Fivemiletown United F.C.
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| Full name | Fivemiletown United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Town |
| Founded | 1898[1] |
| Ground | Valley Stadium[2] |
| Chairman | Davy McQuigg , BEM |
| Manager | Jason Gillespie |
| League | Mid-Ulster Football League |
| 2013–14 | Intermediate A, 6th |
Fivemiletown United Football Club is an intermediate-level football club who play in the Intermediate A division of the Mid-Ulster Football League in Northern Ireland. The club is based in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. The club is currently managed by player-manager Jason Gillespie. The current secretary is Gary Noble. The Reserves and currently play in Fermanagh and Western Division 3. While the third team play in Fermanagh and Western Reserve Division 3. Fivemiletown United Youth provides youth teams from U9 up to U18 and have also a mini soccer centre for 4 Year olds and up. The club's Youth teams play in the Brendan Keogh Youth League. Rhys McQuigg is the club's Brendan Keogh Youth League representative. Gary Robinson and Chris McDowell run the clubs Youth section & mini soccer centre. Long-term clubman Davy McQuigg is the clubs current chairman and has served in nearly every role in the club in over 30 years involved with the club. He was awarded a BEM (British Empire Medal) in January 2015 as part of the Queens New Years honours list for his services to youth football.
Famous Players & Honours
Famous Players
Roy Carroll - Northern Ireland and current Notts County goalkeeper Roy Carroll started his career with Fivemiletown United. The ex Manchester United keeper is undoubtably the towns most famous ex player. Roy's brother Ricki is a striker in the clubs firsts team.
Dermott McCaffery- The ex Hibernian and Falkirk Defender began his career with Fivemiletown United before moving on to Dunbreen Rovers. He currently plays for Rochedale Rovers in Australia. His brother Shaun is part of the first team squad.
Division 1 Mercer League Champions: 1950-51, 1951–52
Mulhern Cup: 1933, 1941 (both as Fivemiletown), 1951, 1952, 1953
Coffey Cup: 1939 (as Fivemiletown Blues), 1948, 1973, 1974, 1977 (as Valley United) 1993, 2005 (as Valley All Stars)
McCabe Cup: 1949
Erskine Cup: 1951
Killyman and District League: 1951
McCammon Cup: 1962, 1973
Greystone League: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 (all as Fivemiletown), 1972, 1974, 1980
Fivemiletown Knockout Cup: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Mid Ulster Intermediate B Division Champions: 2002-03
Premier Cup: 2002, 2005
Marshall Cup: 2011
Armstrong Cup: 2014
YOUTH HONOURS
Under 16 Brendan Keogh Youth League Winners 2007
Under 15 Brendan Keogh Youth League Winners 2007
Mini Soccer Primary School Blitz Sheild Winners 2008
Fair Play Awards - Brendan Keogh Youth League
Under 16 Winners - 2009
Under 15 Winners - 2011& 2013
Under 14 Winners - 2008,2010 & 2011
Under 13 Winners - 2007 & 2010
Overall Fair Play Award Winners - 2008,2010&2011
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Youth & Senior Teams
Fivemiletown United's youth section is ran by primarily 3 individuals; Gary Robinson (Mini-Soccer Co-ordinator) Chris McDowell and Davy McQuigg, BEM.
Fivemiletown United Youth have 6 competitive Youth Teams.
Under 7s play in the Mini Soccer Developent League and are managed by Matthew Callaghan
Under 9s play in the Mini Soccer Development League and are managed by Gary Robinson.
Under 11s play in the Brendan Keogh Youth League and are managed by Davy and Rhys McQuigg. They are captained by Ryan Harker.
Under 12s play in the Brendan Keogh Youth League and are managed by Chris McDowell and Rhys McQuigg. They are captained by Joshua Little.
Under 13s play in the Brendan Keogh Youth League and are managed by Chris McDowell and Alan Agnew They are captained by Joshua Little.
Under 14s play in the Brendan Keogh Youth League and are managed by Gary Noble and Mark McCleery.
The Thirds play in the Fermanagh & Western Reserve Division 3 and are managed by Mike Long and Gareth Mallaghan. They are captained by Scott Long.
The seconds play in the Fermanagh & Western Division 3 and are managed by Gary Noble and Chris Burke. They are captained by Gary Robinson.
The Firsts play in Mid Ulster Intermediate A and are managed by Jason Gillespie. The first team back room staff are Declan Callaghan and Davy McQuigg. They are captained by Chris McDowell.