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Donegal Celtic
Donegal Celtic Football & Social Club is an intermediate football and social club based in Belfast, Northern Ireland who currently play in the Ballymena & Provincial Football League. The club, founded in 1970, plays its home matches at Donegal Celtic Park. Club colours are green and white in Celtic-style hoops. History Donegal Celtic was formed in 1970 when a group of young men who had a huge interest in football decided to form a team in the Lenadoon district of west Belfast. With no facilities, kits, pitch or equipment, the first few years were spent playing friendlies and entering local summer competitions, which helped to enhance and promote their reputation and name. They registered their chosen name with the Irish Football League, taking the name from the area in which they were based; Lenadoon, Gweedore, Glenveagh are all local areas named after towns in County Donegal, with the Celtic part being taken on due to the massive local following for Scotland's Celtic and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donegal Celtic Park
Donegal Celtic Park, also known as Suffolk Road and Celtic Park or more recently the New Suffolk Road after its expansion, is the home of amateur league team Donegal Celtic. It is situated in the Suffolk Road in west Belfast. The stadium holds 8,283, but is currently restricted to 2,330 under safety legislation. In early August 2009, work was completed on two new stands: a home stand seating 1,850 spectators and an away stand seating 800. These stands were the first phase in a plan to expand the stadium to a capacity of 5,000 seats. References External links Official page including photographs and directions Donegal Celtic park's new stand under construction Association football venues in Northern Ireland Donegal Celtic F.C. Sports venues in Belfast {{NorthernIreland-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFA Intermediate Cup
The Irish Intermediate Cup is a Northern Irish football competition for teams of intermediate status, including NIFL Premiership reserve sides. It is a straight knock-out tournament and is currently sponsored by McCombs Coach Travel. The current holders are Crumlin Star. Past winners * 1892–93 Distillery Rovers* * 1893–94 Glentoran II* * 1894–95 Milltown * 1895–96 Cliftonville Olympic* * 1896–97 Linfield Swifts* * 1897–98 Glentoran II* * 1898–99 Linfield Swifts* * 1899–1900 Cliftonville Olympic* * 1900–01 Linfield Swifts* * 1901–02 Cliftonville Olympic* * 1902–03 Distillery Rovers* * 1903–04 YMCA * 1904–05 Frankfort * 1905–06 Forth River * 1906–07 Forth River * 1907–08 Glenavon * 1908–09 Glentoran II* * 1909–10 St James' Gate * 1910–11 Glenavon * 1911–12 Derry Guilds * 1912–13 Glentoran II* * 1913–14 Belfast Celtic II* * 1914–15 UCD * 1915–16 Glentoran II* * 1916–17 Strandville * 1917–18 Glentoran II* * 1918–19 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012–13 Irish League Cup
The 2012–13 Irish League Cup (known as the Irn-Bru League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It was contested by the twelve members of the IFA Premiership, as well as the 29 members of the IFA Championship. The competition began on 14 August 2012, and ended with the final on 26 January 2013. Crusaders were the defending champions after defeating Coleraine 1–0 in the 2011–12 final. They reached the final again this season, but were unable to defend the trophy as they were defeated 4–0 by Cliftonville in the final, who lifted the cup for the second time. This made it six different winners of the cup in the last six seasons. The 4–0 scoreline equalled the record for the highest in a final, set when Linfield defeated Coleraine by the same score in 2000. Format The competition was played in a straight knock-out format and was open to all members of the IFA Premiership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrick Rangers F
Carrick is an Anglicised version of ''creag/carraig'', Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to: People * Carrick (surname) * Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick * Marjorie of Carrick (1256–1292), mother of Robert the Bruce and Countess of Carrick * Niall of Carrick (died 1256), Scottish Mormaer and second Earl of Carrick Places Australia * Carrick, New South Wales * Carrick, Tasmania Canada * Carrick, Ontario, part of South Bruce, Ontario since 1999 * Carrick, Manitoba, a community within the Rural Municipality of Piney Ireland (Republic) County Westmeath * Carrick, County Westmeath (civil parish), a civil parish in the barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath * Carrick, Fartullagh, a townland in the civil parish of Carrick, barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath * Carrick, Lackan, a townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Corkaree, County Westmeath * Carrick, Noughaval, a townland in the civil parish o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–11 IFA Premiership
The 2010–11 IFA Premiership (known as the Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 3rd season of the IFA Premiership, the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland, and the 110th season of Irish league football overall. Linfield were champions, winning the league for the 50th time and the 2nd consecutive season. Summary The season began on 7 August 2010, and concluded on 30 April 2011. Linfield were crowned champions for the second successive season, after a 4–0 win over Lisburn Distillery on 26 April 2011. This was Linfield's 50th Irish League title. The same day, Newry City were relegated to IFA Championship 1 after a 4–0 loss to Glenavon. Teams After a two-legged play-off against 2009–10 Championship 1 runners-up Donegal Celtic, Institute were relegated to the 2010–11 IFA Championship after an aggregate 1–0 loss, with Donegal Celtic taking their place for this season's IFA Premiership. 2009–10 IFA Championship 1 winners Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as ''Match of the Day'', ''Test Match Special'', ''Ski Sunday'' and ''Today at Wimbledon''. Results, analysis and coverage is also added to the #BBC Sport Online, BBC Sport website and through the BBC Red Button interactive television service. History The BBC has broadcast sport for several decades under individual programme names and coverage titles. ''Grandstand (TV programme), Grandstand'' was one of the more notable sport programmes, broadcasting sport for almost 50 years. The BBC first began to brand sport coverage as 'BBC Sport' in 1988 for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, by introducing the programme with a short animation of a globe circumnavigated by four c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat McAllister
