Phoenix F.C. Navan Road

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Phoenix F.C. Navan Road
Full namePhoenix Football Club
Nickname(s)The Nix
Founded2006
GroundScribblestown, Ashtown
Capacity74
League Athletic Union League (Dublin)

Phoenix F.C. is a football club from Fingal in Dublin, Ireland. The club competes in the Athletic Union League (association football). Phoenix plays at a football complex in Scribblestown. [1] Former players at the club have included ex-Bohemian F.C. player Marc Hughes, ex-Shamrock Rovers player Marc Kenny, and Ciarán O'Donoghue. [2] [3]

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History

The club was formed on 1 June 2006 by the amalgamation of Ashtown Villa and Kinvara Ards. [1] For their part, Kinvara Ards, who were established in 1982, had previously merged with Kinvara Boys. [4]

The committee of Ashtown Villa FC had a vision to bring in schoolboy football to the community based on one club operating in Scribblestown at the all-weather facilities which is complemented with two grass pitches and a modern club house.[ citation needed ]

Honours

Ashtown Villa
Kinvara Boys

Source: [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Birth of Phoenix FC Navan Road" Archived 2009-06-12 at the Wayback Machine , Irish Football Online, 2 May 2006.
  2. "Phoenix FC 0 St Patrick's Athletic 4", RTÉ, 15 June 2007.
  3. The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins ( ISBN   0-7171-2121-6)
  4. "Welcome", Kinvara Ards FC, accessed 16 October 2009.
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  6. "FAI Junior Cup Winners". stadium.aviva.ie. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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