Oldpark Football Club is an Irish former

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club from north

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. It was founded in 1880 by members of the Oldpark Cricket Club. It was subsequently a founding member of the

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in 1880 and the Irish Football League in

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, but retained membership of the latter only for two seasons. The club reached the final of the

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in 1890–91 but lost. The club folded after the 1891–92 season.''Belfast Evening Telegraph'', 21 November 1893

Honours

Senior honours

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: 1 ** 1884–85

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Association football clubs established in 1880 Association football clubs disestablished in 1892 Defunct association football clubs in Northern Ireland Defunct Irish Football League clubs Association football clubs in Belfast 1880 establishments in Ireland 1892 disestablishments in Ireland Former senior Irish Football League clubs Founding members of the Irish Football Association {{NorthernIreland-footyclub-stub