Full name | Tobermore United Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | "The Reds" |
Founded | 1965 |
Ground | Fortwilliam Park, Tobermore |
Capacity | Around 3000 (100 seated) |
Chairman | Raymond Beatty |
Manager | Adrian Whiteside |
League | NIFL Premier Intermediate League |
2016-17 | 5th |
Tobermore United Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1965, is based in Tobermore, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry and currently plays its home matches at Fortwilliam Park. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Adrian Whiteside.
Tobermore United is the only football club in Northern Ireland that international superstar George Best ever played competitively for (February 1984). 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, but were relegated again two-years later.