Donard Hospital Football Club was a
Northern Irish
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that played in the
Northern Amateur Football League
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 club was formed in 1989 by an amalgamation of St Donard's and Ulster Hospital. St Donard's was founded in connection with St Donard's Parish (
Church of Ireland
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) Church in
Bloomfield,
Belfast
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, in 1964 and played in the Irish Churches' League until 1981, during which time it reached the County Antrim Junior Shield final in 1969–70. From 1981 to 1989 the club played in the Amateur League. Ulster Hospital, founded in 1974, was connected to the
hospital of the same name in
Dundonald Dundonald may refer to:
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South Africa
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* Dundonald, County Down, Northern Ireland
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, and joined the Amateur League in the year of its foundation. The amalgamated club achieved
intermediate status in 1990. The club played at the Billy Neill Playing Fields, Dundonald. It folded in 2016.
See also
*
List of association football clubs in Northern Ireland
This is a list of football clubs that compete within the leagues and divisions of the men's Northern Ireland football league system.
NIFL Premiership
NIFL Championship
NIFL Championship
NIFL Premier Intermediate League
League of Ireland P ...
*
St. Elizabeth's F.C.
External links
nifootball.co.uk- (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)
References
H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) ''A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League'', p. 189
1989 establishments in Northern Ireland
2016 disestablishments in Northern Ireland
Defunct association football clubs in Northern Ireland
Association football clubs in Belfast
Works association football teams in Northern Ireland
Association football clubs established in 1989
Association football clubs disestablished in 2016
Dundonald, County Down
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