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Ulster University F.C.
Ulster University Football Club, referred to simply as Ulster, is a Northern Ireland, Northern Irish, intermediate football club playing in the Northern Amateur Football League. It is affiliated with Ulster University. The club was formerly known as Ulster University at Jordanstown F.C. or UUJ. The name change occurred following the closure of the Jordanstown Campus. History The club was founded as part of ''Ulster Polytechnic'' in 1972 and entered the IFA Championship, Irish League B Division. The club became UUJ with the amalgamation of the Polytechnic and the New University of Ulster as the University of Ulster in 1984. In 1991, it resigned from the B Division and dropped into the Amateur League. In line with the university's rebrand in October 2014, the club updated its name. Banned from Collingwood On Sunday, 22 February 2015, UU Jordanstown were due to play University College Dublin A.F.C., UCD in the first round of the Collingwood Cup. However, on Friday, 19 February, jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nortel FC
Nortel Football Club are a Northern Irish football club, based in Monkstown, County Antrim, Monkstown, Newtownabbey and playing latterly in the Premier Division of the Northern Amateur Football League (NAFL). The club withdrew from the league in 2016 but returned to Division 2C for the following season. History The club was formed as Standard Telephones & Cables (S.T.C.) in 1964 by workers in the Standard Telephones and Cables, company's factory in Monkstown.H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) ''A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League'', p. 211 The factory had only recently opened and the workers decided to form a team which they could enter in the junior ranks of Northern Irish football. In the early 1970s however the club experienced growth and, after winning the Division 2A title, were promoted to the Northern Ireland football league system, intermediate tier. This occurred in 1970 and marked the beginning of a decade of growth for the club. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |