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Glenavon
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Full nameGlenavon Football Club "))))HTIWHIGHWG
Founded1889
GroundMourneview Park, Lurgan
Co. Armagh
Capacity5,000[1]
ChairmanAdrian Teer
ManagerMarty Quinn
LeagueIFA Premiership
2008/099th

Glenavon F.C. is a Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park. Club colours are blue and white.

In August 2008, the club appointed a new manager, Stephen McBride, a former Northern Ireland international and a popular Glenavon player during his footballing career, playing for the club during the 1990s. McBride's reign lasted seven months before he was relieved of his managerial duties with Glenavon at the bottom of the IFA Premiership. The Director of Football, Alan Fraser, was also relieved from his duties.[2][3] Glenavon are now onto their fourth manager in the space of two seasons and have just appointed Marty Quinn on a three-and-a half-year contract. The club chairman is Adrian Teer.

Glenavon was the first provincial club to win the Irish League title (1951-52) and also the first provincial club to do the league and cup double (1956-57). Glenavon has had a number of talented and famous players, none more so than Wilbur Cush and Jimmy Jones, who were to the fore in "the glory years" of the Fifties. The success of the 1950s is still the benchmark at this Lurgan club, the closest the club have come to achieving a league success since came in the 1993-94 season, when but for two late goals in the final match Glenavon would have been crowned champions. The club's most recent success's have been League runner's up 2001-02, Irish Cup winners 1991-92 and 1996-97.

European record

Glenavon achieved some notable results in Europe in the 1990s. In the 1992-93 season, they drew both legs of their Cup Winners Cup tie with Royal Antwerp and lost on penalties. In 1995-96 they reached the first round proper of the UEFA Cup (the last Irish League club to do so), and were beaten by Werder Bremen.

Stadium

Along the side of the pitch runs the Geddis Stand (holds roughly 1700) and on the other side the newly built Glenfield Road Stand (holds roughly 2000). One end of the ground has the Crescent Stand (400 seats, and standing area), and at the other end the Hospital End terracing.

Honours

Senior honours

Intermediate honours

† Won by Glenavon Reserves

Junior honours

  • Irish Junior Cup: 1
    • 1897/98

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
1 GK England ENG Andrew Plummer
2 DF Northern Ireland NIR Shea Campbell
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR Mark Turkington
4 DF Northern Ireland NIR Jay Magee
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Hugh Dickson
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Adrian Harper
7 MF Northern Ireland NIR Eamonn Murray
8 MF Northern Ireland NIR Conor Walsh
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Grant
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Trevor Molloy
11 MF Northern Ireland NIR Stuart King
12 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Willo McDonagh
13 GK Cayman Islands CAY Tuda Murphy
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Carvill
15 DF Northern Ireland NIR Mark Gracey
16 DF Northern Ireland NIR Mark Haughey
17 FW Northern Ireland NIR James Costello
18 FW Northern Ireland NIR Gary Liggett
19 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ciaran Doherty
21 MF Northern Ireland NIR Garth Scates
24 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ryan Harpur
DF Northern Ireland NIR Conor McAnallen
GK Northern Ireland NIR Gareth Buchanan
DF Northern Ireland NIR Ryan Blaney
DF Northern Ireland NIR Kris McAdam
MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael Scott

Notable players

Notable managers

Managers

References

  1. ^ www.worldstadiums.com
  2. ^ "Club Statement". Glenavon F.C. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  3. ^ "Glenavon sack McBride and Fraser". BBC Sport. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2009-01-28.

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