Seanan Clucas

Name: Martin Seanan Clucas
Born: 8 November 1992, Dungannon
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.08 st
Position: Defender / Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Youth.

Club Career:
Teams............ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Dungannon Swifts................. Youth 
Preston N.E. . 11/12 ..... c/s-09 Youth .0 (1)/0 ...... 3(0)/0
Burton Albion .11/12 ..... Mar-12 .Loan .1 (1)/0 
Bristol Rovers 12/13-13/14 Jul-12 .Free 25(11)/0 2(0)/0 0(1)/0
Linfield ......14/15 ..... Aug-14 .Free .3 (9)/0 1(0)/0 1(0)/0 1(0)/0 
Derry City ....2015 ...... Feb-15 .Free .9 (3)/1 3(-)/0*
Adelaide United .......... Jul-15 Trial
Newcastle Jets ........... Jul-15 Trial
Dungannon Sw. .16/17- date Jun-16 .Free
* all cup games.


Biography:
A Gaelic footballer in his youth, Seanan Clucas came through the prolific Dungannon Swifts youth set-up during which time he played for Northern Ireland at Under-17 level. A combative defender or midfielder who excels at tackling and heading, he joined Preston North End on a two-year scholarship in the summer of 2009. Clucas was elevated to the Northern Ireland Under-21 team in November 2010, just days after his eighteenth birthday, and made his debut in a 3-1 defeat by Scotland.


Handed a professional contract by Preston at the of the 2010/11 season, Clucas made his début the following August in a Carling Cup clash with Crewe and his League bow a week later against Chesterfield. Later in the season he joined Burton Albion on loan, but was released on his return to Deepdale.


In July 2012 Clucas joined Bristol Rovers. He was again released following Rovers' relegation from the Football League in 2014. He returned home, signing for Linfield. He was released mid-season to allow him to join Derry City. As the Candystripes struggled he was released after just five months, with disciplinary issues cited by manager Peter Hutton, while the player felt he wasn't being played to his strengths.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
17-11-2010 Scotland..... A L 1-3 FR sub
09-02-2011 Wales........ A L 0-2 FR
31-05-2011 Faroe Islands A D 0-0 ECQ
02-09-2011 Serbia....... A L 0-1 ECQ sub
15-11-2011 Serbia....... H L 0-2 ECQ
10-05-2012 FYR Macedonia A L 0-1 ECQ
07-09-2012 FYR Macedonia H L 1-3 ECQ
10-09-2012 Denmark...... A L 0-3 FR
13-09-2012 England...... A L 0-2 FR
11-10-2013 Belgium...... H L 0-1 ECQ
05-03-2014 Italy........ H L 0-2 ECQ
still active

Josh Carson

Name: Joshua Glyn Carson
Born: 3 June 1993, Ballymena
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.00 st
Position: Forward / Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, 12 Under-21 Caps (2012-2013), Youth.
Club Honours: (with Linfield) NIFL Champion 2016/17.

Club Career:
Teams....... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Ipswich Town 10/11-13/14 c/s-10 Youth 16(15)/5 1(0)/0 1(0)/0
York City .. 12/13 ..... Mar-13 .Loan .5 (0)/0 
York City .. 13/14-15/16 Sep-13 .Free 53(22)/7 1(1)/1 0(2)/0 0(1)/0
Linfield ... 16/17 ..... Aug-16 .Free .3(10)/2 1(0)/0 ...... 1(1)/0
Coleraine. 17/18-dt May-17

Biography:
A graduate of Ipswich Town's Academy, Josh Carson has played throughout the Northern Ireland youth set-up before graduating to the Under-21s in November 2010. He made his Ipswich debut in a 2-0 victory over Scunthorpe in March 2011.

Carson played his first senior international matches in the Carling Nations Cup in May 2011. More recently Carson has fallen from the reckoning at Ipswich and spent the latter part of the 2012/13 season on loan at York City who were struggling at the foot of League Two. He played a small part in the Minstermen's eventual survival prior to suffering a broken foot that cut his stay short.

Sidelined by Ipswich manager Mich McCarthy, Carson spent time on trial with Bristol City, Notts County and Hibernian during the summer of 2013. He left Portman Road when his contract was cancelled by mutual consent prior to the closure of the transfer window that September. He had not featured in the firstteam since the previous October.

Nigel Worthington signed Carson for York on a permanent deal in September 2013. He was released following their relegation from the Football League in 2016 and joined Linfield after a successful trial, but left after a single season.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
24-05-2011 Rep. Ireland A L 0-5 MT 
27-05-2011 Wales ...... N L 0-2 MT
02-06-2012 Netherlands. A L 0-6 FR sub
15-08-2012 Finland .... H D 3-3 FR sub
still active

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
17-11-2010 Scotland..... A L 1-3 FR sub 
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....... A L 0-1 ECQ
15-11-2011 Serbia....... H L 0-2 ECQ
13-11-2012 England...... A L 0-2 FR
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
14-11-2013 Italy........ A L 0-3 ECQ
19-11-2013 Cyprus....... H W 1-0 ECQ

Summary: 11(1)/0. Won 2, Drew 1, Lost 9.

