Wakehurst F.C.

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Wakehurst
Full nameWakehurst Football Club
Nickname(s)The 'Hurst
Founded1969
Ground Ballymena Showgrounds
ManagerAaron Cowan
League Ballymena & Provincial Football League
2018–19 Ballymena & Provincial Football League, 11th

Wakehurst Football Club are a Northern Irish, intermediate football club who currently play in the Ballymena & Provincial Football League. The club, founded in 1969, hails from Ballymena, although home matches are played at Moyola Park's ground at Mill Meadow. Wakehurst formerly played at the second pitch at the Ballymena Showgrounds, home of Ballymena United, but for 2009–10 this pitch was deemed not to meet the criteria for the Championship, and home games were played at the ground of Tobermore United in Tobermore, County Londonderry, for that season; Wakehurst moved to Castledawson for 2010–11. [1] [2] It is the club's intention eventually to return to Ballymena. [3] In 2016, the club was relegated from the Northern Ireland Football League and spent a season in the Ballymena & Provincial Football League before announcing their withdrawal from the competition.

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Club colours are black, and white (home) and blue (away).

The club is currently managed by Aaron Cowan.

The club returned to the Ballymena & Provincial League for the 2016–17 season and were joined by fellow Championship 2 drop outs, Glebe Rangers and Coagh United. At the end of the season they announced their withdrawal from football although indicated that it would be a one-year hiatus rather than permanent. [4]

The club played at junior level in the Ballymena & District League and Northern Amateur League until stepping up to intermediate football in 2003. [5] [6]

Players

Current First Team Squad

As of

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.NationPlayer
GK Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Greg Shannon
GK Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Andy Findlay
GK Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Dean Adams
DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Kyle Crawford
DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Kurtis McCartney
DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Peter McClure
DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Andrew Millar
DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Corey Price
DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Anthony Shaw
DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Niall Swann
No.Pos.NationPlayer
DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Conor Ross
MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Ryan Bamber
MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Andrew Laughlin
MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Nicky Black
MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR David McLaughlin
MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Steven Mellon
MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR David Johnston
MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Aaran Weir

Honours

Junior honours

References

  1. Ballymena Times, Wakehurst forced to play outside Ballymena next season, 15-05-2009
  2. Homeless Wakehurst need to find a speedy resolution, The Park, p.13, Belfast Telegraph, 30 August 2010
  3. Wakehurst FC appeal for Council help to end three-year ‘exile’ from Ballymena
  4. Official Statement
  5. H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 219
  6. "Waking up to Wakehurst", NI Football, Issue 13 (2009), p. 24