Albert Foundry F.C.
Full name | Albert Foundry Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Foundry | |||
Founded | 1981 | |||
Ground |
Paisley Park, West Circular Road, Belfast | |||
Capacity | 100 | |||
Manager | Colin McIlwaine | |||
League | Northern Amateur Football League Premier Division | |||
2015–16 | Northern Amateur Football League Premier Division, 5th | |||
Website | Club home page | |||
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Albert Foundry Football Club is a Northern Irish football club from Belfast playing in the Premier Division of the Northern Amateur Football League. Its home ground Paisley Park on the West Circular Road. As well as the first team, there is a second team playing in the NAFL Division 3A and an under-18's team playing in the North Down Youth League.
The club was formed in 1924 and were ejcted from the amateur league in 1978 for not fielding a team after spending a few years in the Dunmurry league applied as Albert Foundry Colts and again elected to the Amateur League in 1981. It soon changed its name to Mountainview Social Club, before becoming West Belfast Rangers in 1988. Another name change to 1st Shankill Northern Ireland Supporters' Club came in 1991, before finally settling on Albert Foundry in 1998.
The present Albert Foundry squad are known for their passing style of football and are led by Colin "Big Mac" McIlwaine and are always challenging for league and cup titles at the end of every season. Albert Foundry have a 2nd team who themselves are known to be very formidable and recently won the Walter Moore cup 2012–13 the 2nds are led by Colin Martin, both senior and 2nd team managers have themselves played for Albert Foundry.
Honours
Intermediate honours
- Northern Amateur Football League: 1
- 2006–07
- Clarence Cup: 1
- 2009–10
- Border Cup: 2
- 1994–95, 2013–14
External links
- Albert Foundry Official Club website
- nifootball.co.uk - (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)