Derry City F.C.

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Derry City FC
Brandywell Stadium
Derry, Northern Ireland
Capacity3,700
OwnerSupporter owned
ChairmanPhilip O'Doherty
ManagerRuaidhrí Higgins
LeagueLeague of Ireland Premier Division
2023League of Ireland Premier Division, 2nd of 10
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Derry City Football Club are a professional

Brandywell Stadium and the players wear red and white striped shirts from which their nickname, the Candystripes, derives.[2] The club are also known as the Red and White Army, Derry or City.[3]

The club, founded in 1928, initially played in the

1988–89, the only League of Ireland club so far to do so.[4]

After spending the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the Premier Division, the club was expelled in November 2009 when it was discovered there were secondary, unofficial contracts with players. It was reinstated a few weeks later but demoted to the First Division, the second tier, from where it made its way back to the Premier Division.[5]

History

Main article: History of Derry City F.C.
The staff and squad of Derry City in 1965

Founded in 1928, the club decided against using the

unionist team.[15][16] Relations between the club and IFA quickly deteriorated.[17]

There had been no significant history of sectarian difficulties at matches in the first 40 years of the club's history, but in 1969 the Civil Rights campaign disintegrated into communal violence, which were followed by 30 years of the Troubles.[18] Despite the social and political unrest, Derry reached the Irish Cup final in 1971, in which it was beaten 3–0 by Distillery.[19] As the republican locality surrounding the Brandywell saw some of the worst violence, numerous unionist-supported clubs were reluctant to play there. The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) ruled the zone unsafe for fixtures. With no other feasible local ground available, Derry had to travel to the majority unionist town of Coleraine, over 30 miles (48 km) away, to play its "home" games at the Showgrounds. This situation lasted from September 1971 until October 1972 when, faced with dwindling crowds (most Derry fans were unwilling to travel to Coleraine due to the political situation and the longer journey) and dire finances, the club formally requested permission to return to the Brandywell. Despite a new assessment by the security forces concluding that the Brandywell was no longer any more dangerous than any other league ground and a lifting of the security ban, Derry's proposal fell by one vote at the hands of its fellow Irish League teams.[18] Continuing without a ground was seen as unsustainable and on 13 October 1972 Derry withdrew from the league amidst a perception that it was effectively forced out.[7][20][21]

The club continued as a junior team during the 13-year-long 'wilderness years', playing in the local Saturday morning league, and sought re-admission to the Irish League.[20] Each time, the club nominated the Brandywell as its chosen home ground but the Irish League refused re-admission. Suspecting refusal was driven by sectarianism,[14] and believing it would never gain re-admission, Derry turned its attentions elsewhere.[18]

Sligo Rovers on 17 November 1985 in Derry City's first League of Ireland
season

Entry into the League of Ireland

Derry applied to join the reorganised League of Ireland (the league in the Republic of Ireland) in 1985 with the Brandywell as its home. The move required special dispensation from the IFA and FIFA, but eventually Derry was admitted to the league's new First Division for 1985, joining as semi-professionals.[7] As its stadium was situated in a staunchly republican area once known as "Free Derry", with a history of scepticism towards the RUC in the local community,[18] Derry received special permission from UEFA to steward its own games. The presence of the RUC was regarded as more likely to provoke trouble than help prevent it.[22]

Derry's first match in the new system was a 3–1

treble; the league, the League Cup and the FAI Cup. Qualifying for the 1989–90 European Cup, it met past winners, Benfica, in the first round.[7]

Modern highs and lows

Since 1989, Derry has won the League of Ireland Premier Division once – in 1996–97 – but has been runner-up on three occasions. It added five more FAI Cups to its tally in 1995, 2002, 2006, 2012, and 2022, and was runner-up in 1994, 1997, 2008, and 2014 and has also won ten further League Cups.[26]

Sligo Showgrounds
on 29 October

The club has been beset by financial problems and was on the verge of bankruptcy due to an unpaid tax bill in 2000. An extensive fund-raising effort was undertaken by local celebrities and the city's people to save the club from extinction.

local rivals, Finn Harps. Derry won 2–1 on aggregate after extra-time at the Brandywell and remained in the top flight, avoiding further damage.[32]

With finances secured, the club became the first in Ireland to be awarded a premier UEFA licence in 2004.

