Clarence F.C.

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Clarence F.C.
Full nameClarence Football Club
Founded1882
Dissolved1892
GroundColin View (1882–86);
Stranmillis (1886–92)
League Irish Football League

Clarence Football Club was an 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] [2] 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. [3] [4] The club formally wound up at a meeting at Fishers Restaurant in Donegal Place on 30 June 1892. [5]

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. ↑ Malcolm Brodie (1963). The History of Irish Soccer. p. 22.
  3. ↑ Belfast Evening Telegraph, 22 September 1891
  4. ↑ Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "Clarence Football Club". Belfast News-Letter: 4. 29 June 1892.


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