Harland & Wolff Welders F.C.

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Harland & Wolff Welders
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Full nameHarland & Wolff Welders Football Club
Nickname(s)The Welders
Founded1965
GroundBlanchflower Park,
Belfast
CapacityTBA
ManagerGary Smyth
LeagueNIFL Championship
2019–20NIFL Championship, 8th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Harland & Wolff Welders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship.

History[]

The club, founded in 1965, hails from Belfast and played its home matches at Tillysburn Park in the East of the city. In October 2021 the H&W Welders moved from Tillysburn park into a redevelopment of Blanchflower Park Stadium costing over £5m with 3G pitches and new stands.[1] A new stadium and facilities in the Danny Blanchflower Playing Fields was under construction by 2020, suitable for Premiership football.[2]

The club was formed by the welders of the nearby Harland & Wolff shipyard.[3] The club's colours are amber and black to display the link with Harland & Wolff shipyard and its iconic cranes. Harland & Wolff Welders share a long running rivalry with fellow East Belfast Championship 1 side Dundela. In April 2014 they formed a partnership with Harland Youth, a young club composed of six teams of all ages and they will now be called H&W Welders Youth.

Current squad[]

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 Northern Ireland NIR Ben McCauley
— GK Northern Ireland NIR Joe McGovern
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Adam Wright
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Alan McMurtry
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Callum Byers
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Craig Harris
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel McMurray
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Gary Spence
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Scott McMillan
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Charlie Dornan
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Northern Ireland NIR David Graham
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Gareth Tommons
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Joshua Boyd
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Ryan Deans
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Scott Davidson
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Brandon Nelson
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Darren Murray
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Mark Anderson
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Matthew Ferguson
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Matthew Henry
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Michael McLellan
— DF Northern Ireland NIR James McCarthy (on loan from Glentoran)

Honours[]

Intermediate honours[]

† Won by Harland & Wolff Welders "A"
* Won by Harland & Wolff Welders U20

Coordinates: 54°36′59.2″N 5°51′50.1″W / 54.616444°N 5.863917°W / 54.616444; -5.863917

References[]

  1. ^ "Tillysburn Park, home to Harland & Wolff Welders - Football Ground Map". www.footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  2. ^ Fullerton, Gareth (14 February 2020). "Harland and Wolff Welders new stadium project building momentum". BelfastLive. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ "weldersfc". weldersfc. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
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