Short Brothers F.C.

Short Brothers

Full name	Short Brothers Football Club
Nickname	Shorts
Founded	1937
Ground	Aircraft Park, Belfast
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Darren Orr
League	NAFL Division 1C
2021-22	NAFL Division 1C, 4th

Short Brothers Football Club, often referred to simply as Shorts is a Northern Irish intermediate football club playing in Division 1C of the Northern Amateur Football League. ^[1] It is was formed by Short Brothers aerospace manufacturing company in Belfast with the arrival of the company to the city in the 1930s, making them a works team. ^[2] The club - originally known as Aircraft Works - joined the Amateur League in 1937 and is the second-oldest member club with continual membership. ^[3]

Shorts F.C. compete in the Irish Cup. ^[4]

Honours

Intermediate honours

• Irish Intermediate Cup: 1
  • 1987–88
• Steel & Sons Cup: 1
  • 1979–80
• Northern Amateur Football League: 5
  • 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1989–90
• Clarence Cup: 1
  • 1939–40
• Border Cup: 7
  • 1939–40, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1981–82, 1983–84

External links

• nifootball.co.uk - (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)

Notes

1. "New-look Shorts impress manager McGivern". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 3 November 2023. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 8 December 2025.
2. "John Johnston's men make Shorts work of Ballywalter Rec to join early pacesetters". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 19 September 2022. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 8 December 2025.
3. H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League., p. 217
4. "Clearer Water Irish Cup R1 draw completed". IFA. Retrieved 8 December 2025.