Banbridge_Town_F.C. Knowpia

Full name	Banbridge Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Town
Founded	1947
Ground	Crystal Park
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Dominic Downey
Manager	Mark Kerr
League	NIFL Premier Intermediate League
2022/23	NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 11th
Home colours	Away colours

Banbridge Town Football Club is an intermediate football club from Northern Ireland playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1947, hails from Banbridge, County Down and plays its home matches at Crystal Park. Club colours are red and black. In 2014, the club merged with Banbridge A.F.C.^[1] The 2016/17 season saw Banbridge Town’s reserve team win the South Down Development League.

The club was managed by Frankie Wilson from 2021 until his death in 2022.^[2]

The club has had many players go on to play in the top tier of football in Northern Ireland, including Paul Evans (Portadown), Roy Rea (Glentoran), Ryan Moffatt (Dungannon Swifts) and Barry Tumilty (Ballymena United).^[3]

Current squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IRL	Niall Brady
—	GK	NIR	Ross Mateer
—	DF	NIR	Adam Campbell
—	DF	NIR	Ben McKeown
—	DF	NIR	Gavin Conn
—	DF	NIR	Matthew Redina
—	DF	NIR	Ryan Milligan
—	DF	NIR	Tom Grimley
—	DF	NIR	Conor Curran
—	DF	NIR	Kevin Anderson
—	DF	NIR	Ryan Gourley


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NIR	Ben Purvis
—	DF	NIR	Andrew Martin
—	DF	NIR	Graeme Edgar
—	MF	NIR	Logan Sands
—	MF	NIR	Sean Óg Gallagher
—	FW	NIR	Conor Downey (Vice-Captain)
—	FW	NIR	Reece Doyle
—	FW	IRL	Ebuka Kwelele
—	FW	NIR	Michael McCavitt
—	FW	NIR	Stephen McCavitt (Captain)

Honours edit

Senior honours edit

Mid-Ulster Cup: 5
- 1948–49, 1949–50 (shared), 1958–59, 1973–74, 1979–80

Intermediate honours edit

Irish League B Division: 1
- 1955–56
Irish Intermediate Cup: 1
- 1985–86
George Wilson Cup: 1
- 1976–77
Louis Moore Cup: 2
- 1955–56, 1967–68
Bob Radcliffe Cup: 3
- 1980–81, 2010–11, 2018–19
Alan Wilson Memorial Cup: 1
- 1986–87

References edit

^ Banbridge Town AFC are in Mid Ulster Reserve Championship. Banbridge Town AFC Reserves are in Mid Ulster Reserve 3 http://www.BTFC.club/ Archived 2014-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Banbridge Leader
^ "Tributes paid following sad passing of Banbridge Town FC manager Frankie Wilson". ArmaghI. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "World Football:Banbridge Town". WorldFootball. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.