St Columb's Court F.C.

St Columb's Court

Full name	St Columb's Court Football Club
Founded	1886
Dissolved	1960
Ground	The Brandywell
Home colours

St Columb's Court with the City Cup, 1926–27

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

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

• James Wilton, capped for Ireland in 6 times between 1888 and 1893 while a Court player. ^[12]

Honours

Senior honours

• County Londonderry Cup: 2
  • 1890–91, 1891–92

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.