Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division

Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division
Country Republic of Ireland Ireland
Region Munster Munster [1]
Number of teams 10
Level on pyramid 3
Domestic cup(s) Munster Senior Cup
FAI Cup
FAI Intermediate Cup
League cup(s) Keane Cup
Donie Forde Cup
Beamish Cup
Current champions Avondale United
Most championships Cobh Ramblers (15 titles)
Website Munster Senior League

The Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division is the top division of the Munster Senior League. It is organized by the Munster Football Association. Together with the Leinster Senior League Senior Division and the Ulster Senior League Senior Division, it forms the third level of the Republic of Ireland football league system. Clubs from this division play in the Munster Senior Cup, the FAI Cup, and the FAI Intermediate Cup. In recent seasons the winners of the Senior Division have also been invited to play in the League of Ireland Cup. Avondale United and UCC represented the division in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

2016–17 teams

Senior Premier

Team Home town/suburb Home ground
Avondale UnitedCarrigaline/Ballintemple, Cork Avondale Park
CastleviewCorkO'Sullivan Park
Cobh WanderersCobhOldchurch Park
College CorinthiansDouglas, County CorkCorithians Park
Douglas HallDouglas, County CorkMoneygourney
Mayfield UnitedMayfield, CorkLotamore Grounds
RockmountWhitechurch, County CorkRockmount Park
Ringmahon RangersCorkRingmahon Road
St. Mary'sKilcully, CorkKilcully Park
UCCUniversity College CorkThe Mardyke/The Farm

Source: [2]

History

Early years

The original Munster Football Association was founded in 1901 and it is believed that a Munster League was founded within a few years. The 1909–10 season saw six teams representing the Highland Light Infantry, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, the Durham Light Infantry, the Sherwood Foresters, the King's Regiment and Haulbowline all playing in the Munster League First Division. In the Munster Cup the Highland Light Infantry lost 1–0 to the Royal Welsh Fusilers in the final played at Turner's Cross.[3] However this league was effectively disbanded during the First World War and Irish War of Independence era. In 1921 Harry Buckle, a former Ireland international, settled in Cork and began working for the Ford Motor Company. Finding little or no association football activity in the city, Buckle initially founded Fordsons F.C. and then helped found the County Cork–based South Munster League for the team to play in. In addition to playing and coaching with the new club, Buckle also served as president of the Tipperary/Limerick based – North Munster League and helped reform the Munster Football Association. By 1922–23 the South Munster League and North Munster Leagues had effectively merged to become the Munster Senior League. [4] Barrackton United of the South Munster League became the first post–First World War Munster Senior League champions after defeating Cahir Park F.C. of the North Munster League in a play-off.

List of winners by season

Season Winner Runners-up
2015–16Avondale UnitedUCC
2014–15RockmountCollege Corinthians
2013–14UCCAvondale United
2012–13Avondale UnitedUCC
2011–12Avondale UnitedRockmount
2010–11RockmountDouglas Hall ?
2009–10Avondale UnitedRockmount
2008–09Avondale UnitedRockmount
2007–08RockmountAvondale United
2006–07??
2005–06RockmountAvondale United
2004–05Castleview?
2003–04Avondale UnitedSt. Mary's
2002–03College Corinthians?
2001–02RockmountCobh Wanderers
2000–01College CorinthiansCobh Wanderers
1999–2000RockmountCobh Wanderers
1998–99??
1997–98College CorinthiansGlasheen
1996–97College CorinthiansTemple United
1995–96Avondale UnitedEverton A.F.C.
1994–95College CorinthiansAvondale United
1993–94Everton A.F.C.Avondale United
1992–93Avondale UnitedSt. Mary's
1991–92Midleton F.C.Avondale United
1990–91Midleton F.C.Cork City B
1989–90Tramore AthleticMidleton F.C.
1988–89Tramore AthleticAvondale United
1987–88Avondale UnitedTramore Athletic
1986–87Crofton CelticCollege Corinthians
1985–86Limerick City BAvondale United
1984–85Cobh RamblersTramore Athletic
1983–84Cobh RamblersTramore Athletic
1982–83Cobh RamblersGlasheen
1981–82Cobh RamblersClonmel Town
1980–81Cobh RamblersEverton A.F.C.
1979–80Cobh RamblersTramore Athletic
1978–79Crofton CelticUCC
1977–78Cobh RamblersUCC
1976–77Cobh RamblersCrosshaven
1975–76Cobh RamblersWembley
1974–75CrosshavenTramore Athletic
1973–74Tramore AthleticCrosshaven
1972–73WembleyRingmahon Rangers
1971–72Cobh RamblersRingmahon Rangers
1970–71Ringmahon RangersWembley
1969–70Ringmahon RangersWembley
1968–69Ringmahon RangersCobh Ramblers
1967–68Ringmahon RangersTramore Athletic
1966–67Tramore AthleticRingmahon Rangers
1965–66Ringmahon RangersCobh Ramblers
1964–65Ringmahon RangersLimerick B
1963–64Ringmahon RangersCobh Ramblers
1963–64Ringmahon RangersCobh Ramblers
1962–63Cork Hibernians BGlasheen
1961–62GlasheenRingmahon Rangers
1960–61Tycor AthleticCork Hibernians B
1959–60Tycor AthleticGlasheen
1958–59Albert RoversCobh Ramblers
1957–58Tycor AthleticGlasheen
1956–57Cobh RamblersAOH
1955–56Evergreen United BAlbert Rovers
1954–55Albert RoversLimerick B
1953–54Albert RoversCobh Ramblers
1952–53AOHPike Rovers
1951–52Pike RoversAOH
1950–51AOHCobh Ramblers
1949–50AOHRockville
1948–49FreebootersRockville
1947–48RockvilleCobh Ramblers
1946–47RockvilleGreenmount Rangers
1945–46Richmond CelticBlackrock
1944–45unfinished
1943–44Cobh RamblersCoastal Defence
1942–43AOHCork Bohemians
1941–42St Kevin'sCork Bohemians
1940–41Cork Bohemiansunconfirmed
1939–40Grattan UnitedCork Bohemians
1938–39Grattan UnitedCobh Ramblers
1937–38Cork BohemiansCobh Ramblers
1936–37Evergreen UnitedCobh Ramblers
1935–36Cobh RamblersSteampacket
1934–35Cobh RamblersSteampacket
1933–34(Note 1)FermoyTramore Rookies
1932–33WaterfordCobh Ramblers
1931–32Cork BCobh Ramblers
1930–31Cork BohemiansCork B
1929–30Fordsons BCobh Ramblers
1928–29Fordsons BCobh Ramblers
1927–28Waterford CelticCork Celtic
1926–27Barrackton UnitedFordsons B
1925–26Cobh RamblersFordsons B
1924–25ShandonCobh Ramblers
1923–24FordsonsBarrackton United
1922–23Barrackton UnitedCork Bohemians
1921–22Barrackton UnitedCahir Park

Source:[5][6]

Notes

  • ^1 Title was shared

References

  1. ↑ "Details of Affiliated Leagues & Clubs 2015/2016". www.munsterfa.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "League Table Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division". www.munsterseniorleague.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Highland Light Infantry Chronicle (Jan 1908-Oct1910) pg 62
  4. ↑ Carey, Tadhg (2009). When We Were Kings: The Story of Athlone Town's 1924 FAI Cup Triumph. Athlone: Temple Printing.
  5. ↑ "Roll Of Honour". www.munsterseniorleague.ie. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "LSL - MSL - USL - CSL Past Tables Query". foot.ie. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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