Alex Bruce

Name: Alex Stephen Bruce
Born: 28 September 1984, Norwich (England)
Height: 5.09 ft (1.75 m)
Weight: 11.04 st (71.66 kg)
Position: Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Full Caps (2013-14); Republic of Ireland: 2 Full Caps, B, Under-21.
Club Honours: (with Hull) Football League Championship Runner-Up 2012/13 (promoted); FA Cup Runner-Up 2013/14.

Club Career:
Teams..... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Manchester United ........... Youth ..0(0)/0
Blackburn Rovers ............ Youth ..0(0)/0
Oldham Ath 04/05 ..... Dec-04 .Loan ..3(3)/0 1(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Birmingham 04/05-06/07 Jan-05 .Free ..3(3)/0 4(2)/0
Oldham Ath 04/05 ..... Jan-05 .Loan ..5(1)/0 1(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0
Sheff Wed..04/05 ..... Mar-05 .Loan ..8(1)/0 
Tranmere R 05/06 ..... Aug-05 .Loan .10(1)/0 ...... 0(1)/0
Ipswich T..06/07-09/10 Aug-06 .Free 112(3)/2 5(1)/1 6(0)/0
Leicester. 09/10 ..... Feb-10 .Loan ..2(1)/0 ............. 4(0)/0
Leeds Utd. 10/11-11/12 Aug-10 ...... 29(0)/1 2(0)/0 2(0)/0 
Hudd'field.11/12 ..... Nov-11 .Loan ..3(0)/0
Hull City .12/13-16/17 Jul-12 .Free 74(11)/1 7(1)/0 6(2)/0 2(1)/0
Wigan Ath. 16/17 ..... Jan-17 .Loan ..0(2)/0 
Bury ..... 17/18 ..... Aug-17 .Free ..2(0)/1 
Wigan Ath. 17/18- date Aug-17 .Free

Biography:

(courtesy of John Floyd)

Son of former Manchester United defender, Steve, Alex Bruce currently plays for Hull City where his father is manager.

A controversial selection for the Northern Ireland squad in October 2012, Bruce had previously rejected a Northern Ireland call-up, preferring instead to represent the Republic of Ireland. Having won two friendly caps for the south he became frustrated by his lack of opportunities and agreed a switch to the north with Nigel Worthington in the summer of 2011.

Northern Ireland Full Cap Details:
06-02-2013 Malta. A D 1-1 FR
05-03-2014 Cyprus A D 0-0 FR

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

Caolan Lavery

Name: Caolan Lavery
Born: 22 October 1992, Red Deer, Alberta (Canada)
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight:
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Youth; Canada: 3 Under-17 Caps (2009).
Club Honours: (with Leicester) Westerby Cup Winners' Cup Winner 2011.

Club Career:
Club ........ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FACup FLCup Others 
Red Deer Renegades ............. Youth
South West United .............. Youth
Team Alberta ................... Youth
Ipswich Town ................... Youth .0 (0)/0
Leicester C. ............ Nov-11 Trial .0 (0)/0
Sunderland .............. Nov-11 Trial .0 (0)/0
Sheffield Wed 12/13-15/16 May-12 .Free 16(18)/6 1(2)/0 2(0)/0
Southend Utd..12/13 ..... Jan-13 .Loan .0 (3)/0 ............ 0(1)/0 
Plymouth Arg. 13/14 ..... Nov-13 .Loan .4 (4)/3
Chesterfield. 14/15 ..... Feb-15 .Loan .6 (2)/3
Portsmouth .. 15/16 ..... Oct-15 .Loan 11 (2)/4
Sheffield Utd 16/17- date Aug-16 Undis 
Rotherham Utd 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Loan

Biography:
A goalscoring forward, Caolan Lavery had represented Canada at youth level, appearing in the 2009 CONCACAF Under-17 Qualification Tournament in Mexico, before electing to  play for the country of his parents' birth, Northern Ireland. He played for a number of teams in Canada before signing youth forms with Ipswich as a 16 year-old. Among his teammates at Portman Road were Rory McKeown and Josh Carson, and the trio appeared together for Northern Ireland Under-19s, including in the run to the 2011 Milk Cup final. That summer he attracted the interest of Tottenham, but an injury scuppered any potential move. He was offered a six-month professional contract by Ipswich in October 2011 but rejected it as he was unhappy with the terms and left Portman Road behind. In the following weeks he was linked with a move to Bradford and went on trial at Leicester.

After further interest from a number of other clubs, including Sunderland and Kilmarnock, Lavery joined Sheffield Wednesday's development squad in the summer of 2012. He was an unused substitute for several of the Owls' early season matches but it wasn't until a mid-season loan at Southend United that he made his senior debut, as a substitute, in a 1-0 win over Oxford. After four appearances, all from the bench, Lavery's loan spell was cut short by injury. He made his Wednesday debut early in the following season, again as a substitute, in a 2-1 home defeat by Burnley. He remained a match-day regular at Hillsborough while continuing to find the net for the reserves until loaned out to Plymouth Argyle in an effort to give him more intense firstteam experience. He netted his first senior goal in a 2-1 win for Argyle over Bury on 21 December 2013 and by the time he returned to Hillsborough he had scored three times in eight games.

Back at Wednesday in January 2014, Lavery came off the bench late on to score twice, his first goals for the club, in a 6-0 win over Leeds. He scored another brace in a 4-1 win over Birmingham in March. He was considered for Northern Ireland's summer tour to South America but was unable to attend due to a family wedding. Hopes of continuing his good form unto the 2014/15 season were scuppered as he suffered a cruciate injury in pre-season. After a brief mid-season loan spell with Chesterfield, Lavery re-established himself in the Owls' first team and earned a first official call-up to the Northern Ireland squad for the end-of-season games against Qatar and Romania. He remained an unused sub for both matches.

Lavery struggled to re-establish himself in the Wednesday team early in the 2015/16 season and he joined Portsmouth on a three-month loan deal. On his return to Hillsborough he was unable to agree a new deal and as his contract ran out he was free to talk to other clubs. After being linked with a permanent move to Portsmouth he eventually joined Wednesday's rivals, Sheffield United for an undisclosed compensation fee.



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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
17-11-2010 Scotland..... A L 1-3 FR. sub
15-11-2011 Serbia....... H L 0-2 ECQ sub
10-05-2012 FYR Macedonia A L 0-1 ECQ sub
14-08-2013 Denmark...... H L 1-4 FR. sub
14-11-2013 Italy........ A L 0-3 ECQ sub
19-11-2013 Cyprus....... H W 1-0 ECQ
05-03-2014 Italy........ H L 0-2 ECQ

Summary: 2(5)/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 6.

Jimmy Murray

Name: James Murray
Born: 14 March 1884, Kilmacrenen, Co. Donegal
Died:
Height:
Weight:
Position: Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1910); Irish League: 1 Cap (1906).
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish League Champion 1905/06; Irish Cup Winner 1904/05; City Cup Winner 1904/05; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1904/05.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Shettleston Juniors	-	-	-	(Scottish Junior)
Derry Celtic	03/04	-	-	-	-	-
Distillery	04/05-05/06	-	-	/ 7	-	-
Shettleston Juniors	-	-	-	(Scottish Junior)
Motherwell	09/10	-	-	22/19	-	-
Sheffield Wednesday	09/10-10/11	Mar-10	-	13/ 4	-	-
Derry Celtic	11/12	May-11	-	-	-	-
Motherwell	11/12	Jan-12	-	0/ 0	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		/30	-	-

Biography:
Born in County Donegal, Jimmy Murray moved to Glasgow with his married brother and family to work as a miner. He began playing football with noted Junior club Shettleston, located in the East End of Glasgow, before returning to Ireland. He started his senior football career with near-by Derry Celtic before spending a successful few seasons as inside-left with Distillery, claiming League and Cup medals and scoring in a 1905 2-0 Co. Antrim Shield win over Linfield. He also scored a hat-trick against his old club Derry Celtic in a League match in November 1905 and gained his first representative honour in October 1905 when he played for the Irish League in a 4-0 defeat by the Football League.

On the 28th April 1906 Murray played for Linfield against Aston Villa as a move towards signing for the Blues. However such a move did not take place as he went back to Glasgow in search of work. Setting up residence in the Glasgow area he turned out for Shettleston Juniors for a couple of seasons before being spotted by Motherwell.

Murray signed with Motherwell where he hit an astonishing goalscoring run that fired the normally struggling ‘Well to mid-table security and a place in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals. Murray’s goals earned him a place in the Ireland side for the 1910 Home Nations games and he made his international debut in a 1-1 draw with England. On the 12th February 1910 he became the first player to be capped when playing for Motherwell (Charlie Robertson became the first Scottish International at Motherwell on the 5th March 1910). In late-March 1910 he moved to Sheffield Wednesday and it was while with the Owls that he claimed his final Ireland cap, in a 4-1 defeat by Wales.

Murray returned to Ireland in 1911. He played a few matches back with Derry Celtic before rejoining Motherwell. He failed to make the grade back at Fir Park and returned to Ireland where he settled permanently in his home town of Kilmacrenan.

Ireland Cap Details:
12-02-1910 England. H D 1-1 BC
19-03-1910 Scotland H W 1-0 BC
11-04-1910 Wales... A L 1-4 BC

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

Additions and corrections by George Glass.

