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Name:  Louis Rooney Born:  28 September 1996, Plymouth (England) Height: 5.11 ft / 1.80 m Weight: 11.00 st / 70 kg Position:  Forward Representative Honours:  Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19 Club Career: Plymouth Argyle 15/16-16/17 Truro City .... 16/17 .....   Sep-16 loan  Hartlepool Utd. 16/17 ..... Jan-17 loan Linfield ...... 17/18 .....  Aug-17 free Truro City .... 18/19- date Biography: To follow. Louis Rooney's younger brother Dan also came through the ranks at Plymouth and has been capped by Northern Ireland at youth level. Wikipedia Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details: 02-09-2016 Iceland H L 0-1 ECQ sub

Name: Benjamin Neil Reeves Born: 19 November 1991, Verwood   (England) Height: 5.10 ft Weight: 10.07 st Position: Midfielder Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Full Caps. Club Honours: (with Southend) Football League Trophy Runner-Up 2012/13; (MK Dons) League One Runner-Up 2014/15 ; (with Charlton) EFL League One Play-Off Winner 2018/19 (unused sub). Awards: MK Dons Player of the Year 2013/14 ; MK Dons Player's Player of the Year 2013/14 . Club Career: Teams ...... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- --League- FA Cup FL Cup Other Southampton 11/2-12/3 Aug-10 Youth .0 (5)/ 0 1(2)/0 3(2)/1 Dag. & Red. 11/2 .... Feb-12 . Loan .5 (0)/ 0 Southend U. 12/3 .... Jan-13  . Loan .7 (3)/ 1 ............. 2(1)/1 MK Dons ... 13/4-16/7   Jul-13   . Free 86(24)/24 9(2)/6 6(3)/1 4(1)/1 Charlton A. 17/8-18/9 Aug-17 . Free 43(15)/ 7 2(0)/2 1(0)/0 5(2)/2 MK Dons ... 19/0  ....  Aug-19  . Free .4(13)/ 1 1(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0 Plymouth A. 20/1 ...

Name: Patrick James Roche Born: 19 September 1909, Fivemiletown Died: Height: Weight:  Position: Left-Half Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1929-1930) . Club Career: Teams ... --Seasons-- Signed --Fee-- St Albans City ............. Amateur (Isthmian League) Uxbridge .............. 1930 Amateur Biography: To follow. Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 12-10-1929 Scotland H L 0-3 20-09-1930 Scotland A L 0-2 Summary: 2/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1. With thanks to Patrick's son Johnny for forwarding the picture and personal details.

Name: Jamie Tyrrell Reid Born: 15 July 1994, Torquay (England) Height: 5.11 ft / 1.81 m Weight: 11.09 st / 74 kg Position: Forward Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Youth. Club Honours: (with Torquay) National League South Winner 2018/19 ; (with Stevenage) EFL League Two Runner-Up 2022/23. Awards: National League South Player of the Year 2018/19;  National League South Team of the Year  2018/19 . Club Career: Teams ......... -Seasons- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other Exeter City ... 12/3-16/7 Apr-12 Youth 12(11)/3 1(0)/0 1(0)/0 0(2)/0 Dorchester Town 12/3 .... Jul-12 . Loan 12(-)/ 3  (Conference South) Weymouth ......   14/5  ....  Jan-15  . Loan ........   (Southern League) Torquay United .   14/5  ....  Feb-15  . Loan . 1(1)/ 0   (Football Conference) Truro City .....   15/6  ....  Sep-15  . Loan . 5(-)/ 3   (National League South) Torquay United . ...

Name: Jordan Robertson Born: Died: Height: Weight: Position: Inside-Right Representative Honours: Ireland: 4 Amateur Caps / 1 Goal. Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish League Champion 1905/06 (shared),  1909/10 ; Irish Cup Winner 1906/07, 1908/09 , Runner-Up 1909/10 ;  ... Club Career: Cliftonville Belfast Celtic Biography: To follow. Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 07-12-1907 England. A L 1-6 20-11-1909 England. A D 4-4 1 Goal 18-11-1911 England. A L 0-2 05-10-1912 England. H W 3-2 Summary: 4/1. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 2.

Name: W. Edward Russell Born: Height: Weight: Position: Outside-Left Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Amateur Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Irish Cup Winner 1957/58 , Runner-Up 1958/59 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Ballymena United 57/58-65/66 - Amateur *333/76 - - TOTALS - £- - - - Biography: Eddie Russell established himself in senior football with Ballymena mid-way through the 1957/58 season. He quickly gained Amateur international recognition. More to follow. Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 18-01-1958 Wales... H W 3-1 1 goal 22-02-1958 Scotland A W 3-1 1 goal 27-09-1958 England. A L 2-6 Summary: 3/2. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Name: William Reid Born: Bangor Position: Right-Half Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Amateur Caps (1923-1924) , Junior. Club Career: Teams ........ Signed Clifton (Bangor) Belfast Celtic Bangor ....... (Intermediate League) Ards ........... 1923 Biography: "Reid is a half-back of real quality. He is not a giant in stature, but is a burly and determined tackler. Fear does not enter his vocabulary, and as a worker he is one who gives his club a full ninety minutes of enthusiastic and determined effort. His capabilities do not rest with untiring endeavour to do his share for his club's success, as he has capable ideas of the needs of his forwards in front and does not hesitate to put them quickly on the offensive. In other words, he is a [...] player with both constructive and destructive qualifications." So read an Ireland's Saturday Night profile of William Reid, a new signing for Ards as they embarked on their first season as a senior club in 1923/24. A postman...

