Chris Nicholl

An old quiz favourite: “Which footballer scored all four goals in a 2-2 draw?” The answer: “Chris Nicholl, versus Leicester City, March 1976.” But he was much more than a statisticians dream…

Name: Christopher John Nicholl
Born: 12 October 1945, Wilmslow (England)
Height: 6.02 ft
Weight: 12.09 st
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 51 Full Caps / 3 Goals (1975-1983).
Club Honours: (with Halifax) Football League Division Four Runner-Up 1968/69; (with Luton) Football League Division Three Runner-Up 1969/70; (with Villa) Football League Cup Winner 1974/75, 1976/77; Football League Division Two Runner-Up 1974/75; Football League Division Three Champion 1971/72; (with Southampton) Football League Cup Runner-Up 1978/79; Football League Division Two Runner-Up 1977/78.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Wilmslow Albion	-	-	-	(Mid-Cheshire League)
Burnley	65/66-66/67	Apr-65	-	0(0)/ 0	-	-	-	-
Witton Albion	-	-	-	(Cheshire County League)
Halifax Town	68/69-69/70	Jun-68	-	42(0)/ 3	6(-)/0	2(-)/0	-	-
Luton Town	69/70-71/72	Aug-69	-	97(0)/ 6	4(-)/0	4(-)/0	-	1(-)/0
Aston Villa	71/72-76/77	Mar-72	-	210(0)/11	12(-)/4	27(-)/5	2(-)/0	1(-)/0
Southampton	77/78-82/83	Jun-77	-	228(0)/ 8	17(-)/0	21(-)/1	-	-
Grimsby Town	83/84-84/85	Aug-83	-	70(0)/ 0	1(-)/0	8(-)/0	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		647(0)/28	40(-)/4	62(-)/6	2(-)/0	2(-)/0

Coaching Career:
Southampton Manager 1985-1991
Walsall Manager 1994-1997
Northern Ireland Under-21 Manager 1998-1999

Biography:
To follow.


Wikipedia

Chris Nicholl (left) with Derek McKinley while Northern Ireland Under-21 manager in 1998 (Roy Cathcart) 

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
30-10-1974 Sweden........ A W 2-0 ECQ 1 Goal
16-04-1975 Yugoslavia.... H W 1-0 ECQ
17-05-1975 England....... H D 0-0 BC
20-05-1975 Scotland...... A L 0-3 BC
23-05-1975 Wales......... H W 1-0 BC
03-09-1975 Sweden........ H L 1-2 ECQ
29-10-1975 Norway........ H W 3-0 ECQ
19-11-1975 Yugoslavia.... A L 0-1 ECQ
08-05-1976 Scotland...... H L 0-3 BC
11-05-1976 England....... A L 0-4 BC
14-05-1976 Wales......... A L 0-1 BC
03-06-1977 Wales......... H D 1-1 BC
16-11-1977 Belgium....... H W 3-0 WCQ sub
13-05-1978 Scotland...... A D 1-1 BC
16-05-1978 England....... A L 0-1 BC
19-05-1978 Wales......... A L 0-1 BC
20-09-1978 Rep of Ireland A D 0-0 ECQ
29-11-1978 Bulgaria...... A W 2-0 ECQ
07-02-1979 England....... A L 0-4 ECQ
02-05-1979 Bulgaria...... H W 2-0 ECQ 1 Goal
19-05-1979 England....... H L 0-2 BC
25-05-1979 Wales......... H D 1-1 BC
21-11-1979 Rep of Ireland H W 1-0 ECQ
26-03-1980 Israel........ A D 0-0 WCQ
16-05-1980 Scotland...... H W 1-0 BC
20-05-1980 England....... A D 1-1 BC
23-05-1980 Wales......... A W 1-0 BC
11-06-1980 Australia..... A W 2-1 FR 1 Goal
15-06-1980 Australia..... A D 1-1 FR
18-06-1980 Australia..... A W 2-1 FR
15-10-1980 Sweden........ H W 3-0 WCQ
19-11-1980 Portugal...... A L 0-1 WCQ
25-03-1981 Scotland...... A D 1-1 WCQ
29-04-1981 Portugal...... H W 1-0 WCQ
19-05-1981 Scotland...... A L 0-2 BC
03-06-1981 Sweden........ A L 0-1 WCQ
14-10-1981 Scotland...... H D 0-0 WCQ
18-11-1981 Israel........ H W 1-0 WCQ
23-02-1982 England....... A L 0-4 BC
24-03-1982 France........ A L 0-4 FR
27-05-1982 Wales......... A L 0-3 BC
17-06-1982 Yugoslavia.... N D 0-0 WCF
21-06-1982 Honduras...... N D 1-1 WCF
25-06-1982 Spain......... N W 1-0 WCF
01-07-1982 Austria....... N D 2-2 WCF
04-07-1982 France........ N L 1-4 WCF
24-05-1983 Scotland...... A D 0-0 BC sub
28-05-1983 England....... H D 0-0 BC
31-05-1983 Wales......... H L 0-1 BC
21-09-1983 Austria....... H W 3-1 ECQ
12-10-1983 Turkey........ A L 0-1 ECQ

Summary: 49(2)/3. Won 17, Drew 15, Lost 18.

Sammy Nelson

Sammy Nelson had a long and distinguished football career winning an FA Cup and playing at a World Cup, but undoubtedly he will be most remembered for baring his backside…

Name: Samuel Nelson
Born: 1 April 1949, Belfast
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.00 st
Position: Left-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 51 Full Caps / 1 Goal (1971-1982); 1 Under-23 Cap (1969).
Club Honours: (with Arsenal) FA Cup Winner 1978/79, Runner-Up 1977/78, 1979/80; European Cup Winners’ Cup Runner-Up 1979/80.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Arsenal	69/70-80/81	Apr-66	Youth	245(10)/10	33(2)/1	27(0)/1	19(2)/0	1(0)/0
Brighton.&.H.A.	80/81-83/84	Sep-81	-	40 (0)/ 1	3(0)/0	2(0)/0	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		285(10)/11	36(2)/1	29(0)/1	19(2)/0	1(0)/0

Biography:
To follow.

Arsenal Fifty Greatest Players

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
21/04/1970 England....... A L 1-3 BC sub
25/04/1970 Wales......... A L 0-1 BC
11/11/1970 Spain......... A L 0-3 ECQ
03/02/1971 Cyprus........ A W 3-0 ECQ
15/05/1971 England....... H L 0-1 BC
18/05/1971 Scotland...... A W 1-0 BC
22/05/1971 Wales......... H W 1-0 BC
22/09/1971 USSR.......... A L 0-1 ECQ
13/10/1971 USSR.......... H D 1-1 ECQ
16/02/1972 Spain......... H D 1-1 ECQ
20/05/1972 Scotland...... H L 0-2 BC
23/05/1972 England....... A W 1-0 BC
27/05/1972 Wales......... A D 0-0 BC
18/10/1972 Bulgaria...... A L 0-3 WCQ
14/02/1973 Cyprus........ A L 0-1 WCQ
28/03/1973 Portugal...... H D 1-1 WCQ
11/05/1974 Scotland...... H W 1-0 BC
15/05/1974 England....... A L 0-1 BC
30/10/1974 Sweden........ A W 2-0 ECQ
16/04/1975 Yugoslavia.... H W 1-0 ECQ
03/09/1975 Sweden........ H L 1-2 ECQ
29/10/1975 Norway........ H W 3-0 ECQ
24/03/1976 Israel........ A D 1-1 FR
11/05/1976 England....... A L 0-4 BC
10/11/1976 Belgium....... A L 0-2 WCQ sub
27/04/1977 West Germany.. A L 0-5 FR
03/06/1977 Wales......... H D 1-1 BC 1 Goal
11/06/1977 Iceland....... A L 0-1 WCQ
21/09/1977 Iceland....... H W 2-0 WCQ
12/10/1977 Netherlands... H L 0-1 WCQ
16/11/1977 Belgium....... H W 3-0 WCQ

