St Columb's Court F.C.

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St Columb's Court
Full nameSt Columb's Court Football Club
Founded1886
Dissolved1960
Ground The Brandywell
St Columb's Court with the City Cup, 1926-27 St Columb's Court with the City Cup, 1926-27.jpg
St Columb's Court with the City Cup, 1926–27

St Columb's Court Football Club was a football club from Derry, Northern Ireland.

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History

The club was formed in 1886, its first match being a defeat to a Limavady reserve XI, [1] and it was a founder member of the County Derry Football Association and joined the Irish Football Association in 1888. [2] It was associated with the Loyalist community. [3]

Court played in the Irish League for one season in 1901–02, when they finished bottom, and reached the semi-finals of the Irish Cup on three occasions. [4] [5]

The club continued at a junior level until the 1958–59 season, [6] but by June 1960 it was defunct. [7]

Colours

The team wore red shirts. [8] [9]

Ground

The club's original ground was at Lone Moor Road. [10] It played at Celtic Park (now the Derry GAA stadium) from 1894 to 1900, and at the Brandywell (now Derry City's stadium), on which it erected a pavilion. [11] from 1900.

Notable players

Honours

Senior honours

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References

  1. "Football". Derry Journal: 8. 8 February 1886.
  2. Derry Journal, 9 April 1886, Belfast News-Letter, 26 September 1888
  3. "Death of Mr Wm. Wilton". Londonderry Sentinel: 5. 2 February 1939.
  4. RSSSF official website
  5. RSSSF Irish Cup details
  6. "Court protest upheld". Derry Journal: 3. 31 March 1959.
  7. "Mr William McGarvey". Londonderry Sentinel: 20. 1 June 1960.
  8. "Distillery (Belfast) v St Columb's Court". Derry Journal: 5. 14 September 1891.
  9. Derry Journal, 3 March 1895
  10. "The bicycling track". Londonderry Sentinel: 2. 9 August 1890.
  11. Neal Garnham, Association Football in Pre-Partition Ireland, p. 52
  12. "A family tradition". Derry Journal: 29. 6 September 1985.