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)
|
|
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)
|
|
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
The Royal Gazette
Bernews
On Track
IslandStats
Bermuda Commercial
League
The Bermuda Corona
League page on Facebook