Dergview Football Club is an intermediate-level,

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playing in the

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History

The club, founded in 1980, hails from

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, and plays its matches at Darragh Park. The club began in junior football, before working its way up to the senior level of Northern Irish football. The club traditionally play in black and white. They are nicknamed 'Constitution' or 'The Constitutes'.

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legend Richard Clarke was appointed manager in June 2013. He resigned in February 2018. After a difficult 2022/23 season, the club would see young defender Bobby Deane make the move to

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side Glenavon. The clubs reserves won the Craig Stanfield IFA Junior Cup in 2023, defeating Harryville Homers 4–1 in the final at

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. Then former manager and Northern Ireland international Ivan Sproule would play and score in the game at the age of 42. In 2023 the club appointed former

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, Dungannon Swifts and

defender Emmet Friars as manager following the departure of Tommy Canning. Friars would depart the club in March 2024, with Ivan Sproule returning for a second spell in charge. The club would be relegated from the NIFL Championship for the first time since 2010 following a play-off defeat to Armagh City on penalties.

Current squad

Honours

Senior honours

* North West Senior Cup: 2 **2020–21, 2021–22

Intermediate honours

* IFA Intermediate League Second Division: 1 **2007–08 * Fermanagh & Western Intermediate Cup: 1 **2009–10 *IFA Junior Cup: 1 **2022-23

References

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