Harland & Wolff Welders F.C.

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

Harland & Wolff Welders
Full nameHarland & Wolff Welders Football Club
Nickname(s)The Welders
Founded1965
GroundBlanchflower Park,
Belfast
CapacityTBA
ManagerGary Smyth
LeagueNIFL Championship
2021–22NIFL Championship, 5th
WebsiteClub website

History

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 1 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.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  NIR Ben McCauley
— GK  NIR Joe McGovern
— DF  NIR Adam Wright
— DF  NIR Alan McMurtry
— DF  NIR Callum Byers
— DF  NIR Craig Harris
— DF  NIR Daniel McMurray
— DF  NIR Gary Spence
— DF  NIR Scott McMillan
— MF  NIR Charlie Dornan
— MF  NIR David Graham
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  NIR Gareth Tommons
— MF  NIR Joshua Boyd
— MF  NIR Ryan Deans
— MF  NIR Scott Davidson
— FW  NIR Brandon Nelson
— FW  NIR Darren Murray
— FW  NIR Mark Anderson
— FW  NIR Matthew Ferguson
— MF  NIR Matthew Henry
— FW  NIR Michael McLellan
— DF  NIR James McCarthy (on loan from Glentoran)

Honours

Intermediate honours

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

References

  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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