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Players who played in the Australian National Soccer League?
By: Simon-613 Date: April 9, 2021, 10:17 am
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I saw recently that our goalkeeper Roddy McKenzie played for
Brisbane Lions in the Australian National Soccer League in 1978.
I wondered if anyone here might know whether we had any other
players who played in that league in the 1970s or subsequent
years? Google searches tend to bring back links to Irish GAA
players who tried their hand at Australian Rules Football!
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Re: Players who played in the Australian National Soccer League?
By: jcd Date: April 9, 2021, 12:18 pm
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Northern Ireland players playing for Australian clubs:
George Best (Brisbane Lions)
Bobby Campbell (Brisbane City)
Lee Feeney (Northern Spirit)
Aaron Hughes (Melbourne City)
Norman Kelly (Canberra Cosmos)
Bertie Lutton (Sydney City, South Melbourne)
Dermot McCaffrey (Rochedale Rovers)
Terry McFlynn (Sydney FC, Bonnyrigg White Eagles)
Roddy McKenzie (Brisbane Lions)
Tommy Morrow (Hakoah, Western Suburbs, Granville, Avala)
Jimmy O'Neill (Hakoah)
Rory Patterson (Cockburn City)
David Scullion (Richmond Eagles)
Jonny Steele (Newcastle Jets)
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Re: Players who played in the Australian National Soccer League?
By: exhausted Date: April 9, 2021, 12:28 pm
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Bobby Burns was there recently too wasnt he ? Although not a
full international
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Re: Players who played in the Australian National Soccer League?
By: jcd Date: April 9, 2021, 2:13 pm
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A-League stats by nationality can be found here
HTML http://aleaguestats.com/ALeagueStats_13NationalityStats.html
Would be great to find something for earlier leagues
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Re: Players who played in the Australian National Soccer League?
By: EalingGreen Date: April 9, 2021, 2:54 pm
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Not worth opening a separate thread, but John Hill played "just
out the road" (in and for NZ):
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hill_(New_Zealand_footballer)
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Re: Players who played in the Australian National Soccer League?
By: Simon-613 Date: April 9, 2021, 4:33 pm
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Thanks everyone. Knew some of the more recent players (Bobby
Burns, Hughes, McFlynn, and Steele) but quite a few that I
hadn't been aware of. Including George Best!
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Re: Players who played in the Australian National Soccer League?
By: jcd Date: June 24, 2021, 8:43 am
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[quote author=Simon-613 link=topic=337.msg4439#msg4439
date=1618004009]
Thanks everyone. Knew some of the more recent players (Bobby
Burns, Hughes, McFlynn, and Steele) but quite a few that I
hadn't been aware of. Including George Best!
[/quote]
Found this. Looks to be fairly comprehensive, but not really
that easy to search through.
HTML http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/home.html
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Re: Players who played in the Australian National Soccer League?
By: glenn_sydney_nisc Date: June 24, 2021, 3:53 pm
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Kevin braniff Melbourne knights
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Re: Players who played in the Australian National Soccer League?
By: jcd Date: June 24, 2021, 4:24 pm
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[quote author=glenn_sydney_nisc link=topic=337.msg5422#msg5422
date=1624567989]
Kevin braniff Melbourne knights
[/quote]
Port Melbourne Sharks apparently according to Wikipedia, who
play in the second teir Victoria NPL
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Re: Players who played in the Australian National Soccer League?
By: jcd Date: July 9, 2021, 5:18 am
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HTML https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2021/07/northern-ireland-players-in-oceania-and.html
I've created this article on NI Players in Australia, New
Zealand and Asia in general
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