Bangor Celtic F.C.

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Bangor Celtic F.C.
Full nameBangor Celtic Football Club
Nickname(s)Bangor
The Celts [1]
Founded1987
Ground The Transport Club
ChairmanGerry Carney
CoachJohn Scott [2]
League Leinster Senior League Senior Division
2012–13 3rd

Bangor Celtic Football Club are an Irish association football club based in Crumlin, Dublin. [2] They play in the Leinster Senior League Senior Division. [3] [1]

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History

Bangor Celtic were founded in 1987 as a breakaway club from Cashel Villa. [4] They were originally located at the playing field of Good Shepherd School in Rathfarnham. [4] They first entered the FAI Cup in the 1998–99 season, playing their first game in the competition on 10 January 1999. [4] [5] The following season they won their first FAI Cup match, beating Ballymun United away from home. [6]

By the 21st century, the club were playing their Leinster Senior League games at the Iveagh Grounds in Drimnagh. [7] [8] [9] They won their first Leinster Senior League Senior Division league title in 2005 and their second in 2009. [10] [11] [12] In 2006, they qualified for the FAI Cup, making it to the second round. [13] They also reached the 2006–07 final of the FAI Intermediate Cup but lost to Avondale United. [14] In 2019, Bangor Celtic merged with Greenhills/Greenpark F.C. and left the Iveagh Grounds to move to Greenhills Park in Greenhills. [3]

In 2022, Bangor again qualified for the FAI Cup. [15] [2]

Bangor Celtic have been used as a feeder club to League of Ireland Premier Division side Bohemians. [16]

Merger

In July 2019, Bangor Celtic merged with nearby Dublin 12 club Greenhills/Greenpark F.C. The newly merged club was renamed Bangor Greenhills/Greenpark F.C. (Bangor GG F.C. for short), provided with a new club crest, and continued to play in the Leinster Senior League. [3] [17]

The new club decided not to remain at Bangor Celtic's previous base in the Iveagh Grounds and instead moved to Greenhills/Greenpark's ground, Greenhills Park, to demonstrate their commitment to the merger. [3] Greenhills/Greenpark F.C. had itself been the result of a merger, having amalgamated in 2010. The Greenhills/Greenpark youth section of the club, established in 1967 and known as Greenhills Boys A.F.C., was kept separate from the merger. [18] [19] [20]

The merger followed a trend of smaller Dublin football clubs merging to concentrate talent and expand their potential sponsorship pool, in order to better challenge larger junior clubs like Crumlin United and Cherry Orchard. Bangor Celtic's previous sponsors remained on board after the merger. [21]

In 2022, the club returned to its former name of Bangor Celtic F.C. and restored its previous club crest to reflect the change. [22] [23] Greenhills/Greenpark F.C. did likewise. [24]

Grounds

As of June 2025, the club play their Sunday games at the Transport Club, home of fellow Leinster Senior League team Transport F.C., [25] and host their Saturday matches in Beechfield Park, Walkinstown. [26] [27] [28] [23] They have also played at Pearse Park in Crumlin for FAI Cup games. [29] [30]

As of July 2015, the club still use the Good Shepherd School pitch in Rathfarnham for friendlies. [31]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Leaders Bangor happy to crack confident United". Irish Independent. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bangor boss and Rovers fan John Scott to stride sidelines alongside Stephen Bradley after 'big draw' for LSL club". Irish Independent. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Moore, Hayden (11 July 2019). "Bangor and Greenhills/ Greenpark join forces". Echo.ie. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "The Outsiders". Irish Times. 9 January 1999. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ireland Cup 1998/99". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Ireland Cup 1999/2000". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Bangor Celtic". Extratime.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Crumlin can return to summit with Merrion scalp". Irish Independent. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Tolka topple SKBs to set up joust with Shels". Irish Independent. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  10. 1 2 "List of Leinster Senior League Champions". Rsssf.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Leinster Senior Football League | Senior Division 2000-2010". Eirball.ie - Gridiron Football in Ireland Statistics Archive. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "'Bell and Bangor collide in FAI Intermediate Cup". Irish Independent. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Ireland 2006". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Avondale Celtic retain FAI Intermediate Cup". RTÉ . 13 May 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  15. ↑ Ferris, Macdara (29 July 2022). "Shamrock Rovers ease past Bangor Celtic into FAI Cup second round". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  16. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Aidan (28 January 2020). "Bohs fan favourite Grant keen to be part of 'golden generation'". Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  17. ↑ McMahon, James (28 July 2022). "FAI Cup preview: Hoops host non-league Bangor GG".
  18. ↑ "Club Joint Statement – Greenhills Boys FC". 9 September 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "Celebrating Greenhills Boys AFC: 57 Years of Community, History, and Football Excellence". Striker Online. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  20. ↑ Ludzik, David (12 December 2005). "Rockmount out after disputed goal". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  21. ↑ Donnelly, Dave. "Bangor and Greenhills join forces for new super club - Dublin Gazette Newspapers". Dublin Gazette. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  22. ↑ "Bangor Celtic FC added a new photo. - Bangor Celtic FC". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  23. 1 2 Stapleton, Jonny (19 August 2022). "Leinster Senior League: Top-Flight 2022/23 Season Preview". Dublin Gazette Newspapers - Dublin News, Sport and Lifestyle. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  24. ↑ "Greenhills/Greenpark F.C. - Joined March 2022". Twitter. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  25. ↑ Ferris, Macdara (1 April 2020). "A walk back in time to Transport's FAI Cup win". extratime.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  26. ↑ "Bangor Celtic v Tolka Rovers – Soccer". www.finalwhistle.ie. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  27. ↑ "Bangor Celtic - Senior Sunday - Comortais Competition Management". lsl.ie. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  28. ↑ "Bangor Celtic - Major Saturday - Comortais Competition Management". lsl.ie. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  29. ↑ "FAI Cup Second Round". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  30. ↑ "Cobh - It's Cup Week". Facebook. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  31. ↑ "Malachians FC come down south!". www.bangorceltic.yourclub.ie. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
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