Dergview Football Club is an intermediate-level,
Northern Irish
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football
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playing in the
NIFL Premier Intermediate League
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.
History
The club, founded in 1980, hails from
Castlederg
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,
County Tyrone
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Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the cou ...
,
Northern Ireland
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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'.
Portadown
Portadown ( ) is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town is based on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population ...
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
NIFL Premiership
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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
Windsor Park
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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
Crusaders
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,
Dungannon Swifts and
Portadown
Portadown ( ) is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town is based on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population ...
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
Association football clubs established in 1980
Association football clubs in Northern Ireland
NIFL Championship clubs
Association football clubs in County Tyrone
1980 establishments in Northern Ireland
Castlederg
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