| Full name | Wellington Park Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | the Parkites [1] | |
| Founded | 1882 | |
| Dissolved | 1887 | |
| Ground | Stranmillis (1882-85) [2] Eglantine (1885-86) [3] Colin View (1886-87) [4] | |
| Hon. Secretary | J. T. Gibb | |
| Captain | W. E. King [5] | |
Wellington Park Football Club is a former Irish football club from Belfast.
The club was founded in 1882 by members of Rugby Lacrosse Club. [6] [7] It hit the ground running; the club's second match was against the oldest Irish club, Cliftonville, in October 1882, and Park won 3–2, although Cliftonville was one man short. [8]
It reached the final of the Irish Cup in 1884, losing 5–0 to Distillery at Ormeau Road, the ground of Ulster F.C., in front of a crowd of 2,000. [9]
The club wound up at the end of the 1886–87 season and was reformed as Rugby Football Club, now playing rugby union. [10] Rugby F.C. in turn folded in 1890 and some of its former members helped form Collegians rugby club, while others formed the Windsor rugby club. [11]
Although the lacrosse and rugby clubs wore maroon, [12] the football club wore white jerseys. [13]
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