15 Parnell Street

Waterford

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YEAR FOUNDED 1930
CLUB COLOURS 1st: ROYAL BLUE JERSEYS, SHORTS, STOCKINGS
2nd:WHITE JERSEYS,SHORTS,STOCKINGS
3rd: GOLD JERSEYS,SHORTS,STOCKINGS

 
GROUND WATERFORD REGIONAL SPORTS CENTRE
CAPACITY SEATED: 2200     TERRACED:5800
PITCH DIMENSIONS 97 X 65.5 METRES
SUPPORTERS CLUB CONTACT: CLARE GRANT, C/O 15 PARNELL STREET, WATERFORD
PREVIOUS NAME WATERFORD until 1993
PREVIOUS GROUND KILCOHAN PARK until 1982
DIRECTIONS TO GROUND On main Waterford - Cork Road, coming from Dublin side of Bridge - go along the Quay, through Parnell Street, and out the Main Cork Road
RECORD ATTENDANCE 8,000 v SHELBOURNE. F.A.I. CUP SEMI FINAL, APRIL 4 1997

Elected in 1930. Excluded in 1932. Re-admitted in 1934. Resigned in 1941. Re-admitted in 1945. 1985 Premier Division; 1989-90 First Division; 1990-91 Premier Division; 1991-92 First Division; 1992-93 Premier Division; 1993-98 First Division; 1998 Premier Division. Re-elected in 1939, 1940,1947,1951,1953,1964, and 1965

League Champions 1965-66, 1967-68,1968-69,1969-70,1971-72,1972-73
Runners Up 1937-38,1940-41,1954-55,1962-63
F.A.I. Cup Winners 1937,1980
Runners Up 1941,1959,1968,1972,1979,1986
League Cup Winners 1973-74,1984-85
Shield Winners 1930-31,1936-37,1952-53,1958-59,1968-69
Runners Up 1955-56,1969-70
First Division Champions 1989-90,1997-98
Runners Up 1991-92
Top Four Cup Winners 1967-68,1968-69,1969-70,1970-71,1972-73
Record League Victory 9-0 v Sligo Rovers, Home, 25th Feb 1958
Record League Defeat 1-8 v Shamrock Rovers, Home, 24th Nov 1963
Record F.A.I. Cup Victory 11-1 v Rialto 13th Feb 1972
Record F.A.I. Cup Defeat 1-9 v Cork United, 16th Feb 1947
Most League points in a Season 60 in 1997-98 (3 points for a win)
Most League Goals In A Season 76 in 1937-38
Highest League Goals in a Season 30, Jimmy Gauld, 1954-55