Tobermore United F.C.

Tobermore United Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

Tobermore United
Full nameTobermore United Football Club
Nickname(s)"The Reds"
Founded1965
GroundFortwilliam Park, Tobermore
CapacityAround 3000 (100 seated)
ChairmanRaymond Beatty
ManagerAdrian Whiteside
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2019–20NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 11th (no relegation)

History

The club, founded in 1965, is based in Tobermore, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry and currently plays its home matches at Fortwilliam Park. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Adrian Whiteside.

Tobermore United is the only football club in Northern Ireland that George Best ever played competitively for. However, it was only for one match, on 11 February 1984, after many years of his decline, and Tobermore lost 7–0 to Ballymena.[1]

The club has an extensive and highly popular youth development scheme which has led to it being awarded official Football Development Centre (FDC) status by the IFA. It currently has teams at under-11, under-12, under-14 and under-16 level.

In the 2010–11 season the club gained promotion to IFA Championship 1 by finishing 2nd in IFA Championship 2, but were relegated again two-years later.

Following the curtailed 2019-20 Premier Intermediate League season, Tobermore finished 11th and technically bottom of the league however weren’t relegated due to no appropriate promotion candidates, and given the league had already lost Lurgan Celtic who had withdrawn.

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 Gareth Maguire
— GK  POL Lukasz Bednarz
— DF  NIR Callum Biggart
— DF  NIR Dylan Hull
— DF  NIR Emmett McGilloway
— DF  NIR Jake Francis
— DF  NIR Shane Mulgrew
— DF  NIR Shannon Crooks
— DF  NIR Shay Dunlop
— DF  CPV Wilson Dos Santos Tavares
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  NIR Andy Whiteside
— MF  NIR Conor Kearns
— MF  NIR Declan Martin
— MF  NIR Eamon Óg McAllister
— MF  NIR Jake Morrow
— MF  NIR Jamie Adams
— MF  NIR Jason Goldie

Honours

Senior honours

Intermediate honours

References

  1. "The day Manchester United icon George Best played for Tobermore United". News Letter. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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