Limavady United F.C.
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| Full name | Limavady United Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "The Roesiders" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | The Showgrounds, Limavady Co. Londonderry |
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| Capacity | 1,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | John Cunningham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Irish Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005/06 | 10th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Limavady United F.C. are a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Premier League. The club hails from Limavady, County Londonderry and was formed in 1884 following the amalgamation of Limavady Alexander and Wanderers. The club currently play their home matches at The Showgrounds.
Club colours are royal blue and white. Their current manager is John Cunningham, the former assistant to previous manager Paul Kee. Recently managed by Tommy Wright (ex N.Ireland International, Newcastle United and Manchester City goalkeeper) and Eddie Seydak. Nicknamed 'The Roe-siders'or "The Lims". In the 1880s the club reached two Irish cup Finals, losing both to Distillery FC, and provided eight internationals to the Irish national team. Limavady famously travelled to Liverpool in 1886, and defeated English kingpins Everton F.C. 1-0. After a long time as a junior team, Limavady rejoined the Irish Premier League in 2003-4, and reached its first Irish cup semi-final in over a century the following season
[edit] Current Squad
- Pol Brown
- Lee Callaghan
- Michael Carroll
- Tony Clyde
- Niall Cooke
- Ryan Coyle
- John Curran
- Martin Cutmore
- Michael Doherty
- Eamon Doherty
- Martin Ferry
- Sean Friars
- Neil Harkin
- Michael Hegarty
- Jonathan Hume
- Eoghan Kelly
- Stephen Lowrh
- Philip Lowry
- Sean McCabe
- Ryan McCreadie
- Edmund McIntyre
- Paul McLaughlin
- Ryan Mullan (On Loan from Stoke City F.C.)
- Stephen Parkhouse
- Alan Ryan
- Ryan Semple
- Tony Shields
- Marty Smith
- Ryan Stewart
- Vincent Sweeney
- Gareth Tommins
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Irish Premier League Website
- Irish Football Club Project
- Irish FA Website
- Irish League Forums
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