Setanta Cup, as well as the preliminary rounds of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League,[42] and was accepted into the restructured Premier Division for 2007.[43] The club had a disappointing league campaign in 2007, finishing seventh despite being pre-season favourites.[44] It did manage to win its eighth League Cup, though, thanks to a 1–0 victory over Bohemians at the Brandywell.[citation needed
]

The club, by owing huge debts, was expelled from the League of Ireland by the FAI in November 2009 for breaching the Participation Agreement and dissolved, but a new Derry club using the "Derry City" name joined for 2010 – with the FAI allowing it into the First Division[5][45] By January 2010 with a new board, the new chairman, Philip O'Doherty was reported to have acquired a new kit deal with Hummel. Additionally, O'Doherty was quoted in the Derry Journal referring to the application to play in the First Division:

...I'm confident that we've provided a quality application and we're hopeful that we will secure the necessary UEFA Licence to compete in the First Division.[46]

On Monday 15 February 2010, the new Derry City was awarded a First Division licence by the Independent Club Licensing Committee, allowing it eligibility to compete in the 2010 First Division.[47] By the end of October 2010 Derry had clinched the First Division title and with it, promotion back to the premier division after winning 1–0 away at Monaghan United in the last game of the season.[48]

Derry's top goalscorer that season, Mark Farren, who finished with a tally of 20 goals, scored the winner against Monaghan before retiring from football for medical reasons as he sought to fight a benign tumour located in his brain. Farren died of cancer in February 2016 and his number 18 shirt was retired by the club.

"Twenty goals (in the season) and he's had to deal with so much going through his mind about his future health, never mind his footballing career.

He's been unbelievably courageous, I don't think people realise how brave he's been, although certainly all the players do."

—Derry City manager

Stephen Kenny
.

Colours and crests

Main article: Traditions of Derry City F.C.
A selection of past home-kit variations

Derry City wore

player-manager, they changed their strip within two years in appreciation of his career at Sheffield United.[49]

Derry have worn red and white stripes since, except from 1956 to 1962, when the club's players wore amber and black.[7] Jerseys since 1962 have had "candystripes" of varying thickness. The kit features white socks – originally black socks were used and occasionally red if a clash with the opposition occurred. Similarly, white shorts were adopted for a spell in the early 1970s and for 1985.[49] They are still sometimes worn if a clash occurs, as are black socks. Away jerseys have varied in colour from white, to navy and green stripes, to yellow, to white and light-blue stripes, and to black.[51]

Derry have had various kit suppliers, including

Q102.9 and the Derry News, appeared on the back of the shirt just below the neck, along with the logo of Meteor Electrical on the jersey's front.[60]

The city's coat of arms, used by the club as a crest prior to the introduction of a unique club crest in 1986, seen in a decoration on the Craigavon Bridge

The club did not sport a crest on the club jersey throughout the Irish League years, nor for most of the first League of Ireland season. Instead, the

de Burca clan.[61] The skeleton is believed to be that of a knight of the same clan who was starved to death in the castle dungeons in 1332.[62] This is accompanied by the Latin
motto, "Vita, veritas, victoria", meaning "Life, truth, victory."

Derry City's first exclusive crest, introduced in 1986 and replaced in 1997 by the crest which lasted to 2009

In April 1986 the club ran a competition in local schools to design a crest for them. The winning entry was designed by John Devlin, a

Nottingham Forest for a friendly, with Liam Nelis and Paul Gormley (on his fifth birthday) acting as mascots. The crest depicted a simplified version of the city's Foyle Bridge, which had opened 18 months previously, the traditional red and white stripes of the jersey bordered by thin black lines, the year in which the club was founded and a football in the centre representing the club as a footballing entity. The name of the club appeared in Impact
font.

With the novelty of the

minimalist
design. The crests have always been positioned over the heart on the home jerseys.

