Aside from the many Irish Dual Internationals, there have only been two men to win official full international
caps from the Irish FA and another country – Jack Reynolds of England and
Cecil Moore for the USA.
Having said that, there have been many
players to win caps or play representative fixtures for (Northern) Ireland and
also for another nation. Some of these players are listed below. Also listed are
some of those to have played in inter-league representative fixtures while
playing in other countries.
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Terry Moore travelled to Mexico 86 with the Canada squad |
AUSTRALIA
- Tommy Forde (South Australia Representative)
- Alan Hunter (NI-born, Australian Full) wiki
- Leslie Adgey (Belfast-born. Selected for Canada 1916, but match cancelled)
- Bill Brolly (Limavady-born. Selected for Canada's 1927 tour of New Zealand)
- Joe Clulow (Belfast-born. Selected for Canada vs USA in 1926, but did not feature. Regular "All-Star XI" selection) theNCSL
- George "Irish" Graham (Londonderry-born. Capped by Canada vs USA in 1926)
- Bobby Lavery (Lisburn-born. All-Canada 1921)
- Caolan Lavery (Canada Youth / NI U21)
- Terry Moore (NI-raised, Canada-born and Full international, Irish League representative)
Jack Reynolds in his England kit |
The first player to have won full international honours for both (Northern) Ireland and another country was Jack Reynolds (5 Caps/1 goal for Ireland 1890-1891 and 8 Caps/3 goals for England 1892-97). Born in Blackburn, but raised in Ireland, Reynolds played for the Irish before his actual place of birth was discovered, at which point he switched allegiances.
- Jack Reynolds (Full)
- Willie Walsh (School)
- Bill Hayes (School)
- Billy McCracken (War-Time)
- Lawrie Sanchez (School)
- Kingsley Black (School)
- Oliver Norwood (Youth)
- Dominic Ball (Youth)
- Peter Scott (Youth)
Ollie Norwood,
England Youth - Dean Holden (Youth)
- Lee Camp (U21)
- Jeff Whitley (Youth)
- Luke Southwood (Youth)
- Danny Blanchflower (1), Peter Doherty (1), Tommy Wright, Norman Whiteside, John McClelland, Jimmy McIlroy, Peter McParland (1), Reg Ryan (Div 3 North), Billy Cook (war-time)
Guernsey's Zico Black |
- Ryan Zico Black
- Chris Tardif
HONG KONG
- Allen McKnight (League)
- David Williamson (NI U19, 2 HK representative appearances)
- David Johnson (see also England, Wales and Scotland!)
John Hill for New Zealand vs Scotland at 1982 World Cup |
- John Hill (NI-born, NZ Full)
- Noel Barkley (NI-born, NZ Full) wiki
- Tony Ferris (NI-born, NZ Full) wiki
- Willie Walsh (Auckland XI) [Walsh won representative honours in four different countries – (Northern) Ireland, Eire, England and New Zealand]
- Dele Adebola (see also England)
Patsy Gallagher/Gallacher was part of the Scottish FA panel that toured North America. He scored 7 goals in 7 appearances, and his grandson Kevin would later win full Scotland caps.
In 1927 Bertie Manderson played for a "Scottish International XI" in a testimonial against Bradford City. Similarly, Bertie Peacock played for "Scotland" in a 1958 testimonial against Hibernian.
Dave Clements lines-up alongside Pele, Bobby Moore et al for Team America at the Bicentennial Cup |
- Brian McLean (Youth)
- Patsy Gallacher (Scottish FA representative)
- Bertie Peacock
- Whitey McDonald
- Bertie Manderson
- Matty Kennedy (U21)
- Jimmy Nelson (called-up)
- Ned Weir (War-Time Scottish XI vs Eire XI)
- Gary Holt (10 Scotland caps after call-up to NI B squad in 1999 before discovering he was ineligible. Also considered by Canada)
Scottish League
- Patsy Gallacher (2/1913-1924), Alex Craig (1/1915), Bert Manderson (1/1916)
SOUTH AFRICA
- Dudley Milligan (representative)
- Jackie Scott (IFA Amateur / South Africa representative)
Brian Quinn just missed out on a place in the USA's 1994 World Cup squad |
- Cecil Moore (Full, American Soccer League)
- Dave Clements (Team America)
- Brian Quinn (NI-born, US Full)
WALES
- William Harrison (Ireland-born, 5 Wales Cap 1899-1901)
- Jim Whitley (call-up in 1998, but opted for NI)
Comments
Legendary Everton 'keeper, Ted Sagar, won 4 caps for England, and made 5 appearances for the Football League. He also guested for Portadown during World War Two, and played for the Northern Regional (Irish War-Time) League against either the Army or Combined Services (can you confirm which?)
On a similar note, Jackie Milburn and George Eastham Junior both played for England and the Irish League. There are undoubtedly other cases.
Jimmy Kelly IFA 11/4; FAI 4/0
Christy Martin IFA 1/0; FAI 1/0
Ned Weir IFA 1/0; FAI 3/0.
Also, although Walter McMillen played for IFA, he did not play for FAI. It was Billy McMillan who was capped in 1946.
You are of course completely correct in all cases. Hopefully I would have spotted these errors/omissions when looking at these players in more detail.
I will update the list accordingly (thanks!).
Just a slight footnote, Billy McMillan played for (Northern) Ireland in the post-World War 2 Victory Internationals (but never won a 'full' cap), and was one of only a handful of Northern-born players to represent the FAI.
Alex's profile is linked from the current squad page. He'll get added to the alphabetical pages at the end of the year.
http://nifootball.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/alex-bruce.html