Drumcondra F.C.

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Drumcondra F.C. was an Irish football club from Dublin.

Drumcondra was elected to the League in 1928 and played there for the next 44 seasons from their home ground Tolka Park.

Drums became the first League of Ireland side to register an aggregate win in European competition when they knocked out Danish side B 1909 of Odense from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in the 1962/63 season. Although beaten 6-0 by Bayern Munich in the following round in Germany, they did restore pride with a 1-0 home win. Drums also played Atlético Madrid, Nürnberg, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Vorwärts Berlin in European competition.

In 1972 the team amalgamated with Home Farm F.C.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Records 2.1 Results 2.2 Goals / Scorers 3 Season Placings 4 Notable former players 5 Notable former managers 6 Trivia

[edit] Honours

• League Championships: 5
  

1948, 1949, 1958, 1961, 1965

• FAI Cup winners: 5
  

1927, 1943, 1946, 1954, 1957

• FAI Intermediate Cup Winners: 1
  

1927

[edit] Records

[edit] Results

• Biggest League Win: 8-0 vs Sligo Rovers home, 22 January 1961.
• Biggest League Defeat: 1-9 vs Cork United home, 13 January 1946.

Drumcondra now play in the Leinster Senior League.

[edit] Goals / Scorers

• Top League Scorer (season): 29, Dan McCaffrey, (1960/61).
• Top League Scorer (total): 96, Des Glynn (1948-56).

[edit] Season Placings

1928-29 - 4 1929-30 - 7 1930-31 - 11 1931-32 - 9 1932-33 - 10 1933-34 - 7 1934-35 - 9 1935-36 - 9 1936-37 - 6 1937-38 - 12 1938-39 - 8

1939-40 - 6 1940-41 - 6 1941-42 - 9 1942-43 - 3 1943-44 - 6 1944-45 - 4 1945-46 - 2 1946-47 - 2 1947-48 - 1 1948-49 - 1 1949-50 - 2

1950-51 - 3 1951-52 - 6 1952-53 - 2 1953-54 - 3 1954-55 - 6 1955-56 - 8 1956-57 - 2 1957-58 - 1 1958-59 - 5 1959-60 - 9 1960-61 - 1

1961-62 - 7 1962-63 - 3 1963-64 - 8 1964-65 - 1 1965-66 - 7 1966-67 - 8 1967-68 - 7 1968-69 - 9 1969-70 - 14 1970-71 - 14 1971-72 - 12

[edit] Notable former players

Fran Brennan Kevin Clarke Tim Coffey Tom Davis Karl Gannon Gerry Garvan Bobby Gilbert Eoin Hand Benny Henderson

Peter Kavanagh Alan Kelly Robin Lawler Kit Lawlor Con Martin Ray Bushe Maurice Swan Tommy Donnelly

[edit] Notable former managers

• Billy Behan

[edit] Trivia

• Drums won the first ever FAI Intermediate Cup in 1927. It was then known as the FAI Qualifying Cup.
• FormerTaoiseach Bertie Ahern was an ardent supporter of the club during their existence, and still watches junior games from time to time.