Colin Bailie

Name: Colin James Bailie
Born: 31 March 1964, Belfast
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 10.11 st
Position: Defender / Midfielder

Club Honours: (with Reading) Football League Division Three Champion 1985/86; Football League Full Members Cup Winner 1987/88; (with Cambridge) Football League Division Three Champion 1990/91; Football League Division Four Play-Off Winner 1989/90.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	FL.Cup	Other
Swindon T	81/82-84/85	Mar-82	Youth	105 (2)/4	7(0)/0	3(0)/0	4(0)/0
Reading	85/86-87/88	Jul-85	£22,500	83 (1)/1	5(2)/0	9(0)/0	9(0)/1
Cambridge.U	88/89-91/92	Aug-88	£25,000	104(15)/3	18(0)/0	10(1)/0	9(1)/0
Wycombe Wanderers		1992	-	(Football Conference)
Eynesbury Rovers		1992	-	(United Counties League)
TOTALS	-	£-		292(18)/8	30(2)/0	22(1)/0	22(1)/1

Biography:
To follow.

Oliver Norwood

Name: Oliver James Norwood Born: 12 April 1991, Burnley (England) Height: 5.11 ft Weight: 12.00 st Position: Midfielder Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (2010-date), 1 B Cap (2009), Under-21 (2009-date), Youth; England: Youth. Club Honours: (with Brighton) EFL Championship Runner-up 2016/17 (promoted); (with Fulham) EFL Championship Play-Off Winner (promoted) 2017/18.

Club Career:
Teams.........--Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Manchester U. ............. 2007 Youth .0(0)/ 0
Carlisle U... 10/11 ..... Sep-10 .Loan .4(2)/ 0 ............. 1(0)/0

Scunthorpe U. 11/12 ..... Aug-11 .Loan 14(1)/ 1 0(1)/0 1(0)/0 1(0)/0
Coventry City 11/12 ..... Jan-12 .Loan 17(1)/ 2
Huddersfield. 12/13-13/14 Jun-12 ..... 75(5)/ 8 4(2)/1 4(0)/0
Reading ..... 14/15-15/16 Aug-14 £1.2m 75(6)/ 4 8(1)/1 2(0)/0
Brighton & HA 16/17- date Aug-16 Undis 16(17)/0 1(0)/0 3(0)/0 
Fulham ...... 17/18 ..... Jul-17 .Loan 22(14)/5 1(0)/0 1(0)/0 0(3)/0
Sheffield U.. 18/19 ..... Aug-18 .Loan

Biography:
A product of the same Manchester United youth set-up that has produced the likes of the Evans brothers and Craig Cathcart in recent seasons, Ollie Norwood signed his first professional contract in July 2009.

Already capped at Youth level by England, Norwood switched allegiances to Northern Ireland. He initially played for Northern Ireland in friendlies and minor tournaments, including an Elite success in the 2009 Milk Cup, while awaiting clearance. He made his competitive début in a 1-1 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifier against Germany in November 2009, scoring the equaliser with a stoppage time free kick. In May 2010 he starred for Northern Ireland in the Elite Round of the UEFA Under-19 Championship, scoring twice (including another free-kick) in a 2-2 draw with Russia and a penalty to give the Irish a 1-0 lead against Italy prior to an eventual 3-2 defeat.

Norwood received his first senior call-up for the August 2010 friendly against Montenegro. He made his debut as a 64th minute substitute for Sammy Clingan, though by then Northern Ireland were already trailing 2-0 which turned out to be the final score.

Yet to make his United début, Norwood had a loan spell at Carlisle cut short by injury early in the 2010/11 season. In August 2011 he joined Scunthorpe on loan through to the following January. It was during his time at the Iron that Norwood scored his first senior goal, a trademark "belter" in a 2-2 draw with Huddersfield. Another loan spell that season with Coventry saw him play alongside Sammy Clingan but suffer relegation from the Championship.

In the summer of 2012 Norwood announced that he would be seeking a move away from Manchester United, despite the offer of a new contract, as he sought regular firstteam football. He drew interest from several clubs before eventually signing for Huddersfield.

In 2014 he moved to Reading in a reported £1.2 million deal.

More to follow.

ManU Profile

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
11-08-2010 Montenegro.... A L 0-1 FR. sub

09-02-2011 Scotland...... N L 0-3 CNC sub

24-05-2011 Rep. Ireland.. A L 0-5 CNC sub

27-05-2011 Wales......... N L 0-2 CNC
still active

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
06-05-2009 Scotland...... A L 0-3 FR sub

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

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
12-08-2009 Portugal...... A L 1-2 FR. sub
13-11-2009 Germany....... H D 1-1 ECQ 1 goal
17-11-2009 Czech Republic H L 1-2 ECQ 1 goal
02-03-2010 San Marino.... A W 3-0 ECQ 2 goals
03-09-2010 San Marino.... H W 4-0 ECQ
07-09-2010 Germany....... A L 0-3 ECQ

31-05-2011 Faroe Islands. A D 0-0 ECQ

10-08-2011 Faroe Islands. H W 4-0 ECQ
still active

Pictures kindly supplied by Roy Cathcart.

