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Finn Harps
Finn Harps Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Chláirsigh na Finne) are an Irish football club that play in the First Division of the League of Ireland, as of 2023. The club was founded in 1954 and elected to the league in 1969. However, it was technically founded on 30 November 1953. They hail from Ballybofey, County Donegal and play their home matches at Finn Park in Ballybofey. The club's colours are blue and white, and they go by the nickname Harps. The main successes of the club include winning an FAI Cup in 1973–74 and the First Division title in 2004. They also contested the 1999 FAI Cup Final(s), a second replay of which ended in a narrow defeat, the first replay having been lost to a draw with 30 seconds left to play. Finn Harps share a local rivalry with Derry City with whom they contest the Northwest Derby. History Early years Finn Harps was formed in 1954 as a junior club. The club's name derives from the river that runs through Ballybofey – the River Finn – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn Park
Finn Park ( ga, Páirc na Finne) is a football stadium in Ballybofey, Ireland. The home ground of League of Ireland team Finn Harps, it has a 'safe capacity' of 4,200 with 351 seats. Facilities The ground is in a relatively dilapidated condition, although upgraded to modern safety standards. Only three sides are officially open, the covered "Shed" with mixed seating/ terracing on the Navenny Road side with a capacity of 1,505, the large "Town End" terrace on the Chestnut Road side with capacity 1,748, and the "Gantry" viewing slope capacity 1,195, which is rarely used by home fans and houses the television/radio gantry. The "River End" embankment is officially closed and is generally used for ambulance parking. Fan segregation is rarely officially in existence and effectively unenforced. Finn Park hosted the amateur Republic of Ireland national football team against Yugoslavia in a qualifier for the 1972 Summer Olympics in April 1971. In 2020, with Covid-19 restrictions effect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Fields
Fran may refer to: People and fictional characters * Fran (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Fran (footballer, born 1969) or Francisco Javier González Pérez * Fran (footballer, born 1972), Spanish retired footballer Francisco José Nogueira Maneiro * Fran (footballer, born February 1992), Spanish footballer Francisco Pérez Gil * Fran (footballer, born May 1992), Brazilian footballer Francisco Teocharis Papaiordanou Filho * Fran (footballer, born 1995), Spanish footballer Francisco José Rodríguez Gaitán * Carol Fran (1933–2021), American soul blues singer, pianist and songwriter Carol Augustus Anthony * Jan Fran (born 1985), Lebanese-Australian journalist and presenter Jeanette Francis * José Fran (born 1992), Spanish footballer José Francisco Agulló Sevilla Other uses * Tropical Storm Fran, a list of hurricanes, typhoons, tropical storms and a cyclone in the Atlantic or western Pacific Oceans * ''Fran'' (film), a 1985 Australian film * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournament ran for 39 seasons, with the final edition held in 1998–99, after which it was discontinued. The first tournament was held in 1960–61, but it was organised by the Mitropa Cup's Organising Committee and not recognised by the governing body of European football until 1963, when it was accepted as a UEFA competition on the initiative of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). From 1972 onwards, the winner of the tournament progressed to play the winner of the European Cup (later the UEFA Champions League) in the European Super Cup. Since the abolition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Super Cup place previously reserved for the Cup Winners' Cup winner has been taken by the winner of the UEFA Cup, now the UEFA Europa League. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everton F
Everton may refer to: Places Australia *Everton, Victoria *Electoral district of Everton, Queensland Canada * Everton, Ontario South Africa *Everton, part of Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal United Kingdom *Everton, Bedfordshire, England *Everton, Hampshire, England * Everton, Liverpool, a district of Liverpool, England **Everton (ward), a Liverpool City Council Ward *Everton, Nottinghamshire, England United States * Everton, Arkansas *Everton, Indiana * Everton, Missouri Sport * Everton F.C., an English football club based in Liverpool, England * Everton L.F.C., a team playing in the Women's Premier League *Everton Tigers, former name of Mersey Tigers, a basketball franchise formerly owned by the football club *Everton de Viña del Mar, a Chilean football team named after the original British football team *Everton F.C. (Trinidad and Tobago), a former Trinidad and Tobago football team People Given name * Éverton Barbosa da Hora (born 1983), Brazilian footballer *Everton Blend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby County F
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gained city status in 1977, the population size has increased by 5.1%, from around 248,800 in 2011 to 261,400 in 2021. Derby was settled by Romans, who established the town of Derventio, later captured by the Anglo-Saxons, and later still by the Vikings, who made their town of one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It contains the southern part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the British rail industry. Derby is a centre for advanced transport manufactur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen F
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and has a population estimate of for the city of Aberdeen, and for the local council area making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area. The city is northeast of Edinburgh and north of London, and is the northernmost major city in the United Kingdom. Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline and features an oceanic climate, with cool summers and mild, rainy winters. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, which may sparkle like silver because of its high mica content. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in 1969, Aberdeen has been known as the offshore oil capital of Europe. Based upon the discovery of prehistoric villages around the mouths of the rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Cup
