Dundela F.C.

Dundela Football Club, nicknamed "The Duns" is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club from Belfast, currently playing in the NIFL Championship, and plays its home matches at Wilgar Park. The club's colours are green and white. The home kit has green shirts, green shorts and green socks, whilst the away kit is all red. The current manager is Bryan McCarroll.[1]

Dundela
Full nameDundela Football Club
Nickname(s)The Duns
Founded1895
GroundWilgar Park, Belfast
Capacity2,500
ManagerBryan McCarroll
LeagueNIFL Championship
2018–19NIFL Championship, 4th

History

Dundela Football Club was formed in 1895 from employees of a local dairy owned by the Agnew family and members of a local harriers' club.[2] Wilgar Park has been the home to the club since 1900. The park lies in the heartland of east Belfast, in a suburb named Strandtown. Its capacity is 2,500. The venue is nicknamed "The Hen Run". The club's greatest achievement to date came in April 1955, when it defeated Glenavon by three goals to nil at Windsor Park, Belfast in the final of the Irish Cup.[3] Dundela's darkest hour occurred on 25 August 1995, when team captain, Michael Goddard died during a game at Stangmore Park, home of Dungannon Swifts, after being struck on the chest with the ball.[4] The club's latest success was an Intermediate League title in the 2017-18 season. Dundela's local rivals are Harland & Wolff Welders.[5]

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
13 GK Jonathan Sergeant
1 GK Ryan McBride
N/A DF Matthew King
N/A DF Ben Murdock
N/A DF Jay Magee
N/A DF Matthew Kerr
N/A DF Tre Sterling
N/A MF Daniel Burns
N/A MF Owain Beggs
N/A MF William Bingham
8 MF Kane Owen
N/A MF Jordan Morrison
No. Position Player
N/A MF Matthew Swann
N/A MF Gareth Tommons
N/A MF Eoghan McCaul
N/A FW David McMaster
N/A FW Carl McComb
N/A FW Mark McClelland
N/A FW Ross Holden
N/A FW Chris Watts
N/A FW Curtis Brown
N/A FW Karl Devine
9 FW Tiarnan McNicholl
N/A DF Leighton Jameson (On loan from Glenavon)

Honours

Senior honours

Intermediate honours

Notable former players

References
  1. "Club details". dundelafootballclub.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  2. "Dundela Football Club - A Brief History". www.dundelafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  3. www.bbc.co.uk https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/32396693. Retrieved 2019-03-26. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  5. "Championship Regular Season Dundela vs Harland and Wolff Welders | Football365". livescore.football365.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.


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