YMCA F.C. (Dublin)

YMCA
Full name	YMCA Football Club
Founded	1893
Ground	YMCA Sports Grounds Claremont Road Sandymount Dublin Ireland
League	Leinster Senior League League of Ireland

YMCA Football Club was an Irish association football club based in Sandymount, Dublin. The club was founded in 1893 ^[1] and, together with the YMCA Cricket Club and the YMCA Hockey Club, it was part of the YMCA group of sports clubs based at Claremount Road, Sandymount. Today this group also includes Mount Merrion YMCA F.C. who play in the Leinster Senior League.

History

League of Ireland

In 1921–22, together with Shelbourne, Bohemians, St James's Gate, Jacobs, Olympia, Dublin United and Frankfort, YMCA were founder members of the League of Ireland. Like the other seven founding members, YMCA had spent the 1920–21 season playing in the Leinster Senior League. During the season they lost 5–0 at home to Bohemians, giving the latter the biggest away win of season. They also drew 4–4 with Frankfort in the highest scoring game of the season. YMCA eventually finished in 8th and last place after failing to win a single game. Along with Frankfort, YMCA subsequently withdrew from the league after just one season.^[2] In the 1921–22 FAI Cup YMCA lost 4–3 at home to Athlone Town in the first round.^[3]Together with Frankfort, Rathmines Athletic and Reds United, YMCA are one of only four clubs to have played just one season in the top level of the League of Ireland. ^[4]

League of Ireland stats

Stat	Opponent	Score	Competition	Date
Record Win	Frankfort	3-1	League of Ireland Shield	25 March 1922
Record Defeat	Bohemians	0-5	League of Ireland	17 September 1921

Source:^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "Ireland Foundation Dates". www.rsssf.com. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
↑ League of Ireland Rsssf
↑ FAI Cup Rsssf
↑ One Season Wonders
↑ McSweeney, Niall. A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921-22 to 1984-85. Association of Football Statisticians.
↑ Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921-2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.

League of Ireland clubs

Premier Division	Bohemians Bray Wanderers Cork City Derry City Drogheda United Dundalk Finn Harps Galway United Limerick Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers St Patrick's Athletic

First Division	Athlone Town Cabinteely Cobh Ramblers Longford Town Shelbourne UCD Waterford United Wexford Youths

Former clubs	Drumcondra Frankfort Home Farm Kilkenny City Mervue United Monaghan United Newcastle West Pioneers St. Francis St. James's Gate Salthill Devon Shamrock Rovers B Thurles Town Transport

Defunct clubs	Albert Rovers Bray Unknowns Brideville Brooklyn Cork Cork City F.C. (1938–1940) Cork Alberts Cork Athletic Cork Bohemians Cork Celtic Cork Hibernians Cork United F.C. (1940–1948) Cork United F.C. (1979–1982) Dolphin Dublin City Dublin United Evergreen United Fordsons Jacobs Kildare County Midland Athletic Olympia Rathmines Athletic Reds United Shelbourne United Sporting Fingal YMCA

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