Jon McCarthy

Name: Jonathan David McCarthy
Born: 18 August 1970, Middlesbrough (England)
Height: 5.09½ ft
Weight: 11.02 st
Position: Right-Winger

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 18 Full Caps (1996-2001), 2 B Caps (1996-1998).
Club Honours: (with Port Vale) Anglo-Itlaian Cup Runner-Up 1995/96; (with Birmingham) Football League Cup Runner-Up 2000/01; (with Hucknall) Northern Premier League Champion 2003/04; (with Northwich) Football Conference North Champions 2005/06.
Awards: York City Clubman of the Year 1991/92, 1994/95.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Hartlepool United	87/88-88/89	Nov-87	Youth	0 (1)/ 0	-	-	-
Shepshed.Charterhouse	89/90	Mar-89	Free	(Northern Premier League)
York City	89/90-94/95	Mar-90	-	198 (1)/31	11(0)/3	8(0)/1	15(0)/3
Port Vale	95/96-97/98	Aug-95	£450k	93 (1)/12	7(0)/1	10(0)/2	8(0)/2
Birmingham City	97/98-01/02	Sep-97	£1,850k	106(17)/ 8	4(0)/0	9(1)/0	3(1)/0
Sheffield Wednesday	01/02	Mar-02	Loan	4 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Port Vale	02/03	Aug-02	Free	5 (3)/ 0	-	1(0)/0	-
Doncaster Rovers	02/03	Oct-02	Free	1 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
York City	02/03	Nov-02	Free	1 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Carlisle United	02/03	Nov-02	Free	19 (2)/ 1	2(0)/0	-	4(0)/1
Hucknall Town	03/04	-	Free	(Northern Premier League)
Northwich Victoria	04/05-06/07	Jul-04	Free	(Football Conference)
TOTALS	-	£2,300k		427(25)/52	24(0)/4	28(1)/3	30(1)/5

Biography:
Appointed first-team coach at Chester in January 2014, taking over as manager in May 2016.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
24-04-1996 Sweden........ H L 1-2 FR
22-01-1997 Italy......... A L 0-2 FR
30-04-1997 Armenia....... A D 0-0 WCQ
21-05-1997 Thailand...... A D 0-0 FR
11-10-1997 Portugal...... A L 0-1 WCQ sub
25-03-1998 Slovakia...... H W 1-0 FR sub
03-06-1998 Spain......... A L 1-4 FR
10-10-1998 Finland....... H W 1-0 ECQ sub
18-11-1998 Moldova....... H D 2-2 ECQ sub
27-03-1999 Germany....... H L 0-3 ECQ sub
27-04-1999 Canada........ H D 1-1 FR
29-05-1999 Rep of Ireland A W 1-0 FR
18-08-1999 France........ H L 0-1 FR
04-09-1999 Turkey........ H L 0-3 ECQ
09-09-1999 Germany....... A L 0-4 ECQ
10-10-1999 Finland....... A L 1-4 ECQ
28-02-2001 Norway........ H L 0-4 FR
28-03-2001 Bulgaria...... A L 3-4 WCQ sub

Summary: 12(6)/0. Won 3, Drew 4, Lost 11.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
26-03-1996 Norway........ H W 3-0 FR
11-02-1998 Rep of Ireland A W 1-0 FR

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

Nigel Worthington

Preceded by	Northern Ireland Captain	Succeeded by
Alan McDonald	1995 – 1996	Iain Dowie

Northern Ireland’s regular left-back for over a decade, Nigel Worthington was a consistent if unspectacular performer…

Name: Nigel Worthington
Born: 4 November 1961, Ballymena
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 12.08 st
Position: Left-Back/Midfield

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 66 Full Caps (1984-1997), 14 Under-18 Caps; Irish League: 1 Cap (1981).
Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Irish Cup Winner 1980/81; Ulster Cup Winner 1980/81; (with Wednesday) Football League Division Two Champion 1990/91, Runner-Up 1983/84; FA Cup Runner-Up 1992/93; Football League Cup Winner 1990/91.
Awards: Ulster Young Footballer of the Year 1981.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Ballymena U.	77/78-80/81	-	Youth	*79 (-)/ 4	-	-	2(0)/0	-
Notts County	81/82-83/84	Jul-81	£100k	67 (0)/ 4	4(0)/0	11(0)/0	-	3(0)/0
Sheffield.Wed.	83/84-93/94	Feb-84	£125k	333 (4)/12	29(0)/1	41(0)/1	3(0)/1	5(0)/0
Leeds United	94/95-95/96	Jul-94	£325k	34(10)/ 1	6(1)/0	4(1)/0	-	-
Stoke City	96/97	Jul-96	Free	12 (0)/ 0	-	3(0)/1	-	-
Blackpool	97/98	Jul-97	Free	4 (5)/ 0	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£550k		429(19)/21	39(1)/1	59(1)/2	5(0)/1	8(0)/0

* all games

Coaching Career:
Blackpool player-manager Jul/97 – Dec/99
England Under-21 assistant-coach
Norwich City assistant-manager Jun/00 – Dec/00; manager Dec/00 – Oct/06
Northern Ireland Under-21 assistant-coach
Leicester City caretaker-manager Apr/07-May/07
Northern Ireland manager Jun/07-Dec/11

Biography:
To follow.

