St Patrick's Athletic Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is a professional
Irish association football club based in
Inchicore
Inchicore () is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Located approximately west of the city centre, Inchicore was originally a small village separate from Dublin. The village developed around Richmond Barracks (built 1810) and Inchicore railway works (b ...
,
Dublin
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, that plays in the Irish
Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played originally in
Phoenix Park
The Phoenix Park ( ga, Páirc an Fhionnuisce) is a large urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. Its perimeter wall encloses of recreational space. It includes large areas of grassland and tre ...
but they moved to their current ground
Richmond Park in 1939.
St Patrick's Athletic have won many trophies in
Irish Club Football, including eight
League Titles, the fifth most in
Irish Football, as well as four
FAI Cup
The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup (FAI Cup), known as the Extra.ie FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as Derry ...
s and four
League Cups. The current manager is
Tim Clancy
Tim Clancy (born 8 June 1984) is an Irish football manager of League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic, having previously managed Drogheda United. During his playing career, Clancy played for Millwall, Weymouth, AFC Hor ...
, who took over in December 2021.
The club graduated through the ranks of the
Leinster Senior League and duly took their place in the
League of Ireland in 1951, and won the Championship at their first attempt. The club's glory years came in the 1950s and 1990s when they won 6 of their 8 league titles. The club also have the record for never having been
relegated from the
Premier Division. The club play in red and white colours and their nicknames include ''The Saints'', ''Supersaints'' and ''Pats''. The Saints also have a lot of
Dublin Derby games with the likes of
Shelbourne,
Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...
, and
Bohemians
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.
History
Leinster Senior League years
During the late 1940s and 1950s, St Pats played in the
Leinster Senior League. During this period they won the league title on six occasions. This included four successive titles between 1947 and 1948 and 1950–51. In 1947–48 St Pats completed a treble after also winning both the
FAI Intermediate Cup and
Leinster Senior Cup. The 1948–49 season would see St Pats win a Leinster Senior League / FAI Intermediate Cup double. In 1950–51 a young
Shay Gibbons Shay may refer to:
People
Shay is an Irish Gaelic name, a variant of the name Shea. It is derived from Seamus, which is anglicized from Ó Séaghdha. Shay is also a Hebrew unisex name, meaning gift, deriving as a variation of Shai.
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* Shay ...
helped St Pats win the Leinster Senior League title for the fourth time. After St Pats first team joined the League of Ireland in
1951–52, their
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
won two further Leinster Senior League titles in 1955–56 and 1956–57.
1950–1960
Entering the League of Ireland
In
1951–52 the club was admitted, along with Cork side
Evergreen United
Cork Celtic F.C., originally Evergreen United F.C., was an Irish football club based in Cork. They played in the League of Ireland between 1951 and 1979 and played their home games at Turners Cross. In 1974, they were League of Ireland champion ...
, to the
League of Ireland. St Pats made an immediate impact, winning the league championship at their first attempt. Two more league championship successes followed in
1954–55 and
1955–56. The club had to wait until 1959 before their first
FAI Cup
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success, repeating the feat in 1961. Despite several appearances in the final since 1961, it took the Saints till 2014 to win their third
Many of the Pats players of that golden era are still recalled fondly today—Ginger O'Rourke, Harry Boland ('The Legend', 1926–2000), Jimmy 'Timber' Cummins (a cousin of one of the founders—Bart Cummins) Jimmy 'Growler' Cummins (a brother of Bart Cummins) Irish international
Shay Gibbons Shay may refer to:
People
Shay is an Irish Gaelic name, a variant of the name Shea. It is derived from Seamus, which is anglicized from Ó Séaghdha. Shay is also a Hebrew unisex name, meaning gift, deriving as a variation of Shai.
Mononym
* Shay ...
,
Ronnie Whelan Snr. and Willie Peyton are players who contributed greatly during this era.
1960–1980
St Pats struggled throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s with only the odd cup final or young star emerging to brighten things for long-suffering Pats fans. Among those players to emerge was
Noel Campbell. Campbell spent a number of years with St Pats (gaining the first of his
Irish caps) before moving to
SC Fortuna Köln
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History
The club was formed as on 21 February 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 (one of two clubs to ...
where he would play 8 seasons. Perhaps the brightest star to play for St Pats was
Paul McGrath. McGrath was signed by Saints manager Charlie Walker from junior side Dalkey United. Within a year he had won the
PFAI Player of the Year award and earned himself a move to
Manchester United
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. The World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks also played one match for St Pats, making him by far the brightest star to turn out for the club in 1977.
1980–1990
The appointment of
Brian Kerr as manager in 1986 was a major turning point in the fortunes of the club. Kerr worked on limited resources to create a team capable of challenging the best. The championship in the decade. At the end of the 1988–89 season, St Pats left
Richmond Park for what the board of directors called "a short time" while redevelopment work was done. 1989 saw a joint St Patrick's Athletic &
Bohemians
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side play a friendly against the
Libya national team in
Tripoli
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, drawing 1–1 in what was a highly controversial
friendly
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during
Colonel Gaddaffi's reign as leader of Libya.
The year 1990 saw the Saints draw 0–0 with the
Tunisia
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national team in
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and another 0–0 draw with the
Iran
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national football team in
Tehran
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.
1990–1999
Playing in
Harold's Cross, Kerr's blend of young players (
Paul Osam
Paul Osam (born 20 December 1967) is an Irish former professional association footballer. He has also done media work with TV3. His father was from Ghana.
Career
Osam was born in Dublin, Ireland. He started his League of Ireland career in 198 ...
,
Curtis Fleming,
Pat Fenlon
Patrick Fenlon (born 15 March 1969) is an Irish football coach and former player.
Fenlon played as a midfielder for St Patrick's Athletic, Bohemians, Linfield, Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne. As a manager he won five League of Ireland titles ...
,
John McDonnell) and experienced campaigners disregarded by other clubs (
Damian Byrne
Damien Byrne (born 6 April 1954 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional football player. In a career spanning 20 seasons, Byrne won player of the year awards in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the only man to do so. He ...
