Kilkenny City F.C. is an Irishfootball club playing in the Eircom League Divison 1. The club, founded in 1966 and elected to the league in 1985, hails from Kilkenny and play their home matches at Buckley Park. The present manager is the former Shelbourne FC player Pat Scully. Kilkenny City crest This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... The Football League of Ireland is a league of football clubs in the Republic of Ireland. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh) is the county seat of County Kilkenny, Ireland, with a population (including environs) of 20,735. ... Shelbourne FC is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...
Honours
First Division Champions: 1996/97
First Division Shield Champions: 1987
External Links
Kilkenny City FC Website (http://www.kilkennycity.com/)
Kilkenny City at FAI.ie (http://www.fai.ie/staticarticle.asp?hlid=244043)
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First Division
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City's ground, the Brandywell was located in a strongly nationalist area of Derry and during the early 1970s its surrounding areas saw some of the worst violence of the Troubles.
Derry City joined the Republic's league, the League of Ireland in the newly created First Division in 1985, won promotion to the Premier Division in 1987, and have stayed in the top flight ever since.
Derry City is one of a handful of clubs in the United Kingdom to be located in one country, but play in the league of another.