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Drogheda United F.C.
Drogheda United Football Club is a professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches at Sullivan & Lambe Park.
The current club is the amalgamation of two former clubs in the town: Drogheda United, a non-league club founded in 1919; and Drogheda F.C., founded in 1962. The clubs merged their operations to form the current club in 1975 and have achieved success since 2005 by winning two Setanta Sports Cups, two FAI Cups, a League Cup and their first league title, the 2007 League of Ireland Premier Division.
Since 2021, the club has competed in the League of Ireland Premier Division, having been automatically promoted as winners of the 2020 League of Ireland First Division.
Founded in 1919, the original Drogheda United were a non-league club playing junior football in County Louth. The club entered the Dundalk & District League for the 1919–1920 season, and were champions within two years. They initially played their games in Magdalene Park, before moving to the Showgrounds and then finally on to United Park in 1927.
A separate football club called Drogheda F.C. was founded in 1962 and played in Lourdes Stadium. The following year, on 22 June 1963, they were elected to the nationwide League of Ireland when the league was expanded to include twelve teams, up from ten. Unable to finish outside the bottom three during their first four seasons, they achieved a respectable fifth-place in the 1967–68 season. This was followed by a sixth place finish the following season but the club dropped down the table again when the league expanded to include fourteen teams in 1969. The club continued to struggle in the league, finishing in the bottom five in each of the next six seasons and also recording their heaviest league defeat, an 8–1 loss to Cork Hibernians, in the 1970–71 season. They did, however, get to an FAI Cup final that same season where they were beaten 3–0 by Limerick in a replay after the first match ended 0-0.
In 1975, Drogheda F.C. amalgamated with Drogheda United to form Drogheda United F.C. and the clubs agreed to play out of United Park once the ground had been redeveloped. The 1975–76 season saw an improvement in fortunes on the field as they finished sixth in the league and they also reached the FAI Cup Final for the second time, this time losing 1–0 to Bohemians. For the next three seasons, quite the opposite at what had happened before, they finished in third place. During these seasons Drogheda United also achieved two club records – their biggest league victory (7–1 v Finn Harps) and Cathal Muckian scoring 21 league goals in a season. On 12 August 1979, United Park was officially opened and Drogheda United moved into their new ground, leaving behind their spiritual home of Lourdes Stadium. The club then endured another tough spell in the league finishing in the bottom half for the next five seasons bar the 1982–83 season when they managed to achieve their second highest ever league placing of second-place (they later won the league in 2007) finishing sixteen points behind Athlone Town. They did win their first ever trophy during these seasons also, the League of Ireland Cup in the 1983–84 season.
The 1984–85 season saw the introduction of the League of Ireland First Division to begin the following season with Drogheda United among the four clubs who were relegated from the Premier Division but in this season also Drogheda United entered European Competition for the first time where they were destroyed against Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Cup First Round 14–0 on aggregate. They remained in the First Division until the 1988–89 season when they went up as First Division Champions. Their joy was short-lived, however, as the following season they were relegated although this time they achieved promotion at the first time of asking. In the next two seasons Drogheda battled bravely against relegation surviving by one point and on goal difference in the respective seasons. However, they were relegated for the third time in the 1993–94 season.
Drogheda United were very much becoming a yo-yo club, swapping divisions every season between the 1993–94 and 2000–01 seasons when in 2000–01 they finished a disappointing ninth in the ten-team First Division. In 2002–03 they were promoted to the Premier Division under Harry McCue and were there until the 2016 season, as they got relegated in 2015, coming in twelfth place.
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Drogheda United F.C.
Drogheda United Football Club is a professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches at Sullivan & Lambe Park.
The current club is the amalgamation of two former clubs in the town: Drogheda United, a non-league club founded in 1919; and Drogheda F.C., founded in 1962. The clubs merged their operations to form the current club in 1975 and have achieved success since 2005 by winning two Setanta Sports Cups, two FAI Cups, a League Cup and their first league title, the 2007 League of Ireland Premier Division.
Since 2021, the club has competed in the League of Ireland Premier Division, having been automatically promoted as winners of the 2020 League of Ireland First Division.
Founded in 1919, the original Drogheda United were a non-league club playing junior football in County Louth. The club entered the Dundalk & District League for the 1919–1920 season, and were champions within two years. They initially played their games in Magdalene Park, before moving to the Showgrounds and then finally on to United Park in 1927.
A separate football club called Drogheda F.C. was founded in 1962 and played in Lourdes Stadium. The following year, on 22 June 1963, they were elected to the nationwide League of Ireland when the league was expanded to include twelve teams, up from ten. Unable to finish outside the bottom three during their first four seasons, they achieved a respectable fifth-place in the 1967–68 season. This was followed by a sixth place finish the following season but the club dropped down the table again when the league expanded to include fourteen teams in 1969. The club continued to struggle in the league, finishing in the bottom five in each of the next six seasons and also recording their heaviest league defeat, an 8–1 loss to Cork Hibernians, in the 1970–71 season. They did, however, get to an FAI Cup final that same season where they were beaten 3–0 by Limerick in a replay after the first match ended 0-0.
In 1975, Drogheda F.C. amalgamated with Drogheda United to form Drogheda United F.C. and the clubs agreed to play out of United Park once the ground had been redeveloped. The 1975–76 season saw an improvement in fortunes on the field as they finished sixth in the league and they also reached the FAI Cup Final for the second time, this time losing 1–0 to Bohemians. For the next three seasons, quite the opposite at what had happened before, they finished in third place. During these seasons Drogheda United also achieved two club records – their biggest league victory (7–1 v Finn Harps) and Cathal Muckian scoring 21 league goals in a season. On 12 August 1979, United Park was officially opened and Drogheda United moved into their new ground, leaving behind their spiritual home of Lourdes Stadium. The club then endured another tough spell in the league finishing in the bottom half for the next five seasons bar the 1982–83 season when they managed to achieve their second highest ever league placing of second-place (they later won the league in 2007) finishing sixteen points behind Athlone Town. They did win their first ever trophy during these seasons also, the League of Ireland Cup in the 1983–84 season.
The 1984–85 season saw the introduction of the League of Ireland First Division to begin the following season with Drogheda United among the four clubs who were relegated from the Premier Division but in this season also Drogheda United entered European Competition for the first time where they were destroyed against Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Cup First Round 14–0 on aggregate. They remained in the First Division until the 1988–89 season when they went up as First Division Champions. Their joy was short-lived, however, as the following season they were relegated although this time they achieved promotion at the first time of asking. In the next two seasons Drogheda battled bravely against relegation surviving by one point and on goal difference in the respective seasons. However, they were relegated for the third time in the 1993–94 season.
Drogheda United were very much becoming a yo-yo club, swapping divisions every season between the 1993–94 and 2000–01 seasons when in 2000–01 they finished a disappointing ninth in the ten-team First Division. In 2002–03 they were promoted to the Premier Division under Harry McCue and were there until the 2016 season, as they got relegated in 2015, coming in twelfth place.