Portadown F.C.

Junior years (1886–1924)

The Mid Ulster Football Association was established in 1887 and a series of meetings were held in the Young Men's Institute in Edward Street in Portadown to create a club to compete in the Mid-Ulster Cup. Early matches were played at Tavanagh, Ripley's Field, Armagh Road and Old Shamrock Park which was located close to the site of what is now Clounagh Junior High School. Among the early names to turn out for The Ports were Val Wilson, who would later become High Sheriff for County Armagh; and Harry Bell, whose father owned brickworks on the Armagh Road. The club won the Irish Junior Cup after defeating Larne at Grosvenor Park on 18 March 1899. That same season, The Ports won their first ever cup double by winning the Mid-Ulster Cup for the first time. Portadown retained the trophy the following season and the following next five seasons before the outbreak of World War I. While the Irish Intermediate League was formed in 1916, and Portadown were selected as one of its inaugural clubs, they withdrew as a large number of the club's players left to fight in World War I. With the return of local men from the war, there was a demand for senior football in the region. A number of junior clubs in the area put aside their rivalries and backed Portadown's bid to join the Irish League. In 1923, the Irish League was expanded from six to ten clubs with the introduction of Newry Town, Ards and Barn. Subsequently, after a number of years of preparation,…

Ronnie McFall is the clubs longest serving and most successful manager, managing the club between 1986 and 2016.

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Senior honours

Irish League: 4 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2001–02 Irish Cup: 3 1990–91, 1998–99, 2004–05 Irish League Cup: 2 1995–96, 2008–09 Charity Shield: 1 1999 NIFL Championship: 2 2019–20, 2023–24 Mid-Ulster Cup: 24 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1905–06, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1946–47†, 1960–61†, 1962–63†, 1964–65†, 1969–70†, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2023–24 Gold Cup: 6 1933–34, 1937–38, 1952–53, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1992–93 Ulster Cup: 2 1990–91, 1995–96 Floodlit Cup: 3 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95 Carlsberg Cup: 1 1972–73 Texaco Cup: 1 1973–74 City Cup: 1 1938–39

Intermediate honours

IFA Championship: 1 2008–09~ George Wilson Cup: 1 1996–97† Bob Radcliffe Cup: 2 1982–83†, 1983–84† † Won by Portadown Reserves ~ Portadown were an intermediate side when they won the IFA Championship in 2009. From 2016 the league was awarded senior status, thus their subsequent wins in 2020 & 2024 are not considered intermediate honors.

Junior honours

Harry Cavan Youth Cup: 3 1979–80, 1991–92, 2013–14 Mid-Ulster Youth Cup: 3 2015–16, 2019–20, 2021–22 NIFL Championship Development League South: 2 2017–18, 2018–19 Irish Junior Cup: 1 1898–99

Friendly honours

Royal Mail Community Action Cup: 2 2003–04, 2004–05 George Richardson Memorial Cup: 2 2018–2019, 2019–2020 Ivan Marshall Cup: 1 2004–05