Dungannon have been known for their youth development, with many players such as Niall McGinn and Terry Devlin going onto have successful careers in the professional game.

The names of the founder committee members include Thomas Neill, Jimmy Sands, Maurice Graham, Alfred Burnett, Albert Kelly, George Richards, Albert Watt, Joe Meldrum Snr., Jack Fowler, John Martin and Ben Clarke.

The remainder of the side included Blair, Carson, Pierson, Lynn, Gallery, Rice, Farrell and Henry.

However, a disjointed display; a man short for part of the game, from the newly formed side resulted in a 3–1 loss to Armagh Whites, in a match held at Beechvalley Park, Dungannon.

The team only lost twice in total during the entire season including the Mid Ulster Shield final, when they were missing key players through injury.

The stadium holds around 3,000 people In the 1980–81 season the team had one of their most successful years ever and were crowned runners up in the B Division championship.

The Club reached the top tier of Northern Irish Football; for the first time in their history, after being crowned champions of Division 1 in the 2002–03 season.

This was the biggest post-war victory in the Irish League and the highest number of goals in the local game for over a century.

[11] Dungannon Swifts qualified for the 2006 Setanta Sports Cup by finishing 4th in the Irish Premier League during the 2004/05 season.

However, they lost 4–1; with the away goal scored by Swifts stalwart Johnny Montgomery,[16] in Iceland and could not make up the deficit in the home game; drawing 0–0 at Mournview Park in Lurgan, leading to elimination at the very first stage of the tournament.

The Club; managed at the time by Harry Fay, reached their first Irish Cup final in the 2006–07 season.

Linfield again took the lead through Glenn Ferguson, but the Swifts equalised shortly afterward through a Rodney McAree free kick.

And despite having a man sent off with the tie level, a second half hat-trick by Andrius Urbsys meant the Lithuanian side won 4–0 on the night and 4–1 on aggregate.

[19] In the 2017/18 season the club recorded its first ever senior major trophy win, defeating Ballymena United 3–1 in the final of the BetMcLean League Cup at Windsor Park, Belfast.

[20] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.