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Bryansburn Rangers Football Club
Full nameBryansburn Rangers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Burn, B burn, Rangers
Founded1974
GroundBallywooley Park

Crawfordsburn Road,

Bangor
ChairmanAlan Dempster
ManagerStuart Mellon
LeagueNAFL
2013/143rd

Bryansburn Rangers is a Northern Irish football club playing in Division 1C of the Northern Amateur Football League. The club play their home matches at Ballywooley Park on the Crawfordsburn Road, Bangor County Down Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1974 and joined the Amateur League in 1984.[1]

Bryansburn field four senior teams in total. As well as the first team, there is a second team playing in Northern Amateur Football League Division 3D along with 3rd and 4th teams competing in the Down Area Leagues (Divisions 1 and 2B respectively).The first team where promoted to Division 1A at the end of 2009/10 season, however 2 back to back relegation's left the team in 1C.

Bryansburn Rangers also field eight junior teams in total form Under 10s through to the Under 19s who compete in various leagues across Northern Ireland, including the South Belfast Youth League, South East Antrim football league & Ards Borough Youth Development League (ABYDL). With a full youth set up combined with 4 senior teams Bryansburn are considered as one of the biggest amateur football clubs within the local area.

The first team is currently managed by former Crusaders F.C. defender Stuart Mellon. Mellon signed for the club in 2013 with the intend of continuing to play, however when former manager Peter Cooling re-signed only a few days after taking the position, Mellon was appointed manager a short period after.

Squad 2013-2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR William Close
2 DF Northern Ireland NIR Jordan Parkes
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR Alan McMullan
4 DF Northern Ireland NIR Ross Gray
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Andy Cooling
6 MF Northern Ireland NIR Phil Tyson
7 MF Northern Ireland NIR Mark Coard (C)
8 MF Northern Ireland NIR Craig Cooling
9 FW Northern Ireland NIR Stuart Morrison
10 FW Northern Ireland NIR Tom Mcgreevy
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Northern Ireland NIR Mark Tolson
12 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ricky Thompson
13 FW Northern Ireland NIR Ben Stanex
14 DF Northern Ireland NIR John keyhoe
15 MF Northern Ireland NIR Neil Mallon
16 MF Northern Ireland NIR Graham McMullan
17 DF Northern Ireland NIR Andrew McCleod
18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Matthew Higginson
19 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ross McMullan

Honours

Junior honours

  • NAFL Division 2C:
    • 1996/97
    • 2000/01

Notable former players

Notes

  1. ^ H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 184

Club Officials

  • Chairman: Alan Dempster
  • Secretary: William Heron
  • Treasurer: David Armstrong
  • Groundsmen: John Russel & William Heron
  • 1st team Manager: Stuart Mellon
  • Assistant Manager: Courtney McMullan
  • Club Captain: Mark Coard
  • 2nd team Manager: Glenn McMurray
  • 3rd team Manager: Alan Dempster
  • 4th team Manager: Alan Ferris