Patrick McAllister (born 3 February 1972Marshall Gillespie, ''The Northern Ireland Football Yearbook'', UTV, 1996, p. 194) is a Northern Irish former football midfielder or defender who subsequently worked in football coaching. He is the manager of Sport & Leisure Swifts. His previous role in football was as manager of Donegal Celtic, where he resigned in August 2013. Playing career A native of Belfast, McAllister began his career at Cliftonville. After making only six league appearances for the Reds, McAllister caught the eye of Scottish Premier Division side Dunfermline Athletic, who signed him in July 1990. Although McAllister remained at East End Park for two and a half seasons he made little impact at the club, managing only six Premier Division appearances for Dunfermline. In August 1992 McAllister was loaned back to Cliftonville, making three league appearances. In December 1992 the move was made permanent, with McAllister making 60 league appearances (eight goals) for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleraine F
Coleraine ( ; from , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, of which it is the county town. It is north-west of Belfast and east of Derry, both of which are linked by major roads and railway connections. It is part of Causeway Coast and Glens district. Coleraine had a population of 24,483 people in the 2021 census. Geography Coleraine is at the lowest bridgeable point of the River Bann, where the river is wide. The town square is called 'The Diamond' and is the location of Coleraine Town Hall. The three bridges in Coleraine are the Sandelford Bridge, Coleraine Bridge and the Bann Bridge. The town has a large catchment area and is designated as a "major growth area" in the Northern Ireland Development Strategy. History Neolithic period Coleraine has some of the oldest evidence of human set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliftonville F
Cliftonville is a coastal area of Margate in the Thanet district of Kent, England. It includes the Palm Bay estate, built in the 1930s with wide avenues and detached and semi-detached houses with driveways, garages and gardens. East Cliftonville The estate covers the eastern part of Cliftonville and was fields when first built. It extends east beyond Northumberland Avenue and has been developed in phases. An earlier phase covered the northern ends of Leicester and Gloucester Avenues and the whole of Clarence and Magnolia Avenues; the later phase extending eastwards of Princess Margaret Avenue is a Wimpy-style housing estate with small houses largely identical in appearance and of less substantial build quality than the original 1930s estate. The eastward expansion of Cliftonville has included much of the former parish of Northdown including Northdown Park and House. West Cliftonville West Cliftonville was originally developed as an upmarket resort. It had until the 1980s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coagh United F
Coagh ( ; ) is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, five miles (8 km) east of Cookstown. Part of the village also extends into County Londonderry. It had a population of 545 people in the 2001 census. It owes its existence to George Butle Conyngham of Springhill, and was founded in 1728 when King George II of Great Britain granted Conyngham a market charter allowing the village to host four fairs yearly. It is situated within Mid-Ulster District. The village is situated on gentle, low-lying land between the Sperrins and Lough Neagh. History The village has been an ancient settlement for several thousand years; overlooking Coagh is Tamlaght Stone, a Mesolithic dolmen erected c. 4500 BCE. The main feature of the village is Hanover Square, which was named after the reigning Hanoverian George II by Conyngham. The Coagh ambush, which took place during The Troubles, resulted in the deaths of three members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institute F
An institute is an organizational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can be part of a university or other institutions of higher education, either as a group of departments or an autonomous educational institution without a traditional university status such as a "university institute", or institute of technology. In some countries, such as South Korea and India, private schools are sometimes referred to as institutes; also, in Spain, secondary schools are referred to as institutes. Historically, in some countries, institutes were educational units imparting vocational training and often incorporating libraries, also known as mechanics' institutes. The word "institute" comes from the Latin word ''institutum'' ("facility" or "habit"), in turn derived from ''instituere'' ("build", "create", "raise" or "educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crusaders F
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and at times directed by the Papacy during the Middle Ages. The most prominent of these were the campaigns to the Holy Land aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem and its surrounding territories from Muslim rule. Beginning with the First Crusade, which culminated in the Siege of Jerusalem (1099), capture of Jerusalem in 1099, these expeditions spanned centuries and became a central aspect of European political, religious, and military history. In 1095, after a Byzantine request for aid,Helen J. Nicholson, ''The Crusades'', (Greenwood Publishing, 2004), 6. Pope Urban II proclaimed the first expedition at the Council of Clermont. He encouraged military support for List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, AlexiosI Komnenos and called for an armed pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Across all social strata in Western Europe, there was an enthusiastic response. Participants came from all over Europe and had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
