George Saville

Name: George Alan Saville
Born: 1 June 1993, Camberley (England)
Height: 5.09 ft / 1.76 m
Weight: 11.06 st / 73 kg
Position: Midfielder

Club Career:
Reading ... Youth 0(0)/0
Chelsea ... Youth 0(0)/0
Millwall ... Loan
Brentford .. Loan
Wolves
Bristol City Loan
Millwall ... Loan
Millwall

Biography:
English-born midfielder who qualifies for Northern Ireland through his grandmother. Called-up for the first time for the October 2017 World Cup qualifiers against Germany and Norway.

Paul Smyth

Name: Paul Smyth
Born: 10 September 1997, Belfast
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Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, Under-21, Under-19.
Club Honours: (with Linfield) NIFL Champion 2016/17; Irish Cup Winner 2016/17; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2016/17.
Awards: NIFWA Young Player of the Year 2017.

Club Career:
Linfield 15/16-16/17
QPR .... 17/18- date Aug-17  

Biography:
A pacy striker, Paul Smyth played his first games for Linfield when just eighteen. A Northern Ireland Youth international, after an impressive first season with the Blues he was invited to train with the senior international squad in preparation for Euro 2016.

Impressive performances after moving to QPR saw him promoted from the Northern Ireland Under-21 panel to the seniors. He came on for his debut as an 82nd minute substitute and four minutes later he had scored the winner.

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More to follow.

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
24-03-2018 Korea Rep. W 2-1 FR sub 1 goal
still active

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
06-09-2016 FYR Macedonia A L 0-2 ECQ
still active

Michael Smith

Name: Michael Smith
Born: 4 September 1988, Ballyclare
Height: 5.11 ft / 1.80 m
Weight: 
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, 1 Under-23 Cap, Junior, Youth.

Club Career:
Teams ............. --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Greenisland BC ....................... Youth
Ballyclare Comrades .............. -05
Ballymena United .. 08/09-10/11 Jan-09 
Bristol Rovers .... 11/12-13/14 Jun-11 ..... 84(17)/1 6(0)/0 3(1)/1 3(0)/0
Peterborough United 14/15-16/17 Jul-14 Undis
Heart of Midlothian 17/18- date Jun-17 Nom'l

Biography:
Versatile defender who earned his first senior call-up for the March 2016 friendlies against Wales and Slovenia.

More to follow.

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Soccerbase

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
28-03-2016 Slovenia H W 1-0 FR
still active

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
24-11-2009 Wales... H D 2-2 ICT

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

Jonny Steele

(Jonny Blair)

Name: Jonathan Steele
Born: 7 February 1986, Larne
Height: 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Weight: 12.12 st / 82 kg
Position: Midfielder / Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Full Caps (2013-14), 13 Under-19 Caps; 3 Under-18 Caps, 7 Under-17 Caps, 13 Under-16 Schoolboy Caps (2002).
Club Honours: (with Puerto Rico Islanders) USL Commissioner's Cup Winner 2008; (with New York Red Bulls) MLS Supporters' Shield Winner 2013.

Club Career:
Teams ................. -Seasons- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Wolverhampton Wanderers ........... 2002 Youth .0 (0)/0
Dallas Burn ....................... 2003 Trial .0 (0)/0
Syracuse Salty Dogs ....2004 ...... 2004 ..... (USL A-League)
Kansas City Comets .....04/05 ..... 2004 ..... (Major Indoor Soccer League)
Rochester Rhinos  ..... 2005 ...... 2005 ..... (USL First Division)
Baltimore Blast  ...... 05/06-06/07 2005 ..... (Major Indoor Soccer League)
Ballymena United  ..... 05/06 ... Aug-05 .Free. 2 (0)/1 .....  2(2)/0
Carolina RailHawks .... 2007 ...... 2007 ..... (USL First Division)
Orlando Sharks ........ 07/08 ..... 2007 ..... (Major Indoor Soccer League)
Philadelphia KiXX ..... 07/08 ..... 2007 ..... (Major Indoor Soccer League)
Puerto Rico Islanders . 2008-2009.. 2008 ..... (USL First Division)
Vancouver Whitecaps ... 2010  ... Dec-09 ..... (USL First Division)
FC Tampa Bay .......... 2010-2011 Jul-10 ..... (USL First Division)
Carolina RailHawks .... 2011 .... Feb-11 .Loan 26 (-)/0 (NASL)
Syracuse Silver Knights 11/12 ... Sep-11 ..... (Major Indoor Soccer League)
Real Salt Lake ........ 2012 .... Feb-12 .Free 11(17)/2 ...... ...... 0(1)/0 (MLS)
New York Red Bulls .... 2013-2014 Feb-13 .Free 38(10)/6 ...... ...... 2(0)/0 (MLS)
Newcastle Jets ........ 14/15 ... Jul-14 ..... (A-League)
Minnesota United....... 2015 .... Jan-15 .Free .4 (1)/0 (NASL)
Ottawa Fury............ 2016 .... Jan-16 .Free 12 (-)/0 (NASL)
Miami FC............... 2016 .... Jul-16 .Free .- (-)/- (NASL)

