Lisburn Distillery F.C.

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Lisburn Distillery
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Full nameLisburn Distillery Football Club
Nickname(s)The Whites
Founded1880;144 years ago (1880) (as Distillery)
Ground New Grosvenor Stadium
Capacity1,500 (790 seated)
ChairmanNigel Coates
ManagerBarry Johnston
2022/23 NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 7th
Website Club website
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Lisburn Distillery Football Club is a Northern Irish intermediate football club who are based in Ballyskeagh, County Down. A founder member of the Irish League, they currently play in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League. The club was simply known as Distillery Football Club from 1880 to 1999.

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History

The club, founded in 1880, originated in west Belfast, where it was based at Grosvenor Park at Distillery Street off the Grosvenor Road until 1971. After sharing Skegoneill Avenue (Brantwood) and Seaview (Crusaders) for some years, the club moved in 1980 to a permanent new home at New Grosvenor Stadium, Ballyskeagh, County Antrim, on the southern outskirts of Belfast.

The club was known simply as Distillery from its foundation until 1999, when it changed its official name to 'Lisburn Distillery' to associate itself more closely with its adopted borough (now city) of Lisburn. However, the club is still colloquially referred to as "Distillery". The club colour is white. A founder member of the Irish League in 1890, the club was relegated from the Premiership in May 2013.

European record

Overview

CompetitionMatchesWDLGFGA
European Cup 201138
UEFA Europa League 2002111
European Cup Winners' Cup 200217
UEFA Intertoto Cup 400438
TOTAL10019834

Matches

SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAway Aggregate
1963–64 European Cup PR Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica 3–30–53–8
1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona 1–30–41–7
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Flag of Lithuania.svg Žalgiris Vilnius 0–10–10–2
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Flag of Finland.svg TPS Turku 2–31–33–6
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1QR Flag of Georgia.svg Zestaponi 1–50–61–11

Current squad

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Ethan Carry
— DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Francis Brennan
— MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Justin Grattan(On loan from H&W Welders Reserves)
— DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Dean Lewis
— DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Dylan Whiteway
— DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Jonathan Angus
— DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR TJ Magill
— GK Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Rhys Clougherty
— DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Adam McCart
— DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Bradley Lyttle
— MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Pearse McVarnock
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Breandan O'Neill
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Cieran Clougherty
— MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Gerard Storey (On loan from Cliftonville)
— MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Mark McKee
— FW Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Jack Berry(On loan from Cliftonville)
— FW Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Joe Tully
— GK Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Joe McConnellogue
— DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Carter Savage
— MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Jonathan Newell
— MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Josh Lynch

Managerial history

Lisburn Distillery playing in August 2009. Drumbo Park - Pavilion - geograph-1445555.jpg
Lisburn Distillery playing in August 2009.

Honours

Senior honours

Intermediate honours

† Won by Distillery Rovers (reserve team)

‡ Won by Distillery II (reserve team)

ƒ Won by Distillery West End (reserve team)

Junior honours

‡ Won by Distillery II (reserve team)

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