Jimmy McIlroy

Career

Burnley McIlroy was born in Lambeg, County Antrim, and he was introduced to football at an early age as his father, Harry played for Lisburn Distillery and his uncle, Willie played for Portadown.

Stoke City McIlroy joined Tony Waddington's Stoke who at the time had a collection of experienced veterans with the likes of Stanley Matthews, Dennis Viollet, Jackie Mudie and Don Ratcliffe. and was given a testimonial match by Burnley in 2009.

McIlroy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2011 New Years Honours List for services to football and to charity, and arranged to receive the honour at Burnley's Turf Moor ground rather than at Buckingham Palace.

In April 2015, the feature-length documentary Spirit of '58 was screened as part of the Belfast Film Festival. It featured Jimmy McIlroy prominently alongside the other surviving players (Billy Bingham, Peter McParland, Billy Simpson and Harry Gregg) as it told the story of Northern Ireland's journey throughout the 1950s under the managership of Peter Doherty, culminating in the 1958 World Cup.

McIlroy died on 20 August 2018 at the age of 86. In a statement Burnley called him "our greatest ever player."

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1950–51 First Division

1951–52 First Division

1952–53 First Division

1953–54 First Division

1954–55 First Division

1955–56 First Division

1956–57 First Division

1957–58 First Division

1958–59 First Division

1959–60 First Division

1960–61 First Division

1961–62 First Division

1962–63 First Division

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1962–63 Second Division

1963–64 First Division

1964–65 First Division

1965–66 First Division

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1965–66 Third Division

1966–67 Third Division

1967–68 Third Division

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A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the European Cup and FA Charity Shield.

Managerial career

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International goals

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Result Competition 1 6 October 1956 Belfast, Northern Ireland 1–1 1957 British Home Championship 2 1 May 1957 Belfast, Northern Ireland 3–0 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 6 November 1957 London, UK 3–2 1958 British Home Championship 4 15 January 1958 Belfast, Northern Ireland 2–1 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification 5 15 October 1958 Madrid, Spain 2–6 Friendly match 6 5 November 1958 Glasgow, Scotland 2–2 1959 British Home Championship 7 22 April 1959 Wrexham, Wales 4–1 1959 British Home Championship 8 3 May 1961 Athens, Greece 1–2 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification 9 10 May 1961 West Berlin, Germany 1–2 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification 10 22 November 1961 London, UK 1–1 1962 British Home Championship

Honours Burnley Football League First Division: 1959–60 FA Cup runner-up: 1961–62

Stoke City Football League Second Division: 1962–63