Related Research Articles
Ballymena United Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Northern Ireland. Based in Ballymena, County Antrim, the team competes in the Irish Premiership and plays home matches at the Ballymena Showgrounds. The club has been managed by former captain Jim Ervin since 2023.
David Jonathan Healy is a Northern Irish former professional footballer and now football manager who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield.
Simon John Yeo is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward from 1997 to 2011 and is currently striker-coach at Mossley.
Glenn Ferguson is a Northern Irish former football player and manager.
Andrew William Smith is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and coach who is now the manager of Finnish Veikkausliiga club Haka. He had a 16-year career playing professional and semi-professional football in Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Belgium, and Portugal. He also won 18 caps for Northern Ireland between 2003 and 2005 and one cap for the Northern Ireland B team in 2003.
James Archibald Platt is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Northern Ireland.
Sydney Millar was a Northern Irish rugby union prop who played for Ballymena RFC and Ulster and international rugby for Ireland and the British Lions. After retiring from playing rugby he became a rugby coach and a rugby administrator. He became chairman of the Irish Rugby Union in 1995 and from 2003 until 2007 was chairman of the International Rugby Board. Former Lions captain Willie John McBride stated that Millar had given "his whole life to the game".
Gerry Mullan is a Northern Ireland international footballer who played as a striker. At club level, he featured for Ballymena United, Everton, Glentoran and Coleraine.
Rory Christopher Patterson is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a forward for Belfast Celtic He also played for the Northern Ireland national team. Having played youth football for Sion Swifts, Moorfield Celtic and Townsend United, Patterson joined Rochdale in 2002 before having spells with Radcliffe Borough and Mossley.
David Gerard McDaid is an Irish professional footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership side Coleraine as a striker.
Michael Smith is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League South club Yeovil Town and the Northern Ireland national team. Smith has previously played for Heart of Midlothian in Scotland, Ballyclare Comrades and Ballymena United in Northern Ireland, and Bristol Rovers and Peterborough United in England.
Ruaridhri James Patrick Donnelly is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for NIFL Championship club Newington on loan from NIFL Premiership club Glentoran.
Seamus Vincent McCartan is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays as a forward for Glentoran.
Billy-Jay Stedman is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Jamie McGonigle is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership side Coleraine.
Michael O'Connor is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dungannon Swifts. He previously played for Scottish Premiership club Ross County, League of Ireland clubs Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Finn Harps, Waterford & Shelbourne, as well as NIFL Premiership sides Linfield and Glentoran.
Trai Hume is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a full-back for EFL Championship club Sunderland and the Northern Ireland national football team. He previously played in the Irish Premiership for Linfield and Ballymena United.
Declan Carville is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Annagh United.
Conor Keeley is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic. His previous clubs are Shelbourne, Cabinteely, Ballymena United and Drogheda United.
References
- ↑ "Matthew Shevlin reaping the rewards of regular football". northernirelandworld.com.
- ↑ "Matthew Shevlin points to the heavens after scoring on Ballymena United debut with his first touch". belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "The Big Interview with Ballymena United forward Matthew Shevlin". belfastlive.co.uk.
- ↑ "Matthew Shevlin thriving at Coleraine". newsletter.co.uk.
- ↑ "Playing in Irish League aged 15 was pivotal for my career: Matthew Shevlin". belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "Catching up with young striker Matthew Shevlin".
- ↑ "Matthew Shevlin: My dad passed when I was 13… I've been trying to make him proud ever since". belfasttelegraph.co.uk.