Wesley Ard

Name: Wesley Ard
Born: Belfast
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 11.07 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Amateur Caps (1954-1955).
Club Honours:

Club Career:
Teams
Coleraine
Bangor

Biography:
To follow.

(Northern) Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
10-04-1954 Scotland A D 0-0
18-09-1954 England. A L 0-5
22-01-1955 Wales... A W 2-1
12-02-1955 Scotland H W 2-1

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

Isaac Andrews

Name: Isaac Andrews
Born: c.1943, Belfast
Height: 5.07 ft
Weight: 10.07 st
Position: Right-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 6 Amateur Caps (1961-1963); Irish League: 3 Caps (1962-1969).
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish league Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1962/63, 1969/70, Runner-Up 1967/68; Gold Cup Winner; City Cup Winner; Ulster Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1961/62, 1962/63, 1965/66, 1966/67; North-South Cup Winner 1961/62.

Club Career:
Teams............ --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- Domestic Europe
Manchester United .................... Trial
Distillery .................... 1959 Amateur
Linfield ...................... 1960 Amateur ........ 15(2)/0
Glenavon

Biography:
"Wee Isaac" Andrews, a Shankill Road man, was briefly a "Busby Babe" while a teenager. On returning to Northern Ireland he joined Distillery and a year later signed for Linfield as an amateur. He made his Blues debut as seventeen year-old against Ballymena and quickly earned a reputation as a tenacious tackler, indeed he was once called "the Billy Bremner of Ulster". Another fan was Northern Ireland manager, Peter Doherty who said of Andrews: "He is my type of footballer. He has speed, guile, positional sense and tackles strongly."

Andrews really established himself during Linfield's 1961/62 "Seven Trophy" season, playing 18 times and claiming winner's medals in the Irish League, North-South Cup, Co. Antrim Shield. In the decade that followed he collected those medals that had eluded him during that historic campaign. Representative honours came his way in the form of Amateur caps and Irish League appearances.

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Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
30-09-1961 England. H L 0-3
13-01-1962 Wales... H W 3-1
17-02-1962 Scotland A D 0-0
29-09-1962 England. A L 2-3
12-01-1963 Wales... A W 2-0
10-05-1963 Scotland H W 5-2

Summary: 6/0. Won 3, Drew 2, Lost 1.

Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
31-10-1962 Football League.. A L 1-3
27-11-1968 Football League.. H L 0-1
09-04-1969 League of Ireland H L 1-2

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

David Armstrong

Name: David Armstrong
Born: 23 January 1987, Lisburn
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 11.02 st
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (2007), Under-19, Under-17.
Club Honours: (with Linfield) IFA Premiership Champion ...

Club Career:
Teams....... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
Lisburn Youth ................. Youth
Hearts ................  c/s-03 Youth .0(0)/ 0
Crusaders .. 04/05 ..... Dec-04 
Hearts ..... 04/05-09/10 ............. 0(0)/ 0
Cowdenbeath. 06/07 ..... Mar-07 .Loan 10(0)/ 0
Cowdenbeath. 07/08 ......Aug-07 .Loan 13(0)/ 0 1(0)/0 2(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Raith Rovers 08/09 ..... Sep-08 .Loan .0(1)/ 0
Raith Rovers 09/10 ..... Mar-10 .Loan .7(1)/ 1
Linfield ... 10/11-12/13 Aug-10 .Free 43(2)/ 3 1(2)/0 4(0)/0 4(1)/0 5(1)/2
Ards ....... 13/14 ..... Aug-13 .Free 22(0)/ 2
Dungannon S. 14/15 ..... May-14 .Free

Biography:
Son of ex-Distillery player, Winston ...

Linfield made Armstrong available for transfer in May 2013 despite him having two years remaining on his contract. His contract was cancelled by mutual consent on the eve of the 2013/14 season.

More to follow.

NIFL Premiership

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
06-02-2007 Wales... H L 0-4 FR

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

Curtis Allen

Name: Curtis Allen
Born: 22 February 1988, Belfast
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (2009), Under-19.
Club Honours: (with Linfield) IFA Premiership Champion 2009/10, 2010/11; (with Coleraine) Irish League Cup Runner-Up 2011/12; (with Glentoran) Irish Cup Winner 2014/15; NIFL Charity Shield Winner 2015.

