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.

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.

### Playing career

Source:

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|rowspan="2"|Division|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|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|||||
|rowspan="5"|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|||||
|rowspan="4"|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|||||

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

### Managerial career

|rowspan=2 width=120|Team|rowspan=2 width=120|From|rowspan=2 width=120|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Oldham Athletic|align=left|1 January 1966|align=left|1 August 1968|||
|align=left|Bolton Wanderers|align=left|1 November 1970|align=left|19 November 1970|||

### International

Source:

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=14|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|||

### International goals

_Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first. _
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|6 October 1956|Belfast, Northern Ireland||1–1|1957 British Home Championship|
|2|1 May 1957|Belfast, Northern Ireland||3–0|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|3|6 November 1957|London, UK||3–2|1958 British Home Championship|
|4|15 January 1958|Belfast, Northern Ireland||2–1|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|5|15 October 1958|Madrid, Spain||2–6|Friendly match|
|6|5 November 1958|Glasgow, Scotland||2–2|1959 British Home Championship|
|7|22 April 1959|Wrexham, Wales||4–1|1959 British Home Championship|
|8|3 May 1961|Athens, Greece||1–2|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|9|10 May 1961|West Berlin, Germany||1–2|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|10|22 November 1961|London, UK||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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Jimmy McIlroy
- **fullname**: James McIlroy
- **birth place**: Lambeg, County Antrim, Lambeg, Northern Ireland
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward/Attacking Midfielder
- **years1**: 1949–1950
- **clubs1**: Glentoran F.C., Glentoran
- **caps1**: 18
- **goals1**: 8
- **years2**: 1950–1963
- **clubs2**: Burnley F.C., Burnley
- **caps2**: 439
- **goals2**: 116
- **years3**: 1963–1965
- **clubs3**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **caps3**: 98
- **goals3**: 16
- **years4**: 1965–1967
- **clubs4**: Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic
- **caps4**: 39
- **goals4**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 576
- **totalgoals**: 141
- **nationalyears1**: 1951–1965
- **nationalteam1**: Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland
- **nationalcaps1**: 55
- **nationalgoals1**: 10
- **manageryears1**: 1966–1968
- **managerclubs1**: Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic
- **manageryears2**: 1970
- **managerclubs2**: Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers