Harry O'Reilly

Name: Henry James Joseph O’Reilly
Born: 1880, Rathdown
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Position: Inside-Left/Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1901-1904).
Club Honours: (with Freebooters) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1900/01.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Dublin Freebooters	1898/99-1903/04	-	Amateur	-	/11	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	/11	-

Biography:
In the early 1900s the "gentlemen" Freebooters were among the dominant Dublin teams, supplying four internationals (for a total of ten caps). They were formed in 1898 and played until 1905/06. Their only competitive matches took place in the Irish Cup. In all they played 16 cup matches, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 7 with a goal tally of 46-36. Harry O'Reilly was Freebooters' leading goalscorer with 11 of those goals.

Their history peaked with an appearance in the 1901 Irish Cup Final against Cliftonville. Apart from that appearance in the Final they reached the fifth round on three other occasions. Their most regular opponent was Linfield who they beat 2-1 in the semi-final in their Cup final year and also managed a 3-3 draw and two defeats. In that Irish Cup Final on the 13th April 1901 the O’Reilly brothers – Harry, John B. and Joe played alongside each other in the forward line. This is the only occasion on which three brothers played together in the forward line in an Irish Cup Final.

Harry O’Reilly made a bright start on his international debut, forcing an early save from the Scottish goalkeeper. It proved a rare bright-spot in the Irish side’s day as they collapsed to an 11-0 defeat at Parkhead in February 1901. A month later Ireland put in a much more accomplished performance, but again failed to find the net in a 1-0 defeat by Wales. During the Welsh match, O'Reilly was reportedly knocked unconscious when Wales' legendary 'keeper Leigh Roose barged him into touch - all part of the game in those days and no free-kick was awarded.

There was a three-year gap between O’Reilly’s second and third caps. He was part of an all-amateur Dublin-based forward pairing with Bohemian’s Harold Sloan. While the duo were generally outclassed by the Scottish backs, O’Reilly was credited for his hard-work in the creation of Ireland’s late equaliser. Still, that proved his final game at international level as cross-channel talent was preferred for future matches.

Ireland Cap Details:
23-02-1901 Scotland A L 0-11 BC
23-03-1901 Wales... H L 0- 1 BC
26-03-1904 Scotland H D 1- 1 BC

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

Additional details by George Glass.

Michael O'Neill

Preceded by	Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year	Succeeded by
Mal Donaghy	1988	Gerry Taggart

Name: Michael Andrew Martin O’Neill MBE
Born: 5 July 1969, Portadown
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 11.10 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 31 Full Caps / 4 Goals (1988-1996), 2 B Caps (1994-1999), 1 Under-23 Caps (1989), 1 Under-21 Cap (1994), 1 Under-16 Cap, 3 Under-15 Schoolboy Caps (1984).
Club Honours: (with Hibs) Scottish League Cup Runner-Up 1993/94; (with Wigan) Football League Trophy Winner 1998/99; (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 2002/03; Irish Cup Runner-Up 2002/03.
Awards: NI International Personality of the Year 1988; Newcastle United Player of the Year 1987/88.

Club Careers:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Others
Chimney Corner	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-	-
Coleraine	84/85-87/88	c/s-84	Youth	13 (5)/ 4	-	-	1(1)/0	-
Newcastle United	87/88-88/89	Oct-87	£50,000	36(12)/15	3(2)/1	2(0)/0	-	4(1)/1
Dundee United	89/90-92/93	Aug-89	£350,000	49(14)/12	-	-	-	-
Hibernian	93/94-95/96	Aug-93	£250,000	96 (2)/19	-	-	-	-
Coventry City	96/97-97/98	Jul-96	£500,000	3 (2)/ 0	-	-	-	1(0)/0
Aberdeen	97/98	Jan-98	Loan	4 (2)/ 0	0(1)/0	-	-	-
Reading	97/98	Mar-98	Loan	9 (0)/ 1	-	-	-	-
Wigan Athletic	98/99-99/00	Sep-98	Free	65 (1)/ 2	7(0)/0	5(0)/0	-	8(0)/3
St Johnstone	00/01	Aug-00	Free	7 (3)/ 0	1(0)/0	1(0)/0	-	-
Portland Timbers	2001	May-01	Free	22 (0)/ 6	3(0)/3	-	-	2(0)/1
Clydebank	01/02	Nov-01	Free	19 (0)/ 4	-	-	-	-
Boston.Bulldogs	2002	May-02	Free	-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	02/03-03/04	Jul-02	Free	34(10)/ 4	3(2)/2	6(0)/0	2(1)/0	2(1)/0
Ayr United	04/05	Jun-04	Free	0 (2)/ 0	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£1,150,000		257(53)/67	17(5)/6	15(1)/0	3(2)/0	16(2)/5

