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Northern Ireland's fastest growing sport - ladies football, returned to Bangor in 2006, after an absence of nine years, bringing the 'beautiful game' back to the seaside town.
Ladies football has gone from strength to strength within the spots governing body - the NIWFA, who have continued to enjoy a massive growth in popularity.
Consequently at the start of the 2006 football season there were over fifty ladies clubs, in seven divisions, spread geographically all over Northern Ireland - the NIWFA growing even bigger in Season 2008 as more teams were formed due to the increase in demands at all levels.
With the sport rapidly losing its negative, stereotype image, there are now over 29 million females now playing, it is also now widely accepted globally as an entertaining and legitimate sport, with not only The World Cup, but the Ladies European Club Championships and the Womens FA League Cup featuring English League Champions Arsenal being screened by UTV Television. More recently, last August in 2012 - the Qlympic game featuring Team GB against Brazil was played at Wembley and was watched by a record crowd of 75,000 spectators, underlining the sport's popularity and the growing interest in the womens game.
With the emergence of more and more young females wanting to play football, particularly over the last decade, the trend has been set in a lot of local primary schools which has seen the sport thrive with the enthusiasm of 100's of kids welcoming it, as part of the physical education programme.
This pattern has progressed and is reflected in the secondary education sector, with many modern curriculums introducing ladies football to be on a par with more traditional female related school sports like netball and hockey. There were 49 NIWFA clubs lined for the 2012 Season - click here for Teams and Contact numbers

NDSAC Team of the Year 2009 - Bangor Ladies Football Club's Captain Cathy Duncan (left) picked up the award from
former Manchester, Newcastle United and Northern Ireland international Keith Gillespie (right) Included are
Majella McCarthy (Marine Court Hotel) and Leanne McGarry (Team Captain).

The establishment of a local side in 2006, and formation of a junior section more recently in 2012 gives young, talented players the opportunity to get involved in the game of football on their own doorstep in North Down. Players can now train and sign up for their Bangor club, and get involved in the team, who will be playing their 2013 home fixtures at the Valentine Playing Fields or the new purpose built 3G facilities at the state-of-the-art Aurura complex in Bangor, with the club affiliated and competing competitively in the N.I.W.F.A., again next summer. Training for the new season got underway in February, with the Senior's returning after the long winter break on Sunday, 3rd - All senior players were contacted and expected to report in preparation for the competitive season which has just got underway this April - the 2013 season will continue through until September with Bangor Ladies now involved in four senior competitions along with being involved in the N.I.W.F.A. Junior league program.
Finishing the 2009 season as Divisional Champions, Bangor Ladies completed 14 league games, winning 13, and drawing the remaining one, to record the highest number of points (40) of any other women's football club in all the other seven divisions of the sports governing body, the NIWFA. The only flaw in the six month long campaign, which featured seven clean sheets, was a 1-1 draw with neighbouring rivals, 1st Bangor (Newtownards). The Club also lfted the Bruce Mulligan Trophy as North Down Sports Advisory Council's TEAM OF THE YEAR in April 2010 in recognition of the record breaking achievements in 2009.
The 2009 season also saw the North Down club also top the league as the most offensively minded side in the Province - with 67 goals scored - 41 of which were converted by, statistically the best strike partnership anywhere in the whole country - Bangor Ladies strike partnership of Natasha Lee and Deirdre Savage.
Bangor teenager Lee who netted 32 goals in the summer campaign, including 5 hat-tricks, was not only the leading markswoman of the Coca Cola Third Division, the 18 year old also ended the season as the most prolific striker across five of the countries divisional championships.
With Savage also netting 18, and finishing third highest goalscorer in the 3rd division, the Seasiders also boasted the team with the biggest positive goal difference total, again in the whole Northern Ireland, having only conceding 11 goals in their successful record breaking campaign.

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Bangor Ladies Football Club!
Club Sponsors 2013 - John Moore & Sons, Painters & Decorators, Donaghadee

With ladies football clubs springing up in Ards, Donaghadee and Portaferry, the time seemed right to establish a senior ladies club in Bangor to represent the whole of North Down, giving local players the opportunity to play the beautiful game, whether just for fun, fitness or at a competitive level in their home town.
Keep up to date right here - with every fixture, result and important date and line up which will be featured on this website - also all your up and coming dates for league games and Divisional cup matches - you can check out the Northern Ireland World Cup qualifiers, group standings and tables also all those fundraising events - so there's no excuses and you never can't say you weren't told - just keep it right here on this site.