Club Career:
Teams............. --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League-- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
Holywood Boys ....................... Youth
Dungoyne ............................ Youth
St. Andrews BC ...................... Youth
Bournemouth ......................... Youth .0 (0)/ 0
Leyton ........... 06/07 ..... Jan-07 .Loan 15 (-)/ 5 (Isthmian League)
Lisburn Distillery 07/08-08/09 Sep-07 .Free 37 (-)/19 ....................... */9
Linfield.......... 09/10-10/11 Jul-09 .Free 32(12)/20 4(3)/2 5(0)/1 0(3)/0 5(5)/4
Coleraine ........ 11/12-12/13 May-11 .Free 72 (2)/37 5(0)/4 6(0)/1 ...... 0(1)/0
Inverness C.T. ... 13/14 ..... Jun-13 ...... 0 (0)/ 0 
Glentoran ........ 13/14- date Jan-14 .Free 
* all cup games

Biography:
To follow.

NIFL Premiership
Wikipedia


Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
31-03-2009 Ukraine A D 1-1 FR

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

Jim Anderson

Name:	James Henry Anderson
Born:	21 June 1901, Ballymenoch, Castlereagh, Belfast
Died:	17 April 1966, Belfast
Position:	Half-Back
Representative Honours:	Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1924); Irish League: 1 Cap (1924).

Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish Cup Winner 1924/25; Gold Cup Winner 1924/25, Runner-Up 1923/24; Co. Antrim Shield Runner-Up 1920/21, 1921/22, 1923/24; (with Glentoran) Charity Cup Winner 1928/29 (shared).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	War-Time
Castlereagh	-	-	-	-	-	-
Distillery	20/21-27/28	Jan-21	-	*211/24	*	*
Glentoran	28/29	1928	-	* 11/ 0	*	*
Dundela	29/30-32/33	May-29	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	-		222/24	-	-

* All domestic games.

Biography:
A boiler maker in the Belfast Ship Yard by day, Jim Anderson was the scorer of Distillery's first goal at their new York Park ground on 2nd September 1922 in a 1-0 in over Glentoran. Signed by the Whites from Castlereagh, he made his debut on 29th January 1921 and was an ever-present in the following campaign. In total he played 211 games for Distillery, mainly at left-half though also appeared once as goalkeeper, and won Irish Cup and Gold Cup winner's medals in 1924/25.

The 1924/25 campaign also saw Anderson claim his only major representative honours, featuring for Ireland against South Africa and in an inter-league match against the Football League. He played his final match for Distillery on 18th May 1928 before going on to sign for Glentoran. He spent just a season at the Oval and was far from a regular though he did play in the Charity Cup Final, a 3-3 draw with ex-club Distillery.

Ireland Full Cap Details:

1

24-09-1924

South Africa

H

L

1-2

FR

(23 years, 95 days)

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

Irish League Match Details:

1

11-10-1924

Football League

H

L

0-5

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

All details and picture supplied by George Glass.

Paul Agnew

Name: Paul Agnew
Born: 15 August 1965, Lisburn
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 10.07 st
Position: Left-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-23 Cap (1990), 11 Youth Caps, Schoolboy Caps.
Club Honours: (with Grimsby) Football League Division Four Runner-Up 1989/90.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons		Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Lisburn Youths			-	Youth	-	-	-	-
Coventry City		-	-	Trial	0 (0)/0	-	-	-
Manchester United		-	-	Trial	0 (0)/0	-	-	-
Bolton Wanderers		-	-80	Youth	0 (0)/0	-	-	-
Cliftonville		82/83-83/84	Aug-82	Youth	-	-	-	-
Grimsby Town		83/84-94/95	Feb-84	£4k	219(23)/3	23(1)/0	17(1)/0	12(2)/0
West.Bromwich.Alb.		94/95-96/97	Feb-95	£65k	38 (1)/1	0(1)/0	1(0)/0	-
Ilkeston Town		97/98	Aug-97	Free	-	(Southern League)
Swansea City		97/98	Sep-97	Free	7 (0)/0	-	-	-
Wisbech Town		-	Nov-97	Free	-	(Southern League)
Racing Club Warwick		-	Feb-99	Free	-	(Southern League)
TOTALS		-	£69k		264(24)/4	23(2)/0	18(1)/0	12(2)/0

Biography:
Raised on a farm near Moira, Paul “Aggy” Agnew impressed on the football field from a young age. He attracted the attentions of a number of English clubs before signing associate schoolboy forms with Bolton and earning schoolboy caps as a contemporary of the likes of Norman Whiteside and Alan McDonald. Back in the Irish League with Cliftonville, Agnew continued to impress with Northern Ireland’s youth team and earned the attentions of Chris Nicholl, then assistant manager at Grimsby Town. He arrived at Blundell Park in November 1983 for a trial, signing as a professional the following February. He remained with the Mariners for over a decade.

