Derry City F.C.

Association football clubhouse in Northern Ireland

football club
Derry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland, and is the League of Ireland ‘s only player from the north of Ireland. The baseball club ‘s home background is the Brandywell Stadium and the players wear red and ashen striped shirts from which its nickname, the Candystripes, derives. [ 2 ] The club is besides known as the Red and White Army, Derry or City. [ 3 ]

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The golf club, founded in 1928, initially played in the Irish League, the domestic league in Northern Ireland, and won a style in 1964–65. In 1971, security concerns related to the Troubles mean matches could not be played at the Brandywell. The team played home fixtures 30 miles ( 48 kilometer ) away in Coleraine. The security forces withdrew their objections to the habit of the Brandywell the follow class, but in the face of imperativeness from the Irish League that the unsustainable arrangement proceed, the cabaret adjourn from the league. After 13 years in junior football, it joined the League of Ireland ‘s fresh First Division for 1985–86. Derry won the First Division title and achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 1987, and remained there until an administrative relegation in 2009. The baseball club won a domestic soprano in 1988–89, the only League of Ireland club therefore far to do so. [ 4 ] After spending the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the Premier Division, the club was expelled in November 2009 when it was discovered there were secondary coil, unofficial contracts with players. It was reinstated a few weeks late but demoted to the First Division, the moment tier. [ 5 ]

history [edit ]

The staff and team of Derry City in 1965 Founded in 1928, the club decided against using the controversial official title of the city – Londonderry – in its name, [ 6 ] while besides deciding against continuing the name of the city ‘s previous main club, Derry Celtic, therefore as to be more inclusive to all identities and football fans in the city. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Derry City was granted submission into the Irish League in 1929 as professionals and was given permission by the Londonderry Corporation to use the municipal Brandywell Stadium. [ 7 ] The baseball club ‘s inaugural significant success came in 1935 when it lifted the City Cup. [ 9 ] It repeated the feat in 1937, but did not win another major trophy until 1949, when it beat Glentoran to win its first irish Cup. [ 10 ] It won the irish Cup for a second clock time in 1954, beating Glentoran again, [ 11 ] and for a third time in 1964 – that year besides winning the Gold Cup – despite the cabaret ‘s conversion to part-time condition after the abolition of the maximum wage in 1961. This led to the club ‘s first introduction into european competition, in the 1964–65 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, in which it was beaten by Steaua Bucharest 5–0 on aggregate. [ 12 ] The club won the 1964–65 Irish League and subsequently became the foremost Irish League team to win a european tie over two legs, beating FK Lyn 8–6 on aggregate in the 1965–66 european Cup. [ 13 ] Derry did not complete the next round, as the Irish Football Association ( IFA ) declared its grind was not up to standard, [ 7 ] after a game had been played there during the former circle. Derry suspected sectarian motives, [ 14 ] as it played in a chiefly patriot city and therefore had come to be supported largely by Catholics. The IFA, Belfast -based, was dominated by Protestants and it was widely suspected that it would preferably have been represented by a traditionally trade unionist team. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Relations between the club and IFA quickly deteriorated. [ 17 ] There had been nobelium significant history of sectarian difficulties at matches in the first 40 years of the club ‘s history, but in 1969 the Civil Rights campaign disintegrated into communal violence, which were followed by 30 years of the Troubles. [ 18 ] Despite the sociable and political agitation, Derry reached the irish Cup final in 1971, in which it was beaten 3–0 by Distillery. [ 19 ] As the republican vicinity surrounding the Brandywell saw some of the worst violence, numerous unionist-supported clubs were reluctant to play there. The Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) ruled the zone insecure for fixtures. With no other feasible local anesthetic establish available, Derry had to travel to the majority trade unionist town of Coleraine, over 30 miles ( 48 kilometer ) away, to play its “ home ” games at the Showgrounds. This situation lasted from September 1971 until October 1972 when, faced with dwindling push ( most Derry fans were unwilling to travel to Coleraine due to the political situation and the longer journey ) and desperate finances, the golf club formally requested license to return to the Brandywell. Despite a new assessment by the security system forces concluding that the Brandywell was no longer any more dangerous than any other league land and a lift of the security system ban, Derry ‘s proposal fell by one vote at the hands of its fellow Irish League teams. [ 18 ] Continuing without a crunch was seen as unsustainable and on 13 October 1972 Derry withdrew from the league amidst a percept that it was efficaciously forced out. [ 7 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The club continued as a junior team during the 13-year-long ‘wilderness years ‘, playing in the local anesthetic Saturday dawn league, and sought re-admission to the Irish League. [ 20 ] Each time, the club nominated the Brandywell as its choose home land but the Irish League refused re-admission. Suspecting refusal was driven by sectarianism, [ 14 ] and believing it would never gain re-admission, Derry turned its attentions elsewhere. [ 18 ]

