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.
The Oval is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which has been home to Glentoran F.C. since 1892.
Association football in Northern Ireland, widely known as football or sometimes as soccer, is one of the most popular sports in Northern Ireland. The governing body in Northern Ireland is the Irish Football Association (IFA). Gaelic football, rugby union and association football are the most popular sports in Northern Ireland.
Andrew Waterworth is a former footballer from Northern Ireland who is the interim manager of the Northern Ireland women's national team.
Kimberley Turner is a Northern Irish former footballer, who is currently The Girls' Academy Director and Women's First Team Coach at Glentoran FC. Turner played for Manchester City and Northern Ireland as a midfielder.
The Women's Premiership is the top level women's football league of Irish League. The league was called the NIWFA Division League 1 until 2003 and Premier League until 2015. In 2016, it was rebranded the Women's Premiership and is run by NIFL/ Irish League since.
Glentoran Women is a women's football club from Belfast, Northern Ireland and a subsidiary of Glentoran Football Club.
For the equivalent tournament in the Republic of Ireland, see FAI Women's Cup.
Michael McDermott is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of the Qatar national team. McDermott has held various coaching roles in professional football clubs as well as at the international level.
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.
Kirsty McGuinness is a Northern Irish women's association football player and GAA player. She plays football for Cliftonville Ladies and the Northern Ireland women's national football team. She plays Gaelic games for Antrim GAA.
The 2019–20 Irish Cup was the 140th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football since its inauguration in 1881. The competition began on 17 August 2019, and concluded with the final at Windsor Park on 31 July 2020. The final was the first football match in the United Kingdom to host fans since the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom led to a pause in the season in March, with 250 fans from each team permitted at the final.
Chloe McCarron is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Northern Ireland. She previously played for Mid-Ulster, Linfield Ladies and Birmingham City, before signing for Glentoran in July 2021
Jacqueline Burns is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Reading in the Women's Super League. She previously played in the United States for the Carson–Newman University's women's soccer team and spent part of the 2019 season in Iceland with ÍBV. She has appeared for the Northern Ireland women's national team.
The 2020 Northern Irish Women's Premiership was the 17th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Linfield were the defending champions.
Emily Wilson is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a forward for Glentoran and the Northern Ireland national team.
Kerry Anne Beattie is a Northern Irish association footballer who plays as a forward for Glentoran and the Northern Ireland women's national team. She previously played for Glasgow City.
The 2022–23 NIFL Premiership was the 15th season of the NIFL Premiership, the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland, the 122nd season of Irish League football overall, and the 10th season of the league operating as part of the Northern Ireland Football League.
Ellie Olivia Scott is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Glentoran Women and the Northern Ireland under-17 national team.
