| Clubname: | Wellington Park |
| Fullname: | Wellington Park Football Club |
| Nickname: | the Parkites[1] |
| Founded: | 1882 |
| Dissolved: | 1887 |
| Ground: | Stranmillis (1882-85)[2] Eglantine (1885-86)[3] Colin View (1886-87)[4] |
| Chrtitle: | Hon. Secretary |
| Chairman: | J. T. Gibb |
| Mgrtitle: | Captain |
| Manager: | W. E. King[5] |
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Wellington Park Football Club is a former Irish football club from Belfast.
The club was founded in 1882 by members of Rugby Lacrosse Club.[6] [7] It hit the ground running; the club's second match was against the oldest Irish club, Cliftonville, in October 1882, and Park won 3–2, although Cliftonville was one man short.[8]
It reached the final of the Irish Cup in 1884, losing 5–0 to Distillery at Ormeau Road, the ground of Ulster F.C., in front of a crowd of 2,000.[9]
The club wound up at the end of the 1886–87 season and was reformed as Rugby Football Club, now playing rugby union.[10] Rugby F.C. in turn folded in 1890 and some of its former members helped form Collegians rugby club, while others formed the Windsor rugby club.[11]
Although the lacrosse and rugby clubs wore maroon,[12] the football club wore white jerseys.[13]