Harland & Wolff Welders F.C.

Harland & Wolff Welders Football & Social Club
Full nameHarland & Wolff Welders Football & Social Club
Nickname(s)The Welders
Founded1965
GroundBlanchflower Park,
Belfast
Capacity1,100
ChairmanThomas Flynn
ManagerPaul Kee
LeagueNIFL Championship
2024–25NIFL Championship, 3rd of 12
Websitewww.weldersfc.co.uk

Harland & Wolff Welders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship.

History

The club, founded in 1965, hails from Belfast and played its home matches at Tillysburn Park in the East of the city. In October 2021 the H&W Welders moved from Tillysburn park into a redevelopment of Blanchflower Park Stadium costing over £5m with 3G pitches and new stands.[1] A new stadium and facilities in the Danny Blanchflower Playing Fields was under construction by 2020, suitable for Premiership football.[2]

The club was formed by the welders of the nearby Harland & Wolff shipyard.[3] The club's colours are amber and black to display the link with Harland & Wolff shipyard and its cranes. Harland & Wolff Welders share a long running rivalry with fellow East Belfast Championship side Dundela. In April 2014 they formed a partnership with Harland Youth, a young club composed of six teams of all ages and they will now be called H&W Welders Youth. The club would also have quite a close relationship with Glentoran, with many former Glens players turning out for the club.

Current squad

As of 2024, the squad included:

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
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR Jack Mills
2 MF Northern Ireland NIR Lewis Patterson
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR James McCarthy
4 MF Northern Ireland NIR Dylan O'Kane
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Sean O'Kane
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Daniel Kearns
8 MF Northern Ireland NIR Craig Harris (Captain)
9 FW Northern Ireland NIR Brian Healy
12 MF Northern Ireland NIR Adam McAleenan
14 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Jamie Robinson
17 MF Northern Ireland NIR Noah Mitchell
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Northern Ireland NIR Jamie Glover
19 MF Northern Ireland NIR Cain Stewart
22 DF Northern Ireland NIR Ewan McCoubrey
24 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ronan Wilson
25 DF Northern Ireland NIR Bradley Hillis
28 FW Northern Ireland NIR Daylen Farren
TBA FW Northern Ireland NIR Ethan Devine
TBA GK Northern Ireland NIR Conor Mitchell
TBA MF Northern Ireland NIR Liam Mullan
TBA FW Northern Ireland NIR Jaydyn Withers
TBA FW Northern Ireland NIR Jackson Reid

Honours

Intermediate honours

† Won by Harland & Wolff Welders "A"
* Won by Harland & Wolff Welders U20

54°36′59.2″N 5°51′50.1″W / 54.616444°N 5.863917°W / 54.616444; -5.863917

References

  1. ^ "Tillysburn Park, home to Harland & Wolff Welders - Football Ground Map". www.footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ Fullerton, Gareth (14 February 2020). "Harland and Wolff Welders new stadium project building momentum". BelfastLive. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ "weldersfc". weldersfc. Retrieved 6 May 2019.


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