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Name:  Gary Smyth Born:  20 December 1969, Belfast Height:  6.00 ft  Weight:  11.06 st Position:  Defender Representative Honours:  Northern Ireland: 1 ‘B’ Cap  (1997) , Under-18, Under-17, Under-16. Club Honours:  (with Glentoran)  Irish League Champion  1991/92, 2002/03 ; Irish Cup Winner  2000/01, 2003/04 , Runner-Up  2002/03 ; Irish League Cup Winner  1990/91, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2006/07 ; Gold Cup Winner  1991/92, 2000/01 ; Co. Antrim Shield Winner  2000/01, 2001/02 ;  (with Glenavon)  Irish Cup Winner 1996/97 , Runner-Up  1995/96, 1997/98 ; Gold Cup Winner  1997/98 ; Floodlit Cup Winner  1996/97 ; Co. Antrim Shield Winner  1995/96 ; Mid-Ulster Cup Winner  1998/99 ;  (with Crusaders)  Irish Cup Winner  2008/09 . Awards:  Ulster Footballer of the Year  2003 ; Northern Ireland Football Writers’ Player of the Year  2003 . Club Career: ...

- Name: Dennis J.D. Guy (Denis) Born: 16 September 1944, Portadown Died: 9 September 2022, Portadown (age 77)  Height:  Weight:  Position: Forward Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 8 Amateur Caps / 5 Goals (1965-1969) , 1 Junior Cap  (1963) , Youth Caps  (1961-1963) , 3 Schools Caps (1960) ; Irish League: 3 Caps (1965-1967) ; Great Britain: Representative (1967) .  Club Honours:   (with Portadown Tech) Northern Ireland School's Cup Winner  1959/60 ; (with Linfield Rangers)  IFA Youth Cup Winner  1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62 ; (with Linfield Swifts) George Wilson Cup Winner 1961/62 ; (with Glenavon) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1964/65 ; (with Ards)  Irish Cup Winner  1973/74 ;   Gold Cup Winner  1973/74 ;   Ulster Cup Winner  1973/74 ;   Blaxnit Cup Winner  1973/74 . Awards: Irish League Top Scorer (19 goals) 1964/65 . Club Career:   Teams Seasons Signed ...

Name: Joshua Clarke Born: 28 July 2004 Height:  Weight:  Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-19; England: Under-18 (training camp); Republic of Ireland: Under-18; Sweden: Under-16, Under-15. Club Honours: (with Celtic B) Glasgow Cup Winner 2022/23 . Club Career: Teams ..... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- League Chelsea ....................  Youth 0(0)/0 Bournemouth 20/1-21/2 ......  Youth 0(0)/0 Glenavon .. 21/2 ....  Apr-22 ..... 6(0)/0 Celtic B .. 22/3-date Aug-22 Airdrie ... 23/4 .... Aug-23 .Loan 1(0)/0 Ayr United. 23/4 .... Feb-24 .Loan Biography: Young goalkeeper who trained with senior panel ahead of a March 2022 friendly with Luxembourg. He has previously spent time within the youth international set-ups of Sweden, Republic of Ireland and England. He spent eight years at Chelsea as a boy before, highlights of his time at Stamford Bridge include victory in the prestigious KDB (Kevin De Bruyne) Cup in 2019 where he was also voted a...

Name: Robert Joseph Burns Born: 7 October 1999, Antrim Height: 5.08 ft / 1.73 m Weight:  Position :  Defender / Midfielder International Career: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19, Under-18, Under-17, Under-15. Club Career: Lisburn Youth ............... Youth Cliftonville ................ Youth Glenavon  .  15/16-17/28 Jun-15 Youth 36(3)/5  Knockbreda 16/17 ..... Jan-16 . loan Hearts ... 18/19-19/20 May-18 Undis .3(2)/1 1(0)/0 3(1)/0 3(0)/0 Livingston 18/19 ..... Aug-18  . loan .3(5)/0 Newcastle Jets ....... Sep-19  . loan 12(4)/0  (A-League) Barrow ... 20/21- date Aug-20  . Free Glentoran .  20/21 ..... Sep-20  . loan Biography: Bobby Burns came through the Northern Ireland schools and youth set-ups playing largely as a holding midfielder and occasionally as a winger. He captained the Under-18 side to the Centenary Shield in 2017. At the same time he was enjoying a successful spell at Knockbreda where he played regularly as a f...

