Transfers - Summer 2008

NIFG will try to track all the comings-and-goings involving Northern Ireland internationals through this close-season...

Transfers:
15-May Michael Ingham, Hereford United to York City, Free. STORY
16-May Colin Murdock, Shrewsbury to Accrington Stanley, Free. STORY 1, STORY 2
23-May Rory Hamill, Glentoran to Cliftonville, Free. STORY
06-Jun Jeff Hughes, Crystal Palace to Bristol Rovers, Undisclosed (had been on loan). STORY
17-Jun Sammy Clingan, Nottingham Forest to Norwich City, Free. STORY
17-Jun Michael McGovern, Celtic to Dundee United, Free. STORY
18-Jun Gareth McAuley, Leicester City to Ipswich Town, Undisclosed (c.£1,000,000). STORY
19-Jun Lee McEvilly, Accrington Stanley to Cambridge United, Free (had been on loan). STORY, STORY
19-Jun Pat McCourt, Derry City to Celtic, Undisclosed (c.£150,000). STORY
19-Jun Kyle Lafferty, Burnley to Rangers, £3,000,000. STORY
23-Jun Martin Paterson, Scunthorpe to Burnley, £1,300,000. STORY
30-Jun Ciaran Toner, Grimsby Town to Rochdale, Free. STORY, STORY, STORY
01-Jul Stuart Elliott, Hull City to Doncaster Rovers, Free (had been on loan).
07-Jul Warren Feeney, Cardiff City to Dundee United, season loan. STORY
17-Jul Peter Thompson, Linfield to Stockport County, £100,000. STORY
01-Aug Andy Kirk, Yeovil to Dunfermline. STORY
17-Aug Peter Kennedy, Portadown to Ballymena United, Free. STORY
21-Aug Steve Davis, Fulham to Rangers, £3,000,000 (had been on loan). STORY
21-Aug David Healy, Fulham to Sunderland, Undisclosed (c.£1,200,000). STORY
31-Aug George McCartney, West Ham United to Sunderland, £6,000,000. STORY
??-Aug Sean Webb, Accrington Stanley to Þór Akureyri (ThorSport, Iceland), Free.

Players Available:
Paul McVeigh (Luton Town) STORY
Steve Robinson (ex-Luton Town) STORY
Danny Sonner (ex-Wrexham) STORY
Jeff Whitley (ex-Wrexham) STORY
Michael Hughes (ex-Coventry City)

Other Transfer Speculation:
Chris Baird to leave Fulham. Jonny Evans to leave Manchester United for Sunderland in a permanent deal or possibly sign for Newcastle United. Warren Feeney to leave FA Cup Finalists Cardiff City for League One Millwall or Stockport (since joined Dundee United on a seasons loan). Tony Capaldi, another FA Cup Finalist with Cardiff, also to join Wolves or possibly Coventry. Alan Mannus to move from Linfield to English or Scottish football. Maik Taylor to leave relegated Birmingham City to join Liverpool as goalkeeping back-up or to Everton (since signed new two year contract with Brum). Phil Mulryne training with Linfield with a view to a move (David Jeffrey decided against offering Mulryne a deal). Andy Smith to leave "relegated" Portadown for ex-club, Glenavon or Linfield.

Help us keep this up-to-date. Leave a comment or get in touch with any transfer news or gossip.

Thanks to Aaron Allen for his input.

See also:
Transfers January 2008
Transfers Summer 2007
Million Pound Men

Tranfers - January 2008 Window

All the transfers involving Northern Ireland players during the transfer window will be tracked here...

31-Jan Steven Davis Fulham to Rangers, Loan STORY
31-Jan Stuart Elliott Hull City to Doncaster Rovers, Loan STORY
31-Jan Roy Carroll Rangers to Derby County, Loan STORY
18-Jan Jeff Whitley Free Agent (previously Cardiff City) to Wrexham, non-contract STORY
18-Jan Lee McEvilly Accrington Stanley to Cambridge United, Loan STORY
17-Jan Andy Kirk Northampton to Yeovil STORY
15-Jan Grant McCann Barnsley to Scunthorpe United, fee undisclosed STORY
14-Jan Danny Griffin Dundee to Ross County, Free STORY
11-Jan Danny Sonner Walsall to Wrexham, month-to-month contract STORY
08-Jan Kevin Horlock Doncaster Rovers to Scunthorpe United, Free STORY
04-Jan Jonny Evans Manchester United to Sunderland, Loan STORY
03-Jan Tommy Doherty QPR to Wycombe Wanderers, Free (had been on loan since December) STORY

Players available
01-Jan Phil Mulryne released by King's Lynn STORY

Please help us to keep this up-to-date -leave a comment or get in touch.

