Rory Hamill

Name: Rory Hamill
Born: 4 May 1976, Coleraine
Height: 5.08 ft
Weight: 12.03 st
Position: Forward/Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1999), 3 'B' Caps (1995-2003), 2 Under-18 Caps, 6 Under-16 Caps, 3 Under-15 Caps; PSNI Representative.
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1998/99; Irish Cup Winner 1997/98, 1999/00; Irish League Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner; (with Coleraine) Irish Cup Winner 2002/03; (with Dungannon) Irish Cup Runner-Up 2006/07; (with Cliftonville) Irish Cup Runner-Up 2008/09; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2008/09.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Coleraine	-	-	Youth	0 (0)/ 0
Southampton	-	-93	Youth	0 (0)/ 0
Portstewart	94/95	Aug-94	-	-
Fulham	94/95-96/97	Nov-94	-	24(24)/ 7	2 (4)/ 3	2(0)/0	-	1(3)/0
Glentoran	96/97-00/01	Sep-96	£5,000	131(18)/28	*56(13)/14	-	6(0)/0	-
Coleraine	01/02-03/04	Jun-01	-	/23	*/14	-	6(0)/1	-
Ballymena U.	04/05-05/06	c/s-04	-	34(13)/ 8	3 (3)/ 0	11(0)/6	-	3(2)/0
Dungannon.S.	06/07	c/s-06	-	/ 4	*/ 2	-	-	-
Glentoran	07/08	Jun-07	-	3(11)/ 2	-	4(3)/1	1(1)/0	2(0)/0
D'gal Celtic	07/08	Jan-08	Loan	#/ 5	-	-	-	-
Cliftonville	08/09-09/10	c/s-08	-	#/ 9	-	-	-	-
L. Distillery	09/10	Aug-09	Loan	/ 0	-	-	-	-
Glenavon	09/10	Feb-10	-	7 (2)/ 1	-	-	-	-
Bangor	10/11	Jul-10	-	10 (1)/ 4	-	-	-	-
PSNI	11/12	c/s-11	-	7 (1)/ 2	-	-	-	-
TOTALS		£-		/93	/33	17(3)/7	13(1)/1	6(5)/0

* all domestic cup games; # all games.

Biography:
Rory Hamill had won youth caps for Northern Ireland before joining English Premier League side Southampton as a trainee in 1993. At the Dell he added Under-18 caps to his collection but failed to make the first team. In November 1994 his ex-Saints boss Ian Branfoor signed him for Fulham. At Craven Cottage he quickly established himself as a member of the first team squad playing a total of 25 League and Cup games that season, using his pace and powerful shot to claim seven goals. He also picked up a B cap in a 3-0 defeat by Scotland in February 1995.

The following season Hamill failed to consolidate his position in the Fulham first team, and as the club struggled he dropped out of the reckoning. In September 1996 he joined Glentoran on loan, a move that became permanent in November. At the Oval he again showed his earlier promise developing into one of the top players in the Irish League. His strong running and tireless work rate meant that Hamill was effective as a midfielder, a winger or up front, and this brought him back to the attention of the Northern Ireland set-up and he won his second B cap in a 1-0 defeat by Wales in February 1999.

In April 1999, with Lawrie McMenemy keen to experiment with new players, Hamill was called up to the Northern Ireland full squad along with Linfield’s Glenn Ferguson. On 60 minutes, with the game at 0-0 he came off the substitutes bench to make his full Northern Ireland debut against Canada. The game eventually finished 1-1.

With Glentoran Hamill picked up an Irish League title in 1999 and Irish Cup winner’s medals in 1998 and 2000. However, early in the 2000/01 season things started to go awry. Hamill was made available for transfer as Roy Coyle sought to cut costs by selling some of his highest paid players. Things were to get worse.

A drugs test after a UEFA Cup tie between Glentoran and Norwegian side Lillestrom in August 2000 proved positive with traces of cannabis. Initially Hamill was banned from all European competitions, but on the eve of the 2001 Irish Cup Final a ban from all football was imposed, causing him to miss the Final, and all games up to 4th October 2001.

Having made almost 150 League appearances, and scored 28 goals, Hamill finally left Glentoran during the 2001 close season for Coleraine, where he had played as a youth. At the Coleraine Showgrounds Hamill added another Irish Cup medal, as his new club stopped Glentoran completing a domestic trophy clean-sweep in the 2002/03 season. A year later, with the club in severe financial difficulties, Hamill moved on to Ballymena United, where he was to become vice-captain.

After a protracted falling out with the Ballymena hierarchy, Hamill signed for Dungannon Swifts for the 2006/07 season. He helped the Swifts to their first ever Irish Cup Final appearance in his only season, scoring a first-half goal in a 2-2 draw with Linfield, unfortunately he was to miss from the spot in a penalty shoot-out defeat.

