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QUB AFC Academy is a joint venture set up in 2007 between Queen’s Sport and Queen’s Football Club. Donations from a number of our former members have helped fund the Academy which has enabled us to greatly improve the standard of our first team.
Queen’s Soccer Club was formed in 1910. Queen’s played in the first Collingwood Cup competition in 1914. Our oldest team photograph is of the Queen’s First XI of 1927-28. We would be delighted to receive information about the early years of the club and copies of old pictures.
The Collingwood Cup is the premier competition in University Football in Ireland and Queen’s have won it on 19 occasions, second on the all time list of winners behind UCD.
Queen’s first team was one of the founder members of the Northern Amateur Football League in 1923 and was also a founder member of the Irish League “B” division in 1951. We remained in this League until 1996 when we were relegated to the N.I. Intermediate League. Seven years later the Club once again secured a place in the Irish League Division 2 for the 2003/04 season and in 2009 we were accepted into the IFA (now the NIFL) Championship Div2.
Today the Club runs 3 teams in total with the Firsts in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, Seconds in the Northern Amateur Football League and the Colts in the Belfast and District League. Home games and training take place at the magnificent QUB Playing Fields, Upper Malone Road, Belfast.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ACADEMY MEMBERSHIP:-
Must be a current student, Graduates do not qualify.
Must play for Queen’s on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Should be a regular member of the first team or, if new to the club, should be considered to be likely to become a regular member of the first team squad in the near future.
Must accept the conditions of Academy membership as defined in the Academy Contract document.
Scholarships are available on the following levels:
Level 1:
The basic package that will be offered to Academy members will include: –
Free Access (all-inclusive) to the PEC
Free Sports Science Support (fitness testing, tailored training programs)
Free Access to Physiotherapy and Podiatry
Free Academy Clothing (tracksuit, polo etc)
Level 2:
Will include all of Level 1 plus financial assistance.
If you feel you meet the requirements or if you need more information please contact our Soccer Development Officer Adam Calvert via email at: adam.calvert@qub.ac.uk
Students can avail of a range of support structures which include end-of-year bursaries based on performance, clothing, complimentary gym access, sports psychology, high-performance coaching, and a bespoke strength and conditioning programme from renowned practitioner Mike McGurn at our first-class Upper Malone facility. Queen’s Sport has also recently teamed up with Kingsbridge Private Hospital to provide the very best in physio and injury rehabilitation, through our Academy physio Shea McAleer.