Home ground

Main article:
Brandywell Stadium

Derry City's home ground is the municipal Brandywell Stadium, situated just south-west of the Bogside in the Brandywell area of Derry. It is often abbreviated to "the Brandywell" and is also a local greyhound racing venue, with an ovoid track encircling the pitch. The dimensions of the pitch measure 111 by 72 yards (101 m × 66 m).[64] The legal owner is the Derry City Council which lets the ground to the club.[7] Due to health and safety regulations the stadium has a seating capacity of 2,900 for UEFA competitions,[65] although it can accommodate 7,700 on a normal match-day, terraces included.[66] The curved cantilever all-seated "New Stand" was constructed in 1991, while development on the still-insufficient facilities has been delayed numerous times and had yet to take place as of the end of the 2016 season.[67][68][69][70][71]

Plans of Derry City's to purchase a pitch fell through after its formation due to the tight time-scale between its foundation in 1928 and the season's beginning in 1929 and so the Londonderry Corporation (now the Derry City Council) was approached for the use of the Brandywell which had been used for football up until the end of the 19th century. It agreed and the club still operates under the constraints of The Honourable The Irish Society charter limitations which declare that the Brandywell must be available for the recreation of the community. In effect, the club does not have private ownership and, thus, cannot develop by its own accord, with that discretion or whether to sell being left to the Derry City Council.[7][72][73][74][75]

Derry City supporters in the Brandywell

Derry City's first game at the Brandywell was a 2–1 loss to Glentoran on 22 August 1929.[7] In 1933, the purchase of Bond's Field in the Waterside was mentioned, but it was thought to be too far away from the fan-base which had built up on the Cityside, especially in the Brandywell area. It also had first option on Derry Celtic's old ground, Celtic Park, but hesitated on a final decision and the Gaelic Athletic Association bought it ten years later. It also decided against buying Meenan Park for £1,500.[7]

Because of

Irish Football League upheld a ban on the stadium and Derry decided to leave the league as a result.[18] Only greyhound meetings and junior football were held during this time.[14]
Derry's admission to the League of Ireland in 1985 saw a return of senior games.

In December 2010 the club introduced a new credit card type season ticket system to ensure abuse of tickets could no longer occur and additionally ensuring more accurate attendance count at matches.[76]

They played all their home matches of the 2017 season at Maginn Park in Buncrana due to renovation works at the Brandywell.[77]

Supporters

Main article: Traditions of Derry City F.C.
Derry City's fans in the Parc des Princes, Paris on 28 September 2006

By Irish standards, Derry City have a relatively large and loyal fan-base. The club was considered among the strongest and best-supported teams in the Irish League,

Paris Saint-Germain in the Parc des Princes.[83] During the home legs, ticketless fans desperate to see the games watched from a distance while standing on the high vantage point overlooking the Brandywell offered by the City Cemetery in Creggan and parked hired double-decker buses outside the stadium to help them see over the ground's perimeter.[84][85]

The club is known for its community spirit, and the supporters have played a pivotal role in the survival and successes of the club. When debts brought Derry close to extinction in the 2000–01 season, the local community responded en masse to help save the club. During the club's successful 2006 season, club captain, Peter Hutton said:

Nobody owns Derry City F.C. apart from the people of Derry. Five or six years ago the club was on its knees, on the verge of going out of business. There was no sugar-daddy, no millionaire, no Roman Abramovich to save the club. It was the people and the city who saved the club. People, fans, ordinary people; they went out and banged on doors to collect money, they went around pubs with collection buckets, they did what they could to keep the club alive. Derry is a close-knit place, a small community, they care about their club and that's why we still have a club. And every bit of success we may get this season is down to them.[86]

Likewise, former Social Democratic and Labour Party leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume, who was the club's president,[60] stated in 1998 of the club's relationship with the community:

Derry City F.C. has been the linchpin in the life of the community in Derry since its foundation in 1928. Throughout the club's history, the Candystripes have provided a sporting outlet for young people and older supporters alike. The history of the club is intertwined with that of its city. It has seen struggle and marginalisation turn to renewal and success. The pride people have in this club reflects the pride we hold in our city. Derry City players and supporters alike are superb ambassadors for the city. Today, the club, like the city, looks to the future with great hope. For all its successes, Derry City would be nothing without the people of the city.[87]

Support for the club is quite dependent on geography and crosses social boundaries. Fans come from both working class areas, such as the Brandywell area and

hooligans have thrown missiles at Derry's supporter buses as they journeyed to or returned from games across the border.[94] Minor nationalist elements within the Derry City support-base see football as a means of reinforcing sectarian divides.[15]

With the city being a focal point of culture and activity serving the north-west region of Ireland, support stretches beyond the urban border and into the surrounding

Finn Harps and sing the Undertones' Teenage Kicks
as a terrace anthem.

