BOHEMIAN F.C.

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'Bohemian F.C. ' (Irish: '''An Cumann Peile Bóithéimeach'''), more commonly referred to as 'Bohemians', are an Irish football (soccer) club playing in the Football League of Ireland. The club, founded on September 6 1890 are a founding member of the league, plays its home matches at Dalymount Park stadium in the Dublin neighbourhood of Phibsboro. Its nicknames are 'Bohs', and '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 announced Sean Connor as manager on 17th November, 2006.

Contents

Previous Home Grounds

New Stadium

Change from Amateur to Professional status

Honours & Managers

European Record

Past opponents

Current squad 2006/07

Backroom Staff 2006/07

Notable former players

Top Scorers in the League of Ireland

Trivia

External links

Previous Home Grounds

Bohemians' first proper 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 Belvedere Rugby Football Club, 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, 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 September 7 1901.

New Stadium

In 2006 the club's members decided to sell Dalymount Park for development in a €60,000,000 deal which will instantly put the club in unprecedented financial wealth in Irish sporting terms. The deal includes the development of a new 10,000 seater stadium in Harristown, near Dublin Airport.

Change from Amateur to Professional status

Since the formation of the club in 1890, Bohemians had been strictly amateur and forbade the paying of players. It stayed this way until an EGM of the club's members in St. Saviour's Hall, Mountjoy Street on February 21 1969. The meeting which was chaired by Liam Rapple was often hostile as both sides passionately argued their case. In the end, the decision to end the amateur status was passed by just 3 votes. The first player to sign professional terms was Tony O'Connell who signed on the dotted line on March 11 1969. Dinny Lowry followed shortly after.
The first game to feature those professionals was 5 days later in a 1-1 draw at Dalymount Park against Dundalk.

Honours & Managers

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★ 'League titles: 9'

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★ 1923/24, 1927/28, 1929/30, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1974/75, 1977/78, 2000/01, 2002/03

★ 'FAI Cups: 6'

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★ 1928, 1935, 1970, 1976, 1992, 2001

★ 'IFA Cups: 1'

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★ 1908

★ 'FAI League Cups: 2'

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★ 1975, 1979

★ 'League of Ireland Shields: 6'

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★ 1924, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1939, 1940

★ 'Dublin City Cups: 1'

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★ 1936

★ 'Inter-City Cups: 1'

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★ 1945

★ 'Top Four Cups: 1'

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★ 1972

★ 'Leinster Senior Cups: 31'

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★ 'LFA President Cups: 12'

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★ 'Acieries D'Angeleur: 1'

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★ 1929

European Record

'UEFA Champions League:'

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
7	14	3	3	8	11	23

'UEFA Cup:'

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
4	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
2	6	1	0	5	4	15

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		1. FC Köln	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 F.C.	1-4, 1-1 (2-5 agg.)
1976-77	Cup Winners' Cup Round 1		Esbjerg fB	2-1, 1-0 (3-1 agg.)
1976-77	Cup Winners' Cup Round 2		Śląsk Wrocław	0-3, 0-1 (0-4 agg.)
1977-78	UEFA Cup Round 1		Newcastle United F.C.	0-0, 0-4 (0-4 agg.)
1978-79	European Cup Round 1		AC Omonia	1-2, 1-0 (2-2 agg.)
1978-79	European Cup Round 2		1. FC Dynamo Dresden	0-0, 0-6 (0-6 agg.)
1979-80	Cup Winners' Cup Qual. Round		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	2-1
1995	Intertoto Cup Round 1		HJK Helsinki	2-3
1995	Intertoto Cup Round 1		Girondins de Bordeaux	0-2
1995	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.)
2000-01	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.)
2001-02	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.)
2003-04	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.)

Current squad 2006/07

''The numbers are established according to the official website: www.bohemians.ie As of 12th July 2007''.
(Vice Captain)
(Captain)

Backroom Staff 2006/07

''All is correct according to the official website: www.bohemians.ie As of 19 April 2007''.
Manager: Sean Connor
Assistant Manager: Alan Caffrey
Coach: John Daffy
Coach: Gary Matthews
U-21 Manager: Richard Sutherland
Physio: Javier De Castro

Notable former players

:''See also:''

★ Robbie Best

★ Ed Brookes

★ Willie Browne

★ Stephen Caffrey

★ Harry Cannon

★ Ernie Crawford

★ Gerry Daly

★ Billy Dennis

★ Paul Doolin

★ Plev Ellis

★ Paddy Farrell

★ Pat Fenlon

★ Dominic Foley

★ Johnny Fullam

★ Oliver St John Gogarty

★ Fred Horlacher

★ Jackie Jameson

★ Avery John

★ Peter Kavanagh

★ Paul Keegan

★ Tommy Kelly

★ Billy Jordan

★ Gino Lawless

★ Shaun Maher

★ Mick Martin

★ Jack McCarthy

★ Brian Mooney

★ Rocky O'Brien

★ Tony O'Connell

★ Tony O'Connor

★ Kevin O'Flanagan

★ Mick O'Flanagan

★ Dermot O'Neill

★ Alex Nesovic

★ Mark Rutherford

★ Harold Sloan

★ Derek Swan

★ Dave Tilson

★ Stephen Ward

Top Scorers in the League of Ireland

★ '1923/24'

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★ Dave Roberts - 20

★ '1940/41'

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★ Mick O'Flanagan - 19

★ '1953/54'

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★ Danny Jordan - 14

★ '1973/74'

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★ Terry Flanagan - 18

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★ Turlough O'Connor - 18

★ '1977/78'

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★ Turlough O'Connor - 24

★ '2000/01'

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★ Glen Crowe - 25

★ '2001/02'

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★ Glen Crowe - 21

★ '2002/03

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★ Glen Crowe - 18

Trivia

★ Tommy Kelly is Bohs record appearance holder with 575 appearances in all competitions

★ Turlough O'Connor is Bohs record goalscorer with 192 goals in all competitions

★ Bohemians record win was an 11-0 win over Grangegorman on December 27 1946 in the Leinster Senior Cup Final.

★ Tommy Kelly was the first man to appear as a substitute in a league game for Bohs when he replaced Turlough O'Connor against Drogheda on April 10 1966

★ Fran Swan scored Bohs first ever goal in Europe when slotting home a penalty kick against Gottwaldov in 1970.

★ John Fitzpatrick was Bohemians's first international when captaining Ireland against England in 1895.

External links

★ Bohemian FC official site

★ Bohemians Community Scheme (Multi-Language Websites)

★ Bohsnews: independent site logging club and other relevant news

★ DCU Bohs supporters club

★ TheBohs.com: independent comment site, with supporter forum