Comber Recreation F.C.

Comber Recreation
Full name Comber Recreation Football Club
Founded 1950
Ground Parkway,
Comber, Co. Down
Chairman David Browne
Manager Phil Mcdonagh
League NAFL
2009/10 12th (Premier Division)

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 the 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.

In November 2012 Comber Rec Ladies was formed by Heather McCracken & Winston Kerr. In their inaugural season in the NIWFA, Comber Rec Ladies finished 3rd in Division 4. 2014 saw Comber Rec Ladies compete in Division 3, with Comber Rec Ladies winning the league title on the last match of the season, with an emphatic 5-0 win over Fermanagh Mallards.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
Northern Ireland GK Jack McCaw
Northern Ireland DF Adam Whithead
Northern Ireland DF Jonny McKnight
Northern Ireland DF Neil Moore
Northern Ireland DF Peter Kelly
Northern Ireland DF Andy Scott
Northern Ireland DF Jarth Brannigan
Northern Ireland MF Gary McDonagh
Northern Ireland MF Brendan Agnew
Northern Ireland MF Stevie McCleary
No. Position Player
Northern Ireland MF Matthew Crooks
Northern Ireland MF Dylan Wilson
Northern Ireland MF Ryan Tumelty
Northern Ireland MF Brent Reid
Northern Ireland FW Jonny Hunter
Northern Ireland FW Tony Tumelty
Northern Ireland FW Andy McIntrye
Northern Ireland FW David Laird
Northern Ireland FW James Carlisle

Club honours

Intermediate honours

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