St Patrick's Athletic F.C.

football baseball club
St Patrick’s Athletic Football Club ( irish : Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa ) is a professional Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played primitively in Phoenix Park but they moved to their current reason Richmond Park in 1930. St Patrick ‘s Athletic have won many trophies in irish Club Football, including nine League Titles, the fifth most in Irish Football, ampere well as four FAI Cups and four League Cups. The current director is Tim Clancy, who took over in 2021.

Reading: St Patrick’s Athletic F.C.

The club graduated through the ranks of the Leinster Senior League and punctually took their place in the League of Ireland in 1951, and won the championship at their first try. The club ‘s aura years came in the 1950s and 1990s when they won 6 of their 8 league titles. The club besides have the record for never having been relegated from the Premier Division. The club play in bolshevik and white colours, and their nicknames include The Saints, Supersaints and Pats. The Saints besides have a distribute of Dublin Derby games with the likes of Shelbourne, Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians .

history [edit ]

Leinster Senior League years [edit ]

During the recently 1940s and 1950s St Pats played in the Leinster Senior League. During this time period they won the league title on six occasions. This included four consecutive titles between 1947 and 1948 and 1950–51. In 1947–48 St Pats completed a soprano after besides winning both the FAI Intermediate Cup and Leinster Senior Cup. The 1948–49 temper would see St Pats win a Leinster Senior League / FAI Intermediate Cup double. In 1950–51 a unseasoned Shay Gibbons helped St Pats win the Leinster Senior League title for a fourthly time. After St Pats first team joined the League of Ireland in 1951–52, their allow team won two far Leinster Senior League titles in 1955–56 and 1956–57 .

Entering the League of Ireland [edit ]

