Tobermore United is an intermediate, Northern Irish

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1965, is based in Tobermore

Tobermore

Tobermore is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is located two and a half miles south of Maghera and five miles west of Magherafelt. Tobermore lies within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan and is part of Magherafelt District Council...

, near Magherafelt

Magherafelt

Magherafelt is a small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,372 people recorded in the 2001 Census. It is the biggest town in the south of County Londonderry and is the social, economic and political hub of the area...

, County Londonderry

County Londonderry

The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...

 and currently plays its home matches at Fortwilliam Park. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Jonny Law.

Tobermore United is the only football club in Northern Ireland that international superstar George Best

George Best

George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

 ever played competitively for (February 1984). Joe Burrell was also responsible for a freak miss in 1987 against Bangor

Bangor F.C.

Bangor Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1918, hails from Bangor and plays its home matches at Clandeboye Park. Club colours are gold and royal blue...

 when he headed the ball past the goalkeeper and accidentally past the post.

The club has an extensive and highly popular youth development scheme which has led to it being awarded official Football Development Centre (FDC) status by the IFA. It currently has teams at Under 11, Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 level.

In the 2010–11 season the club gained promotion to IFA Championship 1 by finishing 2nd in IFA Championship 2.

Intermediate honours

• IFA Intermediate League Second Division: 1
  • 2004–05
• Craig Memorial Cup
  Craig Memorial Cup
  The Craig Memorial Cup, also known as the William Craig Memorial Cup is an intermediate football competition in Northern Ireland run by the North West of Ireland Football Association...
  
  : 5
  • 1988–89, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2009–10
• Northern Ireland Intermediate League
  Northern Ireland Intermediate League
  The Northern Ireland Intermediate League is an amateur intermediate league based in the north-west region of Northern Ireland.- Clubs in membership :* Ardstraw* Churchill United* Draperstown Celtic* Dungiven Celtic* Magherafelt Sky Blues...
  
  : 3
  • 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83
• Northern Ireland Intermediate League Cup: 2
  • 1978–79, 1981–82
• North West Intermediate Cup Winners: 2
  • 1989–90, 2005–06

External links

• Official Club Website
• nifootball.co.uk (fixtures, results and tables of all leagues)
• Tobermore Utd (fixtures, results)
• Tobermore Utd Res (fixtures, results)