submission into the League of Ireland [edit ]

Derry applied to join the reorganize League of Ireland ( the league in the Republic of Ireland ) in 1985 with the Brandywell as its home. The motion required extra dispensation from the IFA and FIFA, but finally Derry was admitted to the league ‘s new First Division for 1985, joining as semi-professionals. [ 7 ] As its stadium was situated in a staunchly republican area once known as “ release Derry “, with a history of agnosticism towards the RUC in the local community, [ 18 ] Derry received special license from UEFA to steward its own games. The presence of the RUC was regarded as more likely to provoke trouble than help prevent it. [ 22 ] Derry ‘s first meet in the new system was a 3–1 League of Ireland Cup win over Home Farm of Dublin at the Brandywell on 8 September 1985. [ 23 ] The revert of senior football to Derry attracted bombastic crowd. [ 7 ] Later in the season, after turning professional, it won the League of Ireland First Division Shield with a 6–1 aggregate victory over Longford Town. [ 24 ] The following class – 1987 – Derry won the First Division and promotion to the Premier Division, [ 25 ] staying there since. The club reached the 1988 FAI Cup final, but lost to Dundalk. The future season – 1988–89 – the club was financially forced to revert to semi-professional status but Jim McLaughlin ‘s side managed to win a triple ; the league, the League Cup and the FAI Cup. Qualifying for the 1989–90 european Cup, it met past winners, Benfica, in the first gear round. [ 7 ]

Modern highs and lows [edit ]

Since 1989, Derry has won the League of Ireland Premier Division once – in 1996–97 – but has been runner-up on three occasions. It added four more FAI Cups to its score in 1995, 2002, 2006 and 2012 was runner-up in 1994, 1997, and 2008 and has besides won ten promote League Cups. [ 26 ]
The baseball club has been beset by fiscal problems and was on the brink of bankruptcy due to an amateur tax poster in 2000. An across-the-board fund-raise feat was undertaken by local celebrities and the city ‘s people to save the club from extinction. [ 27 ] Derry played high-profile friendlies against clubs such as Celtic, [ 28 ] Manchester United, [ 29 ] Barcelona [ 30 ] and Real Madrid [ 31 ] to raise extra money. This helped keep the baseball club in operation, but difficulties remained and Derry about lost its Premier Division place in 2003 when it finished ninth and had to contest a two-legged relegation-promotion play-off with local rivals, Finn Harps. Derry won 2–1 on aggregate after extra-time at the Brandywell and remained in the top flight, avoiding further price. [ 32 ] With finances secured, the club became the first in Ireland to be awarded a premier UEFA license in 2004. [ 33 ] Derry reintroduce professional football and its phase improved, [ 34 ] as it finished moment in 2005. [ 35 ] Derry ‘s 2005 League Cup victory besides saw the club qualify for the cross-border Setanta Cup for the first time in 2006. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] It entered the 2006–07 UEFA Cup ‘s preliminary rounds, beating IFK Göteborg and Gretna to reach the first orotund where it faced Paris Saint-Germain ; [ 17 ] after a home 0–0 withdraw it lost 2–0 away. [ 38 ] Derry finished second again in 2006, [ 39 ] but went on to win the FAI Cup and League Cup double. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] It qualified for the 2007 Setanta Cup, a good as the preliminary rounds of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, [ 42 ] and was accepted into the restructured Premier Division for 2007. [ 43 ] The club had a disappointing league campaign in 2007, finishing one-seventh despite being pre-season favourites. [ 44 ] It did manage to win its one-eighth League Cup, though, thanks to a 1–0 victory over Bohemians at the Brandywell. [ citation needed ] The club, by owing huge debts, was expelled from the League of Ireland by the FAI in November 2009 for breaching the Participation Agreement and dissolved, but a new Derry baseball club using the “ Derry City ” name joined for 2010 – with the FAI allowing it into the First Division [ 5 ] [ 45 ] By January 2010 with a newfangled control panel, the new chair, Philip O’Doherty was reported to have acquired a new kit out softwood with Hummel. additionally, O’Doherty was quoted in the Derry Journal referring to the application to play in the first class :

