Users' questions

Are Crusaders FC Catholic or Protestant?

Are Crusaders FC Catholic or Protestant?

Of the major clubs in the Irish League, Ballymena, Coleraine, Crusaders, Glenavon, Glentoran and Portadown are all mainly supported by Protestants, only Cliftonville has a predominantly Catholic following.

Who plays at Seaview Belfast?

Crusaders F.C.
Crusaders Strikers F.C.Newington F.C.
Crusaders FC/Teams

Who is the biggest football club in Northern Ireland?

Linfield F.C.
Linfield Football Club is a professional football club based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which plays in the NIFL Premiership – the highest level of the Northern Ireland Football League.

Who is the best football team in Northern Ireland?

Updated after matches played on 29 August 2021

Rank Club / Country Points
1 Linfield Northern Ireland 1399
2 Coleraine Northern Ireland 1371
3 Crusaders Northern Ireland 1341
4 Glentoran Northern Ireland 1322

Where does Crusaders football club play their home games?

Crusaders Football Club is a professional Northern Irish football club, playing in the NIFL Premiership. The club, founded in 1898, is based in north Belfast and plays its home matches at Seaview. Crusaders originally played as a junior level team until 1921.

Who is the manager of Crusaders football club?

The club’s traditional kit colours are red and black, and the current manager is former player Stephen Baxter, who is now the club’s longest serving manager, having been appointed in 2005. The club’s closest rivals are Cliftonville, with whom they contest the North Belfast derby.

Who was the top scorer at Crusaders football club?

Morrison was the club’s top scorer of their first senior season with 11 goals in all competitions.

When did Crusaders go to the Senior League?

Crusaders won the 1948–49 Intermediate League with a record number of points, and coupled with the vacancy created by the dramatic withdrawal of Belfast Celtic from the senior ranks in 1949, Crusaders were finally elected to the senior Irish League in time for the start of the 1949–50 season.