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Terry McCavana

Name: William Terence McCavana Born: 24 January 1922, Belfast (or possibly 1921) Died: 16 September 2015, Auckland (New Zealand) Height: 6.00 ft Weight: 12.00 st Position: Centre-Half Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1954-1955) , 5 Amateur Caps (1948-1950) ; Irish League: 6 Caps (1949-1955) . Club Honours: (with Coleraine) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1947/48 , 1952/53 ; City Cup Winner 1953/54 ; North-West Cup Winner. Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Coleraine 47/48 Amateur *24/0 Notts County 48/49 Aug-48 Amateur 3/0 Coleraine Amateur *257/5 Eastern Union 1960 - 1964 (Gisborne, New Zealand) £0 284/5 0/0 0/0 * all games. Biography: An amateur with Coleraine in

Pat McCourt

Name: Patrick James McCourt Born: 16 December 1983, Londonderry Height: 5.10 ft Weight: 11.00 st Position: Winger Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full Caps  (2002-date) , 1 B Cap (2009) 9 Under-21 Caps  (2002-2005) . Club Honours: (with Derry) FAI Cup Winner 2006 ; FAI League Cup Winner 2005, 2006, 2007 ; (with Celtic) Scottish Premier League Champion 2011/12, 2012/13 ; Scottish Cup Winner 2010/11, 2012/13; (with Glenavon)  ; NIFL Charity Shield Winner  2016. Awards: PFAI Young Player of the Year 2005 ; Sky Sports SPL Goal of the Season 2009/10. Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup FL Cup Europe Others Foyle Harps Youth - - - - - Rochdale 01/02 - 04/05 Aug-01 Youth 31(48)/ 8 2(4)/1 0(3)/0 - 1(5)/0 Norwich City - Sep-03 Trial 0 (0)/ 0 - - - - Crew

Sammy McMillan

Name: Samuel Thomas McMillan Born: 20 September 1941, Belfast Height: 5.09 ft Weight: 11.08 st Position: Inside-Forward Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Caps (1962) , 1 Under-23 Cap (1964) . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup FL Cup Boyland Youth Club Youth Manchester Utd 61/62-62/63 Nov-59 Youth 15(0)/ 6 Wrexham 63/64-67/68 Dec-63 £8,000 149(0)/52 5(0)/3 5(0)/0 Southend Utd 67/68-69/70 Sep-67 £6,000 76(4)/ 5 5(0)/1 7(0)/5 Chester 69/70 Dec-69 £2,000 16(2)/ 0 Stockport Co. 70/71-71/72 Jul-70 Free 74(0)/29 3(0)/2 3(0)/0 Oswestry Town Free (Cheshire County League) TOTALS £16,000 330(6)/92 13(0)/6 15(0)/5 Biogra

Alex McArthur

Name: Alexander McArthur Position: Forward Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Cap (1886) . Club Honours: Irish Cup Winner 1885/86 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Distillery - - - - - - TOTALS - £- - - - Biography: A member of the Distillery side that ‘won’ the 1886 Irish Cup Final. The Final, against Limavady, ended in disorder and the Irish FA announced that the cup and medals would be withheld. It was only after a legal action by Bob Baxter that the IFA relented and awarded each member of the team “a medal or its value”. If you have any further details on Alex McArthur please get in touch. Ireland Cap Details:  27-02-1886 Wales... A L 0-5 BC Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1

Tommy Wright

Preceded by Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year Succeeded by Gerry Taggart 1993 Jimmy Quinn Steve Lomas 1997 Steve Lomas The ‘Ballyclare Barman’ went a long way. From under-appreciated reserve at Linfield to international acclaim, it was a bumpy road… Name: Thomas James Wright Born: 29 August 1963, Ballyclare Height:  6.01 ft / 1.85 m Weight: 13.05 st / 85 kg Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 31 Full Caps (1989-1999) , 1 Junior Cap (1986) ; Irish League ‘B’ Division Representative; Football League: 1 Cap (1992) . Club Honours: (with Linfield Swifts) Irish League ‘B’ Division Champion; George Wilson Cup Winner; (with Newcastle) Football League Division One Champion 1992/93 ; (with Forest) Football League Division One Runner-Up 1993/94 . Awards: NI International Player of the Year 1993, 1997. Club Career: Clubs Seasons Signed Fee League