European record

Overview

Competition Matches W D L GF GA Win %
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
9
1
1
7
9
26
11.11
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
26
7
5
14
30
45
26.92
UEFA Europa Conference League / UEFA Conference League
8
3
2
3
7
9
37.50
European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
6
1
1
4
1
11
16.67
TOTAL
49
12
9
28
47
91
24.49

Matches

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away
Aggregate
1964–65
European Cup Winners' Cup
 1R
Steaua București
 0–2 0–3 0–5
1965–66 European Cup PR
Lyn Oslo
 3–5 5–1 8–6
1R
Anderlecht
 w/o 0–9 0–9
1988–89
European Cup Winners' Cup
 1R Wales Cardiff City 0–0 0–4 0–4
1989–90 European Cup 1R Portugal Benfica 1–2 0–4 1–6
1990–91
UEFA Cup
 1R
Vitesse
 0–1 0–0 0–1
1992–93
UEFA Cup
 1R
Vitesse
 0–3 1–2 1–5
1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1R
Lokomotiv Sofia
 1–0 0–2 1–2
1997–98 UEFA Champions League 1QR Slovenia Maribor 0–2 0–1 0–3
2003–04
UEFA Cup
 QR
APOEL
 0–3 1–2 1–5
2006–07
UEFA Cup
 1QR Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–0 1–0 2–0
2QR Scotland Gretna 2–2 5–1 7–3
1R France Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 0–2 0–2
2007–08 UEFA Champions League 1QR Armenia Pyunik 0–0 0–2 0–2
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 2QR
Skonto
 1–0 1–1 2–1
3QR Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1–1 0–1 1–2
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 2QR Turkey Trabzonspor 0–3 2–4 2–7
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1QR Wales Aberystwyth Town 4–0 5–0 9–0
2QR Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–1 1–5 1–6
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1QR Denmark Midtjylland 1–4 1–6 2–10
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1QR Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–2 2–1 2–3
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1QR Lithuania Riteriai N/A 2–3 N/A
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Latvia Riga FC 0–2 0–2 0–4
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 1–0 0–0 1–0
2QR Finland KuPS 2−1 3−3 5−4
3QR Kazakhstan Tobol 1−0 0–1 1−1 (5–6 p)
2024–25
UEFA Conference League
 1QR

UEFA coefficient and ranking

Derry City's UEFA coefficient accumulates to a total value of 4.000 as of August 2023.[97]

Current club ranking

https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method5/trank2024.html

Main article: Derry City F.C. records

Current squad

For further information, see List of Derry City F.C. players.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Brian Maher
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Ronan Boyce
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Ciarán Coll
4 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ciaron Harkin
6 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Mark Connolly
7 MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael Duffy
8 MF England ENG Will Patching
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Patrick Hoban
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Patrick McEleney
11 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Colm Whelan
12 FW Scotland SCO Paul McMullan
14 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ben Doherty
15 MF England ENG Sadou Diallo
16 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shane McEleney
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF England ENG Cameron McJannet
21 FW Scotland SCO Danny Mullen
22 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jordan McEneff
23 DF Northern Ireland NIR Cameron Dummigan
24 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Sam Todd
26 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Tadhg Ryan
27 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Daniel Kelly
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Adam O'Reilly
31 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Tiernan McGinty
32 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Patton
39 DF Northern Ireland NIR Conor Barr
40 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Callum McCay
41 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Luke O'Donnell
Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
33 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Caoimhín Porter (at Institute until June 2024)
37 DF Northern Ireland NIR Daithí McCallion (at Ballymena United until June 2024)
38 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Liam Mullan (at Institute until June 2024)
Retired numbers

