Sammy McIlroy

Samuel " Sammy" McIlroy Baxter ( born August 2, 1954 in Belfast ) is a former Northern Irish football player. With the Northern Ireland national team, he participated in the 1982 and 1986 at the FIFA World Cup finals.

Playing career

Manchester United (1971-1982)

Sammy McIlroy made ​​his debut for Manchester United in the Football League First Division 1971/72, scoring four goals in his debut season in 16 league games. His breakthrough as a regular player succeeded him as the golden generation to Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and George Best in 1973 and 1974 respectively left the club. However, the break within the team resulted in the 1973/74 season to relegation to the second division. The first second-division season since 1938 led to winning the championship in the Second Division and the direct re-emergence. McIlroy came in all 42 league games for use and scoring seven goals. The return to the Football League First Division 1975/76 succeeded the climber to Sammy McIlroy (41 Spiele/10 goals) awarded third place in the table. Besides the good league placing ManU reached the finals of the FA Cup 1975/76, lost the final game, however, against Southampton FC 0:1. Even better acted, the team coached by Tommy Docherty in the FA Cup 1976/77. After goals from Stuart Pearson and Jimmy Green Hoff with a goal from Jimmy Case United won 2-1 against Liverpool. After two less successful years, United succeeded in First Division 1979/80, winning the runner-up behind Liverpool. Previously, McIlroy had reached with his team for the third time the final of the FA Cup 1978/79, but the second title in this prestigious competition missed ( 2:3 against Arsenal ). Sammy McIlroy had scored in the 88th minute of the 2-2 before Alan Sunderland later scored the winning goal for Arsenal one minute.

Stoke City (1982-1985)

After losing his master course at United, the 27- year-old Sammy McIlroy moved in February 1982 to Premier League rivals Stoke City. In the 1982/83 season McIlroy reached (41 games / 8 goals) with Stoke on the 13th place in the standings. After another season in the lower third of the table, he rose with City 1984/85 as severed Table in the second division from.

Further stations (1985-1993)

Sammy McIlroy then moved up the age of 31 in August 1985 to Manchester City. With the climber, he secured in the 1985/86 season in the league. There were other stations in Örgryte IS, Bury FC, VfB Mödling, Preston North End and Northwich Victoria, before ending his playing career ended in 1993.

Northern Ireland national team (1972-1986)

Sammy McIlroy played on 16 February 1972 at the age of 17, his first cap for Northern Ireland ( 1-1 against Spain). For the 1982 World Cup in Spain, he was appointed to the Northern Ireland squad. McIlroy played in all three group games and went through 1-0 in the third game against hosts Spain in the second round. After a draw against Austria ( 2:2 ) and a defeat against France (1:4 ) retired Northern Ireland out of the tournament. Four years later he was again in the Northern Ireland squad for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Sammy McIlroy once again denied all three group matches, but failed this time after defeats against Spain and Brazil in the preliminary round. On 15 October 1986 he played at 0:3 against England his 88th and last international match.

Coaching career

Sammy McIlroy started his work as a trainer in 1992 as player-coach at unterklassigen club Northwich Victoria. From 1993 to 2000 he coached Macclesfield Town, with which he became fourth in the league in 1997 and a year later in the third league. Between 23 February 2000 to 15 October 2003, he was responsible for the Northern Ireland national team. However, in qualifying for the 2002 World Cup, it was only the fifth of six teams. After Northern Ireland even took fifth and last place in qualifying for the 2004 World Series, Sammy McIlroy finished his career at Northern Irish association. After a further station at third division Stockport County he coached from 2005 to 2011 the Morecambe FC. In 2007, he led the club in the Football League Two.

Achievements

  • FA Cup Winners: 1977 ( 2-1 against Liverpool )
  • FA Cup finalist: 1976 (0:1 against FC Southampton ) and 1979 (2-3 against Arsenal )
Manchester United F.C. Preston North End F.C. Northwich Victoria F.C. Macclesfield Town F.C. Morecambe F.C. 1971–72 in English football 1973–74 in English football Football League Second Division 1975–76 in English football Southampton F.C. 1979–80 in English football 1982–83 in English football 1984–85 in English football 1985–86 in English football Bertie Peacock Billy Bingham Lawrie Sanchez Nigel Worthington
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