Trojans YCG
Full nameTrojans Youth & Community Group
Nickname(s)The Blues
Founded1938
GroundOakland Park, Derry, Northern Ireland[1]
LeagueNorthern Ireland Intermediate League

Trojans Youth and Community Group is an amateur football club based in the Creggan area of Derry, Northern Ireland.[2] As of 2015, the club's senior team was playing in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League.[3] The club, which was founded in 1938 by Edmund Carton,[4] also has a youth development set-up participating in the NIBFA National League and Derry and District Youth Football Association.

Team

Senior

The senior Trojans team, also known as the 'Trojans Intermediate Team', participates in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League. They play from Trojans' base at Oakland Park in the Creggan Estate.

Youth

Trojans YCG has a number of youth teams who participate in the under-age leagues of the NIBFA National Youth League and Derry and District Youth Football Association. The club has previously sent youth teams to international tournaments and has contributed a number of players to the Derry and District League Select, which competes in the Foyle Cup.

Notable players

The club has produced a number of players who have gone on to play for Derry City.[4] Notable former players include:

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Trojans Youth and Community Group (Derry)". Family Support NI. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Mcdonald's Irish Fa Community Awards". irishfa.com. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Impact-NI Proud to continue sponsorship of Trojans YCG". londonderrychamber.co.uk (Press release). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Crossan, Brendan (5 October 2023). "Archive: The early years of Republic of Ireland legend James McClean". The Irish News. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Gerrard's late double hard on battling minnows". Irish Independent. 28 July 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  6. ↑ McLaughlin, Kevin (24 May 2020). "MY BEST 11 I PLAYED WITH: Darren Kelly". Derry Journal. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Doyle, Garry (12 June 2023). "The making of James McClean as proud Derry man prepares for 100th Republic of Ireland cap". belfastlive.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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