George McCartney

George McCartney
George McCartney
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Personal information
Full name George McCartney
Date of birth 29 April 1981 (1981-04-29) (age 30)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club West Ham United
(on loan from Sunderland)
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–2006 Sunderland 134 (0)
2006–2008 West Ham United 61 (1)
2008– Sunderland 41 (0)
2010–2011 → Leeds United (loan) 32 (0)
2011- → West Ham United (loan) 13 (0)
National team‡
2000–2001 Northern Ireland U21 5 (0)
2001–2010 Northern Ireland 34 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 July 2011 (UTC)

George McCartney (born 29 April 1981) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for West Ham United on loan from Sunderland. He began his youth career at Sunderland, moving to West Ham before returning to Sunderland at the start of Roy Keane's time at charge. He then fell out of favour in the first team under Steve Bruce, when he suffered a knee injury, and Kieran Richardson took his place. From 2001 until 2011 he also played international football for Northern Ireland.

Contents

Club career

Sunderland

McCartney joined Sunderland as a trainee in 1998[1] and made his debut against Luton in the Worthington Cup in 2000.[2] He was made team captain in 2003/04 after Jason McAteer suffered a long-term injury and in 2004/05 was voted Player of the Season by Sunderland fans during the successful Championship winning campaign.[2]

During the season his excellent performances earned him the title "Mr. Consistent" from manager Mick McCarthy. McCartney missed a large percentage of Sunderland's ill-fated 2005–06 season due to injury.[3] He showed glimpses of his potential once he had regained his fitness, but his return came far too late in the season for him to have any meaningful impact on the team's dreadful run of results. He made 157 appearances for Sunderland in all competitions.[1]

West Ham United

On 8 August 2006, McCartney moved to West Ham in a four year deal, in exchange for Clive Clarke and an additional £500,000.[4] He made his debut in the team's 2–1 defeat to Chesterfield in the League Cup on 24 October 2006.[5] After initially spending most of his time as substitute, regular left back Paul Konchesky joined Fulham and as a result McCartney eventually became a first team regular under Alan Curbishley and his strong forward runs and crosses played a crucial role in West Ham's eventual escape from relegation.[6]

He went on to make 25 appearances in all competitions for West Ham during the 2006/07 season.[1] McCartney scored his first goal for The Hammers, a strong back post header, in a friendly against Roma one week before the start of the 2007/08 season.[7] He scored his first Premier League goal for West Ham in the 1–1 home draw with Bolton Wanderers on 4 November 2007 with a magnificent volley.[8] At the end of the 2007/2008 season McCartney received the runner up Hammer of the Year Award, having played in all 38 Premiership games. McCartney's sale back to his former club Sunderland led to West Ham manager Alan Curbishley resigning after he claimed the player was sold against his wishes.[9]

Return to Sunderland

McCartney playing for Sunderland against Chelsea

McCartney rejoined former club Sunderland on 1 September 2008, signing a five-year contract for a fee reported to be between £6.5 and 7 million, although it was officially declared as undisclosed.[10] He was a regular under manager Roy Keane, but after Steve Bruce became manager McCartney picked up an ankle injury in March 2010 and lost his place in the team to Anton Ferdinand whilst out injured. McCartney wasn't given a squad number for the 2010-11 season after suffering a knee injury in 2010-11 pre-season on a tour of Portugal. However he was included in Sunderland's 25 man Premier League squad.[11] Kieran Richardson changed his squad number and was given the number 3 shirt for the 2010-11 season where he became Sunderland's first choice left back and McCartney got given the number 23 jersey.[citation needed]

Leeds United loan

In order to help him regain match fitness after suffering a knee injury in pre-season and losing his first-team place at Sunderland, he joined Leeds United on 23 September 2010, initially on a one month loan, a move which saw him link up with Northern Ireland assistant manager Glynn Snodin.[12][13][14] On 25 September, he made his Leeds debut in a 1-0 victory in the Yorkshire derby against Sheffield United.[15] In his second game, Leeds suffered a 6-4 defeat to Preston North End, and McCartney gave away a penalty in the match which was scored by Callum Davidson.[16] On 4 October Leeds announced that McCartney's loan had been extended by a further two days so he could play in the game against Cardiff City.[17]

