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Terry Hayes

Name: Terence Hayes
Born: 28 March 1959, Belfast
Height: 5.07 ft
Weight: 10.06 st
Position: Midfielder / Full-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (1978); Irish League: 3 Caps (1980-1982).
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 1977/78, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83; Irish Cup Winner 1979/80, 1981/82, Runner-Up 1982/83; Ulster Cup Winner (twice); Gold Cup Winner (3 times); Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1976/77, 1980/81, 1981/82; Tyler All-Ireland Cup Winner 1980/81.
Awards: NI Football Writers' Association Merit Award 2012.

Club Career:
Teams
Seasons
Signed
Fee
League
FA Cup
FL Cup
Europe
Other
Linfield
75/76-77/78
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Youth
-
-
-
-
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Luton Town
78/79
-
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0(0)/ 0
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-
-
-
Linfield
79/80-82/83
-
-
*154(4)/11
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-
7(1)/0
-
Distillery
90/91-91/92
Oct-90
Free
22(0)/ 0
1(0)/0
2(1)/0
-
9(0)/0
TOTALS
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* all domestic games.

Biography:
A promising young midfielder Terry Hayes, began his career at Linfield in the mid-1970s picking up Irish Youth Cup winner's medals with Linfield Rangers before being snapped up by David Pleat for Luton Town. Although Hayes spent just a year with the Hatters he was selected for the 1978 Under-21 match between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, despite being just shy of his nineteenth birthday.

On returning to Linfield Hayes established himself in one of the most dominant teams in Irish League history, picking up two Irish Cups and three Irish League titles amongst a host of other medals. Hayes' Linfield playing career was cut short due to a broken leg picked up during the 1983 Irish Cup Final replay with Glentoran, after a clash with Raymond Morrison.

Hayes joined the Linfield staff as physiotherapist, a role which he has held with Linfield since the mid-1980s - two seasons playing with Distillery in the early-90s aside - and also fulfilled the same role for the IFA, initially with the Northern Ireland Under-16 squad, and from 1994-2011 with the senior squad.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
08-03-1978 Rep. Ireland A D 1-1 FR

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

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