Northern Ireland's League Champions

(Northern) Ireland players to have earned winner's medals (or appeared for a title winning team) in each of English football's top four divisions.

The assumption has been made that a player is only awarded a medal if they played in 25% of the games in a title winning season. Exceptions are often made that can allow other squad members to be given a medal, but these are not reflected here.

KEY

NI Full International

NI capped at other level or called-up to full squad

NI-born but uncapped

Earned medal (played 25%+ of games)

Didn’t earn medal (played less than 25% of games)

Level	I	II	III	IV
-	Football League
1888/9	Preston N.E.
	Goodall, Archie [2/1]
1889/0	Preston N.E. (2)
	-
1890/1	Everton
	-
1891/2	Sunderland
	Hannah, David [18/3]
-	Division One	Division Two
1892/3	Sunderland (2)	Small Heath
	Hannah, David [20/4]	-
1893/4	Aston Villa	Liverpool
	Reynolds, John [26/7]	-
1894/5	Sunderland (3)	Bury
	Hannah, David [1/0]	-
1895/6	Aston Villa (2)	Liverpool (2)
	Reynolds, John [22/2]	Hannah, David [11/3]
1896/7	Aston Villa (3)	Notts Co.
	Reynolds, John [24/2]	Crone, Robert [11/0]
1897/8	Sheffield Utd	Burnley
	-	Morrison, Tom [29/6]
1898/9	Aston Villa (4)	Man. City
	-	-
1899/0	Aston Villa (5)	Wednesday
	-	-
1900/1	Liverpool	Grimsby T.
	-	-
1901/2	Sunderland (4)	West Brom
	Gibson, WK [1/0]	-
1902/3	Wednesday	Man. City (2)
	-	-
1903/4	Wednesday (2)	Preston N.E.
	-	-
1904/5	Newcastle U.	Liverpool (3)
	McCracken, Billy [13/0]	-
1905/6	Liverpool (2)	Bristol C.
	-	-
1906/7	Newcastle U. (2)	Nott'm Forest
	McCracken, Billy [22/1]	-
1907/8	Man. Utd	Bradford C.
	-	-
1908/9	Newcastle U. (3)	Bolton W.
	McCracken, Billy [30/1]	-
1909/0	Aston Villa (6)	Man. City (3)
	-	-
1910/1	Man. Utd (2)	West Brom (2)
	-	-
1911/2	Blackburn R.	Derby Co.
	-	-
1912/3	Sunderland (5)	Preston N.E. (2)
	-	McKnight, James [3/0]
1913/4	Blackburn R. (2)	Notts Co. (2)
	-	-
1914/5	Everton (2)	Derby Co. (2)
	Houston, John [1/0]	-
1915/6	-	-
	-	-
1916/7	-	-
	-	-
1917/8	-	-
	-	-
1918/9	-	-
	-	-
1919/0	West Brom	Tottenham H.
	-	-
-	Division One	Division Two	Division Three
1920/1	Burnley	Birmingham (2)	C. Palace
	-	-	Kennedy, Andrew [1/0]
			McCracken, Bob [18/0]
-	Division One	Division Two	Division Three(S)	Division Three(N)
1921/2	Liverpool (3)	Nott'm Forest (2)	Southampton	Stockport
	Lacey, Billy [39/1]	Nelis, Patrick [10/6]	-	-
	Scott, Elisha [39/0]
1922/3	Liverpool (4)	Notts Co. (3)	Bristol C.	Nelson
	Lacey, Billy [30/1]	-	-	-
	Scott, Elisha [42/0]
1923/4	Huddersfield	Leeds Utd	Portsmouth	Wolves
	-	-	-	-
1924/5	Huddersfield (2)	Leicester	Swansea	Darlington
	-	-	-	-
1925/6	Huddersfield (3)	Sheffield Wed. (2)	Reading	Grimsby
	-	McIlvenny, Patsy [1/0]	Davey, Hugh [24/24]	-
			McConnell, Billy [36/0]
1926/7	Newcastle U. (4)	Middlesbro’	Bristol C.	Stoke
	-	Miller, Joe [40/0]	-	-
1927/8	Everton (3)	Man. City (4)	Millwall	Bradford PA
	Irvine, Bobby [9/3]	-	-	Manderson, Bert [39/0]
1928/9	Wednesday (3)	Middlesbro’ (2)	Charlton	Bradford C.
