Brantwood Football Club is an intermediate,

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club playing in the

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. The club, founded in 1901, hails from

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and plays its home matches at

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. Club colours are royal blue. The current manager is Graham McConnell. In 2009, the club, which had failed to gain a place in the

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in 2008 and instead played in the

IFA Interim Intermediate League The IFA Interim Intermediate League was a temporary league in Northern Ireland for one season only (2008–09), consisting of the former members of the IFA Intermediate League (dissolved in 2008) who did not meet the criteria for the new IFA Cham ...

, elected not to apply again for membership of the

and announced that it would step down into the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League for season 2009–10, ending over 50 years at national intermediate level.

History

Formed in 1901 and named after Brantwood Street, the club first played at the Glen, Alexandra Park Avenue. They won the Irish Junior Cup in 1913-14. From 1920 until 1930 they played at Dunmore Park, during which time they won the Intermediate League twice (1920–21 and 1924–25) and

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 compe ...

once. After 1930, Brantwood were unable to secure an extension to the lease at Dunmore Park and became homeless. For the next 22 years they played at various venues, including

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, Donaldson Crescent,

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, Greencastle, York Park and another four-year spell at Dunmore. During this nomadic period the club won the

twice, the Intermediate League and the Lyttle Cup. The club eventually bought its own ground and opened

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Honours

Intermediate honours

Irish Intermediate Cup The Irish Intermediate Cup is a Northern Irish football competition for teams of intermediate status, including NIFL Premiership reserve sides. It is a straight knock-out tournament and is currently sponsored by McCombs Coach Travel. The curre ...

: 4 **1951–52, 1952–53, 1972–73, 1990–91 *

George Wilson Cup The George Wilson Memorial Cup is a competition open to the reserve football teams of member clubs of the NIFL Premiership. Initially it was open to all members of the B Division, both "attached and unattached" (i.e. reserve sides and independen ...

: 1 **1972–73 *

: 9 **1920–21, 1931–32, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1976–77, 1985–86, 2005–06 *

Irish Intermediate League The Irish Intermediate League was a Northern Irish football competition for teams of intermediate status, which also included reserve sides of senior teams. The league ran from 1915 until 1954. History It began in 1915 after the amalgamation of ...

: 5 **1920–21, 1924–25, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1953–54 * McElroy Cup: 1 **1924–25 (shared) *

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: 2 **2010–11, 2013–14

Junior honours

*Irish Junior Cup: 1 **1913–14

References

External links

Brantwood FC Website

Irish Premier League Website

Irish FA Website

Irish League Forums

nifootball.co.uk (fixtures, results and tables of all leagues)
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