Bryansburn Rangers Football Club| Full name |
Bryansburn Rangers Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
The Burn, B burn, Rangers |
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| Founded |
1974 |
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| Ground |
Ballywooley Park
Crawfordsburn Road,
Bangor |
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| Chairman |
Alan Dempster |
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| Manager |
Stuart Mellon |
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| League |
NAFL |
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| 2013/14 |
3rd |
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Bryansburn Rangers is a Northern Irish football club playing in Division 1C of the Northern Amateur Football League. The club play their home matches at Ballywooley Park on the Crawfordsburn Road, Bangor County Down Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1974 and joined the Amateur League in 1984.[1]
Bryansburn field four senior teams in total. As well as the first team, there is a second team playing in Northern Amateur Football League Division 3D along with 3rd and 4th teams competing in the Down Area Leagues (Divisions 1 and 2B respectively).The first team where promoted to Division 1A at the end of 2009/10 season, however 2 back to back relegation's left the team in 1C.
Bryansburn Rangers also field eight junior teams in total form Under 10s through to the Under 19s who compete in various leagues across Northern Ireland, including the South Belfast Youth League, South East Antrim football league & Ards Borough Youth Development League (ABYDL). With a full youth set up combined with 4 senior teams Bryansburn are considered as one of the biggest amateur football clubs within the local area.
The first team is currently managed by former Crusaders F.C. defender Stuart Mellon. Mellon signed for the club in 2013 with the intention of continuing to play, however when former manager Peter Cooling re-signed only a few days after taking the position, Mellon was appointed manager a short period after.
Squad 2013-2014
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position |
Player
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GK |
William Close
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GK |
Paddy Douglas
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DF |
Jordan Parkes
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DF |
Alan McMullan
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DF |
Ross Gray
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DF |
Andy Cooling
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DF |
Matthew Higginson
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DF |
John kehoe
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DF |
Andrew McCleod
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MF |
Phil Tyson |
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Position |
Player
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MF |
Mark Coard (C)
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MF |
Craig Cooling
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MF |
Ricky Thompson
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MF |
Neil Mallon
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MF |
Andy Thompson
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MF |
Graham McMullan
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FW |
Mark Tolson
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FW |
Stuart Morrison
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FW |
Tom Mcgreevy
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FW |
Ben Stanex |
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Honours
Junior honours
Notable former players
Notes
- ↑ H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 184
Club Officials
- Chairman: Alan Dempster
- Secretary: William Heron
- Treasurer: David Armstrong
- Groundsmen: John Russel & William Heron
- 1st team Manager: Stuart Mellon
- Assistant Manager: Courtney McMullan
- Club Captain: Mark Coard
- 2nd team Manager: Glenn McMurray
- 3rd team Manager: Alan Dempster
- 4th team Manager: Alan Ferris
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