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    Cliftonville FC Youth

    FA Accredited
    Belfast, Belfast
    U8-U16
    Est. 1879

    North Belfast. Ireland's oldest football club. NIFL Premiership youth academy at Solitude.

    Club history

    Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional association football club playing in the NIFL Premiership – the top division of the Northern Ireland Football League. The club was founded on 20 September 1879 by John McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast and are the founders of football in Ireland.

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    About Cliftonville FC Youth

    Cliftonville FC Youth is one of many grassroots clubs based in Belfast, with roots going back to 1879. The club caters for U8-U16 and operates within the Belfast region, and holds FA Accreditation — the FA's quality mark for grassroots clubs meeting safeguarding, coaching, and player-welfare standards.

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