Tom Flanagan

Name: Thomas Michael Flanagan
Born: 21 October 1991, Hammersmith, London (England)
Height: 6.04 ft / 1.93 m
Weight: 12.00 st / 76 kg
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (2012).
Club Honours: (with Burton) Football League One Runner-Up 2015/16 (promoted).

Club Career:
Teams ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
MK Dons .... 09/10-14/15 Aug-09 Youth 29 (8)/3 3(1)/0 3(0)/0 1(0)/0
Kettering T. 10/11 ..... Jan-11 .Loan 22 (0)/1 (Conference Premier)
Gillingham . 12/13 ..... Jul-12 .Loan 12 (1)/1 ...... 1(0)/0 1(0)/0
Barnet ..... 12/13 ..... Mar-13 .Loan .8 (1)/0 
Stevenage .. 13/14 ..... Mar-13 .Loan .1 (1)/0
Plymouth Arg 14/15 ..... Jan-15 .Loan .4 (0)/0
Burton Alb.. 15/16-17/18 Aug-15 .Free
Sunderland . 18/19- date Jun-18 .Free

Biography:
Called into the senior squad for the first time in August 2016 and capped for the first time against New Zealand the following June.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
02-06-2017 New Zeland H W 1-0 FR

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
13-11-2012 England A L 0-2 FR

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

Albert Finlay

Name: Albert Finlay
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Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1965); Irish League: 6 Caps (1966-1970).
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1963/64, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1969/70; Irish Cup Winner 1965/66, Runner-Up 1963/64, 1966/67; Gold Cup Winner 1966/67, Runner-Up 1963/64, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71; City Cup Winner 1964/65, 1966/67, 1969/70; Ulster Cup Winner 1966/67, Runner-Up 1964/65, 1967/68; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1970/71, Runner-Up 1963/64.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	Europe	Other
Whiteabbey Presbyterian		-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	63/64-71/72	1963	Amateur	*440(0)/0	16(0)/0	-
TOTALS		£-		440(0)/0	16(0)/0	-

* all domestic games.

Biography:
Albert Finlay is regarded as perhaps Glentoran's greatest ever goalkeeper, and certainly the best in the Irish League during the late-sixties. As well as numerous representative honours and countless winner's medals, Finlay's finest moment was perhaps a full-length penalty save in a 1-1 draw with Benfica at the Oval in 1967. A steeplejack by trade, it was a fall at work that damaged his back and forced Finlay's premature retirement from football.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
25-09-1965 England H L 0-2

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

Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
21-09-1966 Football League.. A L 0-12
22-03-1967 League of Ireland H W 3- 1
06-09-1967 Scottish League.. H L 0- 2
25-10-1967 League of Ireland A L 2- 3
19-11-1969 Scottish League.. A L 2- 5
17-03-1970 League of Ireland A W 2- 0

Summary: 6/0. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 4.

Robert Falloon

Name: Robert R. Falloon
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Position: Centre/Right-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1922-1929)
Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Steel & Sons Cup Winner 1921/22*.
* with Cliftonville Olympic.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Wolfhill Amateurs	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Cliftonville	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Portadown	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Larne	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Broadway United	-	-	Amateur	(Intermediate League)
Cliftonville	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
Brother of Aberdeen and Ireland's Eddie Falloon, Robert spent his entire senior career playing as an amateur in the Irish League and earned two Amateur caps.

Briefly with Wolfhill Amateurs, Falloon soon joined Cliftonville Strollers where he quickly rose through the ranks to star in the famous Cliftonville Olympic half-back line of Addis - Falloon - Simpson. It was this trio that appeared for the Olympic side that defeated Dundela 2-1 in a second replay of the Steel Cup final in 1922. A year later all three were promoted en-bloc to the Cliftonville firstteam. Addis and Falloon earned rapid elevation to the Ireland amateur international team that travelled to Preston to face England in November 1922 (Simpson's amateur caps followed three years later).

Blessed with an infectious enthusiasm for the game, Falloon left Cliftonville to captain Portadown for two seasons before spending a year with Larne. He then dropped outside senior football to captain Broadway United for three seasons after which he returned to Cliftonville where he again took the captaincy. His form back at Solitude earned Falloon a recall to the Amateur international team after a seven year absence. It proved a difficult return to the representative scene, for not only were Ireland crushed 7-2 at Crystal Palace, but Falloon caught a severe chill which cost him a spell in hospital.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
11-11-1922 England A L 0-4
16-11-1929 England A L 2-7

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

Photo and details from ISN article kindly forwarded by Jim Murphy.

