Jon “Ugg” Clifford died in 2011, having founded Tristar Boys FC (web) in 1974. Bull Park in Creggan has been renamed in his honour and this new board mounted above the park.
(BelTel | Derry Journal)
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“Machaıre Botháın” [Bothain] (Marrowbone) Youth Club mural just off Oldpark Road, celebrating Gaelic games, Cliftonville soccer, Antrim, and the four provinces of Ireland.
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Sport and politics intersect in this mural at the junction of Broadway and Donegall Avenue in south Belfast. Northern Irish flags provide a backdrop for the shields of Linfield football club and the Northern Ireland football association.
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This mural celebrates a 1-0 win by Northern Ireland over England. The image reproduces this Belfast Telegraph photograph of David Healy scoring.
Carnforth Street, clearly visible as you proceed along Albertbridge Road.
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Summer 2012 saw a number of major events, including Euro2012, the Olympics, Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, and planning by the Unionist Centenary Committee – all featured on a promotional board over the Cambrai Street courtyard of the Mountainview Tavern.
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Soccer stars Rooney, Dida, Ronaldo, George Best, Larson [sic], Fernando Torres, Nakamura look down from the heavens on a local football match where the ‘keeper has taken one to the face.
Harcourt Street, north Belfast
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Linfield FC is a south-Belfast soccer club. The 1961-1962 season is one of two seven-trophy seasons in the club’s history, the first being 40 years previously in 1921-1922 (WP).
Vanguard Bears is a Rangers supporters club.
Sugarfield Street, upper Shankill, west Belfast
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Sporting mural on the side of Sean Graham’s bookmakers. Ireland’s leading goal-scorer Robbie Keane is on the left. Cú Chulaınn plays hurling in the centre. (See also the mural on Casement Park M05144.) The boxer on the right is John Caldwell, a champion from the 1950s and 1960s from Cyprus Street (WP). Painted by a Short Strand artist at the junction of Whiterock and Falls roads.
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The lion rampant outside Larne Branch (founded 1963 Fb) of the Glasgow Rangers FC supporters club, with a shamrock included.
Greenland Drive, Larne
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Rangers Football Club, founded in 1872 (rather than the 1873 shown here – Britannica), has its home in Glasgow, Scotland, but has a large following among Northern Irish Protestants.
Union Street, Edgarstown, Portadown
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