Lisburn Distillery F.C.

Lisburn Distillery

Full name	Lisburn Distillery Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Whites
Founded	1880 (as Distillery)
Ground	New Grosvenor Stadium
Ground Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Jim Greer
Manager	Colin McIlwane and George O'Boyle
League	NIFL Premier Intermediate League
2016-17	9th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Lisburn Distillery Football Club is a Northern Irish, intermediate football club who are based in Ballyskeagh, County Down and play in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. 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 defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jack McRae 2 DF Stephen Curley 3 DF William Wharry 4 DF Tyrell McCrory 5 DF Darren Doherty 6 DF Alan McMurtry 7 MF Jonathan McCaw 8 MF Aaron Harris 9 MF Stevie Hislop 11 MF Jody Lynch

No. Position Player 12 DF Barry Moore 14 FW Paul Young 15 FW Rhys Grainger 16 DF Padraig McParland 19 MF Jamie Peoples 17 FW Nick Beta 18 FW Darren Bell 19 GK Tony Galbraith 20 MF Timothy Clarke

Notable former managers

• Jimmy McIntosh (1952–55)
• Maurice Tadman (1955–58)
• George Eastham, Sr. (1959–64)
• Jimmy McAlinden (1969–75)
• Roy Welsh
• Billy Hamilton (1989–95)
• Paul Kirk
• Tommy Wright* (2009–11)

Honours

Senior honours

• Irish League: 6 (inc. one shared)
  • 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