Biography:
When New York Red Bulls' midfielder Jonny Steele was called into the Northern Ireland squad in November 2013 he became the first ever MLS-based player to receive such an honour. Indeed, no player featuring with a US club had been called-up since the days of the NASL, three decades earlier.

Formerly a Wolves Academy player, Steele initially moved to the USA for a trial with Colin Clarke's Dallas Burn in 2003. He spent close to a decade, a short spell back home with Ballymena aside, plying his trade at various levels in North American soccer before finally arriving in the top-tier MLS with Real Salt Lake in 2012. He was released by RSL after a single season and looked likely to move closer to home, training with Cliftonville and coming close to a deal with an unidentified English League Two side.

Steele remained in the USA to sign for MLS power-houses, New York Red Bulls where he played alongside former English Premier League stars, Thierry Henry and Tim Cahill. In his first season he assisted the team to Eastern Conference championship and, as the MLS team with the overall best regular season record, to the Supporters' Shield. In all he scored five goals, mostly while playing as a left-sided mifielder. Surprisingly the Red Bulls lost out to Houston Dynamo in the play-offs.

A member of the Northern Ireland Under-19 side that played in the 2005 European Championship finals as hosts, Steele also featured as the team finished as runners-up in that years' Milk Cup, scoring in a 4-2 final defeat by the USA. His form in the MLS throughout the 2013 season had seen him tipped for a call-up to the senior Northern Ireland squad, but it was only after the Red Bulls' exit from the play-offs that Michael O'Neill was willing to include him in the squad to face Turkey in a November friendly.

On his first international call-up Steele noted: "Playing for your country is an honour and it's something I've always wanted to do and if I get that opportunity, I'm going to be hungrier than I've ever been."

Having added further caps to his name during Northern Ireland's 2014 summer tour of South America, Steele was on the move again in July 2014, moving to play in Australia with Newcastle Jets.

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Northern Ireland Full Cap Details:
15-11-2013 Turkey. A L 0-1 FR sub
30-05-2014 Uruguay A L 0-1 FR sub
04-06-2014 Chile.. A L 0-2 FR sub

Summary: 0(3)/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 3.

Rhys Sharpe

Name: Rhys Sharpe
Born: 17 October 1994
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Position: Full-Back / Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19.

Club Career:
Teams ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League Other
Derby County 13/14-14/15 Apr-13 Youth 0(0)/0

Shrewsbury T 14/15 ..... Mar-15 .Loan 2(1)/0
Notts County 15/16 ..... Jun-15 .Free 0(5)/0
Swindon Town 16/17 ..... Dec-16 .Free 0(0)/0 1(0)/0
Matlock Town 16/17-17/18 Mar-17 .Free (Northern Premier League)
Tamworth ... 17/18- date Jan-18

Biography:
To follow.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
14-08-2013 Denmark H L 1-4 FR sub
09-09-2013 Belgium A L 0-1 ECQ
11-10-2013 Belgium H L 0-1 ECQ
15-10-2013 Sebia.. A L 1-3 ECQ
still active

Sean Shields

Name: Sean Patrick Shields
Born: 20 January 1992, Enfield (England)
Height: 5.09½ ft / 1.77 m
Weight:
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Under-21 Caps (2013).

Club Career:
Teams ........ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League-- FACup FLCup Other
Tottenham Hotspur ........... -00 Youth .0 (0)/ 0
Cockfosters T. .................  Youth
Potters Bar T. .............. -08 Youth
Rushden & D'ds 09/10 ..... c/s-09 Youth .0 (0)/ 0 ........... 1(1)/0
Potters Bar T. 09/10 ..... Mar-10
St Albans City.10/11-12/13 Oct-10 ..... 59(33)/17 (all games)
Dagenham & Red 12/13-14/15 Jan-13 ...... 2(11)/ 0 .................. 0(1)/0
St Albans City 14/15 ..... Aug-14 .Loan 13 (3)/ 5 (all games)
Ebbsfleet Utd. 14/15- date Dec-14
Hemel Hempstead T. 15/16 . Feb-16. Loan

Biography:
To follow.

