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
ChairmanDave & Peter Mckechine
ManagerPaul Kee
LeagueNIFL Championship
2023–24NIFL Championship, 6th of 12
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 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. The club would also have quite a close relationship with Glentoran, with many former Glens players turning out for the club.

The club is currently managed by Irish League stalwart Paul Kee.

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  NIR Jack Lemoignan
2 MF  NIR Lewis Patterson
3 DF  NIR James McCarthy
4 MF  NIR Dylan O'Kane
8 MF  NIR Craig Harris (Captain)
11 FW  NIR Tiarnan O'Connor
12 MF  NIR Billy Cassells
14 MF  NIR James McCloskey
15 DF  NIR Dan McMurray
16 DF  IRL Sean O'Kane
17 MF  NIR Joshua Kee
18 DF  NIR Jamie Glover
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  NIR Scott Davidson
22 DF  NIR Ewan McCoubrey
24 MF  NIR Liam Dunewood
25 DF  NIR Bradley Hillis
26 GK  ENG Jason Stutter
29 FW  NIR David Parkhouse
31 GK  NIR Dylan Agnew
TBA DF  IRL Jamie Robinson
TBA MF  NIR Oran O'Kane
TBA FW  NIR Dylan Moore
TBA MF  NIR Ronan Wilson
TBA FW  NIR Brandon Doyle

Honours

Intermediate honours

† Won by Harland & Wolff Welders "A"
* Won by Harland & Wolff Welders U20

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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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