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| Full name | Glenanne Hockey Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Glens, The Boys in Green | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1943, as Graftonians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Glenanne Park St. Marks Community School Fortunestown Lane Tallaght Dublin 24 Ireland (Capacity Unknown) |
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| League | Leinster Division 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Glenanne Hockey Club is an Irish Field Hockey club, based at St. Marks Community School in Tallaght and is a vibrant mixed hockey club boasting five mens, four ladies, two vets teams and vibrant youth section.
Glenanne are currently one of the most successful Hockey clubs in Ireland, having recently won the Leinster Senior League and reaching the All Ireland Grand Final.
Other Recent senior successes were 1996 Leinster Senior Cup; 2000 Leinster Senior League; 2000 All Ireland Club Championship; 2001 Irish Senior Cup; 2002 Leinster Senior League and Cup, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Up until 1943 the club was known as Graftonians. It was originally the staff sports association of the Grafton Street department store Brown Thomas. In 1943 the club approached the Leinster Branch Irish Hockey Union (LBIHU) at the branch AGM and informed them of the name change to Glenanne Sports Club.
The home of Glenanne has changed many times since it's founding but it can be safely said to have laid roots in St. Marks Community School, Tallaght in 1989, where it has since prospered.
The current President of Glenanne is Brendan Carr, who took over from ? on 8 May 2004.
[edit] History
[edit] Early years (1943-1970)
Up to 1943 the name of the club was Graftonians. It was originally the staff sports association of the Grafton Street department store Brown Thomas. By 1943
the club had become open and the LBIHU minutes record that the Graftonian representatives to the branch came to the 1943 Branch AGM and informed the secretary that the club had a new name, Glenanne, with the same colours and the same players. Meanwhile the WWII raged in Europe! There is a picture of a Graftonians hockey team on the wall in the Two Sisters Pub in ?.
The old club, based on Fortfield Road, was strictly divided into winter and summer seasons. Hockey and table tennis were the winter games and golf and lawn tennis were the summer ones. The hockey pitch was given over to the golf section on St Patrick's Day, the end of the hockey season. There were two separate subscriptions for each season.
Each golf and lawn tennis season finished with an "At Home" when all the finals were played with a dinner dance and presentation of prizes that evening in the clubhouse. After each hockey match the club provided tea and Marietta biscuits!
After Graftonians went open the members thought a new name would better reflect its open status. The name Glenanne emerged because the club premises were on the grounds of St Annes, a small "big house" estate running from the KCR up to the back of Kimmage Manor (at the back of the Shell Station on Fortfield Road), which the historic river Poddle ran through. The river was banked high up to 15 to 20 feet giving the premises a glen like appearance, hence the name.
In 1958 the club installed complete hockey floodlights, the first club in the country to do so. It was marked by a LBIHA Presidents XI v a Glenanne XI match under the same floodlights.
[edit] The Transient Years (1970-1985)
In 1970 the club was evicted from its grounds, which was sold for building. Only hockey (barely) survived which is ironic because in the 1960's the golf section tried to get the hockey to move to other premises so that they could play pitch and putt all year round. The once thriving hockey section was reduced to two teams and the womens section had died out altogether.
From 1970 to 1985 the club used various grounds especially Tallaght Community School. Pitches at Londonbridge Road and Templeogue LBIHU hockey grounds were also used. The men who clung so tenaciously to senior status were finally relegated in 1982.
In 1975 the women's section was re-founded. It proved to be a huge contributory factor to the resurgence of the club. The first team went from the bottom division to senior status in 10 years and created a great buzz in the mid 1980ies when they won all the junior trophies open to them in the one season including an all Ireland one. Meanwhile the men were struggling to get back to senior ranks and did not do so until the end of 1984-85 season.
The Colts section was started at TCS but it really only took off at St Marks throughout the late 1980's and 1990's. The colts won four Leinster U16 cups in that era and 16 boys played representative hockey for either Ireland or Leinster. All bar one on the current men's team came through the colts system???.
[edit] A New Home 1985-2002
In 1985 the club hired the St Marks all weather pitch first as a relief pitch but gradually moved there over the next few years and abandoned the pitch at Tallaght Commuity School.
