Larne F.C.

Full name Larne Football Club
Nickname(s) The Harbour Rats
Founded 1889
Ground Inver Park, Larne
County Antrim
Owner Kenny Bruce
Chairman Gareth Clements
Manager Tiernan Lynch
League NIFL Championship
2017–18 7th

Larne Football Club is a professional,[1] Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Larne and plays its home matches at Inver Park. Club colours are red and white. The current manager is Tiernan Lynch who was appointed to replace David McAlinden first team manager in 2017. From 1972 until 2008, the club enjoyed senior status, but reverted to intermediate status when it failed to gain a place in the new IFA Premiership.

They also field a ladies' team, whose colours are red & white (home) and purple & black (away). Formed by a small committee of parents and friends of the Larne Colts in November 2004, they made history by being the first ladies' team to play at Windsor Park as part of the half-time entertainment during the Irish Cup final in May 2005. The ladies also have a junior team for ages 8–14. The Senior Ladies' team has recently been reincorporated back into the club. In their inaugural season (2018), they finished the season as the unbeaten North 2 League Champions, and also as beaten finalists in the North 2 League Cup.

The club holds the unwanted record of appearing in five finals of the Irish Cup and two finals of the Irish League Cup winning one trophy. They have been runners-up of the Irish Cup on five occasions (1927–28, 1934–35, 1986–87, 1988–89 and 2004–05) and runners-up of the Irish League Cup twice (1991–92 Irish League Cup winners 1991–92 and runner up2003–04). [2][3] The club's greatest rival is Carrick Rangers; their matches are known as "The East Antrim Derby".

Honours

Senior honours

Intermediate honours

  • Irish League B Division: 10
    • 1954–55, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
  • Irish Intermediate Cup: 3
    • 1942–43†, 1958–59, 1969–70
  • George Wilson Cup: 6
    • 1958–59, 1959–60, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1977–78†, 1978–79†
  • Steel & Sons Cup: 11
    • 1909–10, 1941–42†, 1942–43†, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
  • Louis Moore Cup: 2

Junior honours

  • Irish Junior Cup: 1
    • 1900–01

† Won by Larne Olympic (reserve team)

Players

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

No. Position Player
1 Northern Ireland GK Conor Devlin
2 Northern Ireland DF Matthew Henry
3 Nigeria MF Fuad Sule (on loan from Barnet)
4 Republic of Ireland DF Paul Finnegan
5 Northern Ireland DF Chris Ramsey
6 Republic of Ireland DF Shane McEleney
7 Republic of Ireland DF Graham Kelly
8 Northern Ireland MF David Scullion
9 Northern Ireland FW Thomas Stewart
10 Northern Ireland FW David McDaid
11 Northern Ireland FW Martin Donnelly
12 Northern Ireland MF Luke Harrison
14 Northern Ireland GK Michael Dougherty
15 England DF Ben Tilney
No. Position Player
16 England MF Andrew Osei-Bonsu
17 Northern Ireland MF Matthew Haveron
18 Northern Ireland DF Patrick McNally
23 Northern Ireland DF Tomás Cosgrove
24 Northern Ireland MF Jeff Hughes
Northern Ireland GK Caolan Morgan
Northern Ireland DF Liam Hassin
Northern Ireland MF Conor Downey
Northern Ireland MF Rhys Kelly
Switzerland FW Benny Igiehon
Northern Ireland FW James McCabe
Northern Ireland FW Matthew Herron

Footnotes

^ BBC (4 May 2007). "Larne celebrate league reprieve". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 January 2010.

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Northern Ireland Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Brodie, Malcolm. Belfast Telegraph Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1999/2000. p. 11
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