St Columb's Court F.C.

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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 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 Derry Cup: 2
- 1890–91, 1891–92

References

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

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