In 1951–52 the golf club was admitted, along with Cork side Evergreen United, to the League of Ireland. St Pats made an contiguous affect, winning the league championship at their first attempt. Two more league backing successes followed in 1954–55 and 1955–56. The club had to wait until 1959 before their first gear FAI Cup success, repeating the feat in 1961. Despite respective appearances in the final since 1961, it took the Saints till 2014 to win their one-third many of the Pats players of that gold earned run average are still recalled fondly today—Ginger O’Rourke, Harry Boland ( ‘The Legend ‘, 1926–2000 ), Jimmy ‘Timber ‘ Cummins ( a cousin of one of the founders—Bart Cummins ) Jimmy ‘Growler ‘ Cummins ( a brother of Bart Cummins ) Irish international Shay Gibbons, Ronnie Whelan Snr. and Willie Peyton are players who contributed greatly during this era .
St Pats struggled throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and early on 1980s with alone the odd cup final examination or unseasoned star emerging to brighten things for long suffering Pats fans. Among those players to emerge was Noel Campbell. Campbell spent a number of years with St Pats ( gaining the first of his Irish caps ) before moving to SC Fortuna Köln where he would play 8 seasons. possibly the brightest leading to play for St Pats was Paul McGrath. McGrath was signed by Saints ‘ director Charlie Walker from junior side Dalkey United. Within a year he had won the PFAI Player of the Year award and earned himself a move to Manchester United. The World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks besides played one match for St Pats, making him by far the brightest star topology to turn out for the club in 1977 .
The appointment of Brian Kerr as director in 1986 was a major turning point in the fortunes of the clubhouse. Kerr worked on limit resources to create a team capable of challenging the best. The championship in the ten. At the end of the 1988–89 season St Pats left Richmond Park for what the board of directors called “ a short time ” while renovation make was done. 1989 saw a joint St Patrick ‘s Athletic & Bohemians side play a friendly against the Libya national team in Tripoli, drawing 1–1 in what was a highly controversial friendly during Colonel Gaddaffi ‘s reign as drawing card of Libya. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The year 1990 saw the Saints draw 0–0 with the Tunisia national team in Tunis and another 0–0 draw with the Iran national football team in Tehran. [ 3 ]
Playing in Harold ‘s Cross, Kerr ‘s blend of young players ( Paul Osam, Curtis Fleming, Pat Fenlon, John McDonnell ) and experience campaigners disregarded by other clubs ( Damian Byrne, Dave Henderson ) won the golf club ‘s foremost league championship in 34 years on Easter Monday 1990. Most irish football commentators expected the youthful Saints to dominate Irish football for some time. A series of coup d’etat attempts saw the club stab into tumult and Kerr was forced to break up the team. In the summer of 1992 the club were hours off from extinction before a group of local investors raised £82,000 to save the cabaret. Having spent four years in Harold ‘s Cross the club returned to a new look Richmond Park in 1993, their spiritual home in Dublin ‘s Inchicore. Brian Kerr began the undertaking of creating a winning apparatus once again. With the aid of a newly appointed Chief executive, and former actor, Pat Dolan and by the club ‘s new chair, Tim O’Flaherty, the league trophy returned to Richmond Park in 1996. A newly coevals of footballing heroes emerged in Pats colours with greats such as Eddie Gormley, Paul Osam and Ricky O’Flaherty together with exciting young stars such as Colin Hawkins and Trevor Molloy thousands flocked to Inchicore for Friday nights under the floodlights in Richmond Park. When Kerr resigned to take up the Director of Coaching subcontract with the FAI, the good work was continued by Pat Dolan and then Liam Buckley installed as coach. The glory continued as further league championships were secured in 1998 and 1999 which led to european reservation and a creditable 0–0 draw with the celebrated Celtic at Celtic Park, the cabaret lost the render peg in Tolka Park, Dublin but the aside draw was a major boost for irish football against such a celebrated club in the global game. The clubhouse, however, suffered a humiliating reverse in the lapp competition one year later when they lost 10–0 on aggregate to Zimbru Chişinău .
Into the new century, the success continued. St Pats won both the League of Ireland Cup and Leinster Senior Cup in 2000/01. Controversy dogged the clubhouse in the 2001/02 temper due to player registration irregularities. The cabaret had 9 points deducted due to fielding an ineligible player ( Paul Marney ) in their first 3 games of the season, but this decision was revoked upon arbitration, on 22 March 2002. They then had 15 points deducted for playing Charles Mbabazi Livingstone in the first 5 matches of the season in hurt of not having registered him until 12 September 2001. An FAI arbitration jury rejected the Saints ‘ attract against the point tax write-off and Shelbourne finished the season as league champions. That season besides saw St Patrick ‘s derive close to merging with chap League of Ireland baseball club St. Francis. This move was greeted with anger by baseball club supporters and although St. Francis went out of business ( and consequently the league ) the amalgamation never happened. New golf club chair Andrew O’Callaghan was appointed in the summer of 2002 and has worked to modernize the club and face the fresh challenges of UEFA license and land development. St Pats made irish footballing history in 2002 by becoming the first base golf club to progress in the Intertoto Cup with a victory over croatian team NK Rijeka over two legs—the clubhouse were finally knocked out of the contest only on away goals to KAA Gent of Belgium .

Johnny McDonnell Reign ( 2004–2009 ) [edit ]

The club marked its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2004, besides in 2004 a change of management happened with early favourite Johnny McDonnell taking over the helm at the club. In 2005 the club were forced to investigate the idea of sharing a newly stadium in Tallaght with Shamrock Rovers in order to comply with the FAI ‘s wish for Dublin clubs to anchor share. The travel was met with ferocious protests by the cabaret ‘s supporters and a group calling themselves ‘Pats for Richmond ‘ was set up to organise demonstrations. In July 2006 St Pats signalled their intention to stay in Richmond Park by purchasing the Richmond House public house ( besides known as McDowell ‘s ) for manipulation as an official clubhouse. The club lost yet another FAI Cup Final in December 2006 and their hunt for their third victory in the elusive competition continues. In early on 2007 the club was purchased by affluent property baron Garrett Kelleher. After a phone number of months of negotiations, Kelleher finally announced himself as Chairman of St Patrick ‘s Athletic on 19 July 2007. [ 4 ] One of his first acts on taking over St Pats was to appoint ex-manager Brian Kerr as film director of football. It was widely reported in irish newspapers that Kelleher was preparing to spend €50 million on upgrading St Pats ‘ Richmond Park home.
During the 2007 season Pats were neck and neck with Drogheda United for the title, but Pats slipped off and Drogheda United finally finished up as champions.
It was the same again for the 2008 season with Pats battling up the top with Bohemians for the title. besides this year Pats were in Europe because their second-place finish in 2007 allowed them qualify for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. During their european run St Pats progressed through two rounds of the UEFA Cup beating JFK Olimps Riga and Elfsborg but the run came to an end when they lost to Hertha BSC in the First Round proper. Pats besides lost out to Bohemians for the league championship .

