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Jimmy Magill

Name: Edward James Magill
Born: 7 May 1939, Lurgan
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 12.00 st
Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 26 Full Caps (1961-1966), 1 Under-23 Cap (1962).

Club Career:
Teams
Seasons
Signed
Fee
League
FA Cup
FL Cup
Europe
Other
Portadown
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Arsenal
59/60-64/65
May-59
£5k
116/0
11/0
-
4/0
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Brighton & H.A.
65/66-67/68
Oct-65
£6k
50/1
4/0
2/0
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TOTALS
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£11k
166/1
15/0
2/0
4/0
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Coaching Career:
Viborg FF (coach)
Boldklubben 1909, Denmark (coach)
Naestved BK (manager)
Frederikshavn, Denmark (manager)

Biography:
Aka Eddie or Ted ...

His final Arsenal appearance was in the Sheriff of London Shield, a 5-2 win over Corinthian Casuals on 21st September 1965. Shortly thereafter he joined Brighton.

To follow.

Gunnermania
Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
07-10-1961 Scotland.... H L 1-6 BC
17-10-1961 Greece...... H W 2-0 WCQ
22-11-1961 England..... A D 1-1 BC
10-10-1962 Poland...... A W 2-0 ENC

20-10-1962 England..... H L 1-3 BC
07-11-1962 Scotland.... A L 1-5 BC
28-11-1962 Poland...... H W 2-0 ENC
03-04-1963 Wales....... H L 1-4 BC
30-05-1963 Spain....... A D 1-1 ENC
12-10-1963 Scotland.... H W 2-1 BC
30-10-1963 Spain....... H L 0-1 ENC
20-11-1963 England..... A L 3-8 BC
15-04-1964 Wales....... A W 3-2 BC
29-04-1964 Uruguay..... H W 3-0 FR
03-10-1964 England..... H L 3-4 BC
14-10-1964 Switzerland. H W 1-0 WCQ
14-11-1964 Switzerland. A L 1-2 WCQ
25-11-1964 Scotland.... A L 2-3 BC
07-04-1965 Netherlands. A D 0-0 WCQ
07-05-1965 Albania..... H W 4-1 WCQ
02-10-1965 Scotland.... H W 3-2 BC
10-11-1965 England..... A L 1-2 BC
24-11-1965 Albania..... A D 1-1 WCQ
30-03-1966 Wales....... A W 4-1 BC
07-05-1966 West Germany H L 0-2 FR
22-06-1966 Mexico...... H W 4-1 FR

Summary: 26/0. Won 11, Drew 4, Lost 11.

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
07-02-1962 Wales....... H D 0-0 FR

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


Comments

Anonymous said…
...Jim Magill of was born on the 7th of May- his sister, Brenda.
jcd said…
Thanks Brenda...

I've checked a few sources (where available) for birth dates etc, but, sometimes if there is a typo in one, it carries through to others.

Now fixed though!
David Armstrong said…
Fond memories of Jimmy Magill when he played for Portadown. He also played junior football in the town and he will recall playing for Edgarstown in the Portadown Summer League. A great servant to Portadown. A very genuine guy and is remembered with fondness in Portadown where he played alongside another former Arsenal star, Billy McCullough.
I had just started working in the local paper as a junior journalist and it was exciting to watch such great players.