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Northern Ireland's English Title Winning Players

The following (Northern) Ireland players have claimed top division league winners medals in England (Football League until 1992, Premier League thereafter)...

Possibly incomplete.

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Jonny Evans (Manchester United) 2009 [16(1)/0], 2011 [11(2)/0], 2013 [21(2)/3]
Bill McCracken (Newcastle United) 1905 [13/0], 1907 [22/1], 1909 [30/1] (also won Irish League title with Distillery in 1903)
Jack Reynolds (Aston Villa) 1894 [30/7], 1896 [22/2], 1897 [30/2]

Jonny Evans
(Manchester United)
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George Best (Manchester United) 1965 [41/10], 1967 [42/10]
Elisha Scott (Liverpool) 1922 [39/0], 1923 [42/0] (also won Irish League titles with Belfast Celtic in 1919 and 1936)
Billy Lacey (Liverpool) 1922 [39/1], 1923 [30/1]

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Roy Carroll (Manchester United) 2003 [8(2)/0] (also won Greek League title with Olympiakos 2013 and Irish League title with Linfield 2017)
John McClelland (Leeds United) 1992 [16(2)/0]
Martin O'Neill (Nottingham Forest) 1979 [38(2)/8]
Pat Rice (Arsenal) 1971 [41/0]
Tommy Jackson (Everton) 1970 [14(1)/0] (also won Irish League titles with Glentoran in 1967 and 1968)
Billy Bingham (Everton) 1963 [23/5]
Danny Blanchflower (Tottenham Hotspur) 1961 [42/6]
Jimmy McIlroy (Burnley) 1960 [32/6]
Alex Elder (Burnley) 1960 [34/0]
Jackie Blanchflower (Manchester United) 1956 [18/3]
Liverpool: Football League Champions 1922 & 1923
Elisha Scott (back row centre) and Billy Lacey
(front row, second from left) played in both successes
Jackie Carey (Manchester United) 1952 [38/3]
Billy Cook (Everton) 1939 [40/5]
Alex Stevenson (Everton) 1939 [36/11] (also won Scottish League title with Rangers in 1934)
Peter Doherty (Manchester City) 1937 [41/30]
Jimmy Dunne (Arsenal) 1934 [21/9] (also won League of Ireland title with Shamrock Rovers in 1938 and 1939)
WK Gibson* (Sunderland) 1902 [1/0]

Since 1993, the following players can claim to have been "Football League Champions" as winners of the English second tier (Division One to 1992/93-2003/04, Championship 2004/05-date). The Football League was renamed as the English Football League (EFL) in 2016...

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Jamal Lewis (Norwich City) 2019 [42/0]
Stuart Dallas (Leeds United) 2020 [45/5]
Michael McGovern (Norwich City) 2021 [9(1)/0]
Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) 2008 [22(12)/4]
Michael Duff (Burnley) 2016 [23(1)/0]
Jonny Evans (Sunderland) 2007 [18/1] (winner of both Premier League and Football League)
Jeff Whitley (Sunderland) 2005 [32(3)/0]
George McCartney (Sunderland) 2005 [35(1)/0]
Paul McVeigh (Norwich City) 2004 [36(8)/5]
Phil Mulryne (Norwich City) 2004 [14(20)/3]
Gerry Taggart (Bolton Wanderers)
Kevin Horlock (Manchester City) 2002 [33(9)/7]
Maik Taylor (Fulham) 2001 [44/0]
Gerry Taggart (Bolton Wanderers) 1997 [43/3]
Tommy Wright (Newcastle United) 1993 [14/0]

* Gibson played in Sunderland's final match of the 1901/02 season and is recorded as Ireland's first English title winner by some contemporary sources. It is unclear as to whether he received a medal.

See also:
Northern Ireland's FA Cup Finalists
Northern Ireland Player with 20+ Goals in a Football League Season

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