Northern Ireland Caps

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An illustrated history of Northern Ireland caps, from Schools and Youth level to Full international...

1920s cigarette cards

1881/82	1882/83	1883/84
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1884/85	1885/86	1886/87
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1887/88	1888/89	1889/90
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1890/91	1891/92	1892/93
	-	James Wilton
1893/94	1894/95	1895/96
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1896/97	1897/98	1898/99
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1899/00	1900/01	1901/02
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1902/3	1903/4	1904/5
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1905/6	1906/7	1907/8
-	Frank Thompson (Amateur)	Harry Mercer Jimmy McKnight (Junior)
1908/9	1909/10	1910/11
Harry Mercer (Amateur) Jimmy McKnight (Junior)	Frank Thompson (Junior) Sam Burnison	Junior
1911/12	1912/13	1913/14
Jimmy McKnight	Jimmy McKnight Frank Thompson	-
1914/15	1915/16	1916/17
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1917/18	1918/19	1919/20
-	-	Elisha Scott
1920/21	1921/22	1922/23
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1923/24	1924/25	1925/26
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1926/27	1927/28	1928/29
Amateur		-
1929/30	1930/31	1931/32
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1932/33	1933/34	1934/35
Ernie McKnight (Amateur)	-	-
1935/36	1936/37	1937/38
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1938/39	1939/40	1940/41
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1941/42	1942/43	1943/44
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1944/45	1945/46	1946/47
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1947/48	1948/49	1949/50
Full (post-WW2 caps covered multiple seasons)	-	-
1950/51	1951/52	1952/53
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1953/54	1954/55	1955/56
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1956/57	1957/58	1958/59
	Danny Blanchflower	Terry Neill (Youth)
1959/60	1960/61	1961/62
-	Derek Dougan	-
1962/63	1963/64	1964/65
George Best (Youth)	-	-
1965/66	1966/67	1967/68
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1968/69	1969/70	1970/71
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1971/72	1972/73	1973/74
Derek Dougan	-	-
1974/75	1975/76	1976/77
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1977/78	1978/79	1979/80
-	Norman Whiteside (schools) Dave McCreery	Pat Jennings (80th Cap Award) Norman Whiteside (schools) Dave McCreery
1980/81	1981/82	1982/83
Dave McCreery Norman Whiteside  (Youth)	Dave McCreery Norman Whiteside Norman Whiteside (Youth)	Dave McCreery Norman Whiteside
1983/84	1984/85	1985/86
Jimmy Nicholl Pat Jennings (100th Cap Award) Dave McCreery Norman Whiteside	Dave McCreery Norman Whiteside	Norman Whiteside
1986/87	1987/88	1988/89
Dave McCreery Jimmy Quinn Norman Whiteside	Dave McCreery Norman Whiteside	Dave McCreery
1989/90	1990/91	1991/92
Dave McCreery Norman Whiteside	-	-
1992/93	1993/94	1994/95
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1995/96	1996/97	1997/98
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1998/99	1999/00	2000/01
Youth	-
2001/02	2002/3	2003/4
-	Schools	Danny Sonner
2004/5	2005/6	2006/7
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2007/8	2008/9	2009/10
Junior	-	-
2010/11	2011/12	2012/13
Women Junior Region's Cup	-	Emma Higgins 50th cap Award Emma Higgins (50th Women)
2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
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2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
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2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
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2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
-	[William Cherry]	-

Jimmy and Ernie McKnight photos courtesy of Stuart McKnight. Majority of other photos collected by Roy Cathcart.

See also:
Kits