Name: James Shanks McClellandBorn:
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Position: Inside-Left
Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap / 2 Goals (1932).
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Club Career:
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Signed
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Fee
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League
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FA.Cup
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Cliftonville
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30/31-31/32
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Amateur
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Ballymena
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32/33
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-32
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34/7
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TOTALS
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£-
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Biography:
Although perennial strugglers for much of their history, the all-amateur Cliftonville did regularly field some gifted players - two that formed an effective partnership were Norman McCaw and James McClelland who starred together on the left hand side of the forward line during the 1931/32 season. The pair formed a delightful partnership and on a single occasion they carried that form onto the international field as Ireland Amateurs tore their Scottish counterparts apart, McClelland claiming two goals and McCaw one in a 4-0 victory on their home turf of Solitude. McClelland actually graduated from junior football as a full-back, developing into a half-back with Cliftonville Olympic and it was in that role he initially played his senior football. It was after a season and a half as a back that he finally took to the forward line where he was "an enthusiastic and tireless worker" and possessor of a "splendid shooting boot". McClelland took his talents to Ballymena for the 1932/33 campaign.
Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
23-01-1932 Scotland H W 4-0 2 goals
Summary: 1/2. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 1.
Details from ISN profile kindly forwarded by Jim Murphy.
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