Ards
Full name	Ards Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Red & Blues
Founded	1902
Ground	Clandeboye Park, Bangor Co. Down (Capacity: 4,000 (660 seats))
Chairman	Brian Adams
Manager	Tommy Kincaid
League	Irish First Division
2005/06	16th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Ards F.C. is a Northern Irish football club playing in the Irish First Division, following relegation the previous season from the Premier League. The club, founded in 1902, is from Newtownards, but plays its home matches at Clandeboye Park in Bangor, which they share with their arch-rivals Bangor F.C.. The current manager is Tommy Kincaid, who was a cult figure at Castlereagh Park during his playing days. Club colours are red and blue. Football club names are a part of the sports culture, reflecting century-old traditions. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the building type. ... Clandeboye Park is a multi-use stadium in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. ... Bangor (in Irish Beannchor) is a town of approximately 80,000 population in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... Official logo of the Carnegie Premier League. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Valencia CF Deportivo de La Coruña Y.R. K.V. Mechelen Clube Náutico Capibaribe Template talk:Football kit CS Marítimo U.S. Lecce Ternana Calcio F.C. Crotone Bangu Atlético Clube User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... It has been suggested that replica shirt be merged into this article or section. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... It has been suggested that replica shirt be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the constituent country. ... “Soccer” redirects here. ... Official logo of the Irish First Division The Irish First Division is the second tier in Northern Irish football. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... , Newtownards (Irish: Baile Nua na hArda), is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Clandeboye Park is a multi-use stadium in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. ... Bangor (in Irish Beannchor) is a town of approximately 80,000 population in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Bangor is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish First Division. ...

The club has suffered severe financial problems in the last ten years. This resulted in the club having to sell its ground, Castlereagh Park, to property developers. The club has shared grounds with Cliftonville F.C., Carrick Rangers and now Bangor F.C.. Plans for a new ground in Newtownards are stalled at the planning stage with no sign of progress. Recent relegation to the First Division will mean a struggle for this historic football club, with the potential loss of their best players and the money constraints that smaller crowds bring. The 2006/07 season originally brought further woes for Ards FC, with poor performances in the First Division appearing to scupper their chance for promotion this year. Joint managers Raymond Morrison and Gary Hillis were eventually sacked in November 2006. They did not go quietly, and three players walked out of the club stating they would not play again for them. A November defeat by local rivals Bangor in the cup and a strong promotion push by Bangor added extra pressure on the Ards Board. Since the appointment of Tommy Kincaid there has been a marked improvement in Ards' fortunes, and there is an outside possibility of them featuring in the promotion shake-up at the end of the season. As of January 2007, there is no news of any ground being developed for the club and local press has speculated that Ards may never be in a financial position to build a stadium. In April 2007, Ards finished a disappointing 5th place in the Irish league First Division. Cliftonville F.C. (the Reds) is an Northern Irish football team playing in the Irish Premier League. ... Carrick Rangers is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the IFA Intermediate League. ... Bangor is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish First Division. ...

Castlereagh Park

Ards FC were forced to sell their Castlereagh Park home in 1998 to try and reduce their crippling debts. The stadium remained well tended for another three years while ambitious plans for a new ground further down the road were developed. Sadly in 2002 Castlereagh Park was demolished, as planned. The new stadium was supposed to have been ready in time for the demolition but in 2007 it remains a wasteland. As for Ards, they are now the nomads of Northern Irish football, playing usually at Bangor’s Clandeboye Park. Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Bangor is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish First Division. ... Clandeboye Park is a multi-use stadium in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. ...

Honours

• League title: 1
  • 1957-58
• Irish Cups: 4
  • 1926-27, 1951-52, 1968-69, 1973-74
• League Cups: 1
  • 1994-95
• Irish First Division: 1
  • 2000-01

• County Antrim Shield: 3
  • 1955/56, 1971/72, 1993/94
• Gold Cup: 2

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Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Andy McDonald 2 DF Darren Nixon 3 DF Kris Pike 4 DF Gary Spence 5 DF James Wilson 6 DF Johnny Shaw 7 MF Craig McMillen 8 MF Ryan Newberry 9 FW Darren Stirling 10 MF Aaron McKee 11 FW Ricky Billing 12 DF Johnny Roy Danny Mulholland Gary Clifford

No. Position Player 16 DF Stephen Johnston 17 Ryan Hyland 18 MF David Cully 19 DF Johnny Cleary 20 FW Justin McBride Gary Sharratt Gareth Walsh 22 FW Mark Parker Stuart Long Thomas Gorman Kerri Grant Lee Mudd GK Jason Mooney

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Staff

• Life Patron: Lady Mairi Bury
• Chairman: Brian Adams
• Treasurer: J Bailie
• Company Secretary: Mark Jackson
• Manager: Tommy Kincaid
• Assistant Manager: Justin McBride
• First-team Coach: Andy Harwood
• First-team Attendant: Alan Gregg
• Under 18 Manager: Lee Forsythe
• Football Secretary: Brian Adams
• Directors: Brian Adams, Jim Bailie, Tom Graham, Billy McCully, Ronnie Bailie, Jenny Graham, Tom Beggs, John Black
• PA Announcer: Ivor Edgar
• Website Editor: Andrew McCullough
• Programme Editor: Adrian Monaghan

Representatives

• Rep. to Irish Premier League Brian Adams
• Rep. to Irish Football Association Brian Adams
• Rep. to County Antrim Football Association Tom Graham
• Rep. to Youth League Keith Bailie

Managers