Al-James Hannigan

Name: Al-James Hannigan
Born: 26 January 1971, Islington, London (England)
Height: 
Weight: 
Position: Right-Back / Centre-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-18.
Club Honours: (with Arsenal) FA Youth Cup Winner 1987/88.

Club Career:
Arsenal ........... 89/90-90/91 Jun-89 Youth 0(0)/0
Torquay United .... 89/90 ............. Loan 7(-)/0
Barnet ............ 91/92
Harwich & Parkeston
Marlow ............ 92/93
Enfield Town
Rushden & Diamonds. 95/96-96/97 Jun-95 ..£5k 31(2)/3 5(0)/2 1(0)/ 6(0)/0
Enfield Town ...... 96/97 ..... Sep-96 ..£6k
Yeovil Town
Slough Town
Hayes
St Albans City
Dulwich Hamlet
Bishop's Stortford
Carshalton Athletic
Enfield Town
Leyton
Kettering Town
Fisher Athletic
East Thurrock United
Dulwich Hamlet
Enfield
Enfield Town
Aveley
Cray Wanderers

Biography:
A tough-tackling defender, Al-James Hannigan was London-born to a Northern Irish mother. A Spurs fan as a boy, he eventually joined Arsenal as a teenager and played alongside Steve Morrow in the 1988 FA Youth Cup final win over Doncaster Rovers.

James played for Northern Ireland at youth level and was included in the Under-21 squad for a match against Israel in 1990, but he didn't play in that match.

Highbury Inn
RDFC 1992

Cecil Smyth

Name: Cecil Smyth
Born: 4 May 1941, Belfast
Died: 7 November 2008, Exeter (England)
Height: 5.06 ft
Weight: 10.08 st
Position: Right-Back

Club Honours: (with Distillery) City Cup Winner 1959/60; (with Exeter) Football League Division Four Fourth Place (promoted) 1963/64.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Distillery	58/59-61/62	-	-	*108(0)/?	-	-
Exeter City	62/63-68/69	Aug-62	-	270(3)/1	16(0)/0	14(0)/1
Torquay United	69/70-70/71	Aug-69	£2,500	22(1)/0	1(0)/0	-
Barnstaple Town	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		400(4)/1	17(0)/0	14(0)/1

* all games.

Biography:
Cec Smyth established himseld as a regular for Distillery while still a teenager, helping them to a City Cup success in 1959. He moved to the Football League with Exeter City in 1962 where he was regular right-back for eight seasons and aided them to promotion to the Third Division in 1964. He finished his professional career with Torquay United and later settled in Exeter where he worked for the prison service. A player who "visibly enjoyed" the game and was regarded as a great character, Cecil Smyth passed away in 2008 at the age of 67.

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Grecian Archive

Josh McQuoid

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Name: Joshua Joseph Brian McQuoid
Born: 15 December 1989, Southampton (England)
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 10.10 st
Position: Midfielder/Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (2010-date), 1 B Cap (2009), 8 Under-21 Caps / 2 Goals (2008-2009), 4 Under-19 Caps.
Club Honours: (with Bournemouth) Football League One Runner-Up 2012/13 (promoted); (with Peterborough) Football League Trophy Winner 2013/14.

Club Career:
Teams....... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- --League- FA Cup FL Cup Other 
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Bournemouth. 06/07-10/11 ...... Youth 31(38)/10 2(5)/3 0(2)/0 1(4)/0
Millwall ... 10/11-11/12 Nov-10 £600k .8 (8)/ 1 0(2)/0 1(0)/0 
Burnley .... 11/12...... Jan-12 .Loan .9 (8)/ 1
Bournemouth. 12/13-14/15 May-12 Exch. 22(13)/ 3 3(1)/2 ...... 1(0)/0
Peterborough 13/14 ..... Feb-14 .Loan .8 (6)/ 1 ............. 1(1)/1
Coventry C. .14/15 ..... Aug-14 .Loan 12 (2)/ 3 0(1)/0 1(0)/0 3(0)/2
Luton Town . 15/16-17/18 Jun-15 .Free 21(11)/ 3 3(0)/2 1(1)/0 5(3)/3
Stevenage .. 16/17 ..... Jan-17 .Loan 10 (6)/ 1
Torquay Utd. 17/18 ..... Sep-17 .Loan 13 (1)/ 2
Aldershot T. 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Free 13 (3)/ 1
Weymouth ... 18/19- date

Biography:
Josh McQuoid's most impressive performance in a green shirt to date was a two goal salvo in an Under-21 international against Scotland.

