Lindsay McKeown was a Northern Irish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played in the Irish League for twelve seasons with Linfield throughout the 1980s. He won youth caps for Northern Ireland and four caps for the Irish League representative team. He was a member of the Linfield team that won six League titles in a row from 1981-82 until 1986-87. In total he won eight Irish League championships, two

Irish Cup The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. Ina ...

s, four Gold Cups, one Ulster Cup, one

Irish League Cup The Northern Ireland Football League Cup (BetMcLean League Cup for sponsorship purposes), also known colloquially as the Irish League Cup, is a national football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland open to all member clubs of the Nort ...

, three

County Antrim Shield The County Antrim & District Football Association Senior Shield (more commonly known as the County Antrim Shield) is a football competition in Northern Ireland. The competition is open to senior teams who are members of the North East Ulster Foo ...

s and one Tyler All-Ireland Cup. He was the

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twice (in 1979–80 and 1989–90) and

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in 1979-80.M. Brodie (ed.), ''Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009–2010'', p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications

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Irish League Footballing Greats
NIFL Premiership players Ulster Footballers of the Year Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Players of the Year Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Linfield F.C. players Living people 1957 births Irish League representative players Men's association football midfielders Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland English Football League players {{NorthernIreland-footy-bio-stub