Ballymena F.C.

Ballymena
Full nameBallymena Football Club
Nickname(s)the Braidmen,[1] the Light Blues[2]
Founded1928
Dissolved1934
GroundBallymena Showgrounds
LeagueIrish League

Ballymena Football Club was a football club from Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland that was founded in 1928, but dissolved in 1934 following expulsion by the Irish League for making payments to amateurs. It holds the distinction of having won the Irish Cup in its first ever season.

  1. ^ "Irish Cup for Ballymena". Ireland's Saturday Night: 3. 30 March 1929.
  2. ^ "A keen struggle". Ballymena Observer: 6. 24 January 1930.