Norman Kelly

Name: Norman Kelly
Born: 10 October 1970, Belfast
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 12.00 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (1990), Under-19, Under-18.
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 1999/00, 2000/01; Irish Cup Winner 2001/02, Runner-Up 1999/00.

Club Career:
Teams........... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- --League-- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other
Glentoran ......................... Youth ..0 (0)/ 0
Oldham Athletic. 87/88-89/90 Jul-87 Youth ..0 (2)/ 0 .................... 0(1)/0
Wigan Athletic.. 89/90 ..... Oct-89 .Loan ..0 (4)/ 0
Dunfermline Ath. 90/91-92/93 Mar-91 ...... 13 (1)/ 0
Brunei ..................... May-93
Raith Rovers ... 93/94 ..... Dec-93 ....... 1 (3)/ 0
Glenavon ....... 93/94 ..... Dec-93 ....... 4 (0)/ 2 .................... 1(0)/0
Glentoran ...... 94/95 ..... Oct-94 ....... 5 (0)/ 2 .................... 3(0)/0
IFL Stroustead ..................................... (Sweden)
Malaysia
Canberra Cosmos .95/96-98/99 ............. 79 (-)/ 9 (Australia)
Linfield ....... 99/00-01/02 Jul-99 ...... 51(12)/ 4 ?(?)/? ?(?)/? 5(1)/0
Glenavon ....... 02/03 ..... Jul-02 ....... 6 (4)/ 1 ...... 5(0)/0
Crusaders ...... 02/03 ..... Jan-03 ...... 11 (0)/ 0 3(0)/0

Biography:
Capped as an Under-21, the closest Norman Kelly got to a full cap was when he was on the bench for a famous 1-1 draw with Germany in 1992.

In December 2008 Kelly returned to Linfield as a member of their scouting staff. From July 2010 to December 2011 he was firstteam coach at Larne before taking on a similar role at Ballymena under Glenn Ferguson. He left the Showgrounds when Ferguson was sacked in March 2016 and was appointed coach at Glenavon just a few weeks later, but left at the end of the season.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
03-04-1990 Israel H W 2-1 FR sub

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

Paul Gray

Name: Robert Paul Gray
Born: 28 January 1970, Portsmouth (England)
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.10 st
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (1990), Under-19, Under-18, Under-16, Under-15.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Others
Bangor	85/86	-	Youth	16 (3)/3	-	-	/1
Luton Town	87/88-90/91	May-86	Youth	2 (5)/1	-	-	1(2)/1
Wigan Athletic	91/92	May-91	-	2 (3)/0	-	1(2)/0	-
Bangor	93/94-94/95	Aug-93	Free	9(10)/1	1(2)/2	2(3)/0	0(5)/0
Ards	95/96-96/97	Mar-96	-	0(3)/0	-	-	0(1)/0
TOTALS	-	£-		29(24)/5	1(2)/2	3(5)/0	1(8)/1

Biography:
Portsmouth-born Paul Gray grew up in Northern Ireland, winning youth caps and playing in the Bangor firstteam as a teenager. He moved to Luton in May 1986 and made his firstteam debut in February 1988 against Everton in the Simod Cup during the Hatters' run to the 1987/88 Final. In June 1988 he signed professional terms and in December 1989 he made his Football League debut against Arsenal as a substitute for Kingsley Black. He scored his only League goal for Luton in a 3-2 win over Coventry in March 1990 on a day when the other scorers were Black and Iain Dowie - an all-Northern Irish scoresheet!

At the end of the 1989/90 season Gray played for Northern Ireland in an Under-21 international against Israel in Coleraine, and a month later appeared for a "full" Northern Ireland team against Spurs in Danny Blanchflower's testimonial. Gray was back in Luton's reserve team for the 1990/91 season and made no further firstteam appearances prior to joining Wigan Athletic in the 1991 close-season. He made his Latics debut as a substitute against Shrewsbury on the opening day of the season and he was beginning to make an impression on the starting eleven before being ruled-out by a serious ankle injury picked up against Hartlepool.

After close to two seasons out, Gray made his playing come-back with ex-club, Bangor. Although he struggled to make an impact with the Seasiders he was named "Personality of the Round" after coming off the bench to score two goals in a superb 10-minute spell in the 1993 Irish Cup quarter-final win over Glentoran as Bangor marched to the Final. Gray didn't make the team for the Final and his appearances thereafter were sporadic. His only other goal while with the Clandeboye-club was in a 3-3 draw with Coleraine in March 1995.

