Banbridge Town F.C.

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Full nameBanbridge Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Town
Founded1947
GroundCrystal Park
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDominic Downey
ManagerMark Kerr
League NIFL Premier Intermediate League
2022/23 NIFL 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.

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

Honours

Senior honours

Intermediate honours

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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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