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 1960s 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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