Castle Villa A.F.C.
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| Castle Villa Athletic Football Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Castle Villa A.F.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Villa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Mullarney Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Tommy O' Connell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Liam Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Kildare Senior Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Castle Villa AFC are a soccer team based in Castledermot, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Castle Villa was formed by Walter Brookes in 1969.
Commonly known as 'The Villa', there are two senior teams and many underage teams, ranging from U8 to U16.
Mullarney Park, located on the Baltinglass road out of Castledermot, is the home pitch.
Castle Villa currently play in the Kildare Senior division, and recently just won the 2006 league title, by beating Carbury FC in the final game of the season 4-0.
Villa have taken the league and cup double twice, in 1999 and 2001. There are only two teams who have won the Charles R. Wynne senior division three times, castle villa are one of those teams.
The jerseys are either solid blue with white lining, or blue with white stripes.
Current manager is Liam Murphy. Current Captain is Anthony Lawler.
Ex players for Villa include 'Blocker' Hickey, Martin Farrell, John Flynn and Bryan Byrne
