Sammy McIlroy

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Sammy McIlroy
Personal information
Full name Samual Baxter McIlroy
Date of birth August 2, 1954 (1954-08-02) (age 53)
Place of birth    Belfast, Northern Ireland
Playing position Forward/Midfielder (retired)
Club information
Current club Morecambe F.C. (manager)
Youth clubs
1969-1971 Manchester United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1971-1981
1981-1985
1985-1986
1986
1986-1989
1989-1991
1991-1993		 Manchester United
Stoke City
Manchester City
Örgryte IS
Bury
Preston North End
Northwich Victoria
Total		 342 0(57)
133 0(14)
013 00(1)
700 00(0)
057 00(2)
020 00(0)
008 00(0)
565 0(74)   
National team
1972-1987 Northern Ireland 088 00(5)
Teams managed
1992-1993
1993-2000
2000-2003
2003-2004
2006-Present		 Northwich Victoria
Macclesfield Town
Northern Ireland
Stockport County
Morecambe

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Samuel Baxter "Sammy" McIlroy (b. 2 August 1954, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish former international footballer whose clubs included Manchester United. After playing, he managed several English football teams and the Northern Ireland national team.

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[edit] Playing career

From East Belfast, McIlroy played from 1971 to 1982 at Manchester United. He was the last youth player signed by Matt Busby, therefore making him the last of the Busby Babes. He scored in his first-team debut match in 1971 at the age of 17 in a 3-3 draw in the Manchester derby against Manchester City at Maine Road on the 6th of November, but was not able to win a regular first-team place until the 1974-75 season. In the late 1970s McIlroy moved from 'Reds' striker to midfielder.

In 1982, he was sold to Stoke City, where he played the next four seasons. McIlroy went on to play at Örgryte IS in Sweden in 1986, Manchester City in 1986-87, Bury from 1987 to 1990 and Preston North End in 1989/90.

As a player for the Northern Ireland national team McIlroy won 88 caps and scored 5 goals. He played in all of the country's matches during both the 1982 World Cup, where Northern Ireland defeated the host nation Spain and advanced to the second round, and the 1986 World Cup in which he captained the team.

[edit] Managerial career

McIlroy began his managerial career as player-coach under John McGrath at Preston North End in 1991. He then went on to manage non-league team Macclesfield Town for four seasons, culminating in their promotion to The Football League in 1997. He then managed Northern Ireland for nearly three years, but the team won only five times in 29 matches, with all of the wins occurring in McIlroy's first year. The side failed to score even a single goal in 13 qualifying matches for Euro 2004. Despite this, he remains one of the most popular managers in the country's history. Upon completion of the qualifying matches, McIlroy resigned to re-enter club management with Stockport County, whom he managed until November 2004.

In November 2005, he took over as caretaker manager of Conference side Morecambe, guiding them to victory in the 2007 play off final and promotion to the football league. In May 2006 this move to Morecambe was made permanent, replacing his friend, Jim Harvey, who was sacked the week before.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Northwich Victoria Flag of England 1992 1993
Macclesfield Town Flag of England 1993 2000
Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Ireland February 23, 2000 October 15, 2003 28 4 17 7 14.28
Stockport County Flag of England October 16, 2003 November 25, 2004 58 14 26 18 24.13
Morecambe Flag of England 1 May 2006 Present 94 45 25 24 47.87

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Preceded by
Martin Buchan		 Manchester United F.C. captain
1979–1982		 Succeeded by
Ray Wilkins
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Northern Ireland squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Jennings • 2 J. Nicholl • 3 Donaghy • 4 McCreery • 5 C. Nicholl • 6 J. O'Neill • 7 Brotherston • 8 M. O'Neill • 9 Armstrong • 10 McIlroy • 11 Hamilton • 12 McClelland • 13 Nelson • 14 Cassidy • 15 Finney • 16 Whiteside • 17 Platt • 18 Jameson • 19 Healy • 20 Cleary • 21 Campbell • 22 Dunlop • Coach: Bingham
 Flag of Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup
1 Jennings • 2 Nicholl • 3 Donaghy • 4 O'Neill • 5 McDonald • 6 McCreery • 7 Penney • 8 McIlroy • 9 Quinn • 10 Whiteside • 11 Stewart • 12 Platt • 13 Hughes • 14 Armstrong • 15 Worthington • 16 Ramsey • 17 Clarke • 18 McClelland • 19 Hamilton • 20 McNally • 21 Campbell • 22 Caughey • Coach: Bingham
 Flag of Northern Ireland
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Macclesfield Town F.C. – Managers

McIlroy (1997–2000) • Davenport (2000) • Prescott (2000–01) • Keen (2001) • Moss (2001–03) • Askey (2003–04) • Horton (2004–06) • Brightwell (2006) • Ince (2006–07) • Brightwell (2007–08) Alexander (2008–)
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Northern Ireland national football team – Managers

Doherty (1951–62) • Peacock (1962–67) • Bingham (1967–71) • Neill (1971–75) • Clements (1975–76) • Blanchflower (1976–79) • Bingham (1980–94) • Hamilton (1994–98) • McMenemy (1998–99) • McIlroy (2000–03) • Sanchez (2004–07) • Worthington (2007–)
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Stockport County F.C. – Managers

Stewart (1894–1911) • Lewis (1911–14) • Ashworth (1914–19) • Williams (1919–24) • Scotchbrook (1924–26) • Hyde (1926–31) • Wilson (1932–33) • Westgarth (1934–36) • Kelly (1936–38) • Hunt (1939–39) • Marshall (1939–49) • Beattie (1949–52) • Duckworth (1952–56) • Moir (1956–60) • Flewin (1960–63) • Porteous (1963–65) • Quigley (1965–66) • Meadows (1966–69) • Galbraith (1969–70) • Woods (1970–71) • Doyle (1972–74) • Meadows (1974–75) • Hopkinson (1975) • Chapman (1975–76) • Quigley (1976–77) • Thompson (1977–78) • Summerbee (1978–79) • McGuigan (1979–82) • Webster (1982–85) • Murphy (1985) • Chapman (1985–86) • Melia (1986) • Murphy (1986–87) • Hartford (1987–89) • Bergara (1989–95) • Jones (1995–97) • Megson (1997–99) • Kilner (1999–2001) • Madden (2001) • Palmer (2001–03) • Hollins (2003) • McIlroy (2003–04) • Lillis (2004) • Turner (2004–05) • Gannon (2006–)
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Morecambe F.C. – Managers

McIlroy (2006–)
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Morecambe F.C. – current squad

1 Drench • 2 Yates • 3 Howard • 4 Artell • 5 Bentley • 6 Stanley • 7 Twiss • 8 Hunter • 9 Curtis • 10 Baker • 15 McLachlan • 16 Drummond • 18 Lloyd • 21 Blinkhorn • 22 J. Davies • 23 McStay • 24 Langford • 25 Adams • 26 Jarvis • 28 Ball • 30 S. Davies • 33 McIlhargey • -- Carr • -- Wainwright • Manager: McIlroy |}