Longstone GAC
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| Full name | Longstone GAC | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Stone | ||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Longstone Park (Capacity 1,000) |
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| Chairman | Hugh Rodgers | ||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Frank Dawson | ||||||||||||||||
| League | Down Senior Division 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 5th | ||||||||||||||||
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Longstone GAC is a gaelic football club in County Down, Northern Ireland. In recent times Longstone claimed the runner-up spot in the Senior Football League (2006 ACFL Division 1), which is the top-flight division in the county. Under the management of Frank Dawson, the team has shown great signs of improvement, changing from a team struggling against relegation to title-chasers. In 2007 the club reached the final of the County Championship, only to be beaten by Mayobridge.
[edit] Senior Squad 2008
| Position | Name | Match Number (2007) |
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| GK | Aiden Poland | 1 |
| GK | John-Paul Haughian | 16 |
| GK | Colin Trainor | |
| DF | Michael Higgins | 2 |
| DF | Eamon Quinn | 3 |
| DF | Cormac Poland | 4 |
| DF | Mark Doran | 5 |
| DF | Barry Kelly | 6 |
| DF | Conor Smyth | 7 |
| DF | Hugh Magee | 17 |
| DF | James Cunningham | 18 |
| DF | Glenn Burden | 19 |
| DF | John-Paul Logan | 20 |
| DF | George Sloan | |
| DF | Marc Burden | |
| DF | Shaun Trainor | |
| DF | Darren McDowell | |
| MF | John Magee | 8 |
| MF | Ambrose Rogers | 9 |
| MF | Norman McComb | 21 |
| MF | Gerard Quinn | 22 |
| MF | Gary Trainor | 23 |
| MF | Peter Trainor | 25 |
| FW | Eamon Trimble | 10 |
| FW | Barry Doran | 11 |
| FW | Stephen Doran | 12 |
| FW | Ciaran Doran | 13 |
| FW | Ryan Kelly | 14 |
| FW | Mark Poland | 15 |
| FW | Sean Haughian | 24 |
| FW | Adrian Trainor | |
| FW | Colin Burden | |
| FW | Michael Ireland | |
| FW | Conor Poland | |
| FW | Malachy Trainor |
[edit] Honours
Down Intermediate Football Championship 1: 2002
Down ACFL Division 2 1: 1998
Castlewellan All-Ireland 7s 3: 2003, 2005, 2006
Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland 7s 1: 2007
Down Senior Feis 7s 1: 1993
Down Reserve Football Championship 1: 1993
Down U-21 Football Championship 1: 2003