The Bournemouth Connection

Full Name: Athletic Football Club Bournemouth
Founded: 1899 (current club)
Previous Names: Boscombe St Johns (1890-1899); Boscombe FC (1899-1923); Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (1923-1971).
Grounds: 1899, Castlemain Road, Pokeston; 1910, Dean Court (currently known as The Fitness First Stadium).

League History:
Joined Southern League (English Section) 1920/21-1922/23; Elected to Football League Division Three South 1923/24-1957/58; Division Three 1958/59-1969/70; Division Four 1970/71; Division Three 1971/72-1974/75; Division Four 1975/76-1981/82; Division Three 1982/83-1986/87; Division Two 1987/88-1989/90; Division Three 1990/91-1991/92; Division Two 1992/93-2001/02; Division Three 2002/03; Division Two 2003/04; League 1 2004/05-2007/08; League 2 2008/09-2009/10; League 1 2010/11-2012/13; Championship 2013/14-date.

Club Honours:
Football League One (III) Runners-Up 2012/13.
Football League Division Three (III) Champions (1) 1986/87.
Football League Division Three (South) (III) Runners-Up 1947/48.
Football League Two (IV) Runners-Up 2009/10.
Football League Division Three (IV) Play-Off Winners 2002/03.
Football League Division Four (IV) Runners-Up 1970/71; Promoted (4th place) 1981/82.
Southern League (English Section) Runners-Up 1922/23.
FA Cup Best Season: 6th Round (1956/57).
Football League Cup Best Season: 4th Round (1962/63 and 1963/64).
Associate Members’ Cup/Football League Trophy Winners (1) 1983/84; Runners-Up (1) 1997/98.
Football League Third Division South Cup Winners (1) 1945/46.

Players Capped by the Irish FA while playing for Bournemouth:
Players.......... AFCB ... League ....... Caps
.............. Career*** App(sb)/Gls at AFCB Total
Colin Clarke.. 1985..... .46 (0)/ 26 .. 6 .. (38)
Warren Feeney. 2000-2003 .83(25)/ 36 .. 3 .. (46)
Jimmy Quinn... 1991..... .43 (0)/ 19 .. 1 .. (46)
Steve Robinson 1997-1999 228(13)/ 52 .. 5 ... (6)
Josh McQuoid.. 2006-2015 .53(51)/ 13 .. 1 ... (5)
Totals........ ......... 453(89)/146 . 16

Other Bournemouth players capped by Irish FA:
Players............ AFCB ... League ....... Caps
................ Career*** App(sb)/Gls at AFCB Total
George Best..... 1982..... ..5 (0)/..0 .. 0 .. (37)
Keith Rowland... 1989-1992 .65 (7)/..2 .. 0 .. (19)
Dick Keith...... 1963-1965 .47 (0)/..0 .. 0 .. (23)
Billy Hughes.... 1953..... .16 (0)/..1 .. 0 ... (1)
Charlie Gallogly 1954..... ..0 (0)/..0 .. 0 ... (2)
Hugh Davey...... 1923-1924 .43 (0)/ 22 .. 0 ... (5)
Alan Blayney.... 2002..... ..2 (0)/..0 .. 0 ... (1) (on loan)
Tom Casey....... 1950-1951 .66 (0)/..2 .. 0 .. (12)
Dudley Milligan. 1947-1948 .45 (0)/ 25 .. 0 ... (1)
Joe Miller...... 1931-1933 .75 (0)/..0 .. 0 ... (3)
Lee Camp

Lurgan-born inside-forward, Billy Lunn (originally of Glenavon and Distillery) played for Bournemouth from 1947-1950 (47/19).
Peter Kennedy and Phil Mulryne had trials with Bournemouth at various stages in their careers.
Northern Ireland Under-21, Youth and Schoolboy internationals Daryl Fordyce (2005/06, 3/0, whilst on loan), Neil Masters (92/93-93/94, 37(1)/2), Dave Wells (94/95, 1/0), Chris Tardif (02/03, 9/0, loan), Marc Wilson (06/07, 19/3, loan), Curtis Allen (06/07, 0/0), Zico Black (0/0) all played for Bournemouth at some stage. Eunan O'Kane, an ex-U21 international who switched to the Republic of Ireland, has played for Bournemouth in the Premier League.

