Derry City F.C. players

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This article deals with past and present players of Derry City Football Club.

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[edit] Current first-team squad

Derry City's players in a huddle.
Derry City's players in a huddle.
No. Position Player
1 Flag of Sweden GK Ola Tidman
2 Flag of Northern Ireland DF Eddie McCallion
3 Flag of Northern Ireland DF Sean Hargan
4 Flag of Northern Ireland DF Peter Hutton (player-manager)
5 Flag of England DF Dave Rogers
6 Flag of Northern Ireland DF Darren Kelly
7 Flag of Northern Ireland MF Ruaidhri Higgins
8 Flag of Ireland MF Ciaran Martyn (on loan to Fredrikstad)
9 Flag of Northern Ireland FW Gary Beckett
10 Flag of Ireland FW Kevin McHugh
11 Flag of Ireland MF Killian Brennan
12 Flag of Ireland DF Ken Oman
14 Flag of Ireland MF Gareth McGlynn
No. Position Player
15 Flag of Ireland MF Kevin Deery
16 Flag of England GK Pat Jennings Jr.
17 Flag of Ireland MF Barry Molloy (captain)
18 Flag of Ireland FW Mark Farren
19 Flag of Ireland FW Karl Bermingham
20 Flag of Ireland MF Neil McCafferty
21 Flag of Ireland FW Kyle Moran (on loan to Shelbourne)
22 Flag of Ireland MF Greg O'Halloran
23 Flag of Northern Ireland MF Patrick McCourt
24 Flag of Ireland FW Peter Hynes
25 Flag of Ireland MF Alan Moore
30 Flag of Northern Ireland GK Eugene Ferry

[edit] Transfers during 2006-07 break and 2007 season

Out:

In:

[edit] Reserve and youth squads

Derry City currently has an academy team as well as an under-21 reserve team who play in the Under-21 Football League of Ireland. These teams have also competed in international youth tournaments, including the Foyle Cup and the Umbro Galway Cup. In 2006 the academy team was victorious in the Umbro Galway Cup. Although many youth players come from the local youth league, the Derry and District League, Derry have branched out their scouting network and have since promoted players from all around Ireland.

Derry's under-21 side finished 3rd in the 2006 Dr. Tony O'Neill League Northern Section and therefore qualified for the knock-out stages, contested between qualifiers from the four provincial sections. In the second round, the side met Shelbourne F.C.'s under-21 team and knocked them out, winning 3-1. However, the side were then beaten in the quarter-final by the under-21 team of Sligo Rovers F.C.

The reserve and youth squads are coached by Peter Moran and George Harkin and include promising talent such as:

No. Position Player
n/a Flag of Northern Ireland GK Eugene Ferry
n/a Flag of Ireland DF Marc Mukendi
n/a Flag of Ireland DF Conor Griffiths (on loan to Sligo Rovers)
n/a Flag of Northern Ireland DF John Carlin
n/a Flag of Ireland DF Seamus Sharkey
n/a Flag of Northern Ireland DF Martin Doherty
n/a Flag of Northern Ireland DF Mark Hamilton
No. Position Player
n/a Flag of Northern Ireland MF Gareth Harkin
n/a Flag of Northern Ireland MF Patrick McDonald
n/a Flag of Northern Ireland MF Ryan McGarvey
n/a Flag of Northern Ireland MF Davy McLaughlin
n/a Flag of Ireland FW Graeme Donnell (on loan to Institute)
n/a Flag of Ireland FW Matthew Mc Aleer (on loan to Institute)
n/a Flag of Northern Ireland FW Gerard McLaughlin
n/a Flag of Ireland FW David McDaid
n/a Flag of Ireland MF Decky Fullerton

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Dream teams

Radio Foyle's team.

[edit] All-time XI chosen by Radio Foyle

In the early 1990s, local radio station, BBC Radio Foyle chose an all-time dream-team of eleven players. The team was as follows:

[edit] Published in Derry City FC: City Till I Die

At the start of the 2007 season, a supporter publication, Derry City FC: City Till I Die, designated the task of revealing their dream teams to life-long Derry City fans, Mick McBride and Davy Doherty. Both men decided to choose only players that they had witnessed first hand playing for Derry City, thus limiting the pool to only players to have appeared since the 1950s. Subsequently, the likes of goal-scoring legend, Jimmy Kelly, remained absent. Players were chosen from both Derry's Irish League and League of Ireland eras. While distinguishing players on the basis of ability and consistency, consideration was also given to the amount of time contributed toward the club by individual players. While recognised greats such as Alan Sunderland, Denis Tueart and Neil McNab all played with Derry City, they all played with the club during the twilight stages of their careers and did not manage to accumulate more than a handful of appearances each. Hence, players of such ilk were omitted.

Mick McBride's team.

[edit] Mick McBride's team

First team:

Substitutes:

[edit] Davy Doherty's team

Davy Doherty's team.

First team:

Substitutes:

[edit] Record appearances in the League of Ireland

As of 16 July 2007:

Rank Player Total appearances
1 Peter Hutton 573
2 Paul Curran 518
3 Sean Hargan 408
4 Gary Beckett 395
5 Liam Coyle 390

[edit] Senior international players to have played for Derry City

Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland/Flag of Ireland Ireland:

Name Caps Goals
Terry Cochrane 26 1
Billy Gillespie 25 13
Jobby Crossan 24 10
Liam O'Kane 20 0
Bobby Irvine 15 3
Paul Ramsey 14 0
Jim McLaughlin 12 6
Jimmy Kelly 11 4
David Campbell 10 0
Billy McCullough 10 0
Jimmy Hill 7 0
Bobby Browne 6 0
Gerry McElhinney 6 0
Terry Harkin 5 2
Sammy Curran 4 2
Fay Coyle 4 0
Felix Healy 4 0
Gerry Bowler 3 0
S.R. Russell 3 0
Johnny Campbell 2 0
Jimmy Elwood 2 0
Victor Hunter 2 0
Tony O'Doherty 2 0
Liam Coyle 1 0
Matt Doherty 1 0
Shaun Holmes 1 0
Patrick McCourt 1 0

Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland/Ireland (Irish Free State):

Name Caps Goals
David Kelly 26 9
Alan Moore 8 0
Jackie Hennessy 5 0
Jimmy Kelly 4 0
Bobby Gilbert 1 0

Flag of England England:

Name Caps Goals
Luther Blissett 14 3
Dennis Tueart 6 2
Steve Williams 6 0
Alan Sunderland 1 0

Flag of Scotland Scotland:

Name Caps Goals
Jimmy Delaney 15 6
Johnny McKenzie 9 0

Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago:

Name Caps Goals
Derek Phillips 6 0

Flag of Zaire Zaire:

Name Caps Goals
Jose Mukendi ? ?