McGuinness moves on

Cliftonville Football Club offers sincere best wishes to Stephen McGuinness, who has today signed for Bangor.

The 21-year-old defender, who made 17 Championship appearances while on loan with the Seasiders in the first half of last season, scored three goals in 33 outings for the Reds after making his debut in a County Antrim Shield meeting with Dundela in October 2020.

A graduate of our Academy, Stephen was handed his first professional contract in 2021 ahead of undertaking loan spells with Queen’s University and Annagh United before penning a two-year extension to his deal in the summer of 2023.

Recalled from Bangor in January, Stephen found the net with three eye-catching strikes in the closing months of the 2024/25 campaign and departs the Club with the thanks and best wishes of everyone at Cliftonville for his time at Solitude.