Tobermore United Football Club is an intermediate,

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club playing in the

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History

The club, founded in 1965, is based in

Tobermore Tobermore (, named after the townland of Tobermore) is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies south-south-west of Maghera and north-west of Magherafelt. Tobermore lies within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan and is ...

, near

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and currently plays its home matches at

Fortwilliam Park Fortwilliam Park is a association football, football ground in Tobermore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Tobermore United F.C. In 1984, the ground hosted George Best, George Best's only competitive club match in ...

. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Adrian Whiteside. Tobermore United is the only football club in Northern Ireland that

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ever played competitively for. However, it was only for one match, on 11 February 1984, after many years of his decline, and Tobermore lost 7–0 to

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. The club has an extensive and highly popular youth development scheme which has led to it being awarded official Football Development Centre (FDC) status by the IFA. It currently has teams at under-11, under-12, under-14 and under-16 level. In the 2010–11 season, the club gained promotion to

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by finishing 2nd in

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, but were relegated again two-years later. Following the curtailed 2019–20 Premier Intermediate League season, Tobermore finished 11th and technically bottom of the league however weren’t relegated due to no appropriate promotion candidates, and given the league had already lost

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who had withdrawn.

Current squad

Honours

Senior honours

North West Senior Cup The North West Senior Cup or North West Cup is a senior football competition in Northern Ireland run by the North West of Ireland Football Association. Senior and intermediate teams from the North West FA's jurisdiction (which covers County Lon ...

: 2 **1989–90, 2006–07

Intermediate honours

* IFA Intermediate League Second Division: 1 **2004–05 *

Craig Memorial Cup The Craig Memorial Cup, also known as the William Craig Memorial Cup is an intermediate football competition in Northern Ireland run by the North West of Ireland Football Association. The competition culminates in the final which has traditionall ...

: 6 **1980–81, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2009–10 *

Northern Ireland Intermediate League The Northern Ireland Intermediate League is an amateur intermediate league based in the north-west region of Northern Ireland. As one of the leagues in the 4th tier of Northern Irish football, the league champions can be promoted to the NIFL Prem ...

: 3 **1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83 *Northern Ireland Intermediate League Cup: 2 **1978–79, 1981–82 *North West Intermediate Cup Winners: 2 **1989–90, 2005–06

References

External links

NIFL Home Page (Fixtures, Results and Tables of all NIFL Leagues)

Tobermore United (Fixtures & Results)

Tobermore United (Club Information)
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