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 made the decision to change their name to Douglas & District FC in 2002. The club have only ever competed in Division Two. The club have a reserve team who compete in the Isle of Man Football Combination. Douglas and District also entered a team into the Isle of Man Football Association Futsal League and Veterans League in 2011.
Each year the club embarks on a tour starting in 1997. The places visited are as follows:
- 1997 – Dublin
- 1998 – Dublin
- 1999 – Nottingham
- 2000 – Dublin
- 2001 – Blackpool
- 2002 – Dublin
- 2003 – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
- 2004 – Edinburgh
- 2005 – Blackpool
- 2006 – Cologne, Germany
- 2007 – Brussels, Belgium
- 2008 – Leeds
- 2009 – Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2010 – Manchester
- 2011 – Chester
- 2012 – Leeds
- 2013 - Swaziland(If Matt is allowed in)
In 2012, the club started their first ever junior team. The ages are 6-8, and are kindly sponsored by MotaWorld who paid for their kit. The team is ran by Andrew Gosnell, Richard Brant and Chris Bowers.
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