Derriaghy Cricket Club F.C.

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Derriaghy Cricket Club
Full nameDerriaghy Cricket Club Football Club
Nickname(s)The Tufties, The Waxies, The Seycon Aces
Founded1982
GroundSeycon Park, Dunmurry
ChairmanIain Webb
ManagerOwen Forsythe
League NAFL Premier Division
2023 - 2004 NAFL Premier Division, 8th

Derriaghy Cricket Club Football Club, often simply known as Derriaghy CC or Derriaghy Cricket Club, is a Northern Irish intermediate-level football club playing in the Premier Division of the Northern Amateur Football League. The club is based in Derriaghy, County Antrim, was formed in 1982 when the long-established Derriaghy Cricket Club decided to add a football section. [1] It joined the Lisburn League before entering the Amateur League in 1987. [2] Its home ground is Seycon Park in Derriaghy. The club also has a 2nd XI in Division 3B of the NAFL and a Youth Academy.

Contents

Current Squad:

Jonah Nicholl GK

Gareth Henderson RB

Joe Reid CB

Barry Moore CB

Curtis Brown LB

Timmy Brown LB/CM

Jake Moore RW

Marc Fell CM

Micheal Collim CM

Colin Crawford RW

Nick Beta CF

Jordan Shearer CF

Martin McAvoy CM

Neil Graham CF

Reef Lockyear CM/CF

Nicolas Napier CM

Curtis Black CF

Jordan Malone CB/CM


Honours

Intermediate honours

Notes

  1. H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 189
  2. H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 189


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