Jonny Evans

Preceded by	Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year	Succeeded by
David Healy	2009	Steven Davis
Gareth McAuley	2012	Roy Carroll

The teenage Jonny Evans was handed his international debut in an unfamiliar position, against Spain, one of Europe's leading sides, and starred in a famous 3-2 victory. What more is there to come?


Name: Jonathan Grant Evans

Born: 3 January 1988, Belfast
Height: 6.02 ft
Weight: 12.02 st
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full Caps (2006-date), 3 Under-21 Caps (2006), 9 Under-17 Caps/1 Goal, Under-16 Caps, Schoolboy Caps.
Club Honours: (with Sunderland) Football League Championship 2006/07; (with Manchester United) Premier League Champion 2008/09, 2010/11, 2012/13; Football League Cup Winner 2008/09; FIFA Club World Cup Winner 2008; FA Community Shield Winner 2010, 2011, Runner-Up 2009.
Awards: Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year 2009, 2012.

Club Career:
Clubs............ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- -FACup- -FLCup- Europe Other
Greenisland
Manchester United 05/06-14/15 ...... Youth 123(8)/4 10(2)/0 19(0)/1 25(6)/2 2(3)/0
Royal Antwerp.... 06/07...... Aug-06 .Loan .14(-)/2 (Belgian Second Division)
Sunderland....... 06/07...... Jan-07 .Loan .18(0)/1 1(0)/0
Sunderland....... 07/08...... Jan-08 .Loan .15(0)/0 1(0)/0
West Bromwich Alb 15/16-17/18 Aug-15 Undis 
Leicester City .. 18/19- date Jun-19 £3.5m

Biography:
In 2009 Jonny Evans became only the second player from Northern Ireland to claim a Premier League winner's medal. With three titles he is level with Jack Reynolds and Bill McCracken.

Having fallen out of favour with manager Louis Van Gaal, Evans left Old Trafford in 2015 ending an 18 year association with Manchester United. He joined West Brom for a fee believed to be in excess of £6 million.

Irish FA Bio
Wikipedia Article
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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
06-09-2006 Spain......... H W 3-2 ECQ
07-10-2006 Denmark....... A D 0-0 ECQ
11-10-2006 Latvia........ H W 1-0 ECQ
24-03-2007 Liechtenstein. A W 4-1 ECQ
28-03-2007 Sweden........ H W 2-1 ECQ
08-09-2007 Latvia........ A L 0-1 ECQ
12-09-2007 Iceland....... A L 1-2 ECQ
17-11-2007 Denmark....... H W 2-1 ECQ
06-02-2008 Bulgaria...... H L 0-1 FR
26-03-2008 Georgia....... H W 4-1 FR
20-08-2008 Scotland...... A D 0-0 FR
06-09-2008 Slovakia...... A L 1-2 WCQ
10-09-2008 Czech Republic H D 0-0 WCQ
11-10-2008 Slovenia...... A L 0-2 WCQ
19-11-2008 Hungary....... H L 0-2 FR
28-03-2009 Poland........ H W 3-2 WCQ 1 Goal
01-04-2009 Slovenia...... H W 1-0 WCQ
05-09-2009 Poland........ A D 1-1 WCQ
09-09-2009 Slovakia...... H L 0-2 WCQ
14-11-2009 Serbia........ A L 0-1 FR
11-08-2009 Montenegro.... A L 0-2 FR
08-10-2010 Italy......... H D 0-0 ECQ
12-10-2010 Faroe Islands. A D 1-1 ECQ
17-11-2010 Morocco....... H D 1-1 FR
25-03-2011 Serbia........ A L 1-2 ECQ
29-03-2011 Slovenia...... H D 0-0 ECQ
10-08-2011 Faroe Islands. H W 4-0 ECQ
02-09-2011 Serbia........ H L 0-1 ECQ
29-02-2012 Norway........ H L 0-3 FR
07-09-2012 Russia........ A L 0-2 WCQ
11-09-2012 Luxembourg.... H D 1-1 WCQ
16-10-2012 Portugal...... A D 1-1 WCQ
06-02-2013 Malta......... A D 0-0 FR
26-03-2013 Israel........ H L 0-2 WCQ
06-09-2013 Portugal...... H L 2-4 WCQ
10-09-2013 Luxembourg.... A L 2-3 WCQ
11-10-2013 Azerbaijan.... A L 0-2 WCQ sent-off
15-10-2013 Turkey........ A L 0-1 FR
26-03-2015 Scotland...... A L 0-1 FR
29-03-2015 Finland....... H W 2-1 ECQ
Still Active.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
16-05-2006 Scotland...... H W 1-0 FR
16-08-2006 Poland........ A L 0-3 ECQ
01-09-2006 Germany....... H L 2-3 ECQ