Bangor Ladies 2012 Awards Night Winners and Pictures


Some of Bangor Ladies footballers who completed their Level 1 in September 2012
Striker Sophie McGuile along with midfielders Dawn Clarke and Rebecca Adams.

Training for the Juniors will take place every Sunday afternoon at Bangor's Sportsplex, Old Belfast Road, commencing in Fenruary, 2013 - the club concentrating on maintaining a programme of coaching which will endorse the three elements of the modern day footballer: Physical - cardio vascular conditioning; tactical - team formations, offsides, principles of attack and defence; and finally technique - skills, shielding, heading, passing etc.

NEW PLAYERS ALWAYS WELCOME - JUNIORS (U/14) Tel: 07714 028736 - SENIORS Tel. 0773 2277854


SHOOTING - BLOCKING - TACKLING - SHIELDING - PASSING

Following a move to Bangor F.C., in 2007 in what was thought to signal a permanent long term relationship between the Irish League Championship side Bangor and the previously named North Down Ladies. The team changed their name to Bangor Ladies and voted in favour of joining the Irish League club at the start of the 2007 season. Bangor Chairman Trevor Best having met with the ladies to discuss a number of very positive proposals which now sees the ladies section now established at the Clandeboye Road venue, as the official Ladies Section of Bangor Football Club - a move which saw the ladies lift the Division Three Championship as Northern Ireland's No. 1 ladies football club that season. While the ladies are still connected to Bangor Football Club to this day, the partnership has not really flourished - it is hoped this can be addressed with the promised developments at Clandeboye Park in 2013 which may benefit and give both clubs a bigger profile in the town with a number of joint ventures planned over the next few months.
Another of the attractions for the membership in 2013 will be a possibility of an opportunity of a scholarship and possible Professional Contract in Iceland next May - by invitation of the Icelandic Football Association who visited Clandeboye Park in 2006. Bangor Ladies have established strong links with a number of coaches at Iceland's Premier clubs, with a view of taking advantage of an offer of an possible scholarship for a local player every season.

For more information on Bangor Ladies Football Club - the Borough's only Premier Ladies football club and details of how to get involved in the "World's Fastest Growing Sport" just contact our Club Manager Andy Craig (Access NI Checked) by email at BANGOR L.F.C. or phone/text to 0773 2277854. Or you may just want to consider coming along to the training which is being held at Bangor's Bloomfield Road Playing Fields, Bangor, on grass every Sunday (commencing 1.30 - 3.30 p.m.) - Bangor Ladies will make all New Players whether JUNIOR (10-15 years) or SENIOR (Over 15) - Very Welcome.

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Latest National Fixtures & Results
NORTHERN IRELAND 0, BELGUIM 2, Euro Qualifiers, Windsor Park, Belfast, Sept. 19th, 2012
ICELAND 2, NORTHERN IRELAND 0, Euro Qualifiers, Reykjavik, Iceland, Sept. 15th, 2012
Fixture: NORTHERN IRELAND 0, HUNGARY 1, Wednesday, April 25th, Mourneview Park

European Championships 2012 Qualifier
Fixture: NORTHERN IRELAND 1 BELARUS 1, Friday, 25th July

World Cup 2011 Qualifier, NK Inter Zapreaic - Zapresic - Croatia October 24th, 2009
CROATIA 0, NORTHERN IRELAND 1

World Cup 2011 Qualifier, The Oval, Belfast, October 28th, 2009
NORTHERN IRELAND 0, ICELAND 1

World Cup 2011 Qualifier, Stade de la Libération - Boulogne-sur-Mer, March 29th, 2010

French players Laure Lepalleur and Marie-Laure Deile (18) in the win over Northern Ireland
FRANCE 6, NORTHERN IRELAND 0


World Cup 2011 Qualifier, Windsor Park, Belfast - March 31st, 2010

NORTHERN IRELAND 0, FRANCE 4

World Cup 2011 Qualifier, Estonia - June 5th 2010
ESTONIA 2, NORTHERN IRELAND 1

World Cup 2011 Qualifier, Laugardalsvöllur - Reykjavik, Iceland - June 19th 2010
ICELAND 2, NORTHERN IRELAND 0

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