	-	Miller, Joe [40/0]	-	Russell, Sam [42/1]
1929/0	Sheffield Wed. (4)	Blackpool	Plymouth	Port Vale
	-	-	-	-
1930/1	Arsenal	Everton	Notts Co.	Chesterfield
	-	McCambridge, Jimmy [1/0]	-	-
1931/2	Everton (4)	Wolves	Fulham	Lincoln
	-	-	-	-
1932/3	Arsenal (2)	Stoke C.	Brentford	Hull
	-	-	-	-
1933/4	Arsenal (3)	Grimsby T. (2)	Norwich	Barnsley
	Dunne, James [21/9]	-	-	-
1934/5	Arsenal (4)	Brentford	Charlton	Doncaster
	Dunne, James [1/0]	-	-	-
1935/6	Sunderland (6)	Man. Utd	Coventry	Chesterfield
	-	-	-	-
1936/7	Man. City	Leicester (2)	Luton	Stockport
	Doherty, Peter [41/30]	-	-	-
	McCullough, Keiller [2/0]
1937/8	Arsenal (5)	Aston Villa	Millwall	Tranmere
	-	-	Brolly, Tom [30/2]	Davis, Tom [10/6]
1938/9	Everton (5)	Blackburn R.	Newport	Barnsley
	Cook, Billy [40/5]	-	Duggan, Harry [30/4]	-
	Stevenson, Alex [36/11]
1939/0	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
1940/1	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
1941/2	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
1942/3	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
1943/4	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
1944/5	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
1945/6	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
1946/7	Liverpool (5)	Man. City (5)	Cardiff	Doncaster
	-	Walsh, Billy [13/1]	-	-
1947/8	Arsenal (6)	Birmingham (3)	QPR	Lincoln
	Sloan, Joshua [3/0]	-	-	-
1948/9	Portsmouth	Fulham	Swansea	Hull
	Bowler, Gerry [2/0]	Hinton, Ted [10/0]	Feeney, Jimmy [26/0]	-
			Keane, Rory [36/0]
			McCrory, Sammy [37/19]
			O'Driscoll, Jackie [36/7]
1949/0	Portsmouth (2)	Tottenham H. (2)	Notts Co.	Doncaster
	-	-	-	Doherty, Peter [35/27]
				Dubois, Joe [11/2]
				Graham, Len [10/0]
1950/1	Tottenham H.	Preston N.E. (3)	Nottm Forest	Rotherham
	-	-	-	-
1951/2	Man. Utd (3)	Sheffield Wed. (3)	Plymouth	Lincoln
	Blanchflower, John [1/0]	-	McShane, Tony [34/0]	-
	Carey, Johnny [38/3]
1952/3	Arsenal (7)	Sheffield Utd	Bristol R.	Oldham
	-	-	-	McIlvenny, Bob [37/8]
1953/4	Wolves	Leicester (3)	Ipswich	Port Vale
	-	-	Feeney, Jimmy [44/0]	-
1954/5	Chelsea	Birmingham (4)	Bristol C.	Barnsley
	-	-	-	-
1955/6	Man. Utd (4)	Sheffield Wed. (4)	Leyton Orient	Grimsby
	Blanchflower, John [18/3]	-	-	-
	Scott, John [1/0]
1956/7	Man. Utd (5)	Leicester (4)	Ipswich	Derby
	Blanchflower, John [11/0]	Cunningham, Willie [1/0]	-	Ryan, Reg [45/12]
1957/8	Wolves (2)	West Ham Utd	Brighton & H.A.	Scunthorpe
	-	-	-	-
-	Division One	Division Two	Division Three	Division Four
1958/9	Wolves (3)	Sheffield Wed. (5)	Plymouth	Port Vale
	-	-	-	-
1959/0	Burnley (2)	Aston Villa (2)	Southampton	Walsall
	Elder, Alex [34/0]	McParland, Peter [41/22]	-	-
	McIlroy, James [32/6]
1960/1	Tottenham H. (2)	Ipswich T.	Bury	Peterborough
	Blanchflower, Danny [42/6]	-	-	-
1961/2	Ipswich T.	Liverpool (4)	Portsmouth	Millwall
	-	-	-	-
1962/3	Everton (6)	Stoke C. (2)	Northampton	Brentford
	Bingham, Billy [23/6]	McIlroy, James [18/6]	-	McAdams, Billy [34/22]
1963/4	Liverpool (6)	Leeds Utd (2)	Coventry	Gillingham
