Banbridge Town Football Club is an intermediate football club from Northern Ireland playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

Full nameBanbridge Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Town
Founded1947
GroundCrystal Park
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDominic Downey
ManagerDavid McCullough
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2024–25NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 11th of 14

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

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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
2 DF   NIR Adam Campbell
3 DF   NIR Conor Curran
11 FW   NIR Reece Doyle
12 DF   NIR Liam Vaughan
17 FW   NIR Andy Wilson
18 DF   NIR Dan Smith
19 DF   NIR Adam Hamilton
20 MF   NIR Josh Dennison
23 DF   NIR Ben McKeown
82 FW   NIR Matt Taylor
No. Pos. Nation Player
96 GK   NIR Ben Purvis
FW   IRL Ebuka Kewelele
MF   NIR Ryan Gourley
MF   NIR Kyle McCleery
MF   NIR Logan Sands
MF   NIR Sean McCaul
MF   NIR Sean Óg Gallagher
FW   NIR Michael McCavitt
FW   NIR Alex Dillon

Honours

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Senior honours

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  • Mid-Ulster Cup: 5
    • 1948–49, 1949–50 (shared), 1958–59, 1973–74, 1979–80

Intermediate honours

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References

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  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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