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The NIFG History Trail


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Park Shopping Centre, Belfast 
- Site of Celtic Park, home of Belfast Celtic and witness to Joe Bambrick's double hattrick against Wales
Windsor Park, Belfast
- Home to Linfield and (Northern) Ireland for more than a century.
George Best Belfast City Airport
- Named in honour of Northern Ireland's most gifted player.
Solitude, Belfast
- Home of Ireland's oldest club, Cliftonville
Jennings Park, Newry
- Named on honour of Northern Ireland's most capped player
Moss Rose
- Home to Macclesfield Town and featuring the Sammy McIlroy Suite in honour of their most successful manager

Turf Moor
- Home to Burnley and featuring the Jimmy McIlroy Stand in honour of their greatest ever player.
New Grosvenor Stadium, Ballyskeagh
- Home to Lisburn Distillery and overlooking Jimmy McIlroy Park
Blanchflower Stadium & Playing Fields
- In honour of Northern Ireland and Spurs' legendary captain
+54° 36' 50.81", -5° 51' 54.71"
219 Roden St
- Home to goalscorer supreme, Joe Bambrick
Belfast, BT12 5QB, UK
18 Crevolea Rd
- Home to Sam English, holder of Rangers record for most goals in a season. 
Blackhill, Coleraine BT51 4ES, UK
- Home of English football and venue for two famous Northern Ireland wins.
Wembley, Middlesex HA9 0WS, UK
Dalymount Park
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
- Home of Wrexham FC and venue of the world's first international match to be filmed
Site of Boothferry Park
- Venue for Northern Ireland's first match during their 1970s exile.
+53° 44' 25.52", -0° 23' 23.02"
Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road, Dublin)
- The first venue outside Belfast to host an Ireland home match
William St, Milford, Armagh
- Park in honour of William McCrum, inventor of the penalty kick
Milford, Armagh BT60 3PD, UK
Mestalla Stadium
Estadio La Romareda
50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Vicente CalderĆ³n Stadium
Ɩrjans Vall
Malmƶ Stadion
Ektorpsgatan 1
602 37 Norrkƶping, Sweden
Estadio 3 de Marzo
Jalisco Stadium
Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust
Olympic Park
Hindmarsh Stadium
Irish FA Headquarters
- Admin offices of the local governing body and former home of Titanic designer, Thomas Andrews
Church Street, Magherafelt
- Birth place of Peter Doherty
Magherafelt BT45, UK
Milltown Cemetery
- Burial place of many ex internationals
Belfast City Cemetery
- Burial place of many ex internationals
Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok
- Venue of Northern Ireland's first match played in Asia
27 Rosemary St
- Site of the Irish Tweed House, managed by IFA founder, John "Mac" McAlery
Belfast, BT1 1QA, UK
6 Donegall St
- Site of McAlery & Lowry's Outfitters, run by IFA founder John "Mac" McAlery
Belfast BT1 1, UK

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