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Name: Terence Hayes
Born: 28 March 1959, Belfast
Height: 5.07 ft
Weight: 10.06 st
Position: Midfielder / Full-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (1978); Irish League: 3 Caps (1980-1982).
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 1977/78, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83; Irish Cup Winner 1979/80, 1981/82, Runner-Up 1982/83; Ulster Cup Winner (twice); Gold Cup Winner (3 times); Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1976/77, 1980/81, 1981/82; Tyler All-Ireland Cup Winner 1980/81.

Club Career:
Teams….. –Seasons– Signed -Fee- –League– FA Cup FL Cup Europe -Other-
Linfield.. 75/76-77/78 …… Youth .?? (?)/ ?
Luton Town 78/79………………… 0 (0)/ 0
Linfield.. 79/80-82/83 ………… 154 (4)/11* ………… 7(1)/0
Distillery 90/91-91/92 Oct-90 .Free .22 (0)/ 0 1(0)/0 2(1)/0 ……. 9(0)/0
* all domestic games.

Biography:
A promising young midfielder Terry Hayes, began his career at Linfield in the mid-1970s picking up Irish Youth Cup winner’s medals with Linfield Rangers before being snapped up by David Pleat for Luton Town. Although Hayes spent just a year with the Hatters he was selected for the 1978 Under-21 match between Northern Ireland and the Repulic of Ireland, despite being just shy of his nineteenth birthday.

On returning to Linfield Hayes established himself in one of the most dominant teams in Irish League history, picking up two Irish Cups and three Irish League titles amongst a host of other medals. Hayes’ Linfield playing career was cut short due to a broken leg picked up during the 1983 Irish Cup Final replay with Glentoran, after a clash with Raymond Morrison.

Hayes joined the Linfield staff as physiotherapist, a role which he has held with Linfield since the mid-1980s - two seasons playing with Distillery in the early-90s aside - and has also fulfilled the same role for the IFA, initially with the Northern Ireland Under-16 squad, and since 1994 with the senior squad.

Name: James Harvey
Born: 2 May 1958, Lurgan
Height: 5.09½ ft
Weight: 11.04 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (1978).
Club Honours: (with Tranmere) Football League Division Three Play-Off Winner 1990/91; Football League Division Four Runner-Up (promoted) 1988/89; Football League Associate Members Cup Winner 1989/90.

Club Career:
Teams………. –Seasons– Signed –Fee– –League– -FACup- -FLCup- Europe -Other-
Glenavon……. 76/77 ………….. Youth .?? (?)/ 1 …………………. ??(?)/1
Arsenal…….. 77/78-79/80 Aug-77 £30,000 ..2 (1)/ 0 …………… 1(0)/0
Hereford United 79/80-86/87 Mar-80 ……. 276 (2)/39 16(1)/2 16(0)/5 …… 12(0)/1
Bristol City… 86/87-87/88 Jan-87 £20,000 ..2 (1)/ 0
Wrexham…….. 87/88 ….. Sep-87 …Loan ..6 (0)/ 0
Tranmere Rovers 87/88-91/92 Oct-87 £25,000 174(10)/18 11(2)/0 14(1)/0 …… 17(5)/1
Crewe Alexandra 92/93 ….. Jul-92 …….. 16 (1)/ 0 .3(1)/2 .4(0)/1 ……. 2(0)/0
Southport…… 92/93-93/94 ……………. 7 (0)/ 0* (NPL/Conference)
Chester City… 93/94 …………………. 0 (0)/ 0
Morecambe…… 93/94-95/96 Jan-94 ……… 1 (3)/ 0* (NPL/Conference)
Totals………………………. £75,000 484(18)/58 30(4)/2 34(1)/6 1(0)/0 31(5)/3
* Football Conference appearances only.

Coaching Career:
Crewe Alexandra…. player-coach….. 1992-1993
Chester City……. player-coach….. 1993-1994
Morecambe………. assistant-manager Jan/94-Jun/94
………………. manager………. Jun/94-May/06
- Northern Premier League Runner-Up 1994/95 (promoted to Conference)
- Football Conference Runner-Up 2002/03 (lost in play-off semi-final)
Northern Ireland… assistant-manager Feb/00-Feb/03
Crewe Alexandra…. coach………… Jul/06-Sep/06
Forest Green Rovers manager………. Sep/06- date

Biography:
To follow.

