Drumcondra F.C.
association football club
Drumcondra Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Drumcondra, Dublin.
Once one of the most successful clubs in Ireland in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, with a strong rivalry with Shamrock Rovers since the 1920s, they fell into obscurity since their financial and organisational troubles began in 1969. After numerous name changes, revivals, mergers, splits and relocations, the club is now an amateur one with a large membership of both senior and youth players.
Currently their senior team play in the Leinster Senior League Senior Division 1A. They also field a team in the league's Major 1B Saturday Division.
History
Foundation
Drumcondra F.C.'s heritage goes back to the late nineteenth century, using variations of the name Drumcondra A.F.C, and Drumcondra Botanic (when they began to play in 1901 on Botanic Road where Santry RFC used to play). Drumcondra's won the Leinster Junior League in 1899 and the Leinster Junior Shield Winners 1911–12. Early figures in the club's history included former player and club honorary secretary Larry Sheridan (who served as chairman and honorary secretary of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), as well as honorary secretary of the League of Ireland) and Jack A. Ryder (who served as Secretary of the LFA and the FAI). The club lapse during the great war and was refounded in 1924.
Prominence
Drumcondra came to national prominence, in 1926–27, while playing in the Leinster Senior League and with a team that included Joe Grace and Johnny Murray, Drums won the inaugural FAI Qualifying Cup, later known as the FAI Intermediate Cup, beating Cobh Ramblers in the final. This win enabled them to compete in the FAI Cup where Drumcondra made it to the final against Brideville.
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