Lisburn Distillery F.C.
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| Full name | Lisburn Distillery Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Whites | ||
| Founded | 1880 (as Distillery) | ||
| Ground | New Grosvenor Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | Jim Greer | ||
| Manager | Colin McIlwane and George O'Boyle | ||
| League | NIFL Championship 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | NIFL Championship 1, 14th (relegated) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Lisburn Distillery Football Club is a Northern Irish, intermediate football club based in Ballyskeagh, County Down. The club, founded in 1880, originated in west Belfast, where it was based at Grosvenor Park at Distillery Street off the Grosvenor Road until 1971. After sharing Skegoneill Avenue (Brantwood) and Seaview (Crusaders) for some years the club moved in 1980 to a permanent new home at New Grosvenor Stadium, Ballyskeagh, County Antrim, on the southern outskirts of Belfast. The club was known as Distillery until 1999, when it changed its name to 'Lisburn Distillery' in an attempt to associate itself more closely with its adopted borough (now city) of Lisburn. The club colour is white. The club, a founder member of the Irish League in 1890, was relegated in May 2013.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable former managers
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Jimmy McIntosh (1952–55) -
Maurice Tadman (1955–58) - George Eastham, Sr. (1959–64)
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Jimmy McAlinden (1969–75) - Roy Welsh
- Billy Hamilton (1989–95)
- Paul Kirk
- Tommy Wright* (2009–11)
Honours
Senior honours
- Irish League: 6 (inc. one shared)
- Irish Cup: 12
- 1883–84, 1884–85, 1885–86, 1888–89, 1893–94, 1895–96, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1909–10, 1924–25, 1955–56, 1970–71
- Irish League Cup: 1
- County Antrim Shield: 14
- 1888–89, 1892–93, 1895–96, 1896–97, 1899–1900, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1914–15, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1945–46, 1953–54, 1963–64, 1985–86
- Gold Cup: 5
- 1913–14, 1919–20, 1924–25, 1929–30, 1993–94
- City Cup: 5
- 1904–05, 1912–13, 1933–34, 1959–60, 1962–63
- Ulster Cup: 2
- 1957–58, 1998–99
- Irish League First Division: 2
- 1998–99, 2001–02
- Dublin and Belfast Inter-city Cup: 1
- 1947–48 (shared)
Intermediate honours
- Irish Intermediate Cup: 3
- 1892–93†, 1902–03†, 1947–48‡
- Steel & Sons Cup: 1
- 1900–01ƒ
- George Wilson Cup: 3
- 1956–57‡, 1981–82‡, 1987–88‡
† Won by Distillery Rovers (reserve team)
‡ Won by Distillery II (reserve team)
ƒ Won by Distillery West End (reserve team)
Junior honours
- Irish Junior Cup: 1
- 1888‡
‡ Won by Distillery II (reserve team)