Club Honours

First team honours

Irish League
1957/58

League Cup
1994/95

County Antrim Shield
1955/56, 1971/72, 1993/94

Soccer Sixes
1992

Clements Lyttle Challenge Cup
1941/42, 1942/43

First Division
2000/01

Gold Cup
1953/54, 1973/74

Steel & Sons Cup
2008/09

North Down Cup
2003, 2005 (shared)

Junior Charity Shield
 1902/03

 Irish Cup
1926/27, 1951/52, 1968/69, 1973/74

Ulster Cup
1973/74

Blaxnit All-Ireland Cup
1973/74

McElroy Challenge Cup
1940/41

Second team honours

Irish League 'B' Division
1957/58		 Intermediate Cup
1970/71		 George Wilson Cup
1957/58, 1982/83

Third team honours

IFA Youth Cup
1962/63, 1965/66, 1982/83, 1985/86

Francis Cup
1986/87

IFA Youth League Cup
2007/08

Barry Cup
1981/82

 Dunmurry Youth League
1982/83, 1983/84

Player awards

Ulster Footballer of the Year
1969 Billy McAvoy
 1970 Billy Humphries
 1972 Billy Humphries

Football Writers' Player of the Year
1972 Billy Humphries
1987 Damien Byrne

PFA Player of the Year
1978 Tom Armstrong
1983 Jim Campbell

PFA Personality of the Year
1980 Sammy Moore (director)

Merit Award
1996 Jimmy Todd
(commercial manager)

Roy Stewart/Sean Mullan Trophy
1989 Jimmy Todd (manager/commercial manager)

Co Antrim F.A. Personality of Senior Shield
1993/94 Andy Beattie

Co Antrim F.A. Personality of Steel & Sons Cup
2008/09 Tommy Kincaid

Irish League Manager of the Month
Dec 1978 Joe Kinkead
Nov 1998 Tommy Cassidy
Feb 2004 Shane Reddish

Irish League Top Goal Scorers
1961/62 Mick Lynch (20)
1978/79 Tom Armstrong (21)
1982/83 Jim Campbell (15)
1993/94 Darren Erskine (22) (joint)

Mr Harry Cavan C.B.E., O.B.E. (1915-2000)

Ards F.C. President (1982-2000)
 IFA President (1958-1994)
 FIFA Vice-President (1960-1990)
 FIFA Senior Vice-President (1980-1990)
 Olympic Order of Merit in Silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International caps
1925-27 Andy Bothwell (5)
1958-60 Tommy Forde (4)
1962 Billy Humphries (1)
1994 Paul Kee (2)

U21 International Cap
1977/78 Tom Kennedy (1)

U23 International Cap
1968/69 Billy McAvoy (1)
1989/90 Alan Fettis (1)

U19 International Caps
2002 Sean Cleary
2002 Gareth McKeown
2002 David Scullion (5)
2004 Aidan Watson (2)
2005 Andrew Waterworth (1)
2006 Tennant McVea (1)

U18 International Caps
2006 Tennant McVea (3)

U18 Schools Caps
2005 Aidan Watson (1)
2005-6 Tennant McVea (3)
2006 Ryan Tumelty (2)

U17 International Cap
2005 Tennant McVea (5)

Junior International Caps
1907/08 McMillen
1909/10 Waugh
1910/11 Douglas
1912/13 Frances
1914/15 McKeag

Amateur International Caps
1924/25 W Reid (1)
1928/29 A Davidson (1)
1929/30 T Lynn (1)
1955/56 Ronnie Moss, Rab Newberry, Jim Gordon
1955-59 Davy Lawther
1956/57 Billy Humphries, Tommy Moffat, Ronnie Griffen
1958/59 Jackie Cummings, Jimmy Conkey, Ronnie Reynolds, Jackie Patterson
1964/65 Ray Mowat
2000/01 Darren Nixon (1)
2008/09 Kyle McCleery (1)
2011/12 Graeme McKibbin (1)

Irish League Representatives
1925/26 A Bothwell (2)
1926/27 Kinsler
1928/29 McMullan (1)
1930/31 McDonald (2)
 1938/39 McKerley (1), McKeown (1)
1947/48 Imrie
1949/50 Case, Matthews
1950/51 O'Connell
1954/55 G Eastham Jnr.
1955/56 R Newberry (1), G Eastham (2)
1956-61 T Forde (7)
1957/58 A Boyd (2), Richardson (1)
1957-74 B Humphries (12)
1958/59 R McGuckian (1)
1959/60 Hunter (1), T Ewing (1)
1965/66 R Keogh (1)
1967-70 B Nixon (3)
1973/74 D McCoy (1), D Patton (1)
1978/79 R Cromie (1), T Armstrong (1), T Kennedy (1)
1985/86 A Dornan (1), Campbell (1)
1986/87 D Byrne (1), S Baxter (1)
1989/90 A Fettis

U19 League Representatives
2006 Jay Magee (1)
2006 Tennant McVea (1)
ardsfc.co.uk is the Official Website of Ards Football Club and was established on 21st June 2000. The content and views expressed on this website are those of individuals and are not necessarily the views of Ards Football Club Limited. To contact the editor on any matter relating to the website, e-mail web at ardsfc.co.uk To contact the football club, please write. Please credit any images you use "ardsfc.co.uk"