College Corinthians FC
Wikipedia - College Corinthians A.F.C.
College Corinthians A.F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Douglas, County Cork. Their senior men's team play in the Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division. They also regularly compete in the FAI Cup, the FAI Intermediate Cup and the Munster Senior Cup. Corinthians also fields a reserve team and an over 35 team in the lower divisions of the Munster Senior League. In addition the club operates a large youth and schoolboy section and enters teams in the Cork Schoolboys League and schoolgirl teams in the Cork Women's and Schoolgirls Soccer League.
History
College Corinthians was founded in 1971 by five former University College Cork A.F.C. players who were no longer eligible to play for the club after graduating from the university. Corinthians still maintains links with UCC. It is not uncommon for players to play schoolboy football with Corinthians, then play youth football with UCC before returning to Corinthians to play senior football.[] Shortly after their founding, the club joined the Munster Senior League. In 1994, the club started its schoolboy section. Corinthians had one of their most successful seasons in 1994–1995 when the senior men's team won their first Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division title and also reached the FAI Intermediate Cup final. In addition, their senior women's team reached the FAI Women's Cup final for the second time. In 1997–1998, the senior men's team repeated the feat, winning their third Munster league title and reaching the FAI Intermediate Cup final for a second time.
Negli anni '30, il College Corinthians ha iniziato a declinare, e alla fine degli anni '40 il club è stato retrocesso dalla Irish League. Il club ha continuato a giocare nelle serie inferiori fino agli anni '60, quando è stato sciolto. Nel 1984, il College Corinthians è stato rifondato da un gruppo di ex giocatori e tifosi. Il club ha iniziato a giocare nelle serie inferiori, e nel 2005 è stato promosso in First Division, la seconda divisione irlandese. Il College Corinthians ha giocato in First Division fino al 2011, quando è stato retrocesso in Second Division. Il club attualmente gioca in Second Division.
I colori tradizionali del College Corinthians sono il verde e il bianco. Lo stadio del club è il College Park di Dublino. Il College Corinthians ha una lunga rivalità con il Bohemians FC, un altro club di Dublino.