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
Capacity1,000 (100 seated)
ChairmanRaymond Beatty
ManagerAdrian Whiteside
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2021–22NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 11th

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relegated due to no appropriate promotion candidates, and given the league had already lost Lurgan Celtic who had withdrawn.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 Northern Ireland NIR Gareth Maguire
GK Poland POL Lukasz Bednarz
DF Northern Ireland NIR Callum Biggart
DF Northern Ireland NIR Dylan Hull
DF Northern Ireland NIR Emmett McGilloway
DF Northern Ireland NIR Jake Francis
DF Northern Ireland NIR Shane Mulgrew
DF Northern Ireland NIR Shannon Crooks
DF Northern Ireland NIR Shay Dunlop
DF Cape Verde CPV Wilson Dos Santos Tavares
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Northern Ireland NIR Eoin Gillan
MF Northern Ireland NIR Dan Barfoot
MF Northern Ireland NIR Andy Whiteside
MF Northern Ireland NIR Conor Kearns
MF Northern Ireland NIR Declan Martin
MF Northern Ireland NIR Eamon Óg McAllister
MF Northern Ireland NIR Jake Morrow
MF Northern Ireland NIR Jamie Adams
MF Northern Ireland 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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