This is just one of the nine kids and local community boards (five from the Charter Youth Club, four from the Sandy Row Womans Group [sic]) at the blind end of Blythe Street, Belfast. The panel in the middle right of this one is of kids taking part in “Give Sectarianism The Boot” an initiative of the IFA and Community Relations Council.
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The Irish Football Association is the organising body of the Northern Ireland soccer team. Belfast-born players Warren Feeney and Grant McCann are featured (please e-mail with corrections).
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Heroes from the Celtic’s past Charlie Tully (of Belfast and Glasgow Celtic), Willie Maley (the first manager), Br. Walfrid (founder of the club in 1888), Jock Stein (manager in 1967) look down over the current team “doing the huddle”.
Friendly Street, Markets, south Belfast
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St Pauli is a Hamberg soccer club with a wide following due to the “gegen Rechts” [against the right] philosophy of its fans. Its supporters clubs can be found in places as far-flung as Belfast, Liverpool, Bilbao, Stockholm, San Francisco, and (naturally!) St Paul (Minnesota, USA).
Northumberland Street, Belfast
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Rangers were Scottish Premier League champions in 2008-2009. They also beat Falkirk 1–0 in the final of the 2009 Scottish Cup championship (WP). They rode to victory thanks to a nacho Novo goal.
Ballyearl Drive, New Mossley, Newtownabbey
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The players of Scottish soccer team Glasgow Celtic are shown ‘doing the huddle’ on the side of the Bowling Green pub in Main Street, Strabane (An Srath Bán). The red-and-white flag is the flag of county Derry.
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Footballers T[ommy] Dickson ‘The Duke Of Windsor‘ (WP), J[oe] Bambrick (WP), and Elisha Scott (WP) are celebrated in a mural along Broadway in south Belfast.
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A mural in east Belfast listing local players who have played for Rangers, in Glasgow, Scotland. Featured in the centre is S. English, who scored 72 goals in 81 appearances, including 44 in the 1931-1932 season.
Ravenhill Street, Belfast
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Three new murals are added to the walls of the Lecky Road underpass to brighten it up. Above, St Colmcille (St Columba) sails from Derry to Iona (Scotland), in order to start a monastery there; he founded a Derry monastery in 540. The smaller pieces show the emblem of (Glasgow) Celtic FC and a young mother in front of a (civil rights?) protest beside Free Derry Corner.
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Rangers Football Club, founded in 1873, has its home in Glasgow, Scotland but has a large following among Northern Irish Protestants.
Union Street, Portadown
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