… I ‘m confident that we ‘ve provided a timbre application and we ‘re bright that we will secure the necessity UEFA Licence to compete in the First Division. [ 46 ]

On Monday 15 February 2010, the new Derry City was awarded a First Division license by the Independent Club Licensing Committee, allowing it eligibility to compete in the 2010 First Division. [ 47 ] By the end of October 2010 Derry had clinched the First Division title and with it, promotion back to the premier part after winning 1–0 away at Monaghan United in the last game of the temper. [ 48 ] Derry ‘s top goalscorer that season, Mark Farren, who finished with a count of 20 goals, scored the achiever against Monaghan before retiring from football for medical reasons as he sought to fight a benign tumor located in his brain. Farren died of cancer in February 2016 and his count 18 shirt was retired by the club .

“ Twenty goals ( in the temper ) and he ‘s had to deal with indeed much going through his mind about his future health, never mind his footballing career. He ‘s been unbelievably brave, I do n’t think people realise how brave he ‘s been, although surely all the players do. ”

—Derry City coach Stephen Kenny .

Colours and crests [edit ]

A excerpt of past home-kit variations Derry City wore Aston Villa Football Club ‘s celebrated claret and blue jerseys with white shorts for its first season – 1929–30. [ 49 ] The semblance lasted until 1932, when white jersey with blacken shorts were adopted. [ 7 ] This vogue was replaced by the now-traditional red and white “ candystripes ” with black shorts in 1934. The style derived from Sheffield United, who wore the pattern and, specifically, Billy Gillespie, [ 7 ] a native of nearby Donegal. [ 50 ] He played for Sheffield United from 1913 until 1932, captaining them to a 1925 FA Cup win. The golf club ‘s most capped player with 25 appearances for Ireland, [ 50 ] he was held in such gamey attentiveness in his dwelling area that when he left Sheffield United in 1932 to become Derry ‘s player-manager, they changed their strip within two years in admiration of his career at Sheffield United. [ 49 ] Derry have worn loss and white stripes since, except from 1956 to 1962, when the club ‘s players wore amber and black. [ 7 ] Jerseys since 1962 have had “ candystripes ” of varying thickness. The kit features white socks – originally black socks were used and occasionally crimson if a clang with the enemy occurred. similarly, white shorts were adopted for a go in the early 1970s and for 1985. [ 49 ] They are hush sometimes wear if a clash occur, as are total darkness socks. away jerseys have varied in color from white, to navy and green stripes, to yellow, to egg white and light-blue stripes, and to black. [ 51 ] Derry have had assorted kit suppliers, including Adidas, [ 52 ] Avec, [ 53 ] Erreà, Fila, Le Coq Sportif, [ 54 ] Matchwinner, [ 53 ] Umbro, [ 55 ] Spall O’Neills, Hummel, and, presently, Adidas. [ 56 ] Commercial sponsorship logos to appear on the shirt ‘s front have included Northlands, [ 57 ] Warwick Wallpapers, [ 58 ] Fruit of the Loom, [ 53 ] Smithwick ‘s [ 54 ] and AssetCo. Logos to have appeared on the sleeve have included the Trinity Hotel, [ 59 ] Tigi Bed Head and Tigi Catwalk. For 2007, the son of local media, Q102.9 and the Derry News, appeared on the back of the shirt just below the neck, along with the logo of Meteor Electrical on the jersey ‘s battlefront. [ 60 ]
The city ‘s coat of arms, used by the club as a crown anterior to the insertion of a unique club peak in 1986, seen in a decoration on the Craigavon Bridge The club did not sport a crest on the golf club jersey throughout the Irish League years, nor for most of the first League of Ireland season. alternatively, the coat of arms of the city appeared on club memorabilia such as scarves, hats and badges. The symbols on the arms are a skeleton, three-towered castle, red St. George ‘s thwart and sword. The sword and crisscross are devices of the City of London, and along with an irish harmonica embedded within the cross, demonstrate the link between the two cities – the city ‘s official name under UK law is Londonderry and the city itself was developed by The Honourable The Irish Society, a livery ship’s company of the City of London. The palace is thought to be an previous local Norman keep built in 1305 by the de Burca kin. [ 61 ] The skeletal system is believed to be that of a knight of the lapp kin who was starved to death in the castle dungeons in 1332. [ 62 ] This is accompanied by the Latin motto, “ Vita, veritas, victoria “, meaning “ Life, truth, victory. ”
