PSNI Football Club is an intermediate,

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playing in the

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. The club is associated with the

Police Service of Northern Ireland The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; ga, Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: ') is the police force that serves Northern Ireland. It is the successor to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) after it was reform ...

, and its home ground is

Newforge Lane Newforge Lane is a private-members' country club for members of the RUC Athletic Association, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It hosts multiple sports facilities, principally the football stadium, which serves as the home ground of the Po ...

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History

It was founded in 1928 as RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary)PSNI (RUC) FC official website history
and changed its name in 2002, following the change in the name of the police. The club joined the

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in 1956 and became one of its leading clubs before being elevated to the

Irish League B Division The NIFL Premier Intermediate League is the third division of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national association football league in Northern Ireland, and the highest intermediate division in Northern Ireland, occupying level three in ...

in 1975. The club stayed at this level until failing to gain a place in the reorganised and re-branded IFA Championship in 2008. Although originally only serving members of the

could play for the team, that rule no longer exists. In February 2019 Will Horwood was appointed as the PSNI FC manager, in early November 2019 Will decided to appoint 20 year old Rhys Hadden as the assistant manager. In January 2020, Glenn Taggart was appointed manager of

PSNI The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; ga, Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: ') is the police force that serves Northern Ireland. It is the successor to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) after it was reforme ...

Current Squad

Honours

Intermediate honours

: 1 **1986–87 *

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: 4 **1978–79, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1986–87 *

Steel & Sons Cup The Steel & Sons Cup (also referred to as the Steel Cup) is an intermediate football competition in Northern Ireland run by the North East Ulster Football Association (also known as the County Antrim & District Football Association). The comp ...

: 1 **1993–94 * B Division Knock-out Cup: 3 **1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86 *

: 2 **1970–71, 1972–73 *

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: 1 **1960–61 *

Border Cup The Border Cup was an association football cup competition for clubs in the Scottish Borders. The competition was founded in 1890 and was last competed for in the 1955–56 season. Format The competition was a knock-out tournament contested by th ...

: 1 **1964-65

Junior honours

*County Antrim Junior Shield: 1 **1965–66† † Won by RUC II (reserve team)

External links

Official website

References

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