‘I’d no problem being called a mercenary at Linfield’: the first ‘£1k a week’ Irish League star slams chaos of big wages

Garry Haylock after Linfield’s 1995 Irish Cup triumph

Garry Haylock, who was labelled the first player in Northern Ireland to earn £1k a week in the 1990s, has warned clubs that big wages can destabilise dressing rooms.

And the former Linfield and Portadown striker has argued why an all-Ireland League is needed to move the game to an elite level.