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Full name
  
Dundela Football Club

Ground Capacity
  
2,500

League
  
NIFL Championship 1

Nickname(s)
  
The Duns

Ground
  
Belfast

Founded
  
1895

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Manager
  
David Murphy & Steven Gourley

2015–16
  
NIFL Championship 2, 8th

Dundela Football Club (the Duns) is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club from Belfast, currently playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, and plays its home matches at Wilgar Park, nicknamed "the Hen Run". The club's colours are green and white. The home kit has green shirts, green shorts and green socks, whilst the away kit is all red. The current team joint managers are David Murphy & Steven Gourley.

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History

Dundela Football Club was formed in 1895 from employees of a local dairy owned by the Agnew family and members of a local harriers' club. Wilgar Park has been the home to the club since 1900. The park lies in the heartland of east Belfast, in a suburb named Strandtown. Its capacity is 2,500. The venue is nicknamed "The Hen Run". The club's greatest achievement to date came in April 1955, when it defeated Glenavon by three goals to nil at Windsor Park, Belfast in the final of the Irish Cup. Dundela's darkest hour occurred on 25 August 1995, when team captain, Michael Goddard died during a game at Stangmore Park, home of Dungannon Swifts, after being struck on the chest with the ball. The club's latest success was a Steel & Sons Cup win in December 2013. Dundela's local rivals are Harland & Wolff Welders.

Players

  • Jonathan Sergeant
  • Scott Collins
  • Gary Irwin
  • David Murphy
  • Stephen Gourley
  • Jamie Jackson

    • Notable former players

  • David Lyner
  • Davy Simpson
  • Eric McMordie
  • Billy Caskey
  • Mattie Burrows
  • Mervyn Bell

    • Senior honours

  • Irish Cup: 1
  • 1954–55

    • Intermediate honours

  • Irish League B Division/Second Division: 11 (inc. one shared)
  • 1967–68, 1976–77 (shared), 1981–82, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2000–01
  • Irish Intermediate Cup: 10
  • 1946–47, 1954–55, 1965–66, 1974–75, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01
  • George Wilson Cup: 4
  • 1964–65, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1974–75
  • Steel & Sons Cup: 10
  • 1945–46, 1963–64, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1999–00, 2007–08, 2013-14
  • B Division Knock-out Cup: 4
  • 1987–88, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95

    • References

    Dundela F.C. Wikipedia
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