Coleraine
Full name	Coleraine Football Club
Nickname(s)	"The Bannsiders"
Founded	1927
Ground	The Showgrounds, Coleraine Co. Londonderry (Capacity 4,900 (1,400 seats) [1])
Chairman	Hugh Wade
Manager	Davy Platt
League	Irish Premier League
2007/08	9th
Home colours 　 Away colours

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Coleraine are one of the most successful and the best supported club outside of the "Belfast Big Two" of Linfield and Glentoran, having won the Irish League title once (in 1974) and the Irish Cup on five occasions, most recently in 2003. The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. They are also the only Irish League club to have won two successive all-Ireland competitions, lifting the Blaxnit Cup in 1969 and 1970.

Contents 1 History of Coleraine 2 Season 2007-08 3 Players 3.1 Current squad 3.2 Notable former players 4 Staff 5 Honours 6 Supporters Clubs 7 Footnotes 8 External links

History of Coleraine

Coleraine FC was founded in June 1927 at a meeting in the local Orange Hall. The club was formed out of a merger between two local sides, Coleraine Olympic and Coleraine Alexandra. The original club colours were all white, hence the club's original nickname - "The Lilywhites". The new club secured its first trophy in the 1931/32 season, defeating Ballymena 3-0 at Solitude to win the Gold Cup.

In 1948, Coleraine reached its first Irish Cup final, going down 3-0 to Linfield. The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. 1953 brought another appearance in the final and another defeat, again to Linfield, this time by five goals to nil. The 1950s saw the City Cup (1953-54) won for the first time and a second triumph in the Gold Cup (1958).

In 1961, Chairman Jack Doherty persuaded Bertie Peacock to sign for Coleraine after he left Celtic. Robert "Bertie" Peacock MBE ( September 29, 1928 &ndash July 22, 2004) was a football player and manager The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the east end of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. It would prove to be one of the most important transfers in the club's history. In 1965, Coleraine won the Irish Cup for the first time, defeating Glenavon 2-1 at Windsor Park, with goals from Shaun Dunlop and Derek Irwin. The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. Glenavon FC is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Windsor Park, in Belfast, is the home ground of the Northern Irish football club Linfield. Coleraine thus gained its first experience of European football, against Soviet outfit Dynamo Kiev. FC Dynamo Kyiv (ФК Динамо Київ FK Dynamo Kyiv; Динамо Киев Dinamo Kiev) is a professional football Club from the Coleraine also won the first two Blaxnit all-Ireland cups in 1969 and 1970. Coleraine faced Kilmarnock in the 1970 Fairs Cup, and after a 1-1 draw in the first leg, the Bannsiders pulled off an historic 3-2 victory thanks to a Des Dickson hat-trick. Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

In 1972, the Irish Cup was won again, this time by beating Portadown 2-1, with goals from Des Dickson and Ivan Murray. The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. Portadown is a Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Championship. The Holy Grail of the Gibson Cup was finally captured in 1974. Under the management of Bertie Peacock, the squad consisting of the likes of Des Dickson, Johnny McCurdy, Ivan Murray, Michael Guy and Vince Magee clinched the title ahead of Portadown. Bertie Peacock resigned in 1974 and Ivan Murray and Johnny McCurdy took over the reins. Murray continued as manager until 1978 and during his spell in charge the Irish Cup was won twice more - both times against Linfield. In 1975, it took three games before a goal from Jim "Chang" Smith in the second replay proved decisive. The 1977 victory was more emphatic with Liam Beckett, Des Dickson, Frankie Moffatt and Michael Guy scoring to give Coleraine a 4-1 victory. It was to be the club's last major trophy for 26 years.

In the 1980s there were two more cup finals, in 1982 and 1986, ending in defeats to Linfield and Glentoran respectively. For three seasons in a row in the mid-1980s the club finished second in the league behind Linfield, but in the first part of the 1990s Coleraine struggled. In 1995 they dropped into the First Division. Under Kenny Shiels, Coleraine won the inaugural First Division title and in their first season back in the top flight, won the Ulster Cup and came agonisingly close to the title, being pipped late on by Crusaders. Crusaders FC is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the IFA Premiership.

After a poor start to the 1999-2000 season, Shiels resigned and was replaced by Marty Quinn, who rallied the team to finish second in the league behind Linfield and reach the Irish Cup semi-finals and the Coca-Cola Cup final. The next 2 seasons saw Coleraine finish fourth both times - potential title challenges being ruined by inconsistency. In 2002-03, Coleraine ended the season in third place and reached their first Irish Cup Final since 1986. In the final, they faced Glentoran as massive underdogs as the east Belfast side were looking to complete a clean sweep of trophies. Glentoran FC is a Northern Irish football club playing in East Belfast. After an early strike from Gareth McAuley was harshly ruled out, Coleraine kept going and scored through Jody Tolan. Despite increasing Glentoran pressure, Coleraine held on and the trophy famine was over. The following season saw the club reach the Irish Cup final again, but this time it was Glentoran who emerged triumphant.

The club’s well-publicised financial problems had already overshadowed much of the 2003-04 season and at its end the club was forced to operate on a reduced budget, with several top players leaving. Despite this a top six finish was still achieved. The summer of 2005 saw more budget cuts and several big names leaving the Showgrounds, but this time the main concern for fans was the very future of the club. In August, the Inland Revenue filed for a winding-up order against Coleraine due to debts of £1. The Inland Revenue was until April 2005 a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including 3 million. On 9th August, Coleraine played local neighbours Portstewart in a friendly at the Showgrounds, in what many believed would be the club’s last ever match. Portstewart FC is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the IFA Interim League. But happily for all involved with Coleraine, representatives of the supporters' group, the Friends of Coleraine, worked tirelessly to persuade the High Court to postpone the hearing to allow them to put together a business plan to show that the club could be viably run. Eventually the court ruled in the club’s favour and they were allowed to enter administration and a steering committee was set up to run the club. After these traumatic events, the players managed to deliver a trophy to their loyal fans, defeating Instsitute to win the North West Senior Cup for the 17th time. Institute FC is a Northern Ireland football club recently promoted into the IFA Premiership. Premier League survival was ensured on the pitch and in June 2006, the Friends of Coleraine formally took control of the club and appointed a new board. The 2006-07 season ended with a creditable seventh-place finish. The current playing squad is made up almost exclusively of players from Coleraine and the surrounding area.

