NIFG

Name: Timothy McCann Born: 25 September 1971, Belfast Height: 5.10 ft Weight: 11.02 st Position: Winger Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 B Cap (1997). Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish League Champion 1997/98 ; (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion; Irish Cup Winner ... Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Newington Rangers - - Youth - - - - - Cliftonville 90/91-98/99 -90 - 181(29)/30 - - - - Glentoran 98/99-03/04 Dec-98 £5k - - - - - Ballymena United 04/05-05/06 - - 7 (1)/ 1 - - - 8(-)/0 Glentoran 06/07-07/08 - - *281/41 - - - - TOTALS - £- - - - - - * all games, both spells. Biography: A much-decorated player, Tim McCann's career yielded sixteen major honours in a career spanning 661 games. He was one of two Tim McCanns on the books of Glentoran during the early 2000s. McCann ret...

Name: Andrew Little Born: 12 May 1989, Enniskillen Height: 6.00 ft Weight: 11.09 st Position: Forward / Midfielder / Defender Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (2009-date) , 6 Under-21 Caps / 3 Goals  (2008-2010) , 11 Under-19 Caps / 4 Goals, 6 Under-17 Caps / 2 Goals. Club Honours: (with Rangers) Scottish League One Champion 2013/14 ; Scottish Third Division Champion 2012/13. Club Career: Teams ......... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- --League-- FA Cup FL Cup Others Ballinamallard United ........... Youth Rangers ....... 08/09-13/14 Jul-06 Youth . 48(18)/34 4(7)/0 6(1)/2 3(0)/2 Port Vale .... 11/12 ..... Aug-11 . Loan  . . 2 (5)/ 0  Preston N.E. . 14/15-15/16 Jun-14 . Free .. 5 (7)/ 1 1(0)/0 1(1)/1 1(0)/0 Blackpool .... 15/16 ..... Nov-15 . Loan .. 3 (2)/ 1  Accrington St. 15/16 ..... Mar-16 . Loan .. 0 (0)/ 0 Stirling Alb.. 16/17- date Feb-17 . Free  Dumbarton Biography: Andy Little is a versatile youngster called up...

Name: Robert Thompson (Thomson) Born: 6 October 1909, Lisburn Died: Height: Weight: Position: Right-Back Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1928) ; Amateur. Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish Cup Winner 1924/25 ; Gold Cup Winner 1924/25 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup FL Cup Other Lisburn United - - - - - - - Sprucefield - - - - - - - Distillery 24/25-25/26 c/s-24 Amateur - - - - Cliftonville (tbc) 26/27 c/s-26 Amateur - - - - Dundalk GNR 26/27 Sep-26 Amateur 12/5 - - - Queen's Island 27/28 c/s-27 Amat...

Name: Ralph John Langtrey Lynas Born: 29 February 1904, Belfast Position: Inside-Left Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1924) , Amateur; Irish League: 1 Cap (1927). Club Career: Teams ............ --Seasons-- Signed League FACup Cliftonville ................... 1921 Nottingham Forest 25/26-26/27 Jul-25 . 20/ 2 . 2/ 0 Ards ............ 27/28-28/29 May-27 Biography: In September 1924, while an amateur with Cliftonville, Ralph Lynas was selected for the "experimental" Ireland that took part in their first home international against non-British opposition. The visiting South Africa side, in their first ever international match, ran out 2-1 victors. Lynas was further honoured with selection for the Ireland Amateur side that hosted England at Solitude two months later. At the end of that season he played in a third representative match, lining out with the Amateur international team against the Irish League in a match played under the newly introduced off-side rules...

Collectors Corner Pepys "International Whist" Game from 1947/48 featured eleven players from each of the Home Nations... More details here The hooped socks in this collection have been queried. While it is a look most familiar with the FAI's Eire team, it was worn (at least) once by the IFA's select, vs England in 1947. T his is definitely an IFA side as although Tommy Breen , Bill Gorman , Con Martin , Jackie Vernon , Johnny Carey , Alex Stevenson and Dave Walsh were all " Dual Internationals ", Jim Feeney , Davy Cochrane , Peter Doherty and Norman Lockhart only ever played for the Northern team.

A range of 1000 cards released by The Sun newspaper mid-way through the 1978/79 season featuring some very dodgy drawings of footballers, flags and trophies. Flag ( reverse ); T. Anderson (reverse); G. Armstrong (reverse); J. Bambrick ( reverse ); B. Bingham ( reverse ) T. Cassidy (reverse); D. Craig (reverse); P. Doherty ( reverse ); B. Hamilton (reverse); B. Hamilton (reverse) A. Hunter ( reverse ); T. Jackson (reverse); P. Jennings (reverse); C. McGrath (reverse); J. McIlroy ( reverse ) S. McIlroy (reverse); P. McParland ( reverse ); T. Neill (reverse); S. Nelson (reverse); C. Nicholl (reverse) J. Nicholl (reverse); J. Platt ( reverse ); E. Scott ( reverse ); P. Scott ( reverse ); D. Spence (reverse) Details of this collection can be found here .

- An illustrated history of Northern Ireland caps, from Schools and Youth level to Full international... 1920s cigarette cards 1881/82 1882/83 1883/84 - - - 1884/85 1885/86 1886/87 - - - 1887/88 1888/89 1889/90 - - - 1890/91 1891/92 1892/93 - James Wilton 1893/94 1894/95 1895/96 - - - 1896/97 1897/98 1898/99 - - - 1899/00 1900/01 1901/02 - - 1902/3 1903/4 1904/5 - - - 1905/6 1906/7 1907/8 - Frank Thompson (Amateur) Harry Mercer Jimmy McKnigh...