Banbridge Town F.C.

Full nameBanbridge Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Town
Founded1947
GroundCrystal Park
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDominic Downey
ManagerMark Kerr
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2023–24NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 8th of 14

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR Lewis Hunter
2 DF Northern Ireland NIR Adam Campbell
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR Conor Curran
4 DF Northern Ireland NIR Matthew Redina
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Andrew Martin
9 FW Northern Ireland NIR Cohen Henderson (On loan from Glenavon)
10 FW Northern Ireland NIR Stephen McCavitt (Captain)
11 FW Northern Ireland NIR Reece Doyle
12 DF Northern Ireland NIR Liam Vaughan
17 FW Northern Ireland NIR Andy Wilson
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Northern Ireland NIR Dan Smith
19 DF Northern Ireland NIR Adam Hamilton
20 MF Northern Ireland NIR Josh Dennison
21 FW Northern Ireland NIR Cormac McNally
22 FW Northern Ireland NIR Matthew Henning
23 DF Northern Ireland NIR Ben McKeown
82 FW Northern Ireland NIR Matt Taylor
96 GK Northern Ireland NIR Ben Purvis
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Ryan Gourley
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Declan Carville
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Kyle McCleery
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Logan Sands
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Sean Óg Gallagher
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Michael McCavitt

Honours

Senior honours

  • Mid-Ulster Cup: 5
    • 1948–49, 1949–50 (shared), 1958–59, 1973–74, 1979–80

Intermediate honours

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Tributes paid following sad passing of Banbridge Town FC manager Frankie Wilson". ArmaghI. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ "World Football:Banbridge Town". WorldFootball. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

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