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Limavady F.C.
Limavady Football Club was an Irish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... club from Limavady, County Londonderry, which was twice runner-up in the Irish Cup. History The club was formed at a meeting at Given's Hall in Limavady on 13 October 1884, when the two senior clubs in the town, Alexander F.C. and Limavady Wanderers F.C., Limavady Wanderers, agreed to pool resources for the purposes of putting one club forward in competitions to represent the town. The club immediately asserted a prominence in the Irish game, even attracting Rock F.C. from Dumbarton over to play a friendly in January 1885. It was also ambitious enough to go on tour in England at the start of 1886, beating Everton F.C., Everton 1–0 thanks to a goal from Joe Sherrard. The club's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 Irish Cup Final, Distillery 3–0 Limavady, Belfast News-Letter, 23 March 1885
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