameson preferred for Billy Bingham’s Finals twenty-two.

Mullan began to show his form-of-old in 1982/83. He scored seventeen goals in all competitions and claimed Ulster Cup and Irish Cup winner’s medals. In the Irish Cup he began a terrific sequence, for while Linfield had a stranglehold on the Gibson Cup, Glentoran won the Irish Cup five times in six seasons with Mullan scoring the opener in the 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1987 Finals.

Billy Bingham was also watching Mullan’s form. He finally made his Northern Ireland debut, as substitute for Noel Brotherston, in a 1-0 European Championship Qualifier win over Albania in May 1983. He then started each game in that season’s British Championship, though he never produced the goal threat expected at international level.

Perhaps Mullan’s most remembered performance for Glentoran was against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes in September 1983 when he scored to give the Glens a half-time lead and real hope that they could overcome a 2-1 deficit from the first leg. Alas it was not to be as PSG scored twice in the second half to claim a 4-2 aggregate win.

1987/88 brought Mullan his best ever season in front of goal. He struck the net 27 times, including four hattricks, as Glentoran finally broke Linfield’s run of six consecutive titles. Added to that was another Irish Cup success, though it was a disappointing day for Mullan personally as he was substituted without scoring his customary Final goal – only a last minute Jim Cleary penalty gave Glentoran a 1-0 win over Glenavon. He played his last game for Glentoran in the Co. Antrim Chalice Final against Ballymena, signing-off in style with a hattrick in a 4-2 win.

In the summer of 1988 Mullan made a surprise transfer to Coleraine in an exchange deal that took Billy Totten to the Oval. He spent two seasons providing regular goals for the Bannsiders, but despite some spirited League campaigns, never looked likely to add to his medal haul.

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
27-04-1983 Albania. H W 1-0 ECQ sub
24-05-1983 Scotland A D 0-0 BC
28-05-1983 England. H D 0-0 BC
31-05-1983 Wales... H L 0-1 BC

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

Orr Devine

A star of the earliest days of football in Limavady, Orr Devine played in two Irish Cup Finals and four international matches, finishing on the winning side just once...

Name: Alexander Orr* Devine
Born: c.1860, Limavady
Died: c. December 1937, Glasgow (age 77)
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Position: Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 4 Full Caps (1886-1888); County Londonderry: 2 appearances (1888, 1889).
Club Honours: (with Limavady) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1884/85, 1885/86; North West Cup Winner 1887, 1888, 1890.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	FA Cup	Other
Limavady Wanderers	1882/83-1883/84	-1882	Amateur	-	-
Limavady	1884/85-1889/90	-1884	Amateur	-	-
TOTALS		£0		-	-

Biography:
Orr Devine played full-back for Limavady in consecutive Irish Cup Final defeats by Distillery in 1885 and 1886. In the latter of those two defeats Distillery supporters invaded the pitch and the Cup was actually withheld and the Distillery players went to court in order to receive their medals.

In 1886 Devine was also part of the Limavady team which toured England, and famously defeated Everton 1-0, an appearance which meant they had played at Anfield before Liverpool did!

Capped four times by Ireland, a Limavady club record, Devine most significantly starred in their first ever win, 4-1 against Wales in 1887.

Devine, who played a total of eight seasons, firstly with Limavady Wanderers (1882-1884) and then Limavady (1884-1890). All his games were played in the Irish Cup, North West Cup, Belfast Charities Cup or in friendlies.

By the turn of the century, Devine had left his native Limavady behind. On his death, at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow in 1937, he was described as "one of the most outstanding players of his time [who] brought honour to his native town in the sporting world."

Ireland Cap Details:
13-03-1886 England. H L 1- 6 BC
20-03-1886 Scotland H L 2- 7 BC

12-03-1887 Wales... H W 4- 1 BC
03-03-1888 Wales... A L 0-11 BC


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

Additional information by George Glass and Cris Freddi.

* possibly short for Oliver

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.