Shelbourne Ladies F.C.
| Full name | Shelbourne Ladies Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Shels | ||
| Founded | 1995 | ||
| Ground | AUL Complex Morton Stadium |
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| Chairman | Robert Hennessy | ||
| Manager | Casey McQuillan | ||
| League | Women's National League Dublin Women's Soccer League Metropolitan Girls League North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls League |
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| Website | Club home page | ||
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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.
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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
Niamh Reid Burke- Siobhán Killeen
- Katie McCabe
- Grace Murray
- Elaine O'Connor
- Susan Ronan
- Claire Scanlan
Republic of Ireland women's team managers
Honours
Welsox
- Dublin Women's Soccer League
- Runners-up: 1995: 1
- FAI Women's Cup
- Winners: 1992, 1994: 2
Shelbourne
- Dublin Women's Soccer League
- Winners: 2015: 1
- Runners-up: 1998, 1999, 2000: 3
- FAI Women's Cup
- Runners-up: 1997, 1999, 2015: 3
References
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- ↑ www.fai.ie
- ↑ FAI Women's Cup Rsssf
- ↑ Women's league champions Rsssf
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- ↑ shelbournelfc.ie
- ↑ shelbournelfc.ie
- ↑ metgirlsleague.com
- ↑ wnl.fai.ie
