Football is a popular sport in Portadown College with students from all year groups involved. Each year we enter competitions organised by the Mid-Ulster Schools Football Association (MUSFA) as well as those organised by the Northern Ireland Schools Football Association (NISFA). Approximately 75 players represent four different squads. We play most home fixtures at Lurgan Town FC and away games mean that we travel all over the province. Whether Londonderry, Enniskillen, Belfast, Omagh or Ballymena, if it’s on the map we’ve been there!
Games take place midweek during the afternoon.
Competitions entered in 2022/23:
U15 Girls (Year 11)
- IFA Regional Futsal
- Electric Ireland Junior Cup
- Electric Ireland 7-a-side (summer term)
U16 Girls (Years 11 & 12)
- Mid-Ulster League
- Mid-Ulster Cup
U15 Boys (Year 11)
- IFA Regional Futsal
- Mid-Ulster League
- Mid-Ulster Cup
U16 Boys (Years 11 & 12)
- Mid-Ulster League
- Mid-Ulster Cup
- NI Senior Cup
U18 Boys (Years 13 & 14)
- NI Danske Bank Cup
A small number of our boys have represented Northern Ireland at U16 and U18 level in recent years. One or two have even managed to secure contracts with professional clubs in England. Locally, we have former students starring for Portadown, Glenavon, Linfield, Glentoran, Ballymena Utd, Loughgall and Annagh Utd in the Danske Bank Premiership and the Lough 41 Championship. It’s good to keep an eye on their progress in the game.
Our most notable success in 2022-23 was to reach the final of the NI U18 Plate competition in which we suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to St.Mary’s GS (Belfast) at the Blanchflower Stadium.
