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FAI Editing

A lot needs to be changed on this page.

Template

Needs a headquarters. Note that most other FAs just list the city the HQ is in. Denmark and Finland are the exceptions and they are roughly the same size as Ireland.

Strange thing is I can't find an edit in Visual or Source for the headquarters on their pages...

Add two: National Sports Campus, Abbotstown

-- Founding Date Done--

UEFA claims 1 June 1921: https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/national-associations/irl/#presentation

FAI themselves only mention that the League Of Ireland was founded on 1 June 1921: https://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/fai-history-the-early-years

However, there is a book titled "Association Football and Society in Pre-partition Ireland" by Neal Garnham (2004) which has already been cited in the Wikipedia page. Chapter 6 of the book, "The game 1914-24: decline and division", may have a different date and so should be checked before a change is made. OK, the book says the first meeting of the FAI was Sept 2nd 1921 and the first meeting of the LOI was June 1st 1921. So we will update the page to say Sept 2nd and cite the book's page 178.

Page 178:

https://books.google.ie/books/about/Association_Football_and_Society_in_Pre.html?id=bB5SrdeaXv4C&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

File:Football Association of Ireland Logo 2023.png

FAI

Organisation

Could stay if it was updated to give an overview of what the FAI is.

Need to verify the first line as the citation doesn't cover any of it: The FAI has an Executive Committee of five members under the President, who receive expenses, as well as a paid administrative staff led by the general secretary Joe Murphy.

Useful Links:

FAI Board

Old - Cited as No. 24 - https://web.archive.org/web/20150701113157/http://www.fai.ie/domestic/fai/fai-board-and-council

Updated version - https://www.fai.ie/domestic/fai/fai-board-and-assembly

Secondary Reference - https://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/fai-egm-returns-mcananey-cooke-and-ratifies-board

Mgmt Team

Old - https://web.archive.org/web/20150701180513/http://www.fai.ie/domestic/fai/fai-management-team

Updated - https://www.fai.ie/domestic/fai/senior-leadership-team

Vote to Replace FAI Council with FAI Assembly:

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2020/1229/1186876-new-fai-ceo-jonathan-hill-faces-up-to-huge-challenge/

-- Connacht Link Done --

First problem is that the Connacht FA links to Connacht province instead of the FA.

Should be: Connacht

Activity

Sub-heading "Activity" needs to be renamed to "Competitions" and the entire section should be moved to a place after the "History" section.

The professional leagues, now known as the League of Ireland, actually predated the FAI by 3 months.

is responsible for numerous competitions:

• The FAI Cup
• The League of Ireland

History

Needs to be moved to the start of the Wiki. Also requires more citations as most of the first paragraph could be made up.

Useful Links:

https://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/the-irish-soccer-split/

https://www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/irish-soccer-split-1921

Below is the section I'm currently working on. It deals with the tension that caused the spilt:

Early Years

In the 19th century, association football outside of Ulster was largely confined to Dublin and a few provincial towns. The British Army teams played a role in the spread of the game to these areas, especially in Munster, as local clubs were initially reliant on them to form opposition teams, leading to the nickname "the garrison game". Association football was played in relatively few Catholic schools; middle-class schools favoured rugby union while others favoured Gaelic games. [citation needed] The Irish Football Association (IFA) had been founded in 1880 in Belfast as the football governing body for the whole of Ireland, which was then a part of the United Kingdom and considered a Home Nation. The Leinster Football Association was an affiliate, founded in 1892 to foster the game in Leinster, outside of the Ulster heartlands. This was followed by the establishment of the Munster Football Association in 1901. [1][7]

Association football was played in relatively few national schools due to a lack of sports fields. Although this was not a problem in private schools, they generally favoured rugby union with three notable exceptions: Trinity College Dublin, St. Vincent's of Castleknock, Clongowes Wood College in Kildare and while others favoured Gaelic games. (Neal G, pp.22,24 - 26 )

Growing Tension

By 1913, the Leinster FA had become the largest divisional association within the IFA, displacing the North East Ulster FA, yet all but two clubs in the 1913–14 Irish League were based in Ulster. While this largely reflected the balance of footballing strength within Ireland, southern members felt the IFA was doing little to promote the game outside of the professional clubs in its northern province. In the other provinces, association football was also under pressure from the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), which had banned members from playing or watching the sport as it was considered a "foreign" game. Furthermore, there was a growing feeling in Dublin of alleged Belfast bias when it came to hosting matches and player selection for internationals. This view was not helped by the composition of the IFA's sub-committees, with over half of the membership consisting of delegates hailing from the North-East, and the International Committee, who chose the national team, containing just one member from Leinster.

The Belfast members were mainly unionist, while the Dublin members were largely nationalist.[citation needed]

could replace above with : With the Home Rule Bill passing in 1912, the country was already experiencing political tension created by the prospect of partition. Football, as the most popular sport, was influenced by this more than other sports. The riot at the Belfast Celtic vs Linfield match was just one example of this.

Irish football appeared to have turned a corner after winning the 1914 Home Championship with an even split of players from Belfast and Dublin, but further progress was halted by the outbreak of the First World War.

The war led to the suspension of all international matches as well as the national competitions across England and Scotland — although it was agreed to continue running non-competitive local leagues. In Ireland, the IFA ruled that the Irish Cup would continue (but with all ties taking place in Belfast) and the Irish Football League suspended the national league but allowed the formation of 'district competitions'.