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

Jimmy Elwood

Name: James H. Elwood
Born: 12 June 1901, Belfast
Died: 30 November 1937
Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Full Caps (1929).
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1922/23; Charity Cup Winner 1922/23.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Owen O'Cork	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ards United	-	-	-	-	-	-
Linfield	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	22/23-23/24	-	-	*31/ 6	-	-
Manchester City	23/24-26/27	Mar-23	-	31/ 0	1/0	-
Chesterfield	27/28	Jul-27	-	38/ 4	-	-
Bradford P.A.	28/29-32/33	May-28	-	106/ 1	-	-
Derry City	-	May-33	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	-		176/11	1/0	-

Biography:
Equally competent across the half-back line, Jimmy Elwood was poached from Glentoran by Manchester City in January 1924. He made his Football League debut in a 2-2 home draw with Burnley in 16 February. Three and a half seasons brought just 32 appearances. He dropped down to Division Three (North) with Chesterfield in 1927, and was a virtual ever-present in the clubs battle against having to apply for re-election. He must have impressed in his games against Bradford Park Avenue who finished that season as Division Three (North) champions, as they signed Elwood for the following campaign. Back in Division Two Elwood earned the attentions of the Ireland selectors and was capped twice in 1929. He gave Bradford four good seasons as they challenged at the top end of the table without making the jump to Division One.

Elwood returned to the Irish League with Derry City in 1933, but died just four years later, aged 36.

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Ireland Cap Details:
02-02-1929 Wales... A D 2-2 BC
19-10-1929 England. A L 0-3 BC

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

With thanks to Martin O'Connor.

Billy Emerson

Name: William John Emerson
Born: 16 December 1891, Ely, Enniskillen
Died: 19 January 1961, Belfast
Position: Right-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 11 Caps/1 Goal (1919-1923), 2 Victory Caps (1919); 1 War-Time Cap (1918) ; Irish league: 4 Caps (1914-1921).
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1916/17, 1920/21, 1924/25; Irish Cup Winner 1913/14, 1916/17, 1920/21, Runner-Up 1915/16, 1918/19, 1924/25; Gold Cup Winner 1916/17, Runner-Up 1919/20; Belfast City Cup Winner 1913/14, 1914/15, 1915/16, 1916/17, 1918/19; County Antrim Shield Winner 1915/16, 1917/18, 1920/21, 1924/25, Runner-Up 1913/14, 1914/15, 1916/17; Charities Cup Runner-Up 1913/14, 1917/18, 1918/19, 1920/21; Vienna Cup Winner 1913/14; (with Linfield) Gold Cup Winner 1926/27.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Owen O'Cork	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	12/13-21/22	-	-	*285/11	-	-
Burnley	21/22-23/24	Mar-22	£1,250	44/ 0	1/0	-
Glentoran	24/25	Sep-24	-	*23/ 1
Dundela	25/26	-	-	-	-	-
Linfield	26/27	Aug-26		*19/ 1
Willowfield	27/28	-	-	-	-	-
Dundalk	27/28-28/29	Oct-27	-	*36/ 0	-	-
Dundela	29/30	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£1,250		407/13	1/0

* all games

Biography:
To follow.

Ireland Cap Details:
25/10/1919 England. H D 1-1 BC
14/02/1920 Wales... H D 2-2 BC 1 Goal
13/03/1920 Scotland A L 0-3 BC
23/10/1920 England. A L 0-2 BC
22/10/1921 England. H D 1-1 BC
04/03/1922 Scotland A L 1-2 BC
01/04/1922 Wales... H D 1-1 BC
21/10/1922 England. A L 0-2 BC
03/03/1923 Scotland H L 0-1 BC
14/04/1923 Wales... A W 3-0 BC
20/10/1923 England. H W 2-1 BC

Summary: 11/1. Won 2, Drew 4, Lost 5.

Victory Cap Details:
22-03-1919 Scotland A L 1-2
19-04-1919 Scotland H D 0-0

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

Joe Enright

Name: Joseph Enright
Born: 1890, Athlone
Height: 5.07 ft
Weight: 10.04 st
Position: Inside-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1912); Irish League: 2 Caps (1909).

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other	-
Athlone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shelbourne	-	Oct-1908	-	-	-	-	(Irish League)
Leeds City	10/11-12/13	May-1910	-	77/23	3/0	-	(Football League)
Newport County	13/14	Sep-1913	£50	-	-	-	(Southern League)
Coventry City	14/15	May-1914	-	21/ 7	1/1	-	(Southern League)
Royal Army Ordinance Corp		-1915	-	-	-	-	-
Athlone Town	-	-	Guest	-	-	-	-
TOTALS		£-		98/30	4/1	-	-

Biography:
A teenage star in the Irish League, Joe Enright was part of the summer 1910 Irish "invasion" of Leeds. Within weeks Leeds' boss Frank Scott-Walford signed Bill Gillespie from Institute, Alec Creighton from Distillery and from Shelbourne arrived Enright and teammate, Mick Foley. Adept anywhere in the forward line, Enright scored ten times in his first season at Elland Road, but the club had to settle for a mid-table spot in Division Two.