A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store Solid, solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, porcelain, china, clay, wood, stone, polystyrene, plastic, aluminium or other materials, and are usually fixed with a Stemware, stem, Handle (grip), handles, or other Adornment, adornments. Cups are used for quenching thirst across a wide range of cultures and social classes, and different styles of cups may be used for different liquids or in different situations. Cups of different styles may be used for different types of liquids or other foodstuffs (e.g. teacups and measuring cups), in different situations (e.g. at water stations or in Ceremony, ceremonies and Ritual, rituals), or for decorative arts, decoration.#R1, Rigby 2003: p. 573–574. History Cups are an improvement on using cupped hands or feet to hold liquids. They have almost certai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Patrick's Athletic F
ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy and theology by St. Thomas Aquinas * St or St., abbreviation of "State", especially in the name of a college or university Businesses and organizations Transportation * Germania (airline) (IATA airline designator ST) * Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, abbreviated as State Transport * Sound Transit, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Washington state, US * Springfield Terminal Railway (Vermont) (railroad reporting mark ST) * Suffolk County Transit, or Suffolk Transit, the bus system serving Suffolk County, New York Other businesses and organizations * Statstjänstemannaförbundet, or Swedish Union of Civil Servants, a trade union * The Secret Team, an alleged covert alliance between the CIA and American indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Ferry
Charlie may refer to: Characters * "Charlie," the head of the Townsend Agency', from the ''Charlie's Angels'' franchise * Charlie, a character on signs for the CharlieCard, a smart card issued by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority * Charlie, mascot of British restaurant Little Chef * Charlie Dompler, main character from animated series ''Smiling Friends'' Film and television * ''Charlie'' (2015 Malayalam film), a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language film * ''Charlie'' (2015 Kannada film), a 2015 Indian Kannada-language film * ''Charlie'' (TV series), a 2015 political drama series based on the life of Charles J. Haughey * "Charlie", a 2004 episode of the television series ''The Mighty Boosh'' * ''777 Charlie'', a 2022 Indian Kannada-language film Military * Charlie-class submarine, of the Soviet Navy * "Charlie", American military slang referring to the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers * "Charlie", the letter "C" in the NATO phonetic alphabet Music * Charlie (ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalymount Park
Dalymount Park (Irish: ''Páirc Cnocán Uí Dhálaigh'') is a football stadium in Phibsborough on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is the home of Bohemian F.C., who have played there since the early 20th century. Affectionately known as Dalyer by fans, it was also historically the "home of Irish football", holding many Irish internationals and FAI Cup finals. It has also hosted UEFA Champions League qualifiers, UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup matches. However, the ground was largely undeveloped between the 1940s and the 2000s, and has now fallen out of use as a major venue, except for the home games of Bohemians. The ground has also been used as a home ground by other League of Ireland teams, including Shamrock Rovers, Dublin City F.C. and Sporting Fingal. While it was also proposed in 2016 that Shelbourne F.C. would share the ground, by 2022 Shelbourne had proposed instead to purchase and remain at Tolka Park. History Early years Dalymount Park was originally comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork Hibernians F
Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as Greater Cork ** Cork Airport * County Cork Historical parliamentary constituencies * Cork City (Parliament of Ireland constituency) * Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) * Cork City (UK Parliament constituency) * Cork County (UK Parliament constituency) United States * Cork, Georgia * Cork, Kentucky Organisations * Cork GAA, responsible for Gaelic games in County Cork * Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks, a masonic order, also known as "The Cork" * Cork City F.C., a football club * Cork City W.F.C., a women's football club Other uses * A particular kind of trick in snowboarding and skiing. See List of snowboard tricks. * Cork (surname) * Cork City (barony) * Cork encoding, a digital data format * Cork taint, a wine fault ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Bradley (footballer)
Brendan Bradley (born 7 June 1950) is an Irish former footballer. He holds the record for the highest number of goals, 235, scored by an individual in the League of Ireland with a club record 181 for Finn Harps Career Derry City A talented youngster, appearing in the Derry and District League at the age of 15, Bradley signed for Derry City at the age of sixteen. Although a regular in the club's reserve team he only made a handful of first team appearances during his three seasons with the club; his route to the first team being blocked by the form of regular striker Danny Hale. Finn Harps Despite his limited appearances for Derry, Bradley had impressed Finn Harps manager Patsy McGowan and a fee of £100 secured Bradley's services for the Harps' League of Ireland debut season, 1969–1970. The season saw him score his and the club's first hat-trick in senior football in the away fixture with Athlone Town and his tally of 18 league goals was the highest in the league. The follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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