As a result, the two Dublin teams playing in the Irish League, Bohemians and Shelbourne, joined the Leinster Senior League's top division while the remaining Irish League teams formed the Belfast League in 1915.

When the war ended in 1919, the Irish League resumed for the 1919–20 Irish League season, but Boys Shells and Belfast Celtic withdrew at the season's end due to the Irish war of Independence.

began in August 1914 and increased the gulf between the northern teams and the clubs in the south as the Irish League was suspended and replaced by regional leagues, foreshadowing the ultimate split. Do we mention the 3rd Home Rule Bill passing in June 1914 as well? It caused tension between unionist and nationalist factions but there's no proof which teams were super Prods other than Linfield and maybe Glentoran 

Tensions were then exacerbated by the Irish War of Independence of 1919–21, which disrupted contact between northern and southern clubs further and prevented resumption of the Irish League. The security situation prompted the IFA to order the March 1920-21 Irish Cup semi-final replay between Glenavon and Shelbourne to be replayed in Belfast, rather than in Dublin as convention dictated. This proved to be the final straw and the Leinster FA confirmed their decision to disaffiliate from the IFA at a meeting on the 8th June 1921. [6][8][9][10]

Principals

Would benefit from a blurb here on how the CEO is appointed (chosen by the board).

-- CEO Done --

Needs to be updated to show Jonathan Hill has taken over from Gary Owens. OK that's done, now I just need to reference the following link: https://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/fai-appoints-jonathan-hill-to-ceo-role. Great, that's also been done.

Needs to have a separate table added for Presidents:

• Tony Fitzgerald ?–2018

• Donal Conway 2018–2020

• Gerry McAnaney 2020–2023

• Paul Cooke 2023–present (due for re-election Dec 2025)

FAI Clone Page

For experiments.

Not to be confused with Irish Football Association, the governing body in Northern Ireland.

For the full history, statistics and records of the senior team, see Republic of Ireland national football team.

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UEFA
Founded	2 September 1921 (1921-09-02)
FIFA affiliation	1923
UEFA affiliation	1954
President	Gerry McAnaney
Website	fai.ie

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI; Irish: Cumann Peile na hÉireann) is the governing body for association football in the Republic of Ireland.

Organisation

Headquarters of the FAI in the townland of Sheephill

The FAI has an executive committee of five members under the President, who receive expenses, as well as a paid administrative staff led by the general secretary Joe Murphy. There is also a General Council of delegates who vote at the AGM. As well as the senior clubs, the General Council includes delegates from a variety of affiliated organisations:

• Provincial FAs for Leinster, Munster, Connacht and Ulster (the last only for the 3 Ulster counties not in Northern Ireland).
• Separate education associations for primary schools, secondary schools, universities, and other third-level institutes
• Junior (i.e. non-League) league football
• Women's FAI
• Referees
• Defence Forces
• SFAI

Recent changes have been made to the organisational structure following the publication of the "Genesis II" report (a non-independent report produced by and for the FAI, following the publication of the independent and highly critical Genesis report) of 2005. This includes the reorganisation of the national football league system in line with the recommendations.

Activity

The League of Ireland actually predated the FAI by three months. The FAI Cup was immediately established along the lines of the FA Cup and Scottish Cup competitions. A second cup competition was formed in 1974 called the League of Ireland Cup. The FAI Junior Cup and FAI Intermediate Cup are for non-League of Ireland teams. The Setanta Cup was inaugurated in 2005 as cross-border competition between FAI clubs from the League of Ireland and IFA clubs from the Irish League. There is also an Under 19 League of Ireland. The President of Ireland's Cup, a game between the previous season's League of Ireland and FAI Cup winners, was inaugurated in 2014.

The FAI also organises schools competitions, and international teams, including the senior team, underage teams, and the Olympic team.

History

See also: Association football in the Republic of Ireland

Split from the IFA

The FAI was formed in Dublin in September 1921 by the Free State League (League of Ireland), founded the previous June, and the Leinster FA, which had withdrawn from the IFA in June. This was the climax of a series of disputes about the alleged Belfast bias of the IFA. The IFA had been founded in 1880 in Belfast as the governing body for football for the whole of Ireland, which was then a single part ("Home Nation") of the United Kingdom. The Leinster FA was an affiliate founded in 1892 to foster the game in Leinster, outside its Ulster heartland. In 1920, all but two clubs in the Irish League were based in Ulster, most of which was to become Northern Ireland the following year. While this largely reflected the balance of footballing strength within Ireland, southern clubs felt the IFA was doing little to promote the game outside the professional clubs in its heartland. Elsewhere association football was under pressure from the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), which banned members from playing or watching association football as being a "foreign" game. The First World War increased the gulf as the Irish League was suspended and replaced by regional leagues, foreshadowing the ultimate split. The Belfast members were mainly unionist, while the Dublin members were largely nationalist. Tensions were exacerbated by the Irish War of Independence of 1919–21, which disrupted contact between northern and southern clubs and prevented resumption of the Irish League. The security situation prompted the IFA to order the April 1921 Irish Cup semi-final replay between Glenavon and Shelbourne to be replayed in Belfast, rather than Dublin as convention dictated. This proved the final straw.

