Short Brothers F.C.

Short Brothers Football Club, often referred to simply as Shorts is a Northern Irish intermediate football club playing in Division 1C of the Northern Amateur Football League. It is connected to the Short Brothers aerospace manufacturing company in Belfast and was formed with the arrival of the company to the city in the 1930s. The club - originally known as Aircraft Works - joined the Amateur League in 1937 and is the second-oldest member club with continual membership.[1]

Short Brothers
Full nameShort Brothers Football Club
Nickname(s)Shorts
Founded1937
GroundAircraft Park, Belfast
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDarren Orr
LeagueNAFL Division 1C
2021-22NAFL Division 1C, 4th
WebsiteClub website

Honours

Intermediate honours

  • nifootball.co.uk - (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)

Notes

  1. H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League., p. 217


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