Sid Reid

Name: Sidney Edward Reid
Born: 20 June 1908, Belfast
Died:
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.00 st
Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1933-1935); Irish League: 1 Cap (1929).
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Belfast Charity Cup Winner 1928/29 (shared).

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	Other
St. James’	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliftonville.Strollers	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Willowfield	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ophir	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Distillery	27/28-29/30	-	-	*93/2	-	-
Derby County	31/32-35/36	Dec-29	£1,150	16/0	-	-
Reading	36/37	Jun-36	-	2/0	1/0	-
TOTALS			£1,150	112/2	1/0	-

* all games

Biography:
Sid Reid signed for Distillery from amateur north-Belfast side, Ophir. He made his senior debut on 13 October 1927 and established himself as the White’s regular right-back for the next two years. In 1929 he played in the 3-3 Charity Cup Final draw with Glentoran as the trophy was shared. The following campaign again began promisingly and he was selected for the Irish League’s match against the Scottish League. That same season he also aided Distillery to the Gold Cup Final, but missed out on a winner’s medal as he was transferred to Derby County in December 1929.

The deal, initially worth £850 with a further £250 due if he won international caps, found Reid utilised primarily as a reserve. He had to wait for the 1931/32 campaign to make his First Division debut. Still, in six years at the Baseball Ground he made just 16 appearances, slotting in as deputy left-back or right-back as required. Despite his lack of impact on the Football League he was called on three times by the Ireland selectors.

Reid helped Derby's reserves team win the Central League in 1935/36 but then moved to Reading in search of a regular firstteam place. It wasn't to be, and he played just three times at left-back for the Royals through October 1936 with the rest of the season spent in the reserves. He returned to Belfast, leaving football behind, to run a sweet shop.

Ireland Cap Details:
14-10-1933 England H L 0-3 BC
04-11-1933 Wales.. H D 1-1 BC
19-10-1935 England H L 1-3 BC

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

Early club career details courtesy of Martin O'Connor.

Tommy Wright

Preceded by	Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year	Succeeded by
Gerry Taggart	1993	Jimmy Quinn
Steve Lomas	1997	Steve Lomas

The ‘Ballyclare Barman’ went a long way. From under-appreciated reserve at Linfield to international acclaim, it was a bumpy road…


Name: Thomas James Wright
Born: 28 September 1963, Ballyclare
Height:  6.01 ft / 1.85 m
Weight: 13.05 st / 85 kg
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 31 Full Caps (1989-1999), 1 Junior Cap (1986); Irish League ‘B’ Division Representative; Football League: 1 Cap (1992).
Club Honours: (with Linfield Swifts) Irish League ‘B’ Division Champion; George Wilson Cup Winner; (with Newcastle) Football League Division One Champion 1992/93; (with Forest) Football League Division One Runner-Up 1993/94.

Awards: NI International Player of the Year 1993, 1997.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Others
Brantwood	-	-	-	(Irish League 'B' Division)
Linfield	83/84-87/88	Dec-83	-	7(0)/0	2(0)/0	-	-	1(0)/0
Newcastle U.	87/88-93/94	Jan-88	£30,000	72(1)/0	4(0)/0	6(0)/0	-	1(0)/0
Hull City	90/91	Feb-91	Loan	6(0)/0	-	-	-	-
Nott’m Forest	93/94-96/97	Sep-93	£450,000	11(0)/0	-	2(0)/0	-	-
Reading	96/97	Oct-96	Loan	17(0)/0	-	-	-	-
Man. City	96/97-00/01	Mar-97	£450,000	24(0)/0	2(0)/0	1(0)/0	-	1(0)/0
Wrexham	98/99	Feb-99	Loan	16(0)/0	-	-	-	-
Newcastle U.	99/00	Sep-99	Loan	3(0)/0	-	-	-	-
Bolton Wdrs	00/01	Jan-01	Free	3(1)/0	-	-	-	-
Ballymena U.	01/02	Aug-01	Free	6(0)/0	-	1(0)/0	-	-
Linfield	02/03	Aug-02	Free	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS			£930,000	175(1)/0	8(0)/0	10(0)/0	0(0)/0	3(0)/0

Coaching Career:
Northern Ireland ............... Goalkeeping Coach
Irish FA/Ballyclare Comrades.... Youth Development Officer
Linfield........................ Goalkeeping Coach
Limavady United... Nov/03-May/05 Manager
Ballymena United.. May/05-Apr/08 Manager
Norwich City...... May/08-Feb/09 Goalkeeping Coach
Shamrock Rovers... Feb/09-Nov/09 Goalkeeping Coach

Lisburn Distillery Sep/09-Nov/11 Manager

..... Irish League Cup Winner 2010/11
St Johnstone ..... Nov/11-Jun/13 Assistant Manager
Northern Ireland ..Feb/12-Jun/13 Goalkeeping Coach
St Johnstone ..... Jun/13- date. Manager
..... Scottish Cup Winner 2013/14
..... Ladbrokes Premiership Manager of the Season 2015/16

Biography:
For a player who’s career in the Irish League was limited almost exclusively to Linfield Swifts and who’s experiences in England were severely blighted by injury, Tommy Wright ranks amongst the most popular ever Northern Ireland ‘keepers.

