Shelbourne Football Club ( irish : Cumann Peile Shíol Bhroin ) is an irish association football clubhouse based in Drumcondra, Dublin, who play in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Shelbourne were founded in Dublin in 1895. In 1904 the club joined the Irish Football League, which was then an all Ireland rival, before becoming founding members of the League of Ireland in 1921. Shelbourne have won the league 13 times and are one of three clubs to have won both the IFA Cup and the FAI Cup. They play their family matches at Tolka Park, in the Dublin suburb of Drumcondra. The club colours are primarily loss and white, with home jerseys being predominantly red. “ Shels “ is the baseball club ‘s most common dub, an abbreviation of Shelbourne.
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In the 2004/05 european season, Shelbourne became the first gear irish club to reach the third base qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Their performances in european contest and former striker Jason Byrne being capped for the Republic of Ireland whilst with the club, gained Shelbourne external exposure. The club lost their Premier Division license for the 2007 season due to the baseball club ‘s debt site. Although the club was saved, since then, Shelbourne have chiefly played in the second gear tier of the League of Ireland .
history [edit ]
Formation & IFA years : 1895–1920 [edit ]
Shelbourne Football Club was formed in 1895 in the Ringsend area of Dublin by a group of men led by James Rowan. The cabaret took its name from the nearby Shelbourne Road. The clubhouse ‘s first base gear was at Havelock Square fair behind the union stand at the present day Aviva Stadium. Shelbourne ‘s second season was their foremost in competitive competition. Shelbourne played 28 matches, won 25, drew 2 and lost only 1. Their goal match was 109 for and 15 against. Shelbourne won the star junior competitions, the Leinster Junior Cup and League Championship. The cabaret decided to enter the elder ranks for the 1897–98 Season and reached the Leinster Senior Cup Final at their first base try, entirely to lose to Bohemians. They besides finished runner-up in the Leinster Senior League. The clubhouse won their beginning Leinster Senior Cup in 1899/1900, Shelbourne won the contest again in 1901 and 1904. The club made it into the Final of the IFA Cup in 1905 but were beaten by Distillery. The comply year Shelbourne defeated Belfast Celtic in the Cup Final 2–0 and became the foremost Southern club to win the IFA Cup, according to a Dublin newspaper “Tar Barrels and bonfires were blazing across Ringsend and Sandymount that night as the Irish Cup was paraded around the district”. [ 1 ] In 1906 Shelbourne player Val Harris became the cabaret ‘s first player to channel out for Ireland. In 1906 Shelbourne won their fourthly Leinster Senior Cup, the club besides played in a charity pit against Bohemians in 1906 and raised more than 100 pounds to build a Roman Catholic Church in Ringsend. [ 1 ] Shelbourne reached the IFA Cup Final again in 1907 and 1908 but were beaten on both occasion in replays against Cliftonville and Bohemians. In 1907 Shelbourne were besides irish Football League runner-up to Linfield. They won the Leinster Senior Cup again in 1908 and 1909. In 1909 Shelbourne were City Cup winners and finished 3rd place in the Irish Football League, behind champions Linfield and Glentoran. In 1911 Shelbourne won the IFA Cup for their second time. Shelbourne won the Leinster Senior Cup again in 1913 and 1914. Shelbourne were 1914 Gold Cup runner-up, and then winners in 1915. Shelbourne were Leinster Senior Cup winners again in 1917 and 1919. Shelbourne won the IFA Cup once more, in 1920 after the other semi-final was declared void as both of the teams involved were ejected from the contest ( Belfast Celtic and Glentoran ), before Shelbourne ‘s association with the Irish Football Association was to come to an end .
