Cookstown Youth F.C.

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Cookstown Youth
Full nameCookstown Youth Football Club
Founded1991
League Ballymena & Provincial Football League

Cookstown Youth Football Club is an intermediate-level football club from Cookstown, County Tyrone, in Northern Ireland, playing in the Intermediate Division of the Ballymena & Provincial League. The club was formed in 1991, being one of the only football clubs in the area. [1] It has a number of under-age teams and a senior team. The club plays in the Irish Cup. [2]

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