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Name: Samuel Moore Born: Londonderry Died: Height: Weight: Position: Half-Back Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1925) ; Irish League: 6 Caps (1924-1929). Club Honours: (with Belfast Celtic) Irish League Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1925/26 , Runner-Up 1928/29 ; City Cup Winner; Gold Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1926/27. Club Career: Teams ......... Signed Belfast Celtic .. 1924 Biography: A real ninety-minute player, Sammy Moore took many a knock without giving-up, or his pace even waning, all the time with a smile upon his face. As an amateur he captained Belfast Celtic, he was a quiet and unassuming man off the pitch, "a genuine amateur [...] he would not even accept his tram fares" revealed club manager, Austin Donnelly. A product of Derry junior football, Moore reportedly declined a number of lucrative offers to leave Celtic Park. Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 11-05-1925 Irish League N D 2-2 07-11-1925 England..... A L 4-6 Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0...

The Scottish Football League Premier Division evolved into the Scottish Premier League (SPL) in 1998 following a similar model to the  English  Premier League, with the aim of allowing member clubs to take more control over TV rights and other revenue streams. It ran under the sponsored titles of the  Bank of Scotland Premier League until 2007, then the  Clydesdale Bank Premier League until 2013. The SPL was replaced by the Scottish Professional Football League Premiership when the two Scottish league re-amalgamated.  As throughout the history of Scottish football, the SPL has been dominated by the  Old Firm , Celtic and Rangers sharing all the titles between them. The following Northern Ireland Full, B, Under-21 and representative players have featured in the SPL between the inaugural 1998/99 season and the final season in 2012/13. -  A-H  -  I-L  -  M  -  N-Z  - All-Time XI - Scottish Premiership - ...

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Name: Kevin McAlinden Born: Died: Height: Weight: Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1947 ), Junior; Great Britain (1948 London Olympics) ; FAI Representative (1946) ; League of Ireland: 2 Caps (1943-1946). Club Honours: (with Belfast Celtic) Irish League Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1936/37, 1937/38, 1946/47 ; Gold Cup Winner; City Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1936/37 ; Intermediate Cup Winner*; Steel & Sons Cup Winner 1934/35*, 1935/36* ; (with Cork United) League of Ireland Champion 1942/43 ; FAI Cup Runner-Up 1942/43 ; (with Shelbourne) League of Ireland Shield Winner 1943/44 ; (with Coleraine) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1947/48. (* with Belfast Celtic II) Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Belfast Celtic - - Amateur - - - Cork United 42/43 - Amateur - - - Shelbourne 43/44 - ...

Name: Born: Height: Weight: Position: Inside-Left Representative Honours: Ireland: 4 Amateur Caps / 2 Goals (1951-1952) ; Irish League: 1 Cap (1950). Club Honours: Club Career: Portadown Biography: To follow. Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 03-02-1951 England... A L 3-6 19-05-1951 Scotland.. H L 0-1 15-08-1951 Gold Coast H W 5-2 2 Goals 02-02-1952 England... H L 1-3 Summary: 4/2. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 3. Irish League Representative Appearance Details: 18-10-1950 Football League A L 3-6 Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Name: Born: Height: Weight: Position: Left-Back Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1952). Club Honours: Club Career: Teams Cliftonville Linfield Portadown Biography: To follow. Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 02-02-1952 England. H L 1-3 12-04-1952 Scotland A L 1-2 Summary: 2/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 2.

Name: Ferris Lunn Born: c.1932,   Belfast Died: January 2024 Height: 5.09 ft Weight: 12.00 st Position: Outside-Left Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1953) , Youth (1950) , Schoolboy (1946) ; Irish League representative. Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion (two) ; Irish Cup Winner 1952/53 ; ... (with Distillery) Ulster Cup Winner 1957/58 ; City Cup Winner 1959/60 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Europe Other Bethel Y.M. - Amateur - - - - Ballymena United 50/51 Aug-50 Amateur 9/ 3 - - 13/1 Dumurry Rec. - Amateur - - - - Linfield 52/53-55/56 - Amateur - - - - Distillery 55/56-60/61 Dec-55 - *193/78 - - - Derry City - Jan-61 - - - - - ...

Name: J. McMullan Scott Born: c.1931, Belfast Height: 5.09½ ft Weight: 11.00 st Position: Inside-Left Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Amateur Caps (1952-1954) ; South Africa Representative. Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1953/54. Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Europe Other Linfield - - Amateur - - - - Cliftonville 52/53-53/54 - Amateur - - - - Glentoran 53/54-54/55 Jan-54 - *36/10 - - - Mashonaland - - - - - - - Salisbury Police - - - - - - - TOTALS - £- - - - - * all games. Biography: "A non-stop player", Belfast-lad Jackie Scott played with several Irish League clubs before moving to Rhodesia in 1955. There he played with...

Name: James Lewis Born: Died: 28 September 2013, Belfast Height: 6.00 ft Weight: 11.06 ft Position: Half-Back Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Amateur Caps (1951-1952) ; Irish League: 1 Cap (1952). Club Honours: (with Glenavon) Irish League Champion 1951/52 ; ...  (with Glentoran) Irish League Champion 1952/53 ; Irish Cup Runner-Up 1953/54 ; City Cup Winner 1952/53 ...   Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA . Cup Europe Other Glenavon - - Amateur - - - - Glentoran 52/53 - 55/56 - - 102/13 - - - Bangor - - - - - - - TOTALS - £- - - - - * all games. Biography: A versatile defender, Jim Lewis won domestic honours and Amateur caps while with Glenavon in the early 1950s before enjoying further successes with Glentoran in the middle of the decade...

Name: Henry Orr Born: 31 October 1936,   Lisburn Height: 5.07 ft Weight: 11.07 st Position: Right-Half Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1958) . Club Honours: (with Distillery) Co. Antrim Shield Runner-Up 1957/58. Club Career Clubs Seasons Signed Fee League FA . Cup Other Distillery - - Amateur - - - Sheffield United 58/59-63/64 Nov-58 - 10(0)/1 - - Peterborough United 64/65-66/67 Jul-64 - 47(1)/0 - - TOTALS - - - - Biography: In November 1958 Harry Orr and Dennis Shiels signed for Second Division Sheffield United. The combined deal netted Distillery £9,000 and the Whites used this money to make an audacious bid for Glentoran's marksman, Sammy Hughes. The bid was ...