Crusaders Football Club are very pleased to announce that defender Billy Joe Burns has signed a further two year extension to his current contract that will also take him up to his testimonial year at Seaview.
BJ signed for Crusaders back in May 2014 and has quite simply become a legend at the club with his forward runs up the wing, into the centre of the pitch before pushing goal wards or even scoring screamers from outside the box. We also cannot forget his main role as a defender where his no nonsense tackles and decision making has made him one of the “all time” best Premiership defenders in Irish League history. He has done it all for Crusaders and to date has made 363 appearances scoring 31 goals including against FCB Magpies and FC Basel at Seaview in consecutive European games back in July. In his time so far at Crusaders he has won 3 Premiership titles, 2 Irish Cups and 2 Co. Antrim Shields including a personal award of the Ulster Footballer of the Year in 2016.
It is great news to hear you're extending your stay Billy Joe and we look forward to seeing you reach more milestones and collecting more medals in that time.