Waterford United

Full name	Waterford United Football Club
Nickname(s)	"The Blues"
Founded	1930
Ground	Waterford Regional Sports Centre, Waterford, County Waterford
Capacity	8,200
Chairman	Martin Colbert
Manager	Mike Kerley
League	Eircom Premier League
2005	8th
Home colours Away colours

Waterford United is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. The club, founded and elected to the league in 1930, hails from Waterford and play their home matches at Regional Sports Centre. Club colours are Blue and White, and the club goes by the nickname Blues. The current Manager is Mike Kerley. Image File history File links WaterfordUnited. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Waterford Regional Sports Centre The Waterford Regional Sports Centre is part of Waterford Corporations Municipal sporting facilities. ... Waterford (Irish: Port Lairge) is, historically, the capital of County Waterford in Ireland, though today the city is administered separately from the county, the latter having its seat in Dungarvan. ... County Waterford (Port Láirge in Irish) is a county in the province of Munster on the south coast of Ireland. ... 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... 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... Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) The Current Laws of the Game (LOTG) The Rec. ... The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the Eircom League (from the leagues sponsorship by Irish telcommunications company Eircom), is a league of football clubs in the Republic of Ireland. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the city in Ireland. ... Waterford Regional Sports Centre The Waterford Regional Sports Centre is part of Waterford Corporations Municipal sporting facilities. ...

2005 season

In the 2005 season which ended on 18 November, Waterford United recovered from a horror midseason run where they went 18 games without a win to go bottom of the table. Then ex Cork City manager Pat Dolan came in as assistant manager to effect a remarkable transformation. They won five and drew two of their last eight games to finish in a comfortable 8th position. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cork City F.C. is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...

Honours

• League titles: 6
  • 1965-66, 1967-68 , 1968-69 , 1969-70, 1971-72, 1972-73
• FAI Cups: 2
  • 1937, 1980
• League Cups: 2
  • 1973-74, 1984-85

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Famous Former Players

• Alfie Hale
• Johnny Matthews
• Peter Thomas
• Jimmy McGeough
• Shay Brennan
• Bobby Charlton - played for Waterford in FAI Cup defeat at Finn Harps*
• Alan Reynolds
• John Frost
• Daryl Murphy

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External links

• Waterford United Website
• Waterford United on FAI.ie
• Waterford United Fan Site

Supporters club e.mail = wuosc@yahoo.ie Club e.mail = office@waterford-united.ie