David McCreery 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, 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.

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  • David McCreery 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, 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. 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.
  • David "Dave" McCreery est un ancien footballeur nord-irlandais. Joueur extrêmement polyvalent mais évoluant le plus souvent au poste de milieu de terrain, McCreery a débuté à Manchester United avant de jouer successivement à Quens Park Rangers, Newcastle, Heart of Midlothian et Hartlepool United, club où il termina sa carrière et qu'il entraîna pendant une courte période. Parallèlement, il fut international nord-irlandais, disputant les coupes du monde 1982 et 1986.
  • David McCreery er en tidligere nord-irsk fotballspiller. Han begynte karrieren i Manchester United. Han debuterte på førstelaget 15. oktober 1974 i en ligakamp mot Portsmouth. I 1977 var han innbytter i FA-cupfinalen mot Liverpool. Han spilte til sammen 110 kamper og scora åtte mål i United før han gikk til Queens Park Rangers i 1979. I 1981 signerte han for den amerikanske klubben Tulsa Roughnecks hvor han spilte i sommersesongen i både 1981 og 1982. I 1982 ble han spiller for Newcastle United, hvor han rykka opp i 1983/84-sesongen. Han hadde senere korte opphold i Heart of Midlothian og Hartlepool United. Senere ble han manager i Carlisle United og Hartlepool. Hans største suksess i Carlisle var da klubben nådde playoff-semifinale i sesongen 1993/94, men Wycombe Wanderers ble for sterke. Han var også en sesong manager i Hartlepool. Han spilte 67 landskamper for Nord-Irland, og fikk også med seg fotball-VM 1982 og fotball-VM 1986 for landet sitt.
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  • David McCreery 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, 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.
  • David "Dave" McCreery est un ancien footballeur nord-irlandais. Joueur extrêmement polyvalent mais évoluant le plus souvent au poste de milieu de terrain, McCreery a débuté à Manchester United avant de jouer successivement à Quens Park Rangers, Newcastle, Heart of Midlothian et Hartlepool United, club où il termina sa carrière et qu'il entraîna pendant une courte période. Parallèlement, il fut international nord-irlandais, disputant les coupes du monde 1982 et 1986.
  • David McCreery er en tidligere nord-irsk fotballspiller. Han begynte karrieren i Manchester United. Han debuterte på førstelaget 15. oktober 1974 i en ligakamp mot Portsmouth. I 1977 var han innbytter i FA-cupfinalen mot Liverpool. Han spilte til sammen 110 kamper og scora åtte mål i United før han gikk til Queens Park Rangers i 1979. I 1981 signerte han for den amerikanske klubben Tulsa Roughnecks hvor han spilte i sommersesongen i både 1981 og 1982.
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  • David McCreery
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