20/09/1978 Rep of Ireland A D 0-0 ECQ
25/10/1978 Denmark....... H W 2-1 ECQ
29/11/1978 Bulgaria...... A W 2-0 ECQ
07/02/1979 England....... A L 0-4 ECQ
02/05/1979 Bulgaria...... H W 2-0 ECQ
19/05/1979 England....... H L 0-2 BC
22/05/1979 Scotland...... A L 0-1 BC
25/05/1979 Wales......... H D 1-1 BC
06/06/1979 Denmark....... A L 0-4 ECQ
17/10/1979 England....... H L 1-5 ECQ
21/11/1979 Rep of Ireland H W 1-0 ECQ
26/03/1980 Israel........ A D 0-0 WCQ
25/03/1981 Scotland...... A D 1-1 WCQ
29/04/1981 Portugal...... H W 1-0 WCQ
19/05/1981 Scotland...... A L 0-2 BC
03/06/1981 Sweden........ A L 0-1 WCQ
23/02/1982 England....... A L 0-4 BC
28/04/1982 Scotland...... H D 1-1 BC
25/06/1982 Spain......... N W 1-0 WCF sub
01/07/1982 Austria....... N D 2-2 WCF

Summary: 48(3)/1. Won 16, Drew 12, Lost 23.

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
26-03-1969 Italy......... A L 1-2 FR

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

Terry Neill

Preceded by	Northern Ireland Captain	Succeeded by
Billy Bingham	1964 – 1971	Derek Dougan
Derek Dougan	1973	Dave Clements

Danny Blanchflower’s long-term successor as Northern Ireland captain, the ‘sixties and ‘seventies proved a difficult stewardship for Terry Neill…

Name: William John Terence Neill
Name: 8 May 1942, Belfast
Height: 5.10½ ft
Weight: 12.08 st
Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 59 Full Caps / 2 Goals (1961-1973), 4 Under-23 Caps (1962-1965); Youth, 3 Schoolboy Caps (1956-1957).

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe
Bangor	58/59-59/60	-	Youth	-	-	-	-
Arsenal	59/60-69/70	Dec-59	£2,500	240(1)/ 8	12(1)/0	15(1)/2	5(0)/0
Hull City	70/71-72/73	Jul-70	£44,000	103(0)/ 4	11(0)/0	2(0)/0	-
TOTALS			£46,500	343(1)/12	23(1)/0	17(1)/2	5(0)/0

Managerial Career:
Hull City Jul/70 – Sep/74
Northern Ireland Sep/71 – Oct/74
Tottenham Hotspur Sep/74 – Jun/76
Arsenal Jun/76 – Dec/83


Biography:To follow.

Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
25-04-1961 Italy....... A L 2-3 FR
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
11-04-1962 Wales....... A L 0-4 BC
20-10-1962 England..... H L 1-3 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
12-10-1963 Scotland.... H W 2-1 BC
30-10-1963 Spain....... H L 0-1 ENC
20-11-1963 England..... A L 3-8 BC
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
25-11-1964 Scotland.... A L 2-3 BC
17-03-1965 Netherlands. H W 2-1 WCQ 1 Goal
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
07-05-1966 West Germany H L 0-2 FR
22-06-1966 Mexico...... H W 4-1 FR
16-11-1966 Scotland.... A L 1-2 ECQ
12-04-1967 Wales....... H D 0-0 ECQ
21-10-1967 Scotland.... H W 1-0 ECQ
22-11-1967 England..... A L 0-2 ECQ
10-09-1968 Israel...... A W 3-2 FR
23-10-1968 Turkey...... H W 4-1 WCQ
11-12-1968 Turkey...... A W 3-0 WCQ
03-05-1969 England..... H L 1-3 BC
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
22-10-1969 USSR........ A L 0-2 WCQ
18-04-1970 Scotland.... H L 0-1 BC
21-04-1970 England..... A L 1-3 BC
25-04-1970 Wales....... A L 0-1 BC
11-11-1970 Spain....... A L 0-3 ECQ
03-02-1971 Cyprus...... A W 3-0 ECQ
22-09-1971 USSR........ A L 0-1 ECQ
13-10-1971 USSR........ H D 1-1 ECQ
16-02-1972 Spain....... H D 1-1 ECQ
20-05-1972 Scotland.... H L 0-2 BC
23-05-1972 England..... A W 1-0 BC 1 Goal
27-05-1972 Wales....... A D 0-0 BC
18-10-1972 Bulgaria.... A L 0-3 WCQ
14-02-1973 Cyprus...... A L 0-1 WCQ
28-03-1973 Portugal.... H D 1-1 WCQ
08-05-1973 Cyprus...... H W 3-0 WCQ
12-05-1973 England..... H L 1-2 BC
16-05-1973 Scotland.... A W 2-1 BC
19-05-1973 Wales....... H W 1-0 BC

Summary: 59/2. Won 20, Drew 12, Lost 27.

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
07-02-1962 Wales....... H D 0-0 FR
27-02-1963 Wales....... A L 1-5 FR
05-02-1964 Wales....... H D 3-3 FR
10-02-1965 Wales....... A D 2-2 FR

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

Jimmy Nicholl

The regular right-back of Billy Bingham's great Northern Ireland side of the early-'eighties, Jimmy Nicholl seemed more than likely to follow in Bingham's footsteps as manager, only to lose out on two occasions...

Name: James Michael Nicholl
Born: 28 December 1956, Hamilton (Canada)
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.11 st
Position: Defender/Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 73 Full Caps (1976-1986), 1 Under-21 (1978), Youth, 3 Schoolboy (1972).
Club Honours: (with Man. United) FA Cup Winner 1976/77, Runner-Up 1978/79; (with Rangers) Scottish League Champion 1986/87; Scottish League Cup Winner 1983/84, 1986/87, 1987/88; (with Toronto) NASL Runners-Up 1983, 1984; (with Raith) Scottish League First Division Champion 1992/93.
Awards: NASL All-Star (Second Team) 1984; SFWA Manager of the Year 1994/95; Scottish League First Division Manager of the Month September 2010.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Others
Manchester U.	74/75-81/82	Feb-74	Youth	188 (9)/ 3	22(4)/1	14(0)/1	10(0)/1	1(0)/0
Sunderland	81/82	Dec-81	Loan	3 (0)/ 0	2(0)/0	-	-	-
Toronto Blizzard	1982 - 1984	Apr-82	£235,000	65 (-)/11	(NASL)	-	-	12(0)/0
Sunderland	82/83	Sep-82	Loan	29 (0)/ 0	2(0)/0	4(0)/0	-	-
Rangers	83/84	Oct-83	Loan	17 (0)/ 0	4(0)/0	5(0)/0	-	-
West.Brom..Albion	84/85-85/86	Nov-84	£65,000	56 (0)/ 0	*	*	-	11(0)/1
Rangers	86/87-88/89	Jul-86	Exchange	56 (2)/ 0	3(0)/0	9(0)/0	11(0)/0	-
Dunfermline Ath.	89/90-90/91	Jul-89	-	24 (0)/ 0	3(?)/?	4(?)/?	?(?)/?	-
Raith Rovers	90/91-95/96	Nov-90	-	126 (2)/ 7	?(?)/?	?(?)/?	?(?)/?	-
Bath City	95/96	Feb-96	Free	1 (0)/ 0	(Football Conference)
TOTALS	-	£300,000		565(13)/21	36(4)/1	36(0)/1	21(0)/1	24(0)/1

* all cup games included in the "Others" column.

Coaching Career:
Rangers Reserve Team Coach Mar/87 – Jun/89
Northern Ireland Assistant Manager 1990 - 1993
Raith Rovers Manager Nov/90 – Feb/96
Millwall Manager Feb/96 – Feb/97
Dunfermline Athletic Caretaker Manager Nov/99, Assistant Manager Nov/99 – May/04
Aberdeen Assistant Manager May/04 – May/09
Kilmarnock Assistant Manager Jan/10 - May/10
Cowdenbeath Manager Jun/10 - Jun/11

Kilmarnock Assistant Manager Jun/11 - Jun/13
Hibernian Coach Jun/13 - Nov/13, Caretaker Manager Nov/13
Cowdenbeath Manager Nov/13 - May/15
Northern Ireland Assistant Manager Mar/15 - date
Falkirk Assistant Manager Oct/17- date

Biography:
To follow.