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Northern Ireland Appearances:
08-03-1978 Rep. Ireland….. A D 1-1 … (Under-21 International Friendly)
13-11-2001 Macclesfield Town A W 2-1 sub (Sammy McIlroy Celebration Match)

Name: Brian Johnston
Born: c.1957
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 11.00 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-21 Cap (1978).
Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish Cup Winner 1978/79; Gold Cup Winner 1980/81, Runner-Up 1978/79; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1978/79.

Club Career:
Cliftonville (2/0 Europe)

Biography:
A product of the Boys Model School on the Ballysillan Road, Brian Johnston worked his way through the ranks at Cliftonville. At 20 he was regarded as amongst the best goalkeepers in the Irish League. He was selected for Northern Ireland’s first Under-21 international, against the Republic of Ireland at Dalymount Park, on 8th March 1978. Johnston’s outstanding performance earned him a place in the Full squad for that season’s Home International series and the attentions of several mainland clubs, including Celtic.

An accounts clerk by day, Johnston retained his amateur status long after Cliftonville went professional. He was between the posts in 1979 as The Reds collected their first trophies in close to fifty years as they celebrated their centenary. 15,000 saw an exciting 3-2 Irish Cup Final win over Portadown and two weeks later a penalty shoot-out defeat of Crusaders saw them claim the Co. Antrim Shield. Johnston was still at Solitude two seasons later as they defeated Linfield 3-1 infront of 10,000 people at Windsor Park in the 1980 Gold Cup play-off.

The move across the water never materialised for Johnston, and by the mid-1980s he had been displaced as Cliftonville’s number one by the veteran Bobby Carlisle.

Name: Neil Bradley Masters
Born: 25 May 1972, Lisburn
Height: 6.01 ft
Weight: 14.02 st
Position: Full-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Under-17 Cap.

Club Career:
Clubs……………… –Seasons– Signed –Fee— -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Glenavon………………………………. Youth .0(0)/ 0
AFC Bournemouth…….. 92/93-93/94 Aug-90 .Trainee 37(1)/ 2 5(2)/1 4(0)/1 1(0)/0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 93/94-96/97 Dec-93 £300,000 10(2)/ 0
Gillingham…………. 97/98-98/99 Mar-97 £ 50,000 11(0)/ 0 …………. 1(0)/0
Gillingham…………. 00/01 ….. Oct-00 …Trial .0(0)/ 0
Moss FK……………. 2001 - 2002 Jan-01 ….Free (Norway)
Totals …………………………………….. 58(3)/ 2 5(2)/1 4(0)/1 2(0)/0

Biography:
Neil Masters was an incredibly gifted player, who had it not been for a succession of injuries would surely have won senior international recognition. As it was he had to make do with a Youth cap and brief inclusion in the Northern Ireland squad under Bryan Hamilton in August 1995.

A left-back, possessing a fierce shot and superb crossing ability, Masters was one of a number of talented youngsters who emerged at Bournemouth under Harry Redknapp. Described as “true class” and “the best left-back the club ever had”, his name was linked with moves to Blackburn, Spurs and Arsenal, but it was Wolves that claimed his signature in December 1993, in a deal that could have netted the Cherries over £600,000 had things gone differently. As it was he was quickly beset by leg and back injuries, limiting him to just nine games in his first season and a half at Molineux. When ex-England boss Graham Taylor arrived at the club in 1994 he quickly grew tired of the perennially injured youngster, accused him of malingering and placed him on the transfer-list at the end of the 1994/95 season.

Masters’ reaction, to what many regarded as a crass and insensitive action by Taylor, was to work hard at regaining full fitness through the summer of 1995. So impressed was Taylor by Masters’ pre-season displays that he started Wolves’ opening three matches of the 1995/96 season. It was at this point that Bryan Hamilton saw fit to award Masters his first call-up to the senior squad for the European Championship Qualifier against Portugal. In a much changed panel from the previous 2-1 defeat by Latvia, it was previous squad regular Steve Morrow who made way. Masters however picked-up an injury against Sunderland on 26 August 1995 (which turned out to be his final appearance in Wolves colours) that cost him the opportunity of international recognition. Hamilton was forced to recall Morrow, who started in a 1-1 draw in Lisbon.

