About Queen's Island FC

Queen’s Island Football Club was a football team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was formed in 1920 by workers from the Queen’s Island shipyards, and quickly became competitive in local football. The club initially played in intermediate competitions, where it achieved early success and established itself as a strong works team.

After joining senior football in the Irish League in the early 1920s, Queen’s Island experienced a rapid rise. The club reached the top level of Northern Irish football and enjoyed its most successful period in the 1923–24 season, when it won both the league title and the Irish Cup. During this era, it was considered one of the strongest teams in the country despite being a relatively new club.

However, the club’s success was short-lived. By the late 1920s, performances declined significantly, and in the 1928–29 season it finished at the bottom of the league with a very poor defensive record. As a result, Queen’s Island was voted out of the Irish League in 1929, effectively ending its status as a senior football club.