establishment of the League of Ireland : 1921–1929 [edit ]
Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Partition of Ireland and establishment of the Irish Free State, the League of Ireland was formed for clubs in the 26 counties of Ireland that had not remained partially of the United Kingdom. The contiguous causal agent of the split lie in a bitter dispute over the venue for the replay of an irish Cup match in 1921 involving Glentoran of Belfast and Shelbourne. When the first cup match was drawn in Belfast, because of the Irish war of independence, the IFA reneged on a promise to play the replay in Dublin and scheduled the replay again for Belfast. Shelbourne refused to comply and forfeited the Cup. [ 2 ] such was the anger over the return that the Leinster FA broke away from the IFA and formed its own national association, the contemporary Football Association of Ireland. Shelbourne became one of the original League of Ireland founder clubs along with Bohemians, St James ‘s Gate, Jacobs, Olympia, Frankfort, Dublin United and YMCA. In the hatchway 1921–22 Season, Shelbourne finished 3rd place behind winners St James ‘s Gate and Bohemians. Shelbourne finished runner-up the follow two seasons and won the 1924 Leinster Senior Cup, the reds finished third gear in the league again in the 1924–25 season before winning the league for their first fourth dimension the following season in 1925–26. They finished runners-up the follow two years before winning the 1928–29 Championship .
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Having failed to retain the championship in 1930, Shels won their third base league title in 1931 and were Leinster Senior Cup winners. In 1934 the clubhouse got into a dispute with the Free State F.A. when they looked for recompense when the FAIFS arranged a match for the same day as Shelbourne had a equal scheduled. In the row that followed, Shels resigned from the League and were then suspended from football for a class by the FAI. The clubhouse played no football during the 1934–35 season and spent the 1935–36 season in the Athletic Union League before being re-admitted to the League of Ireland for the start of the 1936–37 temper. During the 1935–36 season a team called Reds United, made up of a issue of Shels players and backed by Shels personnel, competed in the League of Ireland and finished a goodly fourth. At the end of the season, they resigned from the League to make direction for Shels restitution. The ten had a glad ending though as success in the FAI Cup last arrived ( many fans had started to believe the baseball club was suffering from a curse ). It was in the 1939 cup final examination that the supposed excommunicate was broken. Sligo Rovers who boasted Dixie Dean, the goalscoring legend of the Football League, were finally beaten after a replay thanks to a long-range goal from ‘Sacky ‘ Glen. After so many attempts, the blasphemous ribbon of Irish football made its way to Shelbourne Park for the first clock. official figures put the attendances at 30,000 and 25,000 for the first gear concluding and the replay respectively .
As the euphoria of the first FAI Cup achiever wore off, the forties started slowly adequate for the Reds, and it was n’t until 1944 that the league backing was won again-for a fourthly time, along with the Shield. The entitle was clinched after an epic 5–3 winnings over local anesthetic rivals Shamrock Rovers. Luck was reversed though in the FAI Cup Final as Rovers stopped the Reds from winning the soprano. Shels went down 3–2 but felt aggrieved that the referee award them a punishment when it seemed a Rovers defender had handled the ball after it went over the goal-line. The subsequent punishment was missed. Shels won another Leinster Senior Cup in 1946. Another league title, however, was wrapped up on the last sidereal day in 1947 and was again secured against Shamrock Rovers. The completion of the ten marked the end of an earned run average. In April 1949, Shels drew 2–2 against Waterford in what was the club ‘s final competitive game at Shelbourne Park. The plan was that Shels would build a new stadium in Ringsend. The 1948–49 season besides saw Shels win their seventh Shield and fourteenth Leinster Senior Cup .
In 1951, Shels made it to the FAI Cup final examination where they met Cork Athletic who had already wrapped up the league. Tommy Carberry had scored in every round for the Reds and did so again in the final examination, played in front man of over 38,900 fans, but it was only good enough to earn a replay which Athletic won. A sixth league championship was won in 1953, and then in 1955–56 Shels played their only season in Irishtown Stadium. The ground, however, was far from complete despite a huge amount of voluntary exercise being carried out by supporters and offered no tax shelter for the fans from the elements. Shels were tenants at Tolka Park the come season. During that season Gerry Doyle was appointed coach and a new earned run average was being ushered in for the Reds. The FAI Youth Cup was won in 1959 and Doyle was true to his give voice, “ if they ‘re good enough, they ‘re honest-to-god enough ” and six of the Youth Cup-winning team became first-team regulars. Amongst them was Tony Dunne who would be by and by transferred to Manchester United with whom he picked up a european Cup winners medal in 1968 .
