One of the most popular Irish football clubs in the Irish football league is Monaghan United – the Irish football club from Monaghan that was founded in 1979. The club began to participate in the championship of Ireland since 1985. For several seasons the team was at the bottom of standings for the championship. In the season 1992/93 the Irish soccer team won small bronze medals and a chance to go to the big leagues through the play-offs. Contender in the butt was the Waterford United. In the first match the soccer team had a draw, but in the return game Monaghan United defeated their opponent with a score of 3:0 and came to the elite. During the first season the team had more positive than negative events, they gained a foothold in the middle of the table. However, next season the team failed playing in the championship with 19 points and 12th place out of 12 possible. While in the first league, it has a similar situation, but the team now continues to perform at a professional level. Several seasons spent at the bottom, the team won the 2000/01 small silver medal.
Team achievements:
Silver medalist at the First League (1): 2000/01
The biggest victory and defeat: Monaghan United - Longford Town - 5:0 (1992); Monaghan United - Galway United - 0:8 (2001)
St James's Gate football club is an Irish soccer club from Dublin, founded in 1902. The club currently stands in the highest Leinster league. The club was founded back in 1902. St James's Gate is one of the founders of the High league in 1921. In the first season the team won the first prize and the title of champions, the first champions in league history. Moreover, the team won the Cup in the same season. However, after a lull for a while, in the season of 1933/34 the team reached the final, but conceded the bill leading club - Cork with a score of 1:2. The following season the club reached the finals in Dublin, in the first season of the newly formed tournament
Major club achievements:
Champion of Ireland (2): 1921/22, 1939/40
Silver medalist of Ireland (1): 1934/35
Irish Cup Winner (2): 1921/1922, 1937/38
Cup finalist Ireland (2): 1933/34, 1936/37
Cup holder Dublin (1): 1938/39
Cup finalist Dublin (1): 1934/35
The biggest victory and defeat
Biggest win:
"Jacobs" - "St James' Gate," 0:8 (1929)
Biggest defeat:
Waterford - St James's Gate "- 7:0 (1931)
St James's Gate "-" Cork United - 0:7 (1943)
"Shamrock Rovers - St James's Gate" - 7:0 (1943)
