Loughgall F.C.

Loughgall Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship.

Loughgall
Full nameLoughgall Football Club
Nickname(s)The Villagers
Founded1967
GroundLakeview Park
Capacity3,000
ChairmanMarcus Thompson
ManagerDean Smith
LeagueNIFL Championship
2019–20NIFL Championship, 3rd
WebsiteClub website

History

The club, founded in 1967, is situated in the village of Loughgall, near Armagh in County Armagh and they play their home games in the village at Lakeview Park. They achieved senior status in 2004 on promotion to the Irish Premier League, but reverted to intermediate status upon relegation in 2007. Keith Kearney is their youngest ever goalscorer, when he scored in the Irish cup 4th round tie against Tandragee Rovers FC. He was a 68th minute substitute making his debut and scored in the 77th minute aged just 14 years and 187 days old. On 3 March 2018, Loughgall beat Glenavon 2-1 to reach the semi final of the Irish Cup for the first time since 1997.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  NIR Fintan Coney
GK  GER Berraat Turker
DF  NIR Jordan Lyttle
DF  NIR Ben Murdock
DF  NIR Connor Kerr
DF  NIR Luke Cartwright
DF  NIR Ricky Copeland
DF  NIR Jamie Rea
DF  NIR John Scott
MF  NIR Steven Ferguson
MF  BRA Pablo Andrade
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  NIR Marcus Dallas
MF  NIR Dale Malone
MF  NIR Jordan Gibson
MF  NIR Scott McCullough
MF  NIR Andrew Hoey
MF  NIR Ross Hunter (On loan from Glenavon)
MF  NIR Ben Neill
FW  NIR Marc McConnell
FW  NIR Nathaniel Ferris
FW  NIR Jamie Douglas
FW  LTU Nedas Maciulaitis

Managerial history

  • Noel Willis (1967–70)
  • George Willis (1970–76)
  • Sam Robinson (1977–81)
  • Raymond Nesbitt (1983–84)
  • Willie Forbes (1984–85)
  • Alfie Wylie (1986–89)
  • Alan Fraser (1999)
  • Ronnie Cromie (1999-01)
  • Jimmy Gardiner (2001–06)
  • Shane Reddish (2006–07)
  • Niall Currie (2007–Feb 2011)
  • Colin Malone (May 2011–Aug 2013)
  • Gary McKinstry (Aug 2013–Dec 2013)
  • Brian Adair (Dec 2013–Dec 2014)
  • Noel Mitchell (Jan 2015–May 2015)
  • Stephen Uprichard and Steven Hawe (May 2015–November 2016)
  • Dean Smith (November 2016-)

Honours

Senior honours

Intermediate honours

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