Communities come together for new tournament in Belfast

An inaugural football match to showcase a cross-community sports initiative will take place at Crusaders FC home ground, Seaview, in Belfast this Sunday. The first edition of what is planned as an annual tournament will feature an under-16s game between Palmerstown FC and Limestone United, a cross-community club based in north Belfast. The cup is named in commemoration of the Belfast Star of the Sea football team of 1969, whose story was featured on these pages recently.
The initiative was organised by Raymond McCord, a victim’s rights campaigner from Belfast and an advocate from cross community integration through schooling and sport. McCord was a member of the Star of the Sea youth club and a player on the club’s football team which was one of the best underage sides in Ireland pri …

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