St James's Gate F.C.

St James's Gate

Full name	St James's Gate Athletic Football Club
Founded	1902
Ground	The Iveagh Grounds, Crumlin Road, Dublin 12
League	Leinster Senior League

St James's Gate F.C. is an Irish football (soccer) club that currently plays in the Leinster Senior League. St James's Gate was founded as the footballing part of the Guinness Sports and Social club and was named after the St James's Gate Brewery.

History

The club was established in 1902 and was a founding member of the League of Ireland in 1921 and became the first league champions that season. St James's Gate was also the inaugural winner of the FAI Cup. In 1940, a second league title was added but in 1944 having finished in last place, the league denied their application for re-election.

They entered the intermediate-level Leinster Senior League and became one of the top non-League sides in Ireland. In 1990, they re-entered the League of Ireland in place of Newcastlewest, this time entering in the second tier, League of Ireland First Division. In 1995, the club was taken over by a consortium. Only one year later, however, just before the start of the 1996/97 season, they pulled out of the league, unable to meet their financial responsibilities. They were replaced by St. Francis.

The club currently has two senior teams playing in the Leinster Senior League. The first team was promoted to the Senior 1A League in June 2014 also winning The Gilligan Cup and finishing runner-up in The Moore Cup. The second team plays in the Major 1B Saturday League.

The club played in St. James's Park from 1921/22-1927/28 before moving to the Iveagh Grounds. The club facilities include dressing rooms, a gym, astro-turf training pitch, clubhouse, and bar. The team pitch also has floodlights which allows the 1st team to play their home games on Friday nights and the second team to play on Saturday nights.

Honours

• League of Ireland : 2
  • 1921–22, 1939–40
• Leinster Senior League: 6
  • 1909–10, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1987–88, 1988–89
• FAI Cup : 2
  • 1921–22, 1937–38
• League of Ireland Shield : 2
  • 1935–36, 1940–41
• Dublin City Cup : 1
  • 1938–39
• Leinster Senior Cup: 5
  • 1919–20, 1921–22, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1940–41
• Irish Intermediate Cup : 2
  • 1909–10, 1919–20
• FAI Intermediate Cup : 1
  • 1950–51

Records

Results

• Biggest League Win:
  • 8–0 vs Jacobs away 24 August 1929
• Biggest League Defeat:
  • 0–7 vs Waterford away 22 November 1931
  • 0–7 vs Cork United home 19 December 1943
  • 0–7 vs Shamrock Rovers away 27 December 1943

Goals / Scorers

• Most League Goals In A Game:
  • 6, Willie Byrne vs Sligo Rovers home 7–1 30 March 1930
• Top League Scorer:
  • (season): 29, Paddy Bradshaw, (1939/40)
  • (total): 68, Paddy Bradshaw, (1938–1941 & 1943/44)

International Caps

Full international caps won by players while with St James's Gate:

• Republic of Ireland: 10 players capped.
  • Most: Joe O'Reilly 13 (20).

Rankings

Season	Pts	Place	Season	Pts	Place
1921/22	23	1st	1933/34	13	8th
1922/23	25	5th	1934/35	27	2nd
1923/24	20	5th	1935/36	19	10th
1924/25	17	6th	1936/37	23	5th
1925/26	11	8th	1937/38	27	5th
1926/27	12	9th	1938/39	23	4th
1927/28	14	7th	1939/40	36	1st
1928/29	14	6th	1940/41	21	5th
1929/30	11	9th	1941/42	19	5th
1930/31	18	10th	1942/43	18	6th
1931/32	10	11th	1943/44	3	8th
1932/33	17	6th