Carrick Rangers F.C.

The club was formed in 1939, when two teams from the Carrickfergus & District Summer League – Barn Mills and Bubbles decided to merge. In 1940, the new club joined the Belfast Minor League and took up residence at Taylors Avenue, then known as the Barn Field They won the County Antrim Junior Shield in 1941–42 and in 1943 gained admission to the Northern Amateur League, of which they were the champions in 1948–49 and 1951–52. 1952 saw the club's elevation to the Intermediate League, necessary ground improvements being made at the Barn Field, now known as Taylors Avenue, and then, following the demise of that competition, to the Irish Alliance in 1954 and eventually the Irish League B Division in 1957. As members of the Alliance, Carrick won the McKelvey Cup, a knock-out cup for league members, in 1956–57. From 1983 until 2003, the club enjoyed senior status, but reverted to intermediate status when the Irish Premier League was established and the number of senior clubs was reduced from 20 to 16. The club's greatest achievement was winning the Irish Cup in 1976, when, as a B Division team they beat Linfield in the final in one of the greatest cup shocks. On 2 May 2011, the club secured a return to top flight football for the first time since the 1994–95 season, after being crowned champions of Championship 1. However, they were unable to adapt to the step up in quality and lasted only one season in the top flight, finishing the 2011–12 IFA Premiership in last place which…

Senior honours

Irish Cup: 1 1975–76 County Antrim Shield: 2 1992–93, 2025–26

Intermediate honours

Irish League B Division/IFA Championship 1/NIFL Championship 1: 8 (inc. one shared) 1961–62, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77 (shared), 1978–79, 1982–83, 2010–11, 2014–15 Irish Intermediate Cup: 4 1975–76, 1976–77, 2010–11, 2014–15 Intermediate League Cup: 1 2003–04 Steel & Sons Cup: 3 1961–62, 1967–68, 2014–15 Louis Moore Cup: 2 1963–64, 1969–70 Northern Amateur Football League: 2 1948–49, 1951–52

Junior honours

Minor League: 1 1941–42 County Antrim Junior Shield: 1 1941–42