Ballinamallard United F.C.

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Ballinamallard United
Full name Ballinamallard United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Mallards
Founded 1975
Ground Ferney Park, Ballinamallard
Co. Fermanagh
Chairman Gerry Byers
League Irish Second Division
2006/07 bottom half
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Ballinamallard United is a Northern Irish football club recently relegated to the Irish Second Division. The club, founded in 1975, hails from Ballinamallard, near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and plays its home matches at Ferney Park. Club colours are all royal blue (home) and white shirts, blue shorts/socks (away). The current manager is Whitey Anderson.

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[edit] Youth Team

Ballinamallard are known for their youth teams set up. The youth team was launched by current first team manager Whitey Anderson and his assistant John Quinn in 1996. Ballinamallard field several teams in the Brendan Keogh Youth League and have had some successes. The Under-14 League has been won by the Mallards for eight consecutive seasons.

The quality of the youth at Ballinamallard United was shown when they lifted the Harry Cavan Irish Youth Cup for the second time in 2006, having become the first County Fermanagh team to win the prestigious trophy in 2002. Further evidence of their talent is through the Northern Ireland Milk Cup where Ballinamallard players dominate the Fermanagh representative squads.

[edit] 2005/06

Ballinamallard Utd were promoted to the Irish League First Division after finishing in 2nd place in season 2005/06.

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