Loughgall F.C.

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Loughgall
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Full nameLoughgall Football Club
Nickname(s)The Villagers
Founded1967
GroundLakeview Park
Capacity3,000
ChairmanSam Nicholson
ManagerDean Smith
LeagueNIFL Championship
2019–20NIFL Championship, 3rd
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Loughgall Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship.

History[]

The club, founded in 1967, is situated in the village of Loughgall, near Armagh in County Armagh and they play their home games in the village at Lakeview Park. They achieved senior status in 2004 on promotion to the Irish Premier League, but reverted to intermediate status upon relegation in 2007. Keith Kearney is their youngest ever goalscorer, when he scored in the Irish cup 4th round tie against Tandragee Rovers FC. He was a 68th minute substitute making his debut and scored in the 77th minute aged just 14 years and 187 days old. On 3 March 2018, Loughgall beat Glenavon 2-1 to reach the semi final of the Irish Cup for the first time since 1997.

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 Portugal POR João Mendes
GK Germany GER Berraat Turker
DF Northern Ireland NIR Mark Carson
DF Northern Ireland NIR Jordan Lyttle
DF Northern Ireland NIR Ben Murdock
DF Northern Ireland NIR Connor Kerr
DF Northern Ireland NIR Ally Teggart
DF Northern Ireland NIR Luke Cartwright
DF Northern Ireland NIR Jamie Rea
DF Northern Ireland NIR John Scott
MF Northern Ireland NIR Steven Ferguson
MF Brazil BRA Pablo Andrade
FW Northern Ireland NIR Mark Patton
MF Northern Ireland NIR Dale Malone
MF Northern Ireland NIR Scott McCullough
MF Northern Ireland NIR Andrew Hoey
MF Northern Ireland NIR Ben Neill
FW Northern Ireland NIR Nathaniel Ferris
FW Lithuania LTU Nedas Maciulaitis

Managerial history[]

  • Noel Willis (1967–70)
  • George Willis (1970–76)
  • Sam Robinson (1977–81)
  • Raymond Nesbitt (1983–84)
  • Willie Forbes (1984–85)
  • Alfie Wylie (1986–89)
  • Alan Fraser (1999)
  • Ronnie Cromie (1999-01)
  • Jimmy Gardiner (2001–06)
  • Shane Reddish (2006–07)
  • Niall Currie (2007–Feb 2011)
  • Colin Malone (May 2011–Aug 2013)
  • Gary McKinstry (Aug 2013–Dec 2013)
  • Brian Adair (Dec 2013–Dec 2014)
  • Noel Mitchell (Jan 2015–May 2015)
  • Stephen Uprichard and Steven Hawe (May 2015–November 2016)
  • Dean Smith (November 2016-)

Honours[]

Senior honours[]

Intermediate honours[]

External links[]

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