Jeff Kenna season : european move and domestic fight ( 2009 ) [edit ]

For the 2009 season Pats replaced Johnny McDonnell with Jeff Kenna in January 2009. He did n’t have the best of starts with a 3–0 home kill to former club Galway United. He was immediately put under coerce when bad run of results put them into a relegation battle. Despite the inadequate league kind, once again Pats had another european run in the Europa League again progressing through two rounds of the Europa League, therefore becoming merely the irregular League of Ireland clubhouse ( after Cork City in 2004 and 2005 ) to achieve such advancement in two consecutive european campaigns. Pats this time won games against Valletta FC and Russian Premier League slope Krylia Sovetov to reach the play-off cycle where they were defeated by FC Steaua București. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In September 2009 with Pats struggling, Kenna resigned and was replaced for two games by Maurice O’Driscoll. Pete Mahon then took over until the end of the season and invalidate delegating, winning two must win games on the final two weeks of the season, away to Drogheda United and at home to Dublin rivals Shamrock Rovers .

Pete Mahon years ( 2009–2011 ) [edit ]

Pete Mahon was appointed as director for the 2010 season with John Gill as his adjunct. The Super Saints reached their first Setanta Sports Cup final, where they met local anesthetic rivals Bohemians after overcoming Sligo Rovers 6–2 over two legs. They lost the concluding at the Tallaght Stadium 1–0, however. The Saints were knocked out of the FAI Cup by archrivals Shamrock Rovers in a semi-final replay at Richmond Park, after knocking Dundalk, Belgrove and Sporting Fingal out. They were near the acme of the mesa for the majority of the season ; however, fell off slightly near the end and finished in mid-table. The demise of Sporting Fingal saw the Saints take their european place for the 2011 season. Mahon led a successful Europa League campaign, knocking out Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja from Iceland and FC Shakhter Karagandy from Kazakhstan before finally being knocked out in the third base qualifying round by ukrainian english FC Karpaty Lviv. The Saints won the 2011 Leinster Senior Cup after beating Dublin rivals Bohemians 2–0 at Dalymount Park. The Saints ‘ offer to end their 50-year drought of winning the FAI Cup came to an end, after knocking Crumlin United, Waterford United and Cork City away, the Saints faced old rivals Shelbourne in the semi-final. The Saints drew 1–1 at Tolka Park, failing to make use of their one-man advantage for the unharmed second one-half. The plot went to a replay at Richmond Park and things were going well when David McMillan opened the score for the Saints, but goalkeeper Gary Rogers was highly gratingly sent off early on and Shels went on to win, 3–1. similar to the 2010 season, the Saints were near the top of the table for the most separate of the season in 2011, but their title challenge petered out towards the end of the season and the Saints finished one-fourth entail they would participate in UEFA Europa League qualifiers in the 2012 season .

tax return of Liam Buckley : return of success ( 2012–2018 ) [edit ]

