Larne F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Larne


fullname = Larne Football Club
nickname = "The Harbour Rats"
founded = 1889
ground = Inver Park, Larne
County Antrim
capacity = 3,000 (800 seats)
chairman = Chris McAdam
manager = Graham McConnell
league = IFA Championship
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Larne F.C. is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the IFA Championship. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Larne and plays its home matches at Inver Park. Club colours are red and white. The current manager is Graham McConnell.

Larne F.C. also supports a ladies team, whose colours are red, white and black. Formed by a small committee of parents & friends of the Larne Colts in November 2004, they made history by being the first ladies team to play at Windsor Park as part of the half-time entertainment during the Irish Cup Final in May 2005. The Ladies also have a juniors team and welcome players to both junior and senior levels of the club. Any girls over the age of 8 are welcome to join the juniors and anyone aged over 14 is welcome to join the senior squad.

In 2002 Radio 1 DJ Fergie played a homecoming gig at the club's ground.

On November 26th 2006 Larne announced that ex-captain Paul Curran would take over as manager of the Inver Park side.

In 2006/07, Larne were found guilty by the Irish Football Association of fielding an ineligible player in Padraig Gollogley. The punishment was a 16 points deduction and an £8,000 fine(plus £500 for each game in which the player played). This was reduced on appeal to an £8000 fine, and no point deduction.

Honours

enior honours

*Ulster Cup: 2
**1951/52, 1987/88

Intermediate honours

*Irish League B Division: 10
**1954/55, 1956/57, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72
*Irish League B Division Section 2: 1
**1981/82†
*Irish Intermediate Cup: 3
**1943/44†, 1959/60, 1969/70
*George Wilson Cup: 4
**1958/59, 1959/60, 1968/69, 1970/71
*Steel & Sons Cup: 11
**1909/10, 1941/42†, 1942/43†, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1964/65, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72
*Louis Moore Cup: 2
**1956/57 (shared with Banbridge Town), 1958/59

Junior honours

*Irish Junior Cup: 1
**1900/01

† Won by Larne Olympic (reserve team)

Famous players

* Mal Donaghy
* Jim Hagan
* Colin O'Neill
* Brian Quinn

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.larnefootballclub.co.uk Larne FC Website]
* [http://www.larneladiesfc.co.uk Larne Ladies FC Website]