Liam Nolan

Name: Liam Joseph Nolan
Born: 20 September 1994, Liverpool
Height: 5.09 ft / 1.75 m
Weight: 10.12 st / 69 kg
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap, Youth.

Club Career:
Teams...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Everton ...................... Youth
Crewe Alex. 13/14-14/15 ...... Youth 14(12)/0 ...... 2(0)/0 1(0)/0
Blackburn R. .......... Jul-15 Trial .0 (0)/0
Southport . 15/16-16/17 Aug-15 .Free (National League)
Accrington. 17/18- date May-17 .Free

Biography:
Liam Nolan was a member of Everton's Academy before being released at the age of 16. He followed the well-worn path to Crewe Alexandra, where he made his professional debut against Oldham in September 2013. After an impressive first season, during which he added a Northern Ireland Under-21 cap to those he had won as a youth at the 2013 Milk Cup, he was offered a contract extension. In his second season as a first team player at Gresty Road he was unable to consolidate his place and was released at the end of the 2014/15 season.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
05-03-2014 Italy H L 0-2 ECQ sub

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

James Gray

Name: James Phillip Gray
Born: 26 June 1992, Yarm (England)
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 12.03 st
Position: Midfielder / Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 11 Under-21 Caps / 2 Goals (2012-2014), Under-20, 17 Under-19 caps / 8 goals, 5 Under-17 caps / 1 goal, 5 Under-16 caps / 1 goal.

Club Career:
Teams ....... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Middlesbrough ............. 2007 Youth .0 (0)/ 0
Darlington ...11/12 ..... Aug-11 .Free .3 (8)/ 0 (Conference National)
Kettering ....11/12 ..... Mar-12 .Free .8 (1)/ 0 (Conference National)
Accrington S. 12/13-14/15 Aug-12 .Free 39(29)/13 2(2)/0 1(1)/1 2(0)/0
Vauxhall Mtrs 12/13...... Sep-12 .Loan .1 (-)/ 0 (Conference North) 
Southport ... 14/15...... Feb-15 .Loan .0 (0)/ 0 (Conference National) 
Northampton T 14/15...... Mar-15 .Loan .7 (1)/ 3 
Wrexham ..... 15/16 ..... Jul-15 .Free 15(12)/ 7 (National League) 
Southport ... 16/17 ..... May-16 .Free 16 (-)/ 2 (National League) 
Glenavon .... 16/17 ..... Dec-16 .Free .6 (7)/ 6*
Torquay Utd . 17/18 ..... Jul-17 .Free
York City ... 17/18 ..... Oct-17 .Loan
* all games

Biography:
Son of Phil.

A member of the Northern Ireland side that reached the final of the 2010 Milk Cup Elite Section.

A regular at various youth levels, he scored on his Under-21 début, in battling 3-2 defeat by Hungary.

Accompanied the senior Northern Ireland squad on their 2014 summer tour to South America.

Has since drifted away from league football. In October 2015 he was caught driving while over the legal alcohol limit and subsequently served a driving ban.

Gray joined Glenavon in mid-way through the 2016/17 season on a short term deal with a view to earning a deal back in the English Football League.

More to follow.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
15-08-2012 Hungary...... A L 2-3 FR. 1 goal
07-09-2012 FYR Macedonia H L 1-3 ECQ sub
10-09-2012 Denmark...... A L 0-3 ECQ
31-05-2013 Cyprus....... A L 0-3 ECQ
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 1 goal
14-11-2013 Italy........ A L 0-3 ECQ
05-03-2014 Italy........ H L 0-2 ECQ sub
09-09-2014 Serbia....... H L 1-4 ECQ

Summary: 9(2)/2. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 11.

Peter Scott

Name: Peter William Scott
Born: 19 September 1952, Walton, Liverpool (England)
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.04 st
Position: Full Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 10 Full Caps (1975-1979); England: Youth.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	FL Cup	Others
Kirby Boys			Youth	-	-	-	-
Everton	71/72-74/75	Jul-70	Youth	42 (2)/1	5(0)/1	1(0)/0	-
Southport	73/74	Jan-74	Loan	4 (0)/0	-	-	-
York City	75/76-78/79	Dec-75	£11k	99 (1)/3	6(0)/0	8(0)/0	-
Aldershot	78/79-82/83	Mar-79	£3k	114 (7)/2	5(1)/0	3(0)/0	4(1)/0
TOTALS	-	£14k		259(10)/6	16(1)/1	12(0)/0	4(1)/0

Biography:
Something of a protégé at Everton, Peter Scott signed apprentice terms in September 1968 and turned professional in July 1970. His time a Goodison brought England Youth caps and his versatility – he could play on either flank as a full-back or as a winger – allowed him to establish himself in the first eleven while still a teenager. Scott’s League debut came against Ipswich in August 1971 and he played a total of 32 matches in his first campaign before dropping down the pecking order.
Although largely out of the firstteam picture at Everton, Scott was selected for Northern Ireland (the country of his father’s birth) in the spring of 1975. He made his debut at right-back in a win against Wales in May 1975 and played at left-back early the following season in a defeat in Yugoslavia. Northern Ireland were in an envious position for full-backs in the 1970s with Arsenal duo Sammy Nelson and Pat Rice and a young Jimmy Nicholl vying with Scott for the two places. Inevitably Scott was regarded mainly as cover throughout his five year international career.

