Glenn Ferguson
Personal information
Full name	Glenn Ferguson
Date of birth	July 10, 1969 (1969-07-10) (age 40)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Lisburn Distillery
Number	9
Youth career
	Dungoyne Boys Fisher Body
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987-1990 1990-1998 1998-2009 2009-	Ards Glenavon Linfield Lisburn Distillery	82 (23) 363 (227) 519 (285) 13 (6)
National team2
1999-2001 1997-1998 1991-2000	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland B Irish League XI	5 (0) 2 (0) 4 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 15 December 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Glenn 'Spike' Ferguson (born 10 July 1969) is a Northern Irish footballer for IFA Premiership club Lisburn Distillery.

Ferguson has scored over 500 goals in Irish football, and also been capped by Northern Ireland.

He previously had spells with Ards and Glenavon before joining Linfield in January 1998 for an Irish League record transfer fee of £55,000. He was released by Linfield in May 2009, after which and signed for Distillery.^[1]

Contents 1 Records 2 International career 3 Club honours 4 Personal Awards & Achievements 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Records

On 1 December 2006, he scored his 226th goal for Linfield, which took his career total to 476, making him the third highest scorer in the history of the local game, behind only Jimmy Jones and Joe Bambrick.

On the 2nd February 2008, during the CIS Cup Final, Ferguson came off the bench with 20 minutes remaining with Linfield trailing 2-1 to Crusaders. He scored twice in the last five minutes to turn around the match. Linfield won 3-2. These were his 500th and 501st goals in Irish Football, and his 250th and 251st for Linfield.

On 9 February 2008 he became the all-time top goalscorer in the Irish Cup with two strikes against Bangor^[2].

Ferguson scored his 277th goal in his 500th game for Linfield in a 4-1 win over Coleraine on 13 December 2008^[3].

Ferguson suffered a suspected career threating injury during Linfield's 3-0 victory over fierce rivals Glentoran but 48 hours later he was given the good news that his injury isn't a bad as first thought [1]

[edit] International career

Having been previously capped for Northern Ireland B, Ferguson was first called into the Full Northern Ireland squad late in 1998. He made his debut against Canada on April 7, 1999 but did not play again until 2001. In all won five caps but was barred from further appearances after his arrest for allegedly assaulting a bouncer in a Prague nightclub after a World Cup Qualifier against the Czech Republic ^[4].

Ferguson has also represented the Irish League four times, scoring twice.

[edit] Club honours

In his twenty-one year career Ferguson has won 29 winner's medals^[5].

(with Glenavon)

• Irish Cup Winner (1) 1996-97
• Gold Cup Winner (2) 1990-91, 1997-98
• Floodlit Cup Winner (1) 1996-97
• Co. Antrim Shield Winner (2) 1990-91, 1995-96
• Mid Ulster Cup Winner (1) 1990-91
• Charity Shield Winner (1) 1992 (shared)

(with Linfield)

• Irish Premier League Champion (6) 1999-00, 2000-01, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08
• Irish Cup Winner (4) 2001-02, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08
• League Cup Winner (4) 1998-99, 1999-00, 2005-06, 2007-08
• Co. Antrim Shield Winner (5) 1997-98, 2000-01, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06
• Charity Shield Winner (1) 2000
• Setanta Cup Winner (1) 2005

[edit] Personal Awards & Achievements

• Irish League Topscorer^[6] (2) 1994-95 (27 goals), 2003-04 (25 goals)
• Ulster Footballer of the Year^[7] (3) 2001, 2004, 2006
• Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year^[8] (3) 2001, 2004, 2006
• Northern Ireland PFA Player of the Year^[9] (1) 1994

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• NIFG