In March 1997, as Masters began to return to fitness, he made a cut-price move to Gillingham. He had to wait until 9 August to make his Gills debut, in a 0-0 draw with Preston, but was soon struck down by injuries once again. The eleven appearances he made for the club, at left-back or left-wing-back, gave Gillingham’s fans scant opportunity to see Masters at his best, and in March 1999, having not played in ten months, his contract was cancelled.

Still Masters battled on. He sought medical treatment from specialists and spiritual healers from all over the world and actually returned to Gillingham on trial in October 2000. There was also talk of him moving to Glenavon, but eventually he moved to Norway with Moss FK where he played two seasons.

Name: Hugh McKelvey
Born: 9 November 1879, Comber
Died: 6 May 1940, Belfast
Position: Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1901); Irish League: 3 Caps (1902-1903).
Club Honours: (with Glentoran) Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1901/02; Belfast Charity Cup Winner 1901/02.

Club Career:
Clubs….. –Seasons– Signed Games
Glentoran. 00/01-02/03 …… 73/52 (all competitions)
Distillery 03/04…… Nov-03 ??/10 (all competitions)

Biography:
By kind permission of ForzaGlens:

Born in Comber on 9th November 1879, Hugh McKelvey played for both Glentoran and Distillery during his short but successful career. In his first season with the Glens, Hugh, a centre forward, played 20 games and scored 11 goals. His first goal came in an Irish League game against Belfast Celtic that the Glens won 3-1. He followed that up with 2 more the following week away to Linfield (W 3-1) and another brace a week later when Distillery were the visitors to the Dee Street Oval. Glentoran’s only trophy that season was the Co Antrim Shield but although McKelvey scored in both the semi-final and semi-final replay he missed out on the final victory against Cliftonville. In March 1901 Hugh McKelvey won his solitary cap against Wales in Belfast; a match won 1-0 by the visitors.

The following season Hugh scored at Solitude in both the Charity Cup final (2-0 v Linfield) and the final of the Co Antrim Shield (2-1 v Distillery) as the Glens picked up another two trophies. He scored a total of 23 goals in 25 matches that season and netted another 18 times in the following campaign (1902-03). McKelvey also won Inter-League honours in both the 1901-02 and 02-03 seasons. The last record of Hugh McKelvey’s career was the 1903-04 season when he turned out for Distillery.

He died in Belfast on 6th May 1940.

Ireland Cap Details:
23-03-1901 Wales… H L 0-1 BC

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Name: Nathaniel McKeown

Name: John McMahon
Position: Right-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1933), 7 Amateur Caps (1930-1933); League of Ireland.
Club Honours: (with Bohs) League of Ireland Champion 1927/28, 1929/30; FAI Cup Winner 1927/28, Runner-Up 1928/29; League of Ireland Shield Winner.

Club Career:
Derry City
Bohemians

Biography:
A member of Bohemian’s 1927/28 “clean sweep” side, Johnny McMahon was noted as a goalscoring centre-half. Having previously been capped as an amateur, McMahon won a single cap for Ireland, playing at right-half, in a surprise 2-1 win over Scotland at Parkhead in September 1933.

Ireland Cap Details:
16-09-1933 Scotland A W 2-1 BC

Summary: 1/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 0.

Name: Denis Joseph Morrogh (registered as James Denis Francis Morrogh)
Born: 20 August 1872, Dublin
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1896).
Club Honours: (with Bohs) Leinster Senior Cup Winner.

Club Career:
Bohemians

Biography:
A member of the all-amateur Bohemians side that dominated the Leinster Cup in the 1890s, Morrogh made his only international appearance in an historic clash with Scotland. Prior to his Ireland debut at Solitude the Scots had won every one of the twelve meetings between the sides, scoring 61 goals to 14 by the Irish. Ireland matched the much-fancied Scots goal-for-goal and led at half-time only to be pegged level back by a goal in the 85th minute.