The Saints decided not to renew coach Pete Mahon ‘s abridge for the 2012 season, appointing former musician and director Liam Buckley to the job, giving him a biennial contract with early musician and adjunct coach at the club, Trevor Croly as his adjunct. Buckley refurbished the team by bringing in fourteen and getting rid of sixteen. Among the newly signings were six bohemian players, notably Chris Forrester, Christy Fagan, and Ger O’Brien. interim, six of those not retained by Pats went in the opposite steering, an indication of the change in circumstances at both clubs. Buckley immediately introduced a more attractive stigmatize of football than was witnessed under Mahon, whose sides had generally punched above their weight but ultimately lacked the quality to badly challenge for the title. Pats started the season off well with the team play fantastic football and being unbeaten in its first six games, which included the game against Shamrock Rovers which they demonstrated their fantastic football brilliantly in a 5–1 gain over their cutthroat rivals. [ 8 ] Buckley took the reins of the baseball club know of the european expectations at the golf club and he did n’t disappoint, managing his side to a third base qualifying-round rate after knocking both Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja and NK Široki Brijeg out after supernumerary time, to earn a bind with german powerhouse Hannover 96, who knocked the Saints out in the third gear modification round. Buckley ‘s side finished 3rd in the league, 6 points off champions Sligo Rovers. He besides guided his side to the 2012 FAI Cup Final, the club ‘s first crippled at the Aviva Stadium, but lost 3–2 in supernumerary time to Derry City and extending the Saints ‘ FAI Cup -winning drought to 52 years. The Saints then endured a disruptive pre-season, losing Sean O’Connor, James Chambers, and Barry Murphy, vitamin a well as Buckley ‘s number two, Trevor Croly, to rivals Shamrock Rovers. Crucially, though, Pats held on to a number of other players who had been strongly linked with Rovers, including Chris Forrester and Ian Bermingham, and added some choice to the first xi in the shape of Killian Brennan ( who would go on to win both the PFAI Players ‘ Player of the year and FAI National League Player of the Year awards ), and Conan Byrne ( who contributed an impressive 9 league goals during the temper ). St Patrick ‘s Athletic clinched the 2013 League of Ireland title on 13 October 2013 after a 2–0 gain against holders Sligo Rovers with two games to spare. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] They lifted the league trophy a workweek late at home to Derry City on 18 October and two days late played the 2013 Leinster Senior Cup Final against Shamrock Rovers, lose, 1–0, at Richmond Park. [ 11 ] The 2014 season started off with silverware for the Saints as they beat Sligo Rovers 1–0 in the inaugural President of Ireland ‘s Cup, with Keith Fahey scoring a brilliant volley into the clear corner from 25 yards clinching the trophy. [ 12 ] The club crashed out of the UEFA Champions League at the first hurdle in the irregular beat, bowing out to Legia Warsaw. In the beginning leg they were denied a celebrated away win as Legia equalised in injury time to claim a 1–1 guide. [ 13 ] An injury plagued Pats side lost the irregular leg 5–0 at Tallaght Stadium, conceding 3 in the final 10 minutes. On 9 September 2014, a team of second-string players and young Saints beat Longford Town 2–1 away from home plate to win the 2014 Leinster Senior Cup with Sam Verdon and Jack Bayly scoring. [ 14 ] The temper ended in a arrant manner for Pats as they won the FAI Cup after a 53-year wait with a 2–0 win over Derry City at the Aviva Stadium, with Christy Fagan immortalising himself with the club ‘s fans by scoring a stimulate. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Fagan besides won the 2014 League of Ireland Golden Boot with 20 goals a well as being voted the PFAI Player of the year for 2014. [ 17 ] On 19 September 2015, the Saints won their third League of Ireland Cup, beating Galway United on penalties at Eamonn Deacy Park following a 0–0 draw after extra meter, with young goalkeeper Conor O’Malley saving Andy O’Connell ‘s final blemish kick to win the cup. [ 18 ] In 2016 the Saints knocked Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg out of the UEFA Europa League on off goals before being narrowly beaten 2–1 on aggregate to Dinamo Minsk of Belarus in the second base qualify round. Pats finished 7th in the 2016 season, meaning they would be without european football for the first time in 7 years for 2017. They did, however, successfully retain their league of Ireland Cup crown, beating Limerick 4–1 in the final at the Markets Field with two goals from Conan Byrne and one each for Jamie McGrath and Graham Kelly. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The 2017 season was the first in a change of the League of Ireland layout, meaning the bottom three teams in the Premier Division would be relegated in order to make the league a 10-team division quite than a 12-team one. The season turned out to be a fight for the Saints and they sat penetrate of the postpone come the center point. The mid-season signings including fan darling Killian Brennan, erstwhile Premier League midfielder Owen Garvan and peculiarly Dutch kernel back Jordi Balk, proved to be pivotal as the club went on to win 6 of their last 11 games after picking up just 3 wins in their beginning 21 games of the season. They went into the last day of the season in need of a point away to Derry City, which they earned via a 1–1 draw with a finish from Killian Brennan keeping their record of never having been relegated integral. [ 21 ] The follow season was a great improvement on the field as Pats sat in a european place at the halfway point in the league but former went on their worst losing streak in the cabaret ‘s history as they lost 8 games in a row, scoring good 3 goals along the way. They then managed to pick up their form, winning 4 out of 6 games but on 22 September 2018 the Saints suffered a 3–1 loss at home to a de-escalate Bohemians side with several of their under-19 side play among the 11 changes to their previous starting 11. [ 22 ] This turned out to be Liam Buckley ‘s stopping point game in charge of the club as it was announced on 25 September that Buckley had left his post by reciprocal accept after a 7-year enchantment in charge of the baseball club. [ 23 ] Assistant coach to Buckley and erstwhile club captain Ger O’Brien took caretaker charge for the final 5 games of the season, the first of those being the Leinster Senior Cup Final which they lost on penalties against Shelbourne at Tolka Park. He besides saw out a draw away to champions Dundalk, and had an aggregate grade of 9–0 against Limerick and Derry City as the club ended the season on a high note in 5th home. [ 24 ]