,
Dave Henderson
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) won the club's first league championship in 34 years on Easter Monday 1990. Most Irish football commentators expected the young Saints to dominate Irish football for some time. A series of takeover attempts saw the club thrust into turmoil and Kerr was forced to break up the team. In the summer of 1992, the club were hours away from extinction before a group of local investors raised £82,000 to save the club.
Having spent four years in Harold's Cross the club returned to a new look Richmond Park in 1993, their spiritual home in Dublin's Inchicore. Brian Kerr began the task of creating a winning setup once again. With the aid of a newly appointed Chief executive, and former player,
Pat Dolan
Patrick Dolan (born 20 September 1967 in Galway, Ireland) is a former football player, manager, and executive. He is also a former soccer analyst on RTÉ Sport. He is currently a FIFA-registered players' agenand has represented a number of p ...
and by the club's new chairman, Tim O'Flaherty, the league trophy returned to Richmond Park in 1996.
A new generation of footballing heroes emerged in Pats colours with greats such as
Eddie Gormley,
Paul Osam
Paul Osam (born 20 December 1967) is an Irish former professional association footballer. He has also done media work with TV3. His father was from Ghana.
Career
Osam was born in Dublin, Ireland. He started his League of Ireland career in 198 ...
and Ricky O'Flaherty together with exciting young stars such as
Colin Hawkins
Colin Joseph Hawkins (born 17 August 1977) is an Irish retired footballer and current manager of Shamrock Rovers B. Hawkins was a central defender with Shamrock Rovers along with a number of other clubs in the League of Ireland and cross-chann ...
and
Trevor Molloy
Trevor Molloy (born 14 April 1977 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer. He played in the League of Ireland for Shamrock Rovers (2 seasons), Athlone Town, St Patrick's Athletic (2 seasons), Bohemians and Shelbourne. He also ...
thousands flocked to Inchicore for Friday nights under the floodlights in Richmond Park. When Kerr resigned to take up the Director of Coaching job with the
FAI, the good work was continued by
Pat Dolan
Patrick Dolan (born 20 September 1967 in Galway, Ireland) is a former football player, manager, and executive. He is also a former soccer analyst on RTÉ Sport. He is currently a FIFA-registered players' agenand has represented a number of p ...
and then
Liam Buckley
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installed as manager. The glory continued as further league championships were secured in 1998 and 1999 which led to European qualification and a creditable 0–0 draw with the famous
Celtic
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at
Celtic Park, the club lost the return leg in Tolka Park, Dublin but the away draw was a major boost for Irish football against such a famous club in the world game. The club, however, suffered a humiliating setback in the same competition one year later when they lost 10–0 on aggregate to
Zimbru Chişinău.
2000–2004
Into the new century, the success continued. St Pats won both the
League of Ireland Cup and Leinster Senior Cup in 2000/01. Controversy dogged the club in the 2001/02 season due to player registration irregularities. The club had 9 points deducted due to fielding an ineligible player (Paul Marney) in their first 3 games of the season, but this decision was revoked upon arbitration, on 22 March 2002. They then had 15 points deducted for playing Charles Mbabazi Livingstone in the first 5 matches of the season in spite of not having registered him until 12 September 2001. An FAI arbitration panel rejected the Saints' appeal against the point deduction and Shelbourne finished the season as league champions. That season also saw St Patrick's come close to merging with fellow League of Ireland club
St. Francis. This move was greeted with anger by club supporters and although St. Francis went out of business (and therefore the league) the merger never happened.
New club chairman Andrew O'Callaghan was appointed in the summer of 2002 and has worked to modernize the club and face the new challenges of
UEFA
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licensing and ground development. St Pats made Irish footballing history in 2002 by becoming the first club to progress in the
Intertoto Cup with a victory over Croatian team
NK Rijeka
Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka.
HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva lig ...
over two legs—the club were eventually knocked out of the competition only on away goals to
KAA Gent of Belgium.
Johnny McDonnell Reign (2004–2009)
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The club marked its 75th anniversary in 2004, also in 2004, a change of management happened with former favourite Johnny McDonnell taking over the helm at the club. In 2005 the club were forced to investigate the idea of sharing a new stadium in
Tallaght
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with
Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...
in order to comply with the FAI's wish for Dublin clubs to ground share. The move was met with furious protests by the club's supporters and a group calling themselves 'Pats for Richmond' was set up to organise demonstrations. In July 2006 St Pats signalled their intention to stay in Richmond Park by purchasing the Richmond House pub (also known as McDowell's) for use as an official clubhouse. The club lost yet another FAI Cup Final in December 2006 and their hunt for their third victory in the elusive competition continues. In early 2007 the club was purchased by a wealthy property magnate
Garrett Kelleher
Garrett Kelleher is an Irish real estate developer and businessman with additional corporate interests in finance, film and education.
Early life and education
Kelleher was born in Dublin, Ireland. Educated at Belvedere College, Kelleher first w ...
. After a number of months of negotiations, Kelleher finally announced himself as Chairman of St Patrick's Athletic on 19 July 2007. One of his first acts on taking over St Pats was to appoint ex-manager
Brian Kerr as director of football. It was widely reported in Irish newspapers that Kelleher was preparing to spend €50 million on upgrading St Pats' Richmond Park home.
During the 2007 season Pats were neck and neck with
Drogheda United
Drogheda United Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Dhroichead Átha Aontaithe) is a semi-professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches ...
for the title, but Pats slipped away and
Drogheda United
Drogheda United Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Dhroichead Átha Aontaithe) is a semi-professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches ...
eventually finished up as champions.
It was the same again for the
2008 season with Pats battling up the top with
Bohemians
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for the title. Also, this year Pats were in Europe because their second-place finish in 2007 allowed them to qualify for the
2008–09 UEFA Cup
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. During their European run St Pats progressed through two rounds of the UEFA Cup beating
JFK Olimps Riga and
Elfsborg
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but the run came to an end when they lost to
Hertha BSC
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in the First Round proper. Pats also lost out to
Bohemians
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for the league title.
Jeff Kenna season: European run and domestic struggle (2009)
For the 2009 season Pats replaced
Johnny McDonnell
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He started his footballing career with Athlone Town FC and then played for the amateur Bohemian F.C., Bohemians durin ...
with
Jeff Kenna
Jeffrey Jude Kenna (born 27 August 1970) is an Irish football manager and former professional footballer.
