Broadford Rovers F.C.

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Broadford Rovers
Full name	Broadford Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s)	Canaries
Founded	1978
Ground	Broadford Park, Ballinteer, County Dublin
Manager	Philip Fitzgerald
League	Leinster Senior League

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Broadford Rovers Football Club is an Irish football club playing in the Leinster Senior League.

Based in the Dublin suburb of Ballinteer, the club was originally founded in 1978 by Paul Smith and Tom Reeves. The club play their home games at Broadford Park on Stonemasons Way, and have developed the facilities to include two dressing room pavilions and two all weather astroturf training pitches.

Primarily focussed on schoolboy football, Broadford also have successful senior men's teams playing in the Leinster Senior League. They were promoted to intermediate football in 1996 under the guidance of Liam Kealy and former Shamrock Rover player Michael 'Jimmy' Gregg. They have been relegated from intermediate for only one season since, and are now playing in Division 1A.

Former players of note are Richard Sadlier who is also a full international, Glen Fitzpatrick, Éamon Zayed, John Reeves and John McInally, a former Dublin GAA player.

Former managers of note are George 'Gorgeous' Teeling, Tommo Kane and David 'Dotsy' Keating