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RDFC
SACFC

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
30-05-2013 Cyprus. A L 0-3 ECQ sub
09-09-2013 Belgium A L 0-1 ECQ sub

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

Jamie Sendles-White

Name: 
Born: 10 April 1994, Kingston (England)
Height: 6.02 ft
Weight: 
Position: Right-Back / Centre-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19.

Club Career:
Teams ....... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League FA Cup FL Cup Other
Q.P.R. .. ../////.......... 2010 Youth .0(0)/0
Colchester U. 13/14 ..... Sep-13 .Loan .0(0)/0
Swindon Town. ........... Sep-14 Trial .0(0)/0
Mansfield T. .14/15 ..... Oct-14 .Loan .7(0)/0 1(0)/0
Swindon Town ............ Jul-15 Trial .0(0)/0
Hamilton Acad 15/16 ..... Aug-15 .Free .4(3)/0
Swindon Town. 15/16-16/17 Feb-16 .Free 13(2)/0 ...... 1(0)/0 1(0)/0
Leyton Orient 17/18 ..... Aug-17 .Free .8(5)/0 1(0)/0 (National League)
St. Albans C. 17/18- date Mar-18 .Free
Torquay Utd

Biography:
A member of QPR's Elite Developmeent squad, Jamie Sendles-White arrived in the Northern Ireland underage set-up during the 2012/13 season having previously been involved in the Republic of Ireland Under-17 team.

Having claimed three Northern Ireland Under-19 caps and made his Under-21 debut against Cyprus, Sendles-White was part of the side that finished runners-up 2013 Milk Cup.

Sendles-White joined Colchester United on a months loan early in the 2013/14 season, though he never made it beyond their substitutes' bench. During the 2014 pre-season he played several friendly matches for QPR and signed a one-year contract extension. QPR made him available for loan as they sought to give him firstteam experience. Following a trial with Swindon he joined Mansfield on a one-month deal in October.

Sendles-White was released following QPR's relegation from the Premier League in 2015 without having made a firstteam appearance. He then joined Scottish Premiership side, Hamilton Academical on a short term deal, but was released in January 2016 after just seven appearances. He subsequently joined Swindon where he had had two previous unsuccessful trials.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
31-05-2013 Cyprus. A L 0-3 ECQ
14-08-2013 Denmark H L 1-4 FR
still active.

Jack Seymour

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Born:
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Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1906).
Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish League Champion 1909/10 ... ; Irish Cup Winner 1906/07, 1908/09, Runner-Up 1909/10; ...

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Cliftonville	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
TOTALS		£0		-	-	-

Biography:
A member of the Cliftonville side that put in an impressive rear-guard performance to defeat reigning cup-holders Shelbourne in the 1907 Irish Cup Final.

More to follow.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
15-12-1906 England. H L 1-2

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

Dickie Sands

Name: Richard Sands

Born:

Height:

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Position: Left-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Amateur Caps (1964-1968).

Club Honours: (with Ards) Irish Cup Winner 1968/69.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Europe	Other
Bangor	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-	-
Crusaders	65/66	1965	Amateur	*23(0)/2	-	-	-
Ards	-	1966	Amateur	-	-	0(2)/0	-
TOTALS		£-		-	-	9(1)/1	-

* all domestic games.

Biography:

Bangor's regular left-half during the early 1960s, Dickie Sands' good form earned him selection for Northern Ireland Amateurs in 1964. After a season with Crusaders he joined Ards where he enjoyed the most successful period of his career. He was Player of the Year in 1966/67 and a member of the Ards team that won the 1969 Irish Cup - he came off the bench to help set-up Billy McAvoy's equaliser in a final replay 4-2 extra-time win over Distillery. The following season he was again substitute in both Cup Winners' Cup matches against Roma. During his time at Castlereagh Park Sands added two further Amateur caps to his collection.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

11-01-1964 Wales... H D 1-1

16-03-1968 Scotland A W 2-0

11-05-1968 Wales... H L 0-1

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

George Shields

Name: George B. Shields
Position: Left-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1922-1923).

Club Career:
Teams....... Signed
Cliftonville
Ards ....... Jan-24

Biography:
To follow.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
11-11-1922 England A L 0-4
10-11-1923 England A L 0-3

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

William Sloan

Name: William C. Sloan
Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1925); Amateur Representative (1925).
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish Cup Winner 1924/25; Gold Cup Winner 1924/25.

Club Career:
Teams .... --Seasons-- Signed
Barn
Distillery ............. 1924

Biography:
Brother of Andy Sloan, William Sloan was a dashing player, not scientific or possessing a bundle of tricks, but offering a surety and honesty in his play that proved a useful asset in any team for which he played.

