The Irish Football League
du Nord, May 4, 2009
Justin Paul gives us the view in Northern Ireland as the season reaches the climax. And gives us some history too.The Irish Football League season was decided last weekend with Glentoran FC winning the title. Glentoran are one of Northern Ireland's big two, along with the larger and more successful Linfield FC. Glentoran are based in the largely Protestant East Belfast and you can see the shipyard of Harland and Wolff -- the builders of the Titanic over their terrace. They were the childhood team of East Belfast's most famous product, George Best, but he was rejected by the club as a youth for his smaller size. In the larger scheme of football, their success has paled in comparison to South Belfast club Linfield FC. Linfield play in Windsor Park, the home of the Northern Ireland national team and have often benefited from close links with the IFA and their status as being a Protestant club similar to Glasgow Rangers. Linfield claim to have on the most trophies of any football club in the world. To their acco