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Clarence F.C.

Clarence F.C.

Football club

Not to be confused with Clarence F.C. (England).

Clarence Football Club is a former Irish football club based in the Belfast. It was founded in 1882 and was a founding member of the Irish Football League in 1890.[1] The club resigned at the start of the 1891-92 season without playing any matches, having been unable to raise a team for its opening fixture.[2] The club formally wound up at a meeting at Fishers Restaurant in Donegal Place on 30 June 1892.[3]

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The club was associated with the Church of Ireland Young Men's Society (CIYMS), and named after Clarence Place Hall, the then headquarters of CIYMS.

References

  1. [1]
    Northern Ireland - Final League Tables 1890-1998
  2. [2]
    Belfast Evening Telegraph, 22 September 1891
  3. [3]
    "Clarence Football Club". Belfast News-Letter: 4. 29 June 1892.


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