Leinster Senior League (association football)
Country | Ireland |
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Region | Leinster |
Founded | 1896 |
Divisions | 20 (including Senior Division) |
Level on pyramid | 3–12 |
Domestic cup(s) |
Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup FAI Intermediate Cup FAI Junior Cup |
League cup(s) |
Metropolitan Cup Charlie Cahill Cup |
Current champions | Crumlin United (4 titles) |
Most championships | Shelbourne (12 titles) |
Website | www.lsl.ie |
The Leinster Senior League is an association football league organised by the Leinster Football Association. In 2015–16 the Leinster Senior League operated twenty divisions. It also organises various cup competitions. Its Senior Division is a third level division in the Republic of Ireland football league system. Leinster Senior League teams also compete in the Leinster Senior Cup, the FAI Cup, the FAI Intermediate Cup and the FAI Junior Cup. In recent seasons the winners of the Senior Division have also qualified to play in the League of Ireland Cup. Despite using the Leinster name in its title, the vast majority of its member clubs are based in the Greater Dublin Area. Its current sponsors include The Herald and O'Neills.
History
Foundation
Within a few seasons of the Leinster Football Association having been formed in 1892, the Leinster Senior League was established. Ciarán Priestley highlights a printed notice in the 4 September 1894 edition of The Irish Times. Under the headline "Leinster Football League" there is a report of "a general meeting of the league... held the other evening at 27 D'Olier Street". Priestley also lists Bohemians, Britannia, Dublin University, Leinster Nomads, Phoenix and Montpelier as participants in the first season. The Leinster Senior League website states it was established in 1896.[1] However other sources suggest the league started a little later and was first played for in 1897–98 and that an unidentified British Army regimental team where the inaugural winners while Shelbourne were runners up. See
Note 1[2][3]
2016–17 Senior divisions
Team | Home town/suburb | Home ground |
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Bangor Celtic | Crumlin, Dublin | Iveagh Grounds |
Bluebell United | Bluebell/Red Cow | Capco Park |
Cherry Orchard | Ballyfermot | Elmdale Crescent |
Crumlin United | Crumlin, Dublin | Pearse Park |
Drumcondra | Clonturk, Drumcondra | Clonturk Park |
Firhouse Clover | Firhouse | Belgard Road |
Greystones United | Greystones | Woodlands |
Killester United | Killester | Haddon Park |
Malahide United | Malahide | Gannon Park |
St. Patrick's C.Y.F.C. | Ringsend | Irishtown Stadium |
St. Mochtas F.C. | Clonsilla/Blanchardstown | Porterstown Road |
Tolka Rovers | Glasnevin | Frank Cooke Park |
UCD Reserves | Belfield, Dublin | UCD Bowl |
Wayside Celtic | Kilternan | Jackson Park |
Source: [4] Senior 1
Team | Home town/suburb | Home ground |
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Arklow Town | Arklow | Lamberton Grass/Astro |
Broadford Rovers | Dublin 16 | Marlay Park |
Dunboyne | Dunboyne | Summerhill Road |
Dublin Bus | Clondalkin | Coldcut |
Glebe North | Balbriggan | Market Green |
Glenville | Palmerstown | Palmerstown School |
Home Farm | Whitehall, Dublin | Whitehall Stadium |
Leixlip United | Leixlip | Leixlip Amenities Center |
Portmarnock | Portmarnock | Paddys Hill |
Newbridge Town | Newbridge, County Kildare | Station Road |
St. John Bosco | Crumlin, Dublin | Iveagh Grounds |
Swords Celtic | Swords, Dublin | Balheary Reservoir |
TEK United | Blackrock, Dublin | Stradbrook Road |
Verona | Coolmine |
Source: [5]
Senior 1A
Team | Home town/suburb | Home ground |
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Ballymun United | Ballymun | Soccer Complex |
Beggsboro | Cabra, Dublin | Kilkiernan Road |
Dublin University | Trinity College, Dublin | College Park, Dublin |
Edenderry Town | Edenderry | Fr. Paul Park |
Liffey Wanderers | Irishtown, Dublin | Irishtown Stadium |
Lucan United | Lucan/Leixlip | Leixlip Amenities Centre |
Maynooth University Town | Maynooth University | |
Mount Merrion | Sandymount/Leopardstown | Leopardstown Park |
Newtown Rangers | Tallaght | Farrell Park |
Peamount United | Newcastle, South Dublin | Greenogue Astro/Grass |
Sacred Heart | Dublin 24 | Killinarden Hill |
Shamrock Bhoys | County Wicklow | Vevay Sports Field |
Templeogue United | Templeogue | St McDaras School |
Tullamore Town | Tullamore | Leah Victoria Park |
Source: [6] Senior 1B
Team | Home town/suburb | Home ground |
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Ballyfermot United | Ballyfermot | Cold Cut |
Celbridge Town | Celbridge/Kilcock | |
Confey | Leixlip | Confey Park |
Greenhills/Greenpark | Walkinstown | Greenhills Park |
Hartstown Huntstown | Hartstown/Huntstown | Hartstown Park |
Leicester Celtic | Rathfarnham | Loreto Park |
Inchicore Athletic | Inchicore | Pearse Park |
Kilnamanagh | Kilnamanagh/Tallaght | Ned Kelly Park |
Knocklyon United | Knocklyon | Kiltipper Road |
Pegasus/St James Athletic | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown | Belfield Park |
Portlaoise | Portlaoise | Rossleighan Park |
St James's Gate | Crumlin, Dublin | Iveagh Grounds |
St. Josephs Boys | Sallynoggin | Pearse Park |
Skerries Town | Skerries, Dublin | Park Lane |
Source: [7]
Junior leagues
This is a selection of teams playing in the lower levels of the Leinster Senior League.
Team | Home town/suburb | Home ground |
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Beechwood | Milltown, Dublin | Royal Hospital, Donnybrook |
Dundrum | Dundrum, Dublin | Meadowbrook Park |
Drumcondra/Stella Maris | Drumcondra, Dublin | |
Greystones A.F.C. | Greystones | Archfield |
Manortown United | Perrystown | Greentrees Park |
Phoenix | Scribblestown/Ashtown | |
Pioneers | Dublin Airport | ALSAA Sports Complex |
Terenure College | Terenure College | Bushy Park |
Transport | Crumlin, Dublin | Windmill Park |
Representative team
A Leinster Senior League representative team competes in the FAI Intermediate Interprovincial Tournament against teams representing the Ulster Senior League, the Munster Senior League and Connacht. [8]
Notes
- ^1 This was possibly Sherwood Foresters who were the 1896-97 IFA Cup runners-up, losing to Cliftonville in the final. They were based in the Curragh, County Kildare.[9][10]
References
- ↑ lsl.ie
- ↑ Leinster Senior League
- ↑ Ciarán Priestley: The Bohemian Football Club: The Enduring Legacy of an Idle Youth
- ↑ "Senior Sunday". lsl.ie. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ↑ "Senior 1 Sunday". lsl.ie. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ↑ "Senior 1A Sunday". lsl.ie. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ↑ "Senior 1B Sunday". lsl.ie. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ↑ "League Table 2016 FAI Intermediate Interprovincial Tournament". www.uslfootball.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ IFA Cup Rsssf
- ↑ Where's My Country? Rsssf