Northern Ireland Players in the FA Youth Cup Final

- FA Cup - Football League Cup - Minor English Cups - FA Amateur Cup/FA Trophy -

- FA Youth Cup - Scottish Cup - SFL Cups -

- UEFA/FIFA Competitions -

The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is the Under-18 equivalent of the FA Cup. It has been graced by some of the major stars of English football since 1953, while many who have played in the finals faded into obscurity.

Below is a list of Northern Ireland-born players who have played in the finals. Those in bold have been recognised at Full International level.

Year	Winners		Runners-Up
	Player	Team	Player	Team
2014 2013 2008 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002 2002 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1996 1995 1993 1993 1992 1989 1989 1989 1988 1988 1982 1982 1982 1974 1966 1964 1962	- Cameron.McGeehan Ryan McGivern - Chris Casement - - Steven Davis David Scullion - - - - Wes Boyle - Davy Larmour Phil Mulryne - - Keith Gillespie - - - Steve Morrow Al-James.Hannigan - - - Noel Brotherston Pat Rice George Best David Craig	- Norwich City Manchester City - Ipswich Town - - Aston Villa Aston Villa - - - - Leeds United - Liverpool Manchester Utd - - Manchester Utd - - - Arsenal Arsenal - - - Tottenham H. Arsenal Manchester Utd Newcastle United	Liam Donnelly - - Corry Evans - Jamie Ward Chris Brunt - - Gary Hamilton Garth Scates Jonathan Topley Steven Hawe Gareth Graham Wayne Carlisle - - Keith Gillespie Colin Murdock - Neil Lennon Gerry Taggart Michael Hughes - - Phil Hughes Norman.Whiteside Ken Scott - - - -	Fulham - - Manchester Utd - Aston Villa Middlesbrough - - Blackburn R. Blackburn R. Blackburn R. Blackburn R. Crystal Palace Crystal Palace - - Manchester Utd Manchester Utd - Manchester City Manchester City Manchester City - - Manchester Utd Manchester Utd Manchester Utd - - - -

General Northern Ireland Player Records:
Most recent Winner: Cameron McGeehan (Norwich City, 2013 vs Chelsea)
Most Final Appearances: 2 Keith Gillespie (Manchester United 1992, 1993)
Most NI Players in a Winning Side: 2 Steve Davis, David Scullion (Aston Villa, 2002 vs Everton)
Most NI Players in a Final: 4 Garth Scates, Gary Hamilton, Jonathan Topley, Steven Hawe (Blackburn Rovers, 1998 vs Everton)

- FA Cup - Football League Cup - Minor English Cups - FA Amateur Cup/FA Trophy -

- FA Youth Cup - Scottish Cup - SFL Cups -

- UEFA/FIFA Competitions -

Summer 2007 Transfers

Northern Ireland Full internationals on the move since the end of the 2006/07 season. Please help us keep this up-to-date and let us know of any transfers that have been missed...