In 1989 the club made an arrangement with the Trustees of St Marks and the Department of Education whereby the club leased a site from them, built Glenanne Park and gave the School a license to use the grounds during the day in term time. The cost of the project in 1990 was around £300,000 including the site cost. Glenanne Park was officially opened by President Mary Robinson on 10 April 1991 just 21 years after the club had lost its original grounds.
In 2001/2002 the club upgraded Glenanne Park and extended the lease with the School Trustees to 35 years. The upgrading included a new sand filled pitch with shock pad, total refurbishment of the floodlights, replacement ball guard at one end and total replacement of the inner wire mesh fencing. Lotto funds were used in both projects and without them the developments could not have taken place.
[edit] A Golden Era
Recent years in the men's section have proved to be a golden era in the history of the club. From 1951 to 1983 the club had not won a significant trophy.
When the men's firsts won the Railway Cup in 1983 the Irish Times headline ran "Glenanne Celebrate Rare Success". A measure of recent expectations is that last season was considered disappointing when they only won the Leinster Senior League and Cup double, the Railway Cup and the Minor League and Cup double and the Neville Cup. For the record, recent senior successes were 1996 Leinster Senior Cup; 2000 Leinster Senior League; 2000 All Ireland Club Championship; 2001 Irish Senior Cup; 2002 Leinster Senior League and Cup.
Umpires:
The [[1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta]1996_Summer_Olympics] saw former Glenanne player, and now umpire, Ray O’Connor umpire in his first of two Olympic finals. He umpired Holland’s 1996 triumph in Atlanta.
He also blew in the Olympic final between the Netherlands and Australia in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. During the pool matches he umpired five games. He had control of Pakistan’s 8-2 victory over GB and New Zealand’s 2-1 win over India. Also Germany’s 2-1 win over Pakistan, India’s 4-2 win over South Africa and Pakistan’s 3-0 win over Korea. He umpired the Dutch 3-2 semi final win over Germany.
Ray has also umpired the European final, two world cup finals, numerous Champions trophy finals and the Irish Senior Cup on 11 occasions.
[edit] Sponsorship
On 23 November 2005, Vodafone ended their £36 million, four-year shirt sponsorship deal with Manchester United. On 6 April 2006, chief executive David Gill announced AIG as the new shirt sponsors of Manchester United in a British record shirt sponsorship deal of £56.5 million to be paid over four years (£14.1 million a year).[1] Manchester United now has the most valuable sponsorship deal in the world, due to the renegotiation of the £15 million-a-year deal Juventus had with oil firm Tamoil.[2] The four-year agreement has also been heralded, by extension, as the largest sponsorship deal in British history, eclipsing Chelsea's deal with Samsung.
Companies that Manchester United currently have sponsorship deals with include:[3]
- AIG - Principal Sponsor
- Nike - Official Sportswear Partner
- Audi - Official Car Supplier and Dugout Seat Provider
- Budweiser - Official Beer
- Betfred - Official Betting Partner
- Xfm Manchester - Official Radio Station[4]
The club has only ever had three main shirt sponsors, the longest-running being Sharp Electronics, who sponsored the club from 1982 to 2000, when Vodafone took over in an initial four-year £30 million deal. Similarly, the club has only had four independent kit manufacturers, the first being Admiral. Adidas took over in the mid-1980s, only for local sportswear company Umbro to replace them in 1992. Umbro's sponsorship lasted for a whole ten years, until the club struck a record-breaking £302.9 million deal with Nike. The agreement with Nike will last an initial 13 years, although the American company does have the option to cancel the deal in 2008. Otherwise, the contract will run until at least 2015.[5]
[edit] Support
The mens XI team generally draws a crowd of over fifty supporters plus opposition supporters, while cup matches or league matches with main rivals in the league can number in the hundreds.
[edit] St. Marks Community School
St Marks Community school is the clubs main Feeder School. Hockey was supported in St. Marks Community School by Gerry MacNamara who was a teacher and Glenanne member in the school. There is a large number of current members in Glenanne who have gone to school and played for St. Marks also.