He played as a defender from 1989 until 2009, notably in the Premier League for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City. He was ...
in January 2009. He didn't have the best of starts with a 3–0 home defeat to his former club
Galway United
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. He was immediately put under pressure when a bad run of results put them into a relegation battle. Despite the poor league form, once again Pats had another European run in the Europa League again progressing through two rounds of the Europa League, thus becoming only the second League of Ireland club (after Cork City in 2004 and 2005) to achieve such progress in two consecutive European campaigns. Pats this time won games against
Valletta FC
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and Russian Premier League side
Krylia Sovetov to reach the play-off round where they were defeated by
FC Steaua București FC Steaua București was a Romanian professional football club of which two current entities are claiming the records. The original ''FC Steaua București'' team was part of the namesake CSA Steaua București sports club and belonged to the Ministry ...
.
In September 2009 with Pats struggling, Kenna resigned and was replaced for two games by Maurice O'Driscoll. Pete Mahon then took over until the end of the season and avoided relegation, winning two must-win games in the final two weeks of the season, away to
Drogheda United
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and at home to
Dublin
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rivals
Shamrock Rovers
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.
Pete Mahon years (2009–2011)
Pete Mahon was appointed as manager for the 2010 season with John Gill as his assistant. The Super Saints reached their first
Setanta Sports Cup
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final, where they met local rivals
Bohemians
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after overcoming
Sligo Rovers
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The club was founded in 1928 ...
6–2 over two legs. They lost the final at the
Tallaght Stadium 1–0, however. The Saints were knocked out of the
FAI Cup
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by archrivals
Shamrock Rovers
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in a semi-final replay at
Richmond Park, after knocking
Dundalk
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, Belgrove and
Sporting Fingal
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out. They were near the top of the table for the majority of the season; however, fell off somewhat near the end and finished in mid-table. The demise of
Sporting Fingal
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saw the Saints take their European place for the 2011 season. Mahon led a successful
Europa League
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campaign, knocking out
Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja
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from
Iceland
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and
FC Shakhter Karagandy from
Kazakhstan
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before eventually being knocked out in the third qualifying round by
Ukrainian
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side
FC Karpaty Lviv. The Saints won the
2011 Leinster Senior Cup
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after beating
Dublin
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rivals
Bohemians
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2–0 at
Dalymount Park
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It is the home of Bohemian F.C., who have played there since the early 20th century. Affectionately known as D ...
. The Saints' bid to end their 50-year drought of winning the
FAI Cup
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came to an end, after knocking
Crumlin United
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,
Waterford United and
Cork City out, the Saints faced old rivals
Shelbourne in the semi-final. The Saints drew 1–1 at
Tolka Park, failing to make use of their one-man advantage for the whole second half. The game went to a replay at Richmond Park and things were going well when
David McMillan opened the scoring for the Saints, but goalkeeper
Gary Rogers was extremely harshly sent off early on and Shels went on to win, 3–1. Similar to the 2010 season, the Saints were near the top of the table for the most part of the season in 2011, but their title challenge petered out towards the end of the season and the Saints finished fourth meaning they would participate in
UEFA Europa League
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qualifiers in the 2012 season.
Return of Liam Buckley: Return of success (2012–2018)
The Saints decided not to renew manager Pete Mahon's contract for the
2012 season, appointing former player and manager
Liam Buckley
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to the job, giving him a two-year contract with former player and assistant manager at the club,
Trevor Croly
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Playing career
Drogheda United
Croly started his career with Drogheda ...
as his assistant. Buckley refurbished the squad by bringing in fourteen and getting rid of sixteen. Among the new signings were six
Bohemian
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* Bohemianism, an unconventional lifestyle, origin ...
players, notably
Chris Forrester,
Christy Fagan
Christopher Joseph Fagan (born 11 May 1989), known as Chris or Christy Fagan, is a retired Irish footballer who played as a forward. He last played for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
Club career
Born in Dubli ...
, and
Ger O'Brien
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. Meanwhile, six of those not retained by Pats went in the opposite direction, an indication of the change in circumstances at both clubs.
Buckley immediately introduced a more attractive brand of football than was witnessed under Mahon, whose sides had generally punched above their weight but ultimately lacked the quality to seriously challenge for the title. Pats started the season off well with the team playing wonderful football and being unbeaten in its first six games, which included the game against
Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...
which they demonstrated their wonderful football brilliantly in a 5–1 win over their fierce rivals. Buckley took the reins of the club knowing of the European expectations at the club and he didn't disappoint, managing his side to a
third qualifying-round place after knocking both
Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja
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and
NK Široki Brijeg out after
extra time
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, to earn a tie with German powerhouse
Hannover 96
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, who knocked the Saints out in the third qualifying round. Buckley's side finished 3rd in
the league
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, 6 points off champions
Sligo Rovers
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The club was founded in 1928 ...
. He also guided his side to the
2012 FAI Cup Final
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, the club's first game at the
Aviva Stadium, but lost 3–2 in
extra time
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to
Derry City
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and extending the Saints'
FAI Cup
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-winning drought to 52 years.
The Saints then endured a tumultuous pre-season, losing
Sean O'Connor,
James Chambers, and
Barry Murphy, as well as Buckley's number two,
Trevor Croly
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Playing career
Drogheda United
Croly started his career with Drogheda ...
, to rivals
Shamrock Rovers
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. Crucially, though, Pats held on to a number of other players who had been strongly linked with Rovers, including
Chris Forrester and
Ian Bermingham
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, and added some quality to the first XI in the form of
Killian Brennan (who would go on to win both the
PFAI Players' Player of the Year
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and FAI National League Player of the Year awards), and
Conan Byrne
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(who contributed an impressive 9 league goals during the season).
St Patrick's Athletic clinched the
2013 League of Ireland
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title on 13 October 2013 after a 2–0 win against holders
Sligo Rovers
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The club was founded in 1928 ...
with two games to spare. They lifted the league trophy a week later at home to
Derry City
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on 18 October and two days later played the
2013 Leinster Senior Cup Final against
Shamrock Rovers
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, losing, 1–0, at
Richmond Park.