Picture courtesy of Roy Cathcart.

Billy Cubitt

Name: William Cubitt
Born: Ballymena
Died: September 1997
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Position: Inside-Forward / Half-Back

Representative Honours: (Northern) Ireland: 7 Amateur Caps / 1 Goal (1952-1955).
Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Irish Cup Winner 1957/58; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1950/51; (with Distillery) Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1953/54; (with Carrick) Steel & Sons Cup Winner 1967/68.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Larne	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ballymena United	51/52-52/53	-	Amateur	*87/10	-	-
Distillery	-	c/s-53	Amateur	-	-	-
Ballymena United	55/56-64/65	-	-	*398/10	-	-
Carrick Rangers	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS		£-		-	-	-

* all games.

Biography:
A product of Boys' Brigade and technical school teams...

More to follow.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
12-04-1952 Scotland.... A L 1-2
31-01-1953 England..... A L 1-4
14-02-1953 Scotland.... H W 1-0
10-10-1953 South Africa H L 2-5 1 goal
23-01-1954 Wales....... H W 3-2
22-01-1955 Wales....... A W 2-1
12-02-1955 Scotland.... H W 2-1

Summary: 7/1. Won 4, Drew 0, Lost 3.

David Cairns

Name: David Cairns

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Position: Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1964).

Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish Cup Winner 1962/63 ...

Club Career:
Linfield

Biography:

To follow.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

26-09-1964 England A L 1-2

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

David Cloughley

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Name: David Cloughley
Born: Portadown
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Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 7 Amateur Caps (1965-1967), Youth, Schoolboy.
Club Honours:

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Portadown	-	-	-	-	-	-
R.U.C.	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	-	-	-	0/ 0	-	-
Ballymena United	63/64-66/67	-	-	*182/15	-	-
Glenavon	-	-67	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

* all games.

Biography:
A policeman by day, David Cloughley captained Ireland Amateurs on several occasions.

More to follow.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
03-04-1965 Scotland H D 1-1
25-09-1965 England. H L 0-2
15-01-1966 Wales... H D 0-0
12-03-1966 Scotland A W 3-2
14-01-1967 Wales... A D 3-3 1 goal
18-03-1967 Scotland H L 1-2 1 goal
23-09-1967 England. H L 0-1

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

Ben Clarke

Name: Benjamin Clarke

Born: 1911, Dungannon
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Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1934).
Club Honours:

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Dungannon	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portadown	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Sheffield United	34/35-36/37	-	-	10/0	-	-
Exeter City	37/38-38/39	c/s-37	-	40/1	1/0	*3/0
Carlisle United	39/40	c/s-39	-	2/0	-	#2/0
TOTALS	-	£-		52/1	1/0	5/0

* Division Three (South) Cup; # War-Time appearances.

Biography:
Ben Clarke was a right-back "admired for his sterling qualities and solid worth in the [...] rear division". Plucked from relative footballing obscurity with Dungannon, Clarke was put straight into Irish League football by Portadown, a risky move, "but his capabilities had been carefully weighed up, and he never for a moment threatened to let the side down... Clarke rose to the occasion in the manner of a born exponent."

"Full of grit and intelligent in football matters... he kicks with freedom, his positioning is good [and] his clearances are a pleasing feature." It was such qualities that brought early talk of a move to a cross-Channel club, but before that could happen Clarke was twice capped as an amateur international. Eventually he move to Sheffield United, though his career was eventually cut-short by the outbreak of the Second World War.

Clarke's son Godfrey played for Glenavon and his grandson Darren won golf's Open Championship in 2011 as well as many other golfing accolades.

More to follow.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
17-02-1934 England. A L 0-4
25-04-1934 Scotland H W 4-1

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

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.

Robert Chambers

Name: Robert Chambers
Born:
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Position: Left-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1921).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Woodvale	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliftonville	19/20-21/22	1919	Amateur	-	-	-
Brantwood	22/23	1922	-	-	-	-
Dunmurry	23/24	1923	-	-	-	-
Portadown	-	1924	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
Robert Chambers played for Woodvale in the Alliance and Combination before joining Cliftonville Strollers. He progressed from the Strollers to Cliftonville Olympic and finally the firstteam. While at Solitude he became very popular and earned an Ireland Amateur cap against England in November 1921. The club was reportedly "sorry to lose him" when he left in 1922. He spent the following seasons with Brantwood and Dunmurry before joining Portadown for their debut Irish League season.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
14-11-1921 England. A L 1-4

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

Details kindly supplied by Jim Murphy.