Do Linfield have Catholic players?
At that time, it was well known that Linfield did not sign Catholics, so the move was not universally accepted within the Blues family. However, Linfield chairman David Campbell and the Management Committee at Windsor stood by Coyle’s signing and Coly was welcomed into the Blues fold.
Is Linfield the most successful team world?
Linfield has won 55 league championships to date – more than twice as many titles as any other Northern Irish club, and a joint world record for the most top division league titles won by any club; a record shared with Rangers, who have won 55 Scottish titles.
Which Scottish clubs are Protestant?
Rangers
Hearts and Rangers are the two Protestant clubs and Hibs, Celtic are the two Catholic clubs.
Where does Linfield f.c.play their football?
Linfield Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which plays in the NIFL Premiership – the highest level of the Northern Ireland Football League.
When did Alan Milburn play for Linfield F.C.?
In September 1959, he scored both goals against IFK Göteborg in a 2–1 Linfield win at Windsor Park in the first leg of the 1959–60 European Cup preliminary round tie – the club’s European debut. Milburn was also the Irish league’s top goal scorer on two occasions before leaving the club in 1960 to join Yiewsley.
How many trophies did Linfield f.c.win?
In the 1921–22 season, Linfield completed an unprecedented clean sweep of all seven available trophies – to date, this is the only recorded instance of a seven-trophy season being achieved in world football. In 2006, the club won all four available domestic trophies, to achieve a domestic quadruple.
When did Linfield FC win the Irish Cup?
As this was an unofficial competition, any titles during this time are not counted as Irish League Championships. Linfield won this competition twice, in 1915–16 along with the Irish Cup, and in 1917–18. The team that lifted an unprecedented seven trophies in the 1921–22 season.