Malachians Football Club is an intermediate
Northern Irish
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football
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club playing in the Premier Division of 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 1963 as the football section of the
St Malachy's College
St Malachy's College, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is the oldest Catholic diocesan college in Ulster. The college's alumni and students are known as Malachians.
History
The college, founded by William Crolly, Bishop William Crolly, opened on th ...
Old Boys' Association, and joined the Amateur League in 1967, achieving
intermediate status in 1977.
[H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) ''A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League'', pp. 208-209]
External links
Malachians Official Club websitenifootball.co.uk- (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)
Honours
*
NAFL 1A: 1
** 1995–96
Notes
Association football clubs in Northern Ireland
Association football clubs established in 1963
Northern Amateur Football League clubs
Association football clubs in Belfast
1963 establishments in Northern Ireland
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