Douglas and District F.C.

Douglas and District

Full name	Douglas and District Football Club
Nickname(s)	D&D
Founded	1996, as Barclays F.C.
Ground	Groves Road Douglas, Isle of Man
Chairman	Enzo Ciappelli
Manager	Simon Barber
League	Isle of Man Football League Division Two
2024–25	Division Two, 11th of 11
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Douglas and District F.C. are a football club from Douglas on the Isle of Man. They compete in the Isle of Man Football League. They play their home games at Groves Road in Douglas.

History

The club evolved from Barclays (IOM) FC who were formed in 1996. As the number of players affiliated with the bank decreased, the club changed its name to Douglas & District FC in 2002. The club have only ever competed in Division Two. In 2005, Dave Quirk was elected as the club's first Life Member.

The club have a reserve team who compete in the Isle of Man Football Combination. Douglas and District also joined the Isle of Man Football Association Veterans League in 2011, and started junior boys teams in 2012, junior girls teams in 2016 and a walking football team in 2020.

Douglas and District Football Club won the 2007–08, 2014–15 and 2015–16 Fred Faragher Memorial Trophy for the fewest disciplinary points gained by players over the season. Started in 1969, presented by Castletown MFC in memory of Fred Faragher, originally for referee marks for sportsmanship.

Douglas and District were awarded the FA Community Awards Charter Standard Development Club of the Year for 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17 and 2021–22.

Each year since 1997, the club has embarked on a tour. The places visited have been as follows:

• 1997 – Dublin
• 1998 – Dublin
• 1999 – Nottingham
• 2000 – Dublin
• 2001 – Blackpool
• 2002 – Dublin
• 2003 – Newcastle upon Tyne
• 2004 – Edinburgh
• 2005 – Blackpool
• 2006 – Cologne, Germany
• 2007 – Brussels, Belgium
• 2008 – Leeds
• 2009 – Las Vegas, United States
• 2010 – Manchester
• 2011 – Chester
• 2012 – Leeds
• 2013 – Nottingham
• 2014 – New York City (official)
  Newcastle upon Tyne (unofficial)
• 2015 – Cardiff
• 2016 – Leeds
• 2017 – Chester
• 2018 – Newcastle upon Tyne
• 2019 – York
• 2020 – Isle of Man*
• 2022 – Sheffield
• 2023 – Benidorm
• 2024 – Liverpool
• 2025 – Kraków, Poland

^* Due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Historical kits

Home and away kits (if known)
[1] 1996-98 En-Fin [2] [ circular reference ]	1998-2002 Ciappelli's Restaurant [3]	2002-05 Glenn Cooper Car Sales Limited [4]	2005-07 A C Electrical [5]	[6] 2007-10 Greenlight Television [7]	2010-13 [8] 2009-11 SMP Partners [9]	2013-15 La Piazza Ristorante & Pizzeria [10] Harry's Café [11]   2011-15 La Piazza Ristorante & Pizzeria [12]	[13] 2015-18 Specsavers [14]
[15] 2018-21 CoinCorner [16]	[17] 2021-24 The Dolly Tub Launderette [18]	[19] 2024-27 The Dolly Tub Launderette [20]

Ground

Noble's Park pitch

Douglas and District play their home games at Noble's Park in Douglas, using changing rooms 1 (home) and 2 (away), to the far left of the pavilion. Parking spaces are available at the rear of the pavilion and Grandstand, and are accessible from St. Ninian's Road.

Originally, the club played at Groves Road, just across from Springfield Road, Pulrose. They moved from there at the end of the 2009–10 season. This was due to the demolition of the NSC changing room block. From 14 August to 16 October 2010, Union Mills Football Club kindly allowed the club to play their home games at their Garey Mooar pitch in Braddan.

They played over half of their home matches at Groves Road for the 2020–21 season. They played their home matches at the Bowl for the 2021–22 season. They will be playing home matches at Groves Road for the 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons.

Statistics

Douglas and District (in yellow) in an Isle of Man FA Cup match against Douglas High School Old Boys F.C. during the 2008–09 season

• Highest League Position: 7th, 2021-22 & 2022–23
• Most League Wins: 10, 2002–03
• Best League Win Percentage: 40.91%, 2021–22
• Least League Defeats: 12, 2021–22
• Best League Defeat Percentage: 53.85%, 2002–03
• Most League Goals Scored: 69, 2002–03
• Best Goals Scored Per League Game Average: 2.65, 2002–03
• Least League Goals Conceded: 82, 1999–2000
• Best Goals Conceded Per League Game Average: 3.15, 1999–2000
• Most League Points: 32, 2002–03
• Best Points Per Game Average: 1.27, 2021–22