Both bodies initially claimed to represent the entire island. The split between Southern Ireland (which in 1922 became the Irish Free State) and Northern Ireland did not produce a split in the governing bodies of other sports, such as the Irish Rugby Football Union. The Munster Football Association, originally dominated by British Army regiments, had fallen into abeyance on the outbreak of the First World War, and was re-established in 1922 with the help of the FAI, to which it affiliated. The Falls League, based in the Falls Road of nationalist West Belfast, affiliated to the FAI, and from there Alton United won the FAI Cup in 1923. However, when the FAI applied to join FIFA in 1923, it was admitted as the FAIFS (Football Association of the Irish Free State) based on a 26-county jurisdiction. (This jurisdiction remains, although Derry City, from Northern Ireland, were given an exemption, by agreement of FIFA and the IFA, to join the League of Ireland in 1985.) Attempts at reconciliation followed: at a 1923 meeting, the IFA rejected an FAIFS proposal for it to be an autonomous subsidiary of the FAIFS. A 1924 meeting in Liverpool, brokered by the English FA, almost reached agreement on a federated solution, but the IFA insisted on providing the chairman of the International team selection committee. A 1932 meeting agreed on sharing this role, but foundered when the FAIFS demanded one of the IFA's two places on the International Football Association Board. Further efforts to reach agreement were made through a series of conferences between the IFA and FAI from 1973 to 1980 during the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles.

The IFA did not feel obliged to refrain from selecting Free State players for its international team. The name Football Association of Ireland was readopted by the FAIFS in 1936, in anticipation of the change of the state's name in the pending Constitution of Ireland, and the FAI began to select players from Northern Ireland based on the Constitution's claim to sovereignty there. A number of players played for both the FAI "Ireland" (against FIFA members from mainland Europe) and the IFA "Ireland" (in the British Home Championship, whose members had withdrawn from FIFA in 1920). Shortly after the IFA rejoined FIFA in 1946, the FAI stopped selecting Northern players. The IFA stopped selecting southern players after the FAI complained to FIFA in 1950.

Summary

1880 – IFA founded in Belfast, representing all of Ireland ("Ireland")

1921 – FAI founded in Dublin, representing Southern Ireland ("Irish Free State")

1936 – FAI begins also selecting Northern players ("Ireland"/"Éire")

1946 – FAI stops selecting Northern players ("Republic of Ireland" as of 1954)

1950 – IFA stops selecting Southern players ("Northern Ireland" as of 1954)

Therefore,

IFA (today Northern Ireland) represents all of Ireland between 1880 and 1950

FAI (today Republic of Ireland) represents all of Ireland between 1936 and 1946

Consolidation

For many years, association football was largely confined to Dublin and a few provincial towns. In some towns the game had been started by British Army teams, leading to the derisory nickname the "garrison game". Association football was played in relatively few schools: middle-class schools favoured rugby union while others favoured Gaelic games. From the late 1960s, association football began to achieve more widespread popularity. Donogh O'Malley, TD, the then Minister for Education, began a new programme of state-funded schools in 1966, many with association football pitches and teams. The Gaelic Athletic Association's ban on members playing "foreign" games was lifted in 1971. RTÉ television, founded in 1962, and British television (available nearly everywhere on cable or microwave relay from the 1970s), broadcast association football regularly. Above all, the increasing success of the international side from the late 1980s gave increased television exposure, more fans, and more funds to the FAI.

Since 1988

However, increased media exposure also highlighted some inadequacies of its hitherto largely amateur organisation.

The door of the former FAI offices in Merrion Square, Dublin.

In January 1999, the FAI announced a planned national association football stadium, to be called Eircom Park after primary sponsors Eircom. This was to be a 45,000-seat stadium in City West, modelled on the Gelredome in Arnhem. It gradually became apparent that the initial forecasts of cost and revenue had been very optimistic. FAI and public support for project was also undermined by the announcement of the Stadium Ireland in Abbotstown, which would have 65,000 seats and be available free to the FAI, being funded by the state. The Eircom Park project was finally abandoned in March 2001, amid much rancour within the FAI.

During preparation for the 2002 World Cup, the captain of the senior football team, Roy Keane, left the training camp and returned to his home. He was critical of many aspects of the organisation and preparation of the team for the upcoming games, and public opinion in Ireland was divided. As a result of the incident, the FAI commissioned a report from consultants Genesis into its World Cup preparations. The "Genesis Report" made a number of damning criticisms regarding corruption and cronyism within the association, but was largely ignored. The complete report was never published for legal reasons. The FAI subsequently produced its own report of itself titled "Genesis II" and implemented a number of its recommendations.

In 2002, the FAI announced a deal with British Sky Broadcasting to sell broadcasting rights to Ireland's international matches, as well as domestic association football, to be televised on its satellite subscription service. The general public felt it should be on RTÉ, the free-to-air terrestrial service, in spite of their offering much lower rates. Faced with the prospect of the government legislating to prevent any deal, the FAI agreed to accept an improved, but still lower, offer from RTÉ.

In 2002, the FAI made an unsuccessful bid with the Scottish Football Association to host UEFA Euro 2008.

Following the respectable performance of the national team in the 2002 World Cup, the team's fortunes declined under the management of Mick McCarthy, Brian Kerr and Steve Staunton.

