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| Full name | Coagh United Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1970 | |
| Ground | Hagan Park | |
| Capacity | 1,000 (150 seated) | |
| Chairman | Brian Dallas | |
| Manager | Mervyn Pattison | |
| League | NIFL Premier Intermediate League | |
| 2023–24 | NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 7th of 14 | |
Coagh United Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1970, hails from Coagh, near Cookstown, County Tyrone. They play their home games at Hagan Park.
Coagh United clinched the third-tier championship of Northern Irish football, which is now known as the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, in the 2003-04 season. They were crowned champions of the third-tier for a second time in the 2011-12 season after an intense title race with Dundela and Knockbreda F.C..
In 2016 the club was relegated from the Northern Ireland Football League. The club would make their return for the 2023/24 season following a play-off win against Mid-Ulster Football League champions Oxford Sunnyside. A last minute goal would spark jubilant celebrations amongst players and supporters. [1]
The club is noted for being the first club of Leeds United and Northern Ireland player Stuart Dallas, he played for the club between 2007 and 2010, when he left to join Premiership side Crusaders.
In the 2022-23 season, Coagh United emerged as the champions of the Ballymena & Provincial Football League. This entered them into a play-off for promotion to the Premier Intermediate with Oxford Sunnyside and Rathfriland Rangers, who had won the Mid-Ulster League and NAFL Premier Division respectively. In the end, Rathfriland and Coagh earned promotion to the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. Upon their return to the third tier of Northern Irish football, Coagh would end the season in 7th place in what was a difficult season.
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