David McCoy

PSNI FC

Name: David McCoy
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Position: Right-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1971).

Club Career:
Ards Amateur

Biography:
To follow.

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Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
19-02-1971 Scotland H D 1-1
17-04-1971 Wales... A L 0-1

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

Bob Johnstone

PSNI FC

Name: Robert Boyd Johnstone
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Position: Inside-Right

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Cap Details (1938-1939)

Club Career:
Cliftonville Amateur

Biography:
To follow.

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Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
13-04-1938 Scotland H W 2-1
19-04-1939 Scotland A D 1-1

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

Ivan McAllister

Name: Ivan McAllister

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Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 5 Amateur Caps

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Club Career:

Linfield
R.U.C.

Biography:

To follow.

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Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

15-04-1972 Wales... A W 3-0

28-04-1972 Scotland A W 1-0

15-05-1972 England. A W 2-1

07-04-1973 Wales... A D 1-1

12-10-1973 England. A L 0-2

Summary: 5/0. Won 3, Drew 1, Lost 1.

Billy Lyness

PSNI FC

Name: William Lyness
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Position: Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1929).

Club Career:
Newry Town Amateur

Biography:

To follow.

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Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

10-11-1928 England H L 0-2

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

David Cloughley

PSNI FC

Name: David Cloughley
Born: Portadown
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Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 7 Amateur Caps (1965-1967), Youth, Schoolboy.
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Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Portadown	-	-	-	-	-	-
R.U.C.	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glentoran	-	-	-	0/ 0	-	-
Ballymena United	63/64-66/67	-	-	*182/15	-	-
Glenavon	-	-67	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

* all games.

Biography:
A policeman by day, David Cloughley captained Ireland Amateurs on several occasions.

More to follow.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
03-04-1965 Scotland H D 1-1
25-09-1965 England. H L 0-2
15-01-1966 Wales... H D 0-0
12-03-1966 Scotland A W 3-2
14-01-1967 Wales... A D 3-3 1 goal
18-03-1967 Scotland H L 1-2 1 goal
23-09-1967 England. H L 0-1

Summary: 7/2. Won 1, Drew 3, Lost 3.

Peter O'Kane

PSNI FC

Name: Peter O'Kane
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Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1966).
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Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Glentoran Olympic	-	-59	Amateur	-	-	-
RUC	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Ardoyne Celtic	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Crusaders	-	Aug-64	Amateur	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
A Gaelic footballer in his youth, Peter O'Kane joined Glentoran Olympic in 1959 then had spells with the R.U.C. and Ardoyne Celtic in summer football. He joined Crusaders in 1964 and won two Ireland Amateur caps in 1966.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
15-01-1966 Wales... H D 0-0
12-03-1966 Scotland A W 3-2

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

Robert Skelton

Name: Robert M. Skelton
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Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 6 Amateur Caps (1930-1933).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	Other
Cliftonville	-	-	Amateur	0/0	-	-
Queen's.Island.Olympic	28/29	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Cliftonville	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
A right-back who initially had to leave Cliftonville to seek firstteam football, Robert Skelton joined Queen's Island Olympic for the 1928/29 season without playing a game for the Reds. He returned to Solitude for the following season, but his progress was hampered by illness.

Once established in the Cliftonville firstteam, Skelton proved his worth and was quickly recognised as a "certainty" in the Ireland Amateur team. Unlike Ireland's senior international eleven, the amateurs could actually compete with their larger neighbours and recorded some impressive wins in his six cap international career.

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Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
20-09-1930 Scotland A L 0-2
15-11-1930 England. H W 3-1
14-11-1931 England. A L 2-3
23-01-1932 Scotland H W 4-0
28-01-1933 Scotland A L 1-5 (or 0-6)
18-02-1933 England. H W 4-3

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

Details and picture supplied by Jim Murphy.

Joe Meldrum

PSNI FC

Name: Joseph Patrick Meldrum
Born: c.1936
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Position: Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 5 Amateur Caps / 1 Goal (1960-1962); Irish League: 4 Caps (1961-1963).
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish League Champion 1962/63; Irish Cup Runner-Up 1962/63; City Cup Winner 1962/63; (with Crusaders) Irish Cup Winner 1966/67, 1967/68; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1968/69.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	Europe	Other
Distillery	59/60-64/65	-	Amateur	*195/172	-	2/0	-
R.U.C.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Crusaders	-	c/s-66	-	-	-	4/0	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	6/0	-

Biography:
To follow.

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Joe Meldrum slots home Crusaders 2nd goal as they defeat Linfield 2-0 in the 1968 Irish Cup Final at The Oval (courtesy of Chris Wilson)

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
16-01-1960 Wales... H W 3-2
18-02-1961 Scotland H D 3-3 1 Goal
17-02-1962 Scotland A D 0-0
29-09-1962 England. A L 2-3

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

John 'Bap' Dunlop

PSNI FC

Name: John Dunlop
Born: c.1924, Belfast
Died: 2005/06
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Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1950-1951), Junior, 3 Schoolboy Caps (1938); Irish League; British Police.

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Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Glentoran	-	-39	Amateur	-	-	-
Ards	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Bangor	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Glenavon	-	-45	Amateur	-	-	-
Coleraine	-	-45	Amateur	-	-	-
Crusaders	-	-46	Amateur	-	-	-
Bangor	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Glentoran	-	-49	Amateur	-	-	-
Distillery	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
R.U.C.	1950 - 1960	-50	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
To follow.

PSNI Website

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
04-02-1950 England. H L 1-3

19-05-1951 Scotland H L 0-1

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

Maurice Pyper

Name: Maurice Archibald Pyper
Born: 4 September 1904, Limavady
Died: 1 March 1990, Belfast
Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1931); Irish League: 1 Cap (1927).
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1930/31, Runner-Up 1931/32.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
R.U.C.	-	-	-	-	-	-
Barn	-	-	-	-	-	-
Linfield	-	1923	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
A member during the earliest days of the RUC Athletic Association, Maurice Pyper represented the Police at hockey and golf, as well as football. At the time the RUC football team limited itself to inter-Police Force matches, the Intermediate Cup and the Steel & Sons Cup. It was not until 1956 that RUC FC was officially formed and became members of the Irish Amateur League.

Still regarded as the most outstanding player to have represented the RUC, Pyper played with Carrick-based Barn before he stepped up to senior football with Linfield in the 1923/24 season. Initially a centre-forward, he established himself in the first eleven as a right-back, and claimed an Irish Cup winner’s medal in his first full season, as Ballymena were defeated 3-0 in the Final.

In December 1931 Pyper was included in the Ireland team to face Wales, standing in at centre-half for Linfield team-mate Jack Jones. Also featuring in the half-back line that day was another Linfield colleague, Billy McCleery, and they had an easy day as Ireland recorded a 4-0 win.

On leaving senior football behind, Pyper switched sports once again, playing for CIYMS (Church of Ireland Young Mens Society) Rugby Club. He did remain involved with Linfield at official level, taking a keen interest in the Swifts.

PSNI Site

Ireland Cap Details:
05-12-1931 Wales... H W 4-0 BC

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