Malahide United F.C.
football club
Malahide United F.C. are a football club from Malahide, Fingal county in Ireland. The club plays at Gannon Park. Malahide compete in the Leinster Senior League.
With over 1,200 registered players as of 2009, the club claims to be one of the largest in Ireland.
History
Malahide United A.F.C. was established in 1944. The club applied to join the Athletic Union League (AUL) in Dublin and became a registered participant by the time the league kicked off in September 1944. Malahide's first pitch was based in Ard Na Mara and the official club colours were originally red and white. The team's first competitive match was against Bray Wanderers which ended in a 9–0 defeat. Malahide won the reverse fixture, beating Bray 5–3 in the final game of the season and denying the Seagulls the title.
In 1951, the club moved to Yellow Walls Road and gained promotion to the AUL second division.
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