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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 ...

Name: Robert Averell Born: Magherafelt Height: 6’00” Weight: 11.01 st Position: Central defender Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 4 Amateur Caps (1969-1970) . Club Honours: (with Ballymena)   Irish Cup Runner-Up 1969/70, 1973/74 ; Ulster Cup Runner-Up 1971/72 ; City Cup Winner 1971/72 ; Gold Cup Winner 1974/75 ; Gold Cup Runner-Up 1975/76 ; County Antrim Shield Winner 1975/76 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Europe Other Coleraine -67/68 - - - - - - Ballymena United 68/69-71/72 Aug-68 Amateur 77/ 3 9/0 - 80/5 Toronto Metros 1972 - 1973 Mar-72 Free 24/ 2 (NASL) - - Ballymena United 72/73-77/78 Jan-73 Free 77/ 7 10/0 - 75/4 TOTALS - £0 178/12 19/0 - 155/9 Biography: Ballymena manage...

Name: John   Desmond Anderson Born: 11 September 1940, Downpatrick Height: Weight: Position: Centre-Half Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 6 Amateur Caps (1959-1962) Club Honours: (with Exeter) Football League Division Four fourth place (promoted) 1963/64. Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Europe Other Cliftonville - - Amateur - - - - Glenavon - -61 Amateur - - 2/0 - Exeter City 62/3-65/6 Aug-62 - 142(2)/1 - - - Johannesburg Rangers 1966 - - 27(-)/1 (South Africa NFL) Chesterfield 66/7-67/8 Jul-66 - 8(0)/0 - - - Matlock Town  68/9-70/1 - - - (Midland League) Banbury United 71/2 - - - (Southern League) TOTALS - £- ...

Name: John Anderson Born: December 1944, Belfast Died: 7 June 2023, Dundonald (age 78) Position: Outside-Right Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1961), Youth (1961-1963) , 3 Schoolboy Caps (1960). Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish League Champion 1962/63 ; City Cup Winner 1962/63 ; (with Glentoran) Irish Cup Winner 1972/73. Teams Seasons Signed Fee League Europe Other Boyland -   Youth - - - Glentoran -   Youth - - - Newcastle U. - -60 Youth - - - Distillery 60/1-63/4 -60 Amateur - 2/0 - Ards 64/5-71/2 -64 - 209/21 2/0 - Glenavon 71/2 ...

Name: Thomas Aiken Born: 18 March 1946, Ballymena Height: Weight: Position: Outside-Left Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1965) Club Honours: Club Career: Clubs Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup FL Cup Other Ballymena United 65/66-67/68 - Amateur *113(0)/19 - - - Doncaster Rovers 67/68 Nov-67 - 12(1)/1 - - - TOTALS £- - - - - * all games Biography: Tommy Aiken was selected to play for Northern Ireland Amateurs against England in 1965 at his homeground in Ballymena. Two years later he made the long dreamed of move to England, signing with Doncaster Rovers. He spent just a season at Belle Vue, playing thirteen games in the Football League. More to follow. Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 25-09-1965 England. H L 0-2 Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Name: Eric Adair Born: Belfast Height: Weight: Position: Right-Half Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1958) , 2 Schoolboy Caps (1948). Club Career: Teams Cliftonville Biography: Later manager of Larne and Glenavon. More to follow. Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 18-01-1958 Wales... H W 3-1 22-02-1958 Scotland A W 3-1 Summary: 2/0. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 0.

Name: Nathaniel Adams Born: 29 November 1891, Belfast Died: Height: Weight: Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Ireland: 5 Amateur Caps (1921-1925) , Junior; Irish League: 2 Caps (1923-1925). Club Honours: (with Linfield Swifts) Steel & Sons Cup Winner 1915/16 (with Belfast Celtic) Steel & Sons Cup Winner 1916/17. Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA . Cup Other Barn - - Amateur - - - Linfield - - Amateur - - - Belfast . Celtic - - Amateur - - - Cliftonville 15/16 - 24/25 - Amateur - - - Motherwell 18/19 - - 1/0 - - Portadown - - Amateur - - ...