Sofia Farmer Football Club is an
intermediate-level football club playing in the Premier division of the
Ballymena & Provincial League
Ballymena ( ; from ga, an Baile Meánach , meaning 'the middle townland') is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is part of the Borough of Mid and East Antrim.
The town is built on land given to the Adair family by King Charles I i ...
in
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
. The club originally played at the Mid-Ulster Sports Arena,
Cookstown
Cookstown ( ga, An Chorr Chríochach, IPA: anˠˈxoːɾˠɾˠˈçɾʲiːxəx is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth largest town in the county and had a population of 11,599 in the 2011 census. It, along with Maghe ...
,
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an admini ...
, before moving in 2016 to share Allen Park,
Antrim, with
Chimney Corner. The club plays in the
Irish Cup
The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. Ina ...
.
During their first season as an intermediate club, 2015–16, the club struggled to make an impact in the Ballymena & Provincial League, drawing two and losing fifteen of their matches, with one match not played. The match in question, an away tie against
Rathcoole, was abandoned in the second half after a mass brawl between players from both teams broke out. They suffered several heavy defeats, including losing 15–1 at
Magherafelt Sky Blues, 15–0 at
Ballynure Old Boys and 18–1 at
Dunloy
Dunloy () is a village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located north of Ballymena and north-west is Ballymoney. It is located in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Finvoy, in the former Barony (Ireland), baro ...
.
2015-16 results
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References
External links
nifootball.co.uk
– (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)
Association football clubs in Northern Ireland
Association football clubs in County Tyrone
Sport in Cookstown
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