In December 1975, having failed to feature for Everton since 29 March, Scott was transferred to Division Two York City. At the end of that season York finished in 21st place and were relegated. The downward spiral continued as the Minstermen finished bottom of Division Three in the next campaign and were relegated once again. Consequently Scott suffered the ignominy of playing in Division One, Two, Three and Four in consecutive seasons. It got worse still as York were forced to apply for re-election having finished bottom of the Football League at the end of the 1977/78 season. During his time at Bootham Crescent, Scott did add seven caps to those he won while with Everton, making him only the second York player to gain international recognition and the club’s leading cap-winner.

Scott left York in March 1979 to join fellow Division Four minnows, Aldershot. He made Shots history in May 1979 when he became the club’s only ever full international in their 65-year history with a substitute appearance against Scotland. That proved to be Scott’s final cap as Billy Bingham began to bring fresh talent into the Northern Ireland. Scott retired from football in May 1983.

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
23-05-1975 Wales..... H W 1-0 BC
19-11-1975 Yugoslavia A L 0-1 ECQ
24-03-1976 Israel.... A D 1-1 FR
08-05-1976 Scotland.. H L 0-3 BC
11-05-1976 England... A L 0-4 BC sub
14-05-1976 Wales..... A L 0-1 BC
13-05-1978 Scotland.. A D 1-1 BC
16-05-1978 England... A L 0-1 BC
19-05-1978 Wales..... A L 0-1 BC
22-05-1979 Scotland.. A L 0-1 BC sub

Summary: 8(2)/0. Won 1, Drew 2, Lost 7.

Johnny McKenna

Diminutive winger Johnny McKenna had to be versatile, he could still barely use his left foot though...

Name: John McKenna

Born: 6 June 1926, Belfast

Died: October/November 1980, Blackpool

Height: 5.05 ft

Weight: 10.02 st

Position: Winger

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Representative Honours: Ireland: 7 Full Caps (1949-1951), 2 Victory Caps (1945-1946); Irish FA Representative; Irish League: 3 Caps (1948).

Club Honours: (with Linfield) Northern Regional League Champion 1945/46; Irish Cup Winner 1945/46, 1947/48.

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Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Others
Linfield	44/45-47/48	-	-	-	-	-
Huddersfield T.	48/49-56/57	Aug-48	£8,000	134/ 8	-	-
Blackpool	54/55-56/57	Jul-54	-	24/ 2	-	-
Southport	57/58	Jul-57	-	15/ 1	-	-
Wisbech Town	58/59	-	Free	(Southern League)
TOTALS		£8,000		173/11	-	-

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Biography:

Son of a boot-maker, Johnny McKenna, a product of Fane Street School, won two Irish Cups and a 'War-Time' League title while with Linfield. Still a teenager when he played in the Victory Internationals against England and Wales in 1945 and 1946, he later played three times for the Irish League in 1948. Throughout his career he would suffer the same 'problem', although predominantly right-footed, he would find himself employed on the left, forcing him to cut inside. Of the twelve major representative matches he played in, only four were spent at outside-right.

"Fleet-footed and tricky", McKenna transferred to Huddersfield for £8,000 in August 1948 where he played alongside Peter Doherty, making a total of 134 League appearances, mostly in the First Division. Out of the side for the entire of the 1953/54 campaign, he moved to Blackpool in July 1954, but failed to find regular first-team football in a side which also contained Stanley Matthews. His final League football was played in Division Three (North) with Southport during the 1957/58 season.

Though noted for his "pace and very good ball control", McKenna's international career over-lapped with that of a number of accomplished wingers. Davy Cochrane, Johnny Campbell and Norman Lockhart were all there or therabouts at the time of his initial appearances and later the emergence of Billy Bingham and Charlie Tully would ensure his Ireland career did not go beyond seven caps.

In 1958 McKenna signed for non-League Wisbech Town, but his playing days were ended that November. He was involved in a car accident in which he suffered a broken collar bone and six fractured ribs. McKenna settled in Blackpool where he worked as an insurance agent. He died, aged just 54, in November 1980.

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Ireland Cap Details:
01-10-1949 Scotland H L 2-8 WCQ/BC

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

12-05-1951 France.. H D 2-2 FR

20-11-1951 England. A L 0-2 BC

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Summary: 7/0. Won 0, Drew 2, Lost 5.

Ireland Representative Appearance Details:
11-08-1948 USA Olympic XI H W 5-0

Summary: 1/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 0.