Douglas and District F.C. are a football club from Douglas on the Isle of Man. They compete in the Isle of Man Football League. They play their home games at Noble's Park in Douglas.

History The club evolved from Barclays (IOM) FC who were formed in 1996. As the number of players affiliated with the bank decreased, the club changed its name to Douglas & District FC in 2002. The club have only ever competed in Division Two. In 2005, Dave Quirk was elected as the club's first Life Member.

The club have a reserve team who compete in the Isle of Man Football Combination. Douglas and District also joined the Isle of Man Football Association Veterans League in 2011, and started junior boys teams in 2012, junior girls teams in 2016 and a walking football team in 2020.

Douglas and District Football Club won the 2007–08, 2014–15 and 2015–16 Fred Faragher Memorial Trophy for the fewest disciplinary points gained by players over the season. Started in 1969, presented by Castletown MFC in memory of Fred Faragher, originally for referee marks for sportsmanship.

Douglas and District were awarded the FA Community Awards Charter Standard Development Club of the Year for 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17 and 2021–22.

Each year since 1997, the club has embarked on a tour. The places visited have been as follows:

* Due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Historical kits Home and away kits (if known)

Ground

Douglas and District play their home games at Noble's Park in Douglas, using changing rooms 1 (home) and 2 (away), to the far left of the pavilion. Parking spaces are available at the rear of the pavilion and Grandstand, and are accessible from St. Ninian's Road.

Originally, the club played at Groves Road, just across from Springfield Road, Pulrose. They moved from there at the end of the 2009–10 season. This was due to the demolition of the NSC changing room block. From 14 August to 16 October 2010, Union Mills Football Club kindly allowed the club to play their home games at their Garey Mooar pitch in Braddan.

They played over half of their home matches at Groves Road for the 2020–21 season. They played their home matches at the Bowl for the 2021–22 season. They played their home matches at Groves Road for the 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 and 2025–26 seasons.

Statistics

Highest League Position: 7th, 2021-22 & 2022–23 Most League Wins: 10, 2002–03 Best League Win Percentage: 40.91%, 2021–22 Least League Defeats: 12, 2021–22 Best League Defeat Percentage: 53.85%, 2002–03 Most League Goals Scored: 69, 2002–03 Best Goals Scored Per League Game Average: 2.65, 2002–03 Least League Goals Conceded: 82, 1999–2000 Best Goals Conceded Per League Game Average: 3.15, 1999–2000 Most League Points: 32, 2002–03 Best Points Per Game Average: 1.27, 2021–22

Seasons

SeasonLeagueFA CupWoods CupHospital CupJunior CupTop goalscorer(s)DivisionP W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals 1996–97 Div 2 28 0 2 26 18 172 2 15th R1 PR PR NA Graham Palmer 6 1997–98 Div 2 26 3 1 22 31 130 10 13th PR QF R1 PR Richard Mulhern 6 1998–99 Div 2 26 2 1 23 34 134 7 13th PR PR PR PR Richard Mulhern 16 1999–00 Div 2 26 8 3 15 65 82 27 10th R1 QF PR PR Richard Mulhern 27 2000–01 Div 2 26 5 2 19 54 109 17 12th PR QF R1 PR Mathew Bartlett 15 2001–02 Div 2 24 4 3 17 28 94 15 12th PR PR PR PR Mathew Bartlett 8 2002–03 Div 2 26 10 2 14 69 94 32 9th R1 PR PR PR Mathew Bartlett 2003–04 Div 2 26 6 5 15 63 89 23 11th R1 QF PR QF Richard Mulhern 2004–05 Div 2 26 4 3 19 43 84 15 12th R1 PR R1 PR Mathew Bartlett 22 2005–06 Div 2 26 6 1 19 44 92 19 11th PR PR R1 R1 Lawrence Looney 2006–07 Div 2 26 2 3 21 41 135 9 13th R1 PR PR R1 2007–08 Div 2 26 7 3 16 64 106 24 10th PR PR PR PR James McIlhagga 16 2008–09 Div 2 26 7 1 18 51 117 22 10th PR QF PR PR Richard Brant 14 2009–10# Div 2 24 5 2 17 38 90 17 12th PR PR PR PR Richard BrantVincenzo Marsella 5 2010–11 Div 2 24 6 1 17 46 87 19 10th PR QF PR PR Daniel Stewart-Clague 17 2011–12 Div 2 24 6 2 16 42 86 20 11th PR PR R1 PR Konrad Kumor 10 2012–13 Div 2 24 8 1 15 44 70 25 10th QF PR QF PR Craig Cowin 12 2013–14 Div 2 24 7 1 16 38 73 22 11th PR QF R1 PR Daniel Stewart-Clague 12 2014–15 Div 2 24 2 3 19 30 96 9 12th PR QF R1 R1 Daniel Stewart-Clague 8 2015–16 Div 2 24 3 5 16 47 97 14 12th PR SF PR R1 Daniel Stewart-Clague 16 2016–17 Div 2 24 6 2 16 53 85 20 10th QF QF PR R1 Daniel Stewart-Clague 20 2017–18 Div 2 24 7 2 15 43 85 23 9th PR SF R1 PR Daniel Stewart-Clague 28 2018–19 Div 2 24 7 0 17 57 97 21 10th PR PR PR QF Daniel Stewart-Clague 19 2019–20CV Div 2 17 1 5 11 24 60 8 10th PR QF NA NA Daniel Stewart-Clague 7 2020–21 Div 2 24 8 1 15 56 90 25 9th PR NA NA PR Daniel Stewart-Clague 17 2021–22 Div 2 22 9 1 12 47 87 28 7th PR SF R1 R1 Daniel Stewart-Clague 13 2022–23 Div 2 20 5 3 12 36 61 18 7th R1 PR PR PR Daniel Stewart-Clague 7 2023–24 Div 2 22 4 4 14 43 80 16 9th PR QF R1 PR Richard RadcliffeAdrian Skrabucha 7 2024–25 Div 2 20 0 3 17 26 99 3 11th R1 PR PR R1 Dan Robson 6 2025–26 Div 2 27 1 2 24 12 143 5 10th PR QF R1 PR Richard Radcliffe 4

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position Div 2 = Isle of Man Football League Division Two PR = Preliminary Round R1 = Round 1 QF = Quarter Finals SF = Semi Finals ^ = Only 13 teams not 14 entered Division Two for 2001/2002. # = Jurby disbanded prior to the 2009/2010 season, leaving 13 teams in Division Two. CV = The season was abandoned, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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