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Ballyclare Comrades Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship. The club hails from Ballyclare, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Dixon Park. Club colours are red and white. The club's rivals are Carrick Rangers and Larne and games between the three clubs are referred to as "The East Antrim Derbies".

Ballyclare Comrades

Full name	Ballyclare Comrades Football Club
Founded	February 1919
Ground	Dixon Park, Ballyclare, County Antrim
Capacity	2,398 (538 seated)[1]
Chairman	Trevor McCann
Manager	Stephen Small
League	NIFL Championship
2020–21	NIFL Championship, 10th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

The club was founded in 1919 by veterans of the First World War, most of them from "C" Company of the 12th Royal Irish Rifles – a battalion made up entirely of East Antrim men, who fought at the Somme and in many other famous First World War battles. From 1990 until 2003, the club enjoyed senior status, but reverted to intermediate status when the Irish Premier League was established and the number of senior clubs was reduced.

The club's reserve team play in the NIFL Development League for under 20s. The club also has a partnership with local youth club Ballyclare Colts, whose sides (from under 11 to under 15) provide players to progress to Comrades' own youth sides at under-17 and under-18 level. The under-18 side play in the IFA Youth League.

The club was relegated to IFA Championship 2 in the 2010–11 season and finished in 6th place in the 2011–12 season, but the following season brought promotion back to Championship 1 after finishing as runners-up behind Championship 2 winners Knockbreda. One of the club's most famous products was Northern Ireland and Sunderland defender Paddy McNair who attends games when possible. Gareth McAuley, now of Rangers, and Michael Smith (Hearts) both played for the Comrades before switching to professional football.

The club finished an impressive third in the 2016–17 season, losing out in a promotion playoff to Institute. The club continues with the ambition of getting back into the NIFL Premiership.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NIR Declan Breen 2 DF  NIR Caomhan McGuiness 3 DF  NIR Lee McCune 4 DF  NIR Owen McConville 5 DF  NIR Elliot McKim 6 MF  NIR Conall McGrandles 7 MF  NIR Liam Hassin 8 FW  NIR Calvin McCurry (On loan from Cliftonville) 9 FW  NIR Darius Roohi 10 FW  NIR Joseph Tully 12 DF  NIR Harry Wylie

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  NIR Chris Ramsey 15 DF  NIR Ian Fletcher 16 DF  NIR Adam McCart 17 MF  NIR Conal Doherty 18 MF  NIR Connall Curran 19 GK  NIR Richard Purcell 22 DF  NIR Bobby Higgins 24 MF  NIR Gary Donnelly 26 MF  NIR Harry Adair 28 FW  IRL Cathal Farren

Honours

Senior honours

• Ulster Cup: 1
  • 1997–98

Intermediate honours

• Irish League B Division: 6
  • 1960–61, 1962–63, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1988–89
• IFA Intermediate League Second Division: 1
  • 2006–07
• Irish Intermediate Cup: 9
  • 1925–26, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1989–90
• B Division Knock-out Cup: 2
  • 1983–84, 1988–89
• George Wilson Cup: 4
  • 1955–56, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1993–94†
• Steel & Sons Cup: 6
  • 1943–44, 1960–61, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87
• McElroy Cup: 1
  • 1941–42
• Clarence Cup: 3
  • 1980–81†, 1982–83†, 1983–84†

† Won by reserve team

References

External links

• Ballyclare Comrades F.C. Website
• Irish Football Club Project
• nifootball.co.uk (fixtures, results and tables of all leagues)

На других языках

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- [en] Ballyclare Comrades F.C.

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[ru] Балликлер Комрадс

«Балликлер Комрадс» (англ. Ballyclare Comrades FC) — североирландский футбольный клуб из города Балликлер, в графстве Антрим. В 2006 году клуб вылетел во Второй дивизион Северной Ирландии, заняв 11-е место в Первом дивизионе сезона 2005/06. Но уже в следующем сезоне «Комрадс» заняли первое место во Втором дивизионе и вернулись в Первый дивизион.

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