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Name: George B. Shields Position: Left-Back Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1922-1923). Club Career: Teams ....... Signed Cliftonville Ards ....... Jan-24 Biography: To follow. Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 11-11-1922 England A L 0-4 10-11-1923 England A L 0-3 Summary: 2/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 2.

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Name: Carl Winchester Born: 12 April 1993, Belfast Height: 5.10 ft / 1.78 m Weight: Position: Midfielder / Full-Back Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, 14 Under-21 Caps, 4 Under-19 Caps, 2 Under-18 Schoolboy Caps, 3 Under-17 Caps, 3 Under-16 Schoolboy Caps. Club Career: Teams ......... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- -League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other Linfield ...... 09/0 ........... Youth   . 1 (0)/ 0 Oldham Athletic 10/1-16/7 May-10 Youth  89(31)/ 8  7(2)/0  1(2)/0  4(4)/0 Cheltenham Town 16/7-17/8 Jan-17 . Free   64 (0)/ 6 1(0)/0 2(0)/0 2(1)/1   Forest Green R. 18/9-20/1 May-18 ..... 95 (3)/10 6(0)/0 2(1)/1 5(0)/0 Sunderland .... 20/1-date Jan-20 Undis 51 (9)/ 5 0(1)/0 4(0)/0 0(2)/0 Shrewsbury Town 22/3 .... Sep-22 .Loan 34 (5)/ 0 2(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0 Shrewsbury Town 23/4-date Jun-23 .Free Biography: Carl Winchester received his first senior call-up in May 2011 as a replacement for the injured Ryan McGivern in the Carli...

Name: Matthew Charles Lund Born: 21 November 1990, Manchester (ENG) Height: 5.07 ft Weight: 9.06 st Position: Midfielder Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (2016-date) , 6 Under-21 Caps (2011-2012) . Club Career: Teams ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FLCup Other Crewe Alexandra ............... Youth Stoke City ............. Jul-09 Youth . 0 (0)/0 Hereford Utd 10/11 ..... Nov-10 . Loan . 1 (1)/0 0(1)/0 Oldham Ath. .   11/12 ..... Jul-11 . Loan . 2 (1)/0  Bristol Rvrs  11/12 ..... Jan-12 . Loan . 9 (4)/2 Bristol Rvrs  12/13 ..... Jul-12 . Loan 14 (4)/2 1(0)/0 0(1)/0 Southend Utd 12/13 ..... Feb-13 . Loan 10 (2)/1 ............. 1(0)/0  Rochdale ... 13/14-16/17 Jun-13 . Free  Burton Alb.. 17/18 ..... Jun-17  Bradford C.. 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Loan Scunthorpe U 18/19- date Biography: Following impressive early season form, Lund received his first senior call-up for a November 2014 Euro...

Name: Patrick McLaughlin Born: 14 January 1991, Larne Height: 6.01 ft / 1.85 m Weight: Position: Midfielder Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 10 Under-21 Caps, Youth, Under-16 Schoolboy Caps (2006-2007). Club Honours: (with York) Football Conference Play-Off Winner 2011/12 ; FA Trophy Winner 2011/12. Club Career: Teams ..... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- --League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other Newcastle U  ......... Jul-07 Youth .. 0 (0)/ 0 York City   . 11/2-12/3 Jul-11 . Free .68 (6)/13 1(0)/0 1(0)/0 3(1)/0 Grimsby T. . 13/4-14/5  Jun-13 . Free .34(20)/ 3 0(4)/1   (Conference Premier) Harrogate T 14/5 .... Mar-15 . Loan ..4 (-)/ 1  (Conference North) Gateshead . 15/6-17/8  Jul-15 . Free 117 (8)/13  (National League) Hartlepool. 18/9 .... Jun-18 .Free .13(11)/ 1  (National League) York City . 18/9 .... Jan-19 .Loan .15 (-)/ 3  (National League North) York City . 19/0-date Jul-19 .Free ..........   (National League Nor...

