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 Football & Social Club
Full nameHarland & Wolff Welders Football & Social Club
Nickname(s)The Welders
Founded1965
GroundBlanchflower Park,
Belfast
Capacity1,100
ManagerPaul Kee
LeagueNIFL Championship
2022–23NIFL Championship, 7th
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
DF Northern Ireland NIR Chandler Douglas
DF Northern Ireland NIR Callum Byers
DF Northern Ireland NIR Craig Harris
DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel McMurray
DF Northern Ireland NIR Gary Spence
DF Northern Ireland NIR Scott McMillan
MF Northern Ireland NIR Joshua Kee
MF Northern Ireland NIR Luke Stewart
FW Ivory Coast CIV Eric Akassou
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Northern Ireland NIR Kyle Owens
MF Northern Ireland NIR Oisin Barr
MF Northern Ireland NIR Scott Davidson
FW Northern Ireland NIR Brandon Nelson
FW Northern Ireland NIR Matthew Ferguson
FW Northern Ireland NIR Michael McLellan
FW Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Garrett
MF Northern Ireland NIR Jonny Frazer

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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