UNIVERSITY ➡️ UEFA! The fascinating story of Ireland's TOP TIER University Football Club
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- University College Dublin A.F.C. (UCD AFC) are a top tier Irish football (soccer) club.
Their story is fascinating as they are made up of university students & scholars but have won major trophies and have even competed in Europe against teams such as Everton & Slovan Bratislava!!!
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Go to a st pats game i promise u the atmosphere in are stadium eny game is always amazing please we have players like Darragh burns how is linked to championship team And chris forester who is just magic
Finn Harps would be a great option, fan owned club in Donegal also Cliftonville in Belfast and Derry City are two solid clubs to visit
@HHH Football Vlogs Why did Bray and Longford basically switch teams/ players?
There's a book on that Europa League campaign - One Night in Dudelange. Was listed for sports book of the year in 2019. I'm biased as the author, but if you want to know more about the club, it's well worth picking up
Great promotion I might pick it up as a fellow Dub
Picked up a copy in the Belfield bookshop, it's a great read about a great time for UCD.
Well recommended 😉
Second this. An interesting read. Lots of fascinating stuff around the logistics of a small club playing in Europe which I'd never realised. Worth picking up.
Fun fact: Erling Haaland played for Molde's U19 side when they played UCD in the UEFA Youth League
Ciaran Bourke a member of the Dubliners (my favourite band) went to this university to study Agriculture but he dropped out after one year having spent all his funds on alcohol. He then joined the band and went onto be successful.
I also played this team on Fifa15 where they were the worst rated team on the game and took them to winning the champions league beating Liverpool and Barcelona during their peaks.
UCD were actually playing in the 1st Division (2nd Tier) when they played in the Europa League in 2015/16. They qualified due to their fair play record being one of the best in Europe the previous season. They've generally been a bit of a yo yo club in recent years and their attendances would be one of the lowest in the league even by Irish standards. They also use the ground for rugby a number of games in the Women's Rugby World Cup were played there in 2017.
What different between UCD and Cardiff Metropolitan University in Cymru premier league?
UCD are a great club here in Ireland, alot of the leagues greatest players made their breakthrough at UCD. The likes of Ronan Finn, Greg Bolger, Liam Scales, Robbie Benson etc are just some of the big names that began their career at the club. Their fan base is quite small with most of their home attendances coming from away support particularly when the bigger clubs come to play. The facilities they have on offer for the players are world class being based on the huge university campus. As a Shamrock Rovers fan my self I always enjoy visits to the UCD Bowl. Great video Sam looking forward to some more, You will probably notice in your time here that football is very under appreciated in Ireland unless you are talking about the premier league
Didn’t Robbie Benson play 40 odd games for Athlone before joining ucd??
The fact they are in the top division with that model is an incredible achievement. Especially when basically all the other clubs have a full time set up in that league. From what you see results wise to teams don't get it easy when they play them away despite the league table looking the way it does.
TBF they basically operate full-time as their players are nearly all students and their facilities are top-notch.
Cardiff Met are the same, in the top tier of Welsh domestic football and were in the Europa League only 3 years ago
Nice, I'll need to check them out too!!
Alan Shields
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
Scotland.
Queen's University Belfast A.F.C.
Play in
NIFL Premier Intermediate League
The level below The Championship in Nothern Ireland.
They knocked Linfield out of
The Irish LF.A Cup the season before last in one of the biggest
Giant killings of all time in
Northern Ireland the best part is
The Glens ( Glentoran ) went on to
win The Irish F.A Cup that season.
Keep Safe Sam..
@@alanfox691 Did you post your address at the start?
@@whoneedsposers not his address. Just the town he’s from
Kevin Moran (Man U and Ireland) played for UCD
With my Dad :)
Maybe off topic but if you're in Dublin again do the tour of Croke park even just for yourself
Bring me so many memories of playing with them in career mode and winning the treble with them
I really wanna go to Ireland now 🇮🇪
You have to visit Cliftonville fc based in North Belfast Sam (they are Irelands oldest team).
Great video again looks like nice weather 🚜🚜🚜🚜
Thanks 👍 Got very lucky with the weather
I remember UCD drawing Everton in the 1st Round of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 84/85 season. Everton scrapped through 1-0 if I remember correctly. I'm sure the UCD manager said..heaven help us.
As an Everton supporter I remember this well. We got a fortunate 0-0 in Dublin followed by a hard fought 1-0 in the home leg. To put this in context, Everton not only won the Cup Winner's Cup that year, but also won the league title that season.
@@NicholasSadlier Yeah but that team, and many other UCD teams, weren't made up of students, as this video suggests; they were pro-footballers, albeit part-time. It's only in relatively recent years that the team is composed of students.
@@fatbhoy2002 Not quite. That team was a mix of students and experienced semi-pro players (or "outsiders"). Probably half and half of each. In recent years the club has gone back to a pure student model for financial reasons, but even when we did have outsiders, the core of the squad was always students and graduates
Followed that campaign as a 7 and 8 year old with my uncles, both long passed, Lord Rest Their Souls. But UCD hold a place