Bryansburn Rangers Football Club is a

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, intermediate

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club playing in Division 1B of the

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. The club are from

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and play their home matches at Ballywooley Park on the Crawfordsburn Road. The club was founded in 1974 and joined the Amateur League in 1984.H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) ''A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League'', p. 184 Bryansburn field 3 senior teams in total. As well as the first team, there is a second team playing in

Division 3D along with 3rd team that compete in the Down Area League, Division 1. The first team were promoted to Division 1A at the end of 2009–10 season, however 2 back to back relegation's left the team in 1C. After a number of years in 1C, the 1st team gained promotion once again to 1B in the 17/18 season, finishing runners up to

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The club competes in a number of cup competitions in Northern Ireland, such as the

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, the

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, the

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, the Clarence Cup and the Border Cup. The club appointed former player Andy Thompson as their new manager on the 22nd June 2023. Thompson made 425 competitive appearances for the club between 1998 and 2017.

Squad 2023-2024

Honours

Intermediate honours

* Northern Amateur Football League 1C **2017/18 (Runners up)

Junior honours

* Northern Amateur Football League 2C: 2 **1996/97 **2000/01

Notable events

On Sunday 29 March 2015, in the lead up to the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier between

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and

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, Bryansburns home ground 'Ballywooley' was used as a venue for the fans game between the Northern Ireland and Finland fans teams. Former Northern Ireland international

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who made a guest appearance for the Northern Ireland fans team, along with Finnish Legend

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for the Finland fans team. Northern Ireland ran out eventual 3–1 winners.

Notable former players

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, international professional footballer from

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, currently playing for

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in the

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division.

Notes

Club officials

*Chairman: Alan Dempster *Secretary: Jordan Parkes *Treasurer: Davy Armstrong *Groundsmen: Alex Jones *1st team Manager: Andy Thompson *1st Coach: Ross Gray *1st team assistant Managers: Andy Cardwell, Rob Steventon *Club Captain: Alan McMullan *2nd team Manager: Ryan Connolly *3rd team Manager: Vacant

External links

Bryansburn Rangers Official Club website

nifootball.co.uk
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