Limerick FC
Full name	Limerick Football Club
Nickname(s)	"The Blues" and "Lims"
Founded	1937
Ground	Hogan Park, Rathbane, Limerick City
Capacity	9,000
Chairman	Danny Drew
Manager	Danny Drew
League	Eircom First Division
2005	7th
Home colours Away colours

Limerick Football Club is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. There has been senior football in the city since 1937. Limerick FC, who replaced Limerick City in the League of Ireland in 1983, play their home matches at Hogan Park. This ground does not seem to have a future as it is in a notorious part of the city. Club colours are blue and white. The current manager is Chairman Danny Drew after the resignation of Noel O'Connor. Image File history File links Limerickfc_crest. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the city in Ireland. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadia, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the Eircom League (from the leagues sponsorship by Irish telcom Eircom), is a league of football clubs in the Republic of Ireland. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the eircom League (from the leagues sponsorship by Irish telecommunications company eircom), is a league of football clubs in Ireland. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Limerick F.C. Colours

While Limerick soccer has for long been associated with the colours blue and white, Limerick teams have taken to the field in a variety of club colours.

When a senior soccer team first appeared on the scene in 1937 blue was nowhere to be seen. The first teams wore Stoke City-like red and white striped jerseys and white shorts. The colour was more accurately described as Cardinal red (It was reported that black and amber was also suggested as the club colours, but that Young Munsters ruse didn't work). 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England. ...

Limerick did not appear in blue and white until 1943, and in their first game in the new colours lost 5-0 to Cork United at the Markets Field. After this 'blue' start, Limerick teams continued to wear blue and white for the next 40 years. Limerick City came into being in 1983 and the team colours were changed along with the club name and the home ground. The club moved to Rathbane and took to wearing canary yellow and green shirts and green shorts. 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Fordsons F.C. was an Irish football club who played in the Football League of Ireland. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The re-emergence of Limerick FC in the mid-1990s also saw the re-emergence of the famous blue jerseys. In an attempt to re-engage with the Limerick footballing public the blue and white made a return.

Limerick F.C. in European Competition

Previous Limerick FC crest

Limerick has appeared in European competitions on six occasions in its history. In 12 matches they have scored 7 goals and while the club has never won a European game, it has drawn twice. One of those draws was achieved at the Dell against a Southampton team that included former European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan and Mick Channon. Image File history File links Limerick Football Club Crest File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Limerick Football Club Crest File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Southampton Football Club (originally St Marys YMA) are an English football team, nicknamed The Saints. ... The (French for Golden Ball) is a football award, created in 1956 by the French football magazine France Football. ... Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born February 14, 1951 in Armthorpe, South Yorkshire)[1] is a former English football coach and player, and one of its all time greatest players. ... Michael Roger Mick Channon (born 28 November 1948 in Orcheston, Wiltshire, United Kingdom) is a sportsman who enjoyed a career as a feared football goalscorer with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer. ...

Limerick first competed in 1960 in the European Cup against Young Boys Berne, but suffered their heaviest aggregate defeat. Limerick moved their 1965 Cup Winners' Cup home leg to Dalymount Park, the other time that Limerick has played a 'home' game outside of Limerick. Interestingly, Pat Nolan is the only player ever to have scored for Limerick in Limerick in a European game. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... BSC Young Boys is a Swiss football club of the Swiss capital, Bern. ... The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic cup competitions. ... Pat Nolan (born between 1943 and 1951), lawyer, politician and activist. ...

The most famous European game was the 'home' match against Real Madrid in the European Cup in 1980. The match was played at Lansdowne Road where Dublin football fans stayed away en masse. Only 6,000 people saw a Limerick team under Eoin Hand almost beat the aristocrats of European soccer. Des Kennedy scored twice against Real Madrid in the tie, the only player to do so in Europe that year. Johnny Matthews had a 'goal' disallowed. Had it been given he would have completed a remarkable treble, as he had previously scored in European competition against Manchester United and Celtic while at Waterford United. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club best known for its football team which was ranked as The 20th Centurys Best Club by FIFA. Real Madrid is considered the best club of footballs history. ... Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... A DART train passes under the Lansdowne Road Rugby Football Stadium and over the level crossing as it enters the station of the same name. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Eoin Hand (born March 30 1946 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) was a footballer and football manager. ... Des Kennedy was an Irish football (soccer) player. ... Manchester United Football Club are a world-famous English football club, based at Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester. ... Celtic Football Club (pronounced seltik, in IPA) AIM: CCP is a Scottish football club, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. ... Waterford United is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...

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Current first team squad

As of 4 December 2006:

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Management team

• Manager - Noel O'Connor
• Assistant Manager - Aidan Ryan
• First team coach - Declan Farmer
• Physio - Barry Heffernan
• Goalkeeping coach - Pat Whelan

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Honours

• League Champions: 2
  • 1959/60, 1979/80
• FAI Cup Winners: 2
  • 1971, 1982
• League Cup Winners: 3
  • 1976/77, 1992/93, 2001/02
• Shield Winners: 2
  • 1953/54, 1983/84
• First Division Championship: 1
  • 1991/92
• Dublin City Cup Winners: 2
  • 1958/59, 1969/70
• Munster Senior Cup Winners: 7
  • 1938, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1977, 1995

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Hall of Fame

• Sam Allardyce (MF)
• Al Finucane (MF)
• Des Kennedy (FW)
• John McGrath (MF)
• Tony Ward

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External links

• The Official Limerick FC Website
• Eleven a Side - Limerick FC
• Limerick on FAI.ie
• Limerick FC Supporters' Club
• Discussion Group on Limerick FC