Glenville F.C.

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Glenville F.C.
Full nameGlenville Football Club
Founded1997
Ground Palmerstown Community School
League Leinster Senior League

Glenville F.C. are a football club from Palmerstown, Dublin City in Ireland. The club plays at Palmerstown Community School. Glenville compete in the Leinster Senior League. [1]

The club colours are white and blue with a home kit of white shirts, blue shorts and blue socks. Established in 1997 by patrons of the Silver Granite pub, the club was reformed in 2000 and entered the Leinster Senior League (LSL) in 2003. [2] [3] [4] The team achieved six promotions in the next six years to make it to the LSL Senior 1A division in 2009. [3] [5]

The club qualified for the 2010 FAI Cup and beat UCC to set up a home draw against the reigning League of Ireland champions Bohemians. [4] [5] Glenville also competed in the FAI Cup in 2013, making it to the last 32. [6] They qualified again in both 2015 and 2017 but failed to make it past the first round on either occasion. [7] [8]

References

  1. "Glenville FC – Soccer". www.finalwhistle.ie. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  2. "Glenville F.C." Twitter. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Glenville's destiny awaits". Dublin Gazette Newspapers. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 Hunt, Gordon (17 May 2010). "Glenville thrilled to land Bohs clash". extratime.com. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Glenville FC -v- Bohemians". extratime.com. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  6. "Football Association of Ireland – FAI Ford Cup Second Round draw made". Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  7. "Glenville 0 - 1 Firhouse Clover - STATS | 2015 FAI CUP First Round | extratime.com - The Home of Irish Football". www.extratime.com. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  8. Goulden, David (11 August 2017). "FAI Cup round-up: Hoops do enough as Harps beat Bohs". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 29 January 2026.