After another eleven months without a firstteam appearance, Gray left Bangor for Ards. His luck failed to change at Castlereagh Park and he made just four appearances from the bench in two seasons.

Northern ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
03-04-1990 Israel... H W 2-1 FR sub

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

Among Gray's Northern Ireland Youth team appearances was a UEFA Under-18 Championship qualifier against Norway at Clandeboye Road on 7 May 1987. In the Norway side was Stig Inge Bjornebye, Lars Bohinen and Roger Nilsen, all of whom went on to play in the English Premier League.

Peter Kennedy

Name: Peter Henry James Kennedy

Born: 10 September 1973, Lisburn

Height: 5.10 ft

Weight: 11.11 st

Position: Midfielder/Left-Back

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Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 20 Full Caps (1998-2004), 1 'B' Cap (1997); Irish League: 1 Under-21 Cap (1995).

Club Honours: (with Portadown) Irish League Champion 1995/96; Irish League Cup Winner 1995/96; Ulster Cup Winner 1995/96; (with Watford) Football League Division One Play-Off Winner 1998/99 (promoted); Football League Division Two Champion 1997/98.

Awards: Ulster Footballer of the Year 1996; NI Football Writers' Player of the Year 1996.
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Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Lisburn Youth	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-
Portadown	-	-	Youth	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Glentoran	-	1989	Youth	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Glenavon	92/93-94/95	c/s-92	-	36 (3)/ 7	7(0)/ 3	5(0)/0	7(2)/3
Portadown	95/96	Aug-95	-	23 (0)/10	5(0)/ 4	5(0)/1	16(0)/3
Notts County	96/97	Aug-96	£100k	20 (2)/ 0	2(1)/ 1	1(0)/0	-
Watford	97/98-00/01	Aug-97	£130k	107 (7)/18	7(0)/ 2	9(0)/2	4(0)/0
Wigan Athletic	01/02-03/04	Jul-01	£300k	60 (5)/ 2	4(0)/ 0	6(0)/0	3(0)/0
Derby County	03/04	Oct-03	Loan	5 (0)/ 1	-	-	-
Peterborough U.	04/05-05/06	Jul-04	Free	25 (6)/ 2	1(1)/ 1	1(0)/0	-
Portadown	06/07-07/08	c/s-06	Free	-	-	-	-
Banbridge Town	08/09	c/s-08	Trial	-	-	-	-
Ballymena U.	08/09	-	Free	3 (0)/ 0	-	-	1(0)/0
Donegal Celtic	09/10	Jul-09	Free	-	-	-	-
Kilmore Rec.	09/10	Apr-10	Free	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£530k		279(23)/40	26(2)/11	27(0)/3	31(2)/6

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Biography:

Peter Kennedy emerged as one of the brightest young stars on the Irish League scene in the mid-1990s. He stood out from the crowd at a very young age, playing in the Under-11 side when barely nine-years-old, and had early trials with Tottenham and Bournemouth. Following six years with Lisburn Youth he spent an unhappy six months with Portadown before signing with the Glentoran Colts where he picked up a Youth Cup winner's medal in 1991. He failed to make the step up at the Oval and signed for Glenavon in the summer of 1992.

His first season at Mourneview was spent mainly in the reserves, where he helped them finish third in the Irish League 'B' Division Section II, just two points behind the eventual winners, Glentoran (in fact, if Glenavon had won their final match at Omagh, the title would have been their's!).

Following another trial in the summer of 1993, this time with Blackburn, Kennedy returned to Mourneview where he finally established himself in the Glenavon first eleven. He, and Glenavon, had an outstanding season, finishing just two points off the Irish League title, and the 1994/95 season was again a successful one, all-be-it the club finished without a trophy (though they were runners-up in both the League and the Co. Antrim Shield). On a personal note however Kennedy picked up his first representative honour, playing for the Irish League Under-21 side against their FAI National League counterparts, in a 0-0 draw at Mourneview.

A suprise move in the summer of 1995 took Kennedy across Craigavon to Glenvaon's bitter rivals Portadown. At Shamrock Park his performances picked up further, as he scored 18 goals to help the club clinch a trio of trophies, the Irish League title, the Irish League Cup and the Ulster Cup. The summer of 1996 finally saw the move Kennedy had been waiting his whole career for, with Notts County stumping up a massive £100,000 for his signature.

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After a decade playing in England, Kennedy returned to Portadown for the 2006/07 season. He was released by the Ports in June 2008 and after a short spell with Banbridge Town signed for Ballymena United. He managed just four matches for the Braidmen before announcing his retirement from playing in September 2008 to concentrate on obtaining his accountancy qualifications.

