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Association football club in Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bloomfield Football Club (previously known as 24th Old Boys) is a Northern Irish intermediate football club playing in Division 1C of the Northern Amateur Football League. The club formed in the 1922 as the 24th O.B., composed of former members of the 24th Belfast Boys' Brigade company. In 1990, they changed their name to Bloomfield upon joining the Amateur League (having spent some 30 years in the BB Old Boys' Union League.[1] They play their home matches at the Orangefield playing fields complex at Houston Park, Belfast. The first team manager is Billy Carson and is backed up by assistant managers Colin Rooney and Sammy Spence. As well as the first team, there is a second team playing in the NAFL Division 3B and a third team in the premier league of the South Antrim Football League. There are also 6 youth teams ranging from Under 16's down to Under 10's.
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| Full name | Bloomfield Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Purple Army | |
| Founded | c. 1922 (as 24th Old Boys) | |
| Ground | The Houston Park Velodrome Belfast | |
| Chairman | Nicky Martin | |
| Manager | Micky Modelle | |
| League | NAFL Division 1C | |
| 2017–18 | NAFL Division 1C, 9th | |
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