Ambassadors Football Club is an
intermediate-level football club playing in the Intermediate B division of the
Mid-Ulster Football League
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in
Northern Ireland
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. The club, which is based in
County Armagh
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, has three men's senior teams, a senior ladies team who play in NIWFA Division 2. They also have a boys and girls youth academy. The club's senior team plays in the
Irish Cup
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. Their home kit is blue whilst they predominantly play their away fixtures in black.
The club, which has a "Christian ethos",
is part of the global sports ministry "Ambassadors Football". It previously played its senior home games at Ashgrove Park in
Markethill,
with training also occurring at pitches in
Richhill,
Armagh
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and
Portadown
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.
In 2023, a 21-year lease was signed for use of the old Brownlow Leisure Centre pitches in
Craigavon.
References
External links
Daily Mirror Mid-Ulster Football League Official website
Association football clubs in Northern Ireland
Association football clubs in County Armagh
Mid-Ulster Football League clubs
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