PSNI F.C.

PSNI
Full name Police Service of Northern Ireland Football Club
Nickname(s) PSNI F.C.
Founded 1928
Ground Newforge Lane, Belfast
Capacity 478
Chairman Ken Green
Manager Colin Malone
League NIFL Championship
2017–18 8th

PSNI Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship. The club is associated with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and its home ground is Newforge Lane in Belfast.

It was founded in 1928 as RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary)[1] and changed its name in 2002, following the change in the name of the police.

The club joined the Northern Amateur Football League in 1956 and became one of its leading clubs before being elevated to the Irish League B Division in 1975. The club stayed at this level until failing to gain a place in the reorganised and re-branded IFA Championship in 2008.

Although originally only serving members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland could play for the team, that rule no longer exists though many officers still turn out for team.

Honours

Intermediate honours

Junior honours

  • County Antrim Junior Shield: 1
    • 1965–66†

† Won by RUC II (reserve team)

References

  1. ↑ PSNI (RUC) FC official website history Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine.


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