Terrace Onions FC
Terrace Onions Football Club, commonly known as Terrace Onions FC or just Onions, is a football club based in the city of Hamilton, the capital city of Bermuda, which competes in the amateur Corona League, the third tier of Bermudian football. The club was established in 1989 as Deloitte and Touche and changed its name several times, competing mainly in the amateur Commercial League, which they won three times as M.R. Onions FC in the 2000s. As Flanagan’s Onions FC, it promoted to the top tier Bermudian Premier League at the end of 2011-2012. Their best-ever result was the third place in the Bermudian Premier League in 2013-2014, and a Cup final in 2015. In 2020-2021 the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the club remained without financial support from Flanagan’s Irish Pub. In 2021 the club changed its name to Onions FC and enrolled in the amateur Corona League. In 2023 they found a new sponsor, The Terrace, and changed their name accordingly into the current Terrace Onions FC. Their home ground is the Bermuda Athletic Association “Goose Gosling” Field in Hamilton. Their colours are pink and black.
Terrace Onions FC in 2023. Photo source: Terrace Onions FC page on Instagram
History
The club was established as Deloitte and Touche FC in 1989, and started competing in the lowest (fourth tier), the Commercial League – Division B. The first manager was Andy Springett and the initial players included goalkeeper Grant Sousa and field players like Mark Bridges, Steve Western, Dave Youens, Nick Frost, Chris Morley, Jon Brunson, and Rob Newman. The main kit colour was full orange. Shelly Bay was the home ground of the team.
Deloitte and Touche FC promoted to the A Division of the Commercial League (third tier) in 1992. Former player Mark Bridges took over as the main sponsor (and manager) of the team in 1993, and the name of the team was changed into KPMG FC. Several good players joined the team, including Gary Knight. However, in the next years the team faced relegation almost every season, but somehow succeeded to remain in Division A of the Commercial League.
In September 1996, Nick Carter arranged a sponsorship deal with Phil Talbot, the manager of M.R. Onions restaurant, which he had taken over in 1995 together with wife Lori Talbot and Rick Olsen. The team changed its name to M.R. Onions FC. The name came from an old saying in Bermuda, “’Em Are Onions”, meaning “They are Onions”, because local Bermudians were called “onions”. Despite being close to relegation again in 1996-1997 and 1997-1998, results improved dramatically after 1998, and the team was a constant contender for the title of the Commercial League Division A throughout the 2000s. They finished as runners-up in 2000-2001 and 2001-2002, as well as in 2005-2006, and they won the league in 2004-2005, 2007-2008, and 2008-2009. They also won the Commercial Cup in 2005-2006, 2-1 over the BAA Wanderers in the cup final.
During this period, Chris Fleming was the president and treasurer of the club, Steve Smith was the manager, and Gary Knight the director of football (team manager). Nick Briggs and Rael Coen acted as social secretaries, Keith Donald (Saturday) and Colin Couper (Sunday) were the captains, and Lee Dwyer the manager of the Sunday team. The kit colours were orange (at home) and blue (away) for the main Saturday team, and blue (mainly) and black and green stripes (rarely) for the Sunday team. The BAA “Goose Gosling” Field became the club home ground, as most of the Commercial League matches were actually played on this stadium.
As multiple winners of the Commercial League, M.R. Onions were accepted in the semi-professional First Division (second tier) in 2009. However, in the meantime, the restaurant which gave the name to the club, M.R. Onions, was closed down in 2007, as the Atlantic House (where the restaurant was located) was earmarked for development as an office building. The football club went on however with the same name (M.R. Onions) until 2011, when it changed its name into Flanagan’s Onions, given the fact that Flanagan’s Irish Pub had become their new main sponsor. Mick (or Micky) Ward became the manager of the team in 2010, and contributed significantly to the best results the club had in its history throughout the 2010s.
Flanagan’s Onions FC finished as runners-up of the First Division at the end of 2011-2012, which led to promotion to the top tier Bermudian Premier League in 2012. Their best-ever result was the third place in the Bermudian Premier League at the end of 2013-2014 season. In 2014-2015 they reached the FA Cup final, losing 3-1 to Dandy Town.
