Shore Road, Belfast
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The Shore Road and its surrounding area is home to a number of [football](/wiki/Association_football "Association football") clubs. The largest of these is [NIFL Premiership](/wiki/NIFL_Premiership "NIFL Premiership") club [Crusaders F.C.](/wiki/Crusaders_F.C. "Crusaders F.C."), whose [Seaview](/wiki/Seaview_%28football_ground%29 "Seaview (football ground)") home is located on the road. The club had previously played at Simpson's Boiler Field further up the Shore Road until they settled at Seaview in 1921\.[Crusaders history](http://www.crusadersfc.com/about/history.htm)  Since 2013 Seaview has also been home to [Newington Youth F.C.](/wiki/Newington_Youth_F.C. "Newington Youth F.C.") Skegoneill Avenue, a street almost facing Seaview which links the Shore Road to the Antrim Road contains the home stadium of [Brantwood F.C.](/wiki/Brantwood_F.C. "Brantwood F.C."), which the ground also known as [Skegoneill Avenue](/wiki/Skegoneill_Avenue "Skegoneill Avenue").[Ground details](http://www.brantwoodfc.com/page46.html) Further up in the Greencastle suburb the Shore Road playing fields are home to [Northern Amateur Football League](/wiki/Northern_Amateur_Football_League "Northern Amateur Football League") sides [Grove United F.C.](/wiki/Grove_United_F.C. "Grove United F.C.") and [Malachians F.C.](/wiki/Malachians_F.C. "Malachians F.C.")[Ground information](http://www.thenafl.co.uk/grounds/id/37)

The Tiger's Bay area is home to the Midland Boxing Club[Belfast unites against hate crime at City Hall](http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/news/news.asp?id=2316) where reigning [WBA (Super)](/wiki/World_Boxing_Association%23Super_titles "World Boxing Association#Super titles") [featherweight](/wiki/Featherweight "Featherweight") champion [Carl Frampton](/wiki/Carl_Frampton "Carl Frampton") was amongst the fighters they trained. [World Flyweight champion](/wiki/List_of_flyweight_boxing_champions "List of flyweight boxing champions") [Rinty Monaghan](/wiki/Rinty_Monaghan "Rinty Monaghan"), a native of the nearby [Sailortown](/wiki/Sailortown_%28Belfast%29 "Sailortown (Belfast)") area, is commemorated by a statue on York Street.[Statue of boxing legend Rinty Monaghan unveiled in Belfast](http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/statue-boxing-legend-rinty-monaghan-9893604) 

Fortwilliam golf club is also located adjacent to the Shore Road. Located at Downview Avenue the course itself straddles Grays Lane, an arterial road linking the Shore Road and the Antrim Road in the Greencastle area close to the Whitewell Road.[Description of Golf Club](http://www.golftoday.co.uk/clubhouse/coursedir/ireland/Belfast/fortwilliam.html) Grove Swimming Baths were opened in the early 1960s and contained at the time the only international standard 25\-metre swimming pool in all Ireland.Harvey, p. 155 However it was closed with the opening of the Grove Wellbeing Centre and the building, which stood on the corner of North Queen Street, was demolished in 2013\.


Which sports clubs have played at Simpson's Boiler Field?