The early years of the sixties went capital for the Reds. Three goal wins over Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk put Shelbourne in the 1960 FAI Cup Final where they beat Cork Hibernians 2–0 to get their hands on the trophy for entirely the second base time. Cork Celtic were beaten by a Ben Hannigan goal in a play-off for the league in 1962 and merely illness to three key players as a resultant role of vaccinations taken on a League of Ireland spokesperson trip to Italy price Shelbourne the FAI Cup and a first ‘double ‘ as they went down to Shamrock Rovers in the final examination despite being red-hot favourites. The FAI Cup was however won the follow class and it was a repeat of the 1960 final. A 2–0 succeed over Cork Hibs .
The commemorative plaque in Tolka Park, detailing the quickest hattrick ever, as scored by Jimmy O’Connor on 19 November 1967. With this achiever came the excitement of european club football, Shelbourne played their first european catch against Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1962, they were beaten 2–0 in the first leg held at Dalymount Park and then 5–1 in Portugal to go out 7–1 on aggregate. The following season they took on FC Barcelona in the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup but were beaten 5–1 on aggregate. In 1963 Shelbourne won another Leinster Senior Cup. In 1964 the clubhouse ultimately sold their final interest in Irishtown Stadium. Shelbourne won their first european game & tie in the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, after the first peg resulted in a 0–0 reap and the second leg finished 1–1, Shelbourne won a playoff equal against portuguese side Belenenses, the following round they were eliminated 2–0 on aggregate by Atlético Madrid. On 19 November 1967 in a match between Shelbourne and rivals Bohemians, Shelbourne player Jimmy O’Connor set the record for the earth ‘s fastest hat-trick in crown tier domestic league history. O’Connor scored three goals in 2 minutes and 13 seconds [ 3 ] in Dalymount Park. Shelbourne won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1968. In the years that followed, televised highlights of English football began to be broadcast into Ireland and the push around most of the league grounds plummeted. Clubs in the league came under huge fiscal pressure, players left for England at a younger age, grounds became creaky, and media coverage about disappeared .
refuse in the seventies and eighties : 1970–1989 [edit ]
There was a bright enough begin to the seventies as Athlone Town were beaten in the Shield concluding second replay, a acquire that would see the Reds enter the new UEFA Cup the surveil season. however, it was to be the last trophy the club would win for some clock apart from their Leinster Senior Cup winnings in 1972. Cork Hibs tick Shels in the replay of the 1973 FAI Cup Final in Flower Lodge -the only time the final was always played outside Dublin while Shelbourne were eliminated from the UEFA Cup by Hungarians Vasas SC in what would be their last european game for 21 years. Two years late Shels were shocked in the Cup final by amateur Home Farm. During this clock the cabaret ‘s ongoing problems were covered in a ground-breaking RTÉ fly on the wall objective entitled In My Book You Should Be Ahead. In 1978, Jimmy Johnstone, a european Cup winner with Celtic in 1967 signed concisely for the club. ‘Jinky ‘ only played 9 games for the Reds and the european Cup winner failed to score in any of his appearances. In 1984, Shels lost out to Shamrock Rovers in the FAI Cup semi-final replay. As the league was to expand to two divisions in the summer of 1985, the bottom four clubs at the end of the 1984/85 temper were to be relegated. Needing a succeed on the final day of the season, Shels found themselves two down at half-time away to Galway United. however, a epic comeback ensued and Shels got the three goals to take the points and avoid the sink. But the reprieve only lasted twelve months as Shelbourne were relegated on Goal Difference after finishing level on 13 points with Cork but on −25 finish deviation compared to Cork ‘s −21. Shels stay in the First Division was short-lived as they came back up straight away with Derry City. After two decades and more in the stagnation, the grey skies were clearing. Tony Donnelly took over the cabaret in 1989 and started to invest heavily. Shels were out of the creaky Harold ‘s Cross Stadium and taking over Tolka Park. Former Irish external Pat Byrne was installed as player-manager, and a overplus of new players arrived shortly after to bring back the glory days .