	-	-	Barr, Hugh [13/3]	-
			Humphries, Billy [40/10]
1964/5	Man. Utd (6)	Newcastle U.	Carlisle	Brighton & H.A.
	Best, George [41/10]	Craig, Dave [40/0]	-	-
1965/6	Liverpool (7)	Man. City (6)	Hull	Doncaster
	-	Crossan, Johnny [40/13]	-	-
1966/7	Man. Utd (7)	Coventry C.	QPR	Stockport
	Best, George [42/10]	Clements, David [40/4]	-	-
	Gregg, Henry [2/0]
1967/8	Man. City (2)	Ipswich T. (2)	Oxford	Luton
	-	Hegan, Daniel [41/6]	Sloan, David [16/4]	-
1968/9	Leeds Utd	Derby Co. (3)	Watford	Doncaster
	-	Stewart, Arthur [4/0]	-	Aiken, Thomas [6/0]
1969/0	Everton (7)	Huddersfield	Orient	Chesterfield
	Jackson, Thomas [15/0]	Nicholson, Jimmy [42/3]	-	-
1970/1	Arsenal (8)	Leicester (5)	Preston	Notts Co.
	Nelson, Samuel [4/0]	-	Irvine, Willie [14/1]	-
	Rice, Pat [41/0]
1971/2	Derby Co.	Norwich C.	Aston Villa	Grimsby
	-	-	Nicholl, Chris [13/1]	-
1972/3	Liverpool (8)	Burnley (2)	Bolton W	Southport
	-	-	-	-
1973/4	Leeds Utd (2)	Middlesbro’ (3)	Oldham	Peterborough
	-	McMordie, Eric [8/0]	Blair, Ronnie [41/11]	-
		Platt, Jim [40/0]
1974/5	Derby Co. (2)	Man. Utd (2)	Blackburn	Mansfield
	-	McCreery, David [2/0]	-	-
		McIlroy, Sammy [42/7]
		Nicholl, Jimmy [1/0]
1975/6	Liverpool (9)	Sunderland	Hereford	Lincoln
	-	Finney, Tommy [8/1]	-	-
1976/7	Liverpool (10)	Wolves (2)	Mansfield	Cambridge
	-	Kelly, James [3/0]	-	Finney, Tommy [41/16]
1977/8	Nott'm Forest	Bolton W. (2)	Wrexham	Watford
	O'Neill, Martin [40/8]	-	-	-
1978/9	Liverpool (11)	C. Palace	Shrewsbury	Reading
	-	-	-	Sanchez, Lawrie [39/4]
1979/0	Liverpool (12)	Leicester (6)	Grimsby	Huddersfield
	-	O'Neill, John [33/0]	-	-
1980/1	Aston Villa (7)	West Ham Utd (2)	Rotherham	Southend
	-	-	-	Spence, Derek [46/21]
1981/2	Liverpool (13)	Luton T.	Burnley	Sheffield Utd
	-	Donaghy, Mal [42/9]	Cassidy, Tommy [27/3]	-
			Dixon, Paul [9/0]
			Hamilton, Billy [44/11]
1982/3	Liverpool (14)	Q.P.R.	Portsmouth	Wimbledon
	-	Stewart, Ian [19/0]	-	-
1983/4	Liverpool (15)	Chelsea	Oxford	York
	-	-	-	-
1984/5	Everton (8)	Oxford Utd	Bradford C	Chesterfield
	-	Hamilton, Billy [23/9]	Campbell, Bobby [46/23]	O'Neill, Shaun [41/1]
			McManus, Eric [40/0]
1985/6	Liverpool (16)	Norwich C. (2)	Reading	Swindon
	-	-	Bailie, Colin [26/0]	-
1986/7	Everton (9)	Derby Co. (4)	Bournemouth	Northampton
	-	-	-	-
1987/8	Liverpool (17)	Millwall	Sunderland	Wolves
	-	-	-	Dennison, Robbie [43/3]
1988/9	Arsenal (9)	Chelsea (2)	Wolves	Rotherham
	-	Wilson, Kevin [46/12]	Dennison, Robbie [43/8]	-
1989/0	Liverpool (18)	Leeds Utd (3)	Bristol R	Exeter
	-	McClelland, John [3/0]	-	-
1990/1	Arsenal (10)	Oldham Ath.	Cambridge	Darlington
	-	-	Bailie, Colin [32/2]	-
1991/2	Leeds Utd (3)	Ipswich T. (3)	Brentford	Burnley
	McClelland, John [18/0]	-	-	Sonner, Danny [3/0]
-	Premier League	Division One	Division Two	Division Three
1992/3	Man. Utd (8)	Newcastle U. (2)	Stoke	Cardiff
	-	Wright, Tommy [14/0]	-	Millar, Paul [33/3]
				Ramsey, Paul [30/4]
1993/4	Man. Utd (9)	C. Palace (2)	Reading	Shrewsbury
	-	Quinn, Jimmy [46/35]	-	Williams, Mark [36/1]
