Lurgan Town F.C.

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Lurgan Town
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Full nameLurgan Town Football Club
Founded1988 [1]
GroundLurgan Town Arena, Lurgan [2]
ChairmanNigel Johnston
ManagerLee Dickson
League Mid-Ulster Football League Intermediate B

Lurgan Town Football Club is a Northern Irish football club based in Lurgan, County Armagh. The club plays in the Mid-Ulster Football League. [3] Its ground is the Lurgan Town Arena.

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Lurgan Town have a successful youth team, producing local talent who have gone on to represent more well-known clubs in Northern Ireland.

History

The club was established in 1988. It won Division Two of the Lisburn League in 1996–97, and Division Two of the Mid Ulster League in 2003–04. [4]

The club is one of the biggest in Northern Ireland, fielding no fewer than 18 teams each week in various leagues, from academy level to the senior team.[ citation needed ]

Before the 2012–13 season, the club's name was Lurgan Town Boys.

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References

  1. MUFL Club guides Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine |
  2. MUFL Club guides Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine |
  3. "Lurgan Town". Mid-Ulster Football league. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. Club Honours [ permanent dead link ] Lurgan Town Boys FC