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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 & George O'Boyle
League	NIFL Premier Intermediate League
2017–18	3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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[edit]

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

No. Position Player GK Jonah Nicholl DF Stephen Curley DF William Wharry DF James Wright DF Connor Corry DF Darren Doherty DF Alan McMurtry MF Jonathan McCaw MF Aaron Harris MF Stevie Hislop MF Andrew Simpson MF Daniel Hamilton

No. Position Player MF Gary Workman DF Barry Moore MF Brandon McConnell FW Paul Young FW Matthew Ferguson DF George Douglas MF Reece Croft FW Nick Beta DF Joe Reid GK Pat Saunders MF Timothy Clarke MF Mikey Withers

Notable managers[edit]

Lisburn Distillery playing in August 2009.

• 
  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)


• 
  Colin McIlwaine & George O'Boyle (2016-)

Honours[edit]

Senior honours[edit]

• 
  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[edit]

• 
  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[edit]

• 
  Irish Junior Cup: 1
  
  • 1888‡

‡ Won by Distillery II (reserve team)

External links[edit]

• Lisburn Distillery FC Website