Jordan Thompson

Name: Jordan Thompson
Born: 3 January 1997, Antrim
Height: 5.09 ft / 1.75 m
Weight:
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, Under-21, Under-19, Under-17.
Club Honours: (with Livingston) SPFL Premiership Play-Off Winner 2017/18.
Awards: Super Cup NI Senior Player of the Tournament 2014.

Club Career:
Teams ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Manchester United ............. Youth .0(0)/ 0
Rangers .... 15/16-17/18 Jul-15 .Free .0(2)/ 0 ...... 0(1)/0 2(0)/0
Airdrie .... 15/16 ..... Feb-16 .Loan .7(0)/ 1
Raith Rovers 16/17 ..... Aug-16 .Loan 23(3)/ 1 2(0)/0 ------ 0(1)/0
Livingston . 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Loan .7(4)/ 0 ............. 2(2)/0 
Blackpool .. 18/19- date Jun-18 .Free

Biography:
Talented midfielder promoted to the senior squad for the first time for the 2018 Central American Tour.

More to follow.

Wikipedia
Soccerbase

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
29-05-2018 Panama A D 0-0 FR sub
still active

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
02-09-2016 Iceland H L 0-1 ECQ

Conor Brennan

Name: Conor Brennan
Born: 30 March 1994
Height:
Weight:
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, 2 Under-19 Caps, 6 Under-17 Caps, 12 Under-16 Caps (2009-2010).

Club Career:
Teams .......... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League FACup FLCup Other
Ards ....................... Sep-07 Youth 0(0)/0
Dungannon Swifts 09/10 ..... Jun-09 ..... 0(0)/0 ............ 1(0)/0
Leicester City ............. Sep-10 ..... 0(0)/0
Kilmarnock ..... 14/15-15/16 Jun-13 .Free 4(3)/0 
Stranraer ...... 15/16 ..... Jul-15 .Loan 3(0)/0 ..... 2(0)/0 1(0)/0
Raith Rovers ... 16/17 ..... Aug-16 .Free
Notts County ............... Jul-17 Trial 0(0)/0
Ballymena United 17/18 ..... Jul-17 .Free
Greenock Morton. 17/18
Brechin City ... 18/19- date Jun-18 

Biography: 
Conor Brennan made his senior football debut as a 15 year-old, in a 1-0 Mid-Ulster Cup semi-final defeat by Glenavon in March 2010. At the time he was also a pupil at St. Colmcille's High School in Crossgar, Northern Ireland Schoolboy's regular number one and a former member of the County Down Milk Cup squad. Early in the following season he joined Leicester City, but he was released after three seasons.

Brennan joined Kilmarnock in 2013, becoming Kenny Shiels' final signing before his sacking. He spent his first season at Rugby Park in the Under-20 squad, appearing on the bench for the firstteam for the first time in February 2014. From the start of the following campaign he was a match-day regular, making his debut in October in a 2-0 win over Dundee United, coming on as a half-time for Craig Samson who had suffered a broken toe.

Having played for Northern Ireland at every age-group level, Brennan won his first Under-21 cap in August 2013 against Denmark, in a friendly at his old home ground in Dungannon which resulted in a 1-4 defeat. However, when he was substituted at half-time the scoreline was 1-1.

In order to gain more experience Brennan was loaned to Scottish League one side Stranraer at the start of the 2015/16 season, but he was recalled early as Kilmarnock suffered a goalkeeping injury crisis. At the end of the 2015/16 season Brennan was released by Killie.

To follow.

UEFA
Irish FA
Kilmarnock FC
Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
14-08-2013 Denmark H L 1-4 FR
09-09-2013 Belgium A L 0-1 ECQ
11-10-2013 Belgium H L 0-1 ECQ
15-10-2013 Serbia. A L 1-3 ECQ
14-11-2013 Italy.. A L 0-3 ECQ
19-11-2013 Cyprus. H W 1-0 ECQ
05-03-2014 Italy.. H L 0-2 ECQ
still active.

Rory McKeown

Name: Rory McKeown

Born: 8 April 1993, Belfast

Height: 5.11 ft / 1.80 m

Weight:

Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, 6 Under-19 Caps, 2 Under-18 Caps, 9 Under-17 Caps, 12 Under-16 Schoolboy Caps (2009).

Club Career:

Teams ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Others
Ipswich Town .................. Youth .0 (0)/0

Kilmarnock.. 11/12-13/14 Jul-11 .Free 40 (3)/1 4(0)/0 2(0)/0
Cowdenbeath. 13/14 ..... Feb-14 .Loan 12 (0)/2 ............. 4(0)/0
Raith Rovers 14/15-15/16 Jun-14 .Free 72 (0)/1 6(0)/0 5(0)/1 4(0)/0
Accrington S 16/17 ..... Aug-16 .Free .0 (0)/0 ............. 1(0)/0
Warrington T 16/17 ..... Nov-16 .Free
Southport .. 16/17- date Dec-16 .Free
Warrington
Greenock Morton

Biography:

A product of Ipswich Town's prolific youth set-up, Rory McKeown found himself released in the summer of 2011. He was promptly snapped-up by Kilmarnock manager, Kenny Shiels. McKeown marked his SPL debut with a goal in a 1-1 draw with Dundee United in July 2011. The following month he made his Northern Ireland Under-21 debut, adding to the Youth and Schoolboy caps he had already won.

McKeown was called up to the senior Northern Ireland squad as a late replacement for the matches against Portugal and Luxembourg in September 2013.

In February 2014 McKeown joined Cowdenbeath on an emergency one-month loan, and marked his debut with a goal in a 2-0 win over Dundee.

IrishFA

Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:

10-08-2011 Faroe Islands H W 4-0 ECQ
02-09-2011 Sebia........ A L 0-1 ECQ
06-09-2011 Denmark...... H L 0-3 ECQ
15-08-2012 Hungary...... A L 2-3 FR
07-09-2012 FYR Macedonia H L 1-3 ECQ
10-09-2012 Denmark...... A L 0-3 ECQ
13-11-2012 England...... A L 0-2 FR
31-05-2013 Cyprus....... A L 0-3 ECQ
14-08-2013 Denmark...... H L 1-4 FR
11-10-2013 Belgium...... H L 0-1 ECQ
15-10-2013 Serbia....... A L 1-3 ECQ
14-11-2013 Italy........ A L 0-3 ECQ

still active

Norman Kelly

Name: Norman Kelly
Born: 10 October 1970, Belfast
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 12.00 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (1990), Under-19, Under-18.
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 1999/00, 2000/01; Irish Cup Winner 2001/02, Runner-Up 1999/00.

Club Career:
Teams........... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- --League-- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
Glentoran ......................... Youth ..0 (0)/ 0
Oldham Athletic. 87/88-89/90 Jul-87 Youth ..0 (2)/ 0 .................... 0(1)/0
Wigan Athletic.. 89/90 ..... Oct-89 .Loan ..0 (4)/ 0
Dunfermline Ath. 90/91-92/93 Mar-91 ...... 13 (1)/ 0
Brunei ..................... May-93
Raith Rovers ... 93/94 ..... Dec-93 ....... 1 (3)/ 0
Glenavon ....... 93/94 ..... Dec-93 ....... 4 (0)/ 2 .................... 1(0)/0
Glentoran ...... 94/95 ..... Oct-94 ....... 5 (0)/ 2 .................... 3(0)/0
IFL Stroustead ..................................... (Sweden)
Malaysia
Canberra Cosmos .95/96-98/99 ............. 79 (-)/ 9 (Australia)
Linfield ....... 99/00-01/02 Jul-99 ...... 51(12)/ 4 ?(?)/? ?(?)/? 5(1)/0
Glenavon ....... 02/03 ..... Jul-02 ....... 6 (4)/ 1 ...... 5(0)/0
Crusaders ...... 02/03 ..... Jan-03 ...... 11 (0)/ 0 3(0)/0

Biography:
Capped as an Under-21, the closest Norman Kelly got to a full cap was when he was on the bench for a famous 1-1 draw with Germany in 1992.

In December 2008 Kelly returned to Linfield as a member of their scouting staff. From July 2010 to December 2011 he was firstteam coach at Larne before taking on a similar role at Ballymena under Glenn Ferguson. He left the Showgrounds when Ferguson was sacked in March 2016 and was appointed coach at Glenavon just a few weeks later, but left at the end of the season.

More to follow.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
03-04-1990 Israel H W 2-1 FR sub

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

George O'Boyle

Name: George O’Boyle
Born: 14 December 1967, Belfast
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.09 st
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 13 Full Caps / 1 Goal (1994-1998), 4 B Caps / 2 Goals (1994-1998), Under-18, Under-17; Irish league: 2 Caps (1989).
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 1986/87, 1988/89; Gold Cup Winner 1988/89; Irish League Cup Winner 1986/87; (with St Johnstone) Scottish League Division One Champion 1996/97; Scottish League Cup Runner-Up 1998/99.
Awards: Ulster Young Player of the Year 1987; Scottish league Division One Player of the Year 1996.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Manchester City	-	Oct-84	Youth	0 (0)/  0	-	-	-	-
Distillery	85/86	Dec-85	Youth	23 (1)/  4	-	-	-	1(1)/ 0
Linfield	86/87	Aug-86	-	20 (2)/ 12	-	-	2(0)/0	/ 8
Bordeaux	87/88-88/89	Aug-87	-	0 (3)/  0	-	-	-	-
Linfield	88/89	Jun-88	Loan	23 (1)/  9	-	-	1(1)/0	/ 9
Dunfermline Ath.	89/90-93/94	Aug-89	£250k	86 (9)/ 29	4(2)/1	10(0)/4	-	1(0)/ 2
St Johnstone	94/95-00/01	Jul-94	£200k	135(11)/ 64	?(?)/?	?(?)/?	0(1)/0	-
Raith Rovers	01/02	Jul-01	Free	2 (3)/  0	-	-	-	-
Brechin City	01/02	Nov-01	Free	4 (1)/  2	1(0)/2	-	-	-
Queen of the S'th	01/02	Dec-01	Free	7 (0)/  3	-	-	-	-
Glenavon	02/03	Jun-02	Free	33 (0)/  9	3(0)/1	2(0)/0	-	1(0)/0
Ards	03/04	Jun-03	Free	5 (4)/  0	-	1(2)/1	-	-
Bo’ness United	03/04-05/06	Jan-04	Free	33 (7)/ 13	(Scottish Junior)
Kelty Hearts	06/07	Jul-06	Free	-	(Scottish Junior)
Carnoustie.Pan're	06/07	Nov-06	Free	0 (1)/  0	(Scottish Junior)
TOTALS		£450k		371(42)/145	8(2)/4	13(2)/5	3(2)/0	/19