Derry City ‘s first gear exclusive crest, introduced in 1986 and replaced in 1997 by the crest which lasted to 2009 In April 1986 the cabaret ran a contest in local schools to design a cap for them. The winning submission was designed by John Devlin, a St. Columb ‘s College scholar, and was introduced on 5 May 1986 as Derry hosted Nottingham Forest for a friendly, with Liam Nelis and Paul Gormley ( on his fifth birthday ) act as mascots. The crest depicted a simplified version of the city ‘s Foyle Bridge, which had opened 18 months previously, the traditional red and white stripes of the jersey bordered by thin blacken lines, the year in which the club was founded and a football in the center representing the golf club as a footballing entity. The mention of the golf club appeared in Impact font. With the knickknack of the Foyle Bridge wearing off over time, the crest lasted until 15 July 1997, when the current one was unveiled at Lansdowne Road with the meet of Derry City and Celtic during a pre-season friendly tournament. [ 63 ] The modern peak besides features a center football, the year of initiation and the golf club ‘s appoint in a contemporary sans-serif font – Industria Solid. The celebrated red and white stripes are present along with a red multitude of color filling the leftover half of the crest, separated from the correct by a white stripe. Known cultural landmarks or items associated with the city are absent from the minimalist design. The crests have always been positioned over the heart on the home jersey .

home ground [edit ]

Derry City ‘s home ground is the municipal Brandywell Stadium, situated good southwest of the Bogside in the Brandywell area of Derry. It is frequently abbreviated to “ the Brandywell ” and is besides a local greyhound rush venue, with an egg-shaped track encircling the pitch. The dimensions of the lurch measure 111 by 72 yards ( 101 megabyte × 66 meter ). [ 64 ] The legal owner is the Derry City Council which lets the grate to the clubhouse. [ 7 ] Due to health and base hit regulations the stadium has a induct capacity of 2,900 for UEFA competitions, [ 65 ] although it can accommodate 7,700 on a normal match-day, terraces included. [ 66 ] The curved cantilever all-seated “ New Stand ” was constructed in 1991, while exploitation on the still-insufficient facilities has been delayed numerous times and had yet to take locate as of the end of the 2016 season. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] [ 69 ] [ 70 ] [ 71 ] Plans of Derry City ‘s to purchase a deliver fell through after its formation due to the tight time-scale between its initiation in 1928 and the season ‘s begin in 1929 and therefore the Londonderry Corporation ( now the Derry City Council ) was approached for the use of the Brandywell which had been used for football up until the end of the nineteenth hundred. It agreed and the club inactive operates under the constraints of The Honourable The Irish Society charter limitations which declare that the Brandywell must be available for the refreshment of the community. In effect, the club does not have individual possession and, therefore, can not develop by its own accord, with that discretion or whether to sell being left to the Derry City Council. [ 7 ] [ 72 ] [ 73 ] [ 74 ] [ 75 ]
Derry City supporters in the Brandywell Derry City ‘s first game at the Brandywell was a 2–1 loss to Glentoran on 22 August 1929. [ 7 ] In 1933, the buy of Bond ‘s Field in the Waterside was mentioned, but it was thought to be besides far away from the fan-base which had built up on the Cityside, specially in the Brandywell sphere. It besides had first option on Derry Celtic ‘s old ground, Celtic Park, but hesitated on a final decisiveness and the Gaelic Athletic Association bought it ten years former. It besides decided against buying Meenan Park for £1,500. [ 7 ] Because of Northern Ireland ‘s volatile political site during the Troubles and security fears for Protestants and those of the trade unionist custom visiting the chiefly nationalist city of Derry, the Brandywell has not always been the home ground of Derry City. In 1970 and 1971, Derry had to play its “ home ” ties against Linfield at Windsor Park in Belfast – the home-ground of Linfield. From September 1971 until October 1972 Derry was forced to play all its “ home ” games at the Showgrounds in chiefly Protestant Coleraine, over 30 miles ( 48 kilometer ) away, as patrol ruled the republican Brandywell area as excessively dangerous for visiting unionists, who themselves made up at least half of Derry City ‘s own fanbase at that time. The Brandywell did not see senior football for another 13 years as the Irish Football League upheld a ban on the stadium and Derry decided to leave the league as a result. [ 18 ] entirely greyhound meetings and junior football were held during this time. [ 14 ] Derry ‘s admission to the League of Ireland in 1985 saw a return of senior games. In December 2010 the cabaret introduced a new credit card type season ticket system to ensure abuse of tickets could no long occur and additionally ensuring more accurate attendance count at matches. [ 76 ]