Name: Robert Burns Born: 7 October 1999, Belfast Height: 5.09 ft / 1.73 m Weight: 11.04 st / 72kg Position: Forward / Midfielder / Left-Back Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19, Under-18, Under-17, Under-15. Club Career: Team ..... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee-  Lisburn Youth ............... Youth Cliftonville ................ Youth Glenavon .................... Youth Knockbreda 16/17 ............. Loan Hearts ... 18/19- date May-18 Undis Biography: Bobby Burns came through the Northern Ireland schools and youth set-ups playing largely as a holding midfielder and occasionally as a winger. He captained the Under-18 side to the Centenary Shield in 2017. At the same time he was enjoying a successful spell at Knockbreda where he played regularly as a forward for the first time in his career. The following season he established himself the Glenavon forward line, despite having the squad number three. He was still just 18 when awarded his first Under-...

Name: Paul Straney Born: 7 October 1975, Downpatrick Died: December 2017 (age 42) Height: 6.00 ft Weight: 12.00 st Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-18, Under-16, 6 Under-15 Caps (1991) . Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish League Cup Winner 2003/04 ... Club Career: Clubs ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League Glentoran ..................   -89 ...... 0 (0) /0 Glenavon ...................   -91 ...... 1 (0) /0 Stoke City ..............   Jun-93 ...... 0 (0) /0 Glenavon ................   Oct-94  ..... 15 (0) /0 Telford Utd . 95/96 .....   Aug-95 Loan . 10 (0) /0 Newry Town .. 97/98 .....   Jul-97 Loan . 5(0)/0 Newry Town ..   98/99-00/01   c/s-98 ..... 20(1)/0 Cliftonville 01/02-05/06   Jun-01 Biography: Paul Straney was a regular member of Northern Ireland's schools and youth squads prior to moving to Stoke City prior to his eighteenth birthday. Although he never ...

Name: Mark Sykes Born: 4 August 1997 Height:  Weight:  Position: Midfielder Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19, Under-18. Awards: Ulster Young Footballer of the Year 2017/18. Club Career: Glenavon Oxford United Bristol City May-22 Biography: A product of the Glenavon youth set-up, Mark Sykes came to the fore in the club's 2015 Harry Cavan Youth Cup win and he signed a professional deal ahead of the following season. A member of the Northern Ireland Under-18 schools squad, he earned rapid elevation through the Under-19 to the Under-21 set-ups. In August 2020 it was reported that Sykes had declared his intentions to declare for the Republic of Ireland . This was just days before he was due to be included in Ian Barraclough's first senior squad and after he had already featured on the bench under Michael O'Neill. In 2022 Sykes' switch to the Republic was confirmed and he was first called into Stephen Kenny's squad. More to fol...

Name:  Rhys Marshall Born:  16 January 1995, Lurgan Height: 1.78 m Weight: Position:  Full-Back Representative Honours:  Northern Ireland: Under-21 Club Honours: (with Glenavon) Irish Cup Winner 2013/14, 2015/16; (with Shamrock Rovers) League of Ireland Champion 2000. Club Career: Clubs .... -Seasons- Signed -Fee --League-- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Linfield .................. Y'th ..0 (0)/ 0 Glenavon .  12/3-19/0 .. 2011   Y'th  Shamrock R  2020 ....  Jan-20 £25k ..4 (9)/ 0 2(2)/0  Glentoran.  20/1-23/4  Dec-20 Free .95 (-)/ 4 7(-)/0 5(-)/0 4(-)/0  Glenavon .  24/5 .... Jun-24 Free   280(19)/40 (both spells) Biography: Rhys Marshall spent five years with Linfield's academy, before joining hometown club, Glenavon as a 16 year-old. He made his Glenavon debut in February 2013 in a 6-1 Mid-Ulster Cup win over Richhill, while his Premiership debut came that August in a 2-2 draw with Coleraine. H...

Name: Shayne Lavery Born: 8 December 1998, Aghagallon Height: 5.11 ft Weight: Position: Forward Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, Under-21, Under-19, Under-17 Honours: (with Linfield) NIFL Premiership Champion; Irish Cup Winner Awards: Ulster Footballer of the Year; NIFWA Player of the Year; NIFWA Young Player of the Year Club Career: Teams  ...  --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Oxford Sunnyside  ...........   Youth Portadown  ..................   Youth Glenavon .   14/15 ............   Youth .0(0)/ 0 Everton ..   17/18-18/19 Mar-15 Youth .0(0)/ 0 ...... ...... ...... 1(4)/1* Falkirk .. 18/19  .....   Jan-19  . Loan .0(6)/ 0 Linfield .   19/20-20/21 Jun-19 .Free 47(9)/33 3(2)/8 3(0)/1 8(3)/4 2(0)/1 Blackpool 21/22- date Jun-21 * Appearances in EFL Trophy for Everton Under-21 Div St Sb Gl St Sb Gl ...