On 30 October 2010 McCartney signed a one-month extension to his loan deal and made an appearance against Scunthorpe United on the same day.[18][19] His loan was extended for a third month on 1 December.[20] McCartney's loan expired on 30 December and he returned to Sunderland with Leeds attempting to extend the loan deal once the transfer window had re-opened in January 2011.[21][22] On 14 January 2011, McCartney re-signed for Leeds on loan until the end of the 2010-11 season.[23] After McCartney gave an interview where he stated that Leeds players were jaded hence the poor run of form late on in the season,[24] he was criticized by Leeds chairman Ken Bates who revealed his anger at McCartney and that he had been fined on several occasions for turning up late to training.[25] At the end of his loan he returned to his parent club Sunderland.[26]

Loan return to West Ham United

On 10 August 2011 McCartney returned for another spell at West Ham United for a season-long loan.[27]

International career

McCartney has four caps for the Northern Ireland U-21 team and has made 23 appearances, including two as substitute, for the senior team as at January 2011.[28] He made his debut for the senior team in September 2001 in their World Cup qualifying win against Iceland, scoring his only goal in his professional career until that for West Ham in 2007.[2] In 2005, he fell out with the then manager of the Northern Ireland senior team, Lawrie Sanchez and retired from international football.[29]

However, after Nigel Worthington took charge of the national team, McCartney stated his willingness to return and on 22 August 2007, he came out of international retirement and returned to international football in the 3–1 win against Liechtenstein.[30] Following regular run of games for Leeds, in November 2010 McCartney was recalled to the Northern Ireland Squad.[31] In February 2011 McCartney was called into the Northern Ireland squad to face Scotland,[32] but on 8 February 2011 he once again announced his retirement from international football.[33]

International goals

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

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 September 2001 Belfast, Northern Ireland  Iceland 3-0 3-0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Sunderland

Personal

Club Awards

  • West Ham Player of the Year Award – 2007–08: Player of the Year runner up
  • Sunderland A.F.C Player of the Year Awards 2004–05: Player Of The Year
  • McCartney was named in the 2004-05 Championship team of the year 2004–05 Football League Championship Team of the Year

