Full name | Lurgan Celtic Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Lurgan Hoops, Wee Hoops, Lurgan Bhoys | ||
Founded | 1903, 1970 | ||
Ground | Lord Lurgan Park / Allenhill Park | ||
Capacity | 500[citation needed] | ||
League | Mid-Ulster Football League Junior Division | ||
2023/24 | Mid-Ulster Football League Division 1 | ||
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Lurgan Celtic Football Club is a Northern Irish intermediate football club based in Lurgan, County Armagh, that currently plays in the Mid-Ulster Football League Junior Division 1. The club was founded 1903 and reformed in 1970, and plays in a strip based on Scottish team Celtic. On 15 August 2019, Lurgan Celtic announced that its senior side would withdraw from the NIFL and implement new youth academy structures, with a view to restarting its senior teams for the 2020–21 season.[1] Lurgan Celtic resumed senior football activities at the bottom of the Mid-Ulster Football League pyramid, upon the commencement of the 2020–21 season.