Banbridge Town F.C.

Coordinates: 54°21′1.6″N 6°15′52.8″W / 54.350444°N 6.264667°W / 54.350444; -6.264667
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Full nameBanbridge Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Town
Founded1947
GroundCrystal Park
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDominic Downey
ManagerMark Kerr
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2022/23NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 11th

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[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Republic of Ireland IRL Niall Brady
GK Northern Ireland NIR Ross Mateer
DF Northern Ireland NIR Adam Campbell
DF Northern Ireland NIR Ben McKeown
DF Northern Ireland NIR Gavin Conn
DF Northern Ireland NIR Matthew Redina
DF Northern Ireland NIR Ryan Milligan
DF Northern Ireland NIR Tom Grimley
DF Northern Ireland NIR Conor Curran
DF Northern Ireland NIR Kevin Anderson
DF Northern Ireland NIR Ryan Gourley
No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Northern Ireland NIR Ben Purvis
DF Northern Ireland NIR Andrew Martin
DF Northern Ireland NIR Graeme Edgar
MF Northern Ireland NIR Logan Sands
MF Northern Ireland NIR Sean Óg Gallagher
FW Northern Ireland NIR Conor Downey (Vice-Captain)
FW Northern Ireland NIR Reece Doyle
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ebuka Kwelele
FW Northern Ireland NIR Michael McCavitt
FW Northern Ireland NIR Stephen McCavitt (Captain)

Honours[edit]

Senior honours[edit]

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

Intermediate honours[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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