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
2023–24 NIFL 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.

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

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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