The Harry Kenny months ( October 2018 – August 2019 ) [edit ]

On 24 October 2018 it was announced that Harry Kenny ( who had been adjunct coach in the 2013 league-winning campaign ) would be the new director of the cabaret, signing a biennial sign. [ 25 ] His new signings ahead of the 2019 season were Gary Shaw, David Webster, Ciaran Kelly, Cian Coleman, Georgie Poynton, Brandon Miele, Michael Drennan, Rhys McCabe and honest-to-god fan favorite Chris Forrester, stating that his aim was to get the golf club back competing in european contest. [ 26 ] Kenny ‘s foremost competitive game in charge of the Saints was on 15 February 2019, a 1–0 opening-day victory over league runner-up Cork City at Richmond Park, with the plot attracting the biggest attendance at a domestic game since October 2010. [ 27 ] This was followed by a sell-out against rivals Shamorck Rovers on 8 March. [ 28 ] On 25 April 2019 it was announced that the baseball club had been awarded a license to compete in UEFA Europa League action for the 2019–20 campaign ahead of Waterford, who had finished one place ahead of Pats in fourth place the previous season, but were not awarded a license due to their cabaret reform in late 2016 and therefore breaking UEFA ‘s ‘three-year rule ‘. [ 29 ] Pats drew IFK Norrköping of Sweden and were beaten 2–0 at home and 2–1 away, knocking them out at the first hurdle. [ 30 ] With the team score just 24 goals in 29 games and attendances steadily dropping, fans became restless with Kenny and after a shock cup passing to UCD on 23 August 2019, [ 31 ] Kenny resigned by common accept the take after day. [ 32 ]

Stephen O’Donnell era ( August 2019 – December 2021 ) [edit ]

