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Liam Beckett (born 17 July 1951, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland) is a football manager and ex-footballer. During his football career he played most notably for Coleraine and Crusaders.

He then embraced his managerial career with Ballymoney United F.C., where he completely transformed a team who were languishing at the foot of the Irish League Second Division to promotion to the First Division. His next mission assigned to him was saving Moyola Park F.C. from being relegated to the Second Division with just 8 games remaining; Liam achieved this on the final day of the season.^{[citation needed]}

Recognition of his success in management echoed to the heights of Irish Premier League side Cliftonville FC who appointed him as manager in June 2004. Again, he was dealt a team who were faltering near the bottom of the league and lacking in confidence, however, he rebuilt a very strong side that progressed to a mid-table position in his first year. He left in July 2005 after a fall-out with his goalkeeper Paul Straney citing lack of boardroom support, particularly on his attempts to sign Robert Robinson to contest the goalkeeping position. Finally, he moved on to Institute F.C. on 22 November 2005, after the resignation of Pascal Vaudequin, with the side sitting in 14th place in the 16-team Carnegie Irish Premier League table. The team finished the season in 15th place. In the 2006-07 season, Beckett led the Londonderry outfit to the First Division title and promotion back into the Premier League at the first attempt. In April 2007, he was rewarded with a new 2-year contract.^{[citation needed]}

Liam Boyce (born 8 April 1991) is a professional footballer from Northern Ireland who plays as a striker and rejoined former club Cliftonville on January 11, 2012, putting pen to paper on a two and a half year contract.

Boyce began his career at Cliftonville, scoring 19 goals in his debut season. He won the IFA Premiership Player of the Month Award for April 2010, and was named the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year for the 2009-10 season. Boyce is from the Lower Falls in Belfast. He played for Immaculata for most of his youth years, during this time he attended St Marys Grammar School, located on the Glen Road in Belfast, he spent all his secondary school years there and went on to study A Levels.

As his ability and skills in his football career developed he was spotted by Cliftonville, and they signed him. He spent his first year there playing in the reserves but in the 2009–10 season, Boyce became a first team regular, and made an instant impact.

Boyce went on trial with Scottish club Celtic in July 2010, and then held discussions in mid-August 2010 about a move to German club SpVgg Greuther Fürth. However, the move collapsed a few days later. Boyce eventually signed for another German club, Werder Bremen, on 31 August 2010. He was released by the German club in October 2011.