The
2014 season started off with silverware for the Saints as they beat
Sligo Rovers
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The club was founded in 1928 ...
1–0 in the inaugural
President of Ireland's Cup
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, with
Keith Fahey
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scoring a brilliant volley into the top corner from 25 yards clinching the trophy. The club crashed out of the
UEFA Champions League
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at the first hurdle in the second round, bowing out to
Legia Warsaw
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. In the first leg, they were denied a famous away win as Legia equalised in injury time to claim a 1–1 draw. An injury-plagued Pats side lost the second leg 5–0 at
Tallaght Stadium, conceding 3 in the last 10 minutes.
On 9 September 2014, a team of second-string players and young Saints beat
Longford Town 2–1 away from home to win the
2014 Leinster Senior Cup
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with Sam Verdon and Jack Bayly scoring.
The season ended in a perfect manner for Pats as they won the
FAI Cup
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after a 53-year wait with a 2–0 win over
Derry City
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at the
Aviva Stadium, with
Christy Fagan
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Born in Dubli ...
immortalising himself with the club's fans by scoring a brace. Fagan also won the
2014 League of Ireland Golden Boot with 20 goals as well as being voted the
PFAI Player of the Year
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for 2014.
On 19 September 2015, the Saints won their third
League of Ireland Cup, beating
Galway United
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on penalties at
Eamonn Deacy Park
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following a
0–0 draw after extra time, with young goalkeeper
Conor O'Malley
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Career
O'Malley began his career with his local club Westport United in their youth team. He played for Mervue United's under 19 side fo ...
saving Andy O'Connell's final spot-kick to win the cup.
In 2016 the Saints knocked
Jeunesse Esch of
Luxembourg
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out of the
UEFA Europa League
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on away goals before being narrowly beaten 2–1 on aggregate to
Dinamo Minsk of
Belarus
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in the second qualifying round. Pats finished 7th in the
2016 season, meaning they would be without European football for the first time in 7 years for 2017. They did, however, successfully retain their
League of Ireland Cup crown, beating
Limerick
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4–1 in
the final
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at the
Markets Field with two goals from
Conan Byrne
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and one each for
Jamie McGrath and
Graham Kelly.
The
2017 season was the first in a change of the
League of Ireland layout, meaning the bottom three teams in the Premier Division would be relegated in order to make the league a 10-team division rather than a 12-team one. The season turned out to be a struggle for the Saints and they sat bottom of the table at the halfway point. The mid-season signings including fan favourite
Killian Brennan, former
Premier League
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midfielder
Owen Garvan
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Garvan began his career in his native Ireland where he played for Home Farm as a schoolboy. He earned a move to England with Ipsw ...
and particularly
Dutch centre back
Jordi Balk, proved to be pivotal as the club went on to win 6 of their last 11 games after picking up just 3 wins in their first 21 games of the season. They went into the last day of the season in need of a point away to
Derry City
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, which they earned via a 1–1 draw with a goal from
Killian Brennan keeping their record of never having been relegated intact.
The following season was a great improvement on the field as Pats sat in a European place at the halfway point in the league but later went on their worst losing streak in the club's history as they lost 8 games in a row, scoring just 3 goals along the way. They then managed to pick up their form, winning 4 out of 6 games but on 22 September 2018 the Saints suffered a 3–1 loss at home to a weakened
Bohemians
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side with several of their under-19 side playing among the 11 changes to their previous starting 11. This turned out to be
Liam Buckley
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's last game in charge of the club as it was announced on 25 September that Buckley had left his post by mutual consent after a 7-year spell in charge of the club.
Assistant manager to Buckley and former club captain
Ger O'Brien
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took caretaker charge for the last 5 games of the season, the first of those being the
Leinster Senior Cup Final which they lost on penalties against
Shelbourne at
Tolka Park. He also saw out a draw away to champions
Dundalk
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and had an aggregate score of 9–0 against
Limerick
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and
Derry City
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as the club ended the season on a high note in 5th place.
The Harry Kenny months (October 2018 – August 2019)
On 24 October 2018 it was announced that
Harry Kenny
Harry Kenny (born 13 April 1962) is an Irish footballer who last managed at St Patrick's Athletic before resigning in August 2019. During his playing career he spent 13 seasons playing for Shamrock Rovers.
Harry, or 'H' as his friends nickn ...
(who had been assistant manager in the
2013 league-winning campaign) would be the new manager of the club, signing a two-year contract. His new signings ahead of the
2019 season were
Gary Shaw,
David Webster,
Ciaran Kelly,
Cian Coleman,
Georgie Poynton
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,
Brandon Miele,
Michael Drennan,
Rhys McCabe
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McCabe started his senior career with Rangers. McCabe has also played for Dunfermline Athletic ...
and old fan favorite
Chris Forrester, stating that his aim was to get the club back competing in European competition. Kenny's first competitive game in charge of the Saints was on 15 February 2019, a 1–0 opening-day victory over league runners-up
Cork City at
Richmond Park, with the game attracting the biggest attendance at a domestic game since October 2010. This was followed by a sell-out against rivals
Shamorck Rovers on 8 March. On 25 April 2019 it was announced that the club had been awarded a licence to compete in
UEFA Europa League
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action for the
2019–20 campaign ahead of
Waterford
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, who had finished one place ahead of Pats in fourth place the previous season, but were not awarded a licence due to their club reforming in late 2016 and thus breaking
UEFA
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's 'three-year rule'. Pats drew
IFK Norrköping of
Sweden
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and were beaten 2–0 at home and 2–1 away, knocking them out at the first hurdle. With the team scoring just 24 goals in 29 games and attendances steadily dropping, fans became restless with Kenny and after a
shock cup exit to
UCD on 23 August 2019, Kenny resigned by mutual consent the following day.
Stephen O'Donnell reign & FAI Cup win (August 2019 – December 2021)
![2021 FAI Cup Final win](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/2021_FAI_Cup_Final_win.jpg)
Former
Dundalk
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captain
Stephen O'Donnell was announced as the head coach on a two-year contract on 31 August 2019, his first job in senior management, following the resignation of
Harry Kenny
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Harry, or 'H' as his friends nickn ...
