Douglas and District F.C.

Douglas and District

Full name

Douglas and District Football Club

Nickname(s)

D&D

Founded

1996, as Barclays F.C.

Ground

Noble's Park
Douglas, Isle of Man

Chairman

Enzo Ciappelli

Manager

Lawrence Looney

League

Isle of Man Football League Division Two

2014–15

Division Two, 12th

Home colours

Away colours

Douglas and District F.C. are a football club from Douglas on the Isle of Man. They compete in the Isle of Man Football League. They play their home games at Noble's Park in Douglas.

History

For more information, please visit the official website.

The club evolved from Barclays (IOM) FC who were formed in 1996. As the number of players affiliated with the bank decreased, the club made the decision to change their name to Douglas & District FC in 2002. The club have only ever competed in Division Two. In 2005, David Quirk was elected as the club's first Life Member.

The club have a reserve team who compete in the Isle of Man Football Combination. Douglas and District also joined the Isle of Man Football Association Veterans League and Futsal League in 2011, and started Junior teams in 2012.

Douglas and District Football Club won the 2007–08 and 2014-15 Fred Faragher Memorial Trophy^[1] for the least number of disciplinary points gained by players over the season. Started in 1969, presented by Castletown MFC in memory of Fred Faragher, originally for referee marks for sportsmanship.

Douglas and District Juniors were awarded the FA Community Awards Charter Standard Development Club of the Year for 2012/13^[2] and 2013/14. Junior coach Andrew Gosnell was awarded the FA Community Awards Young Volunteer of the Year 2012/13 and the North West FA Community Awards Coach of the Year 2013/14.^[3]

Each year the club embarks on a tour starting in 1997. The places visited are as follows:

1997 – Dublin
1998 – Dublin
1999 – Nottingham
2000 – Dublin
2001 – Blackpool
2002 – Dublin
2003 – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
2004 – Edinburgh
2005 – Blackpool
2006 – Cologne, Germany
2007 – Brussels, Belgium
2008 – Leeds
2009 – Las Vegas, Nevada
2010 – Manchester
2011 – Chester
2012 – Leeds
2013 – Nottingham
2014 – New York City (Official) Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Unofficial)
2015 – Cardiff

Ground

Noble's Park pitch

For more information, please visit the official website.

Douglas and District play their home games at Noble's Park in Douglas, using changing rooms 1 (home) and 2 (away), to the far left of the pavilion. Parking spaces are available at the rear of the pavilion and Grandstand, and are accessible from St. Ninian's Road.

From 14/8/10 to 16/10/10, Union Mills Football Club kindly allowed the club to play their home games at their Garey Mooar^[4] pitch in Braddan. D&D moved from their former pitch on Springfield Road in Pulrose at the end of the 2009–10 season. This was due to the demolition of the NSC changing room block.

Originally, the club played at Groves Road, just across from Springfield Road.

Statistics

Douglas and District (in yellow) in an Isle of Man FA Cup match against Douglas High School Old Boys F.C. during the 2008–09 season

For more information, please visit the official website.

Highest League Position: 9th, 2002–03
Most League Wins: 10, 2002–03
Best League Win Percentage: 38.46%, 2002–03
Least League Defeats: 14, 2002–03
Best League Defeat Percentage: 53.85%, 2002–03
Most League Goals Scored: 69, 2002–03
Best Goals Scored Per League Game Average: 2.65, 2002–03
Least League Goals Conceded: 82, 1999–2000
Best Goals Conceded Per League Game Average: 3.15, 1999–2000
Most League Points: 32, 2002–03
Best Points Per Game Average: 1.23, 2002–03

Seasons

Woods Cup team from debut season in 1997

Douglas and District in 2002, the first since the name change, and at the start of their best season to date

