Name: Desmond DicksonBorn: c.1948, Ballymoney
Height:
Weight:Position: Inside-Forward
Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Full Caps (1970-1973), 2 Amateur Caps, Youth Caps, Junior Caps; Irish League: 1 Cap (1978).
Club Honours: (with Coleraine) Irish League Champion 1973/74; Irish Cup Winner 1971/72, 1974/75, 1976/77, Runner-Up 1981/82; Top-Four Trophy Winner 1968/69; City Cup Winner 1968/69; Gold Cup Winner; Ulster Cup Winner; Blaxnit Cup Winner 1969, 1970; North-West Senior Cup Winner.
Awards: NI Football Writers' Association Player of the Year 1970; Irish League Top Goalscorer 1969/70, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1975/76, 1980/81.
Club Career:
Clubs
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Seasons
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Signed
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Fee
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League
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Europe
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Other
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Ballymoney
Young Men
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Youth
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-
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-
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-
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Coleraine
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67/68-82/83
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1963
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Amateur
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271/219
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16/7
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322/213
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TOTALS
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£-
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271/219
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16/7
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322/213
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Biography:
The "Butcher from Ballymoney", Dessie Dickson was the most prolific goalscorer in the Irish League for well over a decade. Signed by Bertie Peacock for Coleraine in 1963, he remained loyal to Bannsiders despite interest from a number of other clubs. In sixteen seasons he scored 439 goals in 609 games.
His goalscoring prowess brought him caps at Junior, Youth, Amateur and Inter-League level, as well as four full caps.
One of the first players to wear contact lenses, with four caps he is Coleraine's equal most capped player with Felix Healy. Dickson was also player-manager at Coleraine in the early eighties during which time the club challenged for the top honours and qualified for Europe.
ColeraineFC Legends
Northern Ireland Cap Details:
18/04/1970 Scotland H L 0-1 BC sub
25/04/1970 Wales... A L 0-1 BC
14/02/1973 Cyprus.. A L 0-1 WCQ
28/03/1973 Portugal H D 1-1 WCQ
Summary: 3(1)/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 3.
Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
27/09/1969 England. H L 1-4
10/01/1970 Wales... H W 3-1 2 goals
Summary: 2/2. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 1.
Coleraine FC fans, what are your memories of these three legends? 🔵⚪ Des Dickson, Johnny McCurdy and Shaun Dunlop are ready for a training session with the Bannsiders in the early 70s ⚽
Posted by Irish Football Memories on Monday, 20 April 2020
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