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Interesting Facts
Did you know the old building below the Social Club was once the
Village Primary School. When Drumaness played at home the lads got
changed in the boiler house of this school and got washed in the
local river.
In the early 1960's the home players changed in local
people's homes while the away team and referee enjoyed the luxury of
changing in the Dan Rice Hall.
Mr Billy Sloan was kind enough to transport players to away matches
numerous times. On once occasion when the lads were travelling to
Larne, to play Larne Tec, the bus was packed and for some unknown
reason one of the front wheels fell off the bus. The wheel ran down
the road in front of the bus while the lads got a lift for the rest
of the journey. They had to make their own way home and as money
was short, many of them thumbed it home to Drumaness.
Drumaness Mills can now boast one of the best pitches and
facilities in the Northern Amateur League. . . but that wasn't
always the case. The pitch had a famous slope for many years, and
the fanatical support from the villagers often caused problems with
referees and officials, particularly in the season 1932/33.
The pronounced slope was perhaps no worse than on other grounds at
that time, but at about halfway line there were large humps, which
were highest at the touchlines. This meant that a player standing
on a touchline about 20 yards from the centre line would have only
seen the upper half of a player similarly positioned on the other
side of the centre line!
The crowd were never afraid to let the referee known what
thy thought of him, and during the Clarence Cup tie against
Willowfield in February, he had to be escorted off the pitch, amid
threats to throw him in the nearby Dam! A second referee's report
about the crowd's conduct, this time in March against the City Hall
in a Clarence Cup tie, promped the league to issue a caution to the
club.
The 1961/62 season saw Gerry McCormick score 57 goals. This is the
top goal scoring record, which was previously held by his brother
Patsy, who has scored 55 goals.
March 1936, Drumaness were dismissed from the Clarence Cup
for playing an ineligible player. The fine was 30 shillings.
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