2021/22 Northern Ireland Player Domestic Review

EUROPE

Super Cup

In the curtain-raiser to the European season, Chelsea defeated Villarreal at Winsor Park - no NI players were imvolved.

Champions League

Finalists:

Conor Bradley (Liverpool) 

Europa League

Runners-Up:

Steven Davis (Rangers)

Conference League

Best performace - semi-final stage: 

Jonny Evans, Brendan Rodgers (manager) (Leicester City)

ENGLAND

Premier League

European Qualification:

Conor Bradley, Liam Hughes (on loan at Stalybridge Celtic) (Liverpool)

Relegated:

Michael McGovern (Norwich), Craig Cathcart (Watford) (one team tbc)

Managers: Brendan Rodgers (Leicester City)

Players		Club	League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europe	Com Shield	Notes
Ballard	Daniel	Arsenal	-	-	-	-	-	(loan at Millwall)
Bradley	Conor	Liverpool	-	1(0)/0	2(1)/0	0(1)/0	-	-
Cathcart	Craig	Watford	27(4)/0	1(0)/0	-	-	-	Relegated
Charles	Shea	Manchester City	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dallas	Stuart	Leeds United	34(0)/1	0(1)/0	2(0)/0	-	-	-
Duffy	Shane	Brighton & HA	15(3)/1	1(0)/0	1(0)/0	-	-	-
Evans	Jonny	Leicester City	16(2)/1	-	1(0)/0	8(0)/1	-	-
Galbraith	Ethan	Manchester United	-	-	-	-	-	(loan at Doncaster Rovers)
Hughes	Liam	Liverpool	0(0)/0	-	-	-	-	(loan at Stalybridge Celtic)
Lewis	Jamal	Newcastle United	4(1)/0	-	1(0)/0	-	-	-
McCalmont	Alfie	Leeds United	-	-	-	-	-	(loan at Morecambe)
McClelland	Sam	Chelsea	-	-	-	-	-	-
McGovern	Michael	Norwich City	-	1(0)/0	-	-	-	-
Peacock-Farrell	Bailey	Burnley	-	-	-	-	-	(loan at Sheff. Wed.)
Price	Isaac	Everton	0(1)/0	0(1)/0	-	-	-	-

Championship

Automatic Promotion:

None 

Play-Off Qualication:

Dale Taylor (Nottingham Forest), Brodie Spencer U21 (Huddersfield Town), Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United)

Relegated: 

Grant McCann (manager) (Peterborough United), Darren Robinson U19 (Derby Co.)

Managers: Grant McCann (ex-Hull City/Peterborugh United), Michael O'Neill (Stoke City)

Players		Club	League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	-	Play-Off	Notes
Ball	Dominic	QPR	13(7)/1	1(0)/0	1(1)/0	-	-	-
Ballard	Daniel	Millwall	30(1)/1	-	1(1)/0	-	-	(loan from Arsenal)
Bansal-McNulty	Amrit	QPR	-	-	-	-	-	(loan to Crawley)
Boyd-Munce	Caolan	Birmingham	-	-	-	-	-	(transferred to Middlesbro)
Boyd-Munce	Caolan	Middlesbrough	0(1)/0	1(0)/1	-	-	-	(signed from Birmingham)
Brown	Ciaron	Cardiff City	5(0)/0	1(0)/0	-	-	-	(loan at Oxford)
Lavery	Shayne	Blackpool	20(17)/8	1(0)/0	2(0)/2	-	-	-
McCann	Ali	Preston North End	16(12)/1	1(0)/0	2(0)/0	-	-	-
McDonnell	Jamie	Nottingham Forest	-	-	-	-	*	-
McNair	Paddy	Middlesbrough	42(0)/5	4(0)/0	-	-	-	-
Norwood	Ollie	Sheffield United	42(2)/1	0(1)/0	1(1)/0	-	2(0)/0	-
Robinson	Darren	Derby County	0(1)/0	-	-	-	-	Relegated
Saville	George	Millwall	34(3)/2	1(0)/0	1(1)/1	-	-	-
Southwood	Luke	Reading	25(0)/0	-	1(0)/0	-	-	-
Spencer	Brodie	Huddersfield Town	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taylor	Dale	Nottingham Forest	0(0)/0	-	-	-	*	-
Thompson	Jordan	Stoke City	12(6)/0	2(0)/0	4(0)/0	-	-	-
Whyte	Gavin	Cardiff City	-	-	-	-	-	(loan at Oxford)

