St Columb's Court F.C.

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St Columb's Court
Full nameSt Columb's Court Football Club
Founded1886
Dissolved1960
Ground
The Brandywell
St Columb's Court with the City Cup, 1926–27

St Columb's Court Football Club was a football club from Derry, Northern Ireland.

History

The club was formed in 1886, its first match being a defeat to a

Loyalist community.[3]

Court played in the

1901–02, when they finished bottom, and reached the semi-finals of the Irish Cup on three occasions.[4][5]

The club continued at a junior level until the 1958–59 season,[6] but by June 1960 it was defunct.[7]

Colours

The team wore red shirts.[8][9]

Ground

The club's original ground was at Lone Moor Road.

the Brandywell (now Derry City's stadium), on which it erected a pavilion.[11]
from 1900.

Notable players

  • James Wilton, capped for Ireland in 6 times between 1888 and 1893 while a Court player.[12]

Honours

Senior honours

  • County Derry Cup
    : 2
    • 1890–91, 1891–92

References

  1. ^ "Football". Derry Journal: 8. 8 February 1886.
  2. Belfast News-Letter
    , 26 September 1888
  3. ^ "Death of Mr Wm. Wilton". Londonderry Sentinel: 5. 2 February 1939.
  4. ^ RSSSF official website
  5. ^ RSSSF Irish Cup details
  6. ^ "Court protest upheld". Derry Journal: 3. 31 March 1959.
  7. ^ "Mr William McGarvey". Londonderry Sentinel: 20. 1 June 1960.
  8. ^ "Distillery (Belfast) v St Columb's Court". Derry Journal: 5. 14 September 1891.
  9. ^ Derry Journal, 3 March 1895
  10. ^ "The bicycling track". Londonderry Sentinel: 2. 9 August 1890.
  11. ^ Neal Garnham, Association Football in Pre-Partition Ireland, p. 52
  12. ^ "A family tradition". Derry Journal: 29. 6 September 1985.