Shelbourne Ladies F.C.

Shelbourne Ladies
Full name Shelbourne Ladies Football Club
Nickname(s) Shels
Founded 1995
Ground AUL Complex
Morton Stadium
Chairman Robert Hennessy
Manager Casey McQuillan
League Women's National League
Dublin Women's Soccer League
Metropolitan Girls League
North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls League
Website Club home page

Shelbourne Ladies Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Dublin. It is the women's section of Shelbourne F.C.. Their senior women's team currently plays in the Women's National League. They also field teams in the Dublin Women's Soccer League, the Metropolitan Girls League and the North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls League.

History

1990s

In 1995 Shelbourne F.C. took over the women's football club Welsox F.C.. Welsox played in both the Civil Service League and the Dublin Women's Soccer League and had won the FAI Women's Cup in both 1992 and 1994. They were also DWSL runners-up in 1995. After coming under the Shelbourne umbrella, they also finished as FAI Women's Cup runners-up in 1997 and 1999 and were DWSL runners-up in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Future Republic of Ireland women's national football team manager Susan Ronan played for both Welsox and Shelbourne during this era. Following its integration into Shelbourne, the club was administered mainly, though not exclusively, by women on a voluntary basis while it received financial and logistical support from the men's club. However, in 2002, following a change in management and coaching staff, the original Shelbourne Ladies team disbanded and a core group of players moved to Templeogue United to merge with an existing girls' team.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Revival

After a five-year period of inactivity, Shelbourne Ladies F.C. was revived in 2007 by Mick Neville, then serving as a director of coaching at Shelbourne F.C., and coach Keith O'Neill. The club initially fielded schoolgirl teams in the North Dublin Schoolboys/girls League before also joining the Metropolitan Girls League and the Dublin Women's Soccer League.[7][8][9] In 2015 Shelbourne Ladies merged with the senior women's team of Raheny United, effectively taking their place in the Women's National League.[10]

Notable players

Republic of Ireland women's internationals

Republic of Ireland women's team managers

Honours

Welsox

Shelbourne

References

  1. ↑ "EL Clubs with Women's teams". foot.ie. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. ↑ www.fai.ie
  3. ↑ FAI Women's Cup Rsssf
  4. ↑ Women's league champions Rsssf
  5. ↑ Kausik Bandyopadhyay, Sabyasachi Mallick (2008). Fringe Nations in World Soccer. Routledge.
  6. ↑ Fan Hong, J. A. Mangan (2004). Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking Off a New Era. Frank Cass Publishers.
  7. ↑ shelbournelfc.ie
  8. ↑ shelbournelfc.ie
  9. ↑ metgirlsleague.com
  10. ↑ wnl.fai.ie
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