Robin Shroot

Beats & Rhymes FC

Name: Robin Shroot
Born: 26 March 1988, London (England)
Height: 5.09 ft / 1.75 m
Wight: 11.07 st / 70 kg
Position: Winger

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Under-21 Caps (2008-2009), Under-20, Under-19.

Club Career:
Clubs........ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- --League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Wimbledon ...................... Youth
Staines Town
AFC Wimbledon.06/07-07/08 Sep-07 ....... 7(12)/ 6 ............. 6(7)/1
Harrow Boro'. 07/08 ............. Loan
Harrow Boro'. 08/09 ..... Sep-08 . n/c. 12 (0)/ 9 ............. 4(0)/4
Birmingham C. 08/09-10/11 Jan-09 Nom'l ..0 (0)/ 0 1(0)/0
Walsall ..... 08/09 ..... Mar-09 .Loan ..0 (5)/ 0
Burton Albion 09/10 ..... Jul-09 .Loan ..4 (3)/ 0
Kilmarnock .............. Jul-10 Trial ..0 (0)/ 0
Cheltenham T. 10/11 ..... Aug-10 .Loan ..4 (3)/ 1 2(0)/0 0(1)/0 0(1)/0

Stevenage ... 11/12-13/14 Jul-11 .Free .28(33)/ 9 2(3)/1 1(4)/0 2(2)/1  
Crawley Town ............ Dec-13 Trial
Sarpsborg 08 ............ Jan-14 Trial
IL Hødd ..... 2014 ...... Mar-14 .Free .19 (4)/16 (Norway)
Sogndal ..... 2015 ...... Jan-15 ....... 6 (5)/ 4 (Norway)
IL Hødd ..... 2015 - 2017
Viking ...... 2017 ...... Mar-17 .Loan
Nashville SC ............ Dec-17

Biography:
Young winger Robin Shroot moved from non-league football to Championship side, Birmingham City in January 2009. He has played for Northern Ireland at the Milk Cup.

Joining up with fellow Northern Irishmen Maik Taylor and Damien Johnson at St. Andrew's, Shroot was awarded an early debut against Wolves in the FA Cup. He was then loaned out to Midland-neighbours, League One side Walsall to gain firstteam experience and made his Football League debut at Southend on 7th March 2009.

Shroot was due to spend the 2009/10 season on loan at Football League new-boys, Burton Albion. The deal was cut short in October 2009 "in the best interests of both parties" as it was felt he was not getting the opportunities to gain the experience expected. He returned to Birmingham though was unable to play for them until the January 2010 transfer window. He joined Cheltenham on loan at the start of the 2010/11 season.

London-born Shroot, who qualifies for Northern Ireland through his grandmother, brought himself to the attentions of the Irish FA after writing to Lawrie Sanchez while a teenager. He played in the Final defeat at the 2007 Milk Cup and earned his first Under-21 cap in an emphatic win over Scotland in November 2008.

Shroot was released by Birmingham at the end of the 2010/11 season. He joined Stevenage after a successful trial. He enjoyed some good form with Borough, but also suffered a poor relationship with the club's hierarchy and he was eventually released by mutual consent in March 2014. He moved to Norway, signing for 1. divisjon (second tier) side, Idrottslaget Hødd.

AFC Wimbledon Bio
Harrow Borough Bio
Birmingham City Bio
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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
18-11-2008 Scotland A W 3-1 FR 
31-03-2009 Ukraine. H D 1-1 FR
11-08-2009 Portugal A L 1-2 FR sub
08-09-2009 Iceland. H L 2-6 ECQ

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

Eddie Reynolds

Name:
Born: c.1935, Belfast
Died: 1993
Height:
Weight:
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap / 1 Goal (1963).
Club Honours: (with Wimbledon) Isthmian League Champion 1958/59, 1961/62, 1963/64; Southern League Division One Runner-Up 1964/65 (promoted); FA Amateur Cup Winner 1962/63.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Others
Tooting & Mitcham U.	-	-	Amateur	(Isthmian League)
Wimbledon	57/58-65/66	-57	Amateur	215/231	*	*102/99
				(Isthmian League/Southern League)
Ashford Town	65/66	-66	-	(Southern League)
Derry City	66/67	-66	-	-	-	4/ 0
TOTALS	-	-		-	-	-

* all cup games.

Wimbledon Career in Detail (from AFCW Statistics):
Season.- Div.- League - ..Cup-.- Total
1957/58 Isth.. 13/ 10 - -7/. 7 - 20/ 17
1958/59 Isth.. 28/ 34 - -9/. 3 - 37/ 37
1959/60 Isth.. 22/ 19 - 15/ 20 - 37/ 39
1960/61 Isth.. 28/ 32 - 17/ 15 - 45/ 47
1961/62 Isth.. 27/ 30 - 16/ 20 - 43/ 50
1962/63 Isth.. 29/ 32 - 21/ 21 - 50/ 53
1963/64 Isth.. 24/ 28 - -9/. 7 - 33/ 35
1964/65 Sth-1. 34/ 40 - -5/. 4 - 45/ 53
1965/66 Sth-P. 10/. 6 - -3/. 2 - 19/ .9
TOTALS....... 215/231 -102/ 99 -329/340

Biography:
‘Burly’ forward Eddie Reynolds has a special place in Wembley lore – he was the scorer of four headed goals in a Wembley Final. The report of the 1963 FA Amateur Cup from the News of the World read as follows:

Wimbledon 4 Sutton United 2 (Empire Stadium, Wembley, 4th May 1963. Attendance: 45,000. Receipts £16,700)
Jubilant Eddie Reynolds achieved the amazing feat of heading four superb goals to give Wimbledon their first Amateur Cup triumph... yet the result of this exciting final between Surrey rivals was in the balance until the burly Irish leader netted his last two in the closing three minutes of the game.
In fact Sutton were the more polished side for most of the time and, though centre-half Terry Price was partially concussed by a nose injury, they hit back to equalise through Mickey Goodall and Trevor Bladon after Reynolds had put star-studded Wimbledon two up in the first eight minutes of the second half.
Reynolds was the undisputed hero but Wimbledon, with six internationals in their side, could be rated lucky to have pulled off this smash and grab victory in their third final. Sutton deserved a better fate at the first attempt and it might have been a different tale had Price escaped injury.

Six days after his Wembley performance Reynolds was rewarded with an Amateur Cap, and he marked the occasion with the final goal as Scotland were beaten 5-2 at the Oval. While with Totting & Mitcham he had been kept out of the team by another goalscoring Irishman, Paddy Hasty.

In 1964/65 (Wimbledon's first as a professional club) Reynolds scored a club record 40 League goals. The record has only since been 'surpassed' by AFC Wiimbledon's Kevin Cooper. In 2008 Reynolds was honoured as the housing development built on the site of Wimbledon's old Plough Lane ground was named "Reynolds Gate". (story)

By mid-way through the 1965/66 Reynolds was no longer a regular starter for Wimbledon and he joined Ashford Town where he stayed only briefly. He returned "home" to join Derry City, but once again his stay was brief and amounted to just four early season appearances.

Video clips of 1963 Amateur Cup Final
Eddie Reynolds - A True Don
Historical Don

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
10-05-1963 Scotland H W 5-2 1 Goal

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

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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.