1994/5	Blackburn R. (3)	Middlesbro’ (4)	Birmingham	Carlisle
	-	-	-	-
1995/6	Man. Utd (10)	Sunderland (2)	Swindon	Preston NE
	-	Gray, Phil [32/8]	Horlock, Kevin [45/12]	-
1996/7	Man. Utd (11)	Bolton W. (3)	Bury	Wigan
	-	Taggart, Gerry [43/3]	-	McGibbon, Pat (L) [10/1]
1997/8	Arsenal (11)	Nott'm Forest (3)	Watford	Notts Co.
	-	Johnson, Damien (L) [6/0]	Kennedy, Peter [34/11]	-
1998/9	Man. Utd (12)	Sunderland (3)	Fulham	Brentford
	-	-	Taylor, Maik [46/0]	-
1999/0	Man. Utd (13)	Charlton Ath.	Preston NE	Swansea
	-	-	Murdock, Colin [33/2]	-
2000/1	Man. Utd (14)	Fulham (2)	Millwall	Brighton & H.A.
	Healy, David [1/0]	Taylor, Maik [44/0]	Braniff, Kevin [5/0]	-
2001/2	Arsenal (12)	Man. City (7)	Brighton & H.A.	Plymouth
	-	Horlock, Kevin [42/7]	-	-
		Whitley, Jeff [2/0]
2002/3	Man. Utd (15)	Portsmouth	Wigan	Rushden & D.
	Carroll, Roy [10/0]	-	Kennedy, Peter [22/1]	Hunter, Barry [40/1]
2003/4	Arsenal (13)	Norwich C. (3)	Plymouth	Doncaster
	-	McVeigh, Paul [44/5]	Capaldi, Tony [33/7]	-
		Mulryne, Philip [34/3]
-	Premier League	Championship	League One	League Two
2004/5	Chelsea (2)	Sunderland (4)	Luton T.	Yeovil T.
	-	Ingham, Michael [2/0]	Feeney, Warren [6/0]	-
		McCartney, George [36/0]	Robinson, Stephen [31/4]
		Whitley, Jeff [35/0]
2005/6	Chelsea (3)	Reading	Southend Utd	Carlisle Utd
	-	-	-	-
2006/7	Man. Utd (16)	Sunderland (5)	Scunthorpe Utd	Walsall
	-	Evans, Jonny (L) [18/1]	-	-
2007/8	Man. Utd (17)	West Brom (3)	Swansea C.	M.K. Dons
	-	Brunt, Chris [34/4]	Feeney, Warren (L) [10/5]	-
2008/9	Man. Utd (18)	Wolves (3)	Leicester	Brentford
	Evans, Jonny [17/0]	-	-	-
2009/0	Chelsea (4)	Newcastle U. (3)	Norwich C.	Notts Co.
	-	-	McVeigh, Paul [9/0]	-
2010/1	Man. Utd (19)	Q.P.R. (2)	Brighton & H.A.	Chesterfield
	Evans, Jonny [13/0]	-	-	-
2011/2	Man. City (3)	Reading (2)	Charlton Ath.	Swindon T.
	-	-	-	-
2012/3	Man. Utd (20)	Cardiff C.	Doncaster R.	Gillingham
	Evans, Jonny [23/3]	-	Clingan, Sammy [6/0]	Flanagan, Tom (L) [13/1]
2013/4	Man. City (4)	Leicester (7)	Wolves	Chesterfield
	-	-	McAlinden, Liam [7/1]	-
2014/5	Chelsea (5)	Bournemouth	Bristol C.	Burton Alb.
	-	Camp, Lee [9/0]	-	Kee, Billy [2/2]
		O'Kane, Eunan [11/0]		Weir, Robbie [41/0]
2015/6	Leicester	Burnley (3)	Wigan Ath.	Northampton T.
	-	Duff, Michael [24/0]	Grigg, Will [40/25]	-
			McKay, Billy [1/0]
2016/7	Chelsea (6)	Newcastle U. (4)	Sheffield Utd	Portsmouth
	-	-	Lafferty, Daniel [37/4]	Barton, Adam [3/0]
			Lavery, Caolan [27/4]
2017/8	Man. City (5)	Wolves (4)	Wigan Ath.	Accrington St.
	-	-	Bruce, Alex [6/1]	Kee, Billy [46/25]
			Grigg, Will [43/19]	Nolan, Liam [29/0]
2018/9	Man. City (6)	Norwich C. (4)	Luton T.	Lincoln C.
	-	Jamal Lewis [42/0]	O'Kane, Eunan (L) [3/0]	McCartan, Shay (L) [38/7]
				O'Connor, Michael [39/2]
2019/0	Liverpool (19)	Leeds Utd (4)	Coventry C.	Swindon T.
	-	Dallas, Stuart [45/5]	-	Ballard, Daniel (L) [1/0]
2020/1	Man. City (7)	Norwich C. (5)	Hull C.	Cheltenham
	-	McGovern, Michael [10/0]	Magennis, Josh [40/18]	-
			Whyte, Gavin (L) [20/4]
Level	I	II	III	IV

