Braddan A.F.C.
Braddan A.F.C. is a football club in Douglas on the Isle of Man, competing in the Isle of Man Football League. The team wears royal blue strips and plays home games at Cronkbourne Football Ground, Victoria Road, Douglas.
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| Full name | Braddan Association Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Swans | ||
| Founded | 1923 | ||
| Ground | Cronkbourne Football Ground Cronkbourne, Victoria Road, Douglas Isle of Man | ||
| Capacity | unknown | ||
| Chairman | Dave Goldsmith | ||
| Manager | John O'Neill | ||
| League | Isle of Man Football League Division Two | ||
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Honours
First Team
League
- First League champions (4): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1936–37, 1937–38
- Second League champions (1): 1923–24
- Division Two champions (5): 1952–53, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1992–93, 2016–17
Cup
- IOM FA Cup (1): 1937–38
- Railway Cup (3): 1930–31, 1931–32, 1937–38
- Hospital Cup (4): 1935–36, 1936–37, 1945–46, 1952–53 (in 1952/53 the Hospital Cup was contested by clubs in Division 2)
- Woods Cup (2): 1976–77, 2016-17
- Paul Henry Gold Cup (2): 2003–04, 2016-17
Individual Honours
- Footballer of the Year (1): Artie Kewley (1968-69)
- Division 2 Footballer of the Year (2): Neil Mackie (1978-79), Andy Glover (2016-17)
- Silver Boot (2): David Kinrade (2005-06), Andy Glover (2016-17)
Combination Team
League
- Combination League champions (2): 1962–63, 1963–64 (shared)
- Combination One champions (1): 1969–70
- Combination Two champions (9): 1972-73, 1978-79, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1992-93, 2015-16, 2016-17
Cup
- Junior Cup (4): 1954–55, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1994–95
Under 18 Team
- Cowell Cup (1): 1951–52
Braddan AFC Timeline
- 1923 – Club founded, admitted to Second League. Pitch established on Clucas’ Laundry estate at Cronkbourne. Club nicknamed ‘Laundrymen’
- 1923/24 – Second League champions
- 1924 – Admitted to First League
- 1929/30 – First League champions
- 1930/31 – First League champions, Railway Cup winners
- 1931/32 – Railway Cup winners
- 1935/36 – Hospital Cup winners
- 1936/37 – First League champions, Hospital Cup winners
- 1937/38 – Braddan's greatest season. First League champions, FA Cup winners, Railway Cup winners
- 1938/39 – Led First League by one point from Peel with one game to play – against Peel. Clubs failed to agree on date for the deciding game. FA ruled game held over and played before start of 1939/40 season. World War 2 broke out, game was never played...
- 1939 – Club closed down for duration of World War 2
- 1945 – Club re-established following end of World War 2
- 1945/46 – Hospital Cup winners
- 1951/52 – Relegated to Division 2, Cowell Cup winners
- 1952/53 – Division 2 champions, Hospital Cup winners
- 1954/55 – Junior Cup winners
- 1956 – Club pavilion and property destroyed by fire
- 1957 – New clubhouse built by club members
- 1958 – Four members of the club died in the Winter Hill air disaster on 27 February
- 1962 – Swan and football motif designed as club emblem. Nickname ‘Swans’ adopted
- 1962/63 – Combination League champions, Junior Cup winners
- 1963/64 – Combination League champions (shared with Ramsey)
- 1968/69 – Artie Kewley named Footballer of the Year
- 1969/70 – Combination 1 champions, Junior Cup winners
- 1971/72 – Relegated to Division 2
- 1972/73 – Combination 2 champions
- 1973/74 – Division 2 champions
- 1975/76 – Relegated to Division 2
- 1976/77 – Promoted to Division 1, Woods Cup winners
- 1977/78 – Relegated to Division 2
- 1978/79 – Promoted to Division 1, Combination 2 champions, Neil Mackie named Division 2 Player of the Year
- 1981/82 – Relegated to Division 2
- 1982/83 – Combination 2 champions
- 1984/85 – Division 2 champions, Combination 2 champions
- 1988 – Moved to new pitch at Victoria Road. Drainage problems put pitch out of use after one game. Played two seasons on Douglas Corporation pitches
- 1988/89 – Relegated to Division 2
- 1989/90 – Combination 2 champions
- 1990 – Moved back to original pitch at Cronkbourne
- 1991/92 - Combination 2 champions
- 1992/93 - Division 2 champions, Combination 2 champions
- 1994/95 – Junior Cup winners
- 1995 – Established at Victoria Road pitch, clubhouse completed
- 1998/99 – Relegated to Division 2
- 2003/04 – Gold Cup winners
- 2005/06 – Promoted to Division 1. David Kinrade won Silver Boot
- 2006/07 – Relegated to Division 2
- 2015/16 – Combination 2 champions
- 2016/17 – Division 2 champions, Woods Cup winners, Gold Cup winners, Combination 2 champions. Andy Glover won Silver Boot and named Division 2 Player of the Year
- 2018/19 - 1st Team withdrew from Premier League due to lack of players. Combination team continued to play in Combination 1
- 2019/20 - Influx of players allowed the club to compete in both Division 2 and Combination 2
References
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