Bohemian F.C.

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Bohemians

Full name	Bohemian Football Club
Nickname(s)	Bohs The Gypsies
Founded	1890
Ground	Dalymount Park, Phibsborough, Dublin 7 (Capacity: 12,200)
Chairman	Robert Dunne
Manager	Pat Fenlon
League	FAI League of Ireland Premier Division
2008	1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Bohemian F.C. (Irish: An Cumann Peile Bóithéimeach), more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional Irish association football club, who secured their tenth FAI League of Ireland title in October 2008, and their 7th FAI Cup on 23 November 2008. They have thus achieved a second double inside a decade, and the third in their history, having previously achieved the feat in the 2000–01 and 1927–28 seasons. The club, founded on 6 September 1890 is a founding member of the league, plays its home matches at Dalymount Park stadium in the Dublin neighbourhood of Phibsborough. Its nicknames are 'Bohs', 'The Gypsies'. Its club colours are red and black, which it adopted at the 4th AGM in October 1893. It is owned 100% by the members of the club.

The club is currently managed by Pat Fenlon, who was appointed on 22 December 2007.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadiums 3 European record 3.1 Record by competition 3.2 Past opponents 4 Supporters 5 A Team 6 Bohemians Youth 7 Current squad 7.1 Out on loan 8 Noted players 9 Managers 10 Honours 11 Records 12 References 13 External links

[edit] History

Bohemian F.C. was founded on 6 September 1890. It was a member of the Irish Football League from 1902 to 1911 and 1912 to 1920. During this time the club's greatest known success was winning the Irish Cup in 1908.

It was a founding member of the League of Ireland in 1921, and it is one of only two clubs to have been members of the League of Ireland since its inception (the other being Shelbourne), and it is the only club to have been ever-present in the top division of the league. In its first season it finished second in the league, just two points behind St. James Gate. The club won its first league title in 1924. In 1928 the club won its second league title and completed a double that season by winning its first FAI Cup also. The club was one of the major forces in the early years of the league, going on to win another three league titles and another FAI Cup in the next eight seasons.

After this success the club began to struggle, often finishing at the foot of the league and rarely mounting a title challenge, largely because of an inability to attract or keep top players due to its strict amateur status, which had been a fundamental part of the club since its formation. The club went 34 seasons without winning a major trophy. In 1969 the club ended its amateur status, and the first player to sign professional terms was Tony O'Connell, who signed on 11 March 1969.

The club then went on to win two league titles, two FAI Cups and two league cups in the 1970s, more trophies than any other club that decade. In 1970 the club entered European competition for the first time where it was beaten in the first qualifying round of the European Cup Winners' Cup (see below). The club went through another trophy-less spell after its 1979 league cup victory, which was not broken until the club won its fifth FAI Cup in 1992. It was not until 2001 that it regained the league title, also winning the FAI Cup that season to complete its second double. After adding another league title in 2003, Bohemians triumphed once again in 2008, winning the double of both the league for the tenth time with four league games still to play,^[1] and the FAI cup in a penalty shoot-out.^[2]

[edit] Stadiums

Bohemians' first permanent home ground was on the Polo Ground in Phoenix Park. Goal posts and other equipment were kept at Gate Lodge on North Circular Road (Dublin) They remained there until the 1893/94 season when they obtained a private ground on Jones Road now known as Croke Park, the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The space then took in the ground now occupied by the Old Belvedere, and for the first time it was possible for the club to build up some sort of finances, since a charge for admission was made at all important home matches.

They moved to a new home at Whitehall Farm, Glasnevin, in time for the start of the 1895/96 season but in those days, the area was out of the way and without public transport so the Bohemian committee continued to look for a new home ground. Their search came to an end when they moved to Dalymount Park which was officially opened on 7 September 1901.

In 2006 the club's members decided to sell Dalymount Park to developer Liam Carroll in a €65,000,000 deal which would instantly put the club in an unprecedented financial position in Irish sporting terms. The deal included the development of a new 10,000-seater stadium, complete with restaurants, bars and a gym, in Harristown near Dublin Airport^[3]. On 7 November 2008, Bohemians lost a court case versus Albion Ltd which has had the effect of putting the move on hold; the club is appealing the case to the Supreme Court.^[4]

[edit] European record

Although they did not make their first appearance in European competition until 1970, Bohemians have now played more and won more games in Europe than any other League of Ireland club [1]. Like all Irish clubs, they have generally found the going tough in Europe, but they have had some famous successes too. Their finest hour came when they eliminated Scottish Premier League club (and former Cup Winners' Cup and European Super Cup champions) Aberdeen from the UEFA Cup in August 2000. That triumph was set up by a dramatic 2-1 victory away from home, in which Bohs scored 2 late goals to overturn a 1-0 deficit. That was the first time an Irish club defeated British opposition away from home in European competition. Other notable results include wins against Rangers and Kaiserslautern (away) and draws against Rangers, Newcastle United, Sporting Lisbon, Dundee United (away) and Aberdeen. In all, they have beaten a total of 10 different teams, from 9 countries (Denmark, Cyprus, Scotland, Germany, Estonia, Belarus, Belgium, Wales and Latvia). Bohs bowed out of the 2008 Intertoto Cup on away goals to Latvian side FK Riga despite winning the second leg 2-1. Earlier in that campaign they recorded their biggest single leg (5-1) and aggregate (9-3) wins in Europe (against Welsh Premier League club Rhyl). Bohs started their 2009 UEFA Champions League away to Austrian Bundesliga champions Red Bull Salzburg on 16 July 2009 with a 1-1 draw.

[edit] Record by competition

European Cup/UEFA Champions League:

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
5	15	3	5	7	13	25

UEFA Cup:

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
12	26	3	7	16	14	48

Cup Winners Cup:

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
3	8	2	2	4	6	13

Intertoto Cup:

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
3	10	4	0	6	15	20

Overall:

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
22	58	12	12	34	46	104

[edit] Past opponents

Season	Competition	Country	Team	Score
1970-71	Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary Round		TJ Gottwaldov	1-2, 2-2 (3-4 agg.)
1972-73	UEFA Cup Round 1		FC Koln	1-2, 0-3 (1-5 agg.)
1974-75	UEFA Cup Round 1		Hamburger SV	0-3, 0-1 (0-4 agg.)
1975-76	European Cup Round 1		Rangers	1-4, 1-1 (2-5 agg.)
1976-77	Cup Winners' Cup Round 1		Esbjerg fB	2-1, 1-0 (3-1 agg.)
	Cup Winners' Cup Round 2		Śląsk Wrocław	0-3, 0-1 (0-4 agg.)
1977-78	UEFA Cup Round 1		Newcastle United	0-0, 0-4 (0-4 agg.)
1978-79	European Cup Round 1		AC Omonia	1-2, 1-0 (2-2 agg.)
	European Cup Round 2		Dynamo Dresden	0-0, 0-6 (0-6 agg.)
1979-80	UEFA Cup Round 1		Sporting Lisbon	0-2, 0-0 (0-2 agg.)
1984-85	UEFA Cup Round 1		Rangers	3-2, 0-2 (3-4 agg.)
1985-86	UEFA Cup Round 1		Dundee United	2-5, 2-2 (4-7 agg.)
1987-88	UEFA Cup Round 1		Aberdeen	0-0, 0-1 (0-1 agg.)
1992-93	Cup Winners' Cup Qual. Round		Steaua Bucureşti	0-4, 0-0 (0-4 agg.)
1993-94	UEFA Cup Round 1		Girondins de Bordeaux	0-1, 0-5 (0-6 agg.)
1995	Intertoto Cup Round 1		Odense BK	0-2
	Intertoto Cup Round 1		HJK Helsinki	2-3
	Intertoto Cup Round 1		Girondins de Bordeaux	0-2
	Intertoto Cup Round 1		IFK Norrköping	0-5
1996-97	UEFA Cup Qual. Round 1		Dinamo Minsk	1-1, 0-0 (1-1 agg.)
1997-98	UEFA Cup Preliminary Round		Ferencváros	0-1, 0-5 (0-6 agg.)
2000-01	UEFA Cup Qualifying Round		Aberdeen	2-1, 0-1 (2-2 agg.)
	UEFA Cup Round 1		1. FC Kaiserslautern	1-3, 1-0 (2-3 agg.)
2001-02	Champions League Qual. Round 1		FC Levadia Maardu	3-0, 0-0 (3-0 agg.)
	Champions League Qual. Round 2		Halmstads BK	1-2, 0-2 (1-4 agg.)
2003-04	Champions League Qual. Round 1		FC BATE	0-1, 3-0 (3-1 agg.)
	Champions League Qual. Round 2		Rosenborg B.K.	0-1, 0-4 (0-5 agg.)
2004-05	UEFA Cup Round 1		FC Levadia Tallinn	0-0, 1-3 (1-3 agg.)
2005	Intertoto Cup Round 1		K.A.A. Gent	1-0, 1-3 (2-3 agg.)
2008	Intertoto Cup Round 1		Rhyl	5-1, 4-2 (9-3 agg.)
	Intertoto Cup Round 2		FK Rīga	0-1, 2-1 (2-2 agg.)
2009	Champions League Qual. Round 2		Red Bull Salzburg	1-1,

[edit] Supporters

Bohs fan base is mainly drawn from the north side of Dublin. However the club has many fans from other parts of the city, across Ireland and worldwide. The club attracts regular attendances of anything between 1,000 up to 4,000 for the larger derby games.

