Crumlin United F.C.

Crumlin United
Nickname(s) Crumlin Boys
Founded 1967
Ground Pearse Park
Windmill Road
Crumlin
Dublin 12
Chairman Martin Loughran
League Leinster Senior League Senior Division
2013–14 1st (champions)
Website Club home page

Crumlin United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Crumlin, Dublin. Founded in 1967. The club is one of the biggest producers of football talent in Ireland. They are linked with Nottingham Forest. Their main rival is Cherry Orchard. The club currently has teams in the Dublin District Schoolboys League and Leinster Senior League. The club is managed by Martin Loughran who is also on the Leinster Senior League committee.

FIFA registration case

The club successfully initiated a landmark appeal, to FIFA, in February 2004 in order to receive compensation for the development of Robbie Keane as a schoolboy. The case, though supported by FAI, was opposed by the FA, the Premier League and the Football League.[1] The compensation of 126,000, by Tottenham Hotspur, enabled a new all-weather floodlit pitch to be constructed.

Leinster Senior League champions

In 2007–08 Crumlin United won the Leinster Senior League Senior Division title for the first time. They have since won the same league a further four times in recent seasons. In 2008–09 they also won a league and cup double when they won the FAI Intermediate Cup after a 3–2 win over Bluebell United in the final. This was also their first win in this time competition.

Honours

References

  1. O'Neill-Cummins, Mark (13 November 2003). "FAI welcome ruling by FIFA". RTÉ. RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

External links

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