PSNI Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Ireland, Northern Irish football club (association football), football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club is associated with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and its home ground is Newforge Lane in Belfast.
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 Northern Amateur Football League in 1956 and became one of its leading clubs before being elevated to the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, Irish League B Division 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 Police Service of Northern Ireland 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
Current Squad
Honours
Intermediate honours
*NIFL Premier Intermediate League, Irish League B Division: 1
**1986–87
*Irish Intermediate Cup: 4
**1978–79, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1986–87
*Steel & Sons Cup: 1
**1993–94
*Northern Ireland Football League#Knock-out competitions, B Division Knock-out Cup: 3
**1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86
*Northern Amateur Football League: 2
**1970–71, 1972–73
*Northern Amateur Football League#List of Clarence Cup winners, Clarence Cup: 1
**1960–61
*Northern Amateur Football League#Border Cup, Border Cup: 1
**1964-65
Junior honours
*County Antrim Junior Shield: 1
**1965–66†
† Won by RUC II (reserve team)
External links
Official website
References
Association football clubs in Northern Ireland
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Association football clubs established in 1928
NIFL Championship clubs
Association football clubs in Belfast
1928 establishments in Northern Ireland
Police association football clubs in Northern Ireland
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