By July 2009 Kennedy felt that he had quit football too soon and joined Donegal Celtic.

Since quitting as a player Kennedy has managed Lisburn Rangers and Crewe United. In June 2018 he joined the coaching staff back at Glenavon.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:

18-11-1998 Moldova....... H D 2-2 ECQ

27-03-1999 Germany....... H L 0-3 ECQ sub

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

06-06-2001 Czech Republic A L 1-3 WCQ sub

01-09-2001 Denmark....... A D 1-1 WCQ

05-09-2001 Iceland....... H W 3-0 WCQ

06-10-2001 Malta......... A W 1-0 WCQ

13-02-2002 Poland........ N L 1-4 FR

21-08-2002 Cyprus........ H D 0-0 FR

12-02-2003 Finland....... H L 0-1 FR

03-06-2003 Italy......... A L 0-2 FR

11-06-2003 Spain......... H D 0-0 ECQ

06-09-2003 Ukraine....... A D 0-0 ECQ

11-10-2003 Greece........ A L 0-1 ECQ

18-02-2004 Norway........ H L 1-4 FR
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Summary: 17(3)/0. Won 2, Drew 5, Lost 13.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
28-03-1997 Portugal...... H W 2-0 FR
11-02-1998 Rep of Ireland A W 1-0 FR

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

Phil Hughes

Name: Philip Anthony Hughes

Born: 19 November 1964, Belfast

Height: 5.11½ ft

Weight: 12.07 st

Position: Goalkeeper

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Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1986-1987), Youth Caps.

Club Honours: (with Manchester United) FA Youth Cup Runner-Up 1981/82.

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Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Glentoran	-	-	Youth	0/0	-	-	-
Manchester United	-	-	Youth	0/0	-	-	-
Leeds United	83/84-84/85	Jan-83	Free	6/0	1/0	-	-
Bury	85/86-87/88	Jun-85	Free	80/0	9/0	9/0	5/0
Wigan Athletic	87/88-90/91	Nov-87	£35k	99/0	5/0	2/0	7/0
Rochdale	91/92	-	N/C	0/0	-	-	-
Scarborough	91/92	Oct-91	Free	17/0	1/0	1/0	2/0
Guiseley	-	-	Free	(Northern Premier League)
TOTALS			£35k	202/0	16/0	12/0	14/0

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Biography:

Phil Hughes chose to join Leeds United in 1983 after serving an apprenticeship with Manchester United believing there was little chance of a firstteam breakthrough at Old Trafford. At Elland Road too his chances were limited by the presence of Scottish international David Harvey, before the signing of Mervyn Day mid-way through the 1984/85 season ensured that Hughes had no future in Leeds' first-team. A former Northern Ireland Youth international, in late-1984 he was included in the full international squad for the first time.

Signed by Bury in the summer of 1985, Hughes established himself imediately in the first-team and despite the Shakers finishing 20th in Division Three (just three points away from relegation), his consistent performances convinced Billy Bingham to select him ahead of George Dunlop for the 1986 World Cup Finals squad.

With Pat Jennings retiring after the World Cup in Mexico, Hughes was chosen for Northern Ireland's first game without the legendary 'keeper. The inexperienced team suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of England, as Hughes became the first, and to date only, Bury goalkeeper to earn caps while with the club. Two further caps were added in the draws with Turkey and Israel later that season.

A shoulder injury picked up in the second half of the 1986/87 season ruled Hughes out for a lengthy period, and in the meantime his Northern Ireland place was taken by George Dunlop, then Allen McKnight. He never really recovered his form and was allowed to join Wigan Athletic for £35,000, after an initial brief loan, in November 1987.

Although Wigan were firmly a Third Division side at the time, Hughes was given another chance to play at Wembley, in the Mercantile Credit Football League Centenary Tournament, and saved a penalty in one of the tournaments many shoot-outs. After 99 League games in four years at Springfield Park, Phil Hughes was allowed to join Rochdale in 1991 on a free transfer.

Hughes finished his League career with a season at Scarborough, retiring at the age of 27 after suffering from recurring shoulder injuries. He played non-league for Guisely and later combined his job as a policeman with coaching youth football.

Hughes has since acted as goalkeeping coach at Leeds United, Grimsby Town and, from 2004 to 2010, Burnley. In January 2010 he was briefly caretaker-assistant-manager at Turf Moor following the resignation of Owen Coyle. Hughes and Coyle were later re-united at Bolton Wanderers (2010-2012), Wigan Athletic (2013) and Houston Dynamos (2015-date).

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:

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

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