Flanagan’s Onions FC starting line-up in 2015. Photo source: Flanagans Onions Facebook page
However, in the same year (2015) they were relegated to the First Division, but they only stayed there for one year, in which they finished again as runners-up, promoting back to the Premier League in 2016. In 2018, Flanagan’s Onions FC were relegated once again to the First Division, where they competed in the next years.
In January 2020 they reached the Shield Trophy final, which they lost 4-1 to Devonshire Colts.
In 2020-2021 the competition was suspended and then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the season was declared void. The club remained without the financial support from Flanagan’s Irish Pub, deeply affected by the economic crisis generated by the pandemic.
On 12 September 2021 it was confirmed that Flanagan’s Onions FC had withdrawn from the Bermudian First Division.
For 2021-2022, given the fact that Flanagan’s Irish Pub was no longer the team sponsor, the club changed its name into Onions FC and enrolled in the Bermuda Corona League (former Commercial League), actually replacing the reserve team that Flanagan’s Onions had maintained in the Corona League previously. In 2023, the club found a new sponsor, The Terrace on Front Street, and changed again its name into Terrace Onions FC, continuing to compete in the amateur Corona League, the third tier of football in Bermuda. They also changed colours, from orange and white to pink and black. In the first year with the new name and sponsor, they won the 2023-2024 Bermudian Corona League.
However, in 2024-2025 they only classified fifth (out of six) after a poor start, but they succeeded to win the Corona League Cup after beating 2-1 Robin Hood in the final after extra time (1-1 after 90 minutes). They also won the Corona Charity Cup, 13-12 after penalty shoot-outs over Corona League champions Inter BDA. The match had finished 0-0 in regular time.
Results season by season
as Terrace Onions FC
2025-2026: Corona League (3rd tier):
2024-2025: Corona League (3rd tier): 5th (out of 6). Results: 10 2 3 5 22-23 9 points
2023-2024: Corona League (3rd tier): 1st (out of 8). Results: 14 11 1 2 50-20 34 points
as Onions FC
2022-2023: Corona League (3rd tier): 3rd (out of 8). Results: 14 8 2 4 30-21 26 points.
2021-2022: Corona League (3rd tier): 3rd (out of 7). Results: 12 6 0 6 30-21 18 points.
as Flanagan’s Onions FC
2020-2021: First Division (2nd tier): season cancelled and declared void due to the pandemic.
2019-2020: First Division (2nd tier): 4th (out of 9). Results: 16 8 2 6 28-18 26 points.
2018-2019: First Division (2nd tier): 6th (out of 11). Results: 20 7 4 9 37-30 25 points.
2017-2018: Premier League (1st tier): 9th (out of 10). Results: 18 3 3 12 26-61 12 p. Relegated
2016-2017: Premier League (1st tier): 8th (out of 10). Results: 18 4 4 10 21-34 16 points.
2015-2016: First Division (2nd tier): 2nd (out of 10). Results: 18 11 4 3 45-28 37 pts. Promoted
2014-2015: Premier League (1st tier): 9th (out of 10). Results: 18 5 4 9 32-45 19 pts. Relegated
2013-2014: Premier League (1st tier): 3rd (out of 10). Results: 18 9 2 7 31-30 29 points.
2012-2013: Premier League (1st tier): 8th (out of 10). Results: 18 5 2 11 21-44 17 points.
2011-2012: First Division (2nd tier): 2nd (out of 11). Results: 20 15 1 4 81-22 46 pts. Promoted
as M.R. Onions FC
2010-2011: First Division (2nd tier): 4th (out of 11). Results: 20 12 1 7 76-33 37 points.
2009-2010: First Division (2nd tier): 5th (out of 11). Results: 20 9 4 7 42-29 31 points.
2008-2009: Commercial League, A-Division (3rd tier): 1st (out of 10). Results: 18 12 6 0 63-19 42 points. Promoted
2007-2008: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): 1st (out of 10). Results: 18 14 3 1 68-17 45p.
2006-2007: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): 3rd (out of 10). Results: 18 10 4 4 42-20 34p.
2005-2006: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): 2nd (out of 11). Results: 20 12 5 3 60-23 41p.
2004-2005: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): 1st (out of 11). Results: 20 16 2 2 70-15 50p.
2003-2004: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): 7th (out of 10). Results: 18 5 7 6 25-23 22 p.