Supporters [edit ]

By irish standards, Derry City have a relatively big and patriotic fan-base. The club was considered among the strongest and best-supported teams in the Irish League, [ 78 ] and upon the club ‘s entrance into the League of Ireland in 1985, crowd of about 10,000 attended to the Brandywell for the return of matches. Derry ‘s average home attendance of 3,127 was the highest of any team for the 2006 season. [ 79 ] The highest attendance was the last-night-of-the-season meet between Derry and Cork City at the Brandywell on Friday 17 November when 6,080 watched Derry win 1–0. [ 80 ] Domestically, Derry ‘s supporters travel to away games in “ bus-loads ”. [ 58 ] They gave boastfully support in the cabaret ‘s 2006 UEFA Cup run – around 3,000 travelled to Motherwell and “ maintained a rampart of heavy ” as Derry beat Gretna 5–1 at Fir Park, [ 81 ] [ 82 ] and “ some 3,000 ” went to Paris to see Derry play Paris Saint-Germain in the Parc des Princes. [ 83 ] During the family stage, ticketless fans desperate to see the games watched from a distance while standing on the high vantage point overlooking the Brandywell offered by the City Cemetery in Creggan and parked hired bus buses outside the stadium to help them see over the ground ‘s circumference. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] The club is known for its community spirit, and the supporters have played a pivotal role in the survival and successes of the club. When debts brought Derry close to extinction in the 2000–01 season, the local community responded en masse to help save the club. During the baseball club ‘s successful 2006 season, club captain, Peter Hutton said :

cipher owns Derry City F.C. apart from the people of Derry. Five or six years ago the club was on its knees, on the scepter of going out of business. There was no sugar-daddy, no millionaire, no Roman Abramovich to save the club. It was the people and the city who saved the club. People, fans, ordinary people ; they went out and banged on doors to collect money, they went around pubs with collection buckets, they did what they could to keep the club alive. Derry is a close-knit identify, a small residential district, they care about their club and that ‘s why we inactive have a club. And every act of success we may get this temper is down to them. [ 86 ]

besides, former Social Democratic and Labour Party leader and Nobel Peace Prize achiever John Hume, who was the club ‘s president, [ 60 ] stated in 1998 of the club ‘s relationship with the community :

