Shamrock Rovers F.C.
Full name | Shamrock Rovers Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Hoops, Rovers | |||
Founded | 1899 | |||
Ground | Tallaght Stadium | |||
Capacity | 10,500[1][2] | |||
Chairman | Ciaran Medlar[3] | |||
Head Coach | Stephen Bradley | |||
League | League of Ireland Premier Division | |||
2023 | League of Ireland Premier Division, 1st of 10 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Shamrock Rovers Football Club (
Shamrock Rovers were founded in
They followed this by winning a record six FAI Cups in succession in the 1960s, when they were also one of the European club teams that spent the summer of 1967 in the United States, founding the
The club played at
Shamrock Rovers wore green and white striped jerseys until 1926 when they adopted the green and white hooped strip that they have worn ever since. Their club badge has featured a football and a
History
Foundation and early history
The foundation of Shamrock Rovers is disputed amongst supporters of the club. No official documentation of the era exists. For many years the earliest known mention of the club in the newspaper archives at the National Library of Ireland came from 1901 and an article in the club programme from 28 December 1941 claims that the club was founded in this year. Research by the Shamrock Rovers Heritage Trust uncovered a very brief report in the Evening Herald from April 1899 on a match between Shamrock Rovers and Rosemount, which has established that the club was in existence from at least that time. The only two certainties about the origins of the club in relation to what year they were formed are the facts that, Rovers played only exhibition games for the first two years of their existence and the club registered with the Leinster Football Association in 1901. Essentially, the dispute is over whether the two years of exhibition games were played before or after the registration. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the date 1899 was written on the gates of Glenmalure Park but since the 1990s, 1901 had been adopted as the founding year by the various regimes which have run the club.[13] In light of the discovery of evidence supporting a founding date before April 1899 the club opened an 1899 Suite in Tallaght Stadium in February 2017.
Shamrock Rovers originate from Ringsend, a
The name of the club derives from Shamrock Avenue in Ringsend, where the first club rooms were secured.[7] In September 1906, after a few seasons in operation, Rovers withdrew from the First Division of the Leinster Senior League.[14] In 1914, they were resurrected and started playing their matches at Ringsend Park. On 17 April 1915, the side won the Irish Junior Cup, which was then the top junior competition organised on an all-Ireland basis. They defeated Derry Celtic Swifts 1–0 in the final, played in Dublin.[15][16] However, Ringsend park became unavailable within two years. The club disbanded and played only exhibition games for the next five years. In 1921, Shamrock Rovers were resurrected once more, as a Leinster Senior League outfit, and reached the final of the inaugural FAI Cup, where they lost to St James's Gate in a fixture marred by crowd violence.[17] The following season, the club won the League of Ireland title at the first attempt, going 21 games unbeaten and scoring 77 goals.[18] In 1924, an influential member of the League winning side of two years previous, Bob Fullam, returned to Rovers from Leeds United and combined with John Flood, John Fagan and Billy Farrell to complete the forward line known as The Four Fs.[7] By the conclusion of their fifth season in the League of Ireland, the club had won three League titles and one FAI Cup. During the 1930s, the club won a further three League titles and five FAI Cups with Irish internationals, Paddy Moore and Jimmy Dunne playing key roles in their success, supported by crowds of up to 30,000 people at Glenmalure Park.[19] By 1949, Shamrock Rovers had established themselves as Ireland's most successful football club. Their 44 major trophies included six League of Ireland titles, 11 FAI Cups, seven League of Ireland Shields, six Leinster Senior Cups, two Dublin City Cups, four Intercity Cups and eight President's Cups.[5]Coad's Colts
In November 1949, following the death of
Six in a row
After the departure of Coad in 1960 and an unsuccessful season under
Decline
The Hoops' defeat to Shelbourne in the first round of the FAI Cup in 1970, their first defeat in 32 Cup games over seven years,[30] marked the start of the decline in the fortunes of the club. Despite only narrowly missing out on the League title in the 1970–71 season in controversial circumstances,[31] the next twelve years proved to be a disaster for the club both on and off the field. On 25 April 1971, Rovers met Cork Hibs in Dalymount in a League play-off watched by 28,000 people.[32] Their pre-match buildup was thrown into disarray when players and directors clashed over win bonuses.[33] Hibs won the play-off 3–1.[18] The next season, the Cunninghams, now under the control of sons Arthur and Des, sold the club to three brothers from Dublin; Paddy, Barton and Louis Kilcoyne. The Kilcoynes had witnessed decades of huge attendances at Irish football games and sought to take over the club primarily for business reasons. However, within the space of five years, the large crowds disappeared from Irish football stadia and combined with the demise of Drumcondra and Cork Hibs, the decline in fortunes of a number of top clubs and the lack of action by the FAI, the League of Ireland was plunged into a drastic decline.[34] Faced with dwindling attendances, the Kilcoynes decided to starve the club and sold off senior players who were replaced by junior footballers. On a tour of Japan in 1975,
In 1976, Meagan and Dunne resigned from the club and were replaced by Seán Thomas, the architect of the Six in a Row side, who with limited resources, re-signed Johnny Fullam and Mick Leech,
Four in a row
In the summer of 1983,
The homeless years (1987–2009)
Shortly after winning their 14th League title, Louis Kilcoyne announced that the Kilcoynes were selling Glenmalure Park,
As the 1989–90 season concluded, the club announced that they were moving to the
Long road to Tallaght
As the
Examinership and survival
Tony Maguire replaced Colwell as chairman and began the search for potential investors. In his first season as manager, Liam Buckley guided the club to the FAI Cup final and European qualification, as the team played at Richmond Park.[66][67] The 2003 season was marked by the club's worsening finances as a deal with potential investor, Conor Clarkson was held up by Mulden's reluctance to sell their land. Having successfully applied for a one-year planning extension in October 2003, the club applied for a further extension a few months after Buckley's departure in September 2004.[68] SDCC refused the application, but clarified their position by confirming their intention to build the stadium in partnership with the club, once the issue of ownership had been resolved.[69][70] The trustees of the 400 Club (supporters group) informed the board of directors that they were no longer willing to bankroll their ownership of Shamrock Rovers.
