Institute F.C.

Early years (1905–1912)

The Presbyterian Working Men's Institute founded in 1882 was associated with football as early as 1893, when the North-End Football Club was founded. That club ceased to exist in 1904 and in October 1905, a number of players and supporters of North End Olympic F.C., the junior team of the late club which had folded, conceived the idea of creating a new football team. A meeting was accordingly held in the rooms of the Diamond Hotel, with the late Mr. William Buchanan, acting as chairman. It was thereupon decided to form a Junior football club known as Institute F.C. affiliated with the North West Football Association and to play only friendly matches during the 1905–06 season. The club played their first ever match (a friendly) against St Columbs Court at Magee College grounds (which the club used as their home pitch for that season), winning the match 2–1. Those who played in this match were: J. Parkhill, D. Patton, Wm. Neely, R.A. Bogle, W. M. Wilton, D. Gillespie, J. Holland, D. McCleery, D. Gilfillan, G. Young, and A. Doherty. Institute arranged many other friendlies during that season and continued to grow in strength. In the 1906–07 season the club entered the North-West Junior League. Their first ever junior match was a league match away to Farm Wanderers which ended in a 4–4 draw. In the season of 1907–08, Billy Gillespie began playing for the club, and went on to become one of the club's greatest ever players. The club won the…

Senior honours

NIFL Championship: 1 2017–18 North West Senior Cup: 8 1997–98, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18 North West Charity Cup: 1 1906–07

Intermediate honours

NIFL Championship: 2 2006–07, 2013–14 Irish Intermediate Cup: 2 2012–13, 2015–16 B Division Knock-out Cup/IFA Intermediate League Cup: 2 1996–97, 2006–07 Craig Memorial Cup: 2 1998–99, 2011–12

Junior honours

Irish Junior Cup: 1 1968–69 North West City Cup: 6 1962–63, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1979–80 North West League: 2 1965–66, 1979–80