Dergview F.C.

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'''Dergview Football Club''' is an intermediate-level, Northern Irish football playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. ==History== The club, founded in 1980, hails from Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and plays its matches at Darragh Park. The club began in junior football, before working its way up to the senior level of Northern Irish football. The club traditionally play in black and white. They are nicknamed 'Constitution' or 'The Constitutes'.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Portadown legend Richard Clarke was appointed manager in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22965691|title=Portadown's Richard Clarke becomes Dergview player-boss|access-date=20 June 2013|date=19 June 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He resigned in February 2018.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Derg boss says decision to quit is best for club | first = Tommy | last = Nethery | newspaper = Ulster Herald | date = 31 January 2018 | access-date = 8 February 2018 | url = http://ulsterherald.com/2018/01/31/derg-boss-says-decision-quit-best-club/}}</ref>

After a difficult 2022/23 season, the club would see young defender Bobby Deane make the move to NIFL Premiership side Glenavon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/former-lincoln-and-derry-city-youth-bobby-deane-signs-first-pro-deal-with-glenavon-4140144 |title=Former Lincoln and Derry City youth Bobby Deane signs first pro deal with Glenavon|access-date=16 May 2023|date=16 May 2023|publisher=Derry Journal}}</ref>

The clubs reserves won the Craig Stanfield IFA Junior Cup in 2023, defeating Harryville Homers 4–1 in the final at Windsor Park. Then former manager and Northern Ireland international Ivan Sproule would play and score in the game at the age of 42.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishfa.com/ifa-domestic/cup-competitions/fonacab-craig-stanfield-junior-cup|title=FonaCab Craig Stanfield Junior Cup|access-date=28 July 2023|date=28 July 2023|publisher=Irish Football Association}}</ref>

In 2023 the club appointed former Crusaders, Dungannon Swifts and Portadown defender Emmet Friars as manager following the departure of Tommy Canning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/football/northern-ireland/championship-club-appoint-former-newry-city-crusaders-and-portadown-star-as-new-manager-4369090|access-date=14 October 2023|date=14 October 2023|publisher=Newsletter |title=Championship club appoint former Newry City and Portadown star as new manager }}</ref>

Friars would depart the club in March 2024, with Ivan Sproule returning for a second spell in charge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nifootballleague.com/news/2024/march/dergview-part-company-with-friars/|title=Dergview part company with Friars|access-date=26 April 2024|date=26 March 2024|publisher=NIFL Website}}</ref>

The club would be relegated from the NIFL Championship for the first time since 2010 following a play-off defeat to Armagh City on penalties.

==Current squad== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=IRL|pos=GK|name=Dylan Doherty}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Dylan Aiken}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=NIR|pos=MF|name=Garth Falconer}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Patrick Loughery}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Lee McLaughlin}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=NIR|pos=MF|name=Blaine Burns|other=Captain}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=Marc Walsh}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Warner Ballantyne}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=NIR|pos=FW|name=Stephen Curry}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Ronan McKinley}} {{fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=NIR|pos=FW|name=Paul Smith}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=NIR|pos=GK|name=Tiernan McNamee}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=NIR|pos=FW|name=Charlie McCrory}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=NIR|pos=DF|name=Ryan McConnell}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=NIR|pos=FW|name=Sean McDonagh}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Dale Maxwell}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=NIR|pos=MF|name=Philip Wallace}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=NIR|pos=DF|name=Shea Devlin}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Cathal Farren}} {{fs end}}

==Honours== ===Senior honours=== *'''North West Senior Cup: 2''' **2020–21, 2021–22

===Intermediate honours=== *'''IFA Intermediate League Second Division: 1''' **2007–08 *'''Fermanagh & Western Intermediate Cup: 1''' **2009–10 *'''IFA Junior Cup: 1''' **2022-23

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Category:Association football clubs established in 1980 Category:Association football clubs in Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Championship clubs Category:Association football clubs in County Tyrone Category:1980 establishments in Northern Ireland Category:Castlederg