St Patrick's Ahtletic

Full name	St Patricks Athletic Football Club
Nickname	SuperSaints
Founded	1929
Ground	Richmond Park, Inchicore, Dublin
Capacity	5,500
Chairman	Andrew O'Callaghan
Manager	John McDonnell
League	Eircom Premier League
2004	8th
Home colours Away colours

St Patrick's Athletic F.C. is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1929, hails from the Dublin suburb of Inchicore and play their home matches at Richmond Park. Club colours are Red and White, and the club goes by the nickname The Saints. The current manager is John McDonnell. Image File history File links St. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Inchicore is a village near the Phoenix Park, to the west of Dublin, Ireland. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... The Eircom Premier League is the most senior soccer competition 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... shorts 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... 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... shorts 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... 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 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, 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. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... Inchicore is a village near the Phoenix Park, to the west of Dublin, Ireland. ... Richmon Park is the home ground to the Football team St. ...

History

St Patrick's Athletic F.C. were founded in 1929. Known as the Saints or simply as 'Pats' the club joined the senior ranks of the League of Ireland in 1951 - and at their first attempt they won the league championship! Two more league championship successes followed in 1954/1955 and 1955/1956. The club had to wait until 1959 before their first FAI Cup success, repeating the feat in 1961. Despite several appearances in the final since 1961 the saints have so far failed to secure a third Cup win. 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The FAI Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Pats made their presence felt in Irish Football in the fifties and enjoyed a golden era of sorts in their first decade in the top flight. Many of the Pats players of that golden era are still recalled fondly today - Ginger O'Rourke, Harry Boland ('The Legend', 1926-2000), Irish international Shay Gibbons, Ronnie Whelan Snr. and Willie Peyton are players who contributed greatly during this era.

The early years of the club saw much movement as Pats played "home games" in venues such as Milltown, Chaplelizod and Dalymount Park. The club returned to its original home of Richmond Park, Inchicore in 1960 and stayed there until 1989. Another period in "exile" in the greyhound stadium in Harolds Cross followed before the club finally returned to Richmond Park in 1993. Dalymount Park is a football stadium situated in north Dublin. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harolds Cross (Crois Araild in Irish) is a suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

The appointment of Brian Kerr as manager in 1986 was a major turning point in the fortunes of the club. Kerr worked on limited resources to create team capable of challenging the best. The championship was denied his team in 1988 on the final day of that season but two years later they were finally crowned Champions of Ireland and thus began a magical era of success which made Saint Pats the undisputed 'Team of the Nineties' in Irish Football. Brian Kerr (born in Dublin, March 5, 1953) is the manager of the Republic of Ireland soccer team. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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 task of creating a winning setup. With the aid of a newly appointed Chief Executive, ex Arsenal reserve player, Patrick Dolan and by the club's new Chairman, Tim O'Flaherty. The league trophy returned to Richmond Park in 1996. Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) is a football club from north London, and one of the most successful clubs in English football. ...

A new generation of footballing heroes emerged in Pats colours with greats such as Eddie Gormley, Paul Osam, and exciting young stars such as Colin Hawkins and Trevor Molloy thousands flocked to Inchicore for magical Friday nights under the fllodlights in Richmond Park. With Pat Dolan and than Liam Buckley at the helm the glory continued as further league championships were secured in 1998 and 1999 which led to European qualification and a creditable 0-0 draw with the famous Celtic at Celtic Park, the club lost the return leg in Dublin but the away draw was a major boost for Irish football against such a famous club in the world game. Celtic Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Celtic (pronounced sel-tic) or the Bhoys, are one of the worlds most famous football clubs. ... Celtic Park, looking from the Jock Stein stand eastward Celtic Park Celtic Park stadium is the home of Celtic F.C. football team in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Into the new millennium the success has continued. Crowned League Cup Champions and Leinster Senior Cup winners in 2000/01. Controversy dogged the club in the 2001/02 season due to player registration irregularities. The club 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 March 22, 2002, they had 15 points deducted for playing Charles Mbabazi Livingstone in the first 5 matches of the season in spite of not having registered him until September 12, 2001. Shelbourne F.C. would end up being awarded the league title after the title was striped from the Saints, a FAI arbitration panel would rejected the Saints appeal of the point deduction and to this day the Saints still contest that they are the rightful league champs. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shelbourne F.C. is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...

New Club Chairman Andrew O'Callaghan was appointed in the summer of 2002 and has worked to modernize the club and face the new challenges of UEFA licensing and ground development. Saint Pats made Irish footballing history in 2002 by becoming the first club to progress in the Intertoto Cup with a victory over Croatian team NK Rijeka over two legs - the club were eventually knocked out of the competition only on goal difference to K.A.A. Gent of Belgium. UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The UEFA Intertoto Cup is a summer football competition for European clubs that have not qualified for one of the main UEFA competitions (the Champions League and the UEFA Cup). ... HNK Rijeka is a Croatian football club, from Rijeka on the Croatian coast. ... K.A.A. Gent is a Belgian football club, based in Ghent. ...

The club marked its 75th anniversary in 2004. The influence of Saint Patrick's Athletic FC on Irish football is self evident with ex Pats boss Brian Kerr now installed as manager of the Irish national soccer team. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ...

Current squad

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David Bell is from Donegal and was born on the 13 of May 1985. ... Aidan OKeefe is a football player for St. ...

Honours

• League titles : 7
  • 1951-52, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1989-90, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99
• FAI Cups: 2
  • 1959, 1961
• League Cups: 2
  • 2000-01, 2003

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Hall of Fame

Apart from the famous players of the 50's mentioned above recent stars include Irish international Paul McGrath who spent one season with Saint Patrick's before his move to Manchester United. Curtis Fleming also moved to top flight football in England with Premiership Middlesbrough having graduated from Saint Pats. He was a member of the team when Brian Kerr was in charge. More recently Ugandan international skipper Charles Livingstone Mbabazi thrilled Saints fans before his untimely retirement due to heart illness in 2005. Paul Osam is one of the most decorated Saints with a distinguished league winning career which ended in 2004. Eddie Gormley and Ricky O'Flaherty are also names which have starred for the Inchicore team in the recent past. Paul McGrath (born December 4, 1959 in Ealing, England) is a former international football (soccer) defender, a long-time member of the Republic of Ireland national team. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... Middlesbrough F.C. are an English football team, commonly known as The Boro. They are currently in the Premier League. ... Charles Livingstone Mbabazi (born October 18, 1980) is a retired footballer from Uganda who achieved fame at St Patricks Athletic Football Club in Ireland. ...

External Links

• St Patricks Athletic FC Official Website
• The St. Pats Fans Online Discussion Forum
• The website of the S.E.I. - Saints Ultras
• St Patrick's Athletic on FAI.ie