Derry City F.C. has been the linchpin in the life of the residential district in Derry since its initiation in 1928. Throughout the cabaret ‘s history, the Candystripes have provided a sporting exit for young people and older supporters alike. The history of the club is intertwined with that of its city. It has seen struggle and marginalization become to renewal and success. The pride people have in this club reflects the pride we hold in our city. Derry City players and supporters alike are brilliant ambassadors for the city. today, the club, like the city, looks to the future with great promise. For all its successes, Derry City would be nothing without the people of the city. [ 87 ]

support for the club is quite dependant on geography and crosses social boundaries. Fans come from both working class areas, such as the Brandywell sphere and Bogside, and more affluent regions of the city, like Culmore. The Cityside is seen as the traditional basis of the golf club, particularly the Brandywell area, although the Waterside is besides home to a smaller number of supporters. [ 15 ] The clubhouse are supported chiefly by Derry ‘s nationalist residential district. The connection is argued to be rooted chiefly in geography, american samoa well as social, cultural and historic circumstances, as opposed to the club or its fans pushing towards the creation of a certain identity. [ 15 ] indeed, anterior to 1969, over half of the club ‘s support establish came from the goodly Unionist community that lived in the cityside at the time. The attack of the troubles made the Brandywell ‘s Nationalist placement excessively dangerous to visit and Unionist support fell away to a small minority, in keeping with the rapid Unionist depopulation of the cityside as a whole. The city ‘s wide-eyed Protestant residential district, about entirely based in the Waterside, is largely apathetic, though some unionists and loyalists see the club as a symbol of Catholicism and nationalism as a result of the sectarian divide in back. [ 15 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] [ 90 ] [ 91 ] [ 92 ] [ 93 ] Joining the Republic of Ireland ‘s league augmented the percept and, on occasion, Protestant hooligans have thrown missiles at Derry ‘s supporter buses as they journeyed to or returned from games across the boundary line. [ 94 ] Minor nationalist elements within the Derry City support-base see football as a mean of reinforcing sectarian divides. [ 15 ] With the city being a focal sharpen of polish and bodily process serving the northwest region of Ireland, support stretches beyond the urban boundary line and into the wall county ; Limavady, Strabane in nearby County Tyrone [ 95 ] and areas of bordering County Donegal control support. [ 96 ] The clubhouse has numerous garter clubs, along with extremist fans, and support beyond Ireland – chiefly emigrated city natives. Derry City Chat is a discussion web site run by fans. Derry ‘s fans partake a competition with the supporters of Finn Harps and sing the Undertones ‘ Teenage Kicks as a terrace anthem .

european record [edit ]

current team [edit ]

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Retired numbers

5 – in award of Ryan McBride 18 – in award of Mark Farren

Non-playing staff [edit ]

Position

Staff

Manager
Ruaidhrí Higgins

Assistant Manager
Alan Reynolds

First Team Coach
Mark McChrystal

First Team Coach
Conor Loughrey

Goalkeeping Coach
Declan McIntyre

Reserves Manager
Mark McChrystal

Technical Director
Paddy McCourt

Performance Analysis
Séamus McCallion

Fitness & Conditioning Coach
Kevin McCreadie

Kitman
Aidy Canning

Under 19 Manager
Gerard Boyle

Under 19 Coach
Jimmy McGuinness

Under 17 Manager
Donal O’Brien

Under 17 Coach
Mo Mahon

Under 15 Manager
Conor Loughrey

Under 15 Coach
Rory Kehoe

Under 13 Manager
Neil McCafferty

Under 13 Coach
Mark McChrystal

Club Doctor
Dr Joe McEvoy

Physio
Michael Hegarty

managerial history [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

Records [edit ]