"... big and strong and is ruthless (without being unfair) in destroying the most carefully laid plans of an opposition vanguard. He tackles with undying determination and does not neglect to use his weight, but with the utmost fairness. Perhaps he is stronger in defence than attack, but just the manner in which he changes the point of attack by throwing the ball to the wings often has the opposition in a tangle. Sloan is one of those men commonly described as "a ninety-minute player". Always in the thick of the fight, he spares no energy in his efforts to bring his team success."

Prior to breaking into senior football with Distillery, Sloan had appeared for Barn Reserves. He joined the Whites for the 1924/25 season and after initially appearing for the Seconds, he was given a first team opportunity due to an injury to the regular centre-half and starred in the Distillery side that claimed the "double" of Irish Cup and Gold Cup. He was also selected for Ireland Amateurs in an end-of-season representative match against the Irish League and again for an international against England the following season. His Distillery chances were cut short however as regular centre-half Fred Bell returned to fitness.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
11-05-1925 Irish League N D 2-2
17-11-1925 England..... A L 4-6

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

Steve Snodden

Name: Stephen Snodden
Born: Carrickfergus
Position: Inside-Right

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1926)

Club Career:
Teams....... --Seasons-- Signed --Fee--
Reading
Cliftonville
Linfield ................. 1926 Amateur

Biography:
Steve Snodden first made headlines while playing as a centre-forward for the Royal Army Ordnance Corp for scoring five goals in a single match and he was described as the mainstay of the military eleven. While stationed in Didcot he played for Reading Reserves and several senior clubs in Berks and Bucks were anxious to claim his signature.

On his return to his native Carrickfergus Snodden signed with Cliftonville and then, due to the restrictions of his army service, as an amateur to Linfield. At Windsor he started as a regular across the forward line but on occasion filled in at centre-half. It was in his favoured inside-right position that he was selected for the Amateur Ireland team that faced England at Solitude in November 1926 and a year later, when he played for the Irish League against the Football League in Newcastle, he appeared as a right-half.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
06-11-1926 England H L 0-3

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

Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
21-09-1927 Football League A L 1-9

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

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

Dick Shaw

Name: Richard Shaw
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Position: Outside-Left

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Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1928), Junior; North of Ireland Combination Representative.

Club Honours: (with St Nicholas) North of Ireland Combination Third Division Champion 1926/27; (with Willowfield) Irish Cup Winner 1927/28; Irish Intermediate League Champion 1927/28; Irish Intermediate Cup Winner 1927/28; Steel & Sons Cup Winner 1927/28.

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Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	Other
St Nicholas	-	-	Amateur	(North of Ireland Combination)
Willowfield	27/28-28/29	c/s-27	Amateur	(Intermediate League)
Ballymena	28/29	Sep-28	Amateur	21/3	4/1	3/0
Willowfield	29/30	Aug-29	Amateur	(Intermediate League)
Ballymena	30/31	Aug-30	-	10/3	2/1	3/0
TOTALS	-	£-		36/6	6/2	6/0

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Biography:

Dick Shaw had the honour of becoming the first Ballymena player to secure a senior representative honour. At the time of the amateur international match against England in November 1928 the County Antrim team had been only a matter of months in senior football, and Shaw just a few weeks.

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Ballymena, the Irish League's "babes", surprisingly coaxed Shaw from Willowfield, the giants of the intermediate scene, early in their debut 1928/29 season. A light-weight outside-left, "fleet of foot with good control [who could] centre the ball with the best", Shaw's early performances made him hard to ignore for the Amateur Ireland selectors.

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Prior to arriving at Ballymena Shaw had already tasted significant success. While with St Nicholas in 1926/27 he was selected for the North of Ireland Combination's representative match against the Scottish Western League and the same season his club finished as the Combination's Third Division champions.

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The following year Shaw was part of the Willowfield side that shocked Irish football by winning the Irish Cup final against Larne. That same season they also claimed the Intermediate League, Intermediate Cup and Steel Cup as well as finishing as runners-up in the McElroy Cup.

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Perhaps lacking the "weight to stand a big amount of buffeting" Shaw lasted only a short time in the Ballymena first eleven, losing his place to ex-Scotland international Joe Cassidy and so missing out on another Irish Cup winner's medal.

Shaw then returned to Willowfield for the 1929/30 season, and was selected for the Ireland Junior team that drew 2-2 with Scotland at Grosvenor Park. He re-signed for Ballymena in August 1930, but once again struggled to hold down a regular starting place and again missed out on an Irish Cup final appearance as Ballymena lost to Linfield in their third successive appearance in the show-piece match.

Shaw's Irish League career appears to have been brought to a close in 1931 as he was not retained by Ballymena. 

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Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

10-11-1928 England H L 0-2

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

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

Ballymena details from "Neil Coleman - The Official History of Ballymena United FC."