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Derry City F.C.

Football club information
Full nameDerry City Football Club
NicknameThe Candystripes
Founded1928
2010 (refounded)
StadiumBrandywell Stadium,
Derry, Northern Ireland (capacity : 7,700 (2,900 seated))
ChairmanPhilip O'Doherty
ManagerIE Stephen Kenny
LeagueLeague of Ireland First Division
2009League of Ireland Premier Division, 4th (demoted)

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Derry City Football Club ( ), is a football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland First Division. It has spent the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the Premier Division, the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland, however it was expelled in November 2009 when it was discovered there were secondary, unofficial contracts with players. It was reinstated, however, a few weeks later but demoted to the First Division, the second tier. The club are the League of Ireland's only participant from Northern Ireland. The club's home ground is the Brandywell Stadium and the players wear red and white striped shirts from which its nickname, the Candystripes, derives. Others refer to the club as the Red and White Army or abbreviate the name to Derry or City.

The club, founded in 1928, initially played in the Irish League, the domestic league in Northern Ireland, and won a title in 1964 � 65. In 1971, security concerns related to unrest in Northern Ireland meant matches could not be played at the Brandywell. The team played "home" fixtures 30 mi (48.3 km) away in Coleraine. Security forces withdrew their objections to the use of the Brandywell the following year, but in the face of insistence from the Irish League that the unsustainable arrangement continue, the club withdrew from the league. After 13 years in junior football, it joined the League of Ireland's new First Division for 1985 � 86. Derry won the First Division title and achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 1987, and remained there until 2009, being relegated as a result of financial problems rather than poor sporting performance. The club went on to win a domestic treble in 1988 � 89, the only Irish club to ever do so.

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Memories - my tribute to the late Cecil Ernest Clayton - Londonderry Today Tweet this news
Londonderry Today--Mr Clayton was very keen on football, and he was a great supporter of -Derry City Football Club-. During our time in Mr Clayton's class, we had a kind of ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:25:21 GMT+00:00
Derry City FC plays in the League of Ireland after having left the Irish ... - American Chronicle Tweet this news
American Chronicle--Since its move the club has won the league championship, the League Cup, and the FAI Cup in the 1988/89 season. The club has only won the league ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:01:51 GMT+00:00
Brandywell Stadium Set For Refurbishment - Derry Today Tweet this news
Derry Today--THE HOME of -Derry City Football Club- will continue to be based in Brandywell Stadium, that's the verdict expected to be announced by Derry City Council ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:00:37 GMT+00:00
Leaving was my choice, insists Derry City striker - Derry Today Tweet this news
Derry Today--VINCENT SWEENEY has insisted it was his own decision to leave -Derry City- after it emerged the Brandywell club had released him from his contract yesterday ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:55:41 GMT+00:00
Aileach FC open new grounds - Inishowen News Tweet this news
Inishowen News---...- Division leaders -Derry City-, an Inishowen Select and Aileach, who will be making their first outing under their highly regarded new manager Bryan Bell. ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:32:57 GMT+00:00
Byrne to the fore as Ireland U-17s reach Euro final - Westmeath Independent Tweet this news
Westmeath Independent--Speaking before the win over Germany, manager Noel King - noted for his spells as manager in the League of Ireland with -Derry City-, Shamrock Rovers and ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:04:25 GMT+00:00
FAI harden friendly stance over Barcelona match at Thomond Park - Limerick Leader Tweet this news
Limerick Leader---...- action this Friday night when they travel to take on league leaders -Derry City- at the Brandywell. Although over-shadowed by the -FC- Barcelona controversy ... - Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 07:58:43 GMT+00:00
City Diary � 22 April - Morning Advertiser Tweet this news
Morning Advertiser---...- his local -football club-, Exeter Town, and that he does in fact support Northern Ireland team -Derry City-, having lived there for a while as a youngster. ... - Date : Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:57:55 GMT+00:00

No. Nationality Position Player Other
1Northern IrelandGKGerard Doherty
2Northern IrelandDFEddie McCallion
3Northern IrelandDFEmmet Friars
4Northern IrelandMFBarry Molloy
5Northern IrelandDFMark McChrystal
6IrelandDFShane McEleney
7IrelandMFRuairí Harkin
8IrelandMFKevin Deery
9Northern IrelandFWDavid McDaid
10IrelandMFPatrick McEleney
11Northern IrelandFW[[James McClean (Irish footballer)
12IrelandDFSeamus Sharkey
14Northern IrelandFWStephen Parkhouse
15Northern IrelandMFDarren Cassidy
16Northern IrelandMFDarren McCauley
17Northern IrelandDFMark Scoltock
18IrelandFWMark Farren
19Northern IrelandMFThomas McBride
20IrelandGKRory Kelly
21Northern IrelandMFAdam Clarke
22Northern IrelandGKEugene Ferry
23Northern IrelandMFMichael McCrudden
24Northern IrelandDFDaniel Lafferty
IrelandMF[[James Henry (Irish footballer)

Modern highs and lows :

Modern highs and lows :
Name Nat. From To
Joe McCleery Ireland 1929 1932
Billy Gillespie Ireland 1932 1940
M.T.C. Northern Ireland 1940 1942
Willie Ross Scotland 1942 1953
M.T.C. Northern Ireland 1953 1958
Tommy Houston Northern Ireland 1958 1959
Matt Doherty Northern Ireland 1959 1961
Willie Ross Scotland 1961 1968
Jimmy Hill Northern Ireland 1968 1971
Doug Wood Scotland 1971 1972
Willie Ross Scotland 1972 1972
Jim Crossan Northern Ireland 1985 1985
Noel King Ireland 1985 1987

Modern highs and lows :
Name Nat. From To
Jim McLaughlin Northern Ireland 1987 1991
Roy Coyle Northern Ireland 1991 1993
Tony O'Doherty Northern Ireland 1993 1994
Felix Healy Northern Ireland 1994 1998
Kevin Mahon Ireland 1998 2003
Dermot Keely Ireland 2003 2003
Gavin Dykes Ireland 2003 2004
Peter Hutton Northern Ireland 2004 2004
Stephen Kenny Ireland 2004 2006
Pat Fenlon Ireland 2006 2007
Peter Hutton Northern Ireland 2007 2007
John Robertson Scotland 2007 2007
Stephen Kenny Ireland 2007 Present

Derry City F.C.

Club, History, Traditions, Records, The Brandywell, Managers, Players, The "wilderness years", Northwest Derby, Current season

League of Ireland, 2010 teams

Premier Division
Bohemians, Bray Wanderers, Drogheda United, Dundalk, Galway United, St Patrick's Athletic, Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Sporting Fingal, UCD
First Division
Athlone Town, Cork City FORAS, Derry City, Finn Harps, Limerick, Longford Town, Mervue United, Monaghan United, Salthill Devon, Shelbourne, Waterford United, Wexford Youths

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