Taghnevan Harps
Taghnevan Harps is a football team in Northern Ireland. They are based in Lurgan, County Armagh and were promoted through the four divisions to play in the Mid-Ulster Football League's First Division. They now only play in the Lurgan Summer League.[citation needed]
The club were formed in 2000 and played their first game in March 2001 in a friendly against Lurgan Celtic which they lost 5-1. The club's first competitive game was in the charity Summer League in North Lurgan in May 2001. The result of the game was a 4-1 win for Taghnevan Harps.[citation needed] The club's first game in Mid Ulster football came in 2002. It was a 6-0 win over Corner FC.[citation needed]
The club's home ground is on the edge of the Taghnevan Estate at the Gordon Playing Fields in Lurgan. The home colours are green and yellow and the away strip is white and black.
The club were relegated from the Mid Ulster First Division in the 2010/11 season and pulled out of the Second Division after they had only fulfilled three league games.[citation needed] The club won the Sean Creaney Memorial Cup in 2010.[1]
Taghnevan Harps won their first Summer League trophy in September 2011 with a 2-0 win over Kilwilke Athletic.[citation needed]
In 2014, the 'Bap Shanks Memorial Cup' changed venue. It was played in Irish League Champions Cliftonville's Solitude Stadium. Harps beat a Lurgan Summer League Select side 4-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw.[2]
The 2015 Summer League saw the Harps side withdraw from the competition. That year, back in Solitude, they lost the Bap Shanks Memorial Cup to the Summer League Select side on penalties after a 2-2 draw.
Harps re-entered the 2016 Summer League again under the management of Marty Rogers. Wins over The Meats and North Lurgan Celts saw Harps play Kilwilke Shamrocks in the final. Also that season Harps retained the Bap Shanks Memorial Cup. For the third year in a row the game ended 2-2 but it was the Taghnevan team who took the cup on penalties.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "Harps win annual challenge game". northernirelandworld.com. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ↑ "Annual event a major success". northernirelandworld.com. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
External links
- Club website (archived 2016)
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