Banbridge Town F.C.
Full name | Banbridge Town Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Town | ||
Founded | 1947 | ||
Ground | Crystal Park | ||
Capacity | 1,000 | ||
Chairman | Dominic Downey | ||
Manager | Mark Kerr | ||
League | NIFL Premier Intermediate League | ||
2023–24 | NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 8th of 14 | ||
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Banbridge Town Football Club is an intermediate football club from Northern Ireland playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1947, hails from Banbridge, County Down and plays its home matches at Crystal Park. Club colours are red and black. In 2014, the club merged with Banbridge A.F.C.[1] The 2016/17 season saw Banbridge Town's reserve team win the South Down Development League.
The club was managed by Frankie Wilson from 2021 until his death in 2022.[2]
The club has had many players go on to play in the top tier of football in Northern Ireland, including Paul Evans (Portadown), Roy Rea (Glentoran), Ryan Moffatt (Dungannon Swifts) and Barry Tumilty (Ballymena United).[3]
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
Senior honours
- Mid-Ulster Cup: 5
- 1948–49, 1949–50 (shared), 1958–59, 1973–74, 1979–80
Intermediate honours
- Irish League B Division: 1
- 1955–56
- Irish Intermediate Cup: 1
- 1985–86
- George Wilson Cup: 1
- 1976–77
- Louis Moore Cup: 2
- 1955–56, 1967–68
- Bob Radcliffe Cup: 3
- 1980–81, 2010–11, 2018–19
- Alan Wilson Memorial Cup: 1
- 1986–87
References
- ^ Banbridge Town AFC are in Mid Ulster Reserve Championship. Banbridge Town AFC Reserves are in Mid Ulster Reserve 3 http://www.BTFC.club/ Archived 2014-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Banbridge Leader
- ^ "Tributes paid following sad passing of Banbridge Town FC manager Frankie Wilson". ArmaghI. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "World Football:Banbridge Town". WorldFootball. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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