Michael Ferguson

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Name: Michael Ferguson
Born: 8 July 1979, Belfast
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.00 st
Position: Full-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Under-21 Caps (1999-2000), Under-18, Under-18 Schools.
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1998/99; Irish Cup Winner 2000/01; Irish League Cup Winner 2000/01; Gold Cup Winner 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1998/99.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Castlereagh College	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-	-
Dungoyne Boys	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	97/98-01/02	1993	Youth	41(8)/0	-	-	2(2)/0	47(9)/0
Lisburn Distillery	02/03-07/08	Jun-02	Free	-	-	-	-	-
Dundela	08/09-09/10	Jun-08	Free	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS		£10,000		75(13)/6	8(1)/0	15(2)/0	2(0)/0		7(0)/0

Biography:
Northern Ireland Schoolboy and Youth international Michael Ferguson won all the available medals with Glentoran in the late-90s and early-2000s. He had come through the youth ranks at The Oval with the likes of Stuart Elliott, Andy Kirk and Warren Feeney and made his debut against Crusaders in April 1998, establishing himself as a regular in defence the following season, usually at left-back. He lost his place to Mark Glendinning in 2001/02 and at the end of that season he was allowed to join Lisburn Distillery. With the Whites he featured in midfield and at right-back as well as in his preferred left-back role. He was released in 2008 and joined Dundela where he played through to November 2009 when he quit football to attend Bible college. Capped twice at Under-21 level, the sum total of his career at this level was just a few minutes as he came on as an 89th substitute in games against Turkey in 1999 and Malta in 2000.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
03-09-1999 Turkey H L 1-2 ECQ sub
28-03-2000 Malta. A W 2-1 FR. sub

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

Daryl Fordyce

Name: Daryl Thomas Fordyce
Born: 2 January 1987, Belfast
Height: 6.00 ft
Weight: 11.08 st
Position: Midfielder / Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Under-23 Caps / 1 Goal (2009-2010); 12 Under-21 Caps / 2 Goals (2006-2008), Under-19, Under-17.
Club Honours: (Glentoran) IFA Premiership Champion 2008/09; Irish League Cup Winner 2009/10; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2004/08; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2010/11; (with Linfield) IFA Premiership Champion 2011/12; Irish Cup Winner 2011/12.


Club Career:
Teams ..... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League-- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
St Andrews BC ................ Youth
Lisburn Youth ................ Youth
Rangers ...................... Youth .0 (0)/ 0
Portsmouth  05/06-06/07 Jul-05 Youth .0 (0)/ 0
Bournemouth 05/06 ..... Feb-06 .Loan .3 (0)/ 0
Glentoran...07/08-10/11 Jul-07 .Free 
Linfield .. 11/12-12/13 May-11 ..... 22(30)/10 1(5)/1 1(4)/0 4(1)/1 4(2)/1
Edmonton .. 2013 - 2016 Feb-13 ..... 83(12)/28 (NASL)
Cincinnati. 2017 ...... Jan-17 (USL)
Edmonton .. 2017 ...... Jul-17 .Free 10 (4)/ 2 (NASL)

Biography:
Daryl Fordyce established himself as an 18 year-old in Portsmouth's reserve team, his attacking midfield play earning comparisons with Trevor Brooking. He was sent on loan to Bournemouth in February 2006 to earn some senior experience and made his debut in a home game against Oldham.

A star for Northern Ireland at underage level, an early highlight was his four goal haul in a 4-1 European Under-19 Championship qualifier against Serbia & Montenegro in May 2006. Thereafter he was a regular in the Under-21 squad, scoring on his debut to give Northern Ireland an early lead in Germany before the home side came back to win 2-1.

Unable to progress to the Portsmouth firstteam, Fordyce was released in 2007 and signed for Glentoran. He was initially used in an unfavoured right-wing role by the Glens and was then over-shadowed by the signing of Keith Gillespie. Transfer-listed in a cost-cutting move during the summer of 2010, he opened the 2010/11 season with five goals in a 6-1 win over Lisburn Distillery and earned the Carling Player of the Month award for August as he was at last deployed in a central attacking role.

