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Dergview Football Club is an intermediate-level, Northern Irish football club who are due to play in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League in the 2024–25 season, following their relegation from the NIFL Championship.
History
The club, founded in 1980, hails from Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and plays its matches at Darragh Park. The club began in junior football, before working its way up to the senior level of Northern Irish football. The club traditionally play in black and white. They are nicknamed 'Constitution' or 'The Constitutes'.[]
Portadown legend Richard Clarke was appointed manager in June 2013. He resigned in February 2018.
After a difficult 2022/23 season, the club would see young defender Bobby Deane make the move to NIFL Premiership side Glenavon.
The clubs reserves won the Craig Stanfield IFA Junior Cup in 2023, defeating Harryville Homers 4–1 in the final at Windsor Park. Then former manager and Northern Ireland international Ivan Sproule would play and score in the game at the age of 42.
In 2023 the club appointed former Crusaders, Dungannon Swifts and Portadown defender Emmet Friars as manager following the departure of Tommy Canning.
Friars would depart the club in March 2024, with Ivan Sproule returning for a second spell in charge.
The club would be relegated from the NIFL Championship for the first time since 2010 following a play-off defeat to Armagh City on penalties.
Domáce zápasy Dergviewu sa hrajú na štadióne Darragh Park, ktorý má kapacitu približne 1 200 miest. Klub je známy svojimi silnými väzbami na miestnu komunitu a má dlhú históriu úspechov v pohárových súťažiach.
Dergview sa dostal do centra pozornosti v roku 2012, keď dosiahol štvrťfinále Irish Cupu, kde tesne prehral s Linfieldom. Klub tiež vyhral Derry and District League Cup trikrát v rokoch 2008, 2010 a 2011.
Klubové farby sú oranžová a čierna a prezývka je "The Villagers". Dergview je hrdý na svoj komunitný charakter a má významnú podporu zo strany miestnych obyvateľov.