A hattrick for Bournemouth against Tranmere in the FA Cup saw McQuoid called into the Northern Ireland squad as a late inclusion for a November 2010 friendly against Morocco. A week later he scored another hattrick as Bournemouth defeated Walsall 3-0. He then made his international debut as a half-time substitute against the Africans, and it was a foul on him that earned Northern Ireland a late penalty from which they equalised.

On 25th November 2010 McQuoid joined Millwall on an initial loan which became a permanent move valued at around £600,000 when the transfer window opened the following January. He failed to impress at the New Den and joined Burnley mid-way through the following season as striking cover. He was then allowed to return to Bournemouth on a three year deal in exchange for Scott Malone.

McQuoid made a rapid return to the Championship as Bournemouth were promoted as League One runners-up. Having struggled to make the Cherries side at the higher level, mainly due to injury, McQuoid joined Peterborough on loan and scored the opener as the Posh defeated Chesterfield in the 2014 Johnstone's Paint Trophy final at Wembley.

Prior to the start of the 2014/15 season McQuoid joined Coventry on a loan deal through to January.

More to follow.

Irish FA
Wikipedia
Soccerbase

Northern Ireland Cap Details:

17-11-2010 Morocco....... H D 1-1 FR. sub
29-03-2011 Slovenia...... H D 0-0 ECQ sub
24-05-2011 Rep of Ireland A L 0-5 CNC
02-09-2011 Serbia........ H L 0-1 ECQ sub
06-09-2011 Estonia....... A L 1-4 ECQ sub
still active

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:

06-05-2009 Scotland...... A L 0-3 FR

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


Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:

19-08-2008 Poland........ N L 0-1 MT. sub

20-08-2008 Ukraine....... A L 1-4 MT. sub

18-11-2008 Scotland...... A W 3-1 FR. 2 goals

31-03-2009 Ukraine....... H D 1-1 FR

04-09-2009 Czech Republic A L 0-2 ECQ

08-09-2009 Iceland....... H L 2-6 ECQ

13-10-2009 Iceland....... A L 1-2 ECQ

17-11-2009 Czech Republic H L 1-2 ECQ sub

Summary: 5(3)/2. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 6. 

Billy Kee

Name: Billy Rodney Kee
Born: 1 December 1990, Leicester (England)
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.04 st
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 10 Under-21 Caps / 3 Goals (2009-2012), 8 Under-19 Caps/ 4 Goals.
Awards: EFL League Two Player of Season 2017/18; EFL Team of the Season 2017/18; PFA League Two Team of the Year 2017/18; League Two Player of the Month Nov-2011.

Club Career:
Teams............. --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Leicester City ... 08/09-09/10 . 2006 Youth .0 (0)/ 0
Accrington Stanley 09/10 ..... Jul-09 .Loan 15(22)/ 9 1(2)/0 1(1)/0 2(0)/0
Torquay United ... 10/11-11/12 Jun-10 .Free 18 (6)/ 9 1(3)/1 1(0)/0 4(1)/0

Burton Albion .... 11/12-14/15 Aug-11 Undis 70(29)/39 4(3)/2 2(3)/1 3(3)/0
Scunthorpe United. 14/15 ..... Aug-14 Undis .0(12)/ 0 1(1)/0 ...... 0(2)/0 
Mansfield Town ... 14/15 ..... Jan-15 .Loan .8 (5)/ 2
Accrington Stanley 15/16- date Jun-15 .Free

Biography:
A young stocky striker, Billy Kee spent 2009/10 on loan at Accrington Stanley from Leicester City. He was part of the Northern Ireland side that claimed the 2009 Milk Cup Elite title and in September 2009, still just eighteen, he was called into the senior Northern Ireland squad. He was disappointed to be released by Leicester in May 2010 but quickly signed for Torquay United. In August 2011 he scored his first goals at  Under-21international level, a virtuoso hattrick against the Faroe Islands, so becoming the first Northern Ireland player to score three in a match at that level.  Early in the 2011/12 season Kee left Torquay for personal reasons. He move closer to "home" by joining Burton Albion for a fee believed to be around £20,000 and a startling run of goalscoring form saw him crowned Football League Young Player of the Month for October. In August 2014 he moved on to Scunthorpe for a fee believed to be around £250,000, earning Torquay a further £80,000 through a sell on clause. He failed to start a league game or score a goal for the Iron and joined Mansfield on a three-month loan deal mid-season.

