Knockramer Park

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Oxford Sunnyside FC
NicknameThe Big O
Founded1960s
GroundKnockramer Park
Capacity1,600
ChairmanRichey Magee
ManagerPeter McCann
LeagueNIFL Premier Intermediate League
2025–26NIFL Premier Intermediate League, 8th of 14

Oxford Sunnyside Football Club, is an intermediate-level football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

They are based in Lurgan, County Armagh and play their home games at Knockramer Park,[1] In 2011 the club changed its name in to strengthen youth football in Lurgan by connecting with Sunnyside Youth FC.[2] Club colours are white shirts with red shorts.[2]

History

Sunnyside took on NIFL Premiership side Linfield in January 2022 in the Irish Cup, losing 4–0 at Windsor Park.

The club has also regularly challenged at the peak of Mid Ulster league football, and having missed out on promotion to the Northern Ireland Football League through a late goal against Coagh United in the 2022/23 season. The club harbors ambitions to make the step up to the senior game for the first time.

The club would achieve this goal the following season, defeating Strabane Athletic over two legs to secure promotion to the Northern Ireland Football League for the first time.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NIR Eoin Hughes
2 DF  NIR Breandan O'Neill
3 DF  NIR Aaron Rodgers (Captain)
4 MF  NIR Jordan Bell
5 DF  NIR Lennox Camara
6 MF  NIR Peter McCann
7 FW  NIR Chris Lavery
9 FW  NIR Justin Armstrong
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  POR Marcio Soares
12 DF  NIR Eoin Morgan
13 GK  IRL Niall Brady
16 DF  NIR James McConnville
19 MF  NIR Liam Toman
20 MF  NIR Nathan O'Neill
21 DF  NIR Jude O'Hara (on loan from Larne Olympic)
24 MF  NIR Dale Malone

Honours

Intermediate honours

Junior honours

  • Irish Junior Cup: 7
    • 1981–82, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–92, 1994–95, 1997–98 (first team to win a record 7 IFA Junior Cups)
  • Mid-Ulster Shield: 8
    • 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
  • Mid-Ulster Football League: 13
    • 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95

References

  1. www.midulsterra.co.uk
  2. "It's Sunnyside up after name change", The Park, p. 12, Belfast Telegraph, 3 September 2012