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: