Union Mills F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Union Mills F.C.


fullname = Union Mills Association Football Club
nickname = The Millers
founded = 1920
ground = Garey Mooar
Ballaotes Road
Braddan, Isle of Man
capacity = "not known"
chairman =
manager =
league = Isle of Man Football League Premier League
season = [Isle of Man League 2007-08|2007-08]
position = Premier League, 5th
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Union Mills Football Club are a football club from Union Mills in the parish of Braddan on the Isle of Man. They compete in the Isle of Man Football League. They wear a claret and sky blue kit and play their home games at Garey Mooar.

History

Union Mills were founded in 1920.cite news
title = IOMFA Member Clubs' Contacts
publisher = Isle of Man Football Association
date = 2008
url = http://www.isleofmanfa.com/AboutUs/Contacts/Member+Clubs/
accessdate = 2008-09-03] They were promoted to the top flight (then the First Division) in 1983-84 and stayed in the league just two years until the 1985-86 season.cite web
title = Isle of Man 1897/98 and 1970/71-1994/95
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2007-05-29
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx1898.html
accessdate = 2008-09-03] They were again promoted in the 1998-99 season,cite web
title = Isle of Man 1999/2000
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2001-05-09
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx00.html
accessdate = 2008-09-03] but, as before, spent just two seasons in the top flight before finishing bottom in 2000-01, winning just two games all season.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2000/01
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2003-01-23
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx01.html
accessdate = 2008-09-03]

Union Mills currently compete in the Premier League. They were promoted to the top flight in the 2005-06 season after winning Division Two. That same season they reached the Woods Cup Final where they lost to Colby 1-0 after extra time. They won the Paul Henry Gold Cup, beating Braddan in the final 5-1.cite web
title = Isle of Man 2005/06
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2006-08-20
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx06.html
accessdate = 2008-09-03] In the 2007-08 season the club finished fifth in the Premier Leaguecite web
title = Isle of Man 2007/08
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2008-08-22
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manx08.html
accessdate = 2008-09-03]

The club has a Reserve team who compete in the Isle of Man Football Combination. They also have a youth system.

On 10 November, 2007 former Wimbledon football Robbie Earle visited Union Mills, where he helped coach the clubs Under-9's team.cite news
title = Robbie Earle drops in on Union Mills junior training session
publisher = Isle of Man Newspapers
date = 2008
url = http://www.iomtoday.co.im/video/Robbie-Earle-drops-in-on.3465835.jp
accessdate = 2007-11-12]

Following the 2007-08 season Union Mills hosted the annual Isle of Man Football Association Awards at the Garey Mooar clubhouse on 27th June, 2008.cite news
last = Faragher
first = Rick
title = Bass lands Footballer of the Year award
publisher=Isle of Man Newspapers
date = 2008-07-01
url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/manxfootball/Bass-lands-Footballer-of-the.4240794.jp
accessdate = 2008-09-03]

Link up with Blackpool F.C.

In 2008 the club linked up with English football club Blackpool as a partner club in their Centre of Excellence which has seen Blackpool visit Union Mills and they will continue to work with the club, staff and players.cite news
title = Partner clubs - Union Mills FC
publisher=Blackpool F.C.
url=http://www.blackpoolfcyouth.co.uk/site/page.asp?26
accessdate = 2008-09-03]

Facilities

Garey Mooar is situated in a countryside location about one mile from Braddan Bridge and Union Mills. They have a new purpose built clubhouse with bar and clubroom. The club also have a 250 pitch campsite at Garey Mooar with breakfast and other meals available at the clubhouse.cite news
title = Union Mills Football Club
publisher = Isle of Man Government
date = 2008
url = http://gov.im/tourism/travel/accommodation/properties/CC70T00045.qry?letter=U
accessdate = 2008-09-03] The club originally played at playing fields alongside Noble's Hospital, Braddan. In 2001 they agreed to move from there to allow the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) to be developed for staff accommodation. New playing fields at Ballaotes Road were completed in 2002. In September 2004 building work began on the new clubhousecite news
title = First sod of earth cut for new Union Mills Football Club Clubhouse
publisher = Isle of Man Government
date = 2004-09-17
url = http://gov.im/lib/news/dhss/firstsodofearthc.xml
accessdate = 2008-09-03] which was built with help from funding from the Football Foundation who in March 2004 gave the club £382,312 toward the construction of the clubhouse and to add full sized and junior pitches for the club. Vince Watkins, Chairman of Union Mills, said at the time, "We are delighted to receive this funding as it provides a significant proportion of the money we need to carry out the plans that we have been making for some years now. The move to Ballaoates will be a major benefit to the Club, its members and the wider community."cite press release
title = Manx club score football funding goal
publisher = Football Foundation
date = 2004-03-08
url = http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/?EntryId15=4456
accessdate = 2008-09-03]

Honours

First team

League

*Division Two Champions (1): 2005-06

Cup

*Paul Henry Gold Cup (2): 2004-05, 2005-06
*Woods Cup finalist (4): 1978-79, cite web
title = Isle of Man - List of Cup Winners
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manxcuphist.html
accessdate = 2008-09-03] , 1989-90, 2002-03, 2005-06

References

External links

* [http://unionmillsfc.com/default.htm Official website]
* [http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?division=9756332 Sure Mobile Premier League League table at the Isle of Man FA website]