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Limerick F.C.

Football club information
Full nameLimerick Football Club
Nickname"The Super Blues"
Founded1937
StadiumJackman Park (capacity : 2450)
ManagerRepublic of Ireland Pat Scully
LeagueLOI First Division
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Limerick Football Club is an association football club based in Limerick, Ireland. The club currently play in the First Division of the League of Ireland. The first Limerick FC was founded in 1937 and has had a number of guises through its history, known at different times as Limerick FC, Limerick United, and Limerick City. Under UEFA regulations, the club failed to acquire a licence to compete in the First Division in 2007. A separate entity, Limerick 37, was formed to replace Limerick FC in the league and competed under this name for two seasons. Limerick 37 has been renamed as Limerick FC for the 2009 season and has successfully obtained a licence. Although the current Limerick FC and Limerick 37 are technically a different club to the original Limerick FC, each manifestation of the club has been the sole representative of senior football in Limerick City since 1937.

Limerick FC won the League of Ireland title twice, in the 1959-60 and 1979-80 seasons, and the FAI Cup twice, in 1971 and 1982. They also won the League of Ireland Cup three times, 1976-77, 1992-93 and 2001-02. The club has competed in European competitions on six occasions, meeting such notable opponents as Real Madrid and Southampton FC.

Limerick FC has used a number of venues around the city as their home ground over the years, including The Market's Field in Garryowen, Jackman Park on Carey's Road, Hogan Park in Rathbane, Thomond Park and Pike Rovers ground at Crossagalla. The Market's Field has always been considered to be the spiritual home of football in the city as the club enjoyed considerable success at the venue and moving from there to Hogan Park heralded a serious decline in the club's fortunes. The club is currently using Jackman Park, which belongs to the Limerick District League (LDMC), for home games. It has a training base at Knocklisheen, on the north side of the city.

The team is being managed by Pat Scully for the 2010 season.

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Limerick Post--THE O'Sullivan trio, Dick, chairman Bord na gCon, Pat, chairman, -Limerick FC-, and local TD Jan, have roles to play in backing -Limerick FC- for a return to ... - Date : Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:43:37 GMT+00:00
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Limerick Post--It is understood that the directors of -Limerick FC- have had talks with Bord na gCon officials with a view to making it their home, but nothing concrete has ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:09:24 GMT+00:00
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The Clare Herald--League of Ireland outfit -Limerick FC- have conceded that their proposed friendly fixture with Barcelona FC on July 31 at Thomond Park will now not go ahead. ... - Date : Wed, 19 May 2010 09:07:35 GMT+00:00
Scully keen to strengthen squad - eleven-a-side.com Tweet this news
eleven-a-side.com---Limerick FC- manager Pat Scully is eager to strengthen his squad as the Munster side put in a promotion push this season. Limerick are currently third in the ... - Date : Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:06:19 GMT+00:00

No. Nationality Position Player Other
IrelandGKDave Ryan
IrelandGKJohn McGuinness
IrelandDFPat Purcell
EnglandDFDave Rogers
IrelandDFPeter White
IrelandDFMartin Deady
IrelandDFThomas Heary
IrelandDFNigel Stanley
IrelandDFDeclan Cahill
IrelandDFDaniel Clinton
IrelandMF[[Bobby Ryan (footballer)
IrelandMF[[John Sullivan (Irish footballer)
IrelandMFWillie Boland
IrelandMFJason Hughes
IrelandMFThomas Lyons
IrelandMFJeffrey Judge
IrelandMFShane Tracy
IrelandMF[[Sean Kelly (footballer)
IrelandMFDavid O'Leary
IrelandFWDave McGrath
IrelandFWJohn Tierney
IrelandFWStephen O'Flynn
IrelandFWShane Clarke
IrelandFWTim Kiely

European Competition :
Year Comp Versus Results and Limerick Scorers
1960 European Cup Young Boys Berne (H - Thomond Park) 0-5 (A) 2-4 Leo O'Reilly & George Lynam
1965 CWC CSKA Sofia (H - Dalymount Park) 1-2 Dick O'Connor (A) 0-2
1971 CWC Torino (H- Thomond Park) 0-1 (A) 0-4
1980 European Cup Real Madrid (H - Lansdowne Road) 1-2 Des Kennedy (A) 1-5 Des Kennedy
1981 UEFA Cup Southampton (H - Markets Field) 0-3 (A) 1-1 Tony Morris
1982 CWC AZ Alkmaar (H - Markets Field) 1-1 Pat Nolan (A) 0-1

Notable former players :

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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