Name: John Richardson Height: 5.10½ ft Weight: 11.00 st Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Ireland: Amateur Representative (1925) ; Junior Shield Representative XI. Club Honours: (with Ormiston) Steel & Sons Cup Winner 1924/25 Club Career: Victoria Amateurs 20/21 Mountpottinger ... 21/22 Distillery ....... 21/22 Glentoran ........ 22/23 Willowfield ...... 23/24 Ormiston ......... 24/25 Linfield ......... 24/25-??/?? Biography: John Richardson first appeared as a goalkeeper with Mountpottinger in the 1921/22 season, earning selection for a representative side of Junior Shield clubs that faced the Randalstown & District League. By the spring of 1922 he was turning out for Distilley II and the following season he was an ever-present for Glentoran II. Another move took him to Willowfield in 1923/24 but injuries put him out of the game for a lengthy spell. In 1924/25 he was part of the Ormiston team that defeated Ballyclare Comrades in the final of the Steel Cup foll...

Name: Kevin Ramsey Born: 18 September 1984, Londonderry Height: 6.00 ft Weight: 12.13 st Position: Forward Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (2006) ; Under-19. Club Honours: (with Limavady) North West Cup Winner 2004/05 ; (with Institute) IFA Intermediate League First Division Champion 2006/07 ; Intermediate League Cup Winner 2006/07 . Club Career: Teams .......... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup -Other- Trojans ........................... Youth Celtic ............................. Youth . 0(0)/ 0 Ballymena United 03/04 ..... c/s-03 . Free . 4(1)/ 0 ...... 2(1)/2 . 0(1)/0 Limavady United . 03/04-04/05 Jan-04 ..... ??(?)/20 .............. ?(?)/3 Institute ....... 05/06-06/07 c/s-05 ..... 27(3)/11 1(0)/0 5(1)/8 11(0)/3 Finn Harps ...... 2007 - 2008 Jul-07 . Free Institute ....... 08/09- date Sep-08 . Free Biography: Kevin Ramsey won a single Northern Ireland Under-21 cap when he played in the first half of a 1-0 win ...

Name: James Rosbotham Born: Height: Weight: Position: Left-Half Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Amateur Caps (1936-1937) ; Irish League: 2 Caps (1938-1939) ; Intermediate League Representative. Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish Cup Winner 1938/ 39; City Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1937/38. Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Belfast Celtic 32/33 - - - - - Brantwood - - - - - - Ards - - - - - - Brantwood - - - - - - Glenavon - -1934 - - - - Linfield - -1937 - - - - TOTALS - £- - - - ...

Name: John Rafferty Born: Belfast Died: Height: Weight: Position: Outside-Right Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1928) . Club Honours: (with Distillery) Gold Cup Winner 1929/30 ; Belfast Charities Cup Winner 1930/31. Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Albert Foundry - - - - - - Larne 28/29 1928 Amateur - - - Distillery 29/30-31/32 1929 Amateur - - - Glentoran 32/33 1932 - * 7/1 - - TOTALS - £- - - - * all games Biography: John Rafferty played his early football in the Shankill district of Belfast. He was spotted by Larne playing with Albert Foundry and was selected for Ireland’s Amateur ...

Name: Robert Rea Born: 28 November 1934, Belfast Died: 5 April 2005, Toronto (Canada) Height: 5.09 ft Weight: 11.00 st Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 ‘B’ Cap (1957) , 4 Amateur Caps (1956-1957) , Junior, Youth, 2 Schoolboy Caps (1949) ; Irish League: 13 Caps (1956-1959) ; Intermediate League Representative. Club Honours: (with Glenavon) Irish League Champion 1956/57, 1959/60 ; Irish Cup Winner 1956/57, 1958/59 ; Gold Cup Winner 1956/57 ; Ulster Cup Winner 1958/59 ; City Cup Winner 1955/56, 1960/61 ; (with Glentoran) Gold Cup Winner 1962/63 . Awards: Ulster Footballer of the Year 1963 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Europe Others Banbridge Town - - - (Mid-Ulster League) Glenavon 53/54-61/62 1953 Amateur * 219/0 * 3/0 * Glentora...

Name: Samuel R. Russell Born: 2 January 1900, Downpatrick Died: Height: Weight: Position: Right-Back Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1929-1931) ; League of Ireland: 2 Caps (1925-1926) . Club Honours: (with Shelbourne) League of Ireland Champion 1925/26; (with Bradford City) Division Three (North) Champion 1928/29 . Club Career: Clubs Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Royal  Irish Fusiliers - - - - - Old Park Corinthians - - - - - Distillery - - - - - - Newcastle Utd 20/21 - 24/25 Aug-20 £200 28/0 3/0 - Shelbourne - May-25 - - - - Bradford City 26/27 - 29/30 Dec-26 - 134/1 11/0 - Derry City - Jun-31 - - - - Newry Town ...