History Dublin University Football Club



one of first photos of team.


the first known record of club appears under heading trinity college in daily express of 1 december 1855 , taken show had been in existence @ least year:



football. - match played in college park today (saturday) between original , new members of club. play commence @ 2 o clock college time.



the club had been founded 1854, , has well-documented, continuous history since then, gives strong claim considered world s oldest extant football club of code. although guy s hospital fc, had been founded in london in 1843, had existed before dufc, later folded years during nineteenth century. should noted football in trinity pre-dates foundation of club itself. poem edward lysaght shows being played in college park in 1780s.


being oldest rugby club in ireland, dufc has won fair share of trophies on years. notable achievement in recent years winning of all-ireland league division 2 in 2003-04 season, gained club promotion division 1. level of competition short lived, however, club returning division 2 after 2 seasons.








Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Camerini.27s algorithm for undirected graphs Minimum bottleneck spanning tree

Discography Anthony Phillips

Roads and bridges List of places named for Douglas MacArthur