In September 2006, Lars-Christer Olsson, CEO of UEFA, was quoted as anticipating that Lansdowne Road in Dublin (actually owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union) would stage the UEFA Cup Final in 2010, and that the FAI and the IFA would co-host the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. The 2010 final was ultimately awarded to Hamburg, but in January 2009, UEFA named Lansdowne Road as the host stadium for the renamed 2011 UEFA Europa League Final. In August 2010, an FAI spokesman said they will have repaid all of their stadium debt of €46 million within 10 years despite the disastrous sale of 10-year tickets for premium seats at the Aviva Stadium.

In November 2007 the FAI moved to new headquarters at the Sports Campus Ireland in Abbotstown. Its headquarters since the 1930s had been a Georgian terraced house at 80 Merrion Square, which was sold for a sum variously reported as "in excess of €6m" and "almost €9m".

Principals

Office-holders

Office	Name	Tenure
General secretary	Jack Ryder	1921–1935*
	Joe Wickham	1936–1968
	Peadar O'Driscoll	1968–1988
	Dr. Tony O'Neill	1988–1990
	Sean Connolly	1990–1996
Chief Executive	Bernard O'Byrne	1997–2001
	Brendan Menton	2001–2003
	Fran Rooney	2003–2004
	John Delaney	2004–2019**
	Gary Owens	2020***–

*First full-time secretary since 1928, Ryder died in November 1935

**Delaney was interim CEO from 04–06

***COO Rea Walshe replaced Delaney as Interim CEO, John Foley was due to be appointed CEO but withdrew, Paul Cooke was Interim CEO until Owens' appointment

Management structure

The Association's structure can best be split into three sections: the FAI Council, The Board of Management and Committees, and the FAI Administration Staff.

The FAI Council is made up of 60 members from across the Irish football family. The Council elects the FAI's president, a number of committee members and also pass major decisions. The Board of Management has ten members: the president, vice-president, honorary secretary, honorary treasurer, chief executive, and the six chairpersons of the Development (International, Domestic, League of Ireland, Legal/Corporate & Underage committees). The Finance committee is represented by the Honorary Treasurer rather than selecting a chairperson. A number of committee members elected by Council and a further number selected by the CEO, President and Council Representative (other than an officer). For balance within the committees, the person selected cannot be from the same affiliate as the person elected by council, while no one person can sit on more than two committees. The Chief Executive also sits as a voting member on the Finance and Legal and Corporate Affairs Committees.

Board of Management

Office	Name
President	Tony Fitzgerald
Vice President	Donal Conway
Honorary Secretary	Michael Cody
Honorary Treasurer	Eddie Murray
Chief Executive	Vacant
Chair of International Development	Milo Corcoran
Chair of Domestic Development	Jim McConnell
Chair of League of Ireland	Eamon Naughton
Chair of Legal/Corporate	Paraic Treanor
Chair of Underage committees

Controversies

The FAI has been involved in a number of scandals and controversies during its existence, the most famous being the "Merriongate" controversy, which broke in 1996 when the media reported that in the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, the FAI had sought to acquire extra tickets for Ireland's matches by exchanging tickets it had been allocated for other games; sometimes with the relevant FAs, but sometimes with ticket touts. The FAI was left with many unsold tickets and heavy losses from these transactions. ("Merriongate" refers to the FAI's then-headquarters in Merrion Square, Dublin).

The 2007 season saw the FAI start a five-year term of running the League of Ireland after merging with the League. There was controversy over the manner in which clubs were allocated between the two divisions of the new League, as simple promotion and relegation from the previous season's leagues was not used, but rather a weighting of results, infrastructure and finances.

In 2010 the FAI refused to sanction a high-profile friendly between Limerick F.C. and FC Barcelona in Thomond Park, at first citing a clash of fixtures, despite none of the games involving Limerick. It was later revealed that the reason for the refusal to sanction was due to an agreement the Association had in place whereby any game with a capacity of more than 20,000 had to be agreed with by a third-party, and that the FAI was in discussions about organising their own friendly with Barcelona (which the Catalan giants later refuted). When asked if Limerick could hold the friendly if they agreed to cap the attendance at 19,990, the FAI then informed the press that the limit in the contract was in fact 15,000. This apparent back-tracking, combined with abject media performances by John Delaney and Fran Gavin when attempting to justify the FAI decision, was seen as a further slap in the face for the League of Ireland, many of whose clubs were in serious financial danger.

Shortly before this scandal, the FAI announced the first association football game to take place in the Aviva Stadium was to be between Manchester United and a League of Ireland XI. When the announcement was made, it was mentioned that this game would potentially clash with a Bohemians Champions League qualifier, should the club progress. The FAI responded by announcing negotiations with UEFA about a fixture change, which contradicted its decision not to grant the Limerick game due to a fixture clash with other Irish clubs. It was also noted that the game was set up directly by the FAI and not the supposed third-party, despite the attendance being over 15,000. The game itself was seen as a humiliation for the League of Ireland, as the FAI looked to have turned their back once again on Irish clubs in order to accommodate Premier League fans.

After the Aviva Stadium curtain-raiser, the FAI announced that they had debts of €38 million, and had only sold 6,300 Vantage Club tickets from a projected 10,000. This was at a time when the Chief Executive, John Delaney, earned €430,000, double what 2010 League of Ireland Champions received in prize money. The figure of 6,300 was later questioned by an Irish Independent report which suggested in fact only 4,077 tickets had been sold, with as many as 1,000 of those 4,077 have been allocated to 10-year ticket holders, mainly taken by financial institutions who have not paid for the tickets since the project began.

