Rathfriland Rangers F.C.

Rathfriland Rangers Football Club is a Northern Irish intermediate football club, playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

Overview[edit]

The club is based in Rathfriland, County Down, was formed in 1962 and joined the Newcastle & District League before attaining intermediate status and then joining the Amateur League in 1986.^[1] The club currently consists of four teams: the 1st XI (Rangers), 2nd XI (Reserves) 3rd XI (Swifts) as well as an under-17 squad. The Reserves team plays in the Mid-Ulster Football League Reserve Championship, whilst the Swifts are in Reserve division 2 of the Mid-Ulster Football League. The club won the Intermediate Cup in 2022, defeating Armagh City in the final. In 2023, the club was promoted to the NIFL Premier Intermediate League for the first time.

The club is captained by former Glentoran, Glenavon and Portadown midfielder Andy Kilmartin.

Current squad[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NIR Bryan McMullen — DF  NIR Harry Campbell — DF  NIR Daniel Devlin — DF  NIR Dalton Tate — DF  NIR Jesse Carson — MF  NIR Jack Chambers — MF  NIR Jordan Hayes — MF  NIR Andrew Kilmartin (Captain) — MF  NIR Jonathan Scannell

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NIR Brian Johnston — MF  NIR Harry Evans — MF  NIR James Sergeant — GK  NIR Ronan Burns (On loan from Portadown) — MF  NIR Matthew Holloway — FW  NIR Nigel Prentice — FW  NIR Ruairi Fitzpatrick — DF  NIR Jack Barbour

Honours[edit]

• Northern Amateur Football League: Premier Division
  • 2021–22, 2022–23
• IFA Intermediate Cup:
  • 2021–22
• Border Cup:
  • 2016–17
• Bob Radcliffe Cup:
  • 2019–20, 2023–24
• Northern Amateur Football League: Division 1A
  • 1997–98, 2015–16
• Northern Amateur Football League: Division 1B
  • 1996–97

External links[edit]

• nifootball.co.uk - (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)

Notes[edit]

54°14′45.1″N 6°9′9.7″W / 54.245861°N 6.152694°W / 54.245861; -6.152694

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