Irish FA
Wikipedia
Accrington Stanley

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
04-09-2009 Czech Republic A L 0-2 ECQ
13-10-2009 Iceland....... A L 1-2 ECQ
13-11-2009 Germany....... H D 1-1 ECQ
17-11-2009 Czech Republic H L 1-2 ECQ
02-03-2010 San Marino.... A W 3-0 ECQ
17-11-2010 Scotland ..... A L 1-3 FR
10-08-2011 San Marino ... H W 4-0 ECQ 3 goals
02-09-2011 Serbia ....... A L 0-1 ECQ
07-09-2012 FYRo Macedonia H L 1-3 ECQ
10-09-2012 Denmark ...... A L 0-3 ECQ sub

Summary: 9(1)/3. Won 2, Drew 1, Lost 7.

Picture courtesy of Roy Cathcart

Jamie Ward

Name: Jamie Ward
Born: 12 May 1986, Birmingham (England)
Height: 5.05½ ft
Weight: 9.04 st
Position: Forward/Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (2011-date); 7 Under-21 / 2 Goals (2006-2008), 2 Under-18 Caps.
Club Honours: (with Aston Villa) FA Youth Cup Runner-Up 2003/04.
Awards: League Two Player of the Month Oct-2008.

Club Career:
Teams........ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- --League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Aston Villa ............. Jul-05 Youth ..0 (0)/ 0
Stockport Co. 05/06 ..... Mar-06 .Loan ..7 (2)/ 1
Torquay Utd.. 06/07 ..... Jul-06 .Free .21 (4)/ 9 2(0)/2 1(0)/0 0(1)/0
Chesterfield..06/07-08/09 Jan-07 Undi. .58 (9)/29 4(0)/0 2(0)/0 1(0)/0
Sheffield Utd 08/09-10/11 Jan-09 £333k .45(18)/ 9 2(2)/2 0(1)/0 1(2)/0
Derby County .10/11 ..... Feb-11 .Loan .12 (0)/ 4
Derby County .11/12-14/15 May-11 £350k 110(15)/29 5(2)/0 1(0)/0 3(0)/0
Nott'm Forest 15/16- date Jul-15 .Free
Burton Albion 16/17 ..... Aug-16 .Loan .15 (3)/ 4 0(1)/0
Cardiff City. 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Loan

Biography:
A free-scoring attacking player in lower-league football, Birmingham-born Jamie Ward played in the FA Youth Cup final with Aston Villa and captained their reserves but was released in 2006.

Qualifying for Northern Ireland through his grandfather, Ward has played at Youth and Under-21 level and was long touted for Full international recognition.

In January 2008 Barnsley had a £400,000 bid for Ward accepted by Chesterfield. A move seemed likely as he was to become a free agent in the summer but personal terms could not be agreed. Derby County also showed an interest, but it was Sheffield United that claimed his signature.

After initial good form with the Blades Ward's goals dried up and mid-way through the 2010/11 season he joined Derby County on loan in a deal that became permanent at the end of the season.

Ward was awarded his first call-up to the senior Northern Ireland squad in March 2009. Despite good club form he was overlooked for two years, sparking rumours of a falling out with Nigel Worthington. He was re-called to the squad in August 2011, making his long-awaited international début as a late sub against the Faroe Islands.

Since the appointment of Michael O'Neill, Ward has been a regular in the Northern Ireland squad when not injured. He bundled home his first international goal from close range to give Northern Ireland the lead against Portugal in a pulsating World Cup Qualifier in September 2013, though sadly a Ronaldo hattrick saw the Portuguese leave Windsor Park victorious.

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
10-08-2011 Faroe Islands H W 4-0 ECQ sub
15-08-2012 Finland ..... H D 3-3 FR. sub
07-09-2012 Russia ...... A L 0-2 WCQ 
11-09-2012 Luxembourg .. H D 1-1 WCQ sub
14-08-2013 Russia ...... H W 1-0 WCQ 
06-09-2013 Portugal .... H L 2-4 WCQ 1 goal
10-09-2013 Luxembourg .. A L 2-3 WCQ 
11-10-2013 Azerbaijan .. A L 0-2 WCQ
15-10-2013 Israel ...... A D 1-1 WCQ sub
05-03-2014 Cyprus ...... A D 0-0 FR
07-09-2014 Hungary ..... A W 2-1 ECQ
11-10-2014 Faroe Islands H W 2-0 ECQ

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
08-02-2006 Israel....... A W 1-0 FR
12-04-2006 Leichtenstein A W 4-1 ECQ sub
10-05-2006 Leichtenstein H W 4-0 ECQ sub
06-02-2007 Wales........ H L 0-4 FR. sub
16-11-2007 Luxembourg... H W 5-0 ECQ 1 goal
20-11-2007 Moldova...... H W 3-0 ECQ 1 goal
06-02-2008 Israel....... A L 1-2 ECQ

Summary: 4(3)/2. Won 5, Drew 0, Lost 2.

