Buncrana Hearts F.C.
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| Buncrana Hearts | |
| Full name | Buncrana Hearts Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Hearts |
| Founded | ? |
| Ground | Castle Park, Buncrana, County Donegal (Capacity 2000) |
| Chairman | Derek Smith |
| Manager | Brendan Crummey |
| League | Irish Ulster Senior League |
| 2007 | 4 |
Buncrana Hearts F.C. is a football club based in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, that play in the Ulster Senior League. They play in Castle Park in Buncrana, and on match days, usually turn out a good crowd. This season, The Hearts have appointed a new manager in Brendan Crummey, and he will be assisted by Derek Smith, and captain Gary Duffy.
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[edit] Castle Park
Castle Park, the home ground of Buncrana Hearts, is based at The Buncrana Youth Club. This has been Buncrana Hearts's home since the 1970's. It has 2 full-size pitches, 1 training pitch, 2 astro turf pitches, indoor pitch and excellent changing facilities.
[edit] Notable former players
- John O'Loughlin - (Currently With Institute F.C.)
- Stephen McNutt - (FAI Regional Development Officer)
- Paul McNutt
- Andy Doherty
- Ross Connolly - (Buncrana Hearts)
- Kevin McHugh - (Derry City F.C.)
- Gareth McGlynn - (Derry City F.C.)
- Jack Doherty (Tinney)
- Joe McGrory
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] Underage Development
Buncrana Hearts' underage structure in recent times has been extremely successful, producing teams that have won all competitions they have played in in the last five years. Individual progession has also beein excellent in recent times with players progessing to higher levels. These include current first team player Jonny Bonner playing for The Republic of Ireland Dev. Squad in the 2007 Foyle Cup, 2007 First Team Player of the Year Declan Fullerton and Garbhan Friel recently signing for Derry City F.C. and Hearts Goalkeeper Rory Kelly recently being on trial with English Club Coventry City F.C..
