Queen's University Belfast A.F.C.

Queen's University Belfast
Full nameQueen's University Belfast Association Football Club
Founded1910
GroundUpper Malone
Capacity1,000 (330 seated)
ManagerJames Lavery
LeagueNIFL Championship
2024–25NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 2nd of 14 (promoted via play-offs)

Queen's University Association Football Club, referred to simply as Queen's is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship. Queen's AFC is associated with Queen's University Belfast.[1]

Queen's University also have an affiliated football team known as Queen's Grads F.C. They were founded in 1973.[2] Queen's Grads have teams registered in the Northern Amateur Football League and the Down Area Winter Football League.[3][4][5][6] QUB AFC also registered a reserves team in the NAFL.[7]

History

The club, founded in 1910,[8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Northern Ireland NIR Neil Shields
— GK Northern Ireland NIR Andrew Gawne
— GK Northern Ireland NIR Conan Doherty
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Jack Ovens (on loan from Portadown)
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Adam Calvert
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Adam Robinson
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Joshua Corry
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Matthew McManus
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Adam Green
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Ben Mulgrew
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Eoin Brown
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Northern Ireland NIR James Clarke
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Charlie Chapman (on loan from Linfield)
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Matthew Hughes
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Ronan Young
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Angus Youngson
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Chris Middleton
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Ciaran O'Hare
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Leon Bonnes
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Lorcan McIlroy
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Marc McKenna

Honours

Intermediate honours

Junior honours

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

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

  1. ^ "QUB Athletic Football". QUB Athletic Football. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Queen's Grads 50th Anniversary Celebrations". www.qub.ac.uk. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Northern Amateur Football League :: Queens Grads". www.thenafl.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Queens Grads III - Fixtures". DAWFL. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Club focus: Queen's Grads". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 26 October 2014. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Northern Amateur Football League :: Queens Grads 11's". www.thenafl.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Northern Amateur Football League :: Queens University 11's". www.thenafl.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  8. ^ Queen's University Football Club History Archived November 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ The Park, p.5, Belfast Telegraph, 14 November 2011
  10. ^ "In pictures: Linfield ousted from Irish Cup as Queen's University cause huge shock at The Dub". Belfast Telegraph. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Irish Third Level Football - Irish Universities Football Union - Competitions - Collingwood Cup - History And Winners". thirdlevelfootball.ie. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.


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