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Valeview Shankill SBFC are now SHANKILL F.C.

New name for Club
Valeview Shankill Schoolboys Football Club decided at its last Annual General Meeting on 1st March 2010 to change its official name to Shankill Football Club. The possibility of changing the name of the club had been discussed by the committee over the past year and for a number of reasons it was decided to propose the name change at the AGM.

These reasons included -

Many clubs over the years had taken the word "school" out of their official title, as it gave the impression that the club is associated with a school.
 
The club has for many years catered for girls, and this season the number of girls in the club has grown substantially. It was not appropriate therefore to have the club referred to as a "boys" football club.

As there was already a seperate adult team in Shankill with the name of Valeview Shankill FC, this name was not an option for the club.