Portstewart F.C.
association football club in Northern Ireland
Portstewart Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club from Portstewart, County Londonderry. Founded in 1968, as of 2024 the club was playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club's main colours are sky blue and navy. Portstewart are nicknamed "The Seahawks". Portstewart Olympic play in the Coleraine and District Morning League. In 2019, the club introduced an Under 20s team, to play in the Championship/PIL Development League.
History
Although there are records of teams playing under the name of Portstewart as early as 1926, Portstewart Football Club was founded in 1968, to play in the Castlerock and Coleraine District League afternoon section. The new club won the league and the Doherty Cup in their debut season. The next season, the club progressed into the North West League Division 2 and earned promotion to the North West Division 1.
In 1979, Portstewart applied to join the Northern Ireland Intermediate League (NIIL).
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