Managerial Career

Northern Ireland Cap Details:

22-05-1984 Wales......... A D 1-1 BC
27-05-1984 Finland....... A L 0-1 WCQ sub
16-10-1984 Israel........ H W 3-0 FR
27-03-1985 Spain......... A D 0-0 FR sub
11-09-1985 Turkey........ A D 0-0 WCQ
16-10-1985 Romania....... A W 1-0 WCQ sub
13-11-1985 England....... A D 0-0 WCQ sub
26-03-1986 Denmark....... H D 1-1 FR
03-06-1986 Algeria....... N D 1-1 WCF
07-06-1986 Spain......... N L 1-2 WCF
15-10-1986 England....... A L 0-3 ECQ
12-11-1986 Turkey........ A D 0-0 ECQ
18-02-1987 Israel........ A D 1-1 FR
01-04-1987 England....... H L 0-2 ECQ
29-04-1987 Yugoslavia.... H L 1-2 ECQ
14-10-1987 Yugoslavia.... A L 0-3 ECQ
11-11-1987 Turkey........ H W 1-0 ECQ
17-02-1988 Greece........ A L 2-3 FR
23-03-1988 Poland........ H D 1-1 FR
27-04-1988 France........ H D 0-0 FR
21-05-1988 Malta......... H W 3-0 WCQ
14-09-1988 Rep of Ireland H D 0-0 WCQ
19-10-1988 Hungary....... A L 0-1 WCQ
21-12-1988 Spain......... A L 0-4 WCQ
26-04-1989 Malta......... A W 2-0 WCQ
06-09-1989 Hungary....... H L 1-2 WCQ
11-10-1989 Rep of Ireland A L 0-3 WCQ
18-05-1990 Uruguay ...... H W 1-0 FR
12-09-1990 Yugoslavia.... H L 0-2 ECQ
17-10-1990 Denmark....... H D 1-1 ECQ
14-11-1990 Austria....... A D 0-0 ECQ
01-05-1991 Faroe Islands. H D 1-1 ECQ
16-10-1991 Austria....... H W 2-1 ECQ
13-11-1991 Denmark....... A L 1-2 ECQ
19-02-1992 Scotland...... A L 0-1 FR
28-04-1992 Lithuania..... H D 2-2 WCQ
02-06-1992 Germany....... A D 1-1 FR
09-09-1992 Albania....... H W 3-0 WCQ
14-10-1992 Spain......... H D 0-0 WCQ
18-11-1992 Denmark....... H L 0-1 WCQ
31-03-1993 Rep of Ireland A L 0-3 WCQ
28-04-1993 Spain......... A L 1-3 WCQ
25-05-1993 Lithuania..... A W 1-0 WCQ
02-06-1993 Latvia........ A W 2-1 WCQ
08-09-1993 Latvia........ H W 2-0 WCQ
13-10-1993 Denmark....... A L 0-1 WCQ
17-11-1993 Rep of Ireland H D 1-1 WCQ
20-04-1994 Liechtenstein. H W 4-1 ECQ
03-06-1994 Colombia...... N L 0-2 FR
11-06-1994 Mexico........ N L 0-3 FR
07-09-1994 Portugal...... H L 1-2 ECQ
12-10-1994 Austria....... A W 2-1 ECQ
16-11-1994 Rep of Ireland H L 0-4 ECQ
29-03-1995 Rep of Ireland A D 1-1 ECQ
26-04-1995 Latvia........ A W 1-0 ECQ
22-05-1995 Canada........ A L 0-2 FR sub
25-05-1995 Chile......... N L 1-2 FR
07-06-1995 Latvia........ H L 1-2 ECQ
03-09-1995 Portugal...... A D 1-1 ECQ
11-10-1995 Liechtenstein. A W 4-0 ECQ
15-11-1995 Austria....... H W 5-3 ECQ
27-03-1996 Norway........ H L 0-2 FR
24-04-1996 Sweden........ H L 1-2 FR
29-05-1996 Germany....... H D 1-1 FR
22-01-1997 Italy......... A L 0-2 FR
11-02-1997 Belgium....... H W 3-0 FR sub

Summary: 60(6)/0. Won 17, Drew 21, Lost 28.

Record as Captain:

Span	First Match	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	.GD.	Win %	Pts %	W/L
1993-1997	08/09/93	10	4	2	4	17	14	3	40.0%	46.7%	0

Irish League Representative Match Details:
15-04-1981 League of Ireland A L 0-1

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