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Welcome to the Lisburn Distillery ‘Fanzone’ - this area of the site will provide information on;
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There are three supporters’ clubs currently active - the Grosvenor Whites, the Lisburn Whites, and the Lisburn Distillery Scandinavian, Supporters Clubs
In the past there were also the following supporters’ clubs - Shankill Whites, Ormeau Whites and Forthriver Whites. |
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Grosvenor Whites Supporters’ Club
Date Established: 1946
President: Ashley Williamson
Chairman: Frank Hutchinson
Secretary: Ryan McQuillan
Treasurer: David Jamison
The Grosvenor Whites officially celebrated their 65th anniversary in October 2011 - you can find out more about them and the activities and things that they do for the club on our news page. They also run a bus for away matches.
Meeting arrangements and contacts
The club meets regularly at the South Belfast Northern Ireland Supporters Club, Shaftesbury Square, Belfast.
Contact the Grosvenor Whites for more information and how to apply for membership at this address.
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Lisburn Whites Supporters’ Club
Website - http://lisburnwhites.webs.com/ Date Established: February 1993
President: Ivan Martin
Vice-Presidents: Bryan Hamilton,Ken Hamilton & Ashley Williamson
Acting Chairman: Ronnie Partridge
Secretary: Neil Partridge
Treasurer: Terry Thompson
You can find out more about the Lisburn Whites, their activities and things that they do for the club on our news page.
Meeting arrangements and contacts
Meetings take place at New Grosvenor Stadium on Thursday evenings throughout the season.
Full details and latest information can be found on the Lisburn Whites’ website .
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Lisburn Distillery Scandinavian Supporters’ Club
The Lisburn Distillery Scandinavian Supporters’ Club (LDSSC) was formed on 03rd March 2010 in Norway.
The club comprises 20 or so members from Scandinavia - Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Jan Tholin is the supporters’ club spokesman and both he and five other members of LDSSC travelled over to watch the Carling Premiership game against Portadown at New Grosvenor on Saturday 26th March 2011.
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The Distillery Supporters’ Trust
Website - http://www.distillerysupporterstrust.org.uk/index.html
The Distillery Supporters’ Trust (DST) was set up on 23 January 2010.
Encompassing a wide mix of supporters, the main aims and objectives are the raising of funds for the club and promoting Lisburn Distillery to encourage new support through the turnstiles.
They have organised a wide variety of events on a regular basis that have appealed to our supporters and friends, and their financial support to the club has been both welcome and appreciated.
Colin Hopkins is the group’s chairman, Irwin Moore is secretary and Ashley Wragg is treasurer. You can find more information about the DST, news and planned events on their website. |
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The club shop is on the ground floor of the clubhouse and easily accessible. It is open on match days and in addition to replica shirts and training gear you can also purchase confectionery and soft drinks as we well as the New Grosvenor favourite - “50p mix-ups”! Season ticket holders are entitled to 10% discount on any Uhlsport merchandise in the club shop throughout the season - this includes replica shirts, coats/jackets and other training gear. The shop is also home for the club’s permanent memorabilia exhibition which is open to all supporters.
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The ‘Whites’ Matchday programme
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The Lisburn Distillery Social Club is located upstairs in the clubhouse and is open on matchdays.
In addition to special club functions the social club is also available for private functions and can comfortably accomodate 160 people. There are also two separate smaller bars in the clubhouse.
Social Club Membership Information
Annual membership costs £5.00, and membership runs from 01 January to 31st December
Details and application forms can be obtained from Social Club Secretary, Mrs Betty Addis, Manageress, Mrs Marlene Jamieson, or Club Secretary Ashley Wragg - email us for details.
****Support Lisburn Distillery by renewing or taking out social club membership and enjoying the facilities at the club****
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The ‘Friends of Lisburn Distillery’ scheme
You can help support Lisburn Distillery Football Club further by becoming a "Friend of Lisburn Distillery".
Anyone who follows the local game today will know the difficulty that local clubs face - the economic climate, increased overheads and the funding required to field a competitive team are just some things amongst many that impose financial pressures.
The Board here at Lisburn Distillery are committed to the development of the club and one of the ways of supporting that development was through the launch a few seasons ago of the "Friends of Lisburn Distillery". This is a standing order scheme that enables supporters and friends of the club to contribute financially to raise vital income for the club.
Contributions are made from your bank account each month to a separate bank account administered by the clubs finance committee. Three club directors make up this committee and they will manage the contributions and the uses to which they will be put.
All contributions are gratefully received and will remain confidential between you and the club.
Q) How do I find out more?
Q) How do I sign up?
A) Contact Finance Officer Terry Thompson or director Colin Hopkins (email) who will be happy to explain how the scheme operates as well as providing the paperwork necessary to set up the standing order.
And ‘thank you’ for supporting Lisburn Distillery.
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Club ‘shares’
Did you know that you can buy shares in Lisburn Distillery?
Shares are £5 each and the minimum purchase is 5 shares (i.e. £25) .If you would like to purchase shares please contact secretary Ashley Wragg for more details.
