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Paradise Lost and Found
The Story of Belfast Celtic
- Author:
- By Padraig Coyle
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- Paperback
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- Published: 1st Mar 2001
- ISBN: 1840184515
- Pages: 208
- Size: 198mm x 127mm
From Word of Sport:
The remarkable story of Belfast Celtic, setting the club's achievements against the turbulent background of the Home Rule campaign, the Irish Civil War and the formation of Northern Ireland. He also uncovers the conflicting theories behind the decision to wind up the club at the height of its success.
From the Publisher:
On Boxing day 1948, forty thousand spectators gathered in Belfast for the tradional derby game between Linfield and Belfast Celtic at Windsor Park, Linfield's home ground. No one could have anticipated the impact of a horrifically violent incident at the end of the game which was to signal the demise of one of the greatest clubs in the history of Irish football.
In an age of extreme bigotry, sectarianism, poverty and social deprivation, Belfast Celtic offered a beacon of fair play and sportsmanship to the city's beleaguered working-class Catholics. It exerted an enormous influence on them and gave purpose to their lives. As one former supporter recalls, When we had nothing, we had Belfast Celtic. Then we had everything.
Since its formation in 1891, the club had set out to model itself on Glasgow Celtic through its attractive style of play, its work for charity and its non-sectarian signing policy. Under as astute board of management, it operated as a highly profitable financial institution, searching out the best players available and signing them for what was in those days, big money. Among its supporters, Belfast Celtic's home ground was known as Paradise - a nickname for which no explanation was required.
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