Vantage Club

When the Aviva Stadium was built, the FAI launched an ambitious premium debenture ticket scheme called the Vantage Club to help fund the association's share of the renovation costs. In September 2008, when the scheme was launched, it was estimated by the FAI that they needed to sell only 60% of the 10,000 seats to break even. However, by 2019, just over 4,000 seats had been 'allocated' according to the FAI. The term 'allocated' included seats which were not being paid for.

Finances 2016 - 2020

Bridging loan

FAI Chief Executive John Delaney confirmed he gave the association a €100,000 loan to help it through what he said was a short-term cash flow problem. In a statement on behalf of Mr Delaney, the FAI said the "bridging loan" was given in April 2017 and repaid in full to Mr Delaney in June of that year. In a second statement issued by the FAI, Mr Delaney expanded on his comments. He said he acted in the best interests of the Association, at a time, he said, when immediate funding was needed. He described the loan as "a matter of timing," adding the loan had no impact on the full financial position or performance of the FAI for the year. In April 2019, John Delaney appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Transport and Sport, stating he was precluded from making any further comments at this hearing in relation to the finances of the Association or his former role as CEO or the €100,000 loan. The chairman of the Leinster Senior League then called for a change in how Irish football was run, revealing that a large number of the leading amateur league's clubs were "not confident in the direction the FAI board is taking". David Moran told RTÉ Sport that the LSL committee had written to its 138 member clubs asking whether the Association's board should resign in the wake of revelations over a €100,000 loan from former FAI chief executive John Delaney to his employers.

Hidden losses

Accounts for 2016 and 2017 were amended in December 2019, replacing reported profits with losses.

With liquidation of the association a possibility, the men's national team's participation in the Euro 2020 play-offs was under threat due to the funding crisis.

The FAI's CEO changed four times between 2019 and January 2020. Delaney resigned from the post in September 2019, with Gary Owens, former CEO of IFG Group, appointed to replace him the following January and former International and former chairman of Sunderland F.C., Niall Quinn, appointed as interim deputy CEO, choosing to go without salary until the financial future of the organisation could be secured. In January 2020, former board member Gerry McAnaney replaced Donal Conway as president.

Bohs Editing

For editing the Bohemian pages

Bohs Mens

If you create a page for James McManus, here is the reference for his notability criteria ITS BEEN DONE.

|- class="vcard agent" | style="text-align: center" | 14 | style="text-align: center" | MF | style="padding-right:15px;" | IRL | style="padding-right:15px;" | James McManus

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/it-came-to-a-stage-where-it-was-one-or-the-other-gaelic-or-soccer-and-i-had-to-choose/a1247826618.html

Football Pyramid - Ireland

Intermediate Sort out Munster: 2 or 3 relegations in Prem

- evidence: https://www.munsterseniorleague.ie/news-detail/366497/

Looks like 2nd & 3rd from bottom playoff and loser is auto relegated. Then the winner has to play 3rd place in First Division. Winner of this match plays in next years Prem.

So First Division has 2 or 3 promotions. It has a minimum 2 relegations. 3rd from bottom plays against 3rd in the 2nd Division, with the winner playing in the First Division. So First Division has 2 or 3 relegations. Second Division therefore has 2 or 3 promotions.

Next League to add a pyramid to: Limerick & District.

• Premier Division (2r) - 12 teams
• Premier A Division (2p, 2r)
• Division 1A (2p, 2r)
• Div 1B (2p, 2r)
• Div 2A (2p, 2r)
• Div 2B (2p, 2r)
• Div 3A (2p)

http://limerickjuniorsoccer.com/?page_id=69

Entire LDL committee stood down: https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41647321.html

Note: using   instead of a blank space seems to be the only way to increase the width in the Connacht column. Use this for now until we can sort out the bottom of the pyramid. Figured out the answer. You need to use colspan across all four provinces for each level, otherwise the code doesn't recognise what you're doing.

In case the link dies, here is the Clare setup:

• Prem Division (2r)
• First Division (3p, 3r)
• Second Division (3p, 3r)
• Third Division (3p)

https://www.cdsl.ie/tables

Roscommon DFL:

• Premier Division - 8 teams (1 or 2 relegations) - 2nd last go into Relegation playoffs.
• Division 1 - 7 teams (1 or 2 promoted, 1 or 2 relegated) 2nd, 3rd & 4th playoff. Winners qualifies for promotion playoff vs 2nd last Prem team.
• Div 2 - 7 teams (1 or 2 promoted)

For the relegations: https://soccerleagues.comortais.com/competitions.aspx?oid=1002

Can also use the above link for the team number but final whistle is better.

