David McCreery

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David McCreery (b. 16 September 1957, Belfast, Northern Ireland) was a Northern Ireland football player. He played mostly in midfield but was very versatile, and during his career played in every position bar goalkeeper. McCreery made 67 appearances for the Northern Ireland national football team,^[1] and played in the World Cup finals of 1982 and 1986.

McCreery started his career with Manchester United, where he was the used substitute as they won the 1977 FA Cup. After scoring eight goals for the club, he transferred to Queens Park Rangers in 1979. In 1981, he joined Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League playing both the 1981 and 1982 summer seasons in the United States.^[1]

In 1982, he was transferred to Newcastle United where he gained promotions in 1983-84 season, before shorter spells at Heart of Midlothian and Hartlepool United.

He would later briefly manage Carlisle United and Hartlepool. His greatest success at these clubs came in 1993-94, when he guided Carlisle to a place in the Division Three playoffs, where they were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual winners Wycombe Wanderers. He then joined Hartlepool United but was unable to win promotion back to Division Two and resigned after just one season to help set up the new soccer league MLS in America and also became European Consultant for Boca Juniors of Argentina.

Now, owner of a welding consumables distribution company Weldmore Ltd and cutting tools distributor Tallentire Tooling Ltd both based in County Durham, running the business with local businessman Ian Harland, of Harland and Co.

[edit] References

^ "Northern Ireland's Most Capped Players". IFA. http://www.irishfa.com/international-matches/most-capped-players/. Retrieved on 2009-05-05.

[edit] External links

David McCreery at National-Football-Teams.com

v • d • e 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

v • d • e 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

Carlisle United F.C. – Managers

Kirkbride (1904–05^s) · McCumiskey (1905–06^s) · Houston (1906–08^s) · Stansfield (1908–10) · Houston (1910–12) · Graham (1912–13) · Bistow (1913–30) · Hampson (1930–33) · Clarke (1933–35) · Kelly (1935–36) · Westgarth (1936–38) · Taylor (1938–40) · Harkness (1940–45) · Clarke (1945–46^s) · Broadis (1946–49) · Shankly (1949–51) · Emery (1951–58) · Beattie (1958–60) · Powell (1960–63) · Ashman (1963–67) · T. Ward (1967–68) · Stokoe (1968–70) · MacFarlane (1970–72) · Ashhman (1972–75) · Young (1975–76) · Moncur (1976–80) · Harvey (1980) · Stokoe (1980–85) · Robson (1985) · Stokoe (1985–86) · Gregg (1986–87) · Middlemass (1987–91) · McCaffrey (1991–92) · McCreery (1992–93) · Wadsworth (1993–96^d) · Day (1996–97) · Knighton (1997–98) · Pearson (1998–99) · Mincher (1999) · Wilkinson (1999–2000) · Atkins (2000–2001) · Collins (2001–2002) · Barr (2002^c) · Collins (2002–03) · Simpson (2003–06) · McDonald (2006–07) · Abbott (2007^c) · J. Ward (2007–08) · Abbott (2008–)

Hartlepool United F.C. – Managers

Priest (1908–12) · Humphreys (1912–13) · Manners (1913–20) · Potter (1920–22) · Gordon (1922–24) · Manners (1924–27) · Norman (1927–31) · Carr (1932–35) · Hamilton (1935–40) · Westgarth (1943–57) · Middleton (1957–59) · Robinson (1959–62) · Chilton (1962–63) · Gurney (1963–64) · Williams (1964–65) · Twentyman (1965) · Clough (1965–67) · McLean (1967–70) · Simpson (1970–71) · Ashurst (1971–74) · Hale (1974–76) · Horner (1976–83) · Duncan (1983) · Docherty (1983) · Horner (1983–86) · Bird (1986–88) · Moncur (1988–89) · Knowles (1989–91) · Murray (1991–93) · Busby (1993) · MacPhail (1993–94) · McCreery (1994–95) · Houchen (1995–96) · Tait (1996–99) · Baker and Honour (1999) · Turner (1999–2002) · Newell (2002–03) · Cooper (2003–05) · Scott (2005–06) · Stephenson (2006) · Wilson (2006–08) · Turner (2008–)