Ballyclare Comrades is a Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1919, hails from Ballyclare, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Dixon Park, which it shares with Ards. Club colours are red and white. The current manager is Gordon Chambers, who replaced long serving manager Jamesy Kirk, in November 2008.
From 1990 until 2003, the club enjoyed senior status, but reverted to intermediate status when the Irish Premier League was established and the number of senior clubs was reduced from 20 to 16.
The club also has a large amount of youth teams, from under 10 right through to under 18.
Honours
Senior honours
Intermediate honours
- Irish League B Division: 6
- 1960/61, 1962/63, 1973/74, 1977/78, 1979/80, 1988/89
- IFA Intermediate League Second Division: 1
- Irish Intermediate Cup: 8
- 1926/27, 1950/51, 1951/52, 1954/55, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1963/64, 1989/90
- B Division Knock-out Cup: 2
- George Wilson Cup: 4
- 1955/56, 1960/61, 1962/63, 1993/94†
- Steel & Sons Cup: 6
- 1943/44, 1960/61, 1974/75, 1981/82, 1984/85, 1986/87
- Clarence Cup: 3
- 1980/81†, 1982/83†, 1983/84†
† Won by reserve team
Current squad
As of Sun 25th Jan 2009
External links
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