Bangor Swifts F.C.
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| Full name | Bangor Swifts Football Club |
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| Founded | 12 September 1970 |
| Ground |
St Columbanus College Bangor, Co. Down |
| League | Northern Amateur League |
| 2009/2010 | 5th (Division 1C) |
Bangor Swifts is a Northern Irish intermediate-level football club playing in Division 1C of the Northern Amateur Football League. The club was founded when a team representing Wesley Centenary Youth Guild played its first match on 12 September 1970 at Rathgael Special School. The team only played friendly and Summer League matches mainly because most of the members of the team were still attending the local Bangor Grammar School.
In March 1972 the team changed its name to Epworth Hall Youth Club and began to play football at junior level. The following year it took up its current name of Bangor Swifts. The Swifts joined the Amateur League in 1987.[1]
Its home ground is at St Columbanus' College although it also uses the playing fields in Valentine's Park, Bangor. As well as the first XI, the club also has 2nd XI in Division 3B of the Amateur League and a 3rd XI in the Down Area League, as well as an under-19 youth team playing in the North Down Youth League and an under-15 youth team.
The official club colours are a combination of royal blue and yellow and white. Various permutations of these colours have been worn down through the years by all the club's sides. The royal blue and yellow represent the town colours as well as those of Bangor F.C. who donated an old set of their shirts to the fledgling club in 1971, while the white represents the school PE shirts that players had to use before they had a uniform kit.[2]
Top Goalscorers
| 09/10 | Top Scorers |
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| Swifts 1st XI | Michael Craig |
| Swifts 2nd XI | Blaine Mcmillan |
| Swifts 3rd XI | Daniel Hanna |
Junior honours
- NAFL Division 2B:
- 2007/8
Crest
The current crest is that of a Swift over a football. The original badge was loosely based on the Bangor coat of arms, with two swifts replacing the ships in the centre of the shield.
Colours and Kits
The Swifts' first XI currently play in Yellow Shirts with Royal Blue trim, Shorts & Socks.
External links
- nifootball.co.uk - (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)
Notes
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