Oxford United Stars F.C.

Oxford United Stars F.C.
Oxford United Stars
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Full name Oxford United Stars Football Club
Nickname(s) "the U2s"
Founded 1937
Ground Swilley Stadium, Derry
(Capacity: 800)
Chairman Noel Crampsey
Manager Northern Ireland Mickey Barr
League Northern Ireland Intermediate League
Home colours

Oxford United Stars F.C. is a Northern Ireland football (soccer) club, founded in 1937, based in Derry. It currently competes in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League. They are known as the U2's in reference to Oxford United's nickname 'The U's'. The club graduated to the second division of the Irish League after competing in local amateur leagues, including the Derry and District League, which the reserve team, Oxford United, now plays in.

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History

Oxford United Stars played in the Derry and District League and numerous local cups and competitions for a number of years, but in 1978 the club was selected to compete in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League. Northern Ireland World Cup 1986 squad-member, David Campbell, played with the club in his youth. Oxford has brought many quality players through its academy including Peter Hutton , Eamon Doherty , Gavin Melaugh , Stuart King , Tommy McCallion , Eddie McCallion , Danny Lafferty , Mark Scoltock & Adam Clarke.

Club colours

In 1966 the club adopted the black and blue strips, similar to that of Inter Milan. These colours remain synonymous with Oxford United.

League status

Oxford United Stars entered the IFA Intermediate League in 2004, but failed to obtain a place in the IFA Championship which replaced that league in 2008. Instead, the club competed in the IFA Interim League during 2008-09. It failed again to gain a place in the Championship in 2009 and dropped back to the Northern Ireland Intermediate League in which it had played prior to 2004. The reserve team competes in the Derry and District League Premier Division and the most senior youth team competes in the First Division of the Sunday Morning League.

Oxford United Stars Youth Academy

Oxford United Youth Academy is fronted with their MINI SOCCER CENTRE . The Centre was the brain child of the Oxford Chairman Noel Crampsey. Players aged from 4 – 11 years old attend . Oxford run this on a Saturday morning as an introduction to all new players and any players from the age of 8 who show good progress will be asked to attend mid week squad training. Oxford have a habit of playing their younger teams at older age group to help them progress quicker which has been evident mostly at under 8 , under 9 & under 10 . The first team to progress from the Mini Soccer Centre is the Current Under 15 (1996) squad. They play in the Elite Section of the National League . However their biggest achievement was winning the Scotland International Cup 2009 without conceding a goal. Another fantastic success for the Centre was the NW League Foyle Cup 2010 winning team had no less than 15 Oxford players in the squad, with Oxford captain Caolan O Donnell scoring the winner in the final. Many of the coaches who had coached in the mini soccer centre have now moved on to the National League and Derry & District Youth League. However fortunately for Oxford they have Paul Concannon, Kevin Heaney, Emmett McCallion, Les Masterton, Noel Crampsey (JNR), David Armstrong, Rory Kehoe and Eamon Wilkinson to see through the next wave of talent with the Centre still going from strength to strength.

National League 2010/11

This year will see Oxford entering three teams in the National League Under 15 (1996), Under 14 (1997), Under 13 (1998). All 3 of the Teams will play in the elite sections .

Honours

Intermediate honours



Youth Honours

'Under 9 -'

Tobermore Cup 2009

'Under 10 -'

  • Derry & District League Championship 2010.
  • North West League Champions 2007/08 ,
  • Derry & District Cup Winners 2007 ,G
  • Glen Cup Winners 2007 , 2008 , 2010
  • McAuley Cup Winners 2008 ,
  • St Patricks Day Cup Winners 2008 ,
  • NW&CDYL Plate Winners 2009,
  • Andrew Aiken Cup Winners 2009, 2011

Under 11 -

  • Derry & District Youth League Champions 2008 ,2009
  • Derry & District League Cup Winners 2008, 2009
  • Derry & District Cup Winners 2008, 2009
  • NW&CDYL Champions 2008/09,
  • NW&CDYL Cup Winners 2008/09,
  • Peter McGowan Memorial 2008,
  • Tobermore Cup 2007 , 2008 ,
  • Andrew Aiken Cup Winners 2009,
  • Andrew Aiken Plate Winners 2010
  • Derry & District Team of the Year 2009
  • North West Sports Team Of The Year 2009

'Under 12'

  • Derry & District League Champions 2008,2009
  • North West League Champions 2007/08,
  • NW&CDYL League Champions 2008/09,
  • NW&CDYL Cup Winners 2008/09,
  • St Patricks Day Cup 2008,
  • Glen Cup Winners 2008, 2009
  • Andrew Aiken Cup Winners 2008,2010,2011
  • Andrew Plate winners 2009,
  • National League Plate Winners 2010
  • Northwest Invitational Cup, 2011

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'Under 13 '

  • International Tournament Scotland Cup 2009,
  • Tobermore Cup 2009
  • Derry & District League Championship 2009,
  • Umbro Galway Cup Runners Up 2010.
  • Derry and District League Cup, 2011.

'Under 14

  • North West Invitational Cup 2010
  • Derry & District League Championship 2010.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK James Green
Northern Ireland GK Sean McNeill
Northern Ireland GK Niall Walker
Northern Ireland GK Eamon Gallagher
Northern Ireland DF Dwayne McBrearty
Northern Ireland DF Jimmy McCallion
Northern Ireland DF Andrew Barr
Northern Ireland DF David Harkin
Northern Ireland DF Brendan Elliot
Northern Ireland MF Ryan Devine
Northern Ireland MF Colm Campbell
No. Position Player
Northern Ireland MF Ronan O'Donnell
Northern Ireland MF Michael Lynch
Northern Ireland MF Brian Rainey
Northern Ireland MF Conor Loughrey
Northern Ireland MF Colin Logue
Northern Ireland MF Ciaran McGuinness
Northern Ireland FW Paul Doran
Northern Ireland FW David Campbell
Northern Ireland FW Stephen Cullen
Northern Ireland FW Eamon Carlin
Northern Ireland FW Stephen Whorskey
Northern Ireland FW Adam Barr

Notable former players

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Gorman Connor Gallagher

Staff and board members

  • Assistant Manager : Northern Ireland Dermot McCool

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