Brantwood F.C.

Brantwood

Full name	Brantwood Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Brants
Founded	1901
Ground	Skegoneill Avenue
Capacity	5,000[1]
Chairman	Noel Holmes
Manager	Philip (Joe) McCann
League	Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League
Home colours Away colours

Brantwood Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the Ballymena & Provincial Football League. The club, founded in 1901, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Skegoneill Avenue. Club colours are royal blue. The current manager is Philip McCann.

In 2009, the club, which had failed to gain a place in the IFA Championship in 2008 and instead played in the IFA Interim Intermediate League, elected not to apply again for membership of the IFA Championship and announced that it would step down into the Ballymena & Provincial League for season 2009/10, ending over 50 years at national intermediate level.

Honours

Intermediate honours

• Irish Intermediate Cup: 4
  • 1951/52, 1952/53, 1972/73, 1990/91
• George Wilson Cup: 1
  • 1972/73
• Steel & Sons Cup: 9
  • 1920/21, 1931/32, 1950/51, 1951/52, 1952/53, 1955/56, 1976/77, 1985/86, 2006/07
• Ballymena & Provincial League: 2
  • 2010/11, 2013/14

Junior honours

• Irish Junior Cup: 1
  • 1913/14

References

1. www.worldstadiums.com

External links

• Brantwood FC Website
• Irish Premier League Website
• Irish Football Club Project
• Irish FA Website
• Irish League Forums
• Ground Hopper's tour of Skegoniel Avenue
• nifootball.co.uk (fixtures, results and tables of all leagues)