HW Welders
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Wikipedia - Harland & Wolff Welders F.C.
Harland & Wolff Welders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship.
History
The club, founded in 1965, hails from Belfast and played its home matches at Tillysburn Park in the East of the city. In October 2021 the H&W Welders moved from Tillysburn park into a redevelopment of Blanchflower Park Stadium costing over £5m with 3G pitches and new stands. A new stadium and facilities in the Danny Blanchflower Playing Fields was under construction by 2020, suitable for Premiership football.
The club was formed by the welders of the nearby Harland & Wolff shipyard. The club's colours are amber and black to display the link with Harland & Wolff shipyard and its cranes. Harland & Wolff Welders share a long running rivalry with fellow East Belfast Championship side Dundela. In April 2014 they formed a partnership with Harland Youth, a young club composed of six teams of all ages and they will now be called H&W Welders Youth. The club would also have quite a close relationship with Glentoran, with many former Glens players turning out for the club.
The club is currently managed by Irish League stalwart Paul Kee.
De-a lungul istoriei, HW Welders a câștigat Cupa Irlandei de Nord de trei ori, în 1946, 1954 și 1966. De asemenea, clubul a câștigat Cupa Ligii de două ori, în 1955 și 1958.
Printre jucătorii notabili care au jucat pentru HW Welders se numără Jimmy Jones, Paddy Doherty și Noel Bailie.
Culorile tradiționale ale clubului sunt roșu și alb, iar stema echipei prezintă două mâini încrucișate, simbol al industriei sudării.
HW Welders este un club de fotbal respectat în Irlanda de Nord, cu o comunitate de suporteri loiali.