In June 2007 Hamill re-signed for Glentoran, becoming Alan McDonald's first signing as manager. In October he was a member of the Glens side that claimed the season's first trophy - the Co. Antrim Shield - with a 2-1 win over Crusaders. In January 2008 he joined Donegal Celtic on loan, marking a return to the Oval with two goals in a 2-1 Irish Cup quarter-final win. At the close of the season Cliftonville clinched his signature ahead of a number of other clubs. In his first season with the club he claimed a Co. Antrim Shield winner's medal following a 2-1 defeat of Linfield and an Irish Cup runners-up medal following a 1-0 reverse by Crusaders.

In August 2009 he joined Lisburn Distillery on loan having made a last-minute U-turn over a move to Institute. In February 2010 he joined-up with his ex-Coleraine boss, Marty Quinn, at Glenavon. He was released at the end of the season and quickly signed for Championship One side, Bangor and he marked his competitive debut with a goal in a 3-0 win over Institute.

IFA Premiership

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
27-04-1999 Canada.. H D 1-1 FR sub

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

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
21-02-1995 Scotland A L 0-3 FR sub
09-02-1999 Wales... A L 0-1 FR
20-05-2003 Scotland A L 1-2 FR sub

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

George Dunlop

The "Best Goalkeeper in Ireland" throughout the 1980s, George Dunlop was a long-time Northern Ireland squad member - with little return...

Name: George Dunlop
Born: 16 January 1956, Belfast
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 13.00 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Full Caps (1984-1989), Junior, 4 Schoolboy Caps (1971); Irish League: 14 Caps (1980-1989).
Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1975/76; (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1988/89; Irish Cup Winner 1979/80, 1981/82, Runner-Up 1982/83, 1984, 85; Irish League Cup Winner 1986/87; Gold Cup Winner 1979/80, 1981/82, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90; Ulster Cup Winner 1979/80, 1984/85; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84; Tyler All-Ireland Cup Winner 1980/81.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	Domestic	Europe
Man City	72/73	-	Youth	0(0)/0
Glentoran	73/74-74/75	-	Free	11(0)/0
Ballymena U.	75/76-76/77	-	-	62(0)/0
Linfield	77/78-90/91	Oct-77	-	541(0)/1	24(1)/0
Larne	90/91	Aug-90	Loan	1(0)/0
R.U.C.	90/91-93/94	Dec-90	Free	(Irish League B Division)
TOTALS			£-	615(0)/1	24(1)/0

Biography:
George Dunlop combined playing part-time football with Linfield and his work as a riveter at Shorts. He had had a chance in the English game when he was signed as a teenager by Manchester City. His only first-team involvement came as an unused sub for a UEFA Cup tie in Valencia in September 1972. Less than a year later Dunlop was allowed to leave Maine Road and he returned to the Irish League to join Glentoran. After a brief spell with Ballymena United he signed for Linfield in October 1977, where he spent a season and a half playing reserve team football before taking over from Ken Barclay.


In over a decade with Linfield, Dunlop played more than 500 games and won every honour the local game had to offer. In 1980 he was called up to the Northern Ireland squad for the first time, travelling to Australia for the Irish FA's Centenary Tour. He was a member of the Northern Ireland squad that went to the World Cup in Spain in 1982, but it wasn't until October 1984, against Israel, that he got a chance to add full international caps to the schoolboy caps he had won more than a decade earlier.

Despite not making into the squad for Mexico ’86 World Cup Finals it seemed that Dunlop was a likely successor to Pat Jennings and Jim Platt, but it wasn't to be. He added two further caps due to the injury suffered by Phil Hughes, against England and Yugoslavia in 1987, and had his final outing against the Republic of Ireland in 1989. The emergence of Allen McKnight, Paul Kee and Tommy Wright (who he had kept out of the Linfield side for a number of seasons) scuppered any ambitions Dunlop might have had of a long-term international career.

By now working as a police officer, Dunlop left Linfield to play for RUC in December 1990. He would return to senior football as Youth Development Officer then first-team coach at Bangor, before being appointed manager in April 2005.

Later, looking back on the ups-and-downs of combining international football with a full-time job, Dunlop would reminisce:

"I had to take unpaid leave to play internationals. We got a match fee which just about covered my loss of wages. We met up on a Sunday. If it was a home game I'd take three days off work and go back on Thursday. If it was an away game I'd normally go back on the Friday. After a home game I'd be back at work by a quarter to eight the next morning. My work was set out and I just had to get on with it. If you didn't have your work finished in time people would be asking you why. There were certainly no favours and no time to have a chat."

LinfieldFC

Torrans Trophy Winner 2014

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
16-10-1984 Israel...... H W 3-0 FR sub
01-04-1987 England..... H L 0-2 ECQ
29-04-1987 Yugoslavia.. H L 1-2 ECQ
11-10-1989 Rep. Ireland A L 0-3 WCQ

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

Northern Ireland Representative Appearance Details:
22-06-1980 West Australia A W 4-0 FR sub

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

Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
20-09-1980 Canada ............... A W 3-1
15-04-1981 League of Ireland .... A L 0-1
16-02-1982 OFK Belgrade ......... H D 3-3
30-10-1984 League of Ireland .... H W 4-0
17-03-1986 League of Ireland .... A L 1-2
17-03-1987 League of Ireland .... H W 2-1
10-08-1987 Manchester Utd F.C. .. H D 0-0
09-09-1987 Football League ...... H D 2-2
06-03-1989 Hibernian F.C. ....... A L 1-2
17-05-1989 League of Ireland..... A L 0-3
06-06-1989 Ft Lauderdale Strikers A L 2-5
09-06-1989 Penn Jersey........... A D 1-1
13-06-1989 Ruch Chorzow.......... A W 1-0
15-06-1989 USA .................. A L 0-1

Summary: 14/0. Won 4, Drew 4, Lost 6.

