eL Anniversaries

[A face]

I was just looking at eL Anniversaries to see if any clubs share a year, something like a 25th, 50th and 75th. I was looking at 2009 for Citys 25th but nothing crops up.

I'll stick them up any way

Athlone Town ....1887...........122
Bohs ................1890...........119
Bray ................1922...........87
Cobh ...............1922...........87
Cork ................1984...........25
Derry................1928...........81
Drogs ...............1919...........90
Dundalk.........…..1912...........97
Finn Harps.......…1954...........55
Galway ............1937...........72
Kildare .........……2002...........7
Kilkenny......…....1966...........43
Limerick ...........1937...........72
Longford...........1924...........85
Mons................1976...........33
Rover............….1902...........107
Shels ..........…..1895...........114
Sligo................1928...........81
Pats ...............1929...........80
UCD.................1895...........114
Waterford ..…....1982...........27

Bray 90, Cobh 90, Dundalk 100, Rovers 110 and Waterford 40 in 2012 is the only obvious year.

Edit: Cork 30, Finn Harps 60 and Longford 90

[holidaysong]

Dundalk.........…..1912....

Should be 1903.

[A face]

Should be 1903.

Are you sure? I researched it fairly well at the time. With Dundalks history i'm surprised i got it wrong. Can i just ask where you are getting that year from?

[sligoman]

North West's 90th in 2016.

[holidaysong]

Jim Murphy's 'A History of Dundalk FC - The First 100 Years.'

The club originally known as Dundalk GNR (as they were the club of the Great Northern Railway in the town) were founded in September 1903. They entered the Free State League in 1926 only being renamed as Dundalk FC in 1930. I can't quote exactly from the book as my copy is in Dublin but it is definitely 1903. Where did you get the other year from?

[Tis-smeee]

and waterford is 1930

[dcfcsteve]

I was just looking at eL Anniversaries to see if any clubs share a year, something like a 25th, 50th and 75th. I was looking at 2009 for Citys 25th but nothing crops up.

Foundation years may not be the best guide though.

Derry City were founded in 1928 - but began life in senior football a year later, which would give you an 80th anniversary in 2009.

Longford were founded in 1924 - so 2009 would be their 85th anniversary. They also joined the league the same year as Cork, so 2009 would be 25yrs in senior football for them as well.

Finally - don't forget that 2009 will also be the 20th anniversary of the only treble ever achieved in Irish club football........

[Bluebeard]

No you are totally wrong that WFC you are WUFC

You of course would know better, being from Sligo

By this rational, Shamrock Rovers of today would be different to the Shamrock Rovers of four years ago, as would the Cork United side of the early 1980s be different from the Albert Rovers side of the late 1970s, and abroad, the current Leeds United then would be different to Leeds of the early John Charles era.

Similarly, it could be said, working on this rational that the MK Dons are more like the Wimbledon that won the English cup in 1988 than AFC Wimbledon. With us, all that changed was the name, and it is only in the past 10 years that anyone has ever started to dispute that.

[Jerry The Saint]

By this rational, Shamrock Rovers of today would be different to the Shamrock Rovers of four years ago

The way they go on, I think that's what we're supposed to believe. Still get to keep their trophies from before though (including Louis Kilcoyne's 4-in-a-row), which is nice.

[DvB]

The debate (and a heated one at that) as to the exact year Shamrock Rovers was founded is generally between 1899 or 1901, would love to know where the 1902 comes from?

Koh

[noby]

Would you like to enlighten us on this treble?

[Dodge]

The debate (and a heated one at that) as to the exact year Shamrock Rovers was founded is generally between 1899 or 1901, would love to know where the 1902 comes from?

As good a guess as any...

Bluebeard, everyone acknowledges that there are connections between Waterford and Waterford Utd. But they are still a seperate club

[noby]

So how come Limerick 37 is 70 years old, according to Face's list?

Anyway the blues are either celebrating 25 years this year, or 75 years two years ago. The club recognised the latter.

[superfrank]

Bray...............1922...........87

Bray Wanderers in it's current guise are 1942. That could be the Unknowns you looked up.

[Dodge]

So how come Limerick 37 is 70 years old, according to Face's list?

LOL, didn't even see that. Nah, they're definitely only months old

[galwayhoop]

why are you doing all the figures in 2009???

by your dates Limerick and GUFC are 70 this year - although we would always date the club as 1977/78 i.e. the year of entry into the league

[GuisaSaigon]

by your dates Limerick and GUFC are 70 this year - although we would always date the club as 1977/78 i.e. the year of entry into the league

Galway Rovers were formed as a junior club in 1937 but only entered the LOI in '77

[don ramo]

ya but the club is still that old, doesnt matter when you entered the league cause the same club entered the league, it wasnt a reformed club or anything, rams will be 90 in 2012 althought there in the league not even 30 years, but have history back to 1922,
limerick 37 are just about 37 weeks old, this is the problem,with clubs going bust and being remade by another grounp of individuals, like cork city, hibs, celtis, limerick fc,37, trying to keep track culd be hard, even in some cases we never know a new club was formed, cause its so long ago, in rovers caes the club was bought by the fans so its the same club, its msut go bust and once you use a name you cant use it again, cork and limerick couldnt and i think they might run out of names at some stage

[Neish]

I was just looking at eL Anniversaries to see if any clubs share a year, something like a 25th, 50th and 75th. I was looking at 2009 for Citys 25th but nothing crops up.

I'll stick them up any way

Athlone Town ....1887...........122
Bohs ................1890...........119
Bray ................1922...........87
Cobh ...............1922...........87
Cork ................1984...........25
Derry................1928...........81
Drogs ...............1919...........90
Dundalk.........…..1912...........97
Finn Harps.......…1954...........55
Galway ............1937...........72
Kildare .........……2002...........7
Kilkenny......…....1966...........43
Limerick ...........1937...........72
Longford...........1924...........85
Mons................1976...........33
Rover............….1902...........107
Shels ..........…..1895...........114
Sligo................1928...........81
Pats ...............1929...........80
UCD.................1895...........114
Waterford ..…....1982...........27

Bray 90, Cobh 90, Dundalk 100, Rovers 110 and Waterford 40 in 2012 is the only obvious year.

Edit: Cork 30, Finn Harps 60 and Longford 90

What year you living in man?

[stann]

So how come Limerick 37 is 70 years old, according to Face's list?

Anti-Waterford bias? Surely not!
While I'm all for considering L37 a continuation of the old club, it has a much smaller claim to be so than Waterford have, much smaller. Yet face blithely grants that claim and lessens us to 25 years old, so what other reason could it be?

I thought we made this clear in a different thread but obviously not. Waterford United is 77 years young this year, fact, end of.
I have a picture, for the last two years, commemorating the 75th anniversary. I've just checked, it's still there, I didn't dream it.