Dundela Football Club, nicknamed "The Duns" is a semi-professional, Northern Irish

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club from Belfast, currently playing in the NIFL Championship, and plays its home matches at Wilgar Park. The club's colours are green and white. The home kit has green shirts, green shorts and green socks, whilst the away kit is all red.

History

Dundela Football Club was formed in 1895 from employees of a local dairy owned by the Agnew family and members of a local harriers' club. Wilgar Park has been the home to the club since 1900. The park lies in the heartland of east Belfast, in a suburb named Strandtown. Its capacity is 2,500. The venue is nicknamed "The Hen Run". The club's greatest achievement to date came in April 1955, when it defeated

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by three goals to nil at Windsor Park, Belfast in the final of the Irish Cup. It was the first time a club form the Irish Alliance won the competition. The club's darkest hour occurred on 25 August 1995, when team captain, Michael Goddard died during a game at

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, home of

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, after being struck on the chest with the ball. The club's most recent success was an Intermediate League title in the 2017–18 season. Dundela's local rivals are Harland & Wolff Welders.

Current squad

Honours

Senior honours

* Irish Cup: 1 ** 1954–55

Intermediate honours

* Irish League B Division/Second Division: 11 (inc. one shared) **1967–68, 1976–77 (shared), 1981–82, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2000–01 * Irish Intermediate League: 5 **1921–22, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1950–51 * Irish Intermediate Cup: 10 **1946–47, 1954–55, 1965–66, 1974–75, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01 *

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: 4 **1964–65, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1974–75 * Steel & Sons Cup: 10 **1945–46, 1963–64, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1999–00, 2007–08, 2013–14 * B Division Knock-out Cup: 4 **1987–88, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95 * McElroy Cup: 1 **1945–46 (shared)

Notable former players

David Lyner David Lyner (9 January 1893 – 5 December 1973) was a Northern Irish footballer who played as an outside forward for various clubs in Northern Ireland, England and Scotland in the 1910s and 1920s, including Distillery, Glentoran, Manchester Uni ...

Eric McMordie Eric McMordie (full name Alexander S. McMordie; born 12 August 1946 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former professional footballer. McMordie was an attacking midfielder or inside forward whose career lasted from 1965 to 1978. He played for Mi ...

Billy Caskey Billy Caskey (born 10 December 1954 in Belfast) is a retired professional soccer midfielder from Northern Ireland. He played in the Irish Football League, Football League, North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He also ear ...

Matty Burrows Matthew Burrows is a former professional football player from Northern Ireland who played as a midfielder. Burrows scored a jumping backheel volley goal against Portadown to seal victory for Glentoran in injury-time of a match on 5 October 2010 ...

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References

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