Michael Halliday (born 28 May 1979) is a

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from

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who plays in the

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for Knockbreda. Halliday is from East Belfast and started his career at

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(of whom he is a lifelong supporter), where he played for 11 years and won many trophies. Due to his loyalty the club, he was offered a testimonial in 2009. On 15 May 2010, Halliday signed a 3-year contract with North Belfast club Crusaders. He arrived on a free transfer after being released from Glentoran by new manager Scott Young at the end of the 2009/2010 season. He had the perfect start to this Crues career, scoring on his league debut against

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, and on 2 October 2010, Halliday scored the winning goal against his old side Glentoran to close the gap on the leaders. He also scored in the

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semi final against

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, to put the Crues into their second final in 3 years. Halliday and Crusaders team-mate Ryan McCann joined

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in the summer of 2012. In the summer of 2018 Halliday joined Bangor FC and has since become a club legend. He helped Bangor return to the Irish League, scoring 28 goals for the Seasiders in the 2018/19 season. He had a brief spell acting as caretaker manager alongside Michael Dougherty at Bangor in the Covid-hit Spring of 2020, but continued his playing career afterwards at the club. In October 2022, at the age of 43, Michael came off the bench to score both goals for Bangor in a 2-1 extra time win over Albert Foundry in the Intermediate Cup. Michael is the oldest player to have ever play for Bangor. Attended The Royal Belfast Academical Institution

Honours

Glentoran * Irish Premier League (3): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2008–09 *

(2): 2000–01, 2003–04 *

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(5): 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2009–10 *

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(4): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2007–08 * Gold Cup (1): 2000–01 Crusaders *

(1): 2011–12 *

Setanta Cup The Setanta Sports Cup was a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland. Inaugurated in 2005, it was a cross-border competition between clubs in the League of Ireland from the Republic of I ...

(1):

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Bangor * McReynolds Cup (1): 2018–19 * Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League (1): 2018–19 Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League2018–19

External links

Official Glentoran website

Halliday is key to Glens hopes

Halliday sees Glens through

Happy Halliday is Glens Cup hero

External links

Official Bangor Football Club website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Halliday, Michael Crusaders F.C. players Glentoran F.C. players Association footballers from Belfast 1979 births Living people Association football forwards Knockbreda F.C. players Association footballers from Northern Ireland