Sunday 4 April 2010

Glenavon FC

Work in progress

Founded: 1889
Ground History: Mourneview Park
Main Colours: Royal blue and white
Club Website: http://www.glenavonfc.com/

Managerial History:
Harry Walker (1950-1954)
Jimmy McAlinden (1954-1968)
Ted Smith (1968)
Joe Kinkead (1968-1969)
Jimmy Jones (1969-1972)
Eric Adair (1972-1973)
Brian Campbell (1974-1975)
Alan Campbell (1975-1978)
Billy McClatchey (1978-1979)
Billy Sinclair (1979-1982)
Terry Nicholson (1982-1991)
Alan Fraser (Oct/91-1994)
Nigel Best (1994-Nov/97)
Billy Hamilton (Nov/97-May/98)
Roy Walker (May/98-Jul/00)
Colin Malone (Aug/00-Feb/03)
Alfie Wylie (2003-Jan/04)
Tommy Kincaid (Jan/04-Jul/05)
Jimmy Brown (Jul/05-Jun/06)
Colin Malone (Jun/06-2007)
Terry Cochrane (Jan/08-Jun/08)
Stephen McBride (Aug/08-Jan/09)
Marty Quinn (Feb/09-date)
League History:
Irish league

Club Honours:
Irish League Champions
Irish Cup Winners
Mid-Ulster Cup Winners

European History:
1957/58 Champions Cup (first entry into European competition by an Irish League club)
First Round - AGF Aarhus (Denmark) A 0-0, H* 0-3 (lost 3-0 on aggregate)
1960/61 Champions Cup
(withdrew before playing in the Preliminary Round as their opponents, Wismut Karl-Marx, could not gain visas to enter Northern Ireland and Glenavon would have had to play both matches outside the UK which proved prohibitively expensive)
1961/62 Cup Winners' Cup
First Round - Leicester City (England) H* 1-4, A 1-3 (lost 7-2 on agg.)
1977/78 UEFA Cup
First Round - PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) H 2-6, A 0-5 (lost 11-2 on agg.)
1979/80 UEFA Cup
First Round - Standard Liege (Belgium) H L 0-1, A L 0-1 (lost 2-0 on agg.)
1988/89 Cup Winners' Cup
First Round - AGF Aarhus (Denmark) H 1-4, A 1-3 (lost 7-2 on agg.)
1990/91 UEFA Cup
First Round - Bordeaux (France) H 0-0, A 0-2 (lost 2-0 on agg.)
1991/92 Cup Winners' Cup
First Round - Ilves (Finland) H 3-2, A 1-2 (4-4 on agg. lost on away goals rule)
1992/93 Cup Winners' Cup
First Round - Royal Antwerp (Belgium) H 1-1, A 1-1 (2-2 on agg. lost 3-1 in penalty shoot-out)
1995/96 UEFA Cup
Preliminary Round - FH (Iceland) H 0-0, A 1-0 (won 1-0 on agg.)
First Round - Werder Bremen (Germany) H 0-2, A 0-5 (lost 7-0 on agg.)
2001/02 UEFA Cup
Qualifying Round - Kilmarnock (Scotland) H 0-1, A 0-1 (lost 2-0 on agg.)

*denotes home matches played at Windsor Park, Belfast.

Top Goalscorers:
(season-by-season since WW2)
1947/48 P. Cronin 18
1948/49 A. Moore 28
1949/50 J. Denver 15
1950/51 J. Denver 29
1951/52 J. Denver 39
1952/53 J. Jones 40
1953/54 J. Jones 49
1954/55 J. Jones 47
1955/56 J. Jones 46
1956/57 J. Jones 74
1957/58 J. Jones 50
1958/59 J. Jones 59
1959/60 J. Jones 50
1960/61 J. Jones 36
1961/62 J. Jones 33
1962/63 W. Johnston 26
1963/64 W. Johnston 34
1964/65 D. Guy 50
1965/66 D. Guy 44
1966/67 D. Guy 30
1967/68 D. Guy 32
1968/69 D. Guy 30
1969/70 D. Guy 20
1970/71 D. Guy 29
1971/72 D. Guy 33
1972/73 J. Alexander 11
1973/74 J. Hall 19
1974/75 J. Hall 12
1975/76 P. Horan 14
1976/77 P. Malone 23
1977/78 P. Malone 20
1978/79 P. Malone 23
1979/80 T. Armstrong 11
1980/81 M. Malone 14
1981/82 M. MacDonald 25
1982/83 A. Denver 11
1983/84
1984/85
1985/86
1986/87
1987/88
1988/89
1989/90
1990/91
1991/92
1992/93
1993/94
1994/95
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03 McCann 11
2003/04 A. McVeigh 7
2004/05 Walsh 20
2005/06 M. Verner 18
2006/07 G. McMahon 7
2007/08 Hamlin 7
2008/09 Grant 12
2009/10 Molloy 16

Notable Players: