Jacobs F.C.
football club
Jacobs Football Club was an Irish association football club based in Crumlin, Dublin. Jacobs were one of the founding members of the League of Ireland and played in the league from 1921–22 until 1931–32.
Like several fellow early League of Ireland clubs, such as St James's Gate, Midland Athletic, Fordsons and Dundalk, Jacobs had their origins as a factory or works team. They were originally the football team of Jacobs Biscuit Factory. In total, they lasted eleven seasons in the League of Ireland. They remained active as a football club until at least the late 1960s, playing in the round of sixteen of the 1968–69 FAI Cup.
History
Early years
In 1914–15 Jacobs played in the Leinster Junior League alongside Shamrock Rovers and in 1916–17 they were runners up in the IFA Junior Cup, losing in the final to a team representing the Royal Irish Rifles. During the 1919–20 season, played against the background of the Irish War of Independence, a group of Jacobs players were found guilty of invading the dressing room of their opponents, Olympia, after a Leinster Senior Cup game. Two Jacobs players received lengthy suspensions from the Leinster Football Association as did an Olympia player when it emerged that Jacobs had been taunted for "playing (British Army) soldiers" in their team.
League of Ireland
In 1921–22, together with Shelbourne, Bohemians, St James's Gate, Frankfort, Olympia, YMCA and Dublin United, Jacobs became founder members of the League of Ireland.
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