Dundela F.C.

Dundela

Full name	Dundela Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Duns
Founded	1895
Ground	Wilgar Park, Belfast
Capacity	2500
Manager	Darren Lockhart
League	NIFL Championship 2
2015–16	NIFL Championship 2, 8th

Dundela Football Club (the Duns) is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club from Belfast, currently playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, and plays its home matches at Wilgar Park, nicknamed "the Hen Run". The club's colours are green and white. The home kit has green shirts, green shorts and green socks, whilst the away kit is all red. The current team manager is Darren Lockhart

History

Dundela Football Club was formed in 1895 from employees of a local dairy owned by the Agnew family and members of a local harriers' club. Wilgar Park has been the home to the club since 1900. The park lies in the heartland of east Belfast, in a suburb named Strandtown. Its capacity is 2,500. The venue is nicknamed "The Hen Run". The club's greatest achievement to date came in April 1955, when it defeated Glenavon by three goals to nil at Windsor Park, Belfast in the final of the Irish Cup. Dundela's darkest hour occurred on 25 August 1995, when team captain, Michael Goddard died during a game at Stangmore Park, home of Dungannon Swifts, after being struck on the chest with the ball. The club's latest success was a Steel & Sons Cup win in December 2013. Dundela's local rivals are Harland & Wolff Welders.

Players

• Robert Bailie
• Jonathan Sergeant
• Jamie Black
• Scott Collins
• Ross Davison
• Andrew Ferguson
• David Hume
• Gary Irwin
• David Murphy
• Kyle Owens
• Owain Beggs
• Daniel Burns
• Kyle Cherry
• Jonathan Gilliland
• Stephen Gourley
• Jamie Jackson
• Stephen McCain
• Michael Halliday
• Carl McComb
• Stuart McCullough

Notable former players

• David Lyner
• Davy Simpson
• Eric McMordie
• Billy Caskey
• Mattie Burrows
• Mervyn Bell

Honours

Senior honours

• Irish Cup: 1
  • 1954–55

Intermediate honours

• Irish League B Division/Second Division: 11 (inc. one shared)
  • 1967–68, 1976–77 (shared), 1981–82, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2000–01
• Irish Intermediate Cup: 10
  • 1946–47, 1954–55, 1965–66, 1974–75, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01
• George Wilson Cup: 4
  • 1964–65, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1974–75
• Steel & Sons Cup: 10
  • 1945–46, 1963–64, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1999–00, 2007–08, 2013-14
• B Division Knock-out Cup: 4
  • 1987–88, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95

External links

• Official site