Harland & Wolff Welders F.C.

Harland & Wolff Welders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship.

Harland & Wolff Welders Football & Social Club

Full name	Harland & Wolff Welders Football & Social Club
Nickname(s)	The Welders
Founded	1965
Ground	Blanchflower Park, Belfast
Capacity	1,100
Chairman	Thomas Flynn[citation needed]
Manager	Paul Kee
League	NIFL Championship
2024–25	NIFL Championship, 3rd of 12
Website	www.weldersfc.co.uk
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

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.

Current squad

As of 2024, the squad included:^{[citation needed]}

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 1 GK  NIR Jack Mills 2 MF  NIR Lewis Patterson 3 DF  NIR James McCarthy 4 MF  NIR Dylan O'Kane 5 DF  IRL Sean O'Kane 6 MF  IRL Daniel Kearns 8 MF  NIR Craig Harris (Captain) 9 FW  NIR Brian Healy 12 MF  NIR Adam McAleenan 14 DF  IRL Jamie Robinson 17 MF  NIR Noah Mitchell

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  NIR Jamie Glover 19 MF  NIR Cain Stewart 22 DF  NIR Ewan McCoubrey 24 MF  NIR Ronan Wilson 25 DF  NIR Bradley Hillis 28 FW  NIR Daylen Farren TBA FW  NIR Ethan Devine TBA GK  NIR Conor Mitchell TBA MF  NIR Liam Mullan TBA FW  NIR Jaydyn Withers TBA FW  NIR Jackson Reid

Honours

Intermediate honours

• Irish Intermediate Cup: 2
  • 2002–03, 2006–07
• B Division Knock-out Cup: 3
  • 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02
• Steel & Sons Cup: 2
  • 2010–11, 2015–16
• IFA Championship 2 (level 3): 1
  • 2009–10
• IFA Championship 2 League Cup: 1
  • 2009–10
• IFA Interim Intermediate League: 1
  • 2008–09
• IFA Interim Intermediate League Cup: 1
  • 2008–09
• George Wilson Cup: 1
  • 2017–18*
• Northern Amateur Football League: 1
  • 1978–79
• Clarence Cup: 1
  • 1968–69†

† Won by Harland & Wolff Welders "A"
* Won by Harland & Wolff Welders U20

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