Transfers Confirmed:
16 May Gerry Taggart (Haslingden St. Mary’s to Tamworth Free) STORY
25 May Tony Capaldi (Plymouth Argyle to Cardiff City Free) STORY
25 May Danny Sonner (Port Vale to Walsall Free) STORY
1 June Warren Feeney (Luton to Cardiff City) had spent the end of the season on loan STORY
12 June Neil Lennon (Celtic to Nottingham Forest Free) STORY
27 June Aaron Hughes (Aston Villa to Fulham £1,000,000) STORY
28 June Ivan Sproule (Hibernian to Bristol City £500,000) STORY
4 July Jeff Hughes (Lincoln City to Crystal Palace £250,000) STORY
5 July Steve Davis (Aston Villa to Fulham £4,000,000) STORY
6 July Michael Hughes (Crystal Palace to Coventry City Free) STORY
7 July Roy Carroll (West Ham United to Rangers Free) STORY
12 July Chris Baird (Southampton to Fulham £3,025,000) nipped in ahead of Sunderland STORY
13 July David Healy (Leeds to Fulham £1,500,000) STORY
23 July Lee McEvilly (Wrexham to Accrington Stanley Free) STORY
31 July Colin Murdock (Rotherham United to Shrewsbury Free) STORY
31 July Steve Lomas (QPR to Gillingham Free) STORY
1 August Mark Hughes (Stevenage Borough to Chester Free)
10 August Paul McVeigh (Norwich City to Luton Town Free) had spent the end of 2006/07 on loan at Burnley. Also had trials at Pisa (Italy Serie B) and Plymouth during the summer STORY
August Alan Blayney (Oldham Athletic to Bohemians Free)
15 August Chris Brunt (Sheffield Wednesday to West Bromwich Albion £3,000,000) had been another target for Fulham STORY
17 August Michael Ingham (Wrexham to Hereford United Free) had trials at Gretna, Bury and Darlington STORY
29 August Sean Webb (Ross County to Accrington Stanley) STORY
29 August Warren Feeney (Cardiff City to Swansea City on loan) STORY
13 October Andy Smith (ex-Bristol City to Portadown Free) had been without a club since being released by Bristol City at the end of last season.

Players Available:
Alan Fettis (ex-Bury) joined Derby County as assistant goalkeeping coach in July STORY
Phil Mulryne (ex-Leyton Orient) trials at AFC Bournemouth and St. Mirren
Jeff Whitley (ex-Cardiff City) spent end of season on loan at Wrexham

Other Likely/Possible Moves:
Maik Taylor (Birmingham to Charlton or West Brom)
Tommy Doherty (QPR to Wycombe) move fell through after he suffered appendicitis

The Cardiff Connection

Northern Ireland - Cardiff City All-Time XI

Tom Farquharson
Tom Watson, Tony Capaldi
Tom Sloan, Bert Smith, Jimmy McCambridge
Phil Mulryne, Jeff Whitley
Sam Irving, George Reid, Warren Feeney

Players to have won Northern Ireland Caps while with Cardiff City:
Tom Farquharson.. 7
Sam Irving....... 6
Jimmy McCambridge 2
Phil Mulryne..... 1
Paddy Reid....... 1
Tom Sloan........ 8
Bert Smith....... 4
Tom Watson....... 1
Jeff Whitley..... 1
Tony Capaldi
Warren Feeney

Cardiff's 1927 FA Cup winning eleven included four Irish internationals and another player who was "almost" capped STORY.

More details to follow.

The Norwich Connection

Players to have won Northern Ireland Caps while with Norwich City
Phil Mulryne.. 20
Paul McVeigh.. 19
Martin O'Neill 18
Adrian Coote... 6
Jimmy Hill..... 4
Owen Madden.... 1

More details to follow.

The Barnsley Connection

Players to have won Northern Ireland Caps while with Barnsley:
Gerry Taggart.... 35
Gary Fleming..... 20
Eddie McMorran.... 9
Danny Blanchflower 4 
Grant McCann...... 3
Pat Kelly......... 1


Other links:
Paddy Bonnar, Stephen Carson, Danny Wilson, Phil Mulryne

More details to follow.

Matches - Friendlies 1994-1997

Friendlies

- 1882-1950 - 1951-1962 - 1962-1969 - 1970-1979 - 1980-1986 - 1987-1993 - 

- 1994-1997 - 1998-1999 - 2000-2003 - 2004-2007 - 2008-2011 - 2012-date -

Friendly results and scorers under Bryan Hamilton (1994-1997)....

