- Dundela F.C.
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Dundela Full name Dundela Football Club Nickname(s) The Duns Founded 1895[citation needed] Ground Wilgar Park, Belfast
(Capacity: 2500)Manager Mark Snodden League IFA Championship 2 2010/11 4th Dundela F.C. (the Duns) is an intermediate, Northern Irish football team from Belfast. It currently plays in IFA Championship 2, and plays its home matches at Wilgar Park, nicknamed "the Hen Run". The club's colours are green and white. The home kit has green shirts, white shorts and green or white socks, whilst the away kit is all red. The current team manager is Mark Snodden. The backroom staff include Sammy McFadden, Brian Murphy, Marty Milligian, Ronnie Stirling and Alan Morrision.
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History
The Dundela Football Club was formed in 1895 from employees of a local dairy owned by the Agnew family and members of a local harriers' club.[citation needed] Its greatest achievement to date came in April 1955, when it defeated the mighty Glenavon by three goals to nil at Windsor Park, Belfast in the final of the Irish Cup. Dundela's darkest hour occurred on August 25, 1995, when team captain, Michael Goddard died during a game at Stangmore Park, home of Dungannon Swifts, after being struck on the chest with the ball. The club's latest success was a Steel & Sons Cup win in December 2007. Dundela's local rivals are Harland & Wolff Welders F.C..
Wilgar Park
Wilgar Park has been the home ground of Dundela F.C. since 1900. The park lies in the heartland of east Belfast, in a suburb named Strandtown. Its capacity is 2,500. The venue is nicknamed "The Hen Run". It is currently undergoing a facelift, with a new perimeter wooden fence, new concrete dugouts, two new blocks of seating (under the covered terrace) and a new toilet block with disabled access in and out of the ground being installed. In the long term, the 'muddy patch' above the pitch on the top of the grassy bank on the south side will hopefully have new apartments built on it (once the land gets sold), the stand and ProKick gym behind it will be knocked down and a new stand with restaurant and viewing lounge will be added, along with new premises for ProKick.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 
GK Jonathan Sargeant 2 DF Mark Whitford 3 DF David Murphy 4 DF Adam Chalmers 5 DF Lee Lenaghan 6 DF Stephen Gourley 7 DF Kyle Alexander 8 DF Gary Walker 9 MF Gareth Bingham 10 MF Gareth Bingham No. Position Player 11 MF Michael Jones 12 MF Scott Hill 13 MF Grant Dunlop 14 DF Jonathan Gilliand 15 FW Glen Upton 16 FW Craig Campbell 17 FW Roman Gogulev 18 FW Craig McCracken 19 FW Mark Green Non-playing staff
Position Staff Manager Mark SnoddenAssistant Manager Sammy McFaddenGoalkeeping Coach / Physio Brian MurphyAssistant Coach Gary MegawGroundsman / Team Attendant Martin MilliganScout Alan MorrisonLast updated: 26 April 2011
Source: Dundela Football Club official websiteFormer players
- Laurence Fyfe
- Jackie Vernon
- David Lyner
- Eric McMordie
- Billy Caskey
- Mattie Burrows
- James Taylor
- Mark Snodden
- Barry Bloomer
- Tony Miskelly
- Tommy Parker
- Davy Simpson
- Michael Goddard
- Glen Upton
- Sammey Whiteside
- Stephen Patterson
- Jimmy Stewart
- Stephen Milburn
- John Coey
- Sammy McFadden
- Johnny Jamesion
- Joe Hendron
- Billy Floyd
- Gary Quinn
- Stephen Hanvey
- Paul Wilson
- Stephen Doey
- Brian McCarroll
- David Currie
- Paul Beck
- Norman Hayes
- Perry Galbriath
- Billy Dornan
- David Moore
- Andy Beattie
- Ivor Moore
- Dean Irwin
- Gary Bell
- Billy Bell
- Billy McMordie
- Mervyn Bell
- Alan Harrison
- Ronnie Stirling
- Neil Coey
Honours
Senior honours
- Irish Cup: 1
- 1954/55
Intermediate honours
- Irish League B Division/Second Division: 11
- 1967/68, 1976/77 (shared), 1981/82, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1999/00, 2000/01
- Irish Intermediate Cup: 10
- 1947/48, 1955/56, 1965/66, 1974/75, 1983/84, 1988/89, 1992/93, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01
- George Wilson Cup: 4
- 1964/65, 1967/68, 1971/72, 1974/75
- Steel & Sons Cup: 9
- 1945/46, 1963/64, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1990/91, 1999/00, 2007/08
- B Division Knock-out Cup: 4
- 1987/88, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1994/95
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