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We were originally
of Scottish Blood
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My life in Pictures
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Last Update
14 November 2009

Newtownards, my birthplace.
Sporting and Social Clubs

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Ards Borough Council Football team in the 1970s... any names...?


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Malachy Cairnduff with some of the trophies he won in the 1920s.

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The Regent Street Factory Football Team that competed in the Saturday Morning League in the mid 1950s.
L-R Back = ? - Eric Purdy - Willie Morrow - Eric McAuley - ? - Sammy Hollinger and Thomas Boyd
L-R Middle = William Coulter - ? - ?
L-R Front = Sammy McKnight - ? - Jackie McDowell and Jimmy Milligan
Many thanks to Jamesie Meredith for this pic.

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Ards United FC but who and when...?

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Castlereagh Rangers FC 1967/68
L-R Back = Ian Black (Manager) - Unknown - Leonard Thompson - Philip White - Peter Shields - James Hollinger - John McCullough
L-R Front = Jimmy Crothers - Kenny McGimpsey - Kenny Miller - David Shields - Will Brown
Pic Courtesy of Kenny McGimpsey


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