| Full name | St Columb's Court Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1886 | |
| Dissolved | 1960 | |
| Ground | The Brandywell | |
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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
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.