5 – in honour of Ryan McBride

18 – in honour of Mark Farren

Non-playing staff

Position Staff
Manager Ruaidhrí Higgins
Assistant manager Paul Hegarty
First-team coach Mark McChrystal

Managerial history

For managerial statistics of club managers in the League of Ireland, see Derry City F.C. records.
Manager Start Finish
Joe McCleery 1929 1932
Billy Gillespie[i] 1932 1940
Management Team Committee (MTC) 1940 1942
Willie Ross[i] 1942 1953
MTC 1953 1958
Tommy Houston[i] 1958 1959
Matt Doherty
 1959 1961
Willie Ross 1961 1968
Jimmy Hill[i]
 1968 1971
Doug Wood 1971 1972
Willie Ross 1972 1972
Jim Crossan 1985 1985
Noel King[i] 1985 1987
Jim McLaughlin
 1987 1991
Roy Coyle 1991 1993
Tony O'Doherty 1993 1994
Felix Healy 1994 1998
Kevin Mahon 1998 2003
Dermot Keely 2003 2003
Gavin Dykes 2003 2004
Peter Hutton[i] 2004 2004
Stephen Kenny[98]
 2004 2006
Pat Fenlon[99] December 2006 May 2007
Peter Hutton[i] May 2007 July 2007
John Robertson[100]
 2 July 2007 28 December 2007
Stephen Kenny[101] 28 December 2007 24 December 2011
Declan Devine[102] 1 January 2012 27 October 2013
Roddy Collins[103] 19 November 2013 12 May 2014
Peter Hutton[104] 13 May 2014 15 September 2015
Paul Hegarty[105] 16 September 2015 29 October 2015
Kenny Shiels[106] 5 November 2015 27 October 2018
Declan Devine[107] 12 November 2018 22 April 2021
Ruaidhrí Higgins 23 April 2021 Present
  1. ^
    player-manager

Honours

Derry City celebrate winning the 2006 FAI Cup

Records

Main article: Derry City F.C. records

Peter Hutton holds the club record for matches played in League of Ireland football with a total of more than 660 appearances for Derry City, a club record.[113] As of 16 July 2007, Paul Curran has made the second highest number of appearances for the club in the League of Ireland with 518, followed by Sean Hargan with 408 since 1995.

The club's all-time highest goal-scorer is

Shamrock Rovers. A number[quantify] of capped internationals[who?
] have also played for Derry.

Derry's record League of Ireland defeat was to

2006 season, including all competitions. Previously, the record had been the 49 games played in all competitions during the treble-winning 1988–89 season.[117]

Finn Harps on 23 February 1986.[64] In the Irish League, a crowd of 12,000 attended the 1929–30 season home game against Linfield.[118]

A graphical representation of Derry City's historical standings in the Irish League and League of Ireland

In popular culture

Main article: Traditions of Derry City F.C.
The single cover for "My Perfect Cousin" by The Undertones features a Derry City figurine

Derry City have made numerous appearances in popular culture. In the world of music, the club was given exposure by Derry

punk band, The Undertones, which had the cover of its 1980 hit single, "My Perfect Cousin", feature a Subbuteo figure sporting the colours of Derry City. The song's video included the group's front-man, Feargal Sharkey, kicking and leaping to head a ball while wearing the red and white jersey.[119] Similarly, on the cover of its second ever single, Get Over You, the words "Derry City F.C." can be seen.[120]

The club have also featured on popular television. Due to the fact that it is a club based in Northern Ireland playing in the league of the Republic of Ireland, it often receives the attention of broadcasters in both jurisdictions. In the

Shelbourne during the 1996–97 season. The game was broadcast on RTÉ's Network 2 and finished 1–1 with Gary Beckett
scoring for Derry.

Another medium to play host to the club has been the radio. On 20 April 2005, Derry City featured in an audio documentary The Blues and the Candy Stripes on

Setanta Cup competition.[18]

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References

  • Ferry, Gary (2008) The Team I Loved So Well – City Print
  • Ferry, Gary (2015) 30 Years – The Journey So Far – City Print

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