return to success : 1990–1999 [edit ]
The heavy investment in the club by the Donnelly family gave an about blink of an eye render as Shels captured their one-eighth league title at the end of the 1991/92 season – the first base for thirty years – when they won 3–1 away to outgoing champions Dundalk. Despite only needing a pull, Brian Flood sealed the acquire with a spectacular goal from thirty-five yards. Although the league title was lost the following temper after two series of play-offs involving Cork City and Bohemians, the FAI Cup was won, again after a thirty-year wait, when a Greg Costello header was enough to defeat Dundalk in Lansdowne Road. The club made a return to european competitions after a 21-year wait in 1992 when they faced ukrainian club SC Tavriya Simferopol in the newly formed UEFA Champions League, despite holding the Ukrainians to a scoreless draw in Dublin they were beaten 2–1 in Ukraine and eliminated from the competition. the keep up season Shelbourne won their first game in Europe for 30 years when they beat FC Karpaty Lviv of Ukraine, They advanced to play greek Giants Panathinaikos and were beaten 5–1 on aggregate. Later that season the Reds won so far another Leinster Senior Cup. Two seasons late they were hammered 6–0 on aggregate by Icelandic club ÍA Akraness in the UEFA Cup, the previous season they finished third base in the league and just two points behind winners Dundalk. Both the League Cup and the FAI Cup were won in arresting circumstances in 1996 under Damien Richardson. The League Cup was won, for the first gear prison term, in a penalty gunfight against Sligo Rovers after Shels had come from two down late on. In the FAI Cup Final against St. Patrick ‘s, Shels were reduced early on to ten men as custodian Alan Gough was sent off, and with no bomber keeper, midfielder Brian Flood played seventy minutes in goal. Despite trailing 1–0, Tony Sheridan equalised with a arresting lob in the last couple of minutes to force a replay. With Alan Gough back in goal for the replay, Shels won the trophy after Gough saved a late penalty and Stephen Geoghegan scored an even later winner. Shels became only the third baseball club to retain the FAI Cup when they defeated Derry City 2–0 in the 1997 final. Shelbourne fell to SK Brann in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup Preliminary cycle .
The scoreboard in Prenton Park, just before the hour scar. The 1997/98 season brought grief. Shels lost the League Cup Final to Sligo Rovers, the FAI Cup Final to Cork City after a replay, and worst of all, missed out on the league title on the last day of the season, they were besides narrowly eliminated from the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup by Kilmarnock. Richardson departed after this failure and in stepped the uncompromising Dermot Keely. Keely ‘s beginning season ended in disappointment, Shelbourne finished third base in the league and were knocked out of the FAI Cup at the Semi-Final stage. In the first Qualifying round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Shelbourne were drawn against Glasgow side & one of the Old Firm teams, Rangers. Due to security concerns Shelbourne ‘s home branch was moved to Prenton Park in Tranmere. Despite leading the 1st branch in Tranmere 3–0, Shelbourne were beaten 5–3 and late beaten 2–0 in the second base leg. In the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Shelbourne were beaten in the first round by Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax .
Glory years, European success & fiscal implosion : 2000–2006 [edit ]
After a mediocre beginning season, Dermot Keely brought Shels a historic first-ever League and FAI Cup double in 1999–2000. Having secured the league with a 2–0 acquire in Waterford which saw Shels lose merely once ahead then, the double was claimed thanks to a Pat Fenlon goal in the FAI Cup final replay away in Dalymount Park against Bohemians. The following temper though saw Shels again let the league style slip away on the last day. Shelbourne beat macedonian club FK Sloga Jugomagnat to set up a tie with Rosenborg BK, Shelbourne were eliminated by the Norwegians 4–2 on sum. The 2001–02 season was dogged in controversy as entitle challengers St Patrick ‘s Athletic were docked nine points for fielding an unregistered player in accord with the league ‘s rules, before having them restored. The league finally docked them fifteen points when it emerged a second unregistered player had played five games. This all led to Shels claiming their tenth league championship, in the same temper Shelbourne were eliminated from the UEFA Cup in the Preliminary attack by danish club Brøndby .