League One

Champions:

Josh Magennis, Jordan Jones (on loan at St Mirren), James McClean ex-U21 (Wigan Athletic)

Runners-Up: 

Will Grigg (on loan from Sunderland), Shane Ferguson, Ciaran McGuckin U19 (Rotherham United)

Play-Off Qualification:

Bailey Peack-Farrell (on loan from Burnley) (Sheffield Wednesday), Corry Evans, Carl Winchester, Trai Hume (Sunderland - promoted)

Relegated: 

Ethan Galbraith (on loan from Manchester United), Liam Ravenhill (Doncaster Rovers), Ben Reeves (Gillingham)

Players		Club	League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Play-Off	Notes
Baggley	Barry	Fleetwood	5(2)/1	-	-	1(0)/0	-	-
Brown	Ciaron	Oxford United	11(2)/1	-	-	-	-	(loan from Cardiff)
Camps	Callum	Fleetwood
Carson	Trevor	Morecambe	21(0)/0	1(0)/0	-	-	-	(loan from Dundee Utd)
Conn-Clarke	Chris	Fleetwood	0(4)/0	-	-	0(1)/0	-	-
Cooper	Joel	Oxford United	0(2)/0	-	-	3(0)/2	-	(loan to Port Vale)
Evans	Corey	Sunderland	26(7)/2	1(0)/0	2(1)/0	-	3(0)/0	-
Ferguson	Shane	Rotherham United	25(7)/1	2(0)/0	1(0)/0	0(5)/0	-	-
Flanagan	Tom	Shrewsbury Town	13(1)/1	-	-	-	-	-
Flanagan	Tom	Sunderland	25(0)/1	1(0)/0	2(0)/0	-	-	(transferred to Shrewsbury)
Galbraith	Ethan	Doncaster Rovers	27(6)/1	1(0)/0	-	1(1)/0	-	(loan from Man Utd)
Grigg	Will	Rotherham United	13(6)/2	2(1)/1	-	5(1)/3	-	(loan from Sunderland)
Grigg	Will	Sunderland	0(0)/0	-	0(1)/0	-	-	-
Hume	Trai	Sunderland	3(0)/0	-	-	-	-	-
Jones	Jordan	Wigan Athletic	3(6)/0	0(3)/0	2(1)/0	1(1)/0	-	(loan at St Mirren)
Lane	Paddy	Fleetwood	30(7)/5	1(0)/0	-	-	-	-
Magennis	Josh	Wigan Athletic	14(3)/3	1(0)/0	-	1(0)/0	-	-
McCalmont	Alfie	Morecambe	18(8)/1	3(0)/0	1(0)/0	1(0)/0	-	(loan from Leeds)
McClean	James	Wigan Athletic	31(2)/9	0(2)/0	1(0)/0	1(0)/1	-	-
McGuckin	Ciaran	Rotherham United	0(0)/0	-	-	0(1)/0	-	-
McLaughlin	Conor	Fleetwood	7(2)/0	1(0)/0	-	2(0)/0	-	(retired)
McLaughlin	Ryan	Morecambe	18(1)/0	3(0)/0	-	1(0)/0	-	-
Peacock-Farrell	Bailey	Sheffield Wednesday	43(0)/0	1(0)/0	1(0)/0	-	2(0)/0	(loan from Burnley)
Ravenhill	Liam	Doncaster Rovers	1(2)/0	1(0)/0	-	-	-	-
Reeves	Ben	Gillingham	7(13)/2	2(0)/0	1(0)/0	2(1)/0	-	-
Smyth	Oisin	Oxford United	0(0)/0	-	-	-	-	-
Sykes	Mark	Oxford United	36(4)/8	2(0)/0	2(0)/0	1(0)/0	-	-
Washington	Conor	Charlton Athletic	28(7)/11	1(1)/0	-	1(0)/0	-	-
Whyte	Gavin	Oxford United	26(11)/1	1(0)/0	0(1)/0	-	-	(loan from Cardiff)
Winchester	Carl	Sunderland	39(1)/3	0(1)/0	3(0)/0	0(1)/0	-	-

