Killyleagh Youth Football Club (also known as Killyleagh YC) is a

Northern Irish The people of Northern Ireland are all people born in Northern Ireland and having, at the time of their birth, at least one parent who is a British Nationality Law, British citizen, an Irish nationality law, Irish citizen or is otherwis ...

, intermediate-level football club based in

Killyleagh Killyleagh (; ) is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the A22 road between Belfast and Downpatrick, on the western side of Strangford Lough. It had a population of 2,787 people in the 2021 Census. It is bes ...

, near

Downpatrick Downpatrick () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Dál Fiatach, the main ruling dynasty of Ulaid. Down Cathedral, Its cathedral is sai ...

, playing in the Premier Division of the

Northern Amateur Football League The Northern Amateur Football League, also known as the Northern Amateur League and often simply as the Amateur League, is an association football league in Northern Ireland. It contains 13 divisions. These comprise four intermediate sections: ...

. The club was formed in 1960, playing in the South Belfast Youth League for one season before joining the Amateur League in 1961. Intermediate status was achieved in 1963.H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) ''A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League'', p. 204 They play their home matches at the Showgrounds in Killyleagh. Perhaps their biggest achievement of recent times was when they reached the semi-final of the

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in 2002, losing 4–0 to Linfield

They became the first team in the modern era to win the Amateur League's Premier Section title for six consecutive seasons (1999 and 2005), under the managership of Dee Heron.

Honours

Intermediate honours

Steel & Sons Cup The Steel & Sons Cup (also referred to as the Steel Cup) is an intermediate football competition in Northern Ireland run by the North East Ulster Football Association (also known as the County Antrim & District Football Association). The compe ...

: 1 **2002–03 *

: 8 ** 1984–85, 1992–93, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 * Clarence Cup: 3 **1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02 * Border Cup: 4 **1984–85, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04

External links

Killyleagh Youth Football Club Official Website

Welcome to Killyleagh - History of Killyleagh Youth Football Club

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

Notes

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