Sligo:

Relegations for super league (ignore as its put of date): https://www.teamstats.net/league/sligo-leitrim-and-district-league

Official Site: (out of date) 2023/24: https://soccerleagues.comortais.com/homepage.aspx?oid=1000

New Sligo 3rd division (called 1st division) and team numbers for Prem and Super Leagues PLUS relegations for all divisions: https://www.oceanfm.ie/podcasts/ocean-fm-sport/changes-confirmed-for-next-seasons-sligo-leitrim-district-and-soccer-league-417319

West Cork:

Problem is notability. Here are some articles to use:

- https://m.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/sullane-fcs-triumph-in-west-cork-league-completes-father-son-double-for-mullanes/42366428.html

- https://m.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/sullane-fc-secure-double-and-promotion-to-west-cork-premiership/a292496511.html - https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/arid-41628940.html - https://www.southernstar.ie/sport/fai-awards-for-castlelack-drinagh-and-sullane-4331476

West Cork League Pyramid (taken from their mitoo website)

Premier Division - 8 clubs (r)

Division 1 / Championship - clubs (p,r)

Poorly done edit on this page. See below

Revision as of 01:58, 22 December 2024 edit undo thank

Gufcfan (talk | contribs)

→The system: Reformatted to step 7

On Dec 22nd 2024, Gufcfan attempted to restore the original formatting of the pyramid table, which had become unwieldy thanks to an as yet unknown editor who believed that every league required it's own individual spot on the table (this contravenes the established wisdom in the English football pyramid. If people want all divisions in their league on wikipedia, then they should create a wikipedia page for the league and have a subtable there).

Anyway, in trying to fix the problem, Gufcfan deleted a series of notes to help clarify the complex arrangements in some of the Dublin leagues. Best to restore these for clarity.

Have so far down this for the amateur football league and the combined counties leagues. Still need to do this for the United Churches league and the North East league.

Here is the full table if someone screws up the pyramid again:

The system

Level one in the pyramid, the top division of Irish football, is run by the League of Ireland Premier Division (which gives its name to the competition in that division), the winners of which are regarded as the champions of the Republic of Ireland. Level two is run by the League of Ireland. Together, these two divisions make up what is known as "league football".

The leagues below level two are classed as "non-League football", meaning they are outside the League of Ireland. The leagues at levels three to six comprise the Provincial League System, and are run by the Provinces. The top level (level 3) of the Provincial leagues is known as the Senior Leagues and the winners of which are regarded as the champions of their respective Province. At present only Munster and Leinster have leagues at this level. Levels seven to twelve are designed as "Regional Feeder Leagues" or District Leagues.

There is currently no promotion or relegation system between the League of Ireland First Division (Level 2) and the provincial leagues (Level 3) in place. Therefore, there is no movement between the football league and non-league football and the only way non-league club can enter the football league is if they are elected.

Current Structure (trialling Provincial Titles and aligning columns to their fixed width)

