Dollingstown F.C.

Dollingstown
Full nameDollingstown Football Club
Nickname(s)The Dollybirds
Founded1979[1]
GroundPlanters Park
Dollingstown, County Down[1]
Capacity750
ManagerStephen Uprichard
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2023–24NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 6th of 14

Dollingstown Football Club is an intermediate-level football club from Dollingstown, County Down, Northern Ireland. The club currently competes in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League and their home ground is Planters Park in Dollingstown, which has a capacity of approximately 750 people. The manager of the club is Stephen Uprichard[2] and the club was founded in 1979 by local football fans and the club's home stadium is Planter's Park.[3][4]

With the club's founding, the club applied to join the Mid-Ulster Football League and were accepted into Division 5. Dollingstown won their first trophy, the John Magee Cup, in the 1992/93 season under the management of Colin McCullough.[4] In the 2010–11 season, the club was denied promotion to the IFA Championship 2 for playing an ineligible player in eight league matches. The club lost the points gained through these games, and appealed the decision in court, however it was dismissed.[5]

In 2019, the club marked their 40th anniversary.[6]

History

Early years

Dollingstown was founded in 1979 by a group of locals who met up every couple of days to play football. The club's first home ground was at the Railway Tavern in Moira. The club gained their first sponsor, EPH Car Sales, who sponsored their first kit. With the club's founding, the club applied to join the Mid-Ulster Football League and were accepted into Division 5. During the club's early years, Dollingstown played in Division 5 for four seasons. The club was then promoted into Division 4 and then Division 3. During this period, the club's home grounds were in Monbrief, Craigavon. Dollingstown later relocated their home grounds onto the Gorden Playing Fields in Lurgan, slowly working their way back to their roots in the Dollingstown area. Dollingstown won their first trophy, the John Magee Cup, in the 1992–93 season under the management of Colin McCullough.[4][7]

Further promotion

As a result of Dollingstown growing and playing in Division 3, the club decided they needed to bring in a vision and a fresh approach in order to allow the club to push on and make it into Intermediate football, which was the club's aim. The club committee asked Hubert Watson to come on board as Dollingstown's manager in the 1998–99 season. In the 1999–00 season, Watson's second full season, Dollingstown won Division 3 and gained promotion into Division 2. The club remained in Division 2 for several seasons before gaining promotion into Division 1.[4]

Dispute with the Irish Football Association

In the 2010–11 season, Dollingstown was rejected a promotion into the IFA Championship 2 for allowing an ineligible player, Ashley Gregg, who played in eight league matches. Consequently, they lost all the points they had obtained in the matches the player took part in, and finished in 4th place instead of 1st. In response, the decision was appealed by the club. The club ended up taking their case to the High Court. However, it was dismissed. If Dollingstown had won their case, they would have been promoted, which would have led to Chimney Corner being relegated. In the end, Tandragee Rovers were crowned champions of the division but did not apply for entry to the Championship. Hubert Watson expressed his opinion on the incident: “I feel absolutely disgusted with the administration of football in Northern Ireland. Dollingstown were transparent in everything we have done, and yet we are the ones being punished. The judge has decided, so it's the end of the road for us in this. We'll be in the Mid Ulster League this season."[8][5]

In the 2012–13 season, they narrowly missed out on a place in Championship 2 again. After winning the league title, they faced Northern Amateur Football League champions Newington in a two-legged play-off for promotion, and lost the tie on the away goals rule after it finished 4–4 on aggregate. A 3–2 home win followed by a 2–1 away defeat was not enough, and Newington were promoted at Dollingstown's expense.[9]

Promotion

In the 2013–14 season, the club secured promotion to the NIFL Championship after winning a play-off against Brantwood. After losing the first leg 2–1 at Skegoneill Avenue, Dollingstown won the second leg 5–2 at Planters Park to ensure a 6–4 victory on aggregate. As a result, they were promoted to NIFL Championship 2 in place of Killymoon Rangers, who had finished bottom of Championship 2.[10] In 2016 the club was relegated from the Northern Ireland Football League but as of 2017–18 season was promoted back into the league after winning Intermediate A at a canter.

40th Anniversary

In 2019, Dollingstown celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the club's founding.[6] The club also celebrated the anniversary by holding a "Current vs Oldies" football game, which took place on New Years 2019.[11]

Sponsorship

Dollingstown has a number of sponsors including main sponsor Huhtamäki.[12][13]

Managerial history

Team managers

Dollingstown F.C.'s first manager was Colin McCullough; Dollingstown won their first trophy, the John Magee Cup, under his management.[4] From 1999 to 2006, Dollingstown became under the management of Hubert Watson. In 2006, Gary Duke took over as Manager of the club. After 10 years, Duke resigned in 2016. He was then succeeded by Stephen Uprichard, the current manager of the club.

Reserve team managers

Brian Gregson was the Reserve Team Manager in 2010. Timmy Lenon then took over the role of Reserve Team Manager until 2011. He was followed by Graeme Hynds (2011–2013), Simon Brown (2013–2015), Brian King (2015–2016), David Harvey & Colin Martin (2016–2017), Craig Willsher (2017), Daniel Bennett (2017–2018, Interim), Aron Ewins & Gary Morrow (2017–2018, Interim), Simon Brown (2018–2020), Alan Murdough (2020–2021) and Steven Park. As of March 2023, Steven Park has been the Reserve Team Manager for two years, since 2021.[14]

First team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Northern Ireland NIR Gareth Buchanan
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Harry Norton (On loan from Glenavon)
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Jordan Campbell
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Neill
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Aaron Sharkey
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Nathan McConnell
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Connor McCaul
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Oran O'Kane
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Sean Toman
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Jackson Holmes
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Scott Megaw
— MF Northern Ireland NIR James Sergeant
— GK Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Croft
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Ben Neill
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Joe Williamson
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Aaron Duke
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Gordon
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Gary Liggett

Club honours

References

  1. ^ a b MUFL Club guides Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ McGlade, Aaron (6 July 2019). "1's Management Team (Home > 1's Management Team)". Dollingstown Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Northern Ireland - Dollingstown FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e Bann, Andy (4 November 2012). "History (Home > Club Information > History)". Dollingstown Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b Mawhinney, Martin (20 August 2011). "Dollingstown disgust after club loses in court". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b McGlade, Aaron (10 April 2018). "40th Anniversary Celebrations (Home > News > 40th Anniversary Celebrations & Date Confirmed)". Dollingstown Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Dollingstown "Club Info"". NI Football League (NIFL). Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Dollingstown FC case 'could go to European court'". BBC News. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  9. ^ "NEWINGTON YC WIN ON AWAY GOALS TO SECURE CHAMPIONSHIP 2 PLACE". ifachampionship.com. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Dollingstown win promotion". Lurgan Mail. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  11. ^ McGlade, Aaron (4 September 2018). "Current vs Oldies New Year's Day Game (Home > Competitions > Current vs Oldies New Year's Day Game)". Dollingstown Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  12. ^ McGlade, Aaron (18 September 2014). "All Our Current Sponsors (Home > Commercial > All Our Current Sponsors)". Dollingstown Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  13. ^ McGlade, Aaron (3 August 2019). "Dollingstown Welcome Huhtamaki Ireland As Corporate Club/Shirt Sponsorship (Home > Dollingstown Welcome Huhtamaki Ireland As Corporate Club/Shirt Sponsorship)". Dollingstown Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  14. ^ McGlade, Aaron (16 September 2014). "Managerial History (Home > Club Information > Managerial History)". Dollingstown Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  15. ^ McGlade, Aaron. "Club Honours (Home > Club Information > Club Honours)". from Dollingstown F.C.'s official website. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

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