Loading AI tools
Association football club in Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harland & Wolff Welders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship.
Full name | Harland & Wolff Welders Football & Social Club | ||
---|---|---|---|
Nickname(s) | The Welders | ||
Founded | 1965 | ||
Ground | Blanchflower Park, Belfast | ||
Capacity | 1,100 | ||
Chairman | Thomas Flynn <nifootballleague.com> | ||
Manager | Paul Kee | ||
League | NIFL Championship | ||
2023–24 | NIFL Championship, 6th of 12 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
| |||
The club, founded in 1965, hails from Belfast and played its home matches at Tillysburn Park in the East of the city. In October 2021 the H&W Welders moved from Tillysburn park into a redevelopment of Blanchflower Park Stadium costing over £5m with 3G pitches and new stands.[1] A new stadium and facilities in the Danny Blanchflower Playing Fields was under construction by 2020, suitable for Premiership football.[2]
The club was formed by the welders of the nearby Harland & Wolff shipyard.[3] The club's colours are amber and black to display the link with Harland & Wolff shipyard and its cranes. Harland & Wolff Welders share a long running rivalry with fellow East Belfast Championship side Dundela. In April 2014 they formed a partnership with Harland Youth, a young club composed of six teams of all ages and they will now be called H&W Welders Youth. The club would also have quite a close relationship with Glentoran, with many former Glens players turning out for the club.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
|
|
† Won by Harland & Wolff Welders "A"
* Won by Harland & Wolff Welders U20
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.