Douglas and District in 2011

Season	League									FA Cup	Woods Cup	Hospital Cup	Junior Cup	Top goalscorer(s)
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	Woods Cup	Hospital Cup	Junior Cup	Name	Goals
1996–97	Div 2	28	0	2	26	18	172	2	15th	R1	PR	PR	NA	Graham Palmer	6
1997–98	Div 2	26	3	1	22	31	130	10	13th	PR	R1	R1	PR	Richard Mulhern	6
1998–99	Div 2	26	2	1	23	34	134	7	13th	PR	PR	PR	PR	Richard Mulhern	16
1999–00	Div 2	26	8	3	15	65	82	27	10th	R1	R1	PR	PR	Richard Mulhern	27
2000–01	Div 2	26	5	2	19	54	109	17	12th	PR	R1	R1	PR	Matty Bartlett	15
2001–02^	Div 2	24	4	3	17	28	94	15	12th	PR	PR	PR	PR	Matty Bartlett	8
2002–03	Div 2	26	10	2	14	69	94	32	9th	R1	PR	PR	PR	Matty Bartlett
2003–04	Div 2	26	6	5	15	63	89	23	11th	R1	R1	PR	QF	Richard Mulhern
2004–05	Div 2	26	4	3	19	43	84	15	12th	R1	PR	R1	PR	Matty Bartlett	22
2005–06	Div 2	26	6	1	19	44	92	19	11th	PR	PR	R1	R1	Lawrence Looney
2006–07	Div 2	26	2	3	21	41	135	9	13th	R1	PR	PR	R1
2007–08	Div 2	26	7	3	16	64	106	24	10th	PR	PR	PR	PR	James McIlhagga	16
2008–09	Div 2	26	7	1	18	51	117	22	10th	PR	R1	PR	PR	Richard Brant	14
2009–10#	Div 2	24	5	2	17	38	90	17	12th	PR	PR	PR	PR	Richard Brant Vincenzo Marsella	5
2010–11	Div 2	24	6	1	17	46	87	19	10th	PR	R1	PR	PR	Daniel Stewart-Clague	17
2011–12	Div 2	24	6	2	16	42	86	20	11th	PR	PR	R1	PR	Konrad Kumor	10
2012–13	Div 2	24	8	1	15	44	70	25	10th	QF	PR	QF	PR	Craig Cowin	12
2013–14	Div 2	24	7	1	16	38	73	22	11th	PR	R1	R1	PR	Daniel Stewart-Clague	12
2014–15	Div 2	24	2	3	19	30	96	9	12th	PR	R1	R1	R1	Daniel Stewart-Clague	8

Key

P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position
Div 2 = Isle of Man Football League Division Two
PR = Preliminary Round
R1 = Round 1
QF = Quarter Finals
^ = Only 13 teams not 14 entered Division Two for 2001/2002.
# = Jurby disbanded prior to the 2009/2010 season, leaving 13 teams in Division Two.

Club officials

Douglas and District Veterans team debut

For more information, please visit the official website.

Committee

Chairman: Enzo Ciappelli
Secretary: Dave Mathieson
Treasurer: Darren Armstrong
FA Representative: Shaun Gritton
Club Welfare Officer: Richard Sparkes
Social Committee: Kevin Doyle
Club Captain: Richard Brant
Website Developer: Dave Mathieson

Football Staff

First Team Manager: Lawrence Looney
Combination Manager: Dave Mathieson
Masters Manager: Kevin Schofield
Junior Coaches: Richard Brant, Andrew Gosnell, Richard Sparkes, Patrick Myers, Adrian Higgins

Honorary Life Club Members

David Quirk
Carole Corlett
Andrew Paul
Dave Mathieson

References

↑ "Bass lands Footballer of the Year award". Isle of Man Today. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
↑ "Award Winners 2013". Isle of Man Football Association. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
↑ "ANDREW GOSNELL WINS REGIONAL COACHING AWARD". Isle of Man Football Association. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
↑ "Douglas and District to play at Union Mills ground". Isle of Man Today. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

External links

Isle of Man Football League

Premier League	Ayre United Corinthians Douglas High School Old Boys Gymnasium Laxey Michael United Peel Ramsey Rushen United St Georges St Johns United St Marys Union Mills

Division Two	Braddan Castletown Metropolitan Colby Douglas Athletic Douglas and District Douglas Royal Foxdale Governors Athletic Malew Marown Onchan Pulrose United Ramsey Youth Centre and Old Boys

Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

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