The Trophies

The Football League First Division trophy introduced in 1891. A version is now used for winners of the EFL Championship	Premier League trophy in use since 1993	The current EFL trophies – League One, Championship, League Two
The Division Two shield used from 1893-1958	The Division Two trophy used from 1958-1992	Old Division Three trophy introduced after the 1958 reorganisation
Endsleigh Division Two trophy from 1993. Trophies have since been regularly replaced as sponsors have changed	Division Two trophy 2003	Old Division Four trophy also introduced in 1958

(a number of other trophies were used by the lower divisions through the years)

Summary 

Level	I	II	III	IV
Winners (others)	33 (14)	33 (18)	46 (14)	12 (5)

Medals at Multiple Levels

• David Hannah - (I) Football League/Divison One (Sunderland x2); (II) Division Two (Liverpool)
• Peter Doherty - (I) Division One (Manchester City); (III) Division Three (North) (Doncaster Rovers)
• Jimmy McIlroy - (I) Division One (Burnley); (II) Division Two (Stoke City)
• Billy Hamilton - (II) Division Two (Oxford United); (III) Division Three (Burnley)
• Robbie Dennison - (III) Division Three; (IV) Division Four (both Wolverhampton Wanderers)
• Kevin Horlock - (II) Division One (Manchester City); (III) Division Two (Swindon Town)
• Maik Tayor - (II) Division One; (III) Division Two (both Fulham)
• Jonny Evans - (I) Premier League (Manchester United x3); (II) Championship (Sunderland)