Short Brothers F.C.

Short Brothers

Full name	Short Brothers Football Club
Nickname(s)	Shorts
Founded	1937
Ground	Aircraft Park
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Brian Mackintosh
Manager	Allan Mclelland
League	Northern Amateur Football League Division 1C
2014–15	5th
Website	Club home page

Short Brothers Football Club, often referred to simply as Shorts is a Northern Irish intermediate football club playing in Division 1C of the Northern Amateur Football League. It is connected to the Short Brothers aerospace manufacturing company in Belfast and was formed with the arrival of the company to the city in the 1930s. The club - originally known as Aircraft Works - joined the Amateur League in 1937 and is the second-oldest member club with continual membership.^[1]

Honours

Intermediate honours

• Irish Intermediate Cup: 1
  • 1987–88
• Northern Amateur Football League: 5
  • 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1989–90
• Clarence Cup: 1
  • 1939–40
• Border Cup: 7
  • 1939–40, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1981–82, 1983–84

External links

• nifootball.co.uk - (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)

Notes

1. H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 217