Wakehurst F.C.
| Full name | Wakehurst Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The 'Hurst |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Ground |
Mill Meadow Castledawson |
| Manager | Douglas Stevenson |
| 2014–15 | 13th |
Wakehurst is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Championship 2. The club, founded in 1969, hails from Ballymena, although home matches are played at Moyola Park's ground at Mill Meadow. Wakehurst formerly played at the second pitch at the Ballymena Showgrounds, home of Ballymena United, but for 2009/10 this pitch was deemed not to meet the criteria for the Championship, and home games were played at the ground of Tobermore United in Tobermore, County Londonderry, for that season; Wakehurst moved to Castledawson for 2010/11.[1][2] It is the club's intention eventually to return to Ballymena.[3]
Club colours are black, and white (home) and blue (away).
The club is currently managed by interim boss and former captain Douglas Stevenson alongside ex-manager, Ian Gregg.
The club's reserve side - Wakehurst Strollers - play in Division Two of the Ballymena and Provincial League and are managed by player / manager Jason Connolly.
Wakehurst were relegated from NIFL Championship 2 at the end of the 2015/16 season, their final game in the Irish League a 2-1 defeat to Newington YC at Mill Meadow - a result that helped the Belfast side to safety.
The club will return to the Ballymena & Provincial League for the 2016/17 season.
The club played at junior level in the Ballymena & District League and Northern Amateur League until stepping up to intermediate football in 2003.[4][5]
Players
Current First Team Squad
As of June 2016 [6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
Junior honours
- County Antrim Junior Shield: 1
- 1989–90
References
- ↑ Ballymena Times, Wakehurst forced to play outside Ballymena next season, 15-05-2009
- ↑ Homeless Wakehurst need to find a speedy resolution, The Park, p.13, Belfast Telegraph, 30 August 2010
- ↑ Wakehurst FC appeal for Council help to end three-year ‘exile’ from Ballymena
- ↑ H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 219
- ↑ "Waking up to Wakehurst", NI Football, Issue 13 (2009), p. 24
- ↑ http://www.portstewartfc.co.uk/club/150788/Squad
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