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Banbridge Town F.C.

Full nameBanbridge Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Town
Founded1947
GroundCrystal Park
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDominic Downey
ManagerRobbie Rock
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2024–25NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 11th of 14

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.

The club was managed by Frankie Wilson from 2021 until his death in 2022.[2] The club is currently managed by former Longford Town u20s manager Robbie Rock, following the resignation of David McCullough, owing to financial issues at the club.

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), Stephen Teggart (Glenavon & Portadown) and Barry Tumilty (Ballymena United).[3]

Current squad

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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. Nation Player
2 DF Northern Ireland NIR Adam Campbell
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR Conor Curran
11 FW Northern Ireland NIR Reece Doyle
12 DF Northern Ireland NIR Liam Vaughan
17 FW Northern Ireland NIR Andy Wilson
18 DF Northern Ireland NIR Dan Smith
19 DF Northern Ireland NIR Adam Hamilton
20 MF Northern Ireland NIR Josh Dennison
23 DF Northern Ireland NIR Ben McKeown
82 FW Northern Ireland NIR Matt Taylor
No. Pos. Nation Player
96 GK Northern Ireland NIR Ben Purvis
— FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ebuka Kewelele
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Ryan Gourley
— GK Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Atano
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Logan Sands
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Sean McCaul
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Sean Óg Gallagher
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Alex Dillon
— MF Brazil BRA Bruno Valente

Honours

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Senior honours

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

Intermediate honours

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References

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  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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