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League Of Ireland Player Of The Month
The League of Ireland Player of the Month is awarded monthly to the best player in the League of Ireland. The winners are selected by Soccer Writers' Ireland, commonly known as the SWI (formerly known as Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland). Winners 1971–72 League of Ireland, 1971–72 1972–73 League of Ireland, 1972–73 1973–74 League of Ireland, 1973–74 1974–75 League of Ireland, 1974–75 1975–76 League of Ireland, 1975–76 1976–77 League of Ireland, 1976–77 1977–78 League of Ireland, 1977–78 1978–79 League of Ireland, 1978–79 1979–80 League of Ireland, 1979–80 1980–81 League of Ireland, 1980–81 1981–82 League of Ireland, 1981–82 1982–83 League of Ireland, 1982–83 1983–84 League of Ireland, 1983–84 1984–85 League of Ireland, 1984–85 1985–86 League of Ireland Premier Division, 1985–86 1986–87 League of Ireland Premier Division, 1986–87 1987–88 League of Ireland Premier Division, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Ireland
The League of Ireland is a national association football Sports league, league consisting of professional clubs in the Republic of Ireland and Derry, Derry City in Northern Ireland. It is governed by the Football Association of Ireland. It was the name of the top-level football league in the Republic of Ireland from its foundation in 1921–22 League of Ireland, 1921 until the introduction of a second division in 1985. There are three divisions in the league – the League of Ireland Premier Division, Premier Division, the League of Ireland First Division, First Division and the League of Ireland Women's Premier Division, Women's Premier Division. The league has always worked closely with the FAI, with which it formally merged in 2006. The league is currently sponsored by SSE Airtricity, and as such is known as the SSE Airtricity League for sponsorship reasons. In 2007, it became one of the first leagues in Europe to introduce a salary cap. The men's league is divided into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelbourne F
Shelbourne may refer to: __NOTOC__ Dublin, Ireland * Shelbourne Park, a greyhound racing stadium * Shelbourne Hotel, a hotel in the city centre * Shelbourne Road, a neighbourhood around the road with the same name *Shelbourne F.C., an association football club * Shelbourne United F.C., a former football club Australia * Shelbourne, Victoria, a small town located near Maldon in Victoria, Australia ** Shelbourne railway station in the town Canada *Shelbourne, a neighborhood in Saanich, British Columbia Saanich ( ) is a district municipality on the southern end of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, within the Greater Victoria area. The population was 117,735 at the 2021 census, making it the most populous municipality in the Cap ... People with the surname *Cecily Shelbourne, pseudonym of Suzanne Goodwin (1916–2008), British writer * Philip Shelbourne (1924–1993), British lawyer and financier, chairman of merchant bank Samuel Montagu & Co. * Roy Mahlon Shelb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Humphries
Carl Humphries is an Irish former association football player who played as a forward. In 2001, the ''Irish Independent'' newspaper declared Humphries to be "one of the greatest-ever" to play in the League of Ireland. Early career As a teenager, Humphries was on the books at both West Ham United in the English First Division for two years. He returned to Cork in 1970 and signed for local club Cork Celtic in the League of Ireland. Humphries scored 7 goals for ''Celtic'' in the 1970–71 season. He signed for Waterford FC in 1971 and was a member of the side that won the 1971–72 League of Ireland. His goal scoring proved crucial to ''the Blues'' as he would score Waterford's first in an away game against title rivals Cork Hibernians on the final day of the season at Flower Lodge. 26,000 people witnessed ''Hibs'' go 2–0 up before Humphries' 79th-minute strike. Team-mates Johnny Matthews and Alfie Hale then scored in a dramatic 3–2 win that clinched Waterford's fifth title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975–76 League Of Ireland
Below are the statistics of League of Ireland in the 1975–76 season. Overview It was contested by 14 teams, and Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ) is the county town of County Louth, Ireland. The town is situated on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the north-east coast of Ireland, and is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, close to and south of the bor ... won the championship. Final classification Albert Rovers were elected to the league for next season. Results Top scorers References {{DEFAULTSORT:1975-76 League of Ireland Ireland, 1975-76 1975–76 in Republic of Ireland association football League of Ireland seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Kelly (footballer)
Tommy Kelly was an Irish soccer player during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Career A dynamic midfielder, his career at Dalymount Park spanned 3 different decades. He appeared in a club record 19 games in European competition and won 2 League of Ireland titles.http://www.bohemians.ie/index.php/legends/genuine-gypsy.htm He joined Bohs in 1965/66 and played as a full back in the "B" team. He made his debut for the first team as a substitute in a 4–1 win over Drogheda on 10 April 1966. He began next season as left back until Bobby Wade returned from injury, whereby Kelly moved into the centre of midfield. It is here where he would remain for the majority of his career. He won the first of his 3 amateur international caps against Wales in October 1966. Bohs finished the 66/67 season as league runners-up and because of their strictly amateur status, they began to lose some of their key players to their professional rivals. Kelly was among the defectors as he moved to Shamrock Rover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Smyth
Mick Smyth (born 13 May 1940) was an Irish soccer player who played for Drumcondra, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians and Athlone Town in the League of Ireland throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and had a short spell in England with Barrow in the early 1960s. He made his Rovers debut at Drogheda on 27 December 1964 and kept a clean sheet. A dominant goalkeeper, he won five FAI Cup winners medals in a row with Rovers from 1965 to 1969. After making 12 appearances in European competition for the Milltown club he left to join Bohemians in May 1971. He won two league winners medals in 1974/75 and 1977/78 and was named Irish Football Personality of the Year in 1977. He made 16 appearances in European competition for Bohs. Played in 136 competitive games in a row for Bohs between December 1973 until the April 1979. Along with Johnny Fullam he signed for Athlone in August 1979. He signed back for Rovers in August 1982. He earned one cap for Ireland in 1968 against Poland. On 25 Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Byrne (footballer)
Patrick Joseph Byrne (born 15 May 1956, in Dublin) is an Irish former football player and manager. Playing career Club A central midfielder, Byrne's playing career started with Bohemians, his debut coming against St Patrick's Athletic on 25 August 1974 in a LFA President's Cup Final. He made 162 appearances in all competitions for Bohemians (98 in the league, 10 in European competition) and won 2 League of Ireland titles and 1 FAI Cup before he moved to the US in 1978, for a year with the Philadelphia Fury of the North American Soccer League. At the Fury he played alongside fellow Irishmen Fran O'Brien and Eddie Byrne, appearing in eighteen matches plus one play-off game and scoring three goals. Byrne's teammates also included Alan Ball, Peter Osgood and Johnny Giles, while he played against the likes of Rodney Marsh, Carlos Alberto, Franz Beckenbauer, Giorgio Chinaglia and Bobby Moore. He returned to Europe in 1979, playing for Leicester City in England until 1981, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974–75 League Of Ireland
Below are the statistics of League of Ireland in the 1974–75 season. Overview It was contested by 14 teams, and Bohemian F.C., Bohemians won the championship. Final classification Results Top scorers References {{DEFAULTSORT:1974-75 League of Ireland 1974–75 in European association football leagues, Ireland, 1974-75 1974–75 in Republic of Ireland association football League of Ireland seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hannigan
Ben Hannigan (3 September 1943 – 4 February 2021) was an Irish footballer who played as an inside forward. He spent most of his career playing for Shelbourne in the League of Ireland. Career Hannigan had three different spells with Shelbourne as a player from 1961 to 1966, 1972–74, and finally in the 1980–81 season. His first spell was the most successful as Shels won the league championship in 1962 after defeating Cork Celtic in a play-off and then defeating Cork Hibernians in the following year's FAI Cup final. In December 1965 he signed for Wrexham but was soon back home with Dundalk where he won the League in 1967. He scored over 50 goals for the Oriel Park side. Hannigan then signed for Shamrock Rovers in April 1969 and made his debut on 6 April. He won the FAI Cup in his first season and represented Rovers twice in European competition against Schalke 04. In Finn Harps' first ever game in the League of Ireland Hannigan scored four times in a 10–2 win on 17 Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Fullam
John Rowan Fullam (22 March 1940 – 10 June 2015) was an Irish association footballer. Career Born in Dublin, Fullam began his career at Home Farm before signing for Preston North End in 1958. He scored 6 goals in 49 league appearances for Preston. In 1961 he was asked to guest on Shamrock Rovers tour of America on the understanding that he would sign for the club. He scored his first goal in a competitive match from the penalty spot against Transport in a League of Ireland Shield game on 20 August 1961. He suffered a serious knee injury in February 1962 and missed Rovers FAI Cup win that season. He made his European debut in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against PFC Botev Plovdiv and won his first Shield medal in 1962/63. Johnny was a regular member of Rovers' all-conquering side of 1963/64 when the Hoops almost made a clean sweep of the domestic trophies. He was one of five Rovers' players who were on the League of Ireland XI side that beat the English Football League side 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donal Murphy
Donal Patrick Murphy (born 23 February 1955) is an Irish footballer who played as a winger in the League of Ireland and Football League. Career After three seasons as an apprentice at Highfield Road the Republic of Ireland national football team youth international moved to Shamrock Rovers in October 1973. He made his League of Ireland debut on 4 November at Richmond Park and scored on his home debut at Milltown the following week. His goal scoring exploits earned him the Player of the Month award in September 1974. In February 1975 Murphy was called up to a Republic of Ireland national football team training session under Johnny Giles. In September 1975 he was part of the Rovers squad that toured Japan. The following month he re signed for Coventry. After seven years in England he came home to sign for Drogheda United in October 1982 on a three-month contract and scored on his debut at Dalymount Park. At the end of his short contract he signed for Bohemians in February 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank O'Neill (footballer, Born 1953)
Frank "Sniffer" O'Neill (1953 – 14 April 2024) was an Irish footballer who played for several clubs, most notably Cork Celtic and Cobh Ramblers. Career O'Neill began his football career with local side Springfield. 1972 proved to be a very successful year for the 19-year-old O'Neill. He was selected for the Cork AUL Youths squad that represented the Republic of Ireland in an international tournament in Coventry, won a Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division, Munster Senior League title with Cobh Ramblers Cobh Ramblers Football Club (CRFC) is an Irish football club. The club, founded in 1922 and elected to the League of Ireland in 1985, hails from Cobh, County Cork and play their home matches at St. Colman's Park. The club's colours are clare ... before signing for Cork Celtic. O'Neill was the club's leading scorer with 12 goals when Celtic won the 1973–74 League of Ireland. O'Neill returned to Cobh Ramblers shortly after the league title success, however, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
