Braddan F.C.

Braddan F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Braddan A.F.C.


fullname = Braddan Association Football Club
nickname = Tangerine Barmy Army
founded = 1923
ground = Cronkbourne Football Ground
Cronkbourne, Victoria Road,
Douglas Isle of Man
capacity = "not known"
chairman = Tom MacLaren
manager = Paul Ramsden
Groundsman = Brian Goldsmith
league = Isle of Man Football League Division Two
season = 2007-08
position = Division Two, 9th
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Braddan Football Club are a football club from Douglas on the Isle of Man. They compete in the Isle of Man Football League. They wear royal blue strips and play their home games at Cronkbourne Football Ground, Victoria Road, Douglas.

History

Formed in 1923,cite news
title = IOMFA Member Clubs' Contacts
publisher = Isle of Man Football Association
date = 2008
url = http://www.isleofmanfa.com/AboutUs/Contacts/Member+Clubs/
accessdate = 2008-09-08] Braddan home matches at the Clucas Laundry Ground at Tromode in Douglas. Braddan moved to the new Sports Council ground at Victoria Road in the early 1990s. To retain the links with the former ground the club named the new ground "Cronkbourne". Construction of the new clubhouse at Victoria Road started in 1994 in readiness for the 1994-95 season. The Club has continued to develop the pitch and facilities.cite news
title = Braddan AFC club history
publisher = Braddan F.C.
url = http://braddanfc.intheteam.com/modules/page/Page.aspx?pc=16325&mid=3343&pmid=0
accessdate = 2008-09-08 ]

The club were very successful in the 1930s, with four league title and a clean sweep of the senior trophies in 1938. They were promoted to the First Division in the 1984-85 season, but lasted just two seasons and were relegated in the 1987-88 season. They were Division Two champions in 1992-93, losing just one game all season.cite web
title = Isle of Man 1897/98 and 1970/71-1994/95
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2007-05-29
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx1898.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] They lasted three seasons in the First Divison and were again relegated back to Division Two in the 1996-97 season.cite web
title = Isle of Man 1996/97
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2005-01-16
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx97.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] The roller coaster continued the following season as they were promoted back up 1997-98 only to be relegated straight back down the next season. cite web
title = Isle of Man 1998/99
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2004-01-20
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx98.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] They then stayed in Division Two until they were promoted as runners-up in 2005-06.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2005/06
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2006-08-20
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx06.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] Yet again they lasted just one season in the top flight and were relegated in the 2006-07 season.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2006/07
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2007-08-17
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx07.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08] cite news
last = Clague
first = Eric
title = Braddan relegated
publisher = Isle of Man Newspapers
date = 2007-03-17
url = http://www.iomtoday.co.im/reports/BRADDAN-RELEGATED.2132057.jp
accessdate = 2007-11-12] They reached the Woods Cup final in 2007-08cite news
title = Braddan and Colby through to Woods Cup final
publisher = Isle of Man Newspapers
date = 2007-02-18
url = http://www.iomtoday.co.im/slideshows/Braddan-and-Colby-through-to.3779533.jp
accessdate = 2007-11-12] where they lost 2-0 to Colby.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2007/08
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2008-08-22
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx08.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08]

Braddan have a reserve team who compete in the the Isle of Man Football Combination. In 2008 the club established a youth development setup, with two teams for the 2008-09 season, 13-15 and 15-17 who compete in their respective age group leagues.cite news
title = Junior Football kicks off
publisher = Braddan F.C.
date = 2008-09-02
url = http://braddanfc.intheteam.com/modules/news/News.aspx?NewsId=171389&page=0&sortField=Entered&sortOrder=DESC&itemCount=20
accessdate = 2008-09-08 ]

Honours

First team

League

*Division One champions (4): 1929-30, 1930-31,1936-37,1937-38
*Division Two champions (5): 1924-25, 1953-54,1974-75,1985-86, 1992-93

Cup

*Manx FA Cup (1): 1937-38
*Railway Cup (3): 1930-31, 1931-32, 1937-38
*Hospital Cup (4): 1935-36, 1936-37, 1945-46, 1952-53
*Woods Cup (1): 1976-77
*Paul Henry Gold Cup (1): 2003-04

Reserve team

League

*Combination League champions (3): 1963-64, 1964-65, 1970-71

Cup

*Junior Cup (4): 1954-55, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1994-95
*Cowell Cup (1): 1952-53

References

External links

* [http://braddanfc.intheteam.com/modules/page/Page.aspx?pc=home Official website]
* [http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?division=4828390 Division Two table at the fa.com]


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