History
The village of Drumaness is nestled in the rolling drumlins of Co. Down, just a short distance off the main Belfast to Newcastle road. Once the towering chimney of the flax spinning mill stood out on the landscape and it was the location where many of the community plied their talents in the spinning of flax into yarn. The mill was built in 1850 by William Davidson in partnership with Thomas Chermside of Belfast and was once described as "like a great ship stranded in the middle of the rolling countryside".
Drumaness Mills Football Club known locally as "The Mills" have been in membership of the Northern Amateur League since its formation in 1929. They started in the Second Division, finishing runners-up in 1931/32. They are in fact once of the oldest clubs in membership of the League.
While the demand for Irish linen declined and the Mill was finally closed (and then knocked down in 1985), the local soccer club still kept the name alive. They were first known as Drumaness but then added Mills to their title, as the Mill owners took a keep interest.
Due to war time difficulties they left the League 1941 and rejoined in 1950 for a short period but came back for good in 1954, stepping up from the Second Division and maintaining intermediate status ever since.
Records show that "the Mills" had to wait more than 30 years for their first trophy, the Division 1B Athletics Stores Cup won in the 1960/61 season. They have won five First Division titles and finished runners-up three times in the new Premier Section. They also won the Border Regiment Cup four times. Drumaness also graced the Clarence Cup final three times, winning the trophy twice.
The club now has one of the best equipped grounds in the league with the newly-opened club house situated just behind the pitch.
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