Level	Total clubs	League(s) / division(s)
1	10	League of Ireland Premier Division 10 clubs – 1 or 2 relegations
2	10	League of Ireland First Division 10 clubs – 1 or 2 promotions
	20	No Promotion/Relegation
		Connacht	Munster	Leinster	Ulster
3	24	Connacht Senior League Premiership 0 clubs – Defunct	Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division 10 clubs – 2 relegations	Leinster Senior League Senior Division 14 clubs – 3 relegations	Ulster Senior League Senior Division 0 clubs – Defunct
4	24	Connacht Senior League First Division 0 clubs – Defunct	Munster Senior League Senior First Division 10 clubs – 2 promotions, 0 to 2 relegations	Leinster Senior League Senior 1 14 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations
5	29		Munster Senior League Senior Second Division 12 clubs – 0 to 2 promotions						Leinster Senior League 1A 14 clubs
6	14								Leinster Senior League 1B 14 clubs
7	TBD	Galway & District League Premier League 10 clubs – 2 relegations Mayo Association Football League Super League 10 clubs – 2 relegations Roscommon & District Football League Premier Division – 8 clubs Sligo Leitrim & District Soccer League Super League 12 clubs – 4 relegations	Clare District Soccer League Premier Division 10 clubs – 2 relegations Cork Athletic Union League Premier Division 8 clubs – 2 or 3 relegations Cork Business League Premier Division 8 clubs – 2 relegations West Cork League Premier Division – 9 clubs Kerry District League Premier A – 8 clubs Limerick Desmond League Premier Division – 10 clubs Limerick & District League Premier League – 8 clubs Munster Senior League Junior Premier Division – 10 clubs North Tipperary & District Soccer League Premier Division – 8 clubs Tipperary Southern & District Premier League – 9 clubs Waterford & District Junior Premier League – 10 clubs West Waterford East Cork Junior League 0 clubs – Defunct						Amateur Football League Premier Division – 10 clubs Athletic Union League Leinster Senior League Major Saturday Leinster Senior League Major Sunday Leinster Football League Premier Division United Churches Football League / Athletic Union League Premier Division - 12 clubs Carlow & District Football League Premier Division – 10 clubs Combined Counties Football League Senior Division – 9 clubs Dundalk & District League Premier Division – 6 clubs Kildare & District Football League Senior Division – 9 clubs Kilkenny & District Soccer League Premier Division – 7 clubs North East Football League Premier Division – 10 clubs Wexford Football League Premier League – 11 clubs Wicklow & District Football League Premier Division – 10 clubs Sources:						Inishowen Football League Premier Division – 9 clubs Donegal Junior League Premier Division – 10 clubs Monaghan Cavan League Premier Division – 4 clubs Sources:
8	TBD	Galway & District League Championship – 12 clubs Mayo Association Football League Premier League – 10 clubs Roscommon & District Football League Division One – 10 clubs Sligo Leitrim & District Soccer League Premier League – 10 clubs				Clare District Soccer League First Division – 10 clubs Cork Athletic Union League Premier A League – 8 clubs Cork Business League First Division – 8 clubs West Cork League Division One Kerry District League Premier B – 8 clubs Limerick Desmond League Division One – 8 clubs Limerick & District League Premier A League – 12 clubs Munster Senior League Junior First Division – 10 clubs						Leinster Senior League Saturday Major 1 Leinster Senior League Sunday Major 1 United Churches Football League Division One - 10 clubs North Tipperary & District Soccer League First Division – 8 clubs Tipperary Southern & District Division One – 7 clubs						Monaghan Cavan League First Division – 6 clubs
9	TBD		Galway & District League Division 1 – 9 clubs Mayo League One – 10 clubs	Roscommon & District Division Two – 8 clubs	Sligo Leitrim & District League Division One - 7 clubs	Munster Senior League Junior Second Division – 10 clubs Clare District Soccer League Second Division – 9 clubs Cork Athletic Union League League 1 – 7 clubs Cork Business League Second Division – 11 clubs West Cork League Division Two Kerry District League Division 1A – 8 clubs, 2p, 2r Limerick Desmond League Division Two – 6 clubs Limerick & District League Division 1A – 11 clubs North Tipperary & District Soccer League Second Division – 9 clubs Tipperary Southern & District Division Two – 8 clubs						Leinster Senior League Saturday Major 1A Leinster Senior League Premier Sunday United Churches Football League Division Two - 12 clubs
10	TBD	Galway & District League Division 2 – 12 clubs	Mayo League Two – 9 clubs			Munster Senior League Junior Third Division – 10 clubs	Clare District Soccer League Third Division – 7 clubs	Cork Athletic Union League Division 2 – 9 clubs			Kerry District League Division 1B – 8 clubs, 2p, 2r	Limerick Desmond League Division Three – 7 clubs	Limerick & District League Division 1B – 10 clubs		Tipperary Southern & District Division Three – 10 clubs			Leinster Senior League Saturday Major 1B	Leinster Senior League Premier 1 Sunday		United Churches Football League Division Three - 11 clubs
11	TBD	Galway & District League Reserve League – 8 clubs				Munster Senior League Junior Fourth Division – 10 clubs		Cork Athletic Union League Division 3 – 11 clubs			Kerry District League Division 2A – 7 clubs, 2p, 2r		Limerick & District League Division 2A – 10 clubs					Leinster Senior League Saturday Major 1C	Leinster Senior League Sunday Division 3		United Churches Football League Division 3A - 12 clubs
12	TBD										Kerry District League Division 2B – 8 clubs, 2p, 2r		Limerick & District League Division 2B – 9 clubs					Leinster Senior League Saturday Major 1D	Leinster Senior League Sunday Division 3A		United Churches Football League Division 3B - 11 clubs
13	TBD										Kerry District League Division 3A – 9 clubs, 2p, 2r		Limerick & District League Division 3A – 8 clubs
14	TBD												Limerick & District League Division 3B – 12 clubs

Current Structure (Backup - 14 July 2025)