Mark Caughey

After a meteoric rise in the Irish League that brought international recognition, Mark Caughey's dream move to full-time football brought a great deal of disappointment...

Name: Mark Caughey
Born: 27 August 1960, Belfast
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 12.09 st
Position: Winger

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Full Caps (1986), Junior, Youth Caps; Irish League: 1 Cap / 1 Goal (1986); British Police.
Club Honours: (with R.U.C.) Irish Intermediate Cup Winner 1984/85; 'B' Division Knockout Cup 1982/83, 1984/85; (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 1985/86; (with Bangor) Ulster Cup Winner 1991/92.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Others
Glentoran	-	-	Youth	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-	-
R.U.C.	-	-79	Amateur	-	(Irish League B Division)
Manchester C.	-	-	Trial	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-	-
Linfield	85/86	Jul-85	Amateur	25 (-)/ 5	-	-	2(0)/0	21(0)/11
Hibernian	86/87	Jun-86	-	5 (9)/ 0	-	1(0)/0	-	-
Burnley	86/87	Feb-87	Loan	8 (0)/ 0	-	-	-	1(0)/ 0
Hamilton Ac.	86/87-87/88	Mar-87	-	20 (1)/13	-	1(0)/0	-	-
Motherwell	87/88	Oct-87	-	9 (6)/ 0	-	-	-	-
Ards	88/89	c/s-88	-	/ 3	/0	/1	-	/ 6
Bangor	89/90-92/93	Aug-89	-	38 (5)/14	5(0)/1	4(0)/2	2(0)/0	29(3)/16
Glentoran	92/93-93/94	Oct-92	-	10 (3)/ 1	-	-	-	4(0)/ 2
Limavady.Utd	93/94-94/95	Nov-93	-	/ 5	(Irish League B Division)
Portstewart	-	Feb-95	Free	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS			-	115(24)/41	5(0)/1	6(0)/3	4(0)/0	54(3)/35

Biography:
Mark Caughey's emergence during the 1985/86 season, his first season in Irish League football, was so rapid that he earned a host of cross-channel admirers, and a place in Northern Ireland's World Cup squad. In fact, so determined were Hibernian to acquire the winger's signature that, when it seemed that an English club were set to snatch him, their chairman and manager flew out to the Northern Ireland training camp in Albuquerque, New Mexico to finalise the deal.

Caughey, a policeman by day, made his name with the RUC playing in the 'B' Division, before being snapped up by Linfield in the summer of 1985. During what would be his only season with the Windsor Park club he scored 16 times and picked up an Irish League winner's medal and Inter-League honours. He also won his first cap, in a World Cup warm-up match with France, in February, adding a second a month later against Denmark.

One of only two Irish League players (Jim Platt being the other), to make it into Northern Ireland squad for the Finals, Caughey did not feature in Mexico, but the 1986/87 season promised much, with full-time football in the Scottish Premier Division, and the prospect of further international honours. His Linfield exit had been controversial however, as an amateur they had not earned a fee from the move and felt somewhat miffed to lose one of their star players for nothing.

It was not to be, Caughey's time at Easter Road proved to be unhappy, with the pace of the Scottish game leaving him looking laboured. Consequently Caughey dropped out of Billy Bingham's thoughts, and found himself loaned to English Fourth Division side Burnley in February 1987 (in what is acknowledged as the clubs worst ever season). The following month he signed for Hamilton Academical, finally making the impression on the Scottish game which he had hoped for. However, his three goals in four starts could not save the club from relegation from the Premier Division.

Caughey continued to shine for the Accies in the First Division, his goal tally reaching double figures by Halloween, and he was snapped up by another Premier Division club, this time Motherwell. His time at Fir Park again proved unhappy, and, an own goal on his debut aside, the goalscoring touch deserted him.

In the 1988 close-season Caughey was allowed to return to the Irish League with Ards. A season later he joined Bangor, as the club embarked on the most successful period in it's history, Caughey having a penalty saved, setting one up and scoring another in the club's 3-1 Ulster Cup victory over Crusaders in September 1991. He left Clandeboye Park mid-way through the 1992/93 season, missing out on medals as Bangor claimed both the Irish League Cup and Irish Cup that season, to return to Glentoran where he had played as a youth. That season the Glens were dumped out of the Irish Cup at the semi-final stage by none other than Bangor.

After a trophy-less year at the Oval, Caughey finished his playing career with spells at Limavady United and Portstewart.

RUC FC Legend

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
26-02-1986 France. A D 0-0 FR sub
26-03-1986 Denmark H D 1-1 FR sub

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