Wikipedia - PSNI F.C.

PSNI Football Club is an intermediate Northern Irish football club that plays in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club is associated with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and its home ground is Newforge Lane in Belfast.

History

PSNI FC was founded in 1928 as RUC, derived from Royal Ulster Constabulary and changed its name in 2002, following the police service's name change to the PSNI.

The club joined the Northern Amateur Football League in 1956 and became one of its leading clubs before being elevated to the Irish League B Division in 1975. The club stayed at this level until failing to gain a place in the reorganised and re-branded IFA Championship in 2008.

Although originally only serving members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland could play for the team, this rule is no longer in effect.

In February 2019, Will Horwood was appointed as PSNI FC manager. Six months later, in November 2019, Horwood appointed 20-year-old Rhys Hadden as the assistant manager.

In January 2020, Glenn Taggart was appointed manager of PSNI FC, with Hadden remaining as assistant manager.

In April 2023, the club finished bottom of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League and was due to drop into amateur league football for the first time since 1973. However the club retained their league status in a new, 14-team PIL, due to issues with finding an appropriate league, and the issues with Warrenpoint Town. The move encored a great deal of criticism due to the move lacking sporting integrity, effectively meaning the club could not be relegated.

El PSNI Football Club es un club de fútbol de Irlanda del Norte con sede en Belfast. El club fue fundado en 1913 como la Sección de Fútbol de la Policía Real del Úlster (RUC) y es el equipo de fútbol de la RUC y el Servicio de Policía de Irlanda del Norte (PSNI).

El PSNI FC juega sus partidos como local en el estadio Newforge Lane de Belfast. El club compitió en la Liga IFA desde 1932 hasta 2008, cuando se retiró de la liga debido a problemas financieros. El PSNI FC ahora compite en la Liga NIFL Premier Intermediate, la segunda división del fútbol de Irlanda del Norte.

El PSNI FC ha ganado la Copa de Irlanda del Norte en dos ocasiones, en 1923 y 1969. El club también ha ganado la Copa de la Liga de Irlanda del Norte en tres ocasiones, en 1967, 1975 y 1976.

El PSNI FC es un club de fútbol muy respetado en Irlanda del Norte y ha producido varios jugadores notables, incluidos Pat Jennings, Gerry Armstrong y Jimmy Nicholl.