Loughgall F.C.

Loughgall
Full name Loughgall Football Club
Nickname(s) The Villagers
Founded 1967
Ground Lakeview Park
Capacity 3,000
Chairman Marcus Thompson
Manager Dean Smith
League NIFL Championship
2017–18 6th
Website Club website

Loughgall F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship. 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, after Glenavon fans spent 28 hours clearing their pitch of snow and ice to get the game played, Loughgall beat Glenavon 2-1 to reach the semi final of the Irish Cup for the first time since 1997.

Honours

Senior honours

Intermediate honours

Managers

  • 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-)

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
Northern Ireland GK Gareth Buchanan
Northern Ireland GK Andrew Wright
Northern Ireland DF Ricky Copeland
Northern Ireland DF Stuart Mallen
Northern Ireland MF Andrew Hoey
Northern Ireland DF Graham Taylor
Northern Ireland DF Josh Finlay
Northern Ireland MF Chris Elliott
Northern Ireland DF Jamie Rea
Northern Ireland MF Francis McCann
Northern Ireland MF Marc McConnell
Northern Ireland MF Steven Ferguson
Northern Ireland FW Peter Campbell
Northern Ireland FW Aaron Haire
No. Position Player
Northern Ireland FW Paul Stretton
Northern Ireland FW Mark McCullough
Northern Ireland FW Marcus Dallas
Northern Ireland MF Denver Taggart
Northern Ireland FW Connor Mullen
Northern Ireland DF Scott McCullough
Northern Ireland DF Jude Ballard
Northern Ireland FW Nathaniel Ferris
Northern Ireland FW Gary Liggett
Northern Ireland MF David McCullough
Northern Ireland MF Jordan Gibson
Northern Ireland DF Declan McVeigh
Northern Ireland MF Jordan Bell
Northern Ireland DF Keith Kearney
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