Brian McGlinchey

Name: Brian Kevin McGlinchey

Born: 26 October 1977, Londonderry

Height: 5.07 ft

Weight: 10.02 st

Position: Left-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 B Cap (1999), 14 Under-21 Caps (1998-1999), Youth.

Club Honours: (with Gillingham) Football League Division Two (promoted via play-offs) 1999/00; (with Plymouth) Football League Division Three Champion 2001/02; (with Torquay) Football League Division Three Third (promoted) 2003/04.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Manchester City	-	Dec-95	Youth	0 (0)/0	-	-	-
Port Vale	98/99	Jul-98	Free	10 (5)/1	1(0)/0	0(1)/0	-
Gillingham	99/00-00/01	Aug-99	Free	7 (7)/1	4(0)/1	3(1)/0	1(0)/0
Plymouth Argyle	00/01-02/03	Dec-00	Free	54(14)/2	3(2)/0	1(0)/0	4(1)/0
Torquay United	03/04-05/06	Sep-03	Free	70 (2)/0	1(0)/0	1(0)/0	2(0)/0
TOTALS	-	£0		141(28)/4	9(2)/1	5(2)/0	7(1)/0

Biography:

To follow.

Wikipedia

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
09-02-1999 Wales... A L 0-1 FR

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

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
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Eric Welsh

Name: Eric Welsh
Born: 1 May 1942, Belfast
Height: 5.08½ ft
Weight: 10.05 st
Position: Outside-Right

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Full Caps / 1 Goal (1966-1967).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Boyland	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-
Exeter City	59/60-65/66	Sep-59	-	105(0)/19	4(0)/0	5(0)/0	-
Carlisle United	65/66-68/69	Oct-65	-	72(5)/20	6(0)/1	6(0)/1	-
Torquay United	69/70-70/71	Jun-69	-	38(1)/11	4(0)/0	6(0)/1	-
Hartlepool	71/72	Jul-71	-	13(2)/ 2	2(0)/0	2(0)/0	-
Port Elizabeth C.	-	-	-	-	(South Africa)
Salisbury	-	-	-	-	(South Africa)
Hellenic	-	-	-	-	(South Africa)
Distillery	-	Mar-77	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		228(8)/52	16(0)/1	19(0)/2	-

Biography:
Winger Eric Welsh moved to Exeter City from the famous junior side Boyland in 1959. He made rapid inroads into the first eleven, playing his first match while still just seventeen, and establishing himself in the first eleven before he was twenty. For much of his time at St James Park, the Grecians were struggling towards the bottom of Division Four, and when they were promoted in 1964 Welsh had missed the entire season through injury.

In October 1965 Welsh made the move to Carlisle United in Division Two, and in 1966 he came within a whisker of helping them to top-flight football for the first time in their history. His fine performances did bring international recognition, and with the absence of John Crossan was selected in a re-shuffled forward line for the Home Nations match against Wales in March 1966. He put in a highly accomplished performance, scoring in a 4-1 win in Cardiff.

Welsh retained his place for the two end-of-season pre-World Cup glamour friendlies with Mexico and West Germany. The return to the side of the likes of George Best and Dave Clements limited Welsh to just one further cap, but his total of four still stands as a Carlisle club record. Another season-long injury ruled him out for the entire of the 1967/68 season and on his return he struggled to regain his form of old.

Spells with Third Division Torquay and Fourth Division Hartlepool were followed by a spell playing in South Africa. In March 1977 Welsh joined a struggling Distillery side, then being managed by his brother Roy.

Eric’s brother, Roy, won an Under-23 cap and played Irish League football with Distillery, Glentoran and Ards through the 1960s and ‘70s.

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Hartlepool Career
Football League Career
Grecian Archive

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
30-03-1966 Wales....... A W 4-1 BC 1 Goal
07-05-1966 West Germany H L 0-2 FR
22-06-1966 Mexico...... H W 4-1 FR
12-04-1967 Wales....... H D 0-0 ECQ

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

Jim Hagan

Name: James Hagan

Born: 10 August 1956, Monkstown

Height: 5.11 ft

Weight: 11.09 st

Position: Defender

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Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 6 Under-18 Caps; Irish FA Representative.