Name: Alan (K.G.*) Davidson Position: Inside-Right Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1928) . Club Career: Teams --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- League Other Ophir (Amateur League) Barn . 27/28 ............ Amateur Larne 27/28 ............ Amateur Ards . 28/29 ............ Amateur . ??/ 8 ??/ 3 Biography: After a prolific period at centre-forward with Ards during the first-half of the 1928/29 season Alan Davidson an Amateur international cap against England. Selected at inside-right, despite his more usual role as "a vanguard leader", it was not a wholly unfamiliar position for the player to find himself in as he had previously figured in all three of the inside-forward positions. Davidson, previously with Amateur League side Ophir, gained his first experience in senior football with Barn and then Larne through the 1927/28 season giving "promising displays". He took advantage of an amateur player's freedom to seek a new club (if they so wished) a...

Name: Henry McCracken Born: Castlewellan Position: Centre-Forward / Inside-Right Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap / 3 Goals (1925) ; Irish League: 5 Caps (1928-1931). Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1929/30, 1930/31, 1933/34, Runner-Up 1931/32 ; Gold Cup Winner; City Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1927/28, 1928/29, 1929/30. Club Career: Teams ........... --Seasons-- Signed League Annsborough Newry Town Cardiff City .... 25/26 .....  Nov-25 0/ 0 Charlton Athletic 26/27 ...... May-26 1/ 0 Linfield .................... Nov-26 Portadown ...................   c/s-35 Biography: One of four McCracken brothers from Castlewellan to appear in the Irish League and one of only five players to score a hattrick for Amateur Ireland. His three goals in three minutes early in the first half of a 1925 amateur international against England leveled the scores at 4-4 before the English eventually regained control of the...

Name: Charles McCracken Born: Castlewellan Position: Outside-Right Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1926). Club Career: Teams Castlewellan Linfield Biography: Younger brother of Dick (Linfield), Bob (Cliftonville) and Harry (Charlton Athletic), Charles McCracken was a much sought after talent as a teenager. Linfield fought off the attentions of Glenavon to claim McCracken's signature during the 1925/26 season. A versatile forward, usually found at outside-right, indeed it was on the wing that he won his only Amateur cap, he was also capable across the forward line. Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 06-11-1926 England H L 0-3 Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Name: William C. Sloan Position: Centre-Half Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1925) ; Amateur Representative (1925). Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish Cup Winner 1924/25 ; Gold Cup Winner 1924/25. Club Career: Teams .... --Seasons-- Signed Barn Distillery ............. 1924 Biography: Brother of Andy Sloan , William Sloan was a dashing player, not scientific or possessing a bundle of tricks, but offering a surety and honesty in his play that proved a useful asset in any team for which he played. "... big and strong and is ruthless (without being unfair) in destroying the most carefully laid plans of an opposition vanguard. He tackles with undying determination and does not neglect to use his weight, but with the utmost fairness. Perhaps he is stronger in defence than attack, but just the manner in which he changes the point of attack by throwing the ball to the wings often has the opposition in a tangle. Sloan is one of those men commonly described as "a...

Name: Robert Hamilton McGuire Position: Left-Back Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1926-1929) ; Irish League: 1 Cap (1926). Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1926/27. Club Career: Teams .............. --Seasons-- Cliftonville Olympic 15/16-17/18 Ormiston ........... 18/19 Linfield Swifts .... 18/19-??/?? Ulster Rangers ..... ??/??-21/22 Dundela ............ 22/23 Crusaders .......... 23/24 Dundela ............ 24/25 Cliftonville ....... 25/26-??/?? Biography: Robert McGuire served a long apprenticeship in intermediate football before breaking into the senior ranks after a decade of earning his spurs. According to the Ireland's Saturday Night there was "evidently something of the itinerant in his make-up" as they recorded a slew of club moves - Cliftonville Olympic for a "triennium"; less than a season with Ormiston; Linfield Swifts then Ulster Rangers; Dundela to Crusaders and back; and finally back to the club where ...