Monaghan United F.C.

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Monaghan United

Full name

Monaghan United
Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Magic Mons

Founded

1979

Ground

Century Homes Park, Monaghan,
County Monaghan

Capacity

3,000 (500 seats)

Chairman

Jim McGlone

Manager

Mick Cooke

League

Eircom First Division

2005

9th





Home colours





Away colours

Monaghan United F.C. is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1979 and elected to the league in 1985, hails from Monaghan and play their home matches at Century Homes Park. Club colours are Blue and White, and go by the nickname The Magic Mons. The current manager is Mick Cooke.

Monaghan United played their first League of Ireland game in 1985 against Derry City F.C. at Belgium Park before moving to move to their current home at Gortakeegan in 1987. They secured a sponsorship deal with the nearby building firm, Century Homes, changing the ground name to Century Homes Park in 2000.

In the 1992-1993 season, Monaghan United finished third in Division One and defeated Waterford United by 5-2 on aggregate (2-2 away and 3-0 at home) winning promotion to the Premier Division. They competed in the Premier Division until the end of the 1994-1995 season, finishing last and as a result were relegated to the First Division. Monagahn United regained promotion to the Premier Division in the 2000-2001 season, finishing second to Dundalk F.C. that season. But their stay was short lived as they finished last in the Premier division the following season managing only two league victories in the whole season.

1 Current Squad
2 Players of Note
3 Competition History
4 Attendances
5 External links

[edit] Current Squad

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Robbie Horgan
		GK	Tadhg Murphy
		DF	Barry Burke
		DF	Kevin Cronin
		DF	Darren Sargent
		DF	Eddie Keyes
		DF	Thomas McGauley
		DF	Paul Whelan
		MF	Michael McCann
		MF	Shane Harte
		MF	Paul Finnegan

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Jimmy Fullam
		MF	David Lee
		MF	Shane McGeown
		MF	Brian Gannon
		MF	Stephen Finnegan
		MF	Michael Kerr
		FW	Paul Smyth
		FW	Austin McCann
		FW	Robbie Smith
		FW	Ciaran Friel
		FW	Alan McNevin

[edit] Players of Note

Jonathan Douglas
Jonathan Douglas was a member of the Ireland squad that won the U16 European Championship in 1998. He joined Blackburn Rovers as a trainee in 2000 from Monaghan United and had loan spells with Chesterfield F.C., Blackpool F.C. and Gillingham F.C. before moving to Leeds United on loan at the start of the 2005/’06 season and returning to Blackburn Rovers for the 2006-2007 season. Jonathan made his debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2004 in a goalless draw against Poland. He has earned three caps representing the Republic of Ireland.

Stephen Finnegan
Stephen Finnegan is a current member of the Monaghan United squad and has represented the Republic of Ireland at Under-19 level and also received a call up to the Northern Ireland Schools squad in 2006 .

James Hand
James Hand is a former Monagahan United player who received a call up to the Republic of Ireland Under-21 team which won the Madeira Cup in 2006, playing in all three games. He is currently playing for League One outfit Huddersfield Town F.C..James played for Monaghan United from Under-12 right through to Under-15 level.

Keith Foy
Keith Foy was a Republic of Ireland Under-21 International and played with English League outfit Nottingham Forest until his release in 2003. He returned to Ireland and signed for St. Patricks Athletic before moving to Monaghan United in 2004. He was awarded Monaghan United's Player of the Year for the 2005 Season as well as Supporters Player of the Year. He signed for Sligo Rovers for the 2006 season.

[edit] Competition History

Highest League Position

7th Premier Division 1993-1994 season

2nd Division One 2000-2001 season

Lowest League Position

11th Division One 2003 season.

12th Premier Division 2001-2002 season.

[edit] Attendances

2004: Average: 182 Highest: 700

2005: Average: 183 Highest: 550

2006: Average: 175 Highest: 800 (v Shamrock Rovers)

Record Attendance: 2,000 V Derry City 1985.

[edit] External links

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Football League of Ireland 2006
Premier League
Bohemians \| Bray Wanderers \| Cork City \| Derry City \| Drogheda United \| Longford Town
Shelbourne \| Sligo Rovers \| St. Patrick's Athletic \| UCD \| Waterford United \|
First Division
Athlone Town \| Cobh Ramblers \| Dundalk \| Finn Harps \| Galway United \| Kildare County
Kilkenny City \| Limerick \| Monaghan United \| Shamrock Rovers