Biography:
A modern-day goalscoring midfielder, Michael O'Neill's cavalier style through the 1980s and 1990s earned comparisons with the inside-forwards of an era long passed - he also divided opinions on his overall effectiveness but his goal tally throughout much of his career cannot be overlooked.

O'Neill first entered management with Brechin City in April 2006 having previously been assistant at Cowdenbeath. He was linked to the manager's post at Dundee before taking charge of Shamrock Rovers in December 2008. He led Rovers to the 2010 League title as well as to the FAI Cup final and notable European results. The following year he took Rovers into the Europa League group stages, the first Irish club to progress that far, won the Setanta Cup and also retained the League title.

O'Neill will take charge of Northern Ireland from 1st February 2012.


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Northern Ireland Cap Details:

17-02-1988 Greece....... A L 2-3 FR
23-03-1988 Poland....... H D 1-1 FR
27-04-1988 France....... H D 0-0 FR
21-05-1988 Malta........ H W 3-0 WCQ
14-09-1988 Rep. Ireland. H D 0-0 WCQ
19-10-1988 Hungary...... A L 0-1 WCQ
21-12-1988 Spain........ A L 0-4 WCQ sub
08-02-1989 Spain........ H L 0-2 WCQ sub
26-04-1989 Malta........ A W 2-0 WCQ sub 1 goal
26-05-1989 Chile........ H L 0-1 FR
06-09-1989 Hungary...... H L 1-2 WCQ sub
11-10-1989 Rep. Ireland. A L 0-3 WCQ
06-02-1991 Poland....... H W 3-1 FR
11-09-1991 Faroe Islands A W 5-0 ECQ sub
19-02-1992 Scotland..... A L 0-1 FR. sub
02-06-1992 Germany...... A D 1-1 FR. sub
09-09-1992 Albania...... H W 3-0 WCQ sub
17-02-1993 Albania...... A W 2-1 WCQ  
31-03-1993 Rep. Ireland. A L 0-3 WCQ
28-04-1993 Spain........ A L 1-3 WCQ
25-05-1993 Lithuania.... A W 1-0 WCQ
02-06-1993 Latvia....... A W 2-1 WCQ
20-04-1994 Liechtenstein H W 4-1 ECQ sub
12-10-1994 Austria...... A W 2-1 ECQ sub
16-11-1994 Rep. Ireland. H L 0-4 ECQ
11-10-1995 Liechtenstein A W 4-0 ECQ 1 goal
15-11-1995 Austria...... H W 5-3 ECQ 2 goals
27-03-1996 Norway....... H L 0-2 FR
24-04-1996 Sweden....... H L 1-2 FR
31-08-1996 Ukraine...... H L 0-1 WCQ sub
05-10-1996 Armenia...... H D 1-1 WCQ sub

Summary: 19(12)/4. Won 12, Drew 5, Lost 14.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
10-05-1994 England...... A L 2-4 FR
09-02-1999 Wales........ A L 0-1 FR

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

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
11-04-1989 Rep. Ireland. A L 0-3 FR

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

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
22-03-1994 Romania...... H D 0-0 FR

