The club was founded in 1885 and enjoyed senior status between 1924 and the Second World War. The club returned to junior rugby after the war. Historically having played at Ward Park, leased from Bangor Borough Council, in 1968 the club purchased eleven acres of land on the southern outskirts of Bangor and opened a new ground named Upritchard Park (after chairman Joe Upritchard) in September 1969, coinciding with the regaining of senior status. Over the next 20 years, Bangor became one of the top senior clubs in Ulster, culminating in the 1981-82 season, when it won the treble of Ulster Senior League, Ulster Senior Cup and its own floodlit competition, the Boston Cup. Bangor were inaugural members of the All-Ireland League in 1990, but the club went into decline and was relegated back into junior rugby in 2002. In 2016, however, the club regained senior status on promotion back to the All-Ireland League. Since 1972, the club has been joined with Bangor Cricket Club as Bangor Rugby Football and Cricket Club.[1]
bangor, northern, ireland, bangor, northern, irish, rugby, union, club, from, bangor, county, down, playing, division, ireland, league, bangorfull, namebangor, rugby, football, clubfounded1885groundupritchard, parkbangor, county, downleaguedivision, contents, . Bangor RFC is a Northern Irish rugby union club from Bangor County Down playing in Division 2C of the All Ireland League BangorFull nameBangor Rugby Football ClubFounded1885GroundUpritchard ParkBangor County DownLeagueDivision 2C Contents 1 History 2 Notable players 3 Honours 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe club was founded in 1885 and enjoyed senior status between 1924 and the Second World War The club returned to junior rugby after the war Historically having played at Ward Park leased from Bangor Borough Council in 1968 the club purchased eleven acres of land on the southern outskirts of Bangor and opened a new ground named Upritchard Park after chairman Joe Upritchard in September 1969 coinciding with the regaining of senior status Over the next 20 years Bangor became one of the top senior clubs in Ulster culminating in the 1981 82 season when it won the treble of Ulster Senior League Ulster Senior Cup and its own floodlit competition the Boston Cup Bangor were inaugural members of the All Ireland League in 1990 but the club went into decline and was relegated back into junior rugby in 2002 In 2016 however the club regained senior status on promotion back to the All Ireland League Since 1972 the club has been joined with Bangor Cricket Club as Bangor Rugby Football and Cricket Club 1 Notable players edit nbsp British and Irish Lions Richard Milliken nbsp Ireland Three Bangor players Roger Clegg Billy McCombe and Richard Milliken represented Ireland in the 1975 Five Nations Championship 1 Roger Clegg Ronnie Elliott Kenny Hooks Billy McCombe J J McCoy Mark McCall Richard Milliken Davy Morrow Don Whittle nbsp Fiji Joeli Veitayaki Source 2 Honours editUlster Senior Cup 3 1979 80 1981 82 1985 86 Ulster Senior League 7 1929 30 1974 75 1976 77 1980 81 1981 82 1982 83 1987 88 Ulster Towns Cup 13 1903 04 1905 06 1908 09 1919 20 1922 23 1929 30 1945 46 1955 56 1967 68 1968 69 1971 72 1974 75 2015 16 Ulster Junior Cup 1 2015 16 Won by 2nd XVReferences edit a b History www bangorrfc com Retrieved 18 February 2019 International Players www bangorrfc com Retrieved 18 February 2019 External links editClub web site nbsp This Irish rugby union team article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bangor RFC Northern Ireland amp oldid 1182899950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
