Chris Johns

Name: Christopher Johns
Born: 13 May 1995
Height: 6.00 ft
Weight:
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19, Under-17, Under-16, Under-15.
Club Honours: (with Coleraine) Irish Cup Runner-Up 2016/17.

Club Career:
Teams ..... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League 
Lisburn Youth ................ Youth
Dungannon Swifts ........ 2009 Youth 
Southampton ........... May-11 Youth 0(0)/0
Bangor .... 15/16 ..... Aug-15 .Free
Coleraine . 15/16 ..... Jan-16

Biography:
Son of former Ireland rugby player, Paddy Johns.

Released by Southanpton in the summer of 2015, he was reported to have signed for Glentoran but spent the first half of the 2015/16 season with Bangor. He then joined Coleraine in January 2016.

More to follow.

UEFA
IrishFA

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
09-09-2014 Serbia H L 1-4 ECQ
still active

Ben Reeves

Name:
Born: 19 November 1991, Verwood (England)
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 10.07 st
Position: Midfielder


Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full.
Club Honours: (with Southend) Football League Trophy Runner-Up 2012/13.

Club Career:

Teams...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League FA Cup FL Cup Other

Southampton 11/12-12/13 Aug-10 Youth 0(5)/0 1(2)/0 3(2)/1

Dag. & Red. 11/12 ..... Feb-12 .Loan 5(0)/0

Southend U. 12/13 ..... Jan-13 .Loan 7(3)/1 ............. 2(1)/1

MK Dons ... 13/14-16/17 Jul-13 .Free
Charlton A. 17/18- date Aug-17 .Free

Biography:
Midfielder, first called-up by Northern Ireland for a March 2014 friendly in Cyprus. He made his debut as a late substitute in a famous win over Greece in Athens.

Wikipedia
Soccerbase
MKDons
IrishFA

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
14-10-2014 Greece.. A W 2-0 ECQ sub
25-03-2015 Scotland A L 0-1 FR
still active

Dick Rowley

Name: Richard William Morris Rowley
Born: 13 January 1904, Enniskillen
Died: 18 April 1984, Southampton (England)
Height: 6.00 ft
Weight: 12.00 st
Position: Inside-Right

Representative Honours: Ireland: 6 Full Caps / 2 Goals (1929-1931).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	Other
Tidworth Utd	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andover	-	Sep-22	Amateur	-	-	-
Swindon Town	25/26	Nov-24	Amateur	2/ 2	-	-
London Casuals	-	1925	Amateur	-	-	-
Southampton	26/27-29/30	May-26	Amateur	104/52	9/6	-
Tottenham.H.	29/30-31/32	Feb-30	£3,750	24/10	-	-
Preston N.E.	31/32-33/34	Dec-31	£5,000	51/14	7/2	-
TOTALS	-	£8,750		181/78	16/8	-

Biography:
The son of an army major, Dick Rowley spent his childhood in a number of barracks. He excelled at a number of sports, representing Wiltshire and Hampshire at cricket, golf, tennis, 100 yards, hurdles and motoring. Further, while on active service Rowley won the DCM.

Rowley first took to football with the Fulwood Barracks team but on attending Taunton College Grammar School he was forced to switch to rugby. With his schooling over he returned to football and played as an amateur with a number of clubs and played his first League games during a brief spell with Swindon Town.

In May 1926 Rowley signed for Southampton and quickly struck an understanding with Bill Rawlings and by that November he had been awarded his first professional deal. Regarded primarily as a "schemer" capable of working space from deep, he was also an adept goalscorer. In the Saints' run to the 1927 FA Cup semi-final he scored five goals and began to attract scouts from more "glamorous" clubs. In 1929/30 he managed 25 goals in as many games, including four away to Bradford City and hattricks on successive games against Nottingham Forest and Chelsea.

Capped for the first time in a 2-2 draw against Wales in February 1929, it was his role in the same fixture a year later for which Rowley is best remembered, his passes setting Ireland on the way to a 7-0 victory and Joe Bambrick to a double hattrick. Rowley scored his first international goal in front of a 40,000 crowd at Windsor Park on the occasion of his second cap - indeed he was one of the few Irish players to earn credit as Scotland "stronger in every respect" cruised to a 7-3 victory. In all Rowley won four caps while a Southampton player.

In February 1930 Tottenham had an irresistible £3,750 bid for Rowley accepted. It was not to prove a wholly successful move as he was largely restricted to the reserves though Rowley did add a further two caps to his collection while a Spurs player. When he left White Hart Lane behind after a little under two years Spurs still netted a sizable £5,000 fee from Preston North End in a deal that also included Ted Harper.

In 1932/33 Rowley laid on many of Harpers' 37 goals and claimed five himself as Preston fell well short of the Second Division promotion spots. In the following campaign the partnership was split up as Harper left to join Blackburn mid-season and injuries restricted Rowley to just five games as Preston claimed promotion to the First Division as runners-up. Unable to face a campaign in the topflight, Rowley retired in the summer of 1934.

With his playing days behind him, Rowley became a coach with the Lancashire AFA in July 1937 and in the 1940s shared his skills and knowledge with RAF Uxbridge.