Faced with the choice of remaining with Clarkson, whose plans were nullified by SDCC's decision, or cooperating with the council, Maguire chose the former and with Mulden's financing, initiated a High Court judicial review of the decision.[71][72] The review failed and on 11 April 2005, facing debts of over two million Euro, the club entered into examinership.[73] The 400 Club agreed to completely bankroll the club during the process.[74] On 5 May 2005, Tony Maguire resigned on request by the FAI, who had discovered that the club had submitted their 2003 accounts in their application for a licence for the 2005 season.[75] This resulted in a points deduction and subsequent relegation under Roddy Collins.[76][77] The examinership concluded in July 2005 with the examiner accepting the 400 Club's bid for Shamrock Rovers,[78] saving the club from extinction,[79] and the supporters-owned club won promotion at the first attempt in 2006 under Pat Scully.[80][81] The 2007 and 2008 seasons at Tolka Park were ones of overachievement and stability,[82][unreliable source?] but the major event of the period was the recommencement of building on the stadium after more than two years of legal disputes between the council and Thomas Davis CLG.[83]
Tallaght
The
2011 season
In 2011 the club played its first-ever
Bradley era
The club suffered something of a lean spell after the highs of the 2011 season. Michael O'Neill departed to manage the
However, through developing young players and astute signings such as
Colours and badge
Until 1926, Shamrock Rovers wore green and white striped jerseys but following a suggestion by a committee member, John Sheridan, the club chose to adopt the green and white hooped strip. A close relationship existed between the club and
The club emblem features a football and a
Stadiums
Glenmalure Park
On 11 September 1926, Shamrock Rovers played their first game at Glenmalure Park,
In 1987, the Kilcoynes decided to sell the stadium to property developers, having recently purchased it from the
Tallaght Stadium
In the 1990s, Shamrock Rovers were granted land in the Dublin suburb of Tallaght to build a new stadium.
This second vote was challenged by a local
Thomas Davis GAA club instituted judicial review proceedings in the High Court in May 2006.[124] Their main argument was that the decision of the council on 13 February 2006 to revert to the original plans for the stadium, which did not include a senior GAA pitch, was unlawful.[125] Their submission on the technical point was accompanied by cultural arguments that 'the youth of Tallaght will be restricted to a diet of Association football' and that a soccer-only ground would place the 'applicant at a severe disadvantage in attracting the youth of Tallaght to the club, the sport and the GAA culture.[126] The stadium, however, with the original design, could accommodate youth GAA games as the pitch used at this level fits within the stadium's dimensions. It was only adult GAA games that would not have been facilitated.[127]
The then Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, John O'Donoghue, consistently supported the government's decision to support the stadium with soccer pitch dimensions,[128][129] and claimed that the GAA were stalling the project which he believed they had no need for on top of their own site in Rathcoole.[130] On 14 December 2006 the Football Association of Ireland pledged financial assistance for the Hoops' High Court battle involving Thomas Davis.[131]
The judicial review began on 20 April 2007 and concluded on 14 December 2007.[132] In the High Court decision Mr. Justice Roderick Murphy found in favour of South Dublin Co. Council and Shamrock Rovers.[133] South Dublin County Council were correct in their 13 February 2006 vote to proceed with the stadium as originally planned. An application by Thomas Davis for leave to appeal this decision to the Supreme court was refused by Judge Murphy on 25 January 2008. Building commenced on the stadium on 6 May 2008.[134] Shamrock Rovers played their first 'home' game in over 20 years in the stadium in March 2009.