. His brought in his former
Arsenal youth and
Falkirk
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Falkirk had a ...
teammate (and former Pats player)
Pat Cregg as his assistant. His first game in management came on 6 September 2019 as his Pats side came from behind to win 2−1 away to
Finn Harps
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thanks to goals from
Darragh Markey and substitute
Rhys McCabe
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McCabe started his senior career with Rangers. McCabe has also played for Dunfermline Athletic ...
. The club finished in 5th place by the end of the season, missing out on a
UEFA Europa League
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place but they did however win the
2018–19 Leinster Senior Cup, beating
Wexford
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3–0 in the Fourth Round (under
Harry Kenny
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Harry, or 'H' as his friends nickn ...
),
Cabinteely 1–0 in the Quarter Final, with Under 19's manager Jamie Moore managing a side made up of Under 15, Under 17 and Under 19's players in the Semi Final (beating
Sheriff YC
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I ...
3–1 away) and Final (beating
Athlone Town
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4–0), as both games were scheduled after the senior team's season had finished.
O'Donnell's first pre-season saw him make wholesale changes to the squad, releasing 10 players including some who were still in contract and bringing in 9 new signings;
Jason McClelland
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McClelland start ...
,
Robbie Benson
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,
Conor Kearns,
Rory Feely
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, Shane Griffin,
Billy King, Dan Ward,
Martin Rennie and
Ollie Younger. The season was hit by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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after 4 games and following 4 months of postponements, a decision was made to half the season from 36 games to 18. The season finished in disappointment for Pats as they missed out on European football on the final day of the season, while they had previously been knocked out of the
FAI Cup
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in the First Round by
Finn Harps
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.
The
2021 season was a hugely successful one for the club, as they secured a 2nd place finish, securing
UEFA Europa Conference League football for 2022, as well as winning the
2021 FAI Cup
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by beating
Bohemians
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in a penalty shootout in the
Final
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, in front of an
Aviva Stadium FAI Cup
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Final record crowd of 37,126.
Tim Clancy era (December 2021 – Present)
On 2 December 2021, just 4 days after the club's
2021 FAI Cup Final
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win, it was announced that
Tim Clancy
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had joined the club on a 2 year contract to replace the outgoing
Stephen O'Donnell, whose controversial departure to
Dundalk
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had yet to be confirmed amid a legal battle between the clubs. In late December 2021 a
High Court action was filed against O'Donnell by the club.
On 26 January 2022, it was announced that the club had sold academy graduate
James Abankwah
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to Italian
Serie A
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side
Udinese for an undisclosed fee believed to a record fee paid for a
League of Ireland player, in the region of €800,000 plus add ons.
On 2 May 2022, it was announced that the clubs would enter the
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
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The final will be played at Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. The winner ...
at the Second Qualifying round, rather than the First, following
UEFA
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's decision to ban Russian clubs from competing in their competitions for the season.
Clancy's first taste of managing in European football came with a 1–1 draw at home to
Slovenian
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* Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia
* Slovenes
The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...
side
NŠ Mura
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. The second leg saw his side advance 6–5 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time. The next round saw Pat's beat
Bulgarian
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* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
side
CSKA Sofia 1–0 away before suffering the heartache of a 2–0 loss in the second leg at
Tallaght Stadium following a controversial late penalty.
Kits
Home kits
The club's first kit was a red shirt with a white collar and a white chevron, with white shorts and red socks. Since then they have changed to a kit of a red jersey with white sleeves, white shorts and red socks, rarely changing from this format.
Away kits
The most frequent away colours used by Pats are navy/blue but over the years they have ventured outside of the ordinary.
Third kits
The club have released some dedicated third kits in recent years, while in years that they haven't, they've usually used the previous seasons away kit as a third kit.
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Fans
![ShedEndRichmond](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/ShedEndRichmond.JPG)
Saints fans have widely become known as some of the most active and vocal throughout the country. Throughout the club's history, any period of turmoil was always met with protest by the loyal saints. In 2001, an ultras group called the Shed End Invincibles were set up, for four years they created huge tifo displays, choreographed chants and created Richmond Park into a fortress. After a period of exile, the ultras group were reignited under new leadership. Since then, their work has been applauded by other fans. Big banners, flares, and smoke screens are a common sight at St Pats matches. Overseas visitors are regularly found at Richmond Park on a match night, including a Norwegian Pats' supporters club. As well as this, the club's supporters share friendships with supporters of clubs such as
Ravenna
Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...
from Italy,
Sheffield United of England, and
Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...
of Germany. Fans of these clubs, along with Pats fans, regularly travel to one another's matches. Famous fans include former Irish manager
Brian Kerr and American actor
Wendell Pierce.
Community
![Paul McGrath Inchicore traffic light box](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Paul_McGrath_Inchicore_traffic_light_box.jpg)
The club motto is ''Ní neart go cur le chéile'' (
as Gaeilge
''As Gaeilge'' is the eleventh album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. The title translates as "In Irish" and the album is entirely recorded in the Irish language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic lan ...
). It translates to ''No strength without unity''. St Patrick's Athletic is strongly linked with
Inchicore
Inchicore () is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Located approximately west of the city centre, Inchicore was originally a small village separate from Dublin. The village developed around Richmond Barracks (built 1810) and Inchicore railway works (b ...
and the local southwest Dublin community. In 2020 the club used
Richmond Park as a hub for a food bank to provide supplies to the vulnerable. Such is the club's dedication to embedding itself in the community, they employ a full time Community Officer who runs a long list of programmes such as the educational Primary School Community Programme in local schools.
Women's Football
In 1996 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. took over the local women's football team O'Connell Chics. The most notable former player is
Emma Byrne who is the record appearance holder for the
Republic of Ireland Women's National Team, with the Saints being Byrne's first senior club.
In 2022, club legend
Ian Bermingham
Ian Bermingham (born 6 June 1989 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer that played 13 seasons with League of Ireland Premier Division club, St Patricks Athletic, where he was club captain and is the all-time appearance record ...
was appointed as Football Partnership Manager between St Patrick's Athletic and
Cherry Orchard and part of the partnership, the club will be progressing with their plans to field a team in the Women's National U17 League from the 2023 season onwards.
