A.F.C. Craigavon

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A.F.C. Craigavon
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Full nameAssociation Football Club Craigavon
Founded1978 [1] (merged with Silverwood United in 2016)
GroundLakeview Park [2]

Association Football Club Craigavon was an intermediate-level football club, which last played in the Intermediate A division of the Mid-Ulster Football League in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1978 following the amalgamation of two clubs, entered the Mid-Ulster League, and later the Mid-Ulster Intermediate League. [3] In 1991, the club joined the Northern Amateur Football League. [4] The club was based in Craigavon, County Armagh. In 2016, it merged with Silverwood United to form A.F.C. Silverwood. [5]

Notes

  1. MUFL Club guides Archived 4 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine |
  2. MUFL Club guides Archived 4 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine |
  3. H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 177
  4. H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 177
  5. "Mid-Ulster Football League". Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.


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