Armagh City F.C.

Armagh City
Full name Armagh City Football Club
Nickname(s) The Eagles
Founded 1964 (as Milford Everton)
Ground Holm Park, Armagh
County Armagh
(Capacity: 3,000)
Chairman Philip Johnston
Manager Marty Rice
League IFA Championship 2
2010/11 12th
Home colours
Away colours

Armagh City F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1964 as Milford Everton, and originally hailed from the village of Milford, just outside Armagh city, but changed their name in 1988 on relocation to Armagh. The club played at the Mill Field, Armagh from 1988 to 1991, when it moved to its current home, Holm Park. The club's colours are azure and black stripes. In early 2010 the club embarked on a partnership with Fundación Marcet, a Barcelona-based academy, in an arrangement based on coaches and young players from the academy joining the Eagles. The actual terms of the agreement were not finalised at the time, and negotiations broke down in July 2010. Former player Marty Rice was named first team manager on 10 July 2010, having been assistant to Ivor McGucken at the start of the 2009/10 season.

The club achieved senior status in 1999, but reverted to intermediate status in 2003 when the Irish Premier League was established and the number of senior clubs was reduced from 20 to 16. In 2005, however, City gained promotion to the Premier League, but after three more seasons at senior level, the club failed to gain a place in the 12-club IFA Premiership and reverted once more to intermediate status as a member of the IFA Championship.

The original name of Milford Everton was in honour of the founders' favourite English team Everton. Milford was the village were the penalty kick was first introduced in 1890 when local goalkeeper William McCrum suggested a way to combat illegal challenges near to goal.[1] Milford Everton eventually bought and refurbished the McCrum Institute in the early 1980s as they strove to improve facilities for the 'B' Division.

Contents

Honours

Senior honours

Intermediate honours

Junior honours

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
GK Sean Morgan
GK Jack Grugan
DF Dara Noonan
DF Michael O'Neill
DF Ryan Metcalfe
DF Nicky Finlay
DF Gerard Kerr
MF Ryan McGerrigan
MF Dale Montgomery
MF Johnny McSorley
No. Position Player
MF Andy Moore
MF John Witten
MF Matthew Hynds
MF Mark Rowney
MF Gavin Cusack
MF Stefan Thompson
FW Adam Nesbitt
FW Dale Montgomery
FW Richard Nesbitt
FW Mark Trainor

Staff

References

  1. ^ "Home of the Penalty Kick". 2009-08-12. http://www.homeofthepenaltykick.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27. 

See also

External links

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