Northern Athletic F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Northern Athletic F.C.


fullname = Northern Athletic Association Football Club
nickname =
founded = 1992
ground = Jurby School Playing Fields, School Close
Jurby, Isle of Man
capacity = "not known"
chairman =
manager =
league = Isle of Man Football League Division Two
season = 2007-08
position = Division Two, 14th
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Northern Athletic Football Club are a football club from Jurby in the Isle of Man. They compete in the Isle of Man Football League. They wear a purple and white kit and play their home games at the Jurby School Playing Fields.

History

Formed in 1992, they were known as Jurby F.C. until the end of the 2007-08 season. They have struggled each season in Division Two often finishing bottom of the league, and in the 2004-05 season went the entire season without winning one league game. They did get two draws and ended up with a total of two points.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2004/05
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2005-01-15
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx05.html
accessdate = 2007-05-29] In June 2008 the club faced extinction when they stated that unless they got a new manager the club might have to pull out of the leaguecite news
title = Jurby in public plea over manager
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2008-06-18
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7460975.jp
accessdate = 2008-09-10] and in the 2008-09 they changed their name to Northern Athletic.cite news
title = Manx football season opens with a bang
publisher = Isle of Man Newspapers
date = 2008-07-22
url = http://www.iomtoday.co.im/manxfootball/Manx-football-season-opens-with.4286144.jp
accessdate = 2008-09-10] The club has a reserve team that play in the Isle of Man Football Combination.

A previous club, RAF Jurby, were Isle of Man League champions in 1955-56.cite web
title = Isle of Man List of Cup Winners
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2008-06-08
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manxchamp.html
accessdate = 2008-09-10]

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