First team squad
Technical staff
Youth structure
The club field an Under-19, an Under-17, an Under-15 and an Under-14 team that compete in the
League of Ireland U19 Division
The League of Ireland U19 Division is the under-19 division of the League of Ireland. The current division is the successor of earlier U21 and U20 divisions. Like the Premier Division and First Division, the U19 Division is currently sponsored ...
,
League of Ireland U17 Division
The League of Ireland U17 Division is the under-17 division of the League of Ireland. Like the Premier Division, the First Division and the National U19 League the National U17 League is currently sponsored by SSE Airtricity and as a result i ...
,
League of Ireland U15 Division
League or The League may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band
* ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football
Sports
* Sports league
* Rugby league, full contact footba ...
and
League of Ireland U14 Division respectively.
NUI Maynooth Scholarship Scheme
Set up in 2010, St Patrick's Athletic have a scholarship scheme in place with
NUI Maynooth. The scheme allows Pats to offer young players the opportunity to play with the club's Youth sides whilst undergoing their third-level studies on a sports scholarship. There is a big St Pats influence in the scheme with the Soccer Development Officer at Maynooth being former Pats defender
Barry Prenderville
Barry James Robert Prenderville (born 16 October 1976 in Dublin) is an Irish former footballer.
Prenderville was an underage international player for Ireland when he signed for Coventry City from Cherry Orchard as a schoolboy. Having failed to ...
as well as club captain
Ger O'Brien
Gerard O'Brien (born 2 July 1984) is an Irish former professional footballer who played in the League of Ireland as a defender. He is the current Director of Football of St Patrick's Athletic, who he spent 5 seasons playing with. His former cl ...
managing the side to their first-ever
Collingwood Cup
The Collingwood Cup is an association football cup competition featuring university teams from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is organised by the Irish Universities Football Union, and is the oldest surviving all Ireland associ ...
win in 2014, with teammate
Brendan Clarke
Brendan Clarke (born 17 September 1985 in Dublin) is an Irish football player who plays for Galway United in the League of Ireland First Division.
Club career
St Patrick's Athletic
Clarke is a goalkeeper and played schoolboy football for lo ...
as his assistant. The scholarship scheme is a big asset to St Pats, as it helps attract the top young talent in the country to the club ahead of their rivals. The scheme has also been a huge success, with the Saints Under-19s side winning the
Dr. Tony O'Neill Cup
The League of Ireland U19 Division is the under-19 division of the League of Ireland. The current division is the successor of earlier U21 and U20 divisions. Like the Premier Division and First Division, the U19 Division is currently sponsored ...
in 2015 to become the best side in the country, as well as a whole host of players graduating from the Youth Setup into the First Team squad. Among the top players to have come through the Programme are
Jake Carroll
Jake Carroll (born 11 August 1991) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell. He previously played for League of Ireland side St Patrick's Athletic, English sides Huddersfield Town, Bu ...
,
Seán Hoare,
Jamie McGrath,
Darragh Markey,
Ciaran Kelly,
Paul Rooney and
Fuad Sule
Fuad Dapo Sule (born 20 January 1997) is an Irish-Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a holding midfielder for Glentoran.
Early life
Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Sule moved to the Citywest area of Dublin aged three. He was in the academ ...
among others.
Youth Club Affiliations
In 2016, the club opted to disband their own youth teams that played in the Dublin & District Schoolboys Leagues, moving forward into a new model for the League of Ireland Under-19, Under-17 and up-and-coming Under-15s leagues. Pats struck up Affiliations with 4 of Ireland's top schoolboy clubs
Crumlin United
Crumlin United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Crumlin, Dublin. Founded in 1967, the club is one of the biggest producers of football talent in Ireland. They are linked with Nottingham Forest. Their main rival is C ...
,
Belvedere Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
Africa
*Belvedere (Casablanca), a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco
*Belvedere, Harare, Zim ...
,
Cherry Orchard and Esker Celtic in the best interest of both clubs and their players/facilities. On 1 March 2016, the Saints announced an Affiliation Agreement with the local side
Crumlin United
Crumlin United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Crumlin, Dublin. Founded in 1967, the club is one of the biggest producers of football talent in Ireland. They are linked with Nottingham Forest. Their main rival is C ...
, one of the country's top schoolboy clubs, to improve Pats Youth Setup while also benefiting Crumlin and their young players. On 29 March 2017, the Saints announced an official partnership with
Belvedere Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
Africa
*Belvedere (Casablanca), a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco
*Belvedere, Harare, Zim ...
. On 24 May 2017 St Patrick's Athletic announced an official partnership with local
Ballyfermot side
Cherry Orchard. On 13 July 2018 St Patrick's Athletic announced an official partnership with
Lucan
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November 39 AD – 30 April 65 AD), better known in English as Lucan (), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in Hispania Baetica. He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial ...
side Esker Celtic.
Cherry Orchard partnership
In June 2022, it was announced that a new football partnership had been made between Pat's and
Cherry Orchard which would see the clubs work together exclusively, with the aim of the partnership to provide players from Cherry Orchard with a pathway to the academy and to senior League of Ireland football for both boys and girls, with Pat's also creating a new full-time Football Partnership Manager role to oversee the partnership.
Honours
*
League of Ireland: 9
**
1951–52,
1954–55,
1955–56,
1989–90,
1995–96,
1997–98,
1998–99,
2001–02,
2013
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*
FAI Cup
The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup (FAI Cup), known as the Extra.ie FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as Derry ...
: 4
** 1958–59, 1960–61,
2014
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,
2021
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*
League of Ireland Cup: 4
** 2000–01, 2003,
2015
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,
2016
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*
President of Ireland's Cup
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: 1
**
2014
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*
League of Ireland Shield: 1
** 1959–60
*
Dublin City Cup
The Dublin City Cup is a defunct Irish football tournament which was played for by all League of Ireland sides (and not just those from Dublin city as the name suggests). It ran from 1933 and ran uninterrupted until 1973. In the 1975–76 se ...
