| Full name | Belfast Celtic Football Club CIC. | |
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| Nickname(s) | The "Dark Hoops" | |
| Founded | 1978 (as Sport and Leisure Swifts) 2019 (as Belfast Celtic) | |
| Ground | Glen Road Heights, Belfast | |
| Chairman | Jim Gillen | |
| Manager | Paddy Kelly & Stephen McAlorum | |
| League | Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League | |
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Belfast Celtic Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League. The club hails from Belfast and plays its home games at Páirc Na gCeiltigh (Glen Road Heights),[1] which is in the west of the city. It was founded as Sport & Leisure Swifts in 1978, although the club views its rebranding in 2019 as the beginning of a new club,[2] when it was rebranded as Belfast Celtic.[2]
The club played in the County Down Premier League and the Dunmurry League, before joining the Northern Amateur League in 1990.[3] The club in 2019 changed its name to Belfast Celtic.
The club joined the IFA Championship (later the NIFL Premier Intermediate League) in 2009. It shared Larne's Inver Park ground while its own home at Glen Road was improved to Championship standard.
In 2019, the club was relegated from the Northern Ireland Football League and joined the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League. This coincided with a name change to Belfast Celtic.[4]
- ^ "Páirc Na gCeiltighBelfastBT11 8RB". 27 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Home page". Belfastceltic. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, page 218
- ^ "Belfast Celtic: Irish FA grant Sport & Leisure Swifts request to change club name". Belfast Telegraph. Independent News & Media. 11 January 2019.