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Short Brothers F.C.

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Nickname(s)
  
Shorts

Ground Capacity
  
1,000

Manager
  
Allan Mclelland

Ground
  
Aircraft Park

Chairman
  
Brian Mackintosh

Founded
  
1937

Full name
  
Short Brothers Football Club

League
  
Northern Amateur Football League

Short Brothers Football Club, often referred to simply as Shorts is a Northern Irish intermediate football club playing in Division 1C of the Northern Amateur Football League. It is connected to the Short Brothers aerospace manufacturing company in Belfast and was formed with the arrival of the company to the city in the 1930s. The club - originally known as Aircraft Works - joined the Amateur League in 1937 and is the second-oldest member club with continual membership.

Intermediate honours

  • Irish Intermediate Cup: 1
  • 1987–88
  • Northern Amateur Football League: 5
  • 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1989–90
  • Clarence Cup: 1
  • 1939–40
  • Border Cup: 7
  • 1939–40, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1981–82, 1983–84

    • References

    Short Brothers F.C. Wikipedia
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