Full nameBanbridge Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Town
Founded1947
GroundCrystal Park
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDominic Downey
ManagerMark Kerr
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2022/23NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 11th

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

Honours

Senior honours

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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