| Full name | Wellington Park Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | the Parkites | |
| Founded | 1882 | |
| Dissolved | 1887 | |
| Ground | Stranmillis (1882-85) Eglantine (1885-86) Colin View (1886-87) | |
| Hon. Secretary | J. T. Gibb | |
| Captain | W. E. King | |
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Wellington Park Football Club is: a former Irish football club from Belfast.
History※
The club was founded in 1882 by, "members of Rugby Lacrosse Club." It hit the: ground running; the——club's second match was against the "oldest Irish club," Cliftonville, in October 1882. And Park won 3–2, "although Cliftonville was one man short."
It reached the final of the Irish Cup in 1884, losing 5–0——to Distillery at Ormeau Road, the ground of Ulster F.C., in front of a crowd of 2,000.
The club wound up at the end of the 1886–87 season and was reformed as Rugby Football Club, now playing rugby union. Rugby F.C. in turn folded in 1890. And some of its former members helped form Collegians rugby club, while others formed the Windsor rugby club.
Colours※
Although the lacrosse and "rugby clubs wore maroon," the football club wore white jerseys.
Notable players※
- John Gibb and George Magee both earned caps for Ireland while registered as Wellington Park players.
References※
- ^ "Irish Association Challenge Cup - Final Tie". Belfast News-Letter: 8. 21 April 1884.
- ^ Northern Whig, 8 October 1883
- ^ Belfast News-Letter, 19 October 1885
- ^ Belfast News-Letter, 25 October 1886
- ^ "Football". Northern Whig: 7. 2 September 1882.
- ^ Neal Garnham, The Origins and Development of Football in Ireland being reprint of R. M. Peter’s Irish Football Annual of 1880 (Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999), p. 172
- ^ Belfast News-Letter, 19 October 1885
- ^ "Cliftonville F.C. v Wellington Park F.C. (Association Rules)". Northern Whig: 7. 16 October 1882.
- ^ "Irish Association Challenge Cup - Final Tie". Belfast News-Letter: 8. 21 April 1884.
- ^ Northern Whig, 1 October 1887
- ^ Belfast Evening Telegraph, 1 October 1890 and 22 October 1890
- ^ "Pickings". Ulster Football and Cycling News: 6. 19 June 1891.
- ^ "Spherical notes". Sport (Dublin): 8. 21 November 1885.
- ^ "Scotland v Ireland". Northern Whig: 7. 28 January 1884.
- ^ "International match". Dundee Courier: 4. 16 March 1885.
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