Fan-owned Crusaders FC (and NI Women's Premier League champions, Crusaders Strikers) is a North Belfast football team formed in 1898 and known as the Hatchetmen. The team won the 2011-12 Setanta All-Ireland Championship and seven Irish Premier League Cups, including the 2017-18 season. The club's home is Seaview, a 3200 capacity stadium that boasts NI’s first '4G' artificial surface.

Stadium hire, pitch bookings, matches (incl. corporate hospitality and Training Suite), football-themed birthday parties, school sports days and corporate/works leisure events are all available at this family-friendly venue. Local premier Amateur League side Newington YC, the IFA’s Football for All, the Peace Players International and a host of community users are among the clubs and associations who use its facilities. Mini soccer runs every Sunday.