Rathcoole Football Club are a junior-level football club playing in the first division of the Ballymena & Provincial League in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 2012.Official Facebook page The club is based in Rathcoole, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, playing their home games at the Diamond, a two pitch facility that they share with Rathfern Rangers. They gained intermediate status in 20132013-2014 Ballymena & Provincial League table and competed in the Irish Cup for the first time in 2015–16, reaching the second round.Domestic - Irish Cup However the club returned to the junior ranks for the 2016-17 season by dropping down a division. Rathcoole then folded in July 2017 and rebuilt the team and registered themselves again for the 2017-2018 season."REPORTS Week-Ending 27th August 2016"
