Ballyclare Comrades History
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Dedicated to remembering the history of Ballyclare Comrades Football Club. Formed in 1919 by local men who had returned home from the First World War.
Joined July 2021
On this day in 2007, we won 3-1 away at Malachians in the second round of the Intermediate Cup Ian McGrath scored two of our goals, with Kyle Agnew also getting on our scoresheet
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On this day in 1968, we won 3-1 away at Ards Seconds in the B Division Mal Silo scored two of our goals, with Bertie Nixon also getting on our scoresheet
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On this day in 1975, we drew 3-3 after extra time away at the RUC in the first premilinary round of the Irish Cup Our goalscorers were DJ McKenzie, Tommy Henry and Harry Blair
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The referee stopped this game with 15 minutes to go because the Ballymena fans were kicking our players Victor Burnside and Eddie Hanna, as well as the referee The result stood and we claimed the points from this game
On this day in 1970, we won 2-0 away at Ballymena United Reserves in the B Division Both of our headed goals were scored in the first half by Don Wright, who scored our first and assisted Eddie Hanna, who scored our second
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On this day in 1970, we won 2-0 away at Ballymena United Reserves in the B Division Both of our headed goals were scored in the first half by Don Wright, who scored our first and assisted Eddie Hanna, who scored our second
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Picture from a local newspaper from November 1988 of committee member Billy Bissett (right), along with Archie Boyd, who had been a Comrades supporter for 60 years, watch as the heavy machinery commence to transform Dixon Park, as our club were preparing to join the Irish League
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On this day in 1988, we beat local rivals Chimney Corner 1-0 at Dixon Park in the B Division That lethal partnership of Billy Murray and Gerry Tabb opened up the Chimney Corner defence for the only goal of the game, with Gerry scoring, assisted by Billy
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On this day in 1961, we continued our defence of the Intermediate Cup with a 2-1 quarter-final win over local rivals Chimney Corner at Dixon Park Sammy Molyneaux scored both of our goals, one in each half
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On this day in 2001, we drew 1-1 away at Bangor in the First Division Gary Burns scored his first senior goal for us to equalise in the 51st minute, with his goal assisted by younger brother Ronnie
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On this day in 1968, we came back twice to draw 2-2 with Glenavon Reserves at Dixon Park in the B Division Ricky Lunn played a part in both of our goals, assisting for Mal Silo to score our first and he himself scored our second
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On this day in 1988, we lost 2-1 to Glentoran Seconds at Seaview after extra time in the semi-finals of the Steel & Sons Cup despite Billy Murray giving us a 1-0 lead in the 68th minute from a free kick 20 yards out We lost at the same stage of this competition the previous year
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On this day in 2015, we won 4-0 away at Donegal Celtic in Championship 1 Michael O'Hanlon scored two of our goals, with our other goals coming from Chris Trussell and a penalty from Samuel McIlveen
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On this day in 1965, we won 6-2 away at Ards Seconds in the B Division All the goals in this game were scored in the second half Ernie Todd scored two of our goals, with Tommy Morrow, Billy Sanlon, Billy Wilson and Billy Keenan also getting on our scoresheet
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On this day in 1988, we beat Omagh Town 3-0 at Dixon Park in the B Division Harry McConkey scored two of our goals, with Marty Clarke also getting on the scoresheet Our wing wizard Billy Murray assisted our first two goals We had now scored 5️⃣0️⃣ goals in our last 1️⃣2️⃣ games
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On this day in 1967, we beat Coleraine Reserves 3-0 at Dixon Park in the B Division Our goals came from Jim Thompson and Mickey Wilson in the first half, with Eddie Hanna, who assisted our first goal, scoring our third goal in the second half
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Piece in a local newspaper from 10th November 1988 about our manager Laurence Walker securing the signatures of two highly rated Irish League players, Gary McCullough from Linfield and Peter Dunlop from Cliftonville
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16 year old Phil Gray in our 1984/85 team picture, a season which saw him play 20 games for us That same season, Phil scored a second half equaliser in a 2-2 Irish Cup second round game against Irish League side Glentoran at Dixon Park. Unfortunately, we lost the replay 3-1
Young Philip "Tippy" Gray at Spurs, October 1988. #GAWA #NornIron @BclarComHistory (from the @TheSkyStrikers collection)
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On this day in 1984, we came back from conceding early on to beat Dundela 2-1 at the Oval in the semi-finals of the Steel & Sons Cup to reach our 6th final in 10 years Tom Todd scored our equaliser midway the first half, with George Falloon scoring our winner in the 88th minute
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On this day in 1974, we beat Lisburn Rangers 4-1 at Inver Park in the semi-finals of the Steel & Sons Cup Our goals came from a Denis McKenzie hat-trick after Adrian Best had given us the lead in this game
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On this day in 2014, we drew 1-1 with Ards at Dixon Park in Championship 1 Randal Reid scored our goal
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