The Belfast and District League was a senior football league existing in Northern Ireland between 1890 and 1901. Although the league technically served the entire north of Ireland, only three clubs from outside Belfast ever competed in the league, Derry Olympic, Derry Celtic and Milford. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Derry Celtic Football Club was a football club from Derry, Ireland (now a part of Northern Ireland). ... Milford is a common name. ...

The league was dominated in the early years by Linfield, the club finishing top in the first three seasons. However, they would only ever win it twice more, with Glentoran, Lisburn Distillery and Belfast Celtic winning the rest of the titles. At the end of the 1900-01 season, the league was replaced as the top tier league in Northern Irish football by the Irish League Division A which now allowed teams from the whole of Ireland to compete. 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. ... Glentoran F.C. is a Northern Irish football club, playing in Belfast. ... Lisburn Distillery F.C. is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Football League. ... Belfast Celtic Badge Belfast Celtic football club was founded in 1891 and was one of the most successful teams in Irish football until sectarian violence forced them to withdraw from the league in 1949. ... The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the organising body for the sport of football (soccer) in Northern Ireland. ... The Irish Football League (IFL), or Irish League, is a league of football (soccer) clubs in Northern Ireland. ...