Awards:

Young Player of the Year: Paddy Lane (Fleetwood)

Managers: Michael Duff (Cheltenham Town), Kieran McKenna (Ipswich Town), Stephen Robinson (ex-Morecambe)

League Two

Automatic Promotion:

None

Play-Off Qualication:

Joel Cooper (on loan from Oxford United) (Port Vale) 

Relegated: 

Lewis Thompson U21 (Scunthorpe)

Players		Club	League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Play-Off	Notes
Bansal-McNulty	Amrit	Crawley Town	2(2)/0	0(1)/0	-	2(0)/0	-	(loan from QPR)
Cooper	Joel	Port Vale	4(2)/0	-	-	-	-	(loan from Oxford)
Cousin-Dawson	Finn	Bradford City	8(3)/0	0(1)/0	1(0)/0	1(0)/0	-	-
Lavery	Caolan	Bradford City	5(14)/1	-	-	0(1)/0	-	-
Lund	Matty	Salford	33(7)/7	2(0)/0	0(1)/0	-	-	-
Smyth	Paul	Leyton Orient	14(10)/3	1(0)/0	-	1(0)/1	-	-
Thompson	Lewis	Scunthorpe United	13(1)/0	2(0)/0	0(1)/0	3(0)/0	-	-

National League

Champions: (promoted)

Ryan Johnston (Stockport Co)

Play-Off Qualification: 

Lee Camp, Liam McAlinden (Wrexham), Pierce Bird (on loan from King's Lynn Town) (FC Halifax Town), Danny Amos, Joey Jones (on loan from Dagenham & Redbridge) (Grimsby Town)

Relegated: 

Josh McQuoid, Sean Shields U21 (Weymouth), Pierce Bird (on loan at FC Halifax Town) (King's Lynn Town)

Managers: Warren Feeney (Welling United (North))

FA Cup

Winner:

Conor Bradley (Liverpool, played 1 early round game)

EFL Cup

Winner: 

Conor Bradley (Liverpool, played 3 early round games)

EFL Trophy

Winner:

Shane Ferguson (Rotherham United)

FA Trophy

Runners-Up:

Liam McAlinden, Lee Camp [unused sub] (Wrexham)

FA Youth Cup

Runners-Up:

Dale Taylor, Jamie McDonnell (Nottingham Forest)

SCOTLAND

Premiership

Runners-Up (Champions League Qualification):

Steven Davis (Rangers)

Europa League Qualification:

Liam Boyce, Michael Smith (Hearts)

Conference League Qualification:

Trevor Carson (Dundee United, on loan at Morecambe), Liam Donnelly (Motherwell)

Relegated:

Niall McGinn (Dundee)

Managers: James McPake (ex-Dundee), Stephen Robinson (St Mirren)

Players		Club	League	Scot Cup	SPFL Cup	Europe	Play-Off	Notes
Boyce	Liam	Hearts	29(2)/10	4(1)/2	5(0)/4	-	-	-
Carson	Trevor	Dundee United	4(0)/0	-	1(0)/0	-	-	(loan to Morecambe)
Davis	Steven	Rangers	13(5)/0	2(1)/0	1(0)/0	9(2)/1	-	-
Donnelly	Liam	Motherwell	16(6)/0	3(0)/1	3(1)/0	-	-	-
Finlayson	Daniel	St Mirren	0(0)/0	-	1(0)/0	-	-	-
Hazard	Conor	Celtic	0(0)/0	-	-	-	-	(loan at HJ Helsinki)
Jones	Jordan	St Mirren	10(1)/0	2(0)/1	-	-	-	(loan from Wigan)
Kennedy	Matty	Aberdeen	3(5)/0	0(1)/0	-	-	-	-
McCann	Ali	St Johnstone	4(0)/0	-	1(0)/0	4(0)/0	-	(transferred to Preston)
McCann	Charlie	Rangers	0(2)/0	0(2)/0	-	-	-	-
McCausland	Ross	Rangers	0(1)/0	-	-	-	-
McClelland	David	Rangers	0(0)/0	-	-	-	-	-
McGinn	Niall	Aberdeen	1(8)/0	-	1(0)/0	0(1)/0	-	(transferred to Dundee)
McGinn	Niall	Dundee	8(7)/1	2(0)/1	-	-	-	(signed from Aberdeen)
Palmer	Cameron	Rangers	-	-	-	-	-	(transferred to Linfield)
Smith	Michael	Hearts	19(1)/2	2(0)/0	5(0)/0	-	-	-

