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Glenavon
Full name	Glenavon Football Club
Founded	1889
Ground	Mourneview Park, Lurgan Co. Armagh (Capacity 4,000 seated plus standing room)
Chairman	[Adrian Teer
Manager	Colin Malone
League	Irish Premier League
2006/07	Irish Premier League, 15th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Glenavon F.C. is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Premier League. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and play their home matches at Mourneview Park. Club colours are blue and white. The current manager is Colin Malone, now in his second spell as manager. The club Chairman is Adrian Teer. Glenavon was the first provincial club to win the Irish League title in 1951-52 and also the first provincial club to do the league and cup double in 1956-57. Glenavon have had a number of talented and famous players, none moreso than Wilbur Cush and Jimmy Jones, who were to the fore in "the glory years" of the Fifties. The success of the 1950's is still the benchmark at this Lurgan club, the closest the club have come to achieving a league success since came in the 1993-94 season, when but for two late goals in the final match Glenavon would have been crowned champions. The club's most recent success's have been League runner's up 2001-02, Irish Cup winners 1991-92 and 1996-97.

Glenavon achieved some notable results in Europe in the 1990s. In the 1992-93 season, they drew both legs of their Cup Winners Cup tie with Royal Antwerp and lost on penalties. In 1995-96 they reached the first round proper of the UEFA Cup (the last Irish League club to do so), and were beaten by Werder Bremen.

Mourneview Park is now considered one of the best grounds in the Irish League. Along the side of the pitch runs the Geddis Stand (holds roughly 1700) and on the other side the newly built Glenfield Road Stand (holds roughly 2000). One end of the ground has the Crescent Stand (400 seats, and standing area), and at the other end the Hospital End terracing.

• League Titles: 3
  • 1951/52, 1956/57, 1959/60
• Irish Cups: 5
  • 1956/57, 1958/59, 1960/61, 1991/92, 1996/97
• League Cup: 1
  • 1989/90
• Intermediate Cup: 1
  • 2004/05
• County Antrim Shield: 2
  • 1990/91, 1995/96
• Gold Cup: 4

• Paul Byrne
• Jackie Denver
• Wilbur Cush
• Glenn Ferguson
• Gerard McMahon (current)
• Jimmy Jones
• Ray McCoy

• Jimmy McAlinden

No. Position Player GK Tuda Murphy GK Paul Rice DF Adrian Harper DF Kris McAdam DF Gavin McDonnell DF Jonny Cowan DF Ciaran McGuigan DF Barry Meehan DF Paul Carville MF Neal Gawley MF Eamonn Murray MF Gerard McMahon MF Connor Walsh MF Sam Stewart MF Paul Walsh MF Ormond Okunaiya FW Lewis Hamlin FW Colm Kearney FW Stephen Magennis FW Richard Gibson FW David Bracken

• Glenavon FC Website
• Irish Football Club Project

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