During 2007 a number of fans got together to create more of a colourful atmosphere at home games. Named The Notorious Boo-Boys (or NBB, a term used by football journalists to disparage the apparent impatience of Bohs fans), the group bought new flags and organised displays during games to lift the atmosphere of the history filled Dalymount Park.^[5]

[edit] A Team

The Bohemians A-team competes in the Eircom League of Ireland A Championship, which acts as a third tier of the Eircom League.^[6] The team also doubles as a reserve team, which injured first team players can use to regain fitness. If the A - team win the Championship they cannot gain entry into the 1st division.^[6] The team reached the "Grand Final" of the A Championship in 2008.^[7]

The team is currently managed by former Bohs player Tony O'Connor^[8] [2] [3]

[edit] Bohemians Youth

Bohemians youth section has about 250 players from the ages of 8 to 17. The club runs 15 teams who play in the DDSL. The youth director is Robert Loughlin who, along with the support of Bohemians, announced a 5 year partnership with DCU to national media coverage. This partnership will see Bohemians' youth teams training in and using DCU facilities, "learning the game like the first team do". The partnership also included a scholarship system which will see Bohs players being offered scholarships to DCU. The main aim of the youth section is to produce players who are good enough to play for the first team.^[9]

[edit] Current squad

The first team squad is established according to the official website: www.bohemians.ie.

No. Position Player 1 GK Brian Murphy 2 DF Owen Heary 3 DF Conor Powell 4 MF Mark Rossiter 5 DF Jason McGuinness 6 DF Ken Oman 7 MF Anto Murphy 8 FW Neale Fenn 9 FW Glen Crowe 10 FW Jason Byrne 11 MF Killian Brennan

No. Position Player 12 FW Paddy Madden 14 MF Glenn Cronin 15 DF Brian Shelley 16 MF Gary Deegan 17 DF Sean Byrne 18 MF Graham Carey 19 MF Paul Keegan 20 FW Mark Hughes 22 MF Ryan McEvoy 25 GK Matt Gregg 33 MF Joseph Ndo

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player DF Brian McCarthy (on loan at Longford Town)

[edit] Noted players

See also:Category:Bohemian F.C. players

Jason Batty Robbie Best Ed Brookes Willie Browne Stephen Caffrey Harry Cannon Jimmy Conway Ernie Crawford

Gerry Daly Billy Dennis Paul Doolin Plev Ellis Paddy Farrell Gareth Farrelly Pat Fenlon Eddie Flynn Dominic Foley

Johnny Fullam Oliver St John Gogarty Dinny Hannon Fergal Harkin Fred Horlacher Kevin Hunt Jackie Jameson Avery John

Billy Jordan Mindaugas Kalonas Peter Kavanagh Paul Keegan Tommy Kelly Gino Lawless Shaun Maher Mick Martin

Jack McCarthy Noel Mitten Brian Mooney Alex Nesovic Rocky O'Brien Tony O'Connell Tony O'Connor Turlough O'Connor

Kevin O'Flanagan Mick O'Flanagan Dermot O'Neill Mark Rutherford Harold Sloan Derek Swan Dave Tilson Stephen Ward

[edit] Managers

Year/s	Manager	League of Ireland	FAI Cup	League Cup
1964-1967, 1968-1973	Seán Thomas		1
1973-1990	Billy Young	2	1	2
1990-1993	Eamonn Gregg		1
1993-1998	Turlough O'Connor
1998	Joe McGrath
1998-2001	Roddy Collins	1	1
2001	Pete Mahon
2001-2004	Stephen Kenny	1
2005-2006	Gareth Farrelly
2006-2007	Sean Connor
2007-	Pat Fenlon	1	1

[edit] Honours

• League titles: 10
  • 1923–24, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1974–75, 1977–78, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2008
• FAI Cups: 7
  • 1928, 1935, 1970, 1976, 1992, 2001, 2008
• IFA Cups: 1
  • 1908
• FAI League Cups: 2
  • 1975, 1979
• League of Ireland Shields: 6
  • 1924, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1939, 1940
• Dublin City Cups: 1
  • 1936
• Inter-City Cups: 1
  • 1945
• Top Four Cups: 1
  • 1972
• Leinster Senior Cups: 31, 1894-1998 (record)
• LFA President's Cups: 12
• Acieries D'Angeleur: 1
  • 1929

[edit] Records

• League victory: 8-0 v Olympia, 18 November 1922 and v Home Farm, 5 February 1978
• Victory: 11-0 v Grangegorman, Leinster Senior Cup Final, 26 December 1946
• League defeat: 0-7 v Shamrock Rovers, 5 February 1955
• Most points in a season: 85 in 2008 (record total and 19 points record margin)
• Most league goals in a season (player): 25, Glen Crowe in 2000-01
• Most league goals (player): 130, Glen Crowe
• Most appearances (player): 575, Tommy Kelly
• Most goals (player): 192, Turlough O'Connor
• Oldest player: 40, Gary Matthews
• First goalscorer: Joseph Whelan v Britannia, 1 November 1890

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bohemian FC official site
• TheBohs.com: The main Bohs independent website, including a vibrant supporters' forum
• Bohemians Community Scheme (Multi-Language Websites)
• Kevin Hunt Testimonial official site
• Bohsnews: independent site logging club and other relevant news
• DCU Bohs supporters club
• Bohs.ie... The Big Club
• Past League Tables on FAI.ie
• Bohs on eircomloi.ie
• Blog of a Bohemians FC fan
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