Championship

Champions: 

Kyle Lafferty, Lee Hodson, Brad Lyons, Euen Deveney U17 (Kilmarnock)

Promotion Play-Offs:

Daniel Devine U21, Billy McKay (Inverness Caledonian Thistle)

Relegated: 

Ally Roy U21, Shea Gordon U21 (Queen of the South)

Awards:

Player of the Month: Kyle Lafferty (February, March)

Managers: Tommy Wright (ex-Kilmarnock)

Players		Club	League	Scot Cup	SPFL Cup	Chall Cup	Play-Off	Notes
Devine	Daniel	Inverness CT	27(1)/0	2(0)/1	1(2)/0	4(0)/0	*-	-
Gordon	Shea	Queen of the South	9(3)/1	-	-	-	-	(loan from Partick)
Gordon	Shea	Partick Thistle	1(7)/1	0(1)/0	0(1)/0	1(1)/0	-	(loan at QotS)
Hodson	Lee	Kilmarnock	18(0)/0	1(0)/0	-	1(1)/0	-	-
Lafferty	Kyle	Kilmarnock	13(1)/8	0(1)/0	-	-	-	(signed from An. Famagusta)
Lyons	Brad	Kilmarnock	8(11)/0	1(0)/0	2(3)/0	2(1)/0	-	-
McCann	Lewis	Dunfermline Ath.	14(8)/4	1(0)/0	-	0(2)/0	-	-
McKay	Billy	Inverness CT	25(7)/9	2(0)/1	-	6(0)/5	*-	-
McLean	Brian	Greenock Morton	20(0)/0	1(0)/0	2(0)/0	-	-	-
Roy	Ally	Queen of the South	12(14)/4	1(1)/0	3(1)/6	2(2)/2	-	-

Scottish Cup

Winner:

Steven Davis (Rangers)

Runners-Up: Michael Smith [unused sub], Liam Boyce (Hearts)

SPFL Cup

None

SPFL Challenge Cup

Runner-Up:

Ally Roy U21 (Queen of the South)

NORTHERN IRELAND

Premiership

Champions:

Chris Johns U21, Trai Hume (now Sunderland), Kirk Millar U21, Jamie Mulgrew, Martin Donnelly, Jordan Stewart U21, Ben Hall U21, Kyle McClean U21, Chris McKee U21 (on loan from Rangers), Cammy Palmer U21

European Qualification:

Paul O'Neill U21, Jamie Harney U21, Jamie McDonagh U21, Colin Coates (Cliftonville)

Europa Conference Play-Off Finalists:

Elliott Morris U21 (retired), Luke McCullough, Bobby Burns U21, Shay McCartan, Rhys Marshall U21, Rory Donnelly U21, Robbie McDaid U21, Seanan Clucas U21, Ross Glendinning U21 (Glentoran) vs Conor Devlin U21, Kofi Balmer U21, Andy Scott U21, Andrew Mitchell U21, Lee Bonis U21, Jeff Hughes, Dean Jarvis U21 (Larne)

Relegation Play-Off:

Parrick McNally U21, Nathan Kerr U21, Josh Doherty U21, Harry Anderson U21 (Portadown)

Relegated:

Conor Mitchell U21 (Warrenpoint)

Irish Cup

Winners:

Jonny Tuffey, Robbie Weir U21 (own goal), Ben Kennedy U21, Jordan Owens, Josh Robinson U21 (goal) (Crusaders)

Runners-Up:

David Parkhouse U21, Paul McElroy U21 (Ballymena)

NIFL Cup

Winners:

Colin Coates (Cliftonville)

Runner-Up:

Josh Carson (Coleraine)

Players		Club	League	Irish Cup	NIFL Cup	Europe	Other	Notes
Allen	Curtis	Coleraine			1(0)/0
Anderson	Harry	Portadown
Balmer	Kofi	Larne			4(-)/0
Bonis	Lee	Larne	/7				/3	(signed from Portadown)
Bonis	Lee	Portadown	/3				/2	(transferred to Larne)
Burns	Bobby	Glentoran
Carson	Josh	Coleraine			2(0)/0
Clucas	Seanan	Glentoran			1(-)/0
Coates	Colin	Cliftonville
Devlin	Conor	Larne
Doherty	Josh	Portadown
Donnelly	Martin	Larne			1(-)/0			(transferred to Linfield)
Donnelly	Martin	Linfield	6(12)/1	1(0)/1	1(0)/0		3(1)/1
Donnelly	Rory	Glentoran			2(-)/0
Glendinning	Ross	Glentoran
Hall	Ben	Linfield	11(0)/1	1(0)/0
Hughes	Jeff	Larne			6(-)/0
Hume	Trai	Linfield	17(0)/3		1(1)/0	5(0)/1		(transferred to Sunderland)
Jarvis	Dean	Larne			6(-)/1
Johns	Chris	Linfield	36(0)/0	2(0)/0	2(0)/0	6(0)/0	2(0)/0
Kennedy	Ben	Crusaders	/12				/3
Kerr	Nathan	Portadown
Marshall	Rhys	Glentoran			2(-)/0
McCartan	Shay	Glentoran
McClean	Kyle	Linfield	14(8)/0	2(0)/1	1(1)/1
McCullough	Luke	Glentoran			2(-)/0
McDaid	David	Larne	/12		5(-)/2		/1
McDaid	Robbie	Glentoran	/5		2(-)/0		/5
McDonagh	Jamie	Glentoran			2(-)/1			(transferred to Cliftonville))
McElroy	Paul	Ballymena United	25(12)/11	2(2)/2	4(0)/1		1(1)/1
McKee	Chris	Linfield	9(6)/6	0(1)/0				(on loan from Rangers)
McMenamin	Conor	Glentoran	/20				/2
McNally	Patrick	Portadown
Millar	Kirk	Linfield	29(5)/3	2(0)/0	3(0)/0	5(0)/0	1(0)/0
Mitchell	Andrew	Larne			5(-)/0
Mitchell	Conor	Warrenpoint Town
Morris	Elliott	Glentoran	0(0)/0
Mulgrew	Jamie	Linfield	22(5)/0	1(1)/0	1(1)/1	6(0)/1	2(0)/0
O'Neill	Sean	Ballymena United	8(0)/0	2(0)/0				(on loan from Crusaders)
O'Neill	Sean	Crusaders						(on loan at Ballymena)
Owens	Jordan	Crusaders
Palmer	Cammy	Linfield	6(5)/1		1(0)/0	4(1)/0
Parkhouse	David	Ballymena United	12(5)/6	4(1)/1	0(1)/0
Robinson	Joshua	Crusaders						(signed from Larne)
Robinson	Joshua	Larne			1(-)/0			(transferred to Crusaders)
Scott	Andrew	Larne			1(-)/0
Stewart	Jordan	Linfield	21(9)/6	1(0)/0	1(1)/1	0(2)/0	2(1)/0
Tuffey	Jonny	Crusaders
Watson	Albert	Larne			6(-)/0
Weir	Robbie	Crusaders
Winchester	Jude	Ballymena United	16(0)/2	1(0)/0	3(0)/2		1(0)/0	(transferred to Crusaders)
Winchester	Jude	Crusaders						(signed from Ballymena)

WALES

Cymru Premier

Champions:

Ryan Brobbel (TNS)

Welsh Cup

Winner:

Ryan Brobbel (TNS)

CYPRUS

Players		Club	League	Cyp Cup	-	Europe	Cyp Super	Notes
Lafferty	Kyle	Anorthosis Famagusta	5(0)/0	-	-	5(0)/1	1(0)/0	(transferred to Kilmarnock)