Tuesday, August 28 – 1888
The Canadian football team arrived to Belfast yesterday from Glasgow. This is the first visit of any football team from Canada to the United Kingdom. They open on Saturday first at Shaftesbury grounds, Belfast, when they meet the County Antrim Association. On Monday they play the Distillery, and on Wednesday they play the Young Men’s Christian Association, after which they leave Belfast for Scotland.
(Edinburgh Evening News, 29-08-1888)