20/05/2002

Keith Gillespie kicks off Belfast City Cup

Blackburn Rovers and Northern Ireland football star Keith Gillespie will be the special guest at a press conference this Wednesday to announce details of the 2002 Belfast City Cup international youth football tournament.

The five day tournament, now in its fourth year, is being staged at the City of Belfast Playing Fields in August and will feature competitions for boys, girls, women and for people with learning difficulties.

Keith Gillespie will kick off this year’s tournament with the help of the Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Hugh Smyth, and a host of Irish League stars, as well as young people representing many of the teams already signed up for this year’s competition.

(CL)


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