Moyola Park F.C.
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| Full name | Moyola Park Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Park |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Ground | Mill Meadow, Castledawson |
Ground Capacity | 200 Seated |
| Manager | Mervyn Pattison |
| League | NIFL Premier Intermediate League |
| 2017–18 | 5th |
Moyola Park Association Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1880, hails from Castledawson, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry, and plays its home matches at the Mill Meadow, which has an artificial "3G" surface.[1] Club colours are royal blue and yellow. They are currently managed by Mervyn Pattison. The club won the inaugural Irish Cup in 1881.
Contents
1 History
2 Honours
2.1 Senior honours
2.2 Intermediate honours
2.3 Junior honours
3 References
4 External links
History[edit]
Moyola Park was formed during season 1879–80 under the patronage of Lord Spencer Chichester, the landlord of the Moyola Park estate. The first recorded game was a friendly at home against Cliftonville, on 14 February 1880, in which the visitors recorded a 3-0 victory. Lord Spencer Chichester was the inaugural president of the Irish Football Association, which was formed in November 1880. On 9 April 1881, Moyola Park became the first winners of the Irish Cup, defeating Cliftonville 1–0 in the final.[2]
After those prestigious early days the club became less prominent and did not become a senior club, playing as a junior club outside the Irish League. In the early years of the twentieth century, the club played in a local league in south Londonderry and it continued to do so until the Second World War, with the exception of the 1929–30 season during which the club participated in the Belfast-based Minor League. After the war, Moyola Park was a founding member of the Ballymena and District Junior League in 1948–49, where it played until season 1977–78 (with the exception of 1950–51, when it participated in the Irish Football Alliance). During this time, the club won the league championship outright on five occasions: 1948–49, 1949–50, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78, and shared the championship in 1959–60 with Ballymoney United. The club also won the Irish Junior Cup in 1972–73 and 1973–74.[2]
In 1978, the club was elevated to intermediate status upon joining the newly established Northern Ireland Intermediate League. In 1991, Moyola Park gained admission to the Irish League B Division. A successful spell under manager Kenny Shiels saw the club win the Smirnoff Cup (1999–2000) and the Craig Memorial Cup (2000–01), and finished as runners-up in the (renamed) Second Division (2000–01) and Irish Intermediate Cup. The club’s greatest modern success followed in 2001–02 when, under new manager Eric Halliday, Moyola Park won the Second Division title (as well as retaining the Craig Memorial Cup.[2]
Until the 2008–09 season, its home was the eponymous Moyola Park, but at the start of 2009–10 it used Coagh United's Hagan Park while its current ground was under construction.[3][4] The first match at the new ground was on 16 January 2010 against Lurgan Celtic.[5]
Honours[edit]
Senior honours[edit]
Irish Cup: 1- 1880–81
Intermediate honours[edit]
Irish League Second Division: 1- 2001–02
B Division Knock-out Cup: 1- 1999–2000
Craig Memorial Cup: 6- 1981–82, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07
Junior honours[edit]
Irish Junior Cup: 2- 1972–73, 1973–74
References[edit]
^ http://www.sportni.net/MoyolaParkAssociationFootballClub.htm[permanent dead link]
^ abc Moyola Park Association Football Club - A Potted History Archived 2010-04-07 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Sport Northern Ireland, £1.9m facility for Moyola Association Football Club[permanent dead link]
^ Strabane Chronicle, 15-10-2009, Impressive Dergview move up to third slot[permanent dead link]
^ Moyola Park open Mill Meadow
External links[edit]
- Moyola Park FC Website
- Irish Premier League Website
- Irish Football Club Project
- Irish FA Website
- Irish League Forums
- nifootball.co.uk (fixtures, results and tables of all leagues)
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Categories:
- Moyola Park F.C.
- Association football clubs established in 1880
- Association football clubs in Northern Ireland
- Association football clubs in County Londonderry
- 1880 establishments in Ireland
- Founding members of the Irish Football Association
- NIFL Premier Intermediate League clubs
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