Under newfangled director Pat Fenlon the championship was missed out on in 2002–03 and Shelbourne were knocked out embarrassingly in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League First Qualifying round by Minnows Hibernians from Malta, but for the beginning time always, Shels won back-to-back titles in 2003 and 2004 as the league changed to a summer season. They were eliminated from the 2003–04 UEFA Cup in the hatchway round of games in the contest by Slovenians NK Olimpija Ljubljana. Shelbourne entered the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds in the First Round. After beating KR Reykjavík they advanced to face the then Croatian League Champions HNK Hajduk Split, after the beginning branch in Croatia Shelbourne were trailing 3–2, however thanks to a 2–0 victory at home Shelbourne advanced 4–3 on sum, Shelbourne became the first irish cabaret to reach the third qualifying beat of the UEFA Champions League and managed to pull off one of the biggest upsets in european Competitions caused by an irish Club. however, Shelbourne ‘s historic Champions League run came to an end when they were beaten by spanish golf club, Deportivo La Coruña 3–0 on aggregate, having achieved a 0–0 draw in Lansdowne Road in front of 25,000 fans. That season the club besides set a record for the longest european run in irish history, a record they held for seven more seasons. After the Champions League exit at the hands of Deportivo the club was entered into the UEFA Cup. There, Shels met french side Lille and were beaten 4–2 on aggregate, having come back from a two-goal deficit in Lansdowne Road to achieve a credible draw thanks to a brace from substitute Glen Fitzpatrick. Shelbourne went on to win the League in 2004. Having just failed to make the group stages of the Champions League & UEFA Cup in 2004, Shels brought in big-name players for the 2005 season, but merely finished third in the league and lost to Linfield in the first-ever Setanta Cup Final at Tolka Park, after beating Glentoran in the foremost qualifying round of the Champions League they were knocked out 4–1 on sum by romanian club Steaua Bucharest, despite holding the romanian side to a 0–0 tie in the first leg at Tolka Park .
2006 saw a change in fortunes for Shelbourne, with ‘The Reds ‘ winning the title on the concluding day of the temper on goal deviation from the old Derry City, they besides managed to reach the Intertoto Cup semi-finals in the Northern Region after beating lithuanian baseball club FK Vėtra 5–0 on aggregate, the largest victory in european Competitions for Shelbourne, but they were knocked out of the contest by danish side Odense BK 3–1 on aggregate, ‘The Reds ‘ had been beaten 3–0 in the inaugural leg at Fionia Park in Odense but earned a very respectable 1–0 winnings at Tolka Park, remaining undefeated at dwelling in Europe for 8 games, an irish record. In 2006 Shelbourne besides reached the League of Ireland Cup final for the first gear time since 1998 but lost on penalties. In 2006 Shelbourne became a extremity of the ‘European Club Forum ‘. however, after ongoing fiscal problems for Shelbourne during the 2006 season, Pat Fenlon resigned as coach and the huge majority of players left, some for equal clubs, others to British clubs .