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	23-03-1994 Romania Windsor Park, Belfast (h) Won 2-0 (1-0) Morrow, Gray
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	03-06-1994 Colombia Foxboro Stadium, Boston, USA (n) Lost 0-2 (0-2)
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	11-06-1994 Mexico Orange Bowl, Miami, USA (n) Lost 0-3 (0-2)
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	22-05-1995 Canada Edmonton (a) Lost 0-2 (0-2)
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	25-05-1995 Chile Edmonton, Canada (n) Lost 1-2 (1-0) Dowie
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	27-03-1996 Norway Windsor Park, Belfast (h) Lost 0-2 (0-0) -
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	24-04-1996 Sweden Windsor Park, Belfast (h) Lost 1-2 (0-1) McMahon
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	29-05-1996 Germany Windsor Park, Belfast (h) Drew 1-1 (0-0) O'Boyle
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	22-01-1997 Italy Del Favorita Stadium, Palermo (a) Lost 0-2 (0-1) -
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	11-02-1997 Belgium Windsor Park, Belfast (h) Won 3-0 (1-0) SJ Quinn, Magilton, Mulryne
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	21-05-1997 Thailand Bangkok (a) Drew 0-0 (0-0) -	-
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Summary:

Venue.. Pl W D L GF:GA

Home.... 5 2 1 2 .7: 5

Away.... 3 0 1 2 .0: 4

Neutral. 3 0 0 3 .1: 7

Total.. 11 2 2 7 .8:16

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Goalscorers:

Steve Morrow.. 1

Phil Gray..... 1

Iain Dowie.... 1

Gerry McMahon. 1

George O'Boyle 1

James Quinn... 1

Jim Mahilton.. 1

Phil Mulryne.. 1

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With thanks to Roy Cathcart for "Canada Cup" Programme.

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1987-1993 --- Friendly International Matches --- 1998-1999

Match Index

Matches - World Cup 2002

FIFA World Cup 
- 1930 - 1934 - 1938 - 1950 - 1954 - 1958 (Finals) - 1962 - 1966 -
- 1970 - 1974 - 1978 - 1982 (Finals) - 1986 (Finals) - 1990 - 1994 - 1998 -
- 2002 - 2006 - 2010 - 2014 - 2018 - 2022 -

	02-09-2000 Malta Windsor Park, Belfast (h) Won 1-0 (0-0) Gray
	07-10-2000 Denmark Windsor Park, Belfast (h) Drew 1-1 (1-0) Healy
	11-10-2000 Iceland  Laugardalsvollur Stadium, Reykjavik (a) Lost 0-1 (0-0)
	24-03-2001 Czech Republic Windsor Park, Belfast (h) Lost 0-1 (0-1)
	28-03-2001 Bulgaria Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia(a) Lost 3-4 (1-2) Williams, Elliott, Healy
	02-06-2001 Bulgaria Windsor Park, Belfast (h) Lost 0-1 (0-0)
	06-06-2001 Czech Republic National Stadium, Teplice (a) Lost 1-3 (1-1) Mulryne
	01-09-2001 Denmark Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (a) Drew 1-1 (0-1) Mulryne
	05-09-2001 Iceland Windsor Park, Belfast (h) Won 3-0 (0-0) Healy, M. Hughes, McCartney
	06-10-2001 Malta Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (a) Won 1-0 (0-0) Healy

Summary:

UEFA GROUP 3..... Pld W D L GF:GA .GD Pts

1 Denmark......... 10 6 4 0 22: 6 .16 22

2 Czech Republic.. 10 6 2 2 20: 8 .12 20

3 Bulgaria........ 10 5 2 3 14:15 - 1 17

4 Iceland......... 10 4 1 5 14:20 - 6 13

5 Northern Ireland 10 3 2 5 11:12 - 1 11

6 Malta........... 10 0 1 9 .4:24 -20 .1

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MATCHES......... BUL CZE DEN ICE MAL NIR

Bulgaria........ --- 0-1 0-2 2-1 3-0 4-3

Czech Republic.. 6-0 --- 0-0 4-0 3-2 3-1

Denmark......... 1-1 2-1 --- 6-0 2-1 1-1

Iceland......... 1-1 3-1 1-2 --- 3-0 1-0

Malta........... 0-2 0-0 0-5 1-4 --- 0-1

Northern Ireland 0-1 0-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 ---

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Goalscorers:

David Healy..... 4

Phil Mulryne.... 2

Phil Gray....... 1

Mark Williams... 1

Stuart Elliott.. 1

Michael Hughes.. 1

George McCartney 1

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