2002-2003: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): 4th (out of 10). Results: 18 9 5 4 46-24 32 p.
2001-2002: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): 2nd (out of 10). Results: 18 9 5 4 45-25 32p.
2000-2001: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): 2nd (out of 10). Results: 18 11 3 4 56-21 36p.
1999-2000: Commercial League, D. One (3rd tier): 4th (out of 10).Results: 18 10 2 6 30-18 32p.
1998-1999: Commercial League, Div. A (3rd tier): 4th (out of 8). Results: 14 6 3 5 28-23 21 p.
1997-1998: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): 8th (out of 10). Results: 18 4 3 11 26-41 15p.
1996-1997: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): exact position and results unknown.
as KPMG FC
1995-1996: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): exact position and results unknown.
1994-1995: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): exact position and results unknown.
1993-1994: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): exact position and results unknown.
as Deloitte and Touche FC
1992-1993: Commercial League, A-Div. (3rd tier): exact position and results unknown.
1991-1992: Commercial League, B-Div. (4th tier): exact position and results unknown.
1990-1991: Commercial League, B-Div. (4th tier): exact position and results unknown.
1989-1990: Commercial League, B-Div. (4th tier): exact position and results unknown.
Summary of seasons
|
Bermudian Premier League (1st tier) |
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|
Name of the league |
Period |
No. of years |
Name of the team |
Best place |
|
Premier League |
2012-2015 |
3 |
Flanagan’s Onions FC |
3 |
|
Premier League |
2016-2018 |
2 |
Flanagan’s Onions FC |
8 |
|
Total Premier League |
2012-2015, 2016-2018 |
5 |
|
3 |
|
Bermudian First Division (2nd tier) |
||||
|
First Division |
2009-2011 |
2 |
MR Onions FC |
4 |
|
First Division |
2011-2012 |
1 |
Flanagan’s Onions FC |
2 |
|
First Division |
2015-2016 |
1 |
Flanagan’s Onions FC |
2 |
|
First Division |
2018-2021 |
3 |
Flanagan’s Onions FC |
4 |
|
Total First Division |
2009-2012, 2015-2016, 2018-2021 |
7 |
|
2 |
|
Bermudian Commercial League – Division A / Corona League (3rd tier) |
||||
|
Commercial League, Division A |
1992-1993 |
1 |
Deloitte and Touche FC |
? |
|
Commercial League, Division A |
1993-1996 |
3 |
KPMG FC |
? |
|
Commercial League, Division A |
1996-2009 |
13 |
MR Onions FC |
1 |
|
Corona League |
2021-2023 |
2 |
Onions FC |
3 |
|
Corona League |
2023-2026 |
3 |
Terrace Onions FC |
1 |
|
Total Commercial / Corona League |
1992-2009, 2021-2026 |
22 |
|
1 |
|
Bermudian Commercial League – Division B (4th tier) |
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|
Commercial League, Division B |
1989-1992 |
3 |
Deloitte and Touche FC |
? |
|
Total Commercial League, Division B |
1989-1992 |
3 |
|
? |
Note: after promotion to the First Division in 2009, the club maintained a reserve team in the amateur Corona League (3rd tier) for the entire period 2009-2021 (12 years) when the main team participated in either the Premier League or the First Division.
Names of the club throughout history:
1989-1993: Deloitte and Touche FC
1993-1996: KPMG FC
1996-2011: MR Onions FC
2011-2021: Flanagan’s Onions FC
2021-2023: Onions FC
Since 2023: Terrace Onions FC
Honours:
Bermudian Premier League: third place – once (2013-2014) (as Flanagan’s Onions)
Bermudian FA Cup: runners-up – once (2014-2015) (as Flanagan’s Onions)
Bermudian First Division: runners-up – twice (2011-2012, 2015-2016) (as Flanagan’s Onions)
Shield Trophy: runners-up – once (2019-2020) (as Flanagan’s Onions)
Bermudian Corona League: winners – once (2023-2024)
Bermudian Corona League Cup: winners – once (2024-2025)
Bermudian Corona Charity Cup: winners – once (2025)
Bermudian Commercial League, Division A: winners – 3 times (2004-2005, 2007-2008, 2008-2009), runners-up – 3 times (2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2005-2006) (as M.R. Onions)
Commercial Cup: winners – once (2005-2006) (as M.R. Onions)
Stadium
Terrace Onions FC play their home games at the Bermuda Athletic Association (BAA) “Goose Gosling” Field in Pembroke Parish, close to the City of Hamilton. The stadium is shared with other teams from Hamilton and the surroundings. It belongs to the Bermuda Athletic Association (BAA) and has a capacity of 1,000 seats.
