Bangor Football Club statement sound familiar?

[Dutch Uncle]

My local team Bangor FC won the NI Championship title this weekend and will play in the NI Premiership next season for first time in nearly 20 years. It is a remarkable rise from 2017 when mismanagement left the club out of the national leagues and amongst the amateurs and in debt. It has taken three promotions to get back. Here is the club statement which is reminiscent of Rovers reaching the Championship after three promotions in 2008, coincidentally the last time Bangor played in the top flight. Also coincidentally Bangor became a City on the same day Doncaster did:



Congratulations to the players, Lee, John and the rest of the management team for winning the NIFL Playr-Fit Championship and sending Bangor FC to the Sports Direct Premiership. It is a remarkable achievement for the club and the city.

When our journey began in 2017, we had a three key objectives, one of which was to reach the Premiership in five years. Disregarding the Covid spells, we did it in six full seasons.

Eight years ago, at the beginning of the journey, we had been relegated to the Ballymena and Provincial Football League, we had had no players, no manager, no control over the pitch and social club and increasing debt. Supporters were disenfranchised, season ticket sales were non-existent and Clandeboye Park was in a state of disrepair.

We are now heading to the NIFL Premier League with a talented squad, a manager who was nominated for manager of the year, a new academy using our pitch on a daily basis, a revamped social club, record season ticket sales, record attendances, and a revitalised Clandeboye Park that includes plans for a new community hub and grandstand.

The club has come a long way in a very short period of time.

We need to remind everyone that this success has only been possible because of our supporters, volunteers, friends and support from the local community. We are a family, and we are very lucky at Bangor to have people around that care so much and are so passionate about the club. We thank them once again as the success is as much theirs, as it is the players, management team and board.

When we took charge at Bangor FC, our main aim was simple – leave the club in a better place than we found it.

Phase one of this work has now finished and phase two will start soon. Who wants to be a part of the next stage of the journey? 

More at
https://bangorfc.com/