Larne Technical Old Boys F.C.
association football club in Northern Ireland
Larne Technical College Old Boys Association Football Club, commonly known as Larne Tech Old Boys, is a Northern Irish, intermediate football club based in Larne, playing in the Premier Division of the Northern Amateur Football League. The club formed on 30 May 1950 by former pupils of the Larne Technical College. Since 1971, they have played their home matches at Dennis Harvey Park on the Upper Cairncastle Road, Larne. There is also a second team currently playing in the NAFL Division 3A.
History
The club was founded, in 1950, by the then principal of Larne Technical School. The principal, who had been appointed to the role in 1947, hoped to create a club for former pupils of the college. The founder described it as a "natural progression" of the school football team and several of the people who had been former club officers were elected to start the new team.
On 30 May 1950, Larne Technical Old Boys (LTOB) came into being and was accepted into the Northern Amateur Football League Division 2. Within a few years, the club had set up their own facilities and was fielding two teams a week.
However, by the late 1960s membership of the club had dropped and the club was close to bankruptcy. In 1970, they had to give up their clubrooms in order to stay afloat.
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