Banbridge Town F.C.
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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.<ref>Banbridge Town AFC are in Mid Ulster Reserve Championship. Banbridge Town AFC Reserves are in Mid Ulster Reserve 3 http://www.BTFC.club/ Template:Webarchive Banbridge Leader</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Current squad
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Honours
Senior honours
- Mid-Ulster Cup: 5
- 1948–49, 1949–50 (shared), 1958–59, 1973–74, 1979–80
Intermediate honours
- Irish League B Division: 1
- 1955–56
- Irish Intermediate Cup: 1
- 1985–86
- George Wilson Cup: 1
- 1976–77
- Louis Moore Cup: 2
- 1955–56, 1967–68
- Bob Radcliffe Cup: 3
- 1980–81, 2010–11, 2018–19
- Alan Wilson Memorial Cup: 1
- 1986–87
References
External links
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- Association football clubs established in 1947
- Association football clubs in Northern Ireland
- Association football clubs in County Down
- 1947 establishments in Northern Ireland
- NIFL Premier Intermediate League clubs
- Sport in Banbridge