Seasons

Woods Cup team from debut season in 1997

Douglas and District in 2002, the first since the name change

Douglas and District in 2011

Season	League									FA Cup	Woods Cup	Hospital Cup	Junior Cup	Top goalscorer(s)
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos					Name	Goals
1996–97	Div 2	28	0	2	26	18	172	2	15th	R1	PR	PR	NA	Graham Palmer	6
1997–98	Div 2	26	3	1	22	31	130	10	13th	PR	QF	R1	PR	Richard Mulhern	6
1998–99	Div 2	26	2	1	23	34	134	7	13th	PR	PR	PR	PR	Richard Mulhern	16
1999–00	Div 2	26	8	3	15	65	82	27	10th	R1	QF	PR	PR	Richard Mulhern	27
2000–01	Div 2	26	5	2	19	54	109	17	12th	PR	QF	R1	PR	Mathew Bartlett	15
2001–02	Div 2	24	4	3	17	28	94	15	12th	PR	PR	PR	PR	Mathew Bartlett	8
2002–03	Div 2	26	10	2	14	69	94	32	9th	R1	PR	PR	PR	Mathew Bartlett
2003–04	Div 2	26	6	5	15	63	89	23	11th	R1	QF	PR	QF	Richard Mulhern
2004–05	Div 2	26	4	3	19	43	84	15	12th	R1	PR	R1	PR	Mathew Bartlett	22
2005–06	Div 2	26	6	1	19	44	92	19	11th	PR	PR	R1	R1	Lawrence Looney
2006–07	Div 2	26	2	3	21	41	135	9	13th	R1	PR	PR	R1
2007–08	Div 2	26	7	3	16	64	106	24	10th	PR	PR	PR	PR	James McIlhagga	16
2008–09	Div 2	26	7	1	18	51	117	22	10th	PR	QF	PR	PR	Richard Brant	14
2009–10#	Div 2	24	5	2	17	38	90	17	12th	PR	PR	PR	PR	Richard Brant Vincenzo Marsella	5
2010–11	Div 2	24	6	1	17	46	87	19	10th	PR	QF	PR	PR	Daniel Stewart-Clague	17
2011–12	Div 2	24	6	2	16	42	86	20	11th	PR	PR	R1	PR	Konrad Kumor	10
2012–13	Div 2	24	8	1	15	44	70	25	10th	QF	PR	QF	PR	Craig Cowin	12
2013–14	Div 2	24	7	1	16	38	73	22	11th	PR	QF	R1	PR	Daniel Stewart-Clague	12
2014–15	Div 2	24	2	3	19	30	96	9	12th	PR	QF	R1	R1	Daniel Stewart-Clague	8
2015–16	Div 2	24	3	5	16	47	97	14	12th	PR	SF	PR	R1	Daniel Stewart-Clague	16
2016–17	Div 2	24	6	2	16	53	85	20	10th	QF	QF	PR	R1	Daniel Stewart-Clague	20
2017–18	Div 2	24	7	2	15	43	85	23	9th	PR	SF	R1	PR	Daniel Stewart-Clague	28
2018–19	Div 2	24	7	0	17	57	97	21	10th	PR	PR	PR	QF	Daniel Stewart-Clague	19
2019–20CV	Div 2	17	1	5	11	24	60	8	10th	PR	QF	NA	NA	Daniel Stewart-Clague	7
2020–21	Div 2	24	8	1	15	56	90	25	9th	PR	NA	NA	PR	Daniel Stewart-Clague	17
2021–22	Div 2	22	9	1	12	47	87	28	7th	PR	SF	R1	R1	Daniel Stewart-Clague	13
2022–23	Div 2	20	5	3	12	36	61	18	7th	R1	PR	PR	PR	Daniel Stewart-Clague	7
2023–24	Div 2	22	4	4	14	43	80	16	9th	PR	QF	R1	PR	Richard Radcliffe Adrian Skrabucha	7
2024–25	Div 2	20	0	3	17	26	99	3	11th	R1	PR	PR	R1	Dan Robson	6

Key

• P = Played
• W = Games won
• D = Games drawn
• L = Games lost
• F = Goals for
• A = Goals against
• Pts = Points
• Pos = Final position
• Div 2 = Isle of Man Football League Division Two
• PR = Preliminary Round
• R1 = Round 1
• QF = Quarter Finals
• SF = Semi Finals
• ^ = Only 13 teams not 14 entered Division Two for 2001/2002.
• # = Jurby disbanded prior to the 2009/2010 season, leaving 13 teams in Division Two.
• CV = The season was abandoned, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

1. "Home Kit 1996-98".
2. "Away Kit 1996-98".
3. "Home Kit 1998-2002".
4. "Home Kit 2002-05".
5. "Home Kit 2005-07".
6. "Home Kit 2007-10".
7. "Away Kit 2007-09".
8. "Home Kit 2010-13".
9. "Away Kit 2009-11".
10. "Home Kit 2013-15 (First Team)".
11. "Home Kit 2013-15 (Combination Team)".
12. "Away Kit 2011-15".
13. "Home Kit 2015-18".
14. "Away Kit 2015-18".
15. "Home Kit 2018-21".
16. "Away Kit 2018-21".
17. "Home Kit 2021-24".
18. "Away Kit 2021-24".
19. "Home Kit 2024-27".
20. "Away Kit 2024-27".