Oxford Sunnyside Football Club, is an intermediate-level football club playing in the

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. They are based in

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and play their home games at Knockramer Park, www.midulsterra.co.uk
/ref> In 2011 the club changed its name in to strengthen youth football in Lurgan by connecting with Sunnyside Youth FC."It's Sunnyside up after name change", The Park, p. 12, Belfast Telegraph, 3 September 2012 Club colours are white shirts with red shorts.

History

Sunnyside took on

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side Linfield in January 2022 in the

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, losing 4–0 at

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. The club has also regularly challenged at the peak of Mid Ulster league football, and having missed out on promotion to the

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through a late goal against Coagh United in the 2022/23 season. The club harbors ambitions to make the step up to the senior game for the first time. The club would achieve this goal the following season, defeating Strabane Athletic over two legs to secure promotion to the

for the first time.

Current squad

Honours

Intermediate honours

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: 2 **2022–23, 2023–24 *

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: 2 **1987–88, 2022–23 *Mid-Ulster Intermediate B League Winners: 1 **2018–19 *Alan Wilson Cup: 1 **2017–18

Junior honours

*Irish Junior Cup: 7 **1981–82, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–92, 1994–95, 1997–98 (first team to win a record 7

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s) *Mid-Ulster Shield: 8 **1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 *

: 13 **1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95

References

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