Queen's University Belfast A.F.C.

{{short description|Association football club in Northern Ireland}}

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| clubname = Queen's University Belfast

| fullname = Queen's University Belfast Association Football Club

| image = Queen's_University_Belfast_A.F.C.png

| founded = 1910

| ground = Upper Malone

| league = NIFL Premier Intermediate League

| season = 2023–24

| position = NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 5th of 14

| current = 2023-24 NIFL Premier Intermediate League

| manager = James Lavery

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Queen's University Association Football Club, referred to simply as Queen's is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. Queen's AFC is associated with Queen's University Belfast.{{Cite web |title=QUB Athletic Football |url=https://www.qubafc.com/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=QUB Athletic Football |language=en-US}}

Queen's University also have an affiliated football team known as Queen's Grads F.C. They were founded in 1973.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-11 |title=Queen's Grads 50th Anniversary Celebrations |url=https://queenssport.com/news/archive/QueensGrads50thAnniversaryCelebrations.html |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.qub.ac.uk |language=en}} Queen's Grads have teams registered in the Northern Amateur Football League and the Down Area Winter Football League.{{Cite web |title=Northern Amateur Football League :: Queens Grads. |url=https://www.thenafl.co.uk/teams/id/65 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.thenafl.co.uk}}{{Cite web |title=Queens Grads III - Fixtures |url=https://www.dawfl.com/team/fixtures/queensgradsiii |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=DAWFL |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2014-10-26 |title=Club focus: Queen's Grads |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/club-focus-queens-grads/30695131.html |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |title=Northern Amateur Football League :: Queens Grads 11's |url=https://www.thenafl.co.uk/teams/id/141 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.thenafl.co.uk}} QUB AFC also registered a reserves team in the NAFL.{{Cite web |title=Northern Amateur Football League :: Queens University 11's |url=https://www.thenafl.co.uk/teams/id/64 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.thenafl.co.uk}}

History

The club, founded in 1910,[http://www.qubafc.com/History.html Queen's University Football Club History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126163609/http://www.qubafc.com/History.html |date=November 26, 2013 }} a founder member of the Irish League B Division, is affiliated to Queen's University Belfast, and plays home matches at the newly built Arena at the Queen's University sports grounds, Upper Malone, Belfast - also known as "the Dub".

From 2003 to 2011, the club played its home matches at Newforge Lane, the home of PSNI F.C., while the new stadium at the Dub was being constructed.The Park, p.5, Belfast Telegraph, 14 November 2011

The team play in white shirts and black shorts/socks. The away kit is all blue.

The university allows for a 25% non association with regards to playing staff whilst the other 75% are required to have studied, or be studying, at Queen's University Belfast.

On the 4 January 2020, Queens University recorded their greatest win in their history by defeating Linfield by two goals to one in the Irish Cup. Shayne Lavery cancelled out Marc McKenna's opener for Queen's and Jonah Mitchell scored the winner halfway through the second half.{{cite web |title=In pictures: Linfield ousted from Irish Cup as Queen's University cause huge shock at The Dub |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/linfield/in-pictures-linfield-ousted-from-irish-cup-as-queens-university-cause-huge-shock-at-the-dub-38833632.html |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=25 February 2022 |date=4 January 2020}}

Current squad

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=GK|nat=NIR|name=Neil Shields}}

{{Fs player|name=Andrew Gawne|nat=NIR|no=|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|name=Conan Doherty|nat=NIR|no=|pos=GK}}

{{fs player|no=|nat=NIR|pos=DF|name=Jack Ovens|other=on loan from Portadown}}

{{Fs player|name=Adam Calvert|nat=NIR|no=|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|name=Adam Robinson|nat=NIR|no=|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|name=Joshua Corry|nat=NIR|no=|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|name=Matthew McManus|nat=NIR|no=|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|name=Adam Green|nat=NIR|no=|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|name=Ben Mulgrew|nat=NIR|no=|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|name=Eoin Brown|nat=NIR|no=|pos=MF}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|name=James Clarke|nat=NIR|no=|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=NIR|name=Charlie Chapman|other=on loan from Linfield}}

{{Fs player|name=Matthew Hughes|nat=NIR|no=|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|name=Ronan Young|nat=NIR|no=|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|name=Angus Youngson|nat=NIR|no=|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|name=Chris Middleton|nat=NIR|no=|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|name=Ciaran O'Hare|nat=NIR|no=|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|name=Leon Bonnes|nat=NIR|no=|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|name=Lorcan McIlroy|nat=NIR|no=|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|name=Marc McKenna|nat=NIR|no=|pos=FW}}

{{Fs end}}

Honours

=Intermediate honours=

=Junior honours=

  • Collingwood Cup: 13+
  • 1920, 1947, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985 {{ref| 1| See Note 1}} {{cite web|url=http://www.thirdlevelfootball.ie/iufu/competitions/collingwood-cup/history-and-winners/|title=Irish Third Level Football - Irish Universities Football Union - Competitions - Collingwood Cup - History And Winners|author=|work=thirdlevelfootball.ie|access-date=2015-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021625/http://www.thirdlevelfootball.ie/iufu/competitions/collingwood-cup/history-and-winners/|archive-date=2015-11-17|url-status=dead}}

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  • {{note|1|1}} The records for the 1920s and 1930s Collingwood Cup are a bit vague so the exact number of wins for QUB is uncertain.

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= Queens Grads FC honours =

Northern Amateur Football League

  • Division 3C
  • 2003/4
  • Division 3D
  • 1995/6
  • Division 2B
  • 2008/9
  • Cochrane Corry Cup
  • 1995/6

References

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