: 3
** 1953–54, 1955–56, 1975–76
*
FAI Super Cup
The FAI Super Cup was an association football super cup featuring clubs from the Republic of Ireland. It was played for between 1998 and 2001. It was a pre-season tournament played in the summer before the regular League of Ireland season began. ...
: 1
** 1999–2000
*
LFA President's Cup
The LFA President's Cup was an association football cup competition featuring League of Ireland clubs affiliated to the Leinster Football Association. It was played for between 1930 and 2002. It was a ''de facto'' national super cup and on twent ...
: 6
** 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1971–72, 1990–91, 1996–97
*
Leinster Senior Cup: 9
** 1947–48, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1999–2000,
2010–11
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,
2013–14,
2018–19
*
FAI Intermediate Cup: 3
** 1947–48, 1948–49, 1952–53
*
Leinster Senior League: 6
** 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1955–56, 1956–57
*
FAI Junior Cup
The FAI Junior Cup is a cup competition organized by the Football Association of Ireland for junior association football clubs from the Republic of Ireland. The inaugural winners were Brideville. The competition's most successful club is Fairvi ...
: 1
** 1940–41
*
FAI Youth Cup
The FAI Youth Cup, also known as the FAI Umbro Youth Challenge Cup, is a cup competition organised by the FAI for youth association football clubs and teams in the Republic of Ireland. The inaugural winners were Greenmount Rangers. The competit ...
: 1
** 1944–45
*
Dr Tony O'Neill Cup
The League of Ireland U19 Division is the under-19 division of the League of Ireland. The current division is the successor of earlier U21 and U20 divisions. Like the Premier Division and First Division, the U19 Division is currently sponsored ...
: 2
** 2000–01, 2014–15
*
FAI Futsal Cup
The FAI Futsal Cup is a cup competition organized by the Football Association of Ireland for futsal teams based in the Republic of Ireland. The winners qualify to represent the Republic of Ireland in the UEFA Futsal Cup. The competition was intro ...
: 1
** 2008
Notable players
Internationals
;
Republic of Ireland
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internationals
;
League of Ireland XI
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representatives
;
Republic of Ireland B internationals
;
Republic of Ireland U23 internationals
;
Republic of Ireland U21 internationals
;Other internationals
Award winners
;
PFAI Players' Player of the Year
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;
;
PFAI Young Player of the Year
*
Colin Hawkins
Colin Joseph Hawkins (born 17 August 1977) is an Irish retired footballer and current manager of Shamrock Rovers B. Hawkins was a central defender with Shamrock Rovers along with a number of other clubs in the League of Ireland and cross-chann ...
(1997–98)
*
Mark Quigley
Mark Quigley (born 27 October 1985) is an Irish former professional footballer who played for Millwall, Shamrock Rovers (over 2 spells), St Patrick's Athletic (over 2 spells), Bohemians (over 2 spells), Dundalk, Sligo Rovers and Derry City.
...
(2007)
*
Chris Forrester (2012)
;SWAI Goalkeeper of the Year
*
Brendan Clarke
Brendan Clarke (born 17 September 1985 in Dublin) is an Irish football player who plays for Galway United in the League of Ireland First Division.
Club career
St Patrick's Athletic
Clarke is a goalkeeper and played schoolboy football for lo ...
(2013)
;League of Ireland Player of the Year;
*
Colin Hawkins
Colin Joseph Hawkins (born 17 August 1977) is an Irish retired footballer and current manager of Shamrock Rovers B. Hawkins was a central defender with Shamrock Rovers along with a number of other clubs in the League of Ireland and cross-chann ...
(1998)
*
Paul Osam
Paul Osam (born 20 December 1967) is an Irish former professional association footballer. He has also done media work with TV3. His father was from Ghana.
Career
Osam was born in Dublin, Ireland. He started his League of Ireland career in 198 ...
(1999)
*
Killian Brennan (2013)
;
League of Ireland Player of the Month
;Harry Boland Hall of Fame
;Notes
;St Patrick's Athletic Player of the Year
League of Ireland Top Goalscorer
;
League of Ireland Top Scorer
Records
*St. Pats Full League Record
P 2062 W 860 D 535 L 666 F 2996 A 2655 Pts 2710
''Statistics are correct up to 7/11/2022''
''Above points tally is the number of points earned in real terms. In most seasons the league used a 'two points for a win', system.''
''If using a straight 'three points for a win, one for a draw', system, St Pats would have earned 3117 points''.
*Record League Points Tally 73 in season
1998–99 ''(33 games)''
*Record League Goals Tally 66 in season
2014
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''(33 games)''
*Record League Victory 8–0 (h) v
Limerick
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
(10 December 1967)
*Record FAI Cup Victory 8–0 (h) v
Pike Rovers (21 May
2016
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)
*Record League Cup Victory 5–1 v
Athlone Town
Athlone Town Association Football Club () is an Irish football club from Athlone who are playing in the League of Ireland. The club is the oldest in the League as it was founded in 1887. First elected to the League of Ireland in 1922, they pl ...
(13 October 1985)
*Record Leinster Senior Cup Victory 7–0 (h) v
Tolka Rovers (9 February
2015
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)
*Record League Goal scorer
Shay Gibbons Shay may refer to:
People
Shay is an Irish Gaelic name, a variant of the name Shea. It is derived from Seamus, which is anglicized from Ó Séaghdha. Shay is also a Hebrew unisex name, meaning gift, deriving as a variation of Shai.
Mononym
* Shay ...
– 108 goals
*Record League Goal scorer in one Season
Shay Gibbons Shay may refer to:
People
Shay is an Irish Gaelic name, a variant of the name Shea. It is derived from Seamus, which is anglicized from Ó Séaghdha. Shay is also a Hebrew unisex name, meaning gift, deriving as a variation of Shai.
Mononym
* Shay ...
– 28 goals in
1954–55
*Record Goal scorer in Europe
Christy Fagan
Christopher Joseph Fagan (born 11 May 1989), known as Chris or Christy Fagan, is a retired Irish footballer who played as a forward. He last played for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
Club career
Born in Dubli ...
