Glentoran Football Club is a professional football club based in East Belfast, that plays in the NIFL Premiership. The club was founded in 1882 and has since won more than 130 major honours, making them one of the most successful teams in the world.
Linfield Football Club is a Northern Irish professional football club, based in south Belfast, which plays in the NIFL Premiership – the highest level of the Northern Ireland Football League. The fourth-oldest club on the island of Ireland, Linfield was founded in 1886 by workers at the Ulster Spinning Company's Linfield Mill. Since 1905, the club's home ground has been Windsor Park, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland national team and is the largest football stadium in Northern Ireland. They train at Midgley Park which is beside the stadium. The club's badge displays Windsor Castle, in reference to the ground's namesake.
Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a professional association football club playing in the NIFL Premiership – the top division of the Northern Ireland Football League. The club was founded in September 1879 by John McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast and are the founders of football in Ireland.
The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. Inaugurated in 1881, it is the fourth-oldest national cup competition in the world. Prior to the break-away from the Irish Football Association by clubs from what would become the Irish Free State in 1921, the Irish Cup was the national cup competition for the whole of Ireland.
The Steel & Sons Cup is an intermediate football competition in Northern Ireland run by the North East Ulster Football Association.
The Big Two derby, also referred to simply as the Big Two or Bel Classico, is the name given to the association football derby between Belfast clubs, Linfield and Glentoran. The derby is also sometimes referred to as the Belfast derby. They are the two most successful and most supported clubs in Northern Ireland league football. They traditionally face each other on Boxing Day each year which usually attracts the largest NIFL Premiership attendance of the season. They regularly play each other in the league, and have contested more cup finals together than any other two clubs. They also make up two of the three clubs that have competed in every season of Northern Ireland's top flight since its inception in 1890 – neither club ever suffering relegation.
The 1911–12 Irish Cup was the 32nd edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football.
The 1964–65 Gold Cup was the 46th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1966–67 Gold Cup was the 48th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1968–69 Gold Cup was the 50th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1969–70 Gold Cup was the 51st edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1976–77 Gold Cup was the 58th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1979–80 Gold Cup was the 61st edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1980–81 Gold Cup was the 62nd edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1983–84 Gold Cup was the 65th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1984–85 Gold Cup was the 66th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1999–2000 Gold Cup was the 81st edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1964–65 Ulster Cup was the 17th edition of the Ulster Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.
The 1960–61 North-South Cup was the 1st edition of the North-South Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The 1970–71 Blaxnit Cup was the 4th edition of the Blaxnit Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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