Bessbrook United F.C.
football club
Bessbrook United Football Club, referred to as Bessbrook United, and also known as "The Brook", is an intermediate-level football club playing in the Mid-Ulster Football League in Northern Ireland. Bessbrook United was founded in 1990 as a phoenix club for the original Bessbrook, formed in the 1900s. which itself became Bessbrook Athletic following WWI. Following WWII, its name changed back to Bessbrook. The club, which is based in Bessbrook, Newry, County Armagh, has two men's senior teams, and a senior ladies team, Bessbrook United Ladies, who play in the NIWFA. They also have a boys and girls youth academy. Bessbrook are a member of the Mid-Ulster Football Association. The club's senior team plays in the Irish Cup.
Bessbrook United play their home games at Orior Park. Their home kit colours are red with black stripes.
History
In the 1900s, Bessbrook Football Club was formed and joined the Mid Ulster League, winning the Mid Ulster Shield in 1912 and 1913.
Bessbrook was reformed in 1919 as Bessbrook Athletic after World War I. They were one of nine clubs that comprised a new local league in the same year, the Newry and District Football League.
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