Avoniel Football Club is a former Irish

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club based in east

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. It was founded in 1880 and was subsequently a founding member of the

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. The club played in the early years of the

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. Its ground was Beechfield on the Mountpottinger Road in Belfast.''Northern Whig'', 24 November 1883 It folded after a few years.

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Association football clubs established in 1880 Defunct association football clubs in Northern Ireland Association football clubs in Belfast 1880 establishments in Ireland Founding members of the Irish Football Association {{NorthernIreland-footyclub-stub