Season 2007-08

Coleraine were drawn in Group D of the CIS Insurance Cup with Institute, Newry City and Portadown. Coleraine went on to draw home and away with Institute, suffering losses in their other four games and not qualifying for the knock-out stages.

They were drawn with Tobermore Utd in the Fifth Round of the JJB Sports Irish Cup, a tie which they won 1-0 at home, setting up a sixth round encounter at home to Brantwood of the Second Division which was won 5-1. They now progress to the quarter-finals away to Institute.

Several changes to the squad were made in January 2008, with Paddy McLaughlin, Matthew Crossan, and Marty Hunter arriving from Finn Harps and Larne respectively, and Darren Boyce (to Glentoran), Paul Gaston (to Limavady) and Noel Anderson (to Larne) leaving the club.

Coleraine finished 9th in the Carnegie Irish Premier Division, with 40 points from their 30 games.

Coleraine narrowly lost to Linfield FC in the 2008 Irish Cup Final by a scoreline of 2-1 at Windsor Park on 3rd May. Paddy McLaughlin scored Coleraine's goal. Aside from this they played some terrific football and were unlucky to lose. Perhaps the best performance of the match came from Tommy McCallion. He was a tower of strength in the centre of the field with all of Coleraine's best play flowing threw him, so much so that Linfield playmaker Paul McAreavey was substituted at half-time. The players were greatly acknowledged by thousands of terrific travelling supporters.

Perhaps rather surprisingly long seriving manager Marty Quinn resigned from his position 3 weeks after the unlucky cup final defeat. He leaves with a heavy heart and best wishes of all Coleraine fans. The travelling was taking it's toll on Marty who wasn't getting any younger. He has taken up a position at a small club in Bangor which is closer to his home.

On June 2nd 2008, at 6;00pm Davy Platt was unveiled as the new Coleraine manager, he takes the step up from assistant. The position of assistant manager has yet to be decided.

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Davy O'Hare 2 DF Stewart Clanachan 3 MF Darren Cassidy 4 FW Marty Hunter 5 DF Kyle McVey 6 DF Matt Crossan 7 MF Stephen Dooley 8 FW Davy Patton 9 FW Jody Tolan 10 MF Tommy McCallion (Capt)

No. In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Davy O'Hare (born 2 March 1972) in Newry is a Northern Irish football Goalkeeper currently playing for Coleraine F In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Kyle McVey is a Northern Irish football player currently playing for Coleraine in the Irish Premier League as a centre back In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Position Player 11 MF Stephen Carson (Vice Capt) 12 DF Paddy McLaughlin 14 MF John Watt 15 FW Kurt Beattie 16 MF Sean Henneghan 17 FW Gordy Patton 18 DF John Neill 20 GK Laurence McCormick 21 FW Trevor Hutchinson 22 DF Howard Beverland

Notable former players

Jimmy Kelly Willie McFaul Bertie Peacock

Harry Gregg Steve Lomas

Gareth McAuley Jim Platt

Staff

• President: Andy Magowan
• Chief Executive: John Mairs
• Chairman: Hugh Wade
• Treasurer: Sam Turtle
• Secretary: Dessie Brown
• Chaplain: Rev Robert McMullan
• Committee Members: Raymond Kennedy, Raymond Pollock, Jim Boyce, William Huey, Stevie Lennon, Hunter McClelland, Nevin Oliver, Basil Killough, Ivan Kyle, Fred Crawford
• PA Announcer: Alan Simpson
• PA Assistant: Chris White

• Manager: Davy Platt
• Assistant Manager:Geoff Ferris
• Physio: Alan Millar
• Reserve/Colts: Victor Hunter, Stephen Quinn, Trevor Hogg, Aaron Forgrave
• Team Attendant: Damien Cooper
• Chief Steward: Derek Stewart
• Groundsman: John McLaughlin
• Merchandising Team: Dessie Monahan, Nigel Johnston, Raymond Smyth, Carol Smyth, Scott Smyth
• Website Team: Aaron Mullan, Andrew Gillan, Stevie Lennon, Steven Morrow, Nigel Johnston, Chris White
• Programme Team: Garvagh, Kilrea & District CSC, Steven Morrow, Andrew Gillan

Honours

• Irish League: 1
  • 1973/74
• Irish Cups: 5
  • 1964/65, 1971/72, 1974/75, 1976/77, 2002/03
• League Cup: 1
  • 1987/88
• Irish First Division: 1
  • 1995-96
• Gold Cup: 4
  • 1932, 1958, 1969, 1975
• Top Four Trophy
  • 1968/69
• City Cup: 2
  • 1953/54, 1968/69
• Ulster Cup: 7
  • 1965/66, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1985/86, 1996/1997
• Blaxnit Cup: 2
  • 1969, 1970
• North West Senior Cup: 18
  • 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007

Supporters Clubs

West Bann CSC

Bannsiders CSC

Garvagh, Kilrea and District CSC

Railway Enders CSC

Ballymoney and District CSC

Footnotes

External links

• Coleraine FC Website
• Bannsiders Forever
• Irish Football Club Project

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