Harland & Wolff Welders F.C.

Harland & Wolff Welders Football & Social Club

Full name	Harland & Wolff Welders Football & Social Club
Nickname(s)	The Welders
Founded	1965
Ground	Blanchflower Park, Belfast
Capacity	1,100
Chairman	Thomas Flynn[ citation needed ]
Manager	Paul Kee
League	NIFL Championship
2023–24	NIFL Championship, 6th of 12
Website	www.weldersfc.co.uk
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Harland & Wolff Welders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship.

History

The club, founded in 1965, hails from Belfast and played its home matches at Tillysburn Park in the East of the city. In October 2021 the H&W Welders moved from Tillysburn park into a redevelopment of Blanchflower Park Stadium costing over £5m with 3G pitches and new stands. ^[1] A new stadium and facilities in the Danny Blanchflower Playing Fields was under construction by 2020, suitable for Premiership football. ^[2]

The club was formed by the welders of the nearby Harland & Wolff shipyard. ^[3] The club's colours are amber and black to display the link with Harland & Wolff shipyard and its cranes. Harland & Wolff Welders share a long running rivalry with fellow East Belfast Championship side Dundela. In April 2014 they formed a partnership with Harland Youth, a young club composed of six teams of all ages and they will now be called H&W Welders Youth. The club would also have quite a close relationship with Glentoran, with many former Glens players turning out for the club.

Current squad

As of 2024, the squad included:^{[ citation needed ]}

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NIR Jack Mills 2 MF   NIR Lewis Patterson 3 DF   NIR James McCarthy 4 MF   NIR Dylan O'Kane 5 DF   NIR Darragh McCloskey 6 MF   NIR Oran O'Kane 7 FW   NIR Brandon Doyle 8 MF   NIR Craig Harris(Captain) 9 FW   NIR David Parkhouse 10 FW   NIR Joshua Kee 11 FW   NIR Tiarnan O'Connor 12 MF   NIR Adam McAleenan

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF   IRL Jamie Robinson 16 DF   IRL Sean O'Kane 17 MF   NIR Noah Mitchell 18 DF   NIR Jamie Glover 19 MF   NIR Cain Stewart 21 MF   NIR Kyle McGuigan 22 DF   NIR Ewan McCoubrey 23 DF   NIR Lewis Mearns 24 MF   NIR Ronan Wilson 25 DF   NIR Bradley Hillis 26 GK   NIR Dylan Agnew 28 FW   NIR Daylen Farren

Honours

Intermediate honours

• Irish Intermediate Cup: 2
  • 2002–03, 2006–07
• B Division Knock-out Cup: 3
  • 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02
• Steel & Sons Cup: 2
  • 2010–11, 2015–16
• IFA Championship 2 (level 3): 1
  • 2009–10
• IFA Championship 2 League Cup: 1
  • 2009–10
• IFA Interim Intermediate League: 1
  • 2008–09
• IFA Interim Intermediate League Cup: 1
  • 2008–09
• George Wilson Cup: 1
  • 2017–18*
• Northern Amateur Football League: 1
  • 1978–79
• Clarence Cup: 1
  • 1968–69†

† Won by Harland & Wolff Welders "A"
* Won by Harland & Wolff Welders U20

54°36′59.2″N5°51′50.1″W / 54.616444°N 5.863917°W / 54.616444; -5.863917

References

1. "Tillysburn Park, home to Harland & Wolff Welders - Football Ground Map". www.footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
2. Fullerton, Gareth (14 February 2020). "Harland and Wolff Welders new stadium project building momentum". BelfastLive. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
3. "weldersfc". weldersfc. Retrieved 6 May 2019.