The stadium has artificial turf (synthetic surface) and has been fully renovated in 2008, when it was opened up on 4 October. Frequent storms and hurricanes brought a number of issues, with bleachers picked up by the wind and turned over the fence, affecting the all-weather surface, which had to be repaired several times, for instance in 2013.
BAA “Goose Gosling” Field in Pembroke Parish, the home ground of Terrace Onions FC and other teams from Hamilton. Photo source: www.europlan-online.de
Crest
The current club crest has a round shape and has a black background. On the outer ring, the name of the club is written in white capital letters, with the word TERRACE curved on the upper side of the ring and the words ONIONS FC curved on the lower side of the ring, separated by a small pink dot. The words forming the name of the club on the upper side and the lower side of the outer ring are connected by white curving lines on the left and right sides of the outer ring.
In the centre of the crest, there is a small pink circle, over which there is a larger pink shield-like form, with a narrow black line parallel to its edge. In the middle of the shield, there is an onion, sketched with white lines, including five small roots below, six curved lines symbolizing the bulb, which come together above, and a stem of three leaves in the upper part. The onion is the central symbol of the crest.
Crest of Terrace Onions FC. Photo source: Terrace Onions FC page on Instagram
Between 2021 and 2023, when the club was called Onions FC, the former Flanagan’s Onions FC crest was maintained, but without the word Flanagan’s in the upper row, and the word “the” added above the first letter (O) of the word ONIONS in the second row. On the lower row, there was a Latin phrase in cursive letters.
Before 2021, the club crest involved the name Flanagan’s Onions Football Club, written in green capital letters on three different rows. The upper row included the word FLANAGAN’S, with larger first (F) and last (S) letters. The word ONIONS was written in the middle row, with a larger font than the one used for the upper or the lower rows, and had the same larger first (O) and last (S) letters. The middle O letter was replaced by the sketch of a round-shaped onion, in light green on the outside and white on the inside, with small roots below and a light green stem of leaves above, reaching the upper row in the background of the letter G (in FLANAGAN’S) and going above the upper row. The onion itself was therefore the central symbol of the crest. The lower row included the words FOOTBALL CLUB written in the same green capital letters, but with a smaller font than either of the rows above, in between the first (O) and last (S) letters of the word ONIONS in the middle row, which were large enough to reach the upper side of the lower row, so that the words “FOOTBALL CLUB” appeared as subordinated to ONIONS.
Crest of Flanagan’s Onions FC. Photo source: en.wikipedia.org
The club also had a logo, “Onions till we die”, in green letters on an orange background.
Flanagan’s Onions FC crest was clearly inspired by the previous crest of M.R. Onions FC. However, in the M.R. Onions crest (taken over itself from the restaurant with the same name), the onion replaced the first letter “O” in “ONIONS”, and the letters M. and R. were above it, one on each side of the stem. Both M. and R. had longer sides – M. was longer on the left side, while R. was longer on the right side, which improved the visual effect. Also, the two letters “N” in “ONIONS” had a similar design, with the left side of the letter going lower than the rest of the letters, and the right side going a little bit up, even above the horizontal green line at the upper edge of the word “ONIONS”. There are three horizontal green lines, a narrower one above, and two bold and doubled ones above and below the word “ONIONS”.
Kits
The main colours of the club are pink and black, which are also the colours of the kits. The main (home) kit involves pink shirts and black shorts and socks. These have been used also in most away games, as well.
Terrace Onions in their main kit: pink shorts, and black shorts and socks. Photo source: Terrace Onions FC page on Instagram
Before 2023, the main colours of the club were the Irish orange, white and green. The main kit involved orange shirts with narrow blue or white stripes on the sleeves, white shorts, and orange socks. The logo of the main sponsor (Flanagan’s Irish Pub Bermuda) was drawn in green on the front side of the shirts. The kit sponsor was Adidas.
Flanagan’s Onions FC in 2017. Photo source: Flanagans Onions FC Facebook page
Other kits were used rarely, in some away games or by the reserves. Full white or blue kits were sometimes used.
Flanagan’s Onions FC in 2013, with the main team in orange shirts, white shorts and orange socks, and the reserve teams in either full white or in blue shirts and shorts and orange socks. Photo source: Flanagans Onions FC Facebook page
Current squad (as of November 2024)
Parker Sounders
Andrew Forster
Jack Higson
William Owens
Akeem Ible
Jake Samardzija
James Finnigan
Stuart Foster
Andrew Foster
Nathan Clarke
Jesse Marshall
Andrew Kemp
Numutulo Simin
Conor McCrossan
Chris Keiran
Kyle Godfrey
Oliver Pidhoreckyj
Colin McBirnie
Andrew Brooks
Chris Alexander
Alfie Slark
Noah Mackie
Warren Bean
Jonathan Wood
Jack Lloyd
Dominic Wright
Ross Orr
Aiden Robinson
Padraig Mulry
Former notable players
Grant Sousa
Mark Bridges
Steve Western
Dave Youens
Nick Frost
Chris Morley
Jon Brunson
Rob Newman
Gary Knight
James Bohan
Franco Caparra
Dave Grant
Richard Helme
David Outtrim
Darren Payne
Joe Roberts
Paul Seamer
Micky Ward
Chris Fleming
Steve Smith
Colin Couper
Keith Donald
Mike Neville
Dave Turner
Matthew Clarke
Rael Coen
Steve Ludgate
Lee Dwyer
Chris Coleman
Colin Keane
Augusto Arrarte
Mike Baker
Steve Baker
Matt Taylor
Robert Bonehill
Lester Pun
Andrew Bray
Marco Bortoli
John Betts
Dave Bridges
Nick Briggs
Steven Drake
Mark Dunlop
John Lally
Jamie Lawton
Jason O’Driscoll
Greg Fraser
Gary Fyfe
Robert Marsden
Craig Gardiner
Gary Garnett
Garrett Mulvin
Mick Gilliland
Robert Horne
Christopher Hewson
Richard Jones
Richard Lardner
Gareth Lewis
D. Saksena
Roland Meadows
Seamus Meagher
Martin Murphy
Gareth Thomas
Steve Nowell
Ian McCracken
Darragh O’Donoghue
Eoghan O’Dwyer
Chris Perrin
Robert Perry
George Rodriguez
Rui Boa
Andy Thompson
Jason Roberts
Alan Bragoli
Andrew Robinson
Paul Coates
Greg Rymon
Matthew Savage
Dave Turner
Duncan Ashworth
Daniel Ruscic
Simon Atkins
Andy Yates
Paul Broude
Craig Budwinski
Alan Kelly
Alex Hunter
Greg Muir
Paul Tille
Keston Lewis
Pete Robey
Darren Doolin
Sam Butler
Simon Gregory
Nicholas Barrett
Steve Upton
Kevin Ronaldson
Dermott O’Sullivan
Bryan McCulloch
Jon Tindall
Matt Davies
Sam O’Shaughnessy
Nigel Forrester
Phil Matthews
Andrew Griffiths
Alan Cosgrave
Tobias Sjoberg
Jaymie Kelly
Piero Falcucci
Fabien Benito
Eddie McInally
Lee Osborne
Ben Readdy
Andy Starr
Gareth Kerr
Former managers (coaching history)
Micky Ward (2010-2021)
Dermot O’Sullivan (200?-2010)
Steve Smith (2002-200?)
Mark Bridges (1993-1996)
Andy Springett (1989-1993)
Micky Ward, manager of Flanagan’s Onions FC during the 2010s, when they had their best results. Photo source: Flanagans Onions FC Facebook page
Former club presidents
Mark Dunlop (2010s)
Chris Fleming (1996-200?)
Mark Bridges (1993-1996)
Andy Springett (1989-1993)
Main sources of information
Terrace Onions FC page on Instagram
Flanagans Onions FC page on Facebook
Flanagan’s Onions FC page on Wikipedia
Flanagan’s Onions FC page on Bermuda FA website (archived)
Flanagan’s Onions FC page on Pitchero website (archived)
M.R. Onions website (archived)
RSSSF – Bermuda
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