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Season ticket prices for the 2011-2012 season are as follows;
Adult Season ticket £120
Concession Season ticket (Senior Citizens) £65
Concession Season ticket (Child<16) £40
Family Season ticket (1 Adult + 2 children <16) £180
Other combinations of Family Season tickets available on request
Vice-presidents Lounge* - Adult £225
Vice-presidents Lounge* - Concession (Seniors) £135
Season tickets are valid for all home Carling Premiership games.
(* - Vice-presidents Lounge tickets only allow the registered ticket holder access)
More information is available here.
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From the future to the past, it’s the dateline journey that culminated in the official opening of the Memorabilia Exhibition at New Grosvenor in October 2003. It was a simple post on the Internet that kick-started the idea as then Chairman of the Lisburn Whites and manager of the Club Shop Ged Irwin explained at that time.
He said then; "A few years ago the Lisburn Whites and a few friends of the club became aware of Distillery medals being sold on the Internet and felt that we should purchase these as they were a part of the club history. The three medals belonging to Tom McClatchey were advertised by an antiques dealer on eBay and were from 1895/1896. We clubbed together, bought them and it really started from there. Over the last year or two we have been collecting bits and pieces here and there, small items such as programmes, medals and then shirts and we have now put them together into this exhibition."
The Lisburn Whites Supporters Club have done much to contribute to the Whites on and off the pitch over the last 18 years and there have been spin-offs for them in terms of this latest project as Ged went on to explain – "Some of the items have been easy enough to get and when we started up word got out and things started falling into place through our connections with the 1963 League Championship and the 1971 Irish Cup winning sides but we are always on the look for more material"
On the walls in the club shop are framed shirts spanning a number of decades, framed programmes, medals and other memorabilia. Amongst the more unusual items are items from Dunville's Distillery where the club was founded, Mervyn Law’s club blazer from the European Cup Winners trip to Barcelona and an original minute book dating back to late 1800s, unearthed by local journalist Colin McAlpin in a Dublin Road bookshop.
The opening in October 2003 was yet another unique event and another first for the club with a proud tradition and famous history and fittingly in keeping with that they invited a number of former players "home" to mark the occasion.
The exhibition was opened jointly by then Chairman Tommy Anderson and Distillery’s youngest ever chairman, the late Denis Moore. The following players represented the various decades –Tommy Walker (40s), Frankie Watters (50s), Derek Meldrum (60s), Alan McCarroll (70s), Bertie McMinn (80s), Winkie Armstrong (90s) and Chris Coffey (2000 onwards)
It was back to the future though as Ged went on to add "There is a long way to go still, we plan to do things with players shirts, individually and collectively, add more items and then hopefully aim for a combined museum and a hall of fame."
The exhibition is a permanent feature and is situated in the club shop area, it is open to all fans visiting New Grosvenor on first team match-days and of course if you want to donate or lend something to it, then let us know, we will be to happy to hear from you.
Images copyright David Hunter - reproduced with permission and thanks
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The Phoenix Society was formed in August 2000 and comprised a small group of Lisburn Distillery supporters actively involved in fund raising and development work for the club. Acting independently of the supporters’ clubs it raised over £58.500 for the club with the help and generosity of Lisburn Distillery supporters, sponsors and others. It’s main fund-raising event was the “Annual Dinner & Auction”. Other events included things like "Classic Poker Nights","Nights at the Races" and the "Supa Striker" sponsorship campaign in conjunction with the "White's Matchday Programme". The Society in its’ early years was also involved with developing the profile of the club, working with the media on club news, and community relations development via youth and schools projects as well as powering the club’s official website for a number of years. The last dinner was in March 2008; with society members involved in quite a number of areas in the club at present the Phoenix Society has no events currently planned but given its’ name and the people involved it will be back in operation in the future.
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Each month we will be producing a monthly fixture poster to publicise our forthcoming fixtures and encourage as many people as possible to come and follow Lisburn Distillery.
The February 2012 poster is below and we would like our supporters to help promote Lisburn Distillery games by printing it and posting it responsibly in and around the Lisburn area (and further afield).
The poster is A4 size – simply save it to your computer, and print it off.
We ask you to display these responsibly – please do not post them here, there and anywhere without permission; instead we ask you to work with local shops and businesses and ask them if they will let you promote the club in their shop/business window.
You may also be able to post them on local community boards but wherever you post them please ensure that you have permission to do so first. With the poster being updated monthly, we also ask that you re-cycle old versions, for example in your local paper bank.
We sincerely thank all those who help us promote the club on their premises.
The action image is copyright David Hunter – reproduced with permission and thanks.
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The 'Whites' Matchday Programme (left) is published throughout the season and is now in its’ 19th season under programme editor Colin Hopkins and contributors Dawson Simpson and David Hunter.
The 2011-12 season programme contains the usual club welcome, ‘The Boss’, Club News, a visitor’s page, team line-up and fixtures, The Interview, Days of our Lives and statistics - additional content is also added throughout the season. The programme, in line with most throughout the league costs £2.00.
Information on copies etc. can be sent to the programme editor by emailing him here.
