Tobermore United F.C.

Tobermore United Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

Tobermore United
Full nameTobermore United Football Club
Nickname(s)"The Reds"
Founded1965
GroundFortwilliam Park, Tobermore
CapacityAround 3000 (100 seated)
ChairmanRaymond Beatty
ManagerAdrian Whiteside
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2018–19NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 3rd

History

The club, founded in 1965, is based in Tobermore, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry and currently plays its home matches at Fortwilliam Park. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Adrian Whiteside.

Tobermore United is the only football club in Northern Ireland that George Best ever played competitively for. However, it was only for one match, on 11 February 1984, after many years of his decline, and Tobermore lost 7–0 to Ballymena.[1]

The club has an extensive and highly popular youth development scheme which has led to it being awarded official Football Development Centre (FDC) status by the IFA. It currently has teams at under-11, under-12, under-14 and under-16 level.

In the 2010–11 season the club gained promotion to IFA Championship 1 by finishing 2nd in IFA Championship 2, but were relegated again two-years later.

Honours

Senior honours
  • North West Cup: 2
    • 1989–90, 2006–07

Intermediate honours
  • IFA Intermediate League Second Division: 1
    • 2004–05
  • Craig Memorial Cup: 6
    • 1980-81, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2009–10
  • Northern Ireland Intermediate League: 3
    • 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83
  • Northern Ireland Intermediate League Cup: 2
    • 1978–79, 1981–82
  • North West Intermediate Cup Winners: 2
    • 1989–90, 2005–06

References
  1. "The day Best played for Tobermore". Mid-Ulster Mail. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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