FACTS AND FIGURES

First match: Coleraine 4 - 1 Cliftonville, 20/08/1927

First Trophy: Coleraine 3 - 0 Ballymena Utd (Solitude), 06/12/1931

Best League win: Coleraine 11 – 1 Portadown, 5/11/1932 – Pringle 5, Devan 5, Williamson [pen]

Worst League Loss: Linfield 8 – 0 Coleraine, 13/11/1987

Best Cup win: Coleraine 8 – 0 Omagh, 27/1/1983 – O'Kane 4, Mullan 2, Bell, McCoy

Worst Cup Loss: Coleraine 1 - 11 Belfast Celtic, 02/02/1941.

Most capped player: Des Dickson (1970 to 1973) and Felix Healy (all 1982) - 4 caps each.

Full International Caps: Tommy Priestley, Frank Montgomery, Terry McCavana, Fay Coyle, Terry McCavana, Fay Coyle, Bertie Peacock, Victor Hunter, Raymond Gaston, Tony O'Doherty, Des Dickson,
Terry Cochrane, Tommy Connell, Felix Healy, Ray McCoy

Felix Healy being the first, and last, Irish League player to ever play in a World Cup Finals match, 21/6/1982 v Honduras at Zaragoza.

Transfer Fee received: £ 250,000 - Terry Cochrane to Burnley

Transfer fee paid: £32,500 - Pat McAllister from Cliftonville

Record Home Attendance: 12,500 [est] - Coleraine 0 - 3 Tottenham Hotspur, 1982 Cup Winners' Cup

First Irish Cup Final: Coleraine 0 - 3 Linfield (Celtic Park), 10/04/1948

First Irish Cup Final Win: Coleraine 2 - 1 Glenavon (Windsor), 24/04/1965

First Irish League side to cross the ‘Iron Curtain’ to play in Europe (v Dynamo Kiev, September 1965)

Greatest European Achievement: Defeating Kilmarnock 3-2 at Easter Road to eliminate the Scottish First Division side in 1970 (European Fairs Cup)

Most Memorable match: Coleraine 5-5 Linfield – Coleraine were 4-1 down at one stage, 13/01/1968

Managers: John McCandless, Johnny Scraggs, Tommy Edwards, Frank Green, Ben Clarke,
Sammy Walker, Isaac McDowell, Arthur Milne, Willie Buchan, Peter McKennan,
Kevin Doherty, Bertie Peacock, Johnny McCurdy/Ivan Murray, Ivan Murray, Victor Hunter, Des Dickson, Tony Curley, Jim Platt, Iam McFaul, Colin O’Neill, Billy Sinclair, Felix Healy, Kenny Shiels, Marty Quinn, Davy Platt

Chairmen (since 1950): Jack Doherty, Hugh Wade, Willie Harte, Sammy Lyle, David Cameron, Hugh Wade

Key Players: 1927 – 1940 - Davy Pringle, Jock Williamson, Billy McCready, Willie Devan, Tommy Priestly
Key Players: 1945 – 1959 - Terry McCavana, Fay Coyle, Frank Montgomery, Jackie McIlreavy, Frank McIlreavy, Harry McCormick, Kevin Doherty, Harry Waterstone, Jobby Crossan, Clancy McDermott
Key Players: 1960s - Bertie Peacock, Victor Hunter, Ivan Murray, Tony Curley, Johnny McCurdy, Alan Campbell, Shaun Dunlop, Tony O’Doherty, Ray Gaston, Brian Jennings
Key Players: 1970s - Terry Cochrane, Dessie Dickson, Tommy Jackson, Vincent Magee, Michael Guy, Tony Hutton
Key Players: 1980s - Felix Healy, Michael O’Neill, Ricky Wade, Ray McCoy, Roy McCreadie, Ronnie McDowell
Key Players: 1990s - Pat McAllister, Derek Cook, Paul Gaston, Davy O’Hare, Tony Gorman, Eamon Doherty
Key Players: 2000s - Jody Tolan, Gareth McAuley, Rory Hamill, Stephen Carson, Kyle McVey, Tommy McCallion, Darren Boyce

European Opponents: HERE

 

RECORD APPEARANCES

Player
Starts
Used Sub
Unused
APPS + USED SUB
GOALS
McCURDY, JOHNNY
648
1
3
649
43
DICKSON, DES
605
4
1
609
439
GASTON, PAUL
547
49
24
596
77
MURRAY, IVAN
581
3
0
584
117
HUNTER, VICTOR
471
0
0
471
0
CAMPBELL, ALAN
455
0
0
455
9
McCORMICK, HARRY
429
0
0
429
105
JENNINGS, BRIAN
409
4
4
413
106
CLANACHAN, STEWART
381
29
25
410
8
DUNLOP, SHAUN
404
5
6
409
89
CURLEY, TONY
394
15
2
409
131
O'HARE, DAVY
403
0
0
403
1
WADE, RICKY
376
0
0
376
120
JACKSON, DAVY
367
1
1
368
17
McNUTT, EUGENE
355
11
10
366
2
McDOWELL, RONNIE
362
0
0
362
18
MAGEE, VINCENT
359
0
0
359
1
PEACOCK, BERTIE
351
1
0
352
31
MONTGOMERY, FRANK
348
0
0
348
5
COYLE, FAY
348
0
0
348
241
TABB, MARTY
347
0
0
347
27
HUTTON, TONY
325
3
11
328
4

RECORD GOALSCORERS

Player
Games
Goals
Strike Rate
DICKSON, DES
609
439
1.39
COYLE, FAY
348
241
1.44
CURLEY, TONY
409
131
3.12
McCOY, RAY
305
122
2.50
WADE, RICKY
376
120
3.13
MURRAY, IVAN
584
117
4.99
HEALY, FELIX
290
107
2.71
JENNINGS, BRIAN
413
106
3.90
McCORMICK, HARRY
429
105
4.09
DUNLOP, SHAUN
409
89
4.60
IRWIN, DEREK
228
86
2.65
DOHERTY, KEVIN
334
84
3.98
TOLAN, JODY
132
84
1.57
GASTON, PAUL
596
77
7.74
BARR, HUBERT
99
63
1.57
GASTON, RAYMOND
127
63
2.02
ARMSTRONG, SEAN
176
62
2.84
HARKIN, TERRY
79
54
1.46
McDOWELL, ISAAC
73
54
1.35
NESBITT, JIM
153
52
2.94