demotion to the second grade : 2007–2011 [edit ]
Shels withdrew from the 2007 Setanta Sports Cup and before the start of the fresh league temper were demoted to the First Division by the FAI. Shelbourne announced on 29 March 2007 that they would not be applying for a UEFA license to compete in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. The golf club ‘s majority stockholder Oliver Byrne suffered a brain tumor ( he died in August 2007 ) [ 4 ] and Joe Casey was installed as chair. Former director Dermot Keely was brought back in and assembled a squad just in time for the clubhouse to take its stead in the 2007 League of Ireland First Division. A goodly 5th-place finish in the top one-half of the table was secured. In the 2008 campaign, they were odds-on favourites to win the First Division but a last infinitesimal goal by Limerick 37 in Tolka Park gave Dundalk the division and the accompanying promotion. In 2008 the club left the disband european Club Forum and joined its substitute, the European Club Association. In 2009, the gamble for promotion evaporated when Shels lost 1–2 at home to Sporting Fingal in the promotion/relegation play-off semi-final. In 2009 Shelbourne left the European Club Association. In 2010 former Reds player Alan Mathews became the newly director. Under Matthews, Shelbourne won the 2010 Leinster Senior Cup, later that year Shelbourne narrowly missed out on a place in the Promotion Play-offs thanks to a 2–1 get the better of at home to Waterford United on the final day of the season. 2011 was a year of shuffle fortunes for Shelbourne, a change in the promotion rules allowing the First Division Champions & Runners-up both automatic pistol forwarding provided to be beneficial for Shelbourne. ‘The Reds ‘ clinched forwarding back to the Premier Division thanks to 4–0 home victory against Finn Harps on 25 October. 2011 was besides a memorable Cup year for Shelbourne, they were drawn to play Sheriff Y.C. in the fourth round of golf, despite leading the game by two goals Shelbourne were beaten by Sheriff 3–2, however, Sheriff were subsequently found to have fielded an ineligible player and were ejected from the cup. Shelbourne were subsequently admitted to the Quarter-Finals. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] After victories over Limerick in the Quarter-Finals and St Patrick ‘s Athletic in a Semi-Final play back they secured a position in the 2011 FAI Cup Final, where they were beaten 4–1 on Penalties by Sligo Rovers after the bet on finished 1–1 after extra fourth dimension.
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abbreviated reelect to the top-flight, First Division : 2012–2019 [edit ]
2012 saw Shelbourne finish eight out of eleven teams on their return to the Premier Division. The club besides reached the Cup semi-finals, losing to Derry in a Replay at Tolka Park. [ 7 ] however Shelbourne stayed in the crown flight for fair two seasons, with ‘the Reds ‘ finishing bottom of the 2013 Premier Division [ 8 ] Alan Matthews was replaced by Johnny McDonnell as director on 24 May 2013. [ 9 ] The 2014 season saw Shelbourne complete second in the First Division, the clubhouse frankincense advanced to a forwarding playoff against Galway United. Galway won the two-legged tie, and Shels remained in the First Division. At the end of the 2014 campaign, McDonnell left to manage Drogheda United and was replaced by Kevin Doherty. [ 10 ] The 2015 temper saw the clubhouse finish one-fourth in the league. A disappoint 2016 campaign ended in a sixth-place finish. Former player Owen Heary took over as coach midway through the temper following the resignation of Kevin Doherty. [ 11 ] In 2017, Heary ‘s foremost full moon season as director ended in a fourth-place league polish. In 2018, the team qualified for a promotion playoff after a third-place finish. Shels lost in the beginning cycle to Drogheda over two legs. In 2019, however, Shelbourne would regain promotion to the Premier Division for the first time since 2013 by winning the first division. They claimed the title with a 3–1 off win over Drogheda at United Park on 14 September 2019. [ 12 ]
reappearance to the Premier Division, relegation and promotion : 2020-21 [edit ]
In 2020 Shelbourne competed in the Premier Division for the first time since 2013. They were condemned to the First Division once again at the end of the 2020 via a promotion/relegation playoff, but secured a tax return after winning promotion and the 2021 First Division backing on 1 October 2021. [ 13 ] [ 14 ]