The following season Enright again scored into double-figures, but Leeds were in crisis and finished nineteenth in the Second Division, leaving the club in the embarassing position of having to apply for re-election to the League. The appointment of the legendary Herbert Chapman as manager for the 1912/13 season steadied the Leeds team, and they managed sixth spot in his first season. By then however Enright had largely drifted out of the first team picture. He was later re-signed by Scott-Walford, then manager of Coventry City. In November 1914 he scored four times as Coventry defeated his ex-club, Newport, 10-1 in the Southern League.

Capped by Ireland, along with club-mate Joe Moran, for the only time in March 1912, Enright finished on the end of a 4-1 defeat by Scotland at Windsor Park and was castigated in the press as "the greatest failure on the Irish side" - perhaps unsurprisingly he was never capped again. Earlier in his career he had played twice as a teenager for the Irish League, finishing on the end of defeats by the Football League (1-8) and the Scottish League (0-2) in October 1909.

During the Great War Enright served with the Army in the RAOC until 1919 and also regularly guested with his hometown club, Athlone. After the War he settled back in Ireland.

Ireland Cap Details:
16-03-1912 Scotland H L 1-4 BC

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

With thanks to Martin O'Connor.

Alex Elder

A teenage League Champion with Burnley, as with so many young footballers injuries and circumstance were to restrict him to that single major honour...

Name: Alexander Russell Elder
Born: 25 April 1941, Lisburn
Height: 5.07½ ft
Weight: 12.07 st
Position: Full-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 40 Full Caps / 1 Goal (1960-1969), 1 B Cap (1959), 1 Under-23 Cap (1964), 1 Schoolboy Cap (1955).
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Gold Cup Runner-Up 1958/59; (with Burnley) Football League Champion 1959/60, Runner-Up 1961/62; FA Cup Runner-Up 1961/62.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Glentoran	58/59	-	Youth	*23(0)/ 0	-	-	-	-
Burnley	59/60-66/67	Jan-59	£3,000	271(0)/13	39(0)/2	11(0)/0	8(0)/0	1(0)/0
Stoke City	67/68-72/73	Aug-67	£50,000	80(3)/ 1	8(3)/0	6(0)/0	-	3(0)/0
Leek Town	-	-	Free	(Cheshire League)
TOTALS		£53,000		274(3)/14	47(3)/2	17(0)/0	8(0)/0	4(0)/0

* all games


Biography:
To follow.

Burnley Official Bio
Clarets-Mad - Bunley Bio
UpTheClarets - Burnley Bio
Interview

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
06-04-1960 Wales....... A L 2-3 BC
08-10-1960 England..... H L 2-5 BC
26-10-1960 West Germany H L 3-4 WCQ
09-11-1960 Scotland.... A L 2-5 BC
12-04-1961 Wales....... H L 1-5 BC
03-05-1961 Greece...... A L 1-2 WCQ
10-05-1961 West Germany A L 1-2 WCQ
07-10-1961 Scotland.... H L 1-6 BC
17-10-1961 Greece...... H W 2-0 WCQ
22-11-1961 England..... A D 1-1 BC
10-10-1962 Poland...... A W 2-0 ENC
20-10-1962 England..... H L 1-3 BC
07-11-1962 Scotland.... A L 1-5 BC
28-11-1962 Poland...... H W 2-0 ENC
03-04-1963 Wales....... H L 1-4 BC
30-05-1963 Spain....... A D 1-1 ENC
15-04-1964 Wales....... A W 3-2 BC
29-04-1964 Uruguay..... H W 3-0 FR
03-10-1964 England..... H L 3-4 BC
14-10-1964 Switzerland. H W 1-0 WCQ
14-11-1964 Switzerland. A L 1-2 WCQ
25-11-1964 Scotland.... A L 2-3 BC
17-03-1965 Netherlands. H W 2-1 WCQ
31-03-1965 Wales....... H L 0-5 BC
07-04-1965 Netherlands. A D 0-0 WCQ
07-05-1965 Albania..... H W 4-1 WCQ
02-10-1965 Scotland.... H W 3-2 BC
10-11-1965 England..... A L 1-2 BC
24-11-1965 Albania..... A D 1-1 WCQ
30-03-1966 Wales....... A W 4-1 BC
22-06-1966 Mexico...... H W 4-1 FR. 1 Goal
22-10-1966 England..... H L 0-2 ECQ
16-11-1966 Scotland.... A L 1-2 ECQ
12-04-1967 Wales....... H D 0-0 ECQ
22-11-1967 England..... A L 0-2 ECQ
28-02-1968 Wales....... A L 0-2 ECQ
03-05-1969 England..... H L 1-3 BC. sub
06-05-1969 Scotland.... A D 1-1 BC
10-05-1969 Wales....... H D 0-0 BC
10-09-1969 USSR........ H D 0-0 WCQ

Summary: 39(1)/1. Won 11, Drew 8, Lost 21


Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
11-11-1959 France...... H D 0-0 FR

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


Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
05-02-1964 Wales....... H D 3-3 FR

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 0.