Rathfriland Rangers F.C.

Rathfriland Rangers Football Club is a Northern Irish intermediate football club, playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

Rathfriland Rangers

Full name	Rathfriland Rangers Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Whites
Founded	1962
Ground	Iveagh Park, Rathfriland
Chairman	Adrian Mcgaw
Manager	Ronnie Haughey
League	NIFL Premier Intermediate League
2023–24	NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 4th of 14

Overview

The club is based in Rathfriland, County Down, was formed in 1962 and joined the Newcastle & District League before attaining intermediate status and then joining the Amateur League in 1986. The club currently consists of four teams: the 1st XI (Rangers), 2nd XI (Reserves) 3rd XI (Swifts) as well as an under-17 squad. The Reserves team plays in the Mid-Ulster Football League Reserve Championship, whilst the Swifts are in Reserve division 2 of the Mid-Ulster Football League. The club won the Intermediate Cup in 2022, defeating Armagh City in the final. In 2023, the club was promoted to the NIFL Premier Intermediate League for the first time. In their first season in PIL, the club would finish in 4th place, narrowly missing out on a NIFL Championship play-off spot, a commendable achievement for the club.

The club is captained by former Glentoran, Glenavon and Portadown midfielder Andy Kilmartin.

Current squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NIR	Bryan McMullen
—	DF	NIR	Harry Campbell
—	DF	NIR	Daniel Devlin
—	DF	NIR	Dalton Tate
—	DF	NIR	Jesse Carson
—	MF	NIR	Jack Chambers
—	MF	NIR	Jordan Hayes
—	MF	NIR	Andrew Kilmartin (Captain)
—	MF	NIR	Jonathan Scannell

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NIR	Brian Johnston
—	MF	NIR	Harry Evans
—	MF	NIR	James Sergeant
—	GK	NIR	Ronan Burns (On loan from Portadown)
—	MF	NIR	Matthew Holloway
—	FW	NIR	Nigel Prentice
—	FW	NIR	Ruairi Fitzpatrick
—	DF	NIR	Jack Barbour

Honours

• Northern Amateur Football League: Premier Division
  • 2021–22, 2022–23
• IFA Intermediate Cup:
  • 2021–22
• Border Cup:
  • 2016–17
• Bob Radcliffe Cup:
  • 2019–20, 2023–24
• Northern Amateur Football League: Division 1A
  • 1997–98, 2015–16
• Northern Amateur Football League: Division 1B
  • 1996–97

External links

• nifootball.co.uk - (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)