Noel Bailie

Noel Bailie was born in Belfast on 23 February 1971 and gave every one of his professional years to Linfield, where he won thirty-seven titles and made more than a thousand appearances. He joined from Hillsborough Boys' Club in 1986, debuted for the first team in 1989, and played until 2011 under four different managers. Linfield retired his number eleven shirt when he stopped playing, and he received an MBE in 2013 for services to football in Northern Ireland.