A.F.C. Craigavon
{{distinguish|Craigavon City F.C.}}
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clubname = A.F.C. Craigavon |
image = AFC Craigavon club badge.jpg|
fullname = Association Football Club Craigavon |
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founded = {{ubl | 1978 (original formation){{cite web|url = http://www.midulsterfootballleague.co.uk/League.aspx?lid=2 | website = midulsterfootballleague.co.uk | publisher = Mid-Ulster Football League | title = MUFL Club guides | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160204132626/http://www.midulsterfootballleague.co.uk/League.aspx?lid=2 |archive-date=4 February 2016 }} | 2016 (merger with Silverwood United) }} |
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league = Mid-Ulster Football League |
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}}
Association Football Club Craigavon, also known as A.F.C. Craigavon and between 2016 and 2023 as A.F.C. Silverwood, is a Northern Irish football club which plays in the Mid-Ulster Football League. The club is based in Craigavon, County Armagh.
The club was originally founded in 1978 following the amalgamation of two clubs, entered the Mid-Ulster League, and later the Mid-Ulster Intermediate League.{{cite book | editor-first1 = H. | editor-last1 = Johnstone | editor-first2 = G. | editor-last2 = Hamilton | date = 1998 | title = A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League | page = 177 | publisher = Northern Amateur Football League }} In 1991, the club joined the Northern Amateur Football League. In 2016, it merged with Silverwood United and was known as "A.F.C. Silverwood".{{Cite web |url=http://www.midulsterfootballleague.co.uk/NewsArticle.aspx?&nid=1722&p=1 |publisher =Mid-Ulster Football League | website = midulsterfootballleague.co.uk | title = News {{!}} Intermediate Football - The Future {{!}} June 2016 |access-date=2016-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820054616/http://www.midulsterfootballleague.co.uk/NewsArticle.aspx?&nid=1722&p=1 |archive-date=2016-08-20 |url-status=dead | quote = Please also be aware that AFC Craigavon and Silverwood Utd have also amalgamated to form AFC Silverwood, who will also begin membership in Intermediate B }} By 2023, the amalgamated club had reverted to using the name A.F.C. Craigavon.{{citeweb|url=https://www.midulsterfootballleague.co.uk/Teams/afccraigavon|title=AFC Craigavon|publisher=Mid-Ulster Football League | website = midulsterfootballleague.co.uk |accessdate=6 January 2024}}
A.F.C Craigavon competes in the Irish Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishfa.com/ifa-domestic/cup-competitions/tennents-irish-cup|title=Tennent's Irish Cup|author=|date=|website=irishfa.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.midulsterfootballleague.co.uk/Teams/afccraigavon AFC Craigavon on Mid-Ulster Football League website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090904032011/http://www.afccraigavon.btik.com/ A.F.C. Craigavon Official Club website] (archived 2009)
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Category:Association football clubs in Northern Ireland
Category:Association football clubs in County Armagh
Category:Association football clubs established in 2016
Category:Association football clubs established in 1978
Category:1978 establishments in Northern Ireland
Category:2016 establishments in Northern Ireland
Category:Mid-Ulster Football League clubs
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