Linfield F.C.
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| Full name | Linfield Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Blues" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Windsor Park, Belfast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 20,332 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | David Crawford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | David Jeffrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Irish Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004/2005 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linfield F.C. (the Blues) are a Northern Irish football team, founded in March 1886 in south Belfast, who play at Windsor Park, the 'home' of the Northern Ireland international team.
Its fan base mainly comes from the Protestant or Unionist population in and around Belfast.
The governing body of Northern Ireland football, the Irish Football Association, leases the ground for use by the national team. The club, which has the biggest fan base in Northern Ireland, has a playing record unsurpassed in Irish soccer, winning the Premiership title 45 times, and the Irish F.A. Cup 36 times. It has won 17 domestic doubles as of 2004, tying them with Scottish power Rangers on the top of the all-time world list.
Honours
- League titles: 45
- 1890/91, 1891/92, 1892/93, 1894/95, 1897/98, 1901/02, 1903/04, 1906/07, 1907/08, 1908/09, 1910/11, 1913/14, 1921/22, 1922/23, 1929/30, 1931/32, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1948/49, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1965/66, 1968/69, 1970/71, 1974/75, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2003/04
- Irish Cups: 36
- 1890/91, 1891/92, 1892/93, 1894/95, 1897/98, 1898/99, 1901/02, 1903/04, 1911/12, 1912/13, 1914/15, 1915/16, 1918/19, 1921/22, 1922/23, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1938/39, 1941/42, 1944/45, 1945/46, 1947/48, 1949/50, 1952/53, 1959/60, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1969/70, 1977/78, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1993/94, 1994/95, 2001/02
- League Cups: 7
- 1986/87, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2001/02
Italics – Linfield won the league and the Irish Cup. In 1993/94, Linfield added its League Cup for a domestic treble.
External Link
Linfield FC Website (http://www.linfieldfc.com/)
| Irish Football League 2005-2006 | ||
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| Premier Division
Ards | Armagh City | Ballymena Utd | Cliftonville | Coleraine | Dungannon Swifts | Glenavon | Glentoran | Institute | Larne | Limavady Utd | Linfield | Lisburn Distillery | Loughgall | Newry City | Portadown | | ||
| First Division
Ballyclare Comrades | Banbridge Town | Bangor | Carrick Rangers | Coagh Utd | Crusaders | Donegal Celtic | Dundela | HW Welders | Moyola Park | Omagh Town | Tobermore Utd | | ||
| Second Division
Annagh Utd | Ballinamallard Utd | Ballymoney Utd | Breantwood | Chimney Corner | Dergview | Lurgan Celtic | Oxford Utd | Portstewart | PSNI | Queens Univ | Wakehurst | | ||
