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Name: William Murray Born: East Belfast, c.1954 Height: 6.01 ft Weight: 10.03 st Position: Left-Winger Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap; Irish League: 1 Cap. Club Honours: (with Portadown) Texaco Cup Winner 1974/75 ;  (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 7 times; Irish Cup Winner 1977/78, 1981/82 , Runner-Up 1982/83, 1984/85 ; Tyler Cup Winner 1980/81 ; Ulster Cup Winner 3 times; Gold Cup Winner 4 times; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 4 times ; (with Ballyclare Comrades) Irish Intermediate Cup Winner 1989/90 ... Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Europe Other Portadown 73/4-76/7 -72 Youth - - - - Linfield 77/8-87/8 Nov-77 £7k /57 /4 10(3)/0 /71 Ballyclare Com. 88/9-90/1 Aug-88 - #1(0)/ 0 - - #2(1)/ 0 Cookstown Utd - Mar-91 - - ...

Name: Michael Smith Born: 4 September 1988, Ballyclare Height: 5.11 ft / 1.80 m Weight:  Position: Defender Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, 1 Under-23 Cap, Junior, Youth. Club Honours: Scottish Cup Runner-Up 2018/19, 2019/20, 2021/22 ; Scottish Championship Winner 2020/21 . Awards: PFA League Two Team of the Year 2013/14 ; PFA Scotland Championship Team of the Year 2020/21 . Club Career: Teams ...... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- -League- -FACup- -FLCup- Other Greenisland BC .............. Youth Ballyclare Com. ......... -05 Ballymena U.  08/9-10/1 Jan-09 ...... 86(0)/5 .8(0)/1 .5(0)/3 4(0)/0 Bristol Rvrs  11/2-13/4 Jun-11 .....  84(17)/1 .6(0)/0 .3(1)/1 3(0)/0 Peterborough  14/5-16/7 Jul-14 Undis 116(4)/3 .8(1)/0 .2(0)/0 1(1)/0 Heart of Mid  17/8-22/3 Jun-17 Nom'l 147(8)/6 15(2)/0 23(1)/3 6(1)/0 Cheltenham T ......... Jul-23 Trial . 0(0)/0 Yeovil Town. 23/4-date Sep-23 .Free  Biography: Versatile defender who earned hi...

Name: Joel Cooper Born: 29 February 1996, Ballyclare Height: 5.11 ft / 1.80 m Weight: Position: Winger/Forward Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21; Northern Ireland Eastern Region (2015) . Club Honours: (with Glenavon) Irish Cup Winner 2015/16 ; NIFL Charity Shield Winner  2016 ; (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 ; Irish Cup Winner 2020/21. Awards: NIFWA Young Player of the Year 2015/16; NI Player of the Year 2019/20. Club Career: Teams .... -Seasons- Signed -League-- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Ballyclare Comrades . 2013 49 (-)/ 9 (all games) Glenavon.  15/6-17/8  Jul-15 85(13)/17 (all games) University of New Hampshire Linfield .   18/9-19/0  Jun-18 59 (3)/18 3(0)/1 6(0)/2 3(2)/0 3(0)/0 Oxford U.  20/1-21/2 Jul-20 .0 (6)/ 0 0(1)/0 ...... 1(0)/0 4(0)/2 Linfield. 20/1 loan Jan-21 18 (2)/ 4 4(1)/1 Port Vale 21/2 loan Jan-22 .4 (2)/ 0 Linfield. 22/3-date May-22 Biography: An exciting winger,...

Name: William Anderson Born: Ballymena Height: Weight: Position: Inside-Forward Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1947) . Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1950/51 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Ballymena United 46/47-47/48 Aug-46 Amateur 33/3 4/0 7/1 Ballyclare Comrades - - - (Intermediate) Ballymena United 50/51-51/52 Aug-50 Amateur 14/0 5/1 8/2 TOTALS - £0 47/3 9/1 15/3 Biography: William ‘Nipper’ Anderson, was an immediate post-war inside forward whose exploits in the Intermediate leagues earned him a promotion to senior football with his hometown team, Ballymena United in August 1946. Recruited by manager William Reid, Anderson was ...

Born: Ross Glendinning Born: 18 May 1993 Height: Weight: Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21 (2012-date) , Youth, 7 Under-16 Schoolboy Caps (2009) . Club Honours: (with Ballymena) NIFL Cup Winner 2016/17. Club Career: Teams .........  --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League FACup FLCup Europe Other Greenisland .......................... Youth  Linfield ...... 11/12- date Feb-12 Youth 69(-)/0 Ballyclare Com.  11/12 ..... Jul-11   . Loan 13(0)/0 .... 1(0)/0 Ballymena Utd .  16/17 - date Jul-16 . Loan Ballymena Utd . 17/18-20/21 Jun-17 Glentoran ..... 21/22- date   Jun-21 Biography: Son of Mark , Ross Glendinning won Schoolboy caps while at Glengormley High School. He came through the ranks at Linfield, adding Under-17 caps to his collection. Having spent the first half of the 2011/12 season on loan at Ballyclare Comrades, Glendinning made his Linfield  début  towards the end of the se...

Name: Richard Horner Born: Belfast Height: Weight: Position: Inside-Right Representative Honours: Ireland:   1 Amateur Cap (1939) , 2 Schoolboy Caps (1933) . Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1938/39. Club Career: Clubs Seasons Signed Fee League Other 10 th Old Boys - - Amateur - - Belfast Celtic - - Amateur - - Ballyclare . Comrades - - Amateur - - Aircraft Works - - Amateur - - Ballymena United 38/39-39/40 c/s-38 Amateur *51/6 - TOTALS £- - - * all games Biography: In 1958 Dickie Horner was appointed manager at Ballyclare Comrades, and led them to a clean sweep of honours in 1960/61 - B Division, Intermediate Cup, Steel Cup and George Wilson Cup. More to follow. Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 18-02-1939 England H L...