Clarence F.C.

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]

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

Clarence F.C.
Full nameClarence Football Club
Founded1882
Dissolved1892
GroundColin View 1882-86;
Stranmillis 1886-92
LeagueIrish Football League

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


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