Biography:
Having won Youth caps, George O’Boyle started his Irish League career with Distillery, where he made 25 appearances before joining Linfield. At Linfield he developed into one of the best young players in Northern Ireland, and was voted Ulster’s Young Player of the Year in 1987, the same season as he claimed an Irish League winner’s medal. A spell with Bordeaux proved short-lived and he returned to Linfield on loan in 1988. During his season back at Windsor O'Boyle received Inter-League recognition and his first inclusions in Billy Bingham's Northern Ireland squad - however it would be another five years before he was actually capped.

O’Boyle moved to Scotland with Dunfermline in the summer of 1989. Whilst with Dunfermline he was called up by Bryan Hamilton for a Northern Ireland ‘B’ international with England, and on 10th March 1994 he scored in a 4-2 defeat at Hillsborough in Sheffield. That goal brought another call-up to the Full international squad, and he went on that summer’s trip to the USA. He won his first cap as a substitute on 3rd June against Colombia, a 2-0 defeat, and eight days later he started against Mexico in a 3-0 defeat.

The summer of 1994 also saw George O’Boyle make a tribunal-set-£200,000 move to Scottish First Division side St Johnstone as a replacement for Aberdeen bound Billy Dodds. His form over the next few seasons saw him regularly top the goalscoring charts and establish his place in the world of international football. In 1995/96, the same season that he scored 23 League goals, he was linked to a host of top Scottish sides, including Hearts, Hibs and even Rangers. His reputation was further enhanced as he came of the substitutes bench to score for Northern Ireland in a 1-1 draw with Germany in April 1996.

St Johnstone resisted all attempts to lure their top striker away, and he eventually helped them to the Scottish Premier League in the late 1990s. In 1998 O’Boyle scored his last goal in a Northern Ireland shirt as the Republic of Ireland were defeated 1-0 in a ‘B’ international in Dublin on 11th February. Regular appearances from the bench during Lawrie McMenemy’s first year in charge yielded little joy and as injuries started to plague O’Boyle he made his final appearance, again from the bench, against Finland on 10th October 1998.

Injury problems, including a cruciate ligament problem put him out of action for much of 1999 and 2000, but it was his off-the-field antics that drew the most attention. In January 2001 St Johnstone sacked George O’Boyle after being found guilty of gross misconduct. It followed allegations that, along with Saints team-mate Kevin Thomas, he had been seen taking cocaine in a Perth bar.

On leaving St Johnstone O’Boyle started to train with Raith Rovers, signing a short-term contract in July 2001. He failed to make an impact at Raith and was released that October. Four goals in six competitive appearances during a month with Brechin City pre-empted a move to Queen of the South. His three goals in seven League games for the Doonhamers, before injury ended his season in February, helped them claim the Scottish Second Division Championship in 2002. A double of sorts was claimed as Brechin won the Third Division title.Like so many local players based in the mainland, O’Boyle returned to the Irish League during the summer of 2002, scoring on his debut for Glenavon. After a brief spell with Ards the following season, O’Boyle returned to Scotland with Junior side, Bo’ness United.

Later he played with other Junior sides, Kelty Hearts and Carnoustie Panmure, where he was assistant-manager for a few years. In May 2016 he was appointed assistant head coach of Lisburn Distillery.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
03-06-1994 Colombia... N L 0-2 FR sub
11-06-1994 Mexico..... N L 0-3 FR
07-09-1994 Portugal... H L 1-2 ECQ sub
26-04-1995 Latvia..... A W 1-0 ECQ sub
22-05-1995 Canada..... A L 0-2 FR sub
25-05-1995 Chile...... N L 1-2 FR sub
24-04-1996 Sweden..... H L 1-2 FR sub
29-05-1996 Germany.... H D 1-1 FR sub 1 goal
22-01-1997 Italy...... A L 0-2 FR sub
11-02-1997 Belgium.... H W 3-0 FR sub
25-03-1998 Slovakia... H W 1-0 FR sub
22-04-1998 Switzerland H W 1-0 FR sub
10-10-1998 Finland.... H W 1-0 ECQ sub

Summary: 1(12)/1. Won 5, Drew 1, Lost 7.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
10-05-1994 England.... A L 2-4 FR 1 goal
21-02-1995 Scotland... A L 0-3 FR
26-03-1996 Norway..... H W 3-0 FR
11-02-1998 Rep Ireland A W 1-0 FR 1 goal

Summary: 4/2. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 2.