[edit] Gerry McCabe Memorial Cup
The Cup was presented by Monkstown in 2003? and is intended to mark Gerry’s huge contribution to both clubs. The cup game alternates between the home venues of the two clubs and is the respective league game.
[edit] Longest continual membership
On 29th January 2005 the Club made a presentation to Jimmy Leonard to mark the fact that he is the first person in the history of Glenanne to realise fifty years continuous membership. Joining the club in 1955 he has played for all the club teams and was a first team regular for over twenty years. His first winner’s medals arrived in the shape of back-to-back minor cup medals in 1980 and 1981. He also won an Intermediate league winner’s medal in the early eighties. His contribution as club secretary and match secretary was immense, particularly in the seventies when the club lost its grounds and moved from Kimmage to Templeogue to Tallaght Community School to St. Marks in the space of ten years. His wife Marie also put in countless hours of voluntary effort to secure the administration of the club. His three daughters Niamh, Deirdre and Siobhan have also played and taken administrative roles in the club.
[edit] Love in Glenanne
In Glenanne there have had many romances over the years. Couples who have met through hockey:
Seamus Butler and Gillian Kevin Dunphy and Moya Brian Hogan and Deirdre Jimmy Leonard and Marie Paul Fitzpatrick and Xena Eddie O'Malley and Barbara Martin O'Malley and Ann Clinton Murphy and Sonya Frankie Byrne and Caroline Albert O'Donoghue and Trish Anna and Joe Tom Goode and Orla Fergie? and Grainne Nicky and Bernie Ray O'Connor and Ann Ian Clarke and Sarah Gerry Shaw and Amy Carol and Sean Olwyn and Jim Gerry MacNamarra and Pauline Eamonn Dunne and Niamh? Mickey Finn and Yvonne Corrigan?? Catherine and Frank Rory O'Donoghue and Paula The Bouchers?.
[edit] Stephen Butler
Highest goals ever for Ireland
[edit] Charity
Christmas Morning match
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
As of Sept 01, 2006
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[edit] Famous Former players
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[edit] Club Officials
Executive
- President: Brendan Carr
- Club Secretary: Bobby Moore
- Lady Captain: Fiona Hanapy
- Mens Captain: John Keppel
- Webmaster: Tricia Nolan
- Pitch Manager: Mark Lambe
- Social Secretary: Niamh Ward
- Club Treasurer: Dave Williamson
- Lady Match Secretary: Catherine McManus
- Mens Match Secretary: Michael Finn
- Child Protection Officer: Siobhán Leonard
Underage Section - Colts Committee
- Chairperson: Yvonne Corrigan
- Secretary: Mary Brennan
- Treasurer: Tina O'Toole
- Recruitment and Retention: Jason Kehoe
- Match Secretary: Helen Byrne
- Fundraising: Vacant
- Coach Co-Ordinator: Jason Browne
[edit] Mens Teams
Senior Team Management - Division 1
- Manager: Noel Keogh
- Coach: Nazir Munir
- Fitness Coach: Brian Brennan
- Physio: Brian Brennan / Jim Daly
- Captain: John Goulding
- Vice Captain: Graham Shaw
Second Team - Division 3
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- Fitness Coach: Brian Brennan
- Captain: Jonathan Kehoe
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Third Team - Division 4
- Manager: FirstName SirName
- Coach: Eddie O'Malley Snr.
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- Captain: Eddie O'Malley Snr.