stadium [edit ]
- Additional reading: Tolka Park
In 1989 Shelbourne acquired the lease on Tolka Park from Dublin Corporation. Before moving to Drumcondra Shels had most recently been based in Harold ‘s Cross Stadium, earlier they had been housed in Shelbourne Park, Irishtown Stadium and Dalymount Park. Shels had played home games regularly in Tolka during the fifties, sixties, seventies, and early eighties. Before Tolka Park was home to Shelbourne it housed Drumcondra F.C. from 1953 until 1972 when Drumcondra by chance went out of business, vacating the ground. Home Farm were the following tenants in Tolka Park however the club never drew big crowd. When Shelbourne moved into the grind they invested heavily in the stadium, converting it into Ireland ‘s first all-seater stadium and build a new stand behind the Drumcondra end goal in 1999. The first-ever League of Ireland match to be broadcast survive on television was a fixture between Shelbourne and Derry City, staged at Tolka Park during the 1996–97 season. In 2015, the club announced a future travel as co-tenants of Dublin City Council -owned Dalymount Park once renovation was completed around 2020. [ 15 ] In 2021, the renovation was planned to conclude by 2025. [ 16 ]
Supporters and rivalries [edit ]
The club ‘s fanbase is chiefly drawn from the northside of Dublin although there are a numeral of supporters from the Southside, chiefly the Ringsend area where the baseball club originates from. ‘Briogáid Dearg ‘ ( Red Brigade ) was formed in 2003 and is the cabaret ‘s individual Ultras group. ‘Reds Independent ‘ are a Shelbourne supporters group formed in 1998 after Shelbourne FC moved their home UEFA Cup tie with Rangers out of the country and to Prenton Park, the home of Tranmere Rovers FC. The group gives Shelbourne fans an autonomous voice, through Red Inc., the longest-running fanzine in the League of Ireland. Red Inc. was foremost sold as a sixteen-page publication priced fifty dollar bill penny for a home league tie against Cork City on 31 January 1999. The ‘Shelbourne Supporters ‘ Development Group ‘ was founded in 2006 with the draw a bead on of securing badly needed fund from the Shelbourne athletic supporter base. The Group have been promised shares in Shelbourne FC Ltd and representation on the board if it raises a certain total of money for Shelbourne FC each year. In October 2012 a Shelbourne FC Supporters ‘ Trust was agreed to be launched by fans. The Trust ‘s name was formally voted as “ The 1895 Trust ” in celebration of the establish year of the golf club. The Trust was formally launched in 2013. Shelbourne shares a competition with Bohemians largely because of geographic proximity as both clubs are now located approximately just one mile apart, and besides because of their early days in the old Belfast-centered Irish League and the early irish Free State league. The club besides has rivalries with other Dublin sides St Patrick ‘s Athletic and Shamrock Rovers .
Shelbourne have a long, illustrious history in european competitions, taking on teams such as Kilmarnock, Sporting Lisbon, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Panathinaikos, Rangers, Rosenborg, Brøndby, Hajduk Split, Deportivo de La Coruña, Lille, and Steaua Bucharest. Shelbourne first performed on the european stage in the 1962/63 season, taking on Sporting Lisbon in the european Cup. From 1995 to 2006, Shelbourne had been ever-present in european competition and enjoyed a considerable total of achiever. however, due to the club ‘s holocene refuse, they are presently unranked in the UEFA Team Rankings and are without any club coefficient points .
overview [edit ]
Players [edit ]
note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
technical foul staff [edit ]
Position
Staff
Sporting & Technical Director
Alan Caffrey
Head Coach
Damien Duff
Assistant Coach
Joey O’Brien
Assistant Coach
David McAllister
Goalkeeping Coach
Paul Skinner
Physio
Keith Browne
Doctor
Paddy Kenny
Kit man
Johnny Watson
club officials [edit ]
Owners
Andrew Doyle, Michael O’Rourke, Brian McGovern, Ricky Walsh
Chairman
Andrew Doyle
Chief Executive Officer
David O’Connor
Board of Management
Joe Casey, Colm Murphy, Shay Weafer, John Reilly, Niall Fitzmaurice, Liam Ward, Eamon White, Andrew McGouran, Stephen Mulhearn, Mandy Giles, Gavin White, Andrew Doyle, Brian McGovern, Paul McMahon, Stephen Masterson, Brian Boyle,
Licensing & IT officer
Liam Ward
Head of Media