Level	Total clubs	League(s) / division(s)
1	10	League of Ireland Premier Division 10 clubs – 1 or 2 relegations
2	10	League of Ireland First Division 10 clubs – 1 or 2 promotions
	20	No Promotion/Relegation
3	24	Connacht Senior League Premiership 0 clubs – Defunct				Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division 10 clubs – 2 or 3 relegations						Leinster Senior League Senior Division 14 clubs – 3 relegations						Ulster Senior League Senior Division 0 clubs – Defunct
4	24	Connacht Senior League First Division 0 clubs – Defunct				Munster Senior League Senior First Division 10 clubs – 2 or 3 promotions, 2 or 3 relegations						Leinster Senior League Senior 1 14 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations						Ulster Senior League First Division 0 clubs – Defunct
5	26					Munster Senior League Senior Second Division 12 clubs – 2 or 3 promotions						Leinster Senior League 1A 14 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations
6	14											Leinster Senior League 1B 14 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations
7	TBD	Galway & District League Premier League 10 clubs – 2 relegations Mayo Association Football League Super League 10 clubs – 2 relegations Roscommon & District Football League Premier Division 8 clubs – 1 or 2 relegations Sligo Leitrim & District Soccer League Super League 12 clubs – 4 relegations				Clare District Soccer League Premier Division 10 clubs – 2 relegations Cork Athletic Union League Premier Division 8 clubs – 2 or 3 relegations Cork Business League Premier Division 8 clubs – 2 relegations West Cork League Premier Division – 9 clubs Kerry District League Premier A – 8 clubs Limerick Desmond League Premier Division – 10 clubs Limerick & District League Premier League – 8 clubs Munster Senior League Junior Premier Division – 10 clubs North Tipperary & District Soccer League Premier Division – 8 clubs Tipperary Southern & District Premier League – 9 clubs Waterford & District Junior Premier League – 10 clubs West Waterford East Cork Junior League 0 clubs – Defunct						Amateur Football League Premier Division – 10 clubs Athletic Union League Leinster Senior League Major Saturday Leinster Senior League Major Sunday Leinster Football League Premier Division United Churches Football League / Athletic Union League Premier Division - 12 clubs Carlow & District Football League Premier Division – 10 clubs Combined Counties Football League Senior Division – 9 clubs Dundalk & District League Premier Division – 6 clubs Kildare & District Football League Senior Division – 9 clubs Kilkenny & District Soccer League Premier Division – 7 clubs North East Football League Premier Division – 10 clubs Wexford Football League Premier League – 11 clubs Wicklow & District Football League Premier Division – 10 clubs Sources:						Inishowen Football League Premier Division – 9 clubs Donegal Junior League Premier Division – 10 clubs Monaghan Cavan League Premier Division – 4 clubs Sources:
8	TBD	Galway & District League Championship – 12 clubs Mayo Association Football League Premier League – 10 clubs Roscommon & District Football League Division One – 10 clubs Sligo Leitrim & District Soccer League Premier League – 10 clubs				Clare District Soccer League First Division 10 clubs – 2 promotions, 3 relegations Cork Athletic Union League Premier A League 7 clubs – 2 or 3 promotions, 2 relegations Cork Business League First Division – 8 clubs West Cork League Division One Kerry District League Premier B – 8 clubs Limerick Desmond League Division One – 8 clubs Limerick & District League Premier A League – 12 clubs Munster Senior League Junior First Division – 10 clubs						Leinster Senior League Saturday Major 1 Leinster Senior League Sunday Major 1 United Churches Football League Division One - 10 clubs North Tipperary & District Soccer League First Division – 8 clubs Tipperary Southern & District Division One – 7 clubs						Monaghan Cavan League First Division – 6 clubs
9	TBD	Galway & District League Division 1 – 9 clubs Mayo League One – 10 clubs Roscommon & District Division Two – 8 clubs Sligo Leitrim & District League Division One - 7 clubs				Munster Senior League Junior Second Division – 10 clubs Clare District Soccer League Second Division – 9 clubs Cork Athletic Union League League 1 – 7 clubs Cork Business League Second Division – 11 clubs West Cork League Division Two Kerry District League Division 1A – 8 clubs, 2p, 2r Limerick Desmond League Division Two – 6 clubs Limerick & District League Division 1A – 11 clubs North Tipperary & District Soccer League Second Division – 9 clubs Tipperary Southern & District Division Two – 8 clubs						Leinster Senior League Saturday Major 1A Leinster Senior League Premier Sunday United Churches Football League Division Two - 12 clubs
10	TBD	Galway & District League Division 2 – 12 clubs Mayo League Two – 9 clubs				Munster Senior League Junior Third Division – 10 clubs Clare District Soccer League Third Division – 7 clubs Cork Athletic Union League Division 2 – 9 clubs Kerry District League Division 1B – 8 clubs, 2p, 2r Limerick Desmond League Division Three – 7 clubs Limerick & District League Division 1B – 10 clubs Tipperary Southern & District Division Three – 10 clubs						Leinster Senior League Saturday Major 1B Leinster Senior League Premier 1 Sunday United Churches Football League Division Three - 11 clubs
11	TBD	Galway & District League Reserve League – 8 clubs				Munster Senior League Junior Fourth Division – 10 clubs Cork Athletic Union League Division 3 – 11 clubs Kerry District League Division 2A – 7 clubs, 2p, 2r Limerick & District League Division 2A – 10 clubs						Leinster Senior League Saturday Major 1C Leinster Senior League Sunday Division 3 United Churches Football League Division 3A - 12 clubs
12	TBD					Kerry District League Division 2B – 8 clubs, 2p, 2r Limerick & District League Division 2B – 9 clubs						Leinster Senior League Saturday Major 1D Leinster Senior League Sunday Division 3A United Churches Football League Division 3B - 11 clubs
13	TBD					Kerry District League Division 3A – 9 clubs, 2p, 2r Limerick & District League Division 3A – 8 clubs
14	TBD					Limerick & District League Division 3B – 12 clubs

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Fairview Rangers

Fairview Rangers

Full name	Fairview Rangers Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	The 'View
Founded	1946
Ground	Singland Park, Limerick
League	Limerick & District League
Home colours

Fairview Rangers Association Football Club are an Irish association football club from Singland, Limerick. The club's senior men's team competes in the Limerick & District League.

Fairview Rangers have won the FAI Junior Cup a record 10 times, a feat which has qualified them for the FAI Cup. The club play their home games at Singland Park, also known as 'the Fairgreen'.

History

Fairview Rangers were founded in 1946. Their first game against Tavern United ended in a 1–1 draw. The club initially played in a black and white quartered jersey until 1961 when the current blue and gold colours were adopted. They won the FAI Junior Cup for the first time in 1964–65, with a replay victory over Douglas from Cork.

The 1990s saw the club enjoy one of their most successful periods, beginning the decade with four Limerick & District League titles in a row and winning eight league titles in total. They also won three consecutive FAI Junior cups from 1997 to 1999, a feat they managed to repeat in the early 2000s with another three in a row from 2002 to 2004.

The club became the first team to win the FAI Junior Cup nine times in 2020, with a 1–0 win over Usher Celtic. They also saw further success in the league, securing the title in the 2021–22 and 2024–25 seasons.

Honours

Fairview Rangers F.C. honours

Honour	No.	Years
Limerick & District League Premier Division	16	1969–70, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2021–22, 2024–25
FAI Junior Cup	10	1964–65, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2019–20, 2024–25

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