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| Full name | Bangor Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Seasiders | ||
| Founded | 1918 | ||
| Ground | Clandeboye Park, Bangor (Capacity: 2850 (504 seated)) |
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| Chairman | Trevor Best | ||
| Manager | Colin McCurdy | ||
| League | IFA Championship 1 | ||
| 2008-09 | IFA Premiership, 11th | ||
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Bangor Football Club is a Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1918, hails from Bangor and plays its home matches at Clandeboye Park. Club colours are gold and royal blue. On 1 February 2009, the club announced that it would not be renewing its domestic licence for 2009-10 and would therefore resign from the IFA Premiership at the end of the season due to financial reasons and low attendances at matches.[1] Connected with this announcement, manager Marty Quinn resigned and was appointed as manager of Glenavon.
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History
Bangor enjoyed the most successful period in its history during the 1990s when the club qualified for Europe for the first time in its history after finishing second in the Irish League. This success was followed by winning the Irish Cup in 1993 after two replays against bitter rivals, Ards. Paul Byrne, who scored the winning goal with the last kick of the game, moved on to Celtic.
In October 2007, the club announced that a deal had been struck with property developers to sell land at the rear of the ground and use this to clear all debts. On 13 May 2008, it was announced that Bangor had secured a place in the new 12-team JJB Sports Premiership for the 2008-09, season despite only having finished third in the IFA Intermediate League First Division in 2007-08.
Unfortunately, their stay in the Premiership only lasted a season as midway through the campaign the Club decided not to re-apply for the Domestic Licence that was required to compete at this level. As a result, Bangor FC were relegated at the end of the season and in season 2009/10 they compete in the Championship 1 league.
Colours
The official club colours are gold and blue, although in recent years the gold has been replaced by yellow as this is the shade more commonly used by kit manufacturers. The original colours were blue shirts and white shorts but the club changed these to gold and blue before the Second World War as a mark of thanks to Bangor Borough Council who donated them the land on the Clandeboye Road where Clandeboye Park now stands. Gold and blue are traditional Bangor colours with the gold representing sand and the blue representing the sea.
Bangor Rugby Club and Bangor Hockey Club also use these colours, as does the local St. Paul’s GAA club, who represent Bangor but are based in nearby Holywood.
Honours
Senior honours
- Irish Cup: 1
- 1992/93
- Irish League Cup: 1
- 1992/93
- City Cup: 2
- 1970/71, 1976/77
- Ulster Cup: 2
- 1991/92, 1994/95
- County Antrim Shield: 3
- 1969/70, 1974/75, 1988/89
- Mid-Ulster Cup: 1
- 1995/96
Intermediate honours
- Irish League B Division Section 2: 2
- 1993/94†, 1994/95†
- Irish Intermediate Cup: 3
- 1940/41†, 1942/43†, 1943/44†
- IFA Intermediate League Cup: 1
- 2004/05
- George Wilson Cup: 3
- 1992/93†, 1994/95†, 1997/98†
- Steel & Sons Cup: 5
- 1923/24, 1940/41†, 1945/46†, 1994/95†, 2004/05
† Won by Bangor Reserves
Current squad
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Notable former players
Gerry Armstrong- Harry Baird
Willie Fernie
Paul Byrne- Harry Glennie
- Bill Irwin
- Terry Neill
- Albert Corry
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