Glenavon F. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mourneview Park is a football Stadium in Lurgan, and is the home ground of Glenavon F Lurgan ( is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland with a population of approximately 25000 County Armagh ( Contae Ard Mhacha in Irish - from the height of Macha) is a county in Ulster in the north east of Ireland The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Nothing is a concept that describes the lack or absence of anything at all C. is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Premier League. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and play their home matches at Mourneview Park. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lurgan ( is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland with a population of approximately 25000 Mourneview Park is a football Stadium in Lurgan, and is the home ground of Glenavon F Club colours are blue and white. The club has recently appointed a new manager, Terry Cochrane, after the sacking of Colin Malone, who was serving his second spell as manager. Terence George Cochrane (or Terry Cochrane) (born 23 January, 1953 in Killyleagh, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Irish Cochrane is a former Northern Ireland international and this is his first managerial appointment. The club Chairman is Adrian Teer. Glenavon was the first provincial club to win the Irish League title in 1951-52 and also the first provincial club to do the league and cup double in 1956-57. Glenavon have had a number of talented and famous players, none moreso than Wilbur Cush and Jimmy Jones, who were to the fore in "the glory years" of the Fifties. The success of the 1950's is still the benchmark at this Lurgan club, the closest the club have come to achieving a league success since came in the 1993-94 season, when but for two late goals in the final match Glenavon would have been crowned champions. The club's most recent success's have been League runner's up 2001-02, Irish Cup winners 1991-92 and 1996-97.
European Record
Glenavon achieved some notable results in Europe in the 1990s. In the 1992-93 season, they drew both legs of their Cup Winners Cup tie with Royal Antwerp and lost on penalties. In 1995-96 they reached the first round proper of the UEFA Cup (the last Irish League club to do so), and were beaten by Werder Bremen.
Stadium
Mourneview Park is now considered one of the best grounds in the Irish League. Along the side of the pitch runs the Geddis Stand (holds roughly 1700) and on the other side the newly built Glenfield Road Stand (holds roughly 2000). One end of the ground has the Crescent Stand (400 seats, and standing area), and at the other end the Hospital End terracing.
Honours
Notable Players
Notable Managers
Current squad
| No. The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. The Irish League Cup is the third-highest rated competition in domestic Northern Irish football competition after the IFA Premiership and Irish Cup The County Antrim Shield is a Northern Irish football competition The Gold Cup is a now-defunct cup competition which involved competitors from Ireland and from 1921 onwards just for Northern Ireland. Paul Byrne (born in Dublin on June 30 1972) was an Irish football Midfielder during the 1990s and 2000s Wilbur W "Billy" Cush ( June 10, 1928 &ndash July 28, 1981) was a former Northern Ireland footballer. Glenn 'Spike' Ferguson (born 10 July 1969) is a Northern Irish footballer currently playing for Irish Premier League club Jimmy Jones, from Lurgan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland was an Irish League footballer in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s Gerard "Gerry" McMahon (born December 29, 1973 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish football Midfielder. Stephen McBride (born May 2 1964 in Lurgan, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Irish footballer Jimmy McAlinden (born Belfast, Ireland, December 27 1917; died November 1993 was an Irish footballer who played as a forward for several |
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