Belfast Celtic F.C.

The Belfast Celtic Football Club was a 1891-1949 existing football club in Northern Ireland's capital Belfast. The Catholic dominated club dominated in the first half of the 20th century next to the Protestant- dominated local rivals Linfield FC, ​​the Irish Football League, but they left after serious riots against the Celtic players of the club after an away game on 26 December 1948 ( "Boxing Day " ) after the end of the season 1948/49; the club took in the wake of no regular competitions more part, measure, however, until the mid- 1950s, yet in friendly matches with other teams.

The club is named after the Scottish equivalent of Glasgow.

Their home ground was known as the Paradise of Celtic Park on the Donegal Road in West Belfast, among fans. The club was incorporated in 1896 as the reigning winner of the County Antrim Shields in the Irish League, three years later, the first - still to be won all-Ireland - from a total of 14 championships. After two championships around the First World War, around, left the club from 1920 to 1924, the league broke after the second half of the 1920s a first big time Celtics on. Between 1925 and 1929 the club won four league titles and a Northern Irish Cup championships in 1927 and 1929 even go without a lost game, this time was marked by the great rivalry with city neighbors Linfield, which, however, in the first half of the 1930s the seasons usually could finish better. With the new ( first player ) coach Elisha Scott began from 1934, an era of dominance of clubs, 1935-1948 Celtic won every national championship titles and with the exception of the year 1942, all regional war championships.

After the 1948/49 season, the team moved as runner-up for safety from the Northern Irish League back - inter alia Striker Jimmy Jones had been attacked in such a way in the game against Linfield FC on Boxing Day 1948 that he ultimately two years failed because of a broken leg -, over the summer she went on a guest tour of the eastern United States, where they among other things on the incumbent British Home Champion Scotland met and defeated them in New York 2-0.

West Belfast was up to the establishment of Donegal Celtic in 1970 without major football team.

Famous former players

  • Elisha Scott
  • Charlie Tully

Achievements

Belfast Celtic is still one of the most successful clubs in Northern Ireland. The club was a total of 14 times champion and eight times cup winners.

  • Championships: 1900, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948
  • Cup wins: 1918, 1926, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1947
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