Ireland Cap Details:
02-02-1929 Wales... A D 2-2 BC
23-02-1929 Scotland H L 3-7 BC 1 Goal
19-10-1929 England. A L 0-3 BC
01-02-1930 Wales... H W 7-0 BC
22-04-1931 Wales... A L 2-3 BC 1 Goal
19-09-1931 Scotland A L 1-3 BC

Summary: 6/2. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 4.

Lawrie Sanchez

But for his appointment as Northern Ireland manager in 2004, Lawrie Sanchez’s international career would perhaps have been little more than an interesting footnote…

Name: Lawrence Philip Sanchez
Born: 22 October 1959, Reading (England)
Height: 6.01 ft
Weight: 12.00 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1986-1989); England: 2 Schoolboy Caps (1978).
Club Honours: (with Reading) Football League Division Four Champion 1978/79; (with Wimbledon) FA Cup Winner 1987/88; Football League Division Two Third (promoted) 1985/86.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Maidenhead U.	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-
Southampton	-	-	Youth	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Thatcham Town	-	-	-	(Hellenic League)
Reading	78/79-84/85	Sep-78	-	249(13)/28	14(0)/1	20(1)/0	5(2)/2
Wimbledon	84/85-93/94	Dec-84	£30k	254(16)/33	27(1)/2	19(0)/0	7(0)/0
Swindon Town	93/94	Mar-94	-	6 (2)/ 0	-	-	-
Sligo Rovers	94/95	Sep-95	Free	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		509(31)/61	41(1)/3	40(1)/0	12(2)/2

Biography:
To follow.

Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Manager

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
12-11-1986 Turkey D 0-0 ECQ sub
08-02-1989 Spain. L 0-2 WCQ
26-04-1989 Malta. W 2-0 WCQ
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Summary: 2(1)/0. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 1.

Hugh Kelly

Name: Hugh Redmond Kelly
Born: 17 August 1919, Lurgan
Died: September 1977, Lurgan
Height: 6.00 ft
Weight: 13.07 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Ireland: 4 Full Caps (1949-1950); Irish League: 2 Caps (1938-1948); Northern Regional League: 6 Caps (1944-1947).
Club Honours: (with Glenavon) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1939/40; (with Belfast Celtic) Irish League Champion; Northern Regional League Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1942/43, 1943/44.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Glenavon	36/37-40/41	-	-	-	-	-
Belfast Celtic	41/42-48/49	c/s-41	-	-	-	-
Fulham	49/50	Mar-49	-	25/0	-	-
Southampton	50/51	Aug-50	-	28/0	-	-
Exeter City	52/53-55/56	Jun-52	-	99/0	-	-
Weymouth	-	-	-	(Southern League)
TOTALS	-	-		152/0	-	-

Biography:
Like many others before and since, Hugh Kelly came to football quite late. He had been playing Gaelic Football with Lurgan-based Clan na Gael while working in the family drapery firm, when invited to play for Glenavon after manager Andy Wylie had been impressed with his ball-handling skills.

Established in the Glenavon first eleven from early in 1937 he was soon recognised as one of the best ‘keepers in the Irish League when selected for an Inter-League match against the Scots in September 1938. In 1940 he helped Glenavon to the Irish Cup Final, keeping clean sheets in matches against Belfast Celtic IIs and Linfield, before losing 2-0 to Ballymena United in the Final. In January 1941 Glenavon suffered a nightmare defeat at the hands of Belfast Celtic, losing 13-0 with Celtic’s Peter O’Connor scoring eleven – an individual British Isles record.

Despite the embarrassing result, Elisha Scott stepped in to claim Kelly’s signature in the summer of 1941 as replacement for Tommy Breen. At Paradise Kelly claimed two Irish Cup winner’s medals in victories over Glentoran and Linfield. He may have claimed more honours had a contractual dispute not left him side-lined for some time. Never afraid to stand-up to authority, when he was reprimanded by Scott with the words, “My grandmother could have played better out there” Kelly adjusted the following week’s teamsheet, putting a line through his own name and replacing it with “Lish’s granny”.

Transferred to Fulham in March 1949 as Belfast Celtic began to cash-in on their players before leaving the Irish League. He became noted as one of the heaviest ‘keepers in the Football League, weighing in at up to 14 stone. At Craven Cottage he displaced Ireland international Ted Hinton between the posts, and was capped himself for the first time in November 1949. That game was against England, and followed on quickly from an 8-2 defeat by Scotland that had seen Pat Kelly dropped from the number one shirt. Hugh fared even worse than his namesake, conceding nine! Unlike Pat, Hugh was given further chances by the Irish selectors, taking his cap total to four.

In August 1950 Kelly moved down to Division Two to play with Southampton. He played a season as the Saint’s regular ‘keeper, and then spent a season on the sidelines before again dropping down to Division Three (South) with Exeter City in June 1952.

Grecian Archive

Ireland Cap Details:
06-11-1949 England. A L 2-9 WCQ/BC
08-03-1950 Wales... A D 0-0 WCQ/BC
07-10-1950 England. H L 1-4 BC
01-11-1950 Scotland A L 1-6 BC

Summary: 4/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 3.

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.