Banbridge Town F.C.

Banbridge Town Football Club is an intermediate football club from Northern Ireland playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1947, hails from Banbridge, County Down and plays its home matches at Crystal Park. Club colours are red and black. In 2014, the club merged with Banbridge A.F.C.[1] The 2016/17 season saw Banbridge Town's reserve team win the South Down Development League.

Full nameBanbridge Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Town
Founded1947
GroundCrystal Park
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDominic Downey
ManagerMark Kerr
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2023–24NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 8th of 14

The club was managed by Frankie Wilson from 2021 until his death in 2022.[2]

The club has had many players go on to play in the top tier of football in Northern Ireland, including Paul Evans (Portadown), Roy Rea (Glentoran), Ryan Moffatt (Dungannon Swifts) and Barry Tumilty (Ballymena United).[3]

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  IRL Niall Brady
— GK  NIR Ross Mateer
— DF  NIR Adam Campbell
— DF  NIR Ben McKeown
— DF  NIR Gavin Conn
— DF  NIR Matthew Redina
— DF  NIR Ryan Milligan
— DF  NIR Tom Grimley
— DF  NIR Conor Curran
— DF  NIR Kevin Anderson
— MF  NIR Ryan Gourley
— MF  NIR Declan Carville
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  NIR Lewis Hunter
— MF  NIR Kyle McCleery
— GK  NIR Ben Purvis
— DF  NIR Andrew Martin
— DF  NIR Graeme Edgar
— MF  NIR Logan Sands
— MF  NIR Sean Óg Gallagher
— FW  NIR Conor Downey (Vice-Captain)
— FW  NIR Reece Doyle
— FW  IRL Ebuka Kwelele
— FW  NIR Michael McCavitt
— FW  NIR Stephen McCavitt (Captain)

Honours

Senior honours
  • Mid-Ulster Cup: 5
    • 1948–49, 1949–50 (shared), 1958–59, 1973–74, 1979–80

Intermediate honours

References
  1. Banbridge Town AFC are in Mid Ulster Reserve Championship. Banbridge Town AFC Reserves are in Mid Ulster Reserve 3 http://www.BTFC.club/ Archived 2014-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Banbridge Leader
  2. "Tributes paid following sad passing of Banbridge Town FC manager Frankie Wilson". ArmaghI. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. "World Football:Banbridge Town". WorldFootball. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

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