Peter Hutton holds the golf club read for matches played in League of Ireland football with a sum of more than 660 appearances for Derry City, a cabaret phonograph record. [ 110 ] As of 16 July 2007, Paul Curran has made the moment highest number of appearances for the club in the League of Ireland with 518, followed by Sean Hargan with 408 since 1995. The club ‘s all-time highest goal-scorer is Jimmy Kelly with 363 goals between 1930 and 1951. [ 111 ] Since the entry of the club into League of Ireland football, Mark Farren is Derry ‘s circus tent scorer with 114 goals after 209 competitive appearances for the club between 2003 and 2012. [ 112 ] Derry ‘s first always scorekeeper was Peter Burke at dwelling to Glentoran on 22 August 1929 as the club lost 2–1. [ 113 ] Two days former, Sammy Curran had the honor of scoring Derry ‘s first hat-trick, as the club came back from 5 to 1 down away to Portadown, entirely to lose 6–5 to a late goal. [ 113 ] Barry McCreadie was Derry ‘s first scorekeeper in the League of Ireland as he scored during a 3–1 home win over Home Farm on 8 September 1985. [ 113 ] Derry ‘s beginning hat-trick in the League of Ireland was scored by Kevin Mahon away to Finn Harps on 15 December 1985. [ 113 ] Derry ‘s thousandth league finish was scored by Conor Sammon on 9 May 2008 against Shamrock Rovers. A number [ quantify ] of cap internationals [ who? ] have besides played for Derry. Derry ‘s record League of Ireland get the better of was to Longford Town in January 1986 – the grudge was 5–1. [ 60 ] The clubhouse ‘s criminal record League of Ireland winnings was 9–1 against Galway United in October 1986. [ 60 ] The club has only suffered relegation in the Irish League due to a breach of regulations, in 2009. Derry are the entirely League of Ireland team to have completed a soprano, in the 1988–89 temper. Derry ‘s 5–1 away win against Gretna at Fir Park, Motherwell in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup second qualify round is the largest away winning margin for any League of Ireland team in european contest. Derry played a record number of 54 games in the hale 2006 season, including all competitions. previously, the record had been the 49 games played in all competitions during the treble-winning 1988–89 season. [ 114 ] The Brandywell ‘s commemorate attendance in the League of Ireland system is 9,800 people who attended an FAI Cup second round off link between Derry and Finn Harps on 23 February 1986. [ 64 ] In the Irish League, a crowd of 12,000 attended the 1929–30 season home plate game against Linfield. [ 115 ]
A graphic representation of Derry City ‘s historical standings in the Irish League and League of Ireland

In popular culture [edit ]

Derry City have made numerous appearances in popular polish. In the world of music, the club was given exposure by Derry punk rocker band, The Undertones, which had the cover of its 1980 hit single, “ My Perfect Cousin “, feature a Subbuteo figure sporting the color of Derry City. The song ‘s video recording included the group ‘s front-man, Feargal Sharkey, kicking and leaping to head a ball while wearing the red and white new jersey. [ 116 ] similarly, on the cover of its second base ever individual, Get Over You, the words “ Derry City F.C. ” can be seen. [ 117 ] The club have besides featured on popular television. Due to the fact that it is a clubhouse based in Northern Ireland play in the league of the Republic of Ireland, it much receives the attention of broadcasters in both jurisdictions. In the BBC documentary serial Who Do You Think You Are? shown the night before Derry ‘s brush with Paris St. Germain in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup first round, it was highlighted that Archie McLeod, the grandfather of Doctor Who actor David Tennant, was a Derry City player. Derry had supplied a lucrative signing-on tip and had enticed him over from Scotland. [ 118 ] Likewise, features about the clubhouse were run by Football Focus prior to and after the like UEFA Cup game. irish television has besides featured the club. Derry City played in the first League of Ireland match always to be shown live on television when it visited Tolka Park to play Shelbourne during the 1996–97 season. The plot was broadcast on RTÉ ‘s Network 2 and finished 1–1 with Gary Beckett scoring for Derry. Another medium to play host to the club has been the radio. On 20 April 2005, Derry City featured in an audio objective The Blues and the Candy Stripes on RTÉ Radio 1 ‘s Documentary on One. The documentary was produced in the aftermath of the historic friendly game between Derry and Linfield that took station on 22 February 2005 – the beginning between the two teams to occur since a game on 25 January 1969 during which Linfield ‘s fans had to be evacuated from the Brandywell by police at half-time due to civil agitation and surly scenes within the anchor. [ 119 ] The 2005 match was organised as a kind of security test in the runup to the probably possibility that both teams, with socially polar fan-bases, qualified for and be drawn against one another in a Setanta Cup competition. [ 18 ]

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References [edit ]

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Ferry, Gary (2008) The Team I Loved So Well – City Print
Ferry, Gary (2015) 30 Years – The Journey So Far – City Print