Jacobs F.C.
| Full name | Jacobs Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1921 |
| Dissolved | ? |
| Ground | Rutland Avenue |
| League | League of Ireland |
Jacobs FC were an Irish football club from Dublin that played in the League of Ireland during the 1920s and 1930s.
Jacobs were one of the founder members of the League of Ireland (then known as the Free State League) in 1921. Playing their home games at Rutland Avenue, the club saw little success during their eleven seasons in the League before leaving at the end of the 1931/32 season with Brideville, as the League dropped from twelve to ten clubs. They reached the FAI Cup semi-finals in 1923 and 1926.
After they left the League of Ireland, Jacobs managed to win the FAI Intermediate Cup in 1950 beating St Patrick's Athletic in the final.
The club continued in existence until at least the end of the 1960s, making regular appearances in the early rounds of the FAI Cup.[1] They were Leinster Senior League champions in three consecutive seasons, 1952/3, 1953/4 and 1954/5, and topped that league again in 1967/8.
Honours
- FAI Intermediate Cup: 1
- 1949-50
Notable former players
Records
Results
- Biggest League Win: 8-0 vs Midland Athletic home, 17 February 1923.
- Biggest League Defeat: 1-9 vs Shelbourne away, 19 October 1929.
Goals / Scorers
- Top League Scorer (season): 13, Paddy Smith (1922/23).
- Top League Scorer (total): 55, Paddy Smith (1921–23 and 1924–29).
References
- ↑ FAI Cup records 1921/2-1993/4 on RSSSF The record does not regularly include preliminary/non-League rounds for later years, but Jacobs does not appear in the only seasons for which they are included, 1981/2 & 1987/8