Bangor Swifts F.C.

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Bangor Swifts
Full nameBangor Swifts Football Club
GroundSt Columbanus College, Bangor, County Down
League NAFL Division 1C

Bangor Swifts Football Club is a Northern Irish, intermediate football club playing in Division 1C of the Northern Amateur Football League. The club is based in Bangor. [1] The club plays in the Irish Cup. [2]

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