Ireland Cap Details:
28-03-1896 Scotland H D 3-3 BC

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 0.

Name: John McDonnell
Position: Centre-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 4 Full Caps (1911-1913), 4 Amateur Caps (1910-1914); Irish League: 5 Caps (1909-1914).
Club Honours: (with Bohs) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1908/09, 1910/11.

Club Career:
Bohemians

Biography:
A prolific goalscorer with Bohemians through the 1900s and 1910s, Johnny McDonnell managed 31 goals in 1908/09 (15 in the Irish League) and 32 in 1911/12 (14 in the League).

Capped at international, amateur and inter-league level, McDonnell’s goalscoring form unfortunately didn’t transfer to the higher stage and although he played “with great dash” against Scotland, he failed to score in the four matches he played in the International Championship.

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Ireland Cap Details:
11-02-1911 England. A L 1-2 BC
18-03-1911 Scotland A L 0-2 BC
13-04-1912 Wales… A W 3-2 BC
18-01-1913 Wales… H L 0-1 BC

Summary: 4/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 3.

Name: George Faber Sheehan
Born: Dublin
Position: Forward
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Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1899-1900).
Club Honours: (with Bohs) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1899/00; Leinster Senior Cup Winner; Leinster League Champion.
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Club Career:
Bohemians
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Biography:
In the late 1890s Bohemians bowed out of the Irish Cup at the semi-final stage in 1898 and 1899 before making the Final in 1900. Desperate to wipe out the memory of their 10-1 defeat by Linfield in the 1895 Final at Solitude, the Dubliners once again travelled to Belfast. With George Sheehan as captain The Bohs put up a great resistence before losing out 2-1 to Cliftonville at Grosvenor Park - the captain scoring a consolation goal fifteen minutes from time.
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Bohemians however were the dominant side in Dublin football, their record in the Leinster Senior Cup almost perfect as they claimed eight of the first eleven editions of the competition, Sheehan scoring in four consecutive finals from 1895 to 1896. Also featuring in the Bohemians side of the 1890s was Sheehan’s brother, Willie.
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Capped for the first time in at Parkhead against Scotland in March 1899, Sheehan was a member of a team badly weakened by the absence of six “Anglos” who failed to secure release from their clubs and, despite some lively forward play, slumped to a 9-1 defeat. Sheehan was appointed captain for Ireland’s visit to Llandudno for a 2-0 defeat by Wales the following February.
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Come March 1900, with Dublin due to host its first football international, it fell to a rugby ground, Lansdowne Road to provide the venue for the auspicious occasion. The visit of England caught the public’s imagination as recorded in the Freeman’s Journal:

As the day fast approaches for the last of Ireland’s international matches for the present season against England, interest in the even increases. The match in which his Excellency Earl Cardogan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has graciously consented to give his patronage, will be the first ever association international played in Dublin and takes place at Lansdowne Road on St. Patrick’s day. Judging by the manner in which tickets for both the stands and ground are being disposed of, the attendance promises to rival in extent, any previously recorded for a similar match in Ireland.

As to the game, there can be no disguising the fact that it promises to provide the best exhibition of classic football ever witnessed in Dublin. Both teams are good ones - Reilly, the matchless Portsmouth goalkeeper, Archie Goodall, the Derby County half-back and Gara, the Preston forward, being included in the Irish side, but it must be said the English team possesses a decided superiority. Thus a great game is in prospect. Mr G.O. Smith, the world’s best centre forward, captains the English team.

10,000 turned up to watch an Irish side, featuring Sheehan as captain and the only southern-based player, lose out 2-0 in a match described by the Irish Times as “the best exhibition of football ever witnessed in Dublin,” though “the world’s best centre forward” was not among the scorers.

A medical doctor by day, Sheehan played in the first ever match at Dalymount Park when Bohemians defeated Shelbourne 4-2 on 7th September 1901. He had long since retired by the time Bohemians finally claimed the Irish Cup in 1908 with another win over Shelbourne at the same venue.
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Ireland Cap Details:
25-03-1899 Scotland A L 1-9 BC
24-02-1900 Wales… A L 0-2 BC
17-03-1900 England. H L 0-2 BC
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Summary: 3/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 3.