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by Vladimir Kunde Published 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago
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What makes Linfield National Golf Club so special?

The biggest draw for Linfield National Golf Club is the unique layout, which combines the elements of a links-style course with the traditional characteristics of water, trees and changing elevations.

Who is the manager of Linfield FC?

The club, nicknamed the Blues, are managed by former Northern Ireland international and current all-time NI record goalscorer, David Healy. Healy was appointed on 14 October 2015 to succeed Warren Feeney, who had resigned in order to become assistant manager of Newport County. Linfield holds several domestic and world records.

What is Linfield's history at Windsor Park?

The ground has been the club's home since 1905. Since 1905, Windsor Park in south Belfast has been Linfield's home ground. In the initial years after the club was formed in 1886, Linfield had to change grounds several times for various reasons such as housing development.

How many league titles has Linfield won?

Linfield has won 53 league championships to date - more than twice as many titles as any other Northern Irish club, and the second-highest total of top division league titles won by any club in the world (one behind the current record holders, Rangers, with 54 Scottish titles ).

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Where was the Linfield Athletic Club founded?

The club was founded in March 1886 in an area of south Belfast known as Sandy Row by workers at the Ulster Spinning Company's Linfield Mill. Originally known as Linfield Athletic Club, the team played on ground owned by the company at the back of the mill known as the Meadow.

Where is Linfield Football Club?

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. The club was founded in 1886 as Linfield Athletic Club and in 1905 moved into their current home of Windsor Park, ...

How many goals did Linfield score in 1935?

The 1931–32, 1933–34 and 1934–35 league titles followed for Linfield, before Bambrick left the club to join Chelsea in 1935 having scored 286 league goals in just 183 games for Linfield – a remarkable ratio of 1.56 goals per game.

What are the rivals of Linfield?

Linfield's main rivals are Glentoran from east Belfast – a rivalry which is commonly referred to as the Big Two. However, this term did not always refer to Linfield and Glentoran; up until 1949, the Big Two consisted of Linfield and Belfast Celtic, as they had traditionally been the two most successful clubs in Northern Irish football to that point. However, after Belfast Celtic withdrew from the league in 1949, Glentoran gradually established themselves as Linfield's biggest rivals. The earliest recorded match between the two clubs was played on 1 October 1887 – just over a year after Linfield's formation. A friendly match played at King's Field, Westbourne in Ballymacarrett was won 3–1 by Linfield (then known as Linfield Athletic). In 1890, the two teams played each other competitively for the first time, during the inaugural Irish League season. Linfield won 7–0 at Musgrave Park on 18 October, and 6–0 at Ulsterville Avenue on 21 March 1891. The first meeting at the Oval took place on 8 October 1892, and the first meeting at Windsor Park took place 13 years later on 2 September 1905.

How many times has Linfield won the League Cup?

Linfield has also won the League Cup a record ten times, and has won 4 all-Ireland cup competitions - the 1960–61 North-South Cup, 1970–71 Blaxnit Cup, 1980–81 Tyler Cup and the 2005 Setanta Cup. The club has never won a European trophy, but did reach the quarter-finals of the 1966–67 European Cup .

What is the largest football stadium in Northern Ireland?

Windsor Park is the largest Association football stadium in Northern Ireland, with Glentoran's ground, the Oval, being the next largest. The governing body of Northern Irish football, the Irish Football Association, manages the stadium, while Linfield retains ownership of the land.

How many trophies did Linfield 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.

How old do you have to be to play Lynx junior golf clubs?

Junior Clubs. Lynx offers junior golfers looking for a set of clubs have several options to choose from. Starting at players ages 2-years-old (36 inches tall) all the way through the time they’re ready for their first adult set.

When did Lynx come out?

Lynx Golf Declares "Comeback" With Clubs for Every Golfer. Lynx Golf was founded in the 1970s by John Riley Sr. and Carl Ross, and five decades later the iconic independent club manufacturer is still making noise in the 2020s.

Is Tiger Woods coming back to Lynx?

In a blog post on the site, Lynx revealed that the company had been breathing new life into Lynx throughout the UK since 2013, and added “Tiger Woods is not the only cat making a comeback in 2019.”.

Is Lynx a Goldsmith?

Lynx was popular from its inception and was even in the bag of a multiple major champions in the 1990s. In 1998, Goldsmith, a nationwide club-maker and retailer, bough Lynx Golf and, along with Snake Eyes Golf Clubs Inc., and Black Rock Golf Corp., became the flagship of the Golfsmith line. In 2017, Golfsmith entered bankruptcy and was sold to Dick’s Sporting Goods. Following the sale, Lynx returned to its status as an independent club manufacturer.

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