Full name | Orangefield Old Boys' Association Football Club | |
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Ground | Cregagh Sports Club, Gibson Park Avenue, Belfast | |
Manager | Gary Cunningham | |
League | NAFL | |
2009–10 | Division 1B, 4th | |
Orangefield Old Boys' Association Football Club (or Orangefield OB) is a Northern Irish, intermediate football club playing in Division 1A of the Northern Amateur Football League. The club formed in 1966 and included past members and teachers of Orangefield High School. The club joined the Amateur League in 1970, achieving intermediate status in 1987. [1] They currently play their home matches at the Cregagh Sports Club on Gibson Park Avenue, Belfast. The first team is managed by Gary Cunningham with Stephen Carlisle serving as assistant manager. Orangefield OB field six teams in total. As well as the first team, there is a second team playing in NAFL Division 3B, a development team playing in Div 4 of BBOB league and junior teams for the Under 16's, Under 15's and Under 14's.
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. In 2011, its population was 1,810,863, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the UK's population. Established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Assembly holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the British government. Northern Ireland co-operates with the Republic of Ireland in some areas, and the Agreement granted the Republic the ability to "put forward views and proposals" with "determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments".
The Northern Amateur Football League, also known as the Northern Amateur League and often simply as the Amateur League, is an association football league in Northern Ireland. It contains 13 divisions. These comprise four intermediate sections: the Premier Division, Division 1A, Division 1B and Division 1C; three junior sections: Division 2A, Division 2B and Division 2C; and six reserve sections.
Orangefield High School was a secondary school in east Belfast, Northern Ireland. Formerly Orangefield Boys' Secondary School and Orangefield Girls' Secondary School, it became coeducational before it closed in 2014.
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