Gavin White
Head of Commercial
Niall Fitzmaurice
Academy Manager
Colm Barron
Sporting & Technical Director
Alan Caffrey
final updated : 6 Oct 2021
source : [ citation needed ]
other staff [edit ]
Position
Staff
Event Controller
Paul O’Rourke
Safety Officer
John Reilly
Equipment manager
Johnny Watson
Chief Steward
Eoin O’Rourke
Club Promotions Officer
Frank Young
Club Children’s Officer
Lauren Kavanagh
Supporters Liaison Officer
Paul Reilly
Stadium Announcer
Karl Phillips
last updated : 16 February 2016
Source : official Matchday Programme
luminary former players [edit ]
celebrated former managers [edit ]
early teams [edit ]
Women ’ randomness team [edit ]
In 2015 Shelbourne Ladies merged with Raheny United ‘s elder women ‘s team. This effectively see Shelbourne Ladies coup d’etat Raheny United ‘s rate in the Women ‘s National League. [ 18 ] During the subsequent 2015–16 season, Shelbourne Ladies finished as runner-up in FAI Women ‘s Cup, the WNL Shield and the Women ‘s National League. All three competitions were won by Wexford Youths. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] however Shelbourne Ladies did win the WNL Cup after defeating UCD Waves 3–2 in the final at Richmond Park on 1 May 2016. [ 22 ] In 2016 Shelbourne won the FAI Women ‘s Cup after defeating Wexford Youths 5–0 in the final examination. [ 23 ] The most celebrated individual performance to come out of the game was undoubtedly that of Shels ‘ Leanne Kiernan, who scored a hat-trick and picked up the ‘ player of the match ‘ prize for her efforts. [ 24 ] The team won their beginning league backing when they finished the bowdlerize 2016 season in beginning seat. [ 25 ] They qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Women ‘s Champions League with that claim. In March 2019 Shelbourne announced a number of steps intended to boost “ equality and parity bit of esteem for all of our players ”. They dropped the word Ladies from the women ‘s team ‘s mention and moved WNL home games from the AUL Complex to the main stadium at Tolka Park. [ 26 ]
U-19 team [edit ]
It was announced on the 21st of April 2011, by the Football Association of Ireland that there would be the formation of a League of Ireland U19 Division. This giving young players in Ireland the prospect of ultimately breaking into the first teams of League of Ireland clubs. [ 27 ]
Schoolboys [edit ]
Shelbourne have seventeen schoolboy teams competing in the Dublin & District Schoolboy Leagues. Schoolboy teams have participated in numerous Youth Cups worldwide including the Milk Cup and Umbro Galway Cup .They besides have a new u13s league of Ireland sse airtricity schoolboy team. Shelbourne are involved in a football eruditeness program with Larkin Community College, on Dublin ‘s northside. This scheme is considered to have helped stop the falling registration rates, and early leave of school, in part of Dublin ‘s north inner city. [ 28 ]
Amateur team [edit ]
Shelbourne besides has an amateur team play in the United Churches Football League, Division 1. however, the team started in the Amateur Football League Division 2. They won forwarding to Division 1 in 2008 and earned a space in the Premier Division a year former following a playoff victory against Columba Rovers. In 2013 they won the Premier Division with two games to spare. In 2014 the team had silverware again. This time it was the Maher Cup after a 1:0 victory in the concluding. 2015 saw the team move away from the Amateur Football League to the United Churches Football League, where it remains to date .
Reserve team [edit ]
The Shelbourne A team took part in the 2010 A Championship and finished sixth in Group 1. The team did not participate in the 2011 edition of the Championship, which was the last edition of the rival .
Honours [edit ]
Records [edit ]
Results [edit ]
- Biggest League Win:
- 9–0 vs Pioneers, 16 December 1922
- 9–0 vs Bray Unknowns, 4 September 1926
- Biggest League Defeat:
- 0–9 vs Dundalk, 27 November 1980
- Biggest FAI Cup Win:
- 9–0 vs Bray Unknowns, 6 January 1923
- Biggest European Win:
- single tie: 4–0 vs Vėtra home, 24 June 2006
- aggregate: 5–0 vs Vėtra, June 2006
Goals / scorers [edit ]
International caps [edit ]
Full international caps won by players while with Shelbourne:
In popular culture [edit ]
- The club appeared in the fictional football drama Dream Team when Harchester United were drawn to play “The Reds” in the UEFA Cup.
References [edit ]
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