- Bangor F.C.
Football club infobox
clubname = Bangor
fullname = Bangor Football Club
nickname = The Seasiders
founded = 1918
ground =Clandeboye Park , Bangor, Co. Down
capacity = 2850 (504 seated)
chairman =Trevor Best
manager =Marty Quinn
assist. =David Dorrian and Jeff Montgomery
league =JJB Sports Premiership
season = 2007-08
position = 3rd, Intermediate League First Division
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leftarm2=FFFF00|body2=FFFF00|rightarm2=FFFF00|shorts2=FFFF00|socks2=FFFF00Bangor is a
Northern Ireland football club playing in the JJB Sports Premiership. The club, founded in 1918, hails from Bangor and plays its home matches atClandeboye Park . Club colours are gold and royal blue. The club is now managed by ex-Coleraine manager Marty Quinn, followingPaul Millar 's resignation at the end of the 2007/08 season.Bangor enjoyed the most successful period in its history during the 1990s when the club qualified for Europe for the first time in its history after finishing second in the
Irish League . This success was followed by winning theIrish Cup in 1993 after two replays against bitter rivals, Ards. Paul Byrne, who scored the winning goal with the last kick of the game, moved on to Celtic.In October 2007, the club announced that a deal had been struck with property developers to sell land at the rear of the ground and use this to clear all debts. On May 13th, 2008, it was announced that Bangor had secured a place in the new 12-team JJB Sports Premiership for the 2008-09, season despite only having finished third in the IFA Intermediate League First Division in 2007-2008.Honours
enior honours
*
Irish Cup : 1
**1992/93
*Irish League Cup : 1
**1992/93
*City Cup: 2
**1970/71, 1976/77
*Ulster Cup : 2
**1991/92, 1994/95
*County Antrim Shield : 3
**1969/70, 1974/75, 1988/89
*Mid-Ulster Cup : 1
**1995/96Intermediate honours
*Irish League B Division Section 2: 2
**1993/94†, 1994/95†
*Irish Intermediate Cup : 3
**1940/41†, 1942/43†, 1943/44†
*Intermediate League Cup: 1
**2004/05
*Steel & Sons Cup : 5
**1923/24, 1940/41†, 1945/46†, 1994/95†, 2004/05† Won by Bangor Reserves
Season 2008-09
This season Bangor will be playing in the newly formed I.F.A Premiership.
Current squad
Notable former players
*flagicon|Northern Ireland Gerry Armstrong
*flagicon|Northern Ireland Harry Baird
*flagicon|Scotland Willie Fernie
*flagicon|Republic of Ireland Paul Byrne
*flagicon|Northern Ireland Harry GlennieExternal links
* [http://www.bangorfc.com/ Bangor FC Website]
* [http://www.bangorfc.tv/ Bangor FC Video & Media Site]
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