former Dundalk captain Stephen O’Donnell was announced as the head bus on a biennial contract on 31 August 2019, his first occupation in senior management, following the resignation of Harry Kenny. [ 33 ] His lend in his former Arsenal young and Falkirk teammate ( and early Pats player ) Pat Cregg as his assistant. [ 34 ] His first gear game in management came on 6 September 2019 as his Pats side came from behind to win 2−1 away to Finn Harps thanks to goals from Darragh Markey and substitute Rhys McCabe. [ 35 ] The club finished in 5th place by the end of the temper, missing out on a UEFA Europa League place but they did however win the 2018–19 Leinster Senior Cup, beating Wexford 3–0 in the Fourth Round ( under Harry Kenny, Cabinteely 1–0 in the Quarter Final, with Under 19 ‘s coach Jamie Moore managing a side made up of Under 15, Under 17 and Under 19 ‘s players in the Semi Final ( beating Sheriff YC 3–1 away ) and Final ( beating Athlone Town 4–0 ), as both games were scheduled after the aged team ‘s season had finished. [ 36 ] O’Donnell ‘s first pre-season visit him make wholesale changes to the squad, releasing 10 players including some who were hush in contract and bring in 9 raw signings ; Jason McClelland, Robbie Benson, Conor Kearns, Rory Feely, Shane Griffin, Billy King, Dan Ward, Martin Rennie and Ollie Younger. [ 37 ] The temper was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic after 4 games and following 4 months of postponements, a decision was made to half the temper from 36 games to 18. The temper finished in disappointment for Pats as they missed out on european football on the concluding day of the season, while they had previously been knocked out of the FAI Cup in the First Round by Finn Harps. The 2021 season was a enormously successful one for the club, as they secured a second place stopping point, securing UEFA Europa Conference League football for 2022 [ 38 ], a well as winning the 2021 FAI Cup by beating Bohemians in a penalty gunfight in the Final, in front of an Aviva Stadium FAI Cup Final record crowd of 37,126. [ 39 ]

Tim Clancy earned run average ( December 2021 – Present ) [edit ]

On 2 December 2021, just 4 days after the club ‘s 2021 FAI Cup Final win, it was announced that Tim Clancy had joined the clubhouse on a 2 year abridge to replace the outgoing Stephen O’Donnell, who ‘s controversial departure to Dundalk had however to be confirmed amid a legal conflict between the clubs. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ]

Kits [edit ]

home kits [edit ]

1930’s

1975–76
1980–82
1982–83
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–94
1994–95
1997–98

2004

2005–06
2007–08
2009
2010–11

2012

2013

2014–15
2016–17
2018–19
2020
2021
The baseball club ‘s first kit was a red shirt with a white collar and a white chevron, with white shorts and red socks. [ 43 ] Since then they have changed to a kit of a red jersey with white sleeves, white shorts and red socks, rarely changing from this format .

away kits [edit ]

1990–92

third kits [edit ]

2004
2008
2010
2011
2013
2016–17

2018–19
The golf club have released some dedicated third gear kits in holocene years, while in years that they have n’t, they ‘ve normally used the previous seasons away kit as a one-third kit .

Fans [edit ]

Pats fans in the Shed conclusion Saints fans have widely become known as some of the most active and vocal throughout the area. Throughout the club ‘s history, any period of tumult was constantly met with protest by the firm saints. In 2001, an ultras group called the Shed End Invincibles [ 44 ] were set up, for four years they created huge tifo displays, choreographed chants and created Richmond Park into a fortress. After a menstruation of exile, the ultras group were reignited under new leadership. Since then, their work has been applauded by other fans. big banners, flares, and fume screens are a common batch at St Pats matches. Overseas visitor are regularly found at Richmond Park on a match night, including a norwegian Pats ‘ supporters club. a well as this, the clubhouse ‘s supporters share friendships with supporters of clubs such as Ravenna from Italy, Sheffield United of England, and Hannover 96 of Germany. Fans of these clubs, along with Pats fans, regularly locomotion to one another ‘s matches. celebrated fans include former Irish director Brian Kerr and American actor Wendell Pierce. [ 45 ]

Community [edit ]

The club motto is Ní neart go cur le chéile ( as Gaeilge ). It translates to No strength without unity. St Patrick ‘s Athletic is strongly linked with Inchicore and the local south west Dublin community. The club function schoolboy teams at every long time group from under 10 to under 18 .
In 1996 St Patrick ‘s Athletic F.C. took over the local women ‘s football team O’Connell Chics .

