Lisburn Distillery F.C.

Lisburn Distillery F.C.

Full name	Lisburn Distillery Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Whites
Short name	Lisburn Distillery
Founded	1880 (as Distillery)
Ground	New Grosvenor Stadium
Ground Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Jim Greer
Manager	Tommy Kincaid
League	NIFL Championship 1
2012–13	12th in IFA Premiership (relegated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Lisburn Distillery is a Northern Irish, intermediate football club playing in NIFL Championship 1. The club, founded in 1880, originated in west Belfast, where it was based at Grosvenor Park at Distillery Street off the Grosvenor Road until 1971. After sharing Skegoneill Avenue (Brantwood) and Seaview (Crusaders) for some years the club moved in 1980 to a permanent new home at New Grosvenor Stadium, Ballyskeagh, County Antrim, on the southern outskirts of Belfast. The club was known as Distillery until 1999, when it changed its name to 'Lisburn Distillery' in an attempt to associate itself more closely with its adopted borough (now city) of Lisburn. The club colour is white. The club, a founder member of the Irish League in 1890, was relegated in May 2013.

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 1 GK Robert Robinson 2 DF Darren Nixon 3 DF Stuart Thompson 4 DF Neil Alderdice 5 DF Kris pike 6 DF Carl McConville 7 MF Jimmy McIhagga 8 MF Ben Browne 9 MF Chris Kinsberry 10 FW Sean Southam 11 FW Ally Wilson

No. Position Player 14 FW Glenn Upton 15 DF Ryan Irwin 16 DF Adam Allen 17 FW Mikey Withers 18 MF Jonny kernoghan 19 MF Mark Tweedie 20 MF Mark Lyons 13 GK Ryan McBride 25 MF Niall Doyle 31 FW David Wright

Notable former managers

• Jimmy McIntosh
• George Eastham, Sr. (1959–64)
• Jimmy McAlinden (1969–75)
• Roy Welsh
• Billy Hamilton
• Paul Kirk
• Tommy Wright* (Sept 2009–Nov 11)

Honours

Senior honours

• Irish League: 6
  • 1895–96, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1905–06 (shared), 1962–63
• Irish Cup: 12
  • 1883–84, 1884–85, 1885–86, 1888–89, 1893–94, 1895–96, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1909–10, 1924–25, 1955–56, 1970–71
• Irish League Cup: 1
  • 2010–11
• County Antrim Shield: 14
  • 1888–89, 1892–93, 1895–96, 1896–97, 1899–1900, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1914–15, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1945–46, 1953–54, 1963–64, 1985–86
• Gold Cup: 5
  • 1913–14, 1919–20, 1924–25, 1929–30, 1993–94
• City Cup: 5
  • 1904–05, 1912–13, 1933–34, 1959–60, 1962–63
• Ulster Cup: 2
  • 1957–58, 1998–99
• Irish League First Division: 2
  • 1998–99, 2001–02
• Dublin and Belfast Inter-city Cup: 1
  • 1947–48 (shared)

Intermediate honours

• Irish Intermediate Cup: 3
  • 1892–93†, 1902–03†, 1947–48‡
• Steel & Sons Cup: 1
  • 1900–01ƒ
• George Wilson Cup: 3
  • 1956–57‡, 1981–82‡, 1987–88‡

† Won by Distillery Rovers (reserve team)

‡ Won by Distillery II (reserve team)

ƒ Won by Distillery West End (reserve team)

Junior honours

• Irish Junior Cup: 1
  • 1888‡

‡ Won by Distillery II (reserve team)

External links

• Lisburn Distillery FC Website