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Oldpark F.C.

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Oldpark
Full nameOldpark Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lambs[1]
Founded1880
Dissolved1892
GroundOldpark
LeagueIrish League

Oldpark Football Club is a former Irish football club from north Belfast. It was founded in 1880 by members of the Oldpark Cricket Club.[2] It was subsequently a founding member of the Irish Football Association in 1880 and the Irish Football League in 1890, but retained membership of the latter only for two seasons. The club reached the final of the County Antrim Shield in 1890-91 but lost. The club folded after the 1891-92 season.[3]

References

  1. ^ Belfast Evening Telegraph, 26 January 1892
  2. ^ Northern Whig, 13 October 1880
  3. ^ Belfast Evening Telegraph, 21 November 1893