In February 1934, Bill Fallon moved from Dolphin FC to Notts County. In his two seasons with Dolphin Bill had scored 26 goals, and that great scoring record got him his first notices in the newspapers of his new hometown. The Nottingham Evening Mail hailed him as “Fallon, County’s new sharpshooter”. That was some headline
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Bill Fallon was born on January 14th 1912 in Larne, Co Antrim. When he was young he moved to Dublin, and that was where he started playing football. By the time he was nineteen he was one of the best players in Ireland. Bill made his name as a goalscorer in junior football.
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Mick O’Brien played for years in the lower leagues of English football before he made it to the Football League. He joined Third Division Queen’s Park Rangers, in May 1920. Within a year of that, he was playing international football for Ireland.
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Lansdowne FC hosted a very special ‘Meet and Greet’ information evening in their very impressive clubhouse on Sep 26th last. The aim of the evening was to introduce themselves to their neighbours in Sandymount, along with announcing their plans for the newly acquired sports grounds located off Claremont Road
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Lansdowne Football Club has completed the acquisition of the sports grounds located off Claremont Road in Sandymount from YMCA Dublin. This follows formal approval for the deal from the Charities Regulator. The acquisition of this significant site in Dublin 4 will provide Lansdowne FC with the ability to extend its sporting facilities
Read more →When the 1923/24 season began, Michael O’Brien was made captain of Leicester City Football Club. He was a natural leader and the job brought out the best in him. He started the season by playing 22 consecutive games for Leicester and he was often their best player. He scored in his second game as captain, and from then on he was increasingly effective going forward.
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Ringsend’s own Abbie Larkin, who just turned 18 last April is the youngest member of the Irish Women’s Football team who represented Ireland in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia.
Read more →On March 16th 1922, Mick O’Brien joined Leicester City. Two days later, he made his debut and helped them get their first win in six games. From then on he was an automatic starter for Leicester and by the end of the 21/22 season he was their first choice centre-back.
Read more →Mick O’Brien was born on August 10th 1893 in Kilcock in County Kildare* His family emigrated to England and he grew up in County Durham. He took up football in his teenage years and by the time he was eighteen he was playing for the famous Blyth Spartans club, in the amateur North-Eastern League. Having made his name as a top player in that league he was scouted by Glasgow Celtic, who signed him in 1912. That move could’ve been his big break but it didn’t work out.
Read more →Gavan Bergin Reg continued to play at left-half for West Brom until he was moved to the inside-forward position midway through the 1949/50 season. That change worked well for West Brom, who had been in relegation trouble.They started scoring again […]
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