Ownership
Shamrock Rovers F.C. is partially owned (25%) by the Shamrock Rovers Members Club, with businessman Ray Wilson owning 50% of the club since 2016, a further 25% is owned by businessman Dermot Desmond, who purchased the stake in 2019.
Supporters and rivalries
The majority of Shamrock Rovers supporters originate from the Southside of Dublin,
Until the 1970s, Glenmalure Park regularly hosted attendances in the region of 20,000 people,
Throughout their history, Shamrock Rovers have shared many
Other teams
Women
Shamrock Rovers II
Throughout its history Rovers have entered reserve teams in various leagues including the
Youth setup
The current schoolboys' sections of Shamrock Rovers date back to 1996 when Rovers and Tallaght Town AFC merged to form a new section to serve the Tallaght area of South West Dublin.[159] Tallaght Town initially remained in operation as a limited company and as trustee of a training facility used by the youth teams at Shamrock Rovers. The partnership between the two clubs broke up again in the mid-2000s, with Tallaght Town retaining the training facility at Carolan Park in Kiltipper. However, the schoolboy or underage section remained with Shamrock Rovers and was fully absorbed into the club once Rovers began playing at Tallaght Stadium in 2009. From then until 2014, Shamrock Rovers underage teams continued to play and train at Tallaght Town's grounds at Kiltipper. However, in that year Rovers acquired their own training ground at Roadstone in Clondalkin, and the club's underage as well as first-team moved their training base there. Shamrock Rovers also opened their own football academy at the site. The Roadstone facility has an AstroTurf pitch and two hybrid pitches (mainly grass) which were built to replace the existing grass pitches during 2016–17. The training ground was officially opened in 2017.[160] As of February 2023, former player Shane Robinson is the director of the academy.[161]
Over 200 underage players play for Shamrock Rovers. The club has teams at every age from under-8 up to under-13 playing in the Dublin and District Schoolboy League as well as U14, U15, U17 & U19 male teams in the elite underage
The club operates
Honours
Senior
- League of Ireland/League of Ireland Premier Division: 21 (record)
- FAI Cup: 25 (record)
- League of Ireland First Division
- League of Ireland Shield: 18 (record)
- 1924–25, 1926–27, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1955–56,
1956–57, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68
- 1924–25, 1926–27, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1955–56,
- League of Ireland Cup: 2
- 1976–77, 2013
- LFA President's Cup: 21 (record)
- 1929–30, 1932–33, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
- Dublin City Cup: 10
- 1944–45, 1947–48, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1983–84
- Top Four Cup: 3
- 1955–56, 1957–58, 1965–66
- FAI Super Cup: 1
- 1998–99
- Setanta Sports Cup: 2
- 2013
- Blaxnit Cup: 1
- Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup: 4
- Tyler Cup: 1
- President of Ireland's Cup: 1
- Leinster Senior League: 1
- 1921–22 See Note 1
- Leinster Senior Cup: 18
- 1922–23, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1937–38, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1996–97, 2011–12, 2012–13
Reserves
Notes
- Shamrock Rovers Balso won this league in 1924–25 and 1939–40
Managers
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Players
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Retired numbers
12 – 12th man
Technical staff
Position | Staff |
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Sporting Director | Stephen McPhail |
Head Coach | Stephen Bradley |
Assistant Coach | Glenn Cronin |
GK Coach | José Ferrer |
S&C Coach | Eoin Donnelly |
Physio | Tony McCarthy |
U19 Head Coach | Aidan Price |
U19 Assistant Coach | Steven Gray |
Women's U19 Head Coach | Tony O'Neill |
U17 Head Coach | Tony Cousins |
U17 Assistant Coach | Chris McDonnell |
Women's U17 Head Coach | Eoghan O'Meara |
U15 Head Coach | Jason Shields |
U14 Head Coach | Graham Gartland |
U14 Assistant Coach | Pat Flynn |
Records and statistics
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European record
Shamrock Rovers have a long history in European competition.
Their biggest win was a 7–0 aggregate victory (3–0 away, 4–0 home) over
On 25 August 2011, they became the first Irish team to qualify for the
Rovers qualified for the group stages of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League[173]
Overview
Correct as of August 3, 2023
Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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European Cup / UEFA Champions League | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 43 |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 46 | 80 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners Cup | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 27 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
TOTAL | 108 | 26 | 20 | 62 | 95 | 181 |
Matches
- Notes
- PR: Preliminary round
- QR: Qualifying round
- 1R: First round
- 2R: Second round
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
- 3Q: Third qualifying round
- PO: Play-off round
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External links
- Shamrock Rovers FC
- SRFC.TV[dead link]
- SRFC Ultras
- League & Cup Results – Shamrock Rovers SoccerFactsUK