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Avondale United F.C. are a football club from Cork City in Ireland. The club plays at United Park. Avondale compete in the Munster Senior League. Avondale United was formed in Ballintemple, Cork in the summer of 1972 with one junior team. The club originally catered for players from the Ballintemple/Beaumont and Church Rd/Skehard Rd areas of what was then mainly the city end of the old Blackrock parish. Much of the club's support and particularly underage membership still comes from these localities but players from surrounding areas have always been made welcome. Avondale originally joined the Cork Athletic Union League and were members of that league up to 1989. Youth and schoolboys sides have been fielded since 1973/74 and 1974/75 respectively and in 1977/78 Avondale also joined the Munster Senior league following a very successful junior season in 1976/77. Early meetings of the club were held in the kitchen of Sycamore House in Ballintemple where the very first founding meeting was also held but soon moved to a spare room at the back of a local hostelry. For this reason a sycamore leaf forms the main feature of the club crest. The first colours were red and white but some time later these were changed to the now familiar sky blue with black/navy shorts. Up until 1986 all home games were played on privately rented or public pitches but in that year the club purchased the grounds now known as Avondale Park in Carrigaline. A short time before this the use of a community ground, now Beaumont Park was granted to the club by the Blackrock Community Association and it now holds a 99-year lease on this venue. This ground is now the club's schoolboy headquarters. In recent years the use of another private ground at Bessboro Cross, Blackrock has also been made available to the club. The adult and youth teams are based at Avondale Park, Carrigaline. Avondale published a book marking its 21stAnniversary in 1993 and the 40th Anniversary was celebrated in 2012. Avondale United has won honours in all grades of local football at Intermediate, Junior, Youth and Schoolboy levels. The first honours came to the club in 1976/77 when both the Youths and Junior sides were victorious in their respective League Cup competitions. The most notable honours have come nationally through wins on seven occasions in the FAI Intermediate Cup, and the club leads the roll of honour for victories in this prestigious competition. Avondale United has reached the Quarter-Finals of the FAI Senior Cup in 1995 and 2014, as well as the Semi-Finals of the FAI Under-17 Cup in 2015. Provincially the club has reached the Munster Senior Cup Final three times but unfortunately has been beaten each time to Cork City (2005), Waterford United (2013) and Limerick FC (2015). Many of the club's players have won representative honours at local and international level in all grades. As well as the regular underage grades, the Schoolboys Section also caters for young boys/girls between the ages of 6 and 10 years by providing coaching at two local schools every Friday night. One of the club's main targets off the field at present is to relocate the entire operation at one base in Blackrock. In the meantime a major redevelopment of the Beaumont Park ground is under way. Some well-known sporting personalities have played with Avondale over the years, including All- Ireland-winning Cork hurling captain and manager Tom Cashman, Irish hockey international Alan O'Driscoll, Irish rugby international Simon Zebo, and international soccer referee Alan Kelly. Avondale United FC has won honours in all grades of Cork football including schoolboys, youths, Junior, Senior and Over 35's level. The greatest honour achieved by the club came when it won the FAI Intermediate Cup on seven separate occasions including an unprecedented 4 in a row from 2011 to 2014 (1978, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014). Avondale United FC has a playing membership of approximately 300 people and we play our games in the Cork Schoolboys League, The Cork City & County Youths League and The Munster Senior League. The club is also affiliated to The Munster Football Association, The Schoolboys Football Association of Ireland and The Football Association of Ireland The club competed in the FAI Cup in 2015, where they reached the second round.〔http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/14135/fai-cup-round-up/〕 ==Roll of Honour== SENIOR TEAM * FAI Intermediate Cup Winners: 1978, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. * Munster Senior League Premier Division Winners: 1988, 1993, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013,2014. * Munster Senior League Division 1 Winners: 2003. * Beamish Cup Winners: 1995, 2013 * Donie Forde Cup Winners: 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014 * Keane Cup Winners: 1984, 1987, 2004,2013 * O'Connell Cup Winners: 1994, 2007, 2009, 2012 * Pop Keller Cup Winners: 1979, 1984. * Tom Hand Cup Winners: 2012. JUNIOR TEAM * Munster Senior League Junior Premier Division Winners: 1991, 1994, 1997, 2007. * Carling Super Cup Winners: 1997. * Beamish Super Cup Winners: 2008 * John Hayes Cup Winners: 2014 * Carling League Cup Winners: 1997 * Cork Area FAI Junior Cup Winners: 1977. * AUL Division 1 "A" Winners: 1988. * AUL Division 3 "B" Winners: 1982. * Mall Tavern League Cup Winners: 1977. * Saxone Cup Winners: 1985, 1987, 1988. OVER 35 TEAM Over 35 League Winners: 1992. YOUTHS TEAM Coca Cola Youth Cup Winners: 1977. AUL Division 2 Winners: 1988. SCHOOLBOY TEAMS Cork Area Barry Cup (Under 16) Winners: 1987. Under 16 Division 3 League Winners: 2011. Under 15 Division 1 League Winners: 2011, 2014. Under 15 Division 1 League Winners: 2004. Under 14 League Division 1 Winners: 2007. Under 13 Division 1 League Winners: 2002. Under 12 League Division 1 Winners: 1990. Under 11 Cup Winners: 1990. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS ROI AMATEUR: Dave O'Keeffe, Mark O'Sullivan, David Spratt, Michael Kiernan, Andrew Knowles, Brendan O'Connell, Robert O'Mahony, Danny Long, Brian Murphy, Daniel O Leary, Mark Horgan and Kenny Murphy ROI Under 18: Conor O'Driscoll. ROI Under 16: Eoghan O'Connell. ROI Under 15: Fiachra Kelleher. ROI Under 14 and Secondary Schools: Mark O'Riordan. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: Club of Year (MSL): 2006, 2009, 2012. Manager of Year: 1988 (Cork AUL) Liam Treacy. Player of Year: 2012 (MSL) Mark Horgan. Cork Schoolboy Of The Year (Overall): 1995 Mark O'Riordan. Cork Schoolboys League Player of The Year (Under 13): 2005 David O'Leary. Cork Schoolboys League Player of the Year (Under 13): 2010 Fiachra Kelleher 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avondale United F.C. (Cork)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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