Immaculata F.C.
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| Full name | Immaculata Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Mac |
| Founded | 1944 |
| Ground | Grosvenor Recreation Centre |
| League | Northern Amateur Football League |
Immaculata is a Northern Ireland association football club based in Belfast and playing in the Premier Division of the Northern Amateur Football League. The club plays in sky blue.[1] They play their home games at Grosvenor Recreation Centre on the Grosvenor Road in west Belfast close to the Westlink.[2]
History
The club was established in 1944 by the Legion of Mary as a football and boxing club. Although they were initially most noted for their youth teams Immaculata's seniors also played initially in the now defunct Lisburn League and then in the Dunmurry League (now the Belfast & District League).[1]
They play in the Northern Amateur Football League (NAFL), and have spent most of their time in the league's lower divisions. However in 2008-09 the club won the NAFL's Division 2C, the first of what was five back to back title wins and resultant promotions. They won 2B the following year and clinched the 2A title, and promotion from the junior to intermediate grade in 2010-11. This was followed by victory in Division 1C in 2011-12[3] before they secured the Division 1B title in 2012-13.[4]
The club qualified for the Irish Cup for the first time in 2011-12, reaching the fourth round by overcoming Bourneview Young Men, Magherafelt Sky Blues and Crumlin Star before losing to Banbridge Town.[5] They made the fifth round the following year, losing to Ards, having earlier defeated Markethill Swifts in the first round, Newbuildings United in the second round, Dunmurry Recreation in the third and Ards Rangers in the fourth.[6]
Honours
Intermediate honours
- Clarence Cup: 2
- 2008/09, 2010/11
Junior honours
- Irish Junior Cup: 3
- 2008/09, 2009/10,2010/11
- County Antrim Junior Shield: 2
- 1994/95, 2008/09
External links
- Club web site
- nifootball.co.uk - (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)
Notes
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