Banbridge Town F.C.
Association football club in Northern Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 name | Banbridge Town Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Town | ||
Founded | 1947 | ||
Ground | Crystal Park | ||
Capacity | 1,000 | ||
Chairman | Dominic Downey | ||
Manager | Mark Kerr | ||
League | NIFL Premier Intermediate League | ||
2023–24 | NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 8th of 14 | ||
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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]