North End Athletic Football Club, sometimes referred to as North End Athletics, was an association football club from west Belfast.
| Full name | North End Athletic Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | the North Enders[1] | |
| Founded | 1887 | |
| Dissolved | 1891 | |
| Ground | North End Ground | |
| Secretary | Stewart M'Keown[2] | |
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History
editThe club emerged from an athletics club, formerly called the Ravens, and played its first football match against Clarence at the latter's Chichester Park in October 1887, losing 2–0.[3] It had entered the 1887–88 Irish Cup but scratched to Linfield.
North End entered the FA Cup in 1889–90, which was a bold move as the club had not yet played a tie in its local tournament. In the national, North End received a bye in the first qualifying round,[4] and was drawn to face Linfield. The two clubs met at Ulsterville in the 1889–90 Irish Cup first round first, and, as Linfield won 10–0,[5] the North Enders scratched from the FA Cup.
The club was represented at the May 1890 Irish Football Association general meeting,[6] but ceased operations before the 1890–91 season, and at least four of its players joined Cliftonville.[7] It still had a balance of £2 12/6 in hand on its final dissolution in February 1891, which the club handed over to a charity for sailors.[8]
Colours
editThe club wore black and white.[9]
Ground
editThe club's ground was on the junction of the Antrim Road[10] and Crumlin Road, and was taken over by the Y.M.C.A. football club on North End's dissolution.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Saturday's football". Belfast News-Letter: 3. 16 September 1889.
- ^ "List of clubs". Ulster Football and Cycling News: 15. 20 September 1889.
- ^ "North End Athletics (late the Ravens) v Clarence". Northern Whig: 7. 4 October 1887.
- ^ "The English Cup". Lancashire Evening Post: 4. 11 October 1889.
- ^ "Linfield v North End Athletics". Belfast News-Letter: 3. 21 October 1889.
- ^ "Irish Football Association". Ulster Football and Cycling News: 5. 9 May 1890.
- ^ "Junior notes". Ulster Football and Cycling News: 13. 7 November 1890.
- ^ "Football notes". Ulster Football and Cycling News: 4. 20 February 1891.
- ^ "Cliftonville v North End". Belfast Telegraph: 4. 2 November 1889.
- ^ "Grand Football Match at North End Ground, Antrim Road". Ulster Football and Cycling News: 2. 27 September 1889.
- ^ "Literary notes and news". Belfast Telegraph: 4. 11 March 1891.