Comber Recreation
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| Full name |
Comber Recreation Football Club |
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| Founded |
1950 |
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| Ground |
Parkway,
Comber, Co. Down |
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| Chairman |
David Browne |
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| Manager |
Phil Mcdonagh |
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| League |
NAFL |
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| 2009/10 |
12th (Premier Division) |
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Comber Recreation Football Club (or more commonly Comber Rec.) is a Northern Irish football club based in Comber, playing in the Premier Division of the Northern Amateur Football League. The club was founded in 1950 as Comber Youth Club. Its home ground is located at Parkway in Comber. The team is managed by Phil Mcdonagh. In addition to its first XI, Comber also fields two reserve teams and four youth teams. The 2nd XI currently play in tne Amateur League Division 3A while the 3rd XI are in the Premier Division of the Down Area League. In 2005, Comber's youth teams started playing in the East Antrim Youth League and then in 2012 the under-14 team moved to the lisburn youth league while the under-15 and 17 teams moved to the South Belfast Youth League
History
In 1950, the club formed as Comber Youth Club, although it only played friendly matches for its first two seasons. The club then successfully applied to join the Irish Churches' League, affiliating itself to the local Presbyterian church and renaming the club as 1st Comber Presbyterian. It remained there for only a couple of seasons before joining the Northern Amateur Football League in the mid-1950s. At first, club facilities were fairly sparse. The club had to share the grounds at Parkway with Comber Young Men and the changing facilities had little lighting, no water and was heated by a coal-fired stove.
The fortunes of the club were to quickly improve. The 1956/57 season saw them win their trophy when they won the Border Cup. The following season they retained the Border Cup and also won the Clarence Cup. The club has had other cup successes but their most important to date was their victory over Brantwood in the final of the Steel and Sons Cup in 1991-92. They almost claimed the title for a second time when they made it to the final in 1996 but lost to Chimney Corner.
Current squad
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 |
Stephen Cairnduff
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DF |
Adam Whitehead
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DF |
Jonny McKnight
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DF |
Neil Moore
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DF |
Peter Kelly
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DF |
Andy Scott
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DF |
Jarth Brannigan
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MF |
Willie McBurney
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MF |
Rory Carson
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MF |
Stevie McCleary |
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Position |
Player
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MF |
Matthew Crooks
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MF |
Dylan Wilson
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MF |
Ryan Tumelty
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MF |
Gary Sharret
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FW |
Jonny Hunter
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FW |
Tony Tumelty
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FW |
Andy McIntrye
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FW |
David Laird
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FW |
James Carlisle |
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Club honours
Intermediate honours
- Steel and Sons Cup:1
- Border Cup:2
- Clarence Cup: 3
- 1957/58, 1961/62, 1998/99
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