Harland & Wolff Welders F.C.

Harland & Wolff Welders Football & Social Club
Full nameHarland & Wolff Welders Football & Social Club
Nickname(s)The Welders
Founded1965
GroundBlanchflower Park,
Belfast
Capacity1,100
ChairmanThomas Flynn <nifootballleague.com>
ManagerPaul Kee
LeagueNIFL Championship
2023–24NIFL Championship, 6th of 12
Websitehttp://www.weldersfc.co.uk
Current season

Harland & Wolff Welders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship.

History

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The club, founded in 1965, hails from Belfast and played its home matches at Tillysburn Park in the East of the city. In October 2021 the H&W Welders moved from Tillysburn park into a redevelopment of Blanchflower Park Stadium costing over £5m with 3G pitches and new stands.[1] A new stadium and facilities in the Danny Blanchflower Playing Fields was under construction by 2020, suitable for Premiership football.[2]

The club was formed by the welders of the nearby Harland & Wolff shipyard.[3] The club's colours are amber and black to display the link with Harland & Wolff shipyard and its cranes. Harland & Wolff Welders share a long running rivalry with fellow East Belfast Championship side Dundela. In April 2014 they formed a partnership with Harland Youth, a young club composed of six teams of all ages and they will now be called H&W Welders Youth. The club would also have quite a close relationship with Glentoran, with many former Glens players turning out for the club.





Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR Jack Mills
2 MF Northern Ireland NIR Lewis Patterson
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR James McCarthy
4 MF Northern Ireland NIR Dylan O'Kane
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Darragh McCloskey
6 MF Northern Ireland NIR Oran O'Kane
7 FW Northern Ireland NIR Brandon Doyle
8 MF Northern Ireland NIR Craig Harris (Captain)
9 FW Northern Ireland NIR David Parkhouse
10 FW Northern Ireland NIR Joshua Kee
11 FW Northern Ireland NIR Tiarnan O'Connor
12 MF Northern Ireland NIR Adam McAleenan
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Jamie Robinson
16 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Sean O'Kane
17 MF Northern Ireland NIR Noah Mitchell
18 DF Northern Ireland NIR Jamie Glover
19 MF Northern Ireland NIR Cain Stewart
21 MF Northern Ireland NIR Kyle McGuigan
22 DF Northern Ireland NIR Ewan McCoubrey
23 DF Northern Ireland NIR Lewis Mearns
24 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ronan Wilson
25 DF Northern Ireland NIR Bradley Hillis
26 GK Northern Ireland NIR Dylan Agnew
28 FW Northern Ireland NIR Daylen Farren

Honours

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Intermediate honours

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† Won by Harland & Wolff Welders "A"
* Won by Harland & Wolff Welders U20

54°36′59.2″N 5°51′50.1″W / 54.616444°N 5.863917°W / 54.616444; -5.863917

References

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  1. ^ "Tillysburn Park, home to Harland & Wolff Welders - Football Ground Map". www.footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ Fullerton, Gareth (14 February 2020). "Harland and Wolff Welders new stadium project building momentum". BelfastLive. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ "weldersfc". weldersfc. Retrieved 6 May 2019.


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