Club Honours: (with Seiko) Hong Kong League Champion 1980/81; (with Birmingham) Football League Division Two Runner-Up 1984/85 (promoted).

Awards: Ulster Young Footballer of the Year 1976; Spanish League - Foreign Player of the Year 1988.

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Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	FL.Cup	Other
Larne	74/75-77/78	1974	Youth	-	-	-	-
Coventry City	77/78-81/82	Nov-77	£25,000	12 (1)/0	3(0)/0	-	-
Torquay United	79/80	Sep-79	Loan	7 (0)/0	-	-	-
Detroit Express	1980	Mar-80	Loan	30 (-)/0	(NASL)	-	-
Seiko	80/81	Oct-80	Loan	-	(Hong Kong)
Birmingham City	82/83-86/87	May-82	Free	124(13)/0	5(1)/0	20(1)/0	-
RC.Celta.de.Vigo	86/87-88/89	Jan-87	-	*59 (-)/0	(Spain)
Larne	89/90	Aug-89	Free	3 (-)/0	-	-	9(0)/0
Colchester.Utd	89/90	Nov-89	Free	2 (0)/0	-	-	-
Larne	89/90	Jan-90	Free	5 (0)/0	1(0)/0	-	-
IK Oddevold	1990 - 1991	May-90	-	-	(Sweden)
Ballymena Utd	91/92-93/94	May-91	-	39 (2)/0	2(1)/0	4(0)/0	23(0)/0
Carrick Rangers	93/94	Oct-93	-	10 (0)/0	1(0)/0	-	1(0)/0
Larne	93/94-94/95	Jan-94	-	16 (0)/0	-	1(0)/0	7(0)/0
Crusaders	94/95	Jan-95	-	1 (2)/0	1(0)/0	2(0)/0	-
Coleraine	95/96	c/s-95	-	2 (0)/0	-	-	0(1)/0
TOTALS	-	£-		310(18)/0	13(2)/0	27(1)/0	40(1)/0

* Primera Liga games only.

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Biography:

Although Jim Hagan was never capped, he was a member of Danny Blanchflower's Northern Ireland squad of the late 1970s, and appeared for the "senior" team against Glentoran in Bobby McGregor's testimonial in May 1977. At the time he was making waves in the Irish League with Larne, and the previous season had been voted Ulster Young Player of the Year. In November 1977 he made a £25,000 move to the English First Division with Coventry City, leaving behind his job as a booking-clerk for the Larne-Stranraer ferries.

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Hagan served a long apprenticeship at Highfield Road, but was unable to make a sustained impact on the first eleven. He spent spells out on loan with Torquay United (in September 1979), Detroit Express (in March 1980) and Seiko (in October 1980, where he helped the club to a clean-sweep of Hong Kong League, Cup and Senior Cup during an extended stay). Included by Billy Bingham in Northern Ireland's provisional forty man squad for the 1982 World Cup Finals, that was as close to international selection as he came during the 1980s, a mention as a "possible" in the 1986 World Cup brochure aside.

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Finally released by Coventry in the summer of 1982, Hagan was snapped-up by another First Division side, Birmingham City. He walked straight into the starting eleven and remained a regular in the team for the next five seasons as the bounced between the top two Divisions. Capable anywhere across the back-four, it was as a bone-crunching centre-back that he will be best remembered.

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In 1987 Hagan joined Spanish club, Celta Vigo. He spent two-and-a-half successful season in Spain, helping the club to promotion and top-half finishes in the Primera Liga, and being awarded as the Overseas Player of the Year in 1988, despite competition from the likes of Gary Lineker. Hagan returned to Larne in August 1989, and also spent a brief spell with Colchester United on a non-contract basis before spending a year in Sweden with IK Oddevold from May 1990 to May 1991.

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Appointed player-manager by Ballymena United on returning from Sweden, Hagan continued to pull on his boots in the Irish League regularly up to his fortieth year, including during a disastrous spell in charge of cash-strapped Larne in 1994. Hagan made his final Irish League appearance for Coleraine in December 1995.

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At the turn of the millennium Hagan was working in Sunderlands youth set-up before becoming Larne's Irish FA appointed Youth Development Officer. He was appointed Larne's assistant-manager to Kenny Shiels in October 2005. With Shiel's appointment as an IFA County Coach, Hagan became Larne manager again. Second time around the position proved as unsuccessful as his first attempt, and Hagan was sacked in November following a poor run of results. He continued to work as a coach in youth and women's football, briefly scouted for Norwich, and was appointed manager of Wellington Rec in February 2009.