St. Patrick's C.Y.F.C.

St. Patrick's C.Y.F.C.

Full name	St. Patrick's Catholic Youths Football Club
Nickname(s)	St. Pat's
Founded	1936
Ground	Irishtown Stadium Ringsend Astro
Chairman	Patrick Healy
Manager	Steven 'SKA' Murphy
League	Leinster Senior League Dublin & District Schoolboy League Athletic Union League
Home colours

St. Patrick's C.Y.F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Ringsend, Dublin. Their senior team play in the Leinster Senior League Senior Division. They also regularly compete in the FAI Cup, the FAI Intermediate Cup, the FAI Junior Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup. St. Pat's also have reserve teams playing in the Leinster Senior League and enter teams in the Dublin & District Schoolboy League.^[1]

History

St. Patrick's C.Y.F.C. were founded in 1936 by members of the Ringsend–based St. Patrick's branch of the Catholic Young Men's Society and as a result they were originally known as St. Patrick's C.Y.M.S. They adopted their current abbreviation in 1984. Members of an Edinburgh–based CYMS branch had earlier founded Hibernian F.C. Coincidentally the Edinburgh branch was also known as St. Patrick's and early Hibs teams also played in green hoops. During the 1940s St. Patrick's C.Y.M.S. played in the Athletic Union League and in 1945–46 won the FAI Junior Cup for the first time. In 1972–73 they were finalists again but lost to Tolka Rovers. In 1978–79 they won the FAI Junior Cup for a second time. In 1987 they also won the Leinster Junior Cup, beating local rivals Liffey Wanderers 2–1 in the final at Tolka Park. In 2011–12 they were Leinster Senior Cup finalists. In the quarter–finals they defeated Bray Wanderers 3–0 and in the semi-finals they defeated UCD 2–1, however they lost the final 1–0 to Shamrock Rovers.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Notable former players

Republic of Ireland internationals

• Mick O'Flanagan
• Mick Smyth

Honours

• FAI Junior Cup
  • Winners: 1945–46, 1978–79: 2
  • Runners-up: 1972–73: 1
• Leinster Junior Cup
  • Winners: 1987: 1
• Leinster Senior Cup
  • Runners-up: 2011–12: 1

Source:^[8][9]

References

1. www.soccer-ireland.com
2. www.braywanderers.com
3. ringsendvillage.com
4. www.shamrockrovers.ie Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
5. www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.uk
6. St. Patrick's C.Y.F.C. at wordpress.com
7. FAI Yearbook & Diary 1995
8. "FAI Junior Cup Winners". stadium.aviva.ie. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
9. Mark Herbert, Donie Butler (1994–95). FAI Yearbook & Diary 1995. Dublin: Sportsworld Ltd.