St James's Gate F.C.

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St James's Gate F.C.
Dublin 12
LeagueLeinster Senior League
League of Ireland

St James's Gate Football Club is an

St James's Gate Brewery, the home of Guinness. In July 2022 they narrowly survived folding and survived due to a public appeal.[1][2][3]

History

Early years

The club was founded in 1902.

LFA Metropolitan Cup
.

First League of Ireland era

In

1939–40 they won a second league title, however after finishing in last place in 1943–44 they failed to gain re-election.[5] It had been suggested that the reason for this was the club announcing its intention to revert to amateur status. However, when the vote was being taken, the representative for Shamrock Rovers stated, "the St. James's Gate club has not full control over their own finances, as any profit made during the season goes to the Guinness Athletic Union and is therefore lost to football." The other clubs were also known to be unhappy that members of the Guinness Athletic Union did not have to pay into home matches, depriving those clubs of their share of gate receipts.[6]

Placings

Season Pts Place Season Pts Place
1921–22 23 1st 1933–34 13 8th
1922–23 25 5th 1934–35 27 2nd
1923–24 20 5th 1935–36 19 10th
1924–25 17 6th 1936–37 23 5th
1925–26 11 8th 1937–38 27 5th
1926–27 12 9th 1938–39 23 4th
1927–28 14 7th 1939–40 36 1st
1928–29 14 6th 1940–41 21 5th
1929–30 11 9th 1941–42 19 5th
1930–31 18 10th 1942–43 18 6th
1932–33 10 11th 1943–44 3 8th
1932–33 17 6th

Records

Stat Opponent Score Competition Date
Record Win Jacobs 8–0 1929–30 24 August 1929
Record Defeat
Waterford
Cork United
Shamrock Rovers
 0–7
0–7
0–7 		1931–32
1943–44
1943–44 		22 November 1931
19 December 1943
27 December 1943

Source:[7][5]

Second League of Ireland era

In

St. Francis.[5]

110th Anniversary Tournament

To celebrate their 110th anniversary, in July 2012 the club hosted a tournament.

Semi-finals

Northern Ireland Ballymena United1–1
Ballymena won 5–3 after penalties		Wales Port Talbot Town
White, 90 (Report) ???, 6
Republic of Ireland St James's Gate2–0Republic of Ireland Bohemians
(Report)

Third place play-off

Republic of Ireland Bohemians0–6Wales Port Talbot Town
(Report)

Final

Republic of Ireland St James's Gate0–2Northern Ireland Ballymena United
(Report) Baker
Teggart (pen)

[8]

Grounds

Gate originally played their home games at Bellevue Lodge by the Grand Canal near Inchicore. The same venue was also used by Olympia. Between 1921 and 1928 they played at St. James's Park in Dolphin's Barn on a pitch hired by the Guinness board. In 1928 they moved to their current home at the Iveagh Grounds.

Notable former players

Republic of Ireland internationals

On 28 May 1924 when

Second World War era.[9][10]

Republic of Ireland women's internationals
Republic of Ireland U21 internationals
League of Ireland XI representatives
Ireland (IFA) internationals

In addition to playing for Ireland teams selected by the FAI, at least five Gate players also played for Ireland teams selected by the Irish Football Association.

Goalscorers

On seven occasions St James's Gate players finished as the League of Ireland's top goalscorer. On 30 March 1930, Willie Byrne scored six goals in a 7–1 win against Sligo Rovers. Paddy Bradshaw, with 68, remains Gate's top goalscorer in the League of Ireland. [13][5]

Season Player Goals
1921–22 Jack Kelly 11
1932–33 George Ebbs 20
1933–34 Alf Rigby 13
1934–35 Alf Rigby 17
1937–38 Willie Byrne 25
1938–39 Paddy Bradshaw 22
1939–40 Paddy Bradshaw 29
Boxer

Honours

References

  1. ^ "LOI founder member St James Gate folds after 120 years". RTÉ.ie. 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ "League of Ireland founding member St James Gate fold after 120 years in action". The 42. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. ^ "St James Gate survive but issues still in amateur game". RTE Sport. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Ireland Foundation Dates". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  5. ^
    ISBN 1-86223-135-4
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  6. ^ Socaro (22 June 1944). "Money Talks-And Shuts Out the Gate". Irish Press. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  7. ^ McSweeney, Niall. A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921–22 to 1984–85. Association of Football Statisticians.
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  9. ISBN 978-0-9571157-2-9
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  10. ^ Cullen, Donal (2007). Freestaters: The Republic of Ireland Soccer Team 1921–1939. Dessert Islands Books.
  11. ^ NIFG
  12. ^ Northern Ireland Amateur Internationals
  13. ^ "Ireland – List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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