Fordyce made a shock move across Belfast in the summer of 2011 to join Linfield. In his first season with the Blues he claimed Irish League and Cup winner's medals. Mid-way through the 2012/13 season it was announced that he would be moving to Canada. He signed for FC Edmonton where he was joined by ex-Linfield teammates, Albert Watson and Robbie Garrett. Aside from a brief spell with Cincinnati, Fordyce remained with Edmonton until they folded in November 2017, at which point he was the franchise's record goalscorer.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
14-11-2006 Germany... A L 1-2 FR. 1 goal
06-02-2007 Wales..... H L 0-4 FR
24-03-2007 Romania... A L 0-2 FR
24-05-2007 Scotland.. A L 0-4 FR
01-06-2007 Moldova... A W 1-0 ECQ
21-08-2007 Finland... H W 2-1 FR
07-09-2007 Germany... H L 0-3 ECQ
12-09-2007 Luxembourg A W 2-1 ECQ 1 goal
17-10-2007 Israel.... H L 1-3 ECQ
20-11-2007 Moldova... H W 3-0 ECQ sub
06-02-2008 Israel.... A L 1-2 ECQ sub
26-03-2008 Romania... H L 1-3 FR. sub

Summary: 9(3)/2. Won 4, Drew 0, Lost 8.

Alan Fraser

Name: Alan Fraser
Born: 25 October 1952, Lurgan
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.02 st
Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1970), Youth, 4 Schoolboy Caps (1968); Irish League: 1 Cap (1974).
Club Honours: (with linfield) Irish League Champion 1974/75, 1977/78, 1978/79; Irish Cup Winner 1977/78, 1979/80, Runner-Up 1972/73, 1974/75, 1975/76; Gold Cup Winner 1979/80; Ulster Cup Winner 1974/75, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80; City Cup Winner 1973/74; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1972/73; (with Carrick) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1983/84.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Europe	Other
Linfield	-	1970	Amateur	-	-	10(0)/0	-
Glenavon	-	1981	-	-	-	-	-
Carrick.Rangers	-	c/s-83	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	10(0)/0	-

Biography:
An over-lapping full-back, Alan Fraser was selected for Northern Ireland Amateurs as a seventeen year-old in 1970. A product of Hillsborough Scouts, he had previously won youth and schoolboy caps. He turned professional with Linfield in December 1970 and, despite some interest from cross-channel clubs, he remained as the Blues regular right-back for a decade during which time he won a host of honours and played well over 300 matches. He then joined Glenavon and in 1983 moved to Carrick Rangers.

Fraser became a much respected manager, initially starting out as player-coach with Carrick before coaching Ballymena, acting as reserve team manager at Glenavon and firstteam coach at Linfield. He was appointed Glenavon manager in October 1991, leading them to that season's Irish Cup. There then followed spells in charge of Ballymena (1995-1999), Loughgall (1999) and Bangor (1999-2000). He returned to the Glenavon coaching staff until sacked along with Stephen McBride in January 2009. The pair later re-emerged as a management duo at Rathfriland Rangers from December 2012 to May 2013.

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Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
02-10-1970 England A L 1-4

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

Irish League Representative Honours:
18-03-1974 League of Ireland A L 2-3

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

Hugh Forde

Name: Hugh Forde
Born: 31 January 1936, Belfast
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 10.08 st
Position: Left-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 5 Amateur Caps (1957-1960); Great Britain Team (Rome 1960); Irish League: 3 Caps (1957-1959).
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Ulster Cup Winner 1957/58; (with Glenavon) Irish League Champion 1959/60; Irish Cup Winner 1958/59; Ulster Cup Winner 1958/59

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Europe	Other
Distillery	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-
Ards	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-
Distillery	57/58	c/s-57	Amateur	-	-	-	-
Glenavon	-	c/s-58	Amateur	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-	-

Biography:
Brother of Tommy Forde, Hugh got his break in the Irish League with Ards after being signed from Distillery Reserves. After a season back with Distillery, during which he claimed his first Amateur cap, he joined Glenavon for whom he played in some of their greatest successes. In 1960 he travelled to Rome as a member of the Great Britain Olympic team. Started out as an inside-forward before converting the archetypal attacking half-back.

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Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
28-09-1957 England........ H L 0-3
21-02-1959 Scotland....... H D 0-0
26-09-1959 England........ H D 1-1
16-01-1960 Wales.......... H W 3-2
25-04-1960 Scotland....... A L 0-2

Summary: 5/0. Won 1, Drew 2, Lost 2.

Irish League Appearance Details:
13-11-1957 Western Command H W 6-0
23-09-1959 Football League H L 0-5
14-10-1959 Scottish League A L 1-7

Great Britain Olympic Appearance Details:
01-09-1960 Taiwan......... N W 3-2

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