Larne F.C.

Larne

Full name	Larne Football Club
Nickname(s)	"The Harbour Rats"
Founded	1889
Ground	Inver Park, Larne County Antrim (Capacity: 3,000 (8000 seats))
Chairman	Cowper Lynas M.B.E.
Manager	Paul Millar
League	IFA Championship 1
Home colours Away colours

Larne F.C. is a Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Larne and plays its home matches at Inver Park. Club colours are red and white. The current manager is Paul Millar, assisted by Peter 'Grapesy' Graham.

From 1972 until 2008, the club enjoyed senior status, but reverted to intermediate status when it failed to gain a place in the new IFA Premiership.

Larne F.C. also supports a ladies' team, whose colours are red, white and black. Formed by a small committee of parents & friends of the Larne Colts in November 2004, they made history by being the first ladies' team to play at Windsor Park as part of the half-time entertainment during the Irish Cup final in May 2005. The ladies also have a junior team for ages 8-14.

Honours

Senior honours

• Ulster Cup: 2
  • 1951/52, 1987/88

Intermediate honours

• Irish League B Division: 10
  • 1954/55, 1956/57, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72
• Irish League B Division Section 2: 1
  • 1981/82†
• Irish Intermediate Cup: 3
  • 1943/44†, 1959/60, 1969/70
• George Wilson Cup: 6
  • 1958/59, 1959/60, 1968/69, 1970/71, 1977/78†, 1978/79†
• Steel & Sons Cup: 11
  • 1909/10, 1941/42†, 1942/43†, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1964/65, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72
• Louis Moore Cup: 2
  • 1956/57 (shared with Banbridge Town), 1958/59

Junior honours

• Irish Junior Cup: 1
  • 1900/01

† Won by Larne Olympic (reserve team)

Famous players

• Mal Donaghy
• Jim Hagan
• Colin O'Neill
• Brian Quinn

Footnotes

^  BBC (4 May 2007). "Larne celebrate league reprieve". http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6614623.stm. 

External links

• Larne FC Website
• Larne Ladies FC Website