Although his early seasons with Grimsby were stifled by a succession of niggling injuries, Agnew found himself usefully employed at both left-back and centre-back. Although he scored only three goals for Grimsby, Agnew is fondly remembered for his equalising strike against Scunthorpe during the 1989/90 campaign that saw promotion from the Fourth Division. At the end of that season he was rewarded with an Under-23 cap, coming of the bench for Linfield’s Noel Bailie in a 3-2 defeat by the Republic of Ireland at Shamrock Rovers, Portadown. That same month he played for a “full” Northern Ireland side that faced Spurs in Danny Blanchflower’s testimonial. In April 1993 he was called into the Northern Ireland squad that travelled to face Spain as stand-in for Steve Morrow who had been injured in the celebrations following that season's Coca-Cola Cup. He was not involved in the match-day squad and came no closer to a full cap.

From such a high spot Agnew was to suffer a frustrating following campaign. While Grimsby won a second successive promotion he was struck down with hamstring and ankle injuries, limiting him to just seven appearances. Still he was an integral part of Alan Buckley’s side that solidified itself in the second tier of English football, and when his manager departed for West Brom in October 1994, Agnew soon followed. He took the captain’s armband shortly after arriving at the Hawthorns, though he was continually troubled by injuries. After forty-one games for the Throstles, plus a dozen for the reserves, Agnew was released at the end of the 1996/97 season.

From there on Agnew drifted into non-League football around the Midlands, a brief spell with Third Division Swansea aside. He held the position of Director of Football at Whittingham FC (a midlands based youth club with links to West Brom) and coached with Sutton Coldfield College’s Football Academy. Outside of football he worked as a driving instructor and with a CCTV company.

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Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
15-05-1990 Rep. of Ireland H L 2-3 FR sub

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

David Addis

Name:	David Jordan Addis
Born:	31 March 1901, Belfast
Died:	1 June 1963, St. Asaph (Wales)
Position:	Left-Half
Representative Honours:	Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1922), 4 Amateur Caps (1922-27); Irish League: 3 Caps (1923-26); Irish FA Representative

Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1926/27; Gold Cup Winner 1922/23; Alhambra Cup Winner 1922/23.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	FL.Cup	Europe	Others
Bannville	-	-	-
Castlereagh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliftonville	20/21	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Linfield	21/22	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
Cliftonville	21/22-26/27	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-	-
London.Caledonians	24/25-25/26	-	Guest	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS			-	-	-	-	-	-

Biography:

Cliftonville's regular left-half for a six year period, David Addis was also a prize-winning swimmer and a proficient sprinter. He won inter-league and amateur representative honours, captaining Ireland Amateurs in a 3-0 defeat by England in 1926. In May 1922 he played in both matches of Ireland's tour of Norway - an international in Bergen and an inter-association match in Kristiania three days later.

In a club career that also saw him feature with Linfield Swifts and London Caledonians, Addis' best season was with Cliftonville in 1922/23 when he claimed Gold Cup and Alhambra Cup winner's medals. In the Gold Cup Cliftonville finished un-beaten in a ten match league-format competition. His only appearance in an Irish Cup final however resulted in a 3-2 defeat by Ards in 1927.

Ireland Full Cap Details:

1

25-05-1922

Norway

A

L

1-2

(21 years, 55 days)

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

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

1	11-11-1922	England	A	L	0-2
2	08-11-1924	England	H	L	2-3
3	07-11-1925	England	A	L	4-6
4	06-11-1926	England	H	L	0-3

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

Irish League Representative Match Details:

1	17-03-1923	Welsh league	H	D	2-2
2	29-09-1923	Football League	H	L	2-6
3	27-10-1926	Scottish League	A	L	2-5

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

Irish FA Representative Match Details:

1

28-05-1922

Vestfold Province (NOR)

A

W

3-1

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

Additional details by George Glass. Picture courtesy of Red Warrior from the ILS Forum.