Cliftonville

Rivals

Crusaders (North Belfast derby)

Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club was founded on 20 September 1879 by John McAlery in the Cliftonville suburb of north Belfast, and it is the oldest football club in Ireland. The club has played its home matches at Solitude since 1890. It is known as the Reds, and its early history includes helping to establish the Irish Football Association in 1880 and the Irish Football League in 1890. The club was an all-amateur side until the early 1970s, and it enjoyed a notable era in the late 1970s and again from the late 1990s into the 2010s.

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