Football Heroes
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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
24-03-1976 Israel........ A D 1-1 FR
14-05-1976 Wales......... A L 0-1 BC sub
13-10-1976 Netherlands... A D 2-2 WCQ
10-11-1976 Belgium....... A L 0-2 WCQ
28-05-1977 England....... H L 1-2 BC
01-06-1977 Scotland...... A L 0-2 BC
03-06-1977 Wales......... H D 1-1 BC
11-06-1977 Iceland....... A L 0-1 WCQ
21-09-1977 Iceland....... H W 2-0 WCQ
12-10-1977 Netherlands... H L 0-1 WCQ
16-11-1977 Belgium....... H W 3-0 WCQ
13-05-1978 Scotland...... A D 1-1 BC
16-05-1978 England....... A L 0-1 BC
19-05-1978 Wales......... A L 0-1 BC
20-09-1978 Rep of Ireland A D 0-0 ECQ
25-10-1978 Denmark....... H W 2-1 ECQ
29-11-1978 Bulgaria...... A W 2-0 ECQ
07-02-1979 England....... A L 0-4 ECQ
02-05-1979 Bulgaria...... H W 2-0 ECQ
19-05-1979 England....... H L 0-2 BC
22-05-1979 Scotland...... A L 0-1 BC
25-05-1979 Wales......... H D 1-1 BC
06-06-1979 Denmark....... A L 0-4 ECQ
17-10-1979 England....... H L 1-5 ECQ
21-11-1979 Rep of Ireland H W 1-0 ECQ
26-03-1980 Israel........ A D 0-0 WCQ
16-05-1980 Scotland...... H W 1-0 BC
20-05-1980 England....... A D 1-1 BC
23-05-1980 Wales......... A W 1-0 BC
11-06-1980 Australia..... A W 2-1 FR
15-06-1980 Australia..... A D 1-1 FR
18-06-1980 Australia..... A W 2-1 FR
15-10-1980 Sweden........ H W 3-0 WCQ 1 Goal
19-11-1980 Portugal...... A L 0-1 WCQ
25-03-1981 Scotland...... A D 1-1 WCQ
29-04-1981 Portugal...... H W 1-0 WCQ
19-05-1981 Scotland...... A L 0-2 BC
03-06-1981 Sweden........ A L 0-1 WCQ
14-10-1981 Scotland...... H D 0-0 WCQ
18-11-1981 Israel........ H W 1-0 WCQ
23-02-1982 England....... A L 0-4 BC
24-03-1982 France........ A L 0-4 FR
27-05-1982 Wales......... A L 0-3 BC
17-06-1982 Yugoslavia.... N D 0-0 WCF
21-06-1982 Honduras...... N D 1-1 WCF
25-06-1982 Spain......... N W 1-0 WCF
01-07-1982 Austria....... N D 2-2 WCF
04-07-1982 France........ N L 1-4 WCF
13-10-1982 Austria....... A L 0-2 ECQ
17-11-1982 West Germany.. H W 1-0 ECQ
15-12-1982 Albania....... A D 0-0 ECQ
30-03-1983 Turkey........ A W 2-1 ECQ
27-04-1983 Albania....... H W 1-0 ECQ
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
12-10-1983 Turkey........ A L 0-1 ECQ
16-11-1983 West Germany.. A W 1-0 ECQ
13-12-1983 Scotland...... H W 2-0 BC
04-04-1984 England....... A L 0-1 BC
27-05-1984 Finland....... A L 0-1 WCQ
12-09-1984 Romania....... H W 3-2 WCQ
14-11-1984 Finland....... H W 2-1 WCQ
27-02-1985 England....... H L 0-1 WCQ
27-03-1985 Spain......... A D 0-0 FR
01-05-1985 Turkey........ H W 2-0 WCQ
11-09-1985 Turkey........ A D 0-0 WCQ
16-10-1985 Romania....... A W 1-0 WCQ
13-11-1985 England....... A D 0-0 WCQ
26-02-1986 France........ A D 0-0 FR
03-06-1986 Algeria....... N D 1-1 WCF
07-06-1986 Spain......... N L 1-2 WCF
12-06-1986 Brazil........ N L 0-3 WCF

Summary: 72(1)/1. Won 23, Drew 22, Lost 28.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
08-03-1978 Rep. Ireland.. A D 1-1 FR

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