First team police squad [edit ]

[ 46 ] notice : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

technical staff [edit ]

youth structure [edit ]

The golf club field an Under-19, an Under-17, an Under-15 and an Under-14 team that compete in the League of Ireland U19 Division, League of Ireland U17 Division, League of Ireland U15 Division and League of Ireland U14 Division respectively .

NUI Maynooth Scholarship Scheme [edit ]

Set up in 2010, St Patrick ‘s Athletic have a scholarship scheme in plaza with NUI Maynooth. The outline allows Pats to offer new players the opportunity to play with the golf club ‘s Youth sides whilst undergoing their third horizontal surface studies on a sports scholarship. There is a big St Pats charm in the scheme with the Soccer Development Officer at Maynooth being former Pats defender Barry Prenderville adenine well as club captain Ger O’Brien managing the side to their beginning ever Collingwood Cup acquire in 2014, with teammate Brendan Clarke as his adjunct. The scholarship system is a large asset to St Pats, as it helps attract the top young talent in the nation to the clubhouse ahead of their rivals. The outline has besides been a huge success, with the Saints Under-19s side winning the Dr. Tony O’Neill Cup in 2015 to become the best side in the country, american samoa well as a whole horde of players graduating from the Youth Setup into the First Team police squad. Among the top players to have come through the Programme are Jake Carroll, Seán Hoare, Jamie McGrath, Darragh Markey, Ciaran Kelly, Paul Rooney and Fuad Sule among others. [ 47 ] [ 48 ]

youth Club Affiliations [edit ]

In 2016, the golf club opted to disband their own youth teams that played in the Dublin & District Schoolboys Leagues, moving forth into a raw model for the League of Ireland Under-19, Under-17 and energetic Under-15s leagues. Pats struck up Affiliations with 4 of Ireland ‘s exceed schoolboy clubs Crumlin United, Belvedere, Cherry Orchard and Esker Celtic in the best interest of both clubs and their players/facilities .

Crumlin United [edit ]

On 1 March 2016, the Saints announced an Affiliation Agreement with local side Crumlin United, one of the state ‘s top schoolboy clubs, to improve Pats Youth Setup while besides benefiting Crumlin and their young players. [ 49 ]

Belvedere [edit ]

On 29 March 2017, the Saints announced an official partnership with Belvedere. [ 50 ]

Cherry Orchard [edit ]

On 24 May 2017 St Patrick ‘s Athletic announced an official partnership with local Ballyfermot side Cherry Orchard. [ 51 ]

Esker Celtic [edit ]

On 13 July 2018 St Patrick ‘s Athletic announced an official partnership with Lucan side Esker Celtic. [ 52 ]

Honours [edit ]

luminary players [edit ]

Internationals [edit ]

Republic of Ireland internationals

League of Ireland XI representatives

Republic of Ireland B internationals

Republic of Ireland U23 internationals

Republic of Ireland U21 internationals

Other internationals

Award winners [edit ]

SWAI Goalkeeper of the Year

League of Ireland Player of the Year;

Harry Boland Hall of Fame

Notes

^1Brian Kerr was a manager only.

Source : [ 53 ]

St Patrick’s Athletic Player of the Year

League of Ireland Top Goalscorer [edit ]

Source : [ 54 ]

Records [edit ]

St. Pats Full League Record

P 2026 W 842 D 528 L 655 F 2939 A 2618 Pts 2649 Statistics are correct up to 29/11/2021
Above points tally is the number of points earned in real terms. In most seasons the league used a ‘two points for a win’, system.
If using a straight ‘three points for a win, one for a draw’, system, St Pats would have earned 3056 points .
Source: [ 55 ]

League of Ireland Placing History [edit ]

european read [edit ]

overview [edit ]

As of 18 July 2019

Matches [edit ]

Notes

(a): (Away goals rule)
(aet): (After Extra Time)
1R: First round
2R: Second round
PR: Preliminary round
1Q: First qualifying round
2Q: Second qualifying round
3Q: Third qualifying round
PO: Play-off round

Managers [edit ]

coach records [edit ]

As of 2 December 2021