Belvedere F.C.

Like Home Farm, Stella Maris and Cherry Orchard, Belvedere is well known for its youth system which has successfully produced hundreds of players who have gone onto play & coach for professional clubs throughout Ireland, the United Kingdom and worldwide.

[1] In the seasons since the club has won an astonishing array of youth league and cup competitions at both provincial and national level.

Belvedere played a Cobh Ramblers team featuring Keane in an FAI Youth Cup game at Fairview Park.

Former Belvedere manager and Nottingham Forest scout, Noel McCabe subsequently recommended Keane to Brian Clough.

On 31 May 2015 during an away game against St Kevin's Boys, Shetemi Ayetigbo, a Nigerian-Irish footballer then aged 16, collapsed and died while playing for Belvedere.