Does anybody know what became of any of these founder members of the Football League of Ireland?
Olympia (dropped out of the league 1923), Jacobs (1932), Frankfort (1922), Dublin United (1923), YMCA (1922)
Incidentally, here's the final league table from that first season:
1 St James's Gate 14 11 1 2 31 8 23
2 Bohemians 14 10 1 3 35 13 21
3 Shelbourne 14 8 2 4 31 21 18
4 Olympia 14 5 4 5 20 21 14
5 Jacobs 14 4 4 6 23 27 12
6 Frankfort 14 3 5 6 22 32 11
7 Dublin United 14 5 0 9 25 39 10
8 YMCA 14 0 3 11 17 43 3
Olympia opened a theatre so that people would have something to remember the football team.Originally Posted by seand
Jacobs players combined their money so that they could set up a biscuit company.
Frankfort moved to Germany and became Frankfurt.
Dublin United are constantly being asked to comeback by the FAI as they love Dublin clubs.
YMCA were so popular an American group wrote a song about them..........surprisingly the song was a hit!
Last edited by rambler14; 22/08/2008 at 2:38 PM.
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Jacobs played in the lower regions of the LSL until about 10 years ago.
YMCA recently amalgamated with Mount Merrion. Lovely set up in Sandymount.
Think Frankfurt are still on the go.
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That question was less stupid, though you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.
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You beat me too it. After reading the first post I was thinking more or less exactly what you posted!
Pretty much vice versa in fact, they were the Jacobs biscuit factory's football team!
Last edited by A face; 06/09/2008 at 3:32 PM. Reason: fixed quote
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