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It's
an exclusive club to join - there are only 29 paid up members!
However
on the 27th November 2004, the Lisburn Whites erected a plaque in
the clubhouse to honour and record all those who had netted 50 goals
or more for Distillery.
The
event took place in the shop/memorabilia area and fittingly, the
plaque was unveiled by Mrs Joy Collins, daughter of the all time
Distillery goalscorer, Sam 'Bull' McAdams.
After
the match, there was a presentation to those players who had been
able to attend the event and the Lisburn Whites were delighted to
welcome Mr Christopher Dunville to event.
Mr
Dunville, a direct descendant of the famous Belfast, Dunville family,
had travelled from Canada and presented each of the players with
a silver salver to mark the occasion.
There
were familiar faces past and present and it was great to also welcome
post-war record holder Joe Meldrum back to the club, his first visit
since he moved to England many years ago.
Details
of the exclusive club members are in the table below
Back
row (l-r) Darren Armour, Peter Watson, Jim McCloskey, Joe Meldrum,
Gerry McCaffrey, Tom Cleland, Ferris Lunn
Front
row - Philip Dykes,Francis Smith, Bertie McMinn, Christopher Dunville,
Joy Collins, Roy Welsh, Johny Cochrane, Dawson Simpson
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Goals
|
Player
|
Period
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Goals
|
Player
|
Period
|
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229
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Sam
McAdam
|
1928/29-1932/33
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64
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Billy
Keenan
|
1959/60-1961/62
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179
(+62 friendly)
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Olphie
Stanfield
|
1886/87-900/01*
|
64
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Johnny
Cochrane
|
1963/64-1966/67
|
|
172
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Joe
Meldrum
|
1959/60-1964/65
|
62
(+ 41 friendly)
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Bob
Stewart
|
1886/87-1890/91
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|
153
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Ken
Hamilton
|
1955/56
- 1964/65
|
62
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Francis
Smith
|
1981/82
- 1985/86*
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|
117
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Darren
Armour
|
1997/98
- date*
|
61
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Peter
Watson
|
1969/70
- 1972/73
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|
105
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Bertie
McMinn
|
1974/75-1990/91*
|
61
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Jim
McCloskey
|
1996/97
- 2002/3
|
|
102
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Johnny
Dalrymple
|
1920/21-1929/30
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59
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Bob
Thompson
|
1929/30-1933/34
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99
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Gerry
McCaffrey
|
1961/62-1975/76*
|
59
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Sammy
Dodds
|
1947/48
- 1954/55
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92
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Eddie
Lonsdale
|
1938/39-1952/53
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58
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Bobby
Brennan
|
1943/44
- 1947/48
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86
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Jack
Conner
|
1914/15-1918/19
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57
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Billy
Blair
|
1922/23-
1928/29
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81
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Tom
Cleland
|
1984/85-1995/96*
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55
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Maurice
Tadman
|
1955/56
-1956/57
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|
81
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Roy
Welsh
|
1959/60-1974/75*
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54
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Patsy
McIlvenny
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1916/17
- 1923/24*
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78
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Ferris
Lunn
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1955/56
- 1960/61
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53
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Alfie
Kearns
|
1899/00
- 1908/09*
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75
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Philip
Dykes
|
1992/93-1997/98
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52
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Billy
Bradford
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1936/37
- 1942/43*
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73
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Tommy
Walker
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1941/42
-1947/48
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Note
1 - friendlies have been included due to the low number of competitive
games at that time
Note
2- * - those players asterisked did not play continuously for the
club during the dates stated
Statistics
from Dawson Simpson's book - 'The
Whites - the history of Distillery Football Club 1880-2004'
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