Harland & Wolff Welders F.C.
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| Full name | Harland & Wolff Welders Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1965 | ||
| Ground | Tillysburn Park, Belfast (Capacity: 3,000) |
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| Chairman | Brian Lillie | ||
| Manager | Colin Stannex | ||
| League | IFA Championship 2 | ||
| 2008-09 | IFA Interim Intermediate League, 1st | ||
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Harland & Wolff Welders is a Northern Ireland football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1965, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Tillysburn Park. The club was formed by the welders of the nearby Harland & Wolff shipyard.
At present the Welders have a small clubroom/bar at their ground in Tillysburn Park, Holywood Road but also have a large social club at Dee Street, just off the Newtownards Road in Belfast.
Club colours are amber and black and sponsored by Capital Hygiene and their away kit is navy blue and white and is sponsored by Prestige Property Repairs [1] Leeman himself succeeded Eric Halliday who announced his retirement from the game following a long and distinguished career.
The Welders are the 2008/09 IFA Interim League Champions under the management of Colin Stannex and Tony & Paul Miskelly.
In Dec 2006, The Welders reached the final of the Steel & Sons cup for the first time in their 41 year history and played against Brantwood from the north of Belfast
In April 2009 the Welders beat their neighbours Dundela FC 2-0 to clinch the IFA Interim Intermediate League title for the first time in their history with Dundela needing a point from the match to win the league
[edit] Honours
[edit] Intermediate honours
- Irish Intermediate Cup: 2
- 2002/03, 2006/07
- IFA Interim Intermediate League: 1
- 2008/09
- IFA Interim Intermediate League Cup: 1
- 2008/09
- Northern Amateur League: 1
- 1978/79
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