St. Mochta's F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Clonsilla, Dublin. Their senior team play in the

Leinster Senior League Senior Division The Leinster Senior League Senior Division is the top division of the Leinster Senior League. It is organized by the Leinster Football Association. Together with the Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division and the Ulster Senior League Se ...

. They also regularly compete in the

FAI Cup The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup (FAI Cup), known as the Extra.ie FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as Derry ...

, the FAI Intermediate Cup, the

FAI Junior Cup The FAI Junior Cup is a cup competition organized by the Football Association of Ireland for junior association football clubs from the Republic of Ireland. The inaugural winners were Brideville. The competition's most successful club is Fairvi ...

and the Leinster Senior Cup.

History

St. Mochta's were founded in September 1949 when founder Barth O'Brien put a motion to the AGM of the St. Mochta's Branch of the Catholic Young Men's Society (CYMS) that a football section be formed within the branch. At the time, it was unsure exactly what type of ''football'' the club would play, considering that it could mean association football, rugby football, or gaelic football. After a vote from aspiring members, association football or soccer was chosen. In its early years, the club played its football at Somerton on the same grounds where Castleknock GAA club now play and briefly in Coolmine Lane, close to

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before permanently establishing themselves at Porterstown. In the early 1960s the CYMS became defunct but the club carried on as St. Mochta's.

Later years

In 2017 the club won the

for the first time. In October 2018, the Football Association of Ireland announced that St. Mochta's would be receiving €20,000 in funds to help fund a full-sized astroturf pitch at the club's Porterstown Road facility. In July 2019, the club celebrated its 70th anniversary with a glamour friendly tie against English League One side Bristol Rovers. Hailed as 'the biggest club the .... side have ever played', the match ended in a 7-0 loss for St. Mochta's.

Notable former players

Republic of Ireland internationals

* Glen Crowe * Mark Kennedy

Republic of Ireland u21 internationals

Stephen Paisley Stephen Paisley (born 28 July 1983) is a former Irish professional football player. Paisley was a central defender. Career Early career Paisley played schoolboy football for Dublin sides St. Mochta's and Cherry Orchard before joining Englis ...

Others

* Philip Hughes * Dean Kelly

Honours

(1): Winners 2016-17

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mochtas F.C. Leinster Senior League (association football) clubs Association football clubs in Dublin (city) 1949 establishments in Ireland Association football clubs established in 1949 Former Athletic Union League (Dublin) clubs