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Clarence F.C.

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Clarence F.C.
Full nameClarence Football Club
Founded1882
Dissolved1892
GroundColin View 1882-86;
Stranmillis 1886-92
LeagueIrish Football League

Clarence Football Club is a former Irish football club based in the Belfast. It was founded in 1882 and was a founding member of the Irish Football League in 1890.[1] The club resigned at the start of the 1891-92 season without playing any matches, having been unable to raise a team for its opening fixture.[2] By the end of the 1891-92 season the club had folded.

The club was associated with the Church of Ireland Young Men's Society (CIYMS), and named after Clarence Place Hall, the then headquarters of CIYMS.

References

  1. ^ Northern Ireland - Final League Tables 1890-1998
  2. ^ Belfast Evening Telegraph, 22 September 1891