Thurles Town Football Club is an Irish association football club based in

Thurles Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdi ...

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named afte ...

. Their senior team play in the North Tipperary District League. Thurles Town A.F.C. was formed in 1950. In 1977 they merged with Peake Villa to become Thurles Town F.C. and in order to enter a team in the

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. Thurles Town played in the League of Ireland from 1977–78 until 1981–82. Their best performance was a ninth-place finish in 1979–80. Throughout their time in the League of Ireland, Thurles Town also competed in the

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. However they never progressed beyond the first round they played in. When Thurles Town withdrew from the League of Ireland in 1982, Peake Villa returned to play in the Kilkenny League and the Tipperary Southern and District League. FAI Cup Rsssf
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Notable former players

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representatives

* Terry Flanagan *

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Goalscorers

Neville Steedman Neville Steedman (born 18 September 1957) was an Irish soccer player during the 1980s who played as a forward. He represented Thurles Town, Shamrock Rovers and Galway United amongst others during his career. He made three appearances for Rove ...

: 1979–80 – 17

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managers

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Former managers

: 1977–1978 *

Sean Sheehy Sean Sheehy (born 1952) was an Irish soccer player during the 1970s. He played for Dundalk before transferring to Preston North End F.C. in August 197 In October 1974 he signed for Bohemian FC, Bohemiansbr>and scored the goal that won the 19 ...

: 1978 *

: 1978–80? * John Doran: 1980–81? *

: 1981–1982

References

External links

www.thurlestownfc.ie
{{League of Ireland clubs Former League of Ireland clubs Association football clubs in County Tipperary Association football clubs established in 1950 1950 establishments in Ireland Sport in Thurles