– 6 goals
*Record Goal scorer in Europe in one season
Declan O'Brien – 4 goals in
2009
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*Record Total Appearances
Ian Bermingham
Ian Bermingham (born 6 June 1989 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer that played 13 seasons with League of Ireland Premier Division club, St Patricks Athletic, where he was club captain and is the all-time appearance record ...
– 454 appearances
*Record League Appearances
Ian Bermingham
Ian Bermingham (born 6 June 1989 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer that played 13 seasons with League of Ireland Premier Division club, St Patricks Athletic, where he was club captain and is the all-time appearance record ...
– 354 appearances
*Record FAI Cup Appearances
Ian Bermingham
Ian Bermingham (born 6 June 1989 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer that played 13 seasons with League of Ireland Premier Division club, St Patricks Athletic, where he was club captain and is the all-time appearance record ...
– 39 appearances
*Record European Appearances
Ian Bermingham
Ian Bermingham (born 6 June 1989 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer that played 13 seasons with League of Ireland Premier Division club, St Patricks Athletic, where he was club captain and is the all-time appearance record ...
– 24 appearances
*Youngest Player Sam Curtis – 15 years 255 days (13 August 2021 vs
Waterford
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in the
League of Ireland Premier Division
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)
*Youngest Goalscorer Kian Corbally – 15 years 305 days (1 November 2019 vs
Sheriff YC
Sheriff Youth Club is an Irish association football club based in Sheriff Street, Dublin. Their senior team plays in the Athletic Union League. They have also competed in the FAI Cup, the FAI Junior Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup.
History
I ...
in the
Leinster Senior Cup)
Source:
[ ]
League of Ireland Placing History
European record
Overview
''As of 11 August 2022''
Matches
;Notes
* (a): (
Away goals rule
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)
* (aet): (
After Extra Time
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)
* 1R: First round
* 2R: Second round
* PR: Preliminary round
* 1Q: First qualifying round
* 2Q: Second qualifying round
* 3Q: Third qualifying round
* PO: Play-off round
Managers
*
Alex Stevenson
Alexander Ernest Stevenson (9 August 1912 – 2 September 1985) was an Irish footballer who played for Rangers and Everton, amongst other teams. As an international, Stevenson also played for both Ireland teams – the FAI XI and the IFA XI. ...
(1954–58)
*
Shay Keogh
Seamus "Shay" Keogh (6 September 1934 – 13 April 2020) was an Irish footballer who played as a centre half. He was part of the great Shamrock Rovers teams of the 1950s in a side, popularly known as Coad's Colts, that enjoyed many memorable day ...
(1963–65)
* George Lax (1965–66)
*
Gerry Doyle (1966–67)
*
Peter Farrell (1967–68)
*
John Colrain (1968–71)
*
Jack Burkett
Jack William Burkett (born 21 August 1942) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for West Ham United and Charlton Athletic, and was player-manager at League of Ireland team St Patrick's ...
(1971–75)
* George Richardson (1975–76)
*
Barry Bridges
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(1976–78)
* Ralph O'Flaherty (1978–79)
* Charlie Walker (1979–84)
*
Eoin Hand (1984–85)
* Jimmy Jackson (1985–86)
*
Brian Kerr (1986–96)
*
Pat Dolan
Patrick Dolan (born 20 September 1967 in Galway, Ireland) is a former football player, manager, and executive. He is also a former soccer analyst on RTÉ Sport. He is currently a FIFA-registered players' agenand has represented a number of p ...
(1996–98)
* Pete Mahon (1998)
*
Liam Buckley
Liam Buckley (born 14 April 1960), is an Irish former professional footballer. He made two appearances for the Republic of Ireland national football team. He was most recently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rover ...
(1998–99)
*
Pat Dolan
Patrick Dolan (born 20 September 1967 in Galway, Ireland) is a former football player, manager, and executive. He is also a former soccer analyst on RTÉ Sport. He is currently a FIFA-registered players' agenand has represented a number of p ...
(1999–03)
*
Eamonn Collins
Eamonn Anthony Stephen Collins (born 22 October 1965) is an Irish retired association football, footballer and football manager, who is now a players' Sports agent, agent. In his playing career, he was the youngest player ever to turn out in a ...
(2003–04)
*
John McDonnell (1 March 2004 – 10 January 2009)
*
Jeff Kenna
Jeffrey Jude Kenna (born 27 August 1970) is an Irish football manager and former professional footballer.
He played as a defender from 1989 until 2009, notably in the Premier League for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City. He was ...
(14 January 2009 – 18 September 2009)
* Maurice O'Driscoll ''(interim)'' (Sept 18, 2009 – 22 September 2009)
* Pete Mahon ''(interim)'' (23 September 2009 – 8 December 2009)
* Pete Mahon (9 December 2009 – 1 December 2011)
*
Liam Buckley
Liam Buckley (born 14 April 1960), is an Irish former professional footballer. He made two appearances for the Republic of Ireland national football team. He was most recently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rover ...
(2 December 2011 – 25 September 2018)
*
Ger O'Brien
Gerard O'Brien (born 2 July 1984) is an Irish former professional footballer who played in the League of Ireland as a defender. He is the current Director of Football of St Patrick's Athletic, who he spent 5 seasons playing with. His former cl ...
''(interim)'' (25 September 2018 – 26 October 2018)
*
Harry Kenny
Harry Kenny (born 13 April 1962) is an Irish footballer who last managed at St Patrick's Athletic before resigning in August 2019. During his playing career he spent 13 seasons playing for Shamrock Rovers.
Harry, or 'H' as his friends nickn ...
(24 October 2018 – 24 August 2019)
*
Stephen O'Donnell (31 August 2019 – 2 December 2021)
*
Tim Clancy
Tim Clancy (born 8 June 1984) is an Irish football manager of League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic, having previously managed Drogheda United. During his playing career, Clancy played for Millwall, Weymouth, AFC Hor ...
(2 December 2021 – Present)
Manager records
:'
References
External links
St Patricks Athletic FC Official WebsiteSaintsForum.net (Discussion forum for All Saints fans)
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Association football clubs in Dublin (city)
Association football clubs established in 1929
League of Ireland Premier Division clubs
1929 establishments in Ireland
Former Leinster Senior League clubs