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Name: Robert McQuillan Born:  Died: deceased Position: Outside-Right Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 7 Amateur Caps / 2 Goals (1969-74) Club Honours: (with Crusaders) Irish League Champions 1972/73, 1975/76. Club Career: Teams ... Europe Coleraine Crusaders 2(1)/0 Biography: Part of the Ireland Amateur team that won the British Championship in 1972. More to follow. World Soccer, October 1972 Victor Patterson Picture 1 Victor Patterson Picture 2 Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details: 27-09-1969 England. A L 1-4 BAC 15-04-1972 Wales... A W 3-0 BAC 1 goal 28-04-1972 Scotland A W 1-0 BAC 15-05-1972 England. A W 2-1 BAC 1 goal 06-10-1972 England. A L 1-2 BAC 1 goal 16-03-1973 Scotland A L 0-1 BAC 12-10-1973 England. A L 0-2 BAC Summary: 7/3. Won 3, Drew 0, Lost 4.

Football transfers fees weren't even a thing until the introduction of professionalism and were formalised by the retain and transfer system introduced by the FA in 1893. The first Irish player that appears to have commanded a fee of any kind was Archie Goodall, who moved from Preston North End to Aston Villa during the 1888/89 season, the Football League's inaugural campaign. That fee was reportedly around £100 [sources are very poor!] which, while this was top-dollar for a footballer of the era, would translate as around £13,000 today [2021] - that'd barely get you a toenail from Messi or Ronaldo. Even today, transfer fees are often difficult thing to enumerate, with figures quoted coming from newspaper conjecture, containing multiple clauses and are often officially "undisclosed". Still, it can be seen from the table below that the fees commanded for a Northern Ireland international pales when compared to what is forked out for a Brazilian or Welshman! As of 20...