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

Billy O'Hagan

Name: William O’Hagan
Born: 8 August 1890, Buncrana
Died: 29 June 1972, Prescot (England)
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Full Caps (1919-1920).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	Other
St Columbs College	-	-	Youth	-	-	-
L'derry.Guild	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derry Celtic	-	-	-	-	-	-
St Mirren	11/12-14/15	-	-	108/0	-	-
Third Lanark	-	-	-	-	-	-
Linfield	18/19	-	-	-	-	-
St Mirren	18/19-20/21	-	-	72/0	-	-
Airdrieonians	21/22	-	-	7/0	-	-
Norwich City	21/22-22/23	-	-	53/0	4/0	-
Fordsons	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aberdare.Ath.	24/25	-	-	3/0	-	-
Fordsons	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		243/0	4/0	-

Biography:
St Mirren goalkeeper, capped twice during the 1919/20 season in draws with England and Wales. He was dropped in favour of Elisha Scott for the final international of the season against Scotland. Later played in the Football League with Norwich City and Aberdare Athletic.

He was nephew of Charlie O'Hagan who was capped eleven times in the early 1900s.

Ireland Cap Details:
25-10-1919 England H D 1-1 BC
14-02-1920 Wales.. H D 2-2 BC

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

Matt O'Mahoney

Name: Matthew Augustine O’Mahoney
Born: 19 January 1913, Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny
Died: 25 January 1992
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Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1938); Eire: 6 Full Caps (1938-1939).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	War-Time	Other
Liverpool	33/34	1933	-	0/ 0	-	-	-
New Brighton	33/34	1933	-	0/ 0	-	-	-
Hoylake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southport	34/35	Apr-35	-	12/ 0	-	-	-
Wolverhampton.W.	35/36	May-35	-	0/ 0	-	-	-
Newport County	35/36	Mar-36	-	8/ 0	-	-	-
Bristol Rovers	36/37-38/39	May-36	-	101/ 6	4/0	-	3/0
Ipswich Town	39/40-48/49	Jul-39	-	61/ 4	6/0	39/3	-
Bristol Rovers	39/40	-	Guest	-	-	24/4	-
Bristol City	40/41	-	Guest	-	-	4/0	-
Rochdale	43/44	-	Guest	-	-	3/0	-
Aberaman Athletic	-	-	Guest	-	-	-	-
Tranmere Rovers	44/45	-	Guest	-	-	3/0	-
Yarmouth Town	-	Apr-49	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		182/10	10/0	73/7	3/0

Biography:
Kilkenny-born centre-half Matt O'Mahoney's earliest footballing days were spent on Merseyside. After struggling to make an impact with the likes of Liverpool and New Brighton he made the breakthrough with Division Three (North) team, Southport. His impressive form alerted several big clubs, but it was Wolves that claimed his signature in May 1935.

O'Mahoney spent a season at Molineux struggling with injuries and poor form and in March 1936 he moved to Newport County. After just two months at Somerton Park, O'Mahoney was on the move again, this time joining Bristol Rovers. O'Mahoney's consistency with an Arabs team struggling in the bottom half of Division Three (South) began to attract the attentions of the international selectors.

In May 1938 he was selected by the FAI to face Czechoslovakia and Poland during a tour of Eastern Europe. The following November he won his only cap in an IFA-selected side against Scotland at Windsor park and five days after that he was back in the FAI shirt to face Poland at Dalymount Park. A regular for the FAI up to the outbreak of the Second World War, O'Mahoney collect a total of six caps from the Dublin-based association.

In the summer of 1939 O'Mahoney transferred to Ipswich Town. Although his League career was put on hold following the outbreak of the War he was Ipswich's first-choice centre-half when League football resumed in 1946. Although he missed most of the 1947/48 season, O'Mahoney was back in the team for the following campaign and in good form. His career was ended by an injury collected against Norwich on 16th October 1948.

Pride of Anglia

Ireland Cap Details:
08-10-1938 Scotland...... H L 0-2 BC

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

Eire Cap Details:

18-05-1938 Czechoslovakia A D 2-2 FR

22-05-1938 Poland........ A L 0-6 FR

18-09-1938 Switzerland... H W 4-0 FR

13-11-1938 Poland........ H W 3-2 FR

18-05-1939 Hungary....... A D 2-2 FR

23-05-1939 Germany....... A D 1-1 FR

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