References

  1. ^ a b c "Soccerbase: George McCartney". Racing Post.com. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=14786. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 
  2. ^ a b c "Squad list & Profiles: George McCartney". Sunderland A.F.C.. http://www.safc.com/page/ReserveSquadProfiles/0,,10281~2121723,00.html. Retrieved 2011-09-28. 
  3. ^ "Injured McCartney to have surgery". BBC Sport (BBC). 2005-09-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/4201050.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 
  4. ^ "West Ham sign defender McCartney". BBC Sport (BBC). 2006-08-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/5255232.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 
  5. ^ "McCartney rules out return for NI". BBC Sport (BBC). 2006-10-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6086780.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 
  6. ^ "Football News | Live Scores, Football Transfer News & Gossip". Sporting Life. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/cc_championship/westham/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/03/31/SOCCER_West_Ham.html&TEAMHD=westham&DIV=nat1&TEAM=WEST--HAM&RH=West--Ham&PREV_SEASON=2005&BID=. Retrieved 2011-09-28. 
  7. ^ Guardian series (2007-08-06). "McCartney heads Hammers to victory". Bishop's Stortford Citizen. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928120602/http://www.citizen-series.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1599003.mostviewed.mccartney_heads_hammers_to_victory.php. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
  8. ^ Sinnott, John (2007-11-04). "West Ham 1–1 Bolton". BBC Sport (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7065170.stm. Retrieved 2007-11-05. 
  9. ^ Press Association (2010-02-17). "West Ham settle Alan Curbishley's claim over unfair dismissal". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/feb/17/alan-curbishley-tribunal-west-ham. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  10. ^ "McCartney agrees Sunderland move". BBC Sport (BBC). 2008-09-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/7592110.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-01. 
  11. ^ "Premier League squads". BBC Sport (BBC). 2010-09-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8960853.stm. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  12. ^ "Sunderland's George McCartney in Leeds United loan". BBC Sport (BBC). 2010-09-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/9021324.stm. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  13. ^ "Premier League Defender Joins On Loan". LUFC Official Website. Leeds United. 2010-09-23. http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20100923/premier-league-defender-joins-on-loan_2247585_2162711. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  14. ^ "Northern Irish Connection Pays Dividends". LUFC Official Website. Leeds United. 2010-09-23. http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20100923/northern-irish-connection-pays-dividends_2247585_2163112. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  15. ^ "Johnson Seals United Win". LUFC Official Website. Leeds United. 2010-09-25. http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20100925/sheffield-united-live_2247585_2164449. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  16. ^ "United hit for six by Preston!". LUFC Official Website. Leeds United. 2010-09-28. http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20100928/united-hit-for-six-by-preston-_2247585_2168264. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
  17. ^ "Loans extended for duo". LUFC Official Website. Leeds United. 2010-10-04. http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20101004/loans-extended-for-duo_2247585_2174154. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
  18. ^ "McCartney loan extended". LUFC Official Website. Leeds United. 2010-10-30. http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20101030/mccartney-loan-extended_2247585_2200688. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
  19. ^ "Howson hat-trick seals away success". LUFC Official Website. Leeds United. 2010-10-30. http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20101030/scunthorpe-live_2247585_2200860. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
  20. ^ "McCartney extends Leeds stay". Sky Sports. 2010-12-01. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_6545729,00.html. Retrieved 2011-01-15. 
  21. ^ "Simon Grayson denies Max Gradel Leeds United exit talks". BBC Sport (BBC). 2010-12-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/9329063.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-15. 
  22. ^ "Transfer Speculation; Grayson wants McCartney back". Sky Sports. 2010-12-30. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_6623570,00.html. Retrieved 2011-01-15. 
  23. ^ "Macca is back to see season out". LUFC Official Website. Leeds United. 2011-01-14. http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110114/macca-is-back-to-see-season-out_2247585_2266372. Retrieved 2011-01-15. 
  24. ^ Published on Tue May 03 13:30:23 BST 2011. "Leeds United: Whites have been running on empty - McCartney INTERVIEW - Latest Whites News". Yorkshire Evening Post. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds_united_whites_have_been_running_on_empty_mccartney_interview_1_3342398. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  25. ^ "Ken Bates slams Leeds' on-loan defender George McCartney". The Independent (London). 2011-05-04. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/ken-bates-slams-leeds-onloan-defender-george-mccartney-2278827.html. 
  26. ^ "News | News | News | LOAN MEN SAY FAREWELL". Leeds United. http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110509/loan-men-say-farewell_2247585_2356329. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  27. ^ "George happy to be back". www.whufc.com. http://www.whufc.com/articles/20110810/george-happy-to-be-back_2236884_2416165. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 
  28. ^ "Squad Profile: George McCartney". BBC Sport (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/players/m/mccartney_39694.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 
  29. ^ "McCartney rules out return for NI". BBC Sport (BBC). 2006-10-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6086780.stm. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  30. ^ "Internationals | N Ireland 3-1 Liechtenstein". BBC Sport (BBC). 2007-08-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6959389.stm. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  31. ^ "NI striker David Healy omitted from N Ireland squad". BBC Sport (BBC). 2010-11-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9165866.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
  32. ^ "Leeds United: Snodgrass handed Scotland call-up- reaction". Yorkshire Evening Post online. Yorkshire Evening Post. 2011-02-01. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leedsunited/Leeds-United-Snodgrass-handed-Scotland.6708064.jp. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
  33. ^ "George McCartney quits NI duty ahead of Scotland clash". BBC Sport (BBC). 2011-02-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/9389516.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 

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Preceded by
Jason McAteer		 Sunderland captain
2003–2004		 Succeeded by
Gary Breen
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