Belfast Celtic F.C.
Northern Irish football club (1891–1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the extant club of the same name, see Belfast Celtic F.C. (1978).
Belfast Celtic Football Club was an Irish football club. Founded in 1891 in Belfast,[1] it was one of the most successful teams in Ireland until it withdrew permanently from the Irish League in 1949. The club left the league for political reasons, as the team and its supporters were largely Catholic and Irish nationalist.[2][3] Belfast Celtic was one of four clubs that attracted the biggest crowds in the Irish League, the other three being Linfield, Distillery and Glentoran.[3] Belfast Celtic played its last match in 1960.
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Full name | Belfast Celtic Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | The Celts; The Grand Old Team | |
Founded | 1891 | |
Dissolved | 1960 | |
Ground | Celtic Park, Belfast | |
League | Irish League | |
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