Jimmy McIlroy

James McIlroy MBE (25 October 1931 – 20 August 2018) was a Northern Irish footballer. He was born in Lambeg, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He made his international debut in 1951.

Jimmy McIlroy

Personal information
Full name	James McIlroy
Date of birth	(1931-10-25)25 October 1931
Place of birth	Lambeg, Northern Ireland
Date of death	20 August 2018(2018-08-20) (aged 86)
Position(s)	Forward/Attacking Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1950	Glentoran	18	(8)
1950–1963	Burnley	439	(116)
1963–1965	Stoke City	98	(16)
1965–1967	Oldham Athletic	39	(1)
Total		576	(141)
National team
1951–1965	Northern Ireland	55	(10)
Teams managed
1966–1968	Oldham Athletic
1970	Bolton Wanderers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

McIlroy played for Glentoran, Burnley, Stoke City and Oldham Athletic. He was thought of as one of the Burnley Football Club's greatest players. He played 497 matches and scoring 131 goals. He managed Oldham Athletic and Bolton Wanderers.

McIlroy died on 20 August 2018 at the age of 86.

Career statistics

Playing career

Source:

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burnley	1950–51	First Division	30	5	1	0	–		0	0	31	5
	1951–52	First Division	28	4	0	0	–		0	0	28	4
	1952–53	First Division	38	11	3	1	–		0	0	41	12
	1953–54	First Division	40	17	3	1	–		0	0	43	18
	1954–55	First Division	40	3	1	0	–		0	0	41	3
	1955–56	First Division	24	4	5	1	–		0	0	29	5
	1956–57	First Division	40	13	5	3	–		0	0	45	16
	1957–58	First Division	36	16	3	3	–		0	0	39	19
	1958–59	First Division	40	6	5	1	–		0	0	45	7
	1959–60	First Division	32	6	6	1	–		0	0	38	7
	1960–61	First Division	33	10	7	1	3	1	5	1	48	13
	1961–62	First Division	36	15	8	1	0	0	0	0	44	16
	1962–63	First Division	22	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	25	6
	Total		439	116	50	13	3	1	5	1	497	131
Stoke City	1962–63	Second Division	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	6
	1963–64	First Division	32	9	4	3	7	0	0	0	43	12
	1964–65	First Division	31	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	36	1
	1965–66	First Division	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	19	0
	Total		98	16	7	3	11	0	0	0	116	19
Oldham Athletic	1965–66	Third Division	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	1966–67	Third Division	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	27	1
	1967–68	Third Division	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		39	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	42	1
Career Total			576	133	58	16	16	1	5	1	655	151

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

Managerial career

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Oldham Athletic	1 January 1966	1 August 1968	122	46	26	50	037.70
Bolton Wanderers	1 November 1970	19 November 1970	2	0	0	2	000.00
Total			124	46	26	52	037.10

International

Source:

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Northern Ireland	1951	2	0
	1952	3	0
	1953	3	0
	1954	3	0
	1955	3	0
	1956	3	1
	1957	7	2
	1958	10	3
	1959	3	1
	1960	3	0
	1961	6	3
	1962	5	0
	1963	1	0
	1964	3	0
Total		55	10

International goals

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first.

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

Honours

Burnley

• First Division champions: 1959–60
• FA Cup runner-up: 1962

Stoke City

• Second Division champions: 1962–63