Wright will forever be remembered for his performance in Nuremburg in 1996 as Northern Ireland claimed a famous 1-1 draw against reigning European Champions, Germany. The circumstances surrounding it make that performance even more astounding. Wright hadn’t played an international match in almost two-and-a-half years to that point and had just returned to club action on loan at Reading after a prolonged injury nightmare. Germany’s Jurgen Klinsmann would later decry the wall built in front of Wright’s net, but truly this was the match of the ‘keeper’s life.

Thirty-one caps was scant reward for a player of Wright’s ability, but he remained much sought after until the end of his career in England. He returned to the Irish League in August 2001, rejecting an offer from Bolton, to join Ballymena. Injuries struck again and he played just seven times for the Sky Blues before hanging-up his gloves and joining the coaching staff at Linfield. At Windsor Park he briefly re-registered as a player during an injury crisis but was not called-upon for firstteam action.

Manager of Limavady United from 2003-2005 and Ballymena from May 2005 to April 2008, Wright has also worked for the Irish FA in Youth Development and was Northern Ireland goalkeeping-coach for a time under Sammy McIlroy. In May 2008 he took the job of goalkeeping coach at Norwich City having previously turned the position down. He left Carrow Road in February 2009 shortly after the departure of the manager that had hired him, Glenn Roeder. Linked with the management job at Glenavon, he instead joined ex-international teammate Michael O'Neill at Shamrock Rovers as goalkeeping coach.

In September 2009 Wright returned to Irish League management with struggling Lisburn Distillery. He combined his roles at New Grosvenor and Shamrock Rovers until the end of the 2009 League of Ireland season before taking the Whites to safety and on to a Co-Operative Insurance Cup final win the following season. He left Distillery in November 2011 to become assistant-manager to ex-Northern Ireland and Manchester City colleague Steve Lomas at St Johnstone.

In February 2012 Wright was announced as part of Michael O'Neill's Northern Ireland coaching staff. When Lomas left St Johnstone to manage Millwall in June 2013, Wright was promoted to the top job. He left his Northern Ireland post shortly thereafter. In his first season he led the Perth club to their first ever Scottish Cup final in which they defeated Dundee United. In 2016 he was named Scottish Premiership Manager of the Season having led the Saints to fourth place for a second consecutive campaign.

More to follow.


Northern Ireland Cap Details: 

1	26-04-1989	Malta	-A-	W 2-0	WCQ
2	26-05-1989	Chile	-H-	L 0-1	FR
3	06-09-1989	Hungary	-H-	L 1-2	WCQ
4	18-05-1990	Uruguay	-H-	W 1-0	FR
5	11-09-1991	Faroe Islands	-A-	W 5-0	ECQ
6	16-10-1991	Austria	-H-	W 2-1	ECQ
7	19-02-1992	Scotland	-A-	L 0-1	FR
8	02-06-1992	Germany	-A-	D 1-1	FR
9	09-09-1992	Albania	-H-	W 3-0	WCQ
10	14-10-1992	Spain	-H-	D 0-0	WCQ
11	17-02-1993	Albania	-A-	W 2-1	WCQ
12	31-03-1993	Republic of Ireland	-A-	L 0-3	WCQ
13	28-04-1993	Spain	-A-	L 1-3	WCQ
14	25-05-1993	Lithuania	-A-	W 1-0	WCQ
15	02-06-1993	Latvia	-A-	W 2-1	WCQ
16	08-09-1993	Latvia	-H-	W 2-0	WCQ
17	13-10-1993	Denmark	-A-	L 0-1	WCQ
18	17-11-1993	Republic of Ireland	-H-	D 1-1	WCQ
19	23-03-1994	Romania	-H-	W 2-0	FR
20	20-04-1994	Liechtenstein	-H-	W 4-1	ECQ
21	03-06-1994	Colombia	-N-	L 0-2	FR
22	11-06-1994	Mexico	-N-	L 0-3	FR	sub
23	09-11-1996	Germany	-A-	D 1-1	WCQ
24	14-12-1996	Albania	-H-	W 2-0	WCQ
25	22-01-1997	Italy	-A-	L 0-2	FR
26	11-02-1997	Belgium	-H-	W 3-0	FR
27	29-03-1997	Portugal	-H-	D 0-0	WCQ
28	02-04-1997	Ukraine	-A-	L 1-2	WCQ	capt
29	10-09-1997	Albania	-A-	L 1-2	WCQ
30	27-04-1999	Canada	-H-	D 1-1	FR	sub
31	18-08-1999	France	-H-	L 0-1	FR	sub

Summary: 28(3)/0. Won 13, Drew 6, Lost 12.

Picture by Roy Cathcart.