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Fourth Team - Division 6
- Manager: Vincent Geary
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Fifth Team - Division 8
- Manager: FirstName SirName
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[edit] Senior Team Managerial History
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[edit] Honours
- All Ireland Club Championships Grand Final
- 1999
- All Ireland Club Championship Finals
- 1967-68, 1998-99
- Irish Senior Cup
- 1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004
- Leinster Senior League
- 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
- Leinster Senior Cup
- 1936, 1975
- Neville Cup
- 1991
- League Cup
- 1992, 2006
[edit] International Honours
- Irish Senior Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
- Irish Development Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
- Irish U21 Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
- Irish U18 Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
- Irish U16 Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
[edit] Provincial Honours
- Leinster Senior Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
- Leinster Junior Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
- Leinster U21 Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
- Leinster U18 Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
- Leinster U16 Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
- Leinster U15 Squad
- Jason Kehoe Jason Kehoe 1996
[edit] Records
[edit] International records
Stephen Butler - Goals
[edit] Club records
- Record League Victory: 10-1 v Wolves, Division 1, 15 October 1892
- Record Premiership Victory: 9-0 Ipswich Town 4 March 1995
- Record Cup Victory: 10-0 v Anderlecht, Champions Cup, Preliminary Round, 26 September 1956
- Record home win 10-0 v Anderlecht 26 September 1956
- Record away win: 8-1 v Nottingham Forest 6 February 1999
- Record League Defeat: 0-7 v Blackburn Rovers, Division 1, 10 April 1926 / v Aston Villa, Division 1, 27 December 1930 / v Wolves, Division 2, 26 December 1931
- Record Cup Defeat: 1-7 v Burnley, FA Cup, 1st Round, 13 February 1901
- Record 'Home' Attendance: 83,250 v Arsenal, Division 1, Maine Road, 7 January 1948
- Record League Attendance (at Old Trafford): 76,078 v Aston Villa, Premiership, 13 January 2007
- Longest unbeaten Run : 45 (All competitions), 24 December 1998 to 3 October 1999 ended by Chelsea H.C.
- Most Appearances : 754 FirstName Sirname
- Most League Appearances: 606 FirstName Sirname
- Most Goals scored : 247 FirstName Sirname
- Most League Goals: 199 FirstName Sirname
- Most League Goals in a Season: 32 FirstName Sirname, Division 1, 1959-60
- Most Goals in a Season in all competitions: 46 FirstName Sirname, 1963-64
- Most Goals scored in a Match: 6 FirstName Sirname v Northampton Town, 7 February 1970
- Most Goals scored in European competition: 38 FirstName Sirname
- Goals in Consecutive League Matches: 10 Consecutive Matches FirstName Sirname, 22 March 2003 to 23 August 2003
- Most League Goals in a Season (by team): 103 1956/57, 1958/59
- Most Points in a 42 game Season: 92 - 1993/94
- Most Points in a 38 game Season: 91 - 1999/2000
- Most Capped Player: 129 FirstName Sirname - Denmark
- Fastest Goal: 15 seconds FirstName Sirname v Southampton, Premiership, 18 November 1995
[edit] Performance in the top division
Glenanne are one of an elite group of 7 clubs that has played in every Premiership season. The others are: Arsenal, [[Aston
Villa]], Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. In all that time they have yet to finish
lower than third.[citation needed] Glenanne have spent 79 seasons[citation needed] in the national top flight (only Everton, Aston Villa,
Liverpool, and Arsenal have more seasons at top level), finishing in these positions:
| 1st | 15 | 12th | 2 |
| 2nd | 14 | 13th | 4 |
| 3rd | 6 | 14th | 2 |
| 4th | 7 | 15th | 2 |
| 5th | 2 | 16th | 2 |
| 6th | 2 | 17th | 1 |
| 7th | 2 | 18th | 3 |
| 8th | 6 | 19th | 1 |
| 9th | 3 | 20th | 0 |
| 10th | 1 | 21st | 2 |
| 11th | 3 | 22nd | 2 |
[edit] Pitch information
- Name - St. Marks Community School
- Location - Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland
- Capacity - Unknown
- Inauguration - 10 April 1991
- Pitch Size - 91.40 x 55.00 metres (International Hockey Federation Standard)
- Record Attendance - Unknown
- Address - St. MArks Community School, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland
- Nicknames - Glens' Deep, Marks'
[edit] External links
- Official
- Official Club site
- BEBO Club site
- BEBO Mens Section Site
- BEBO Womens Section Site
- Leinster Branch Site
- Irish Hockey Association Site
- International Hockey Federation Site
- Independent media sites
Template:BBC Hockey Info
- Manchester Evening News
- Glenanne coverage from SportNetwork.net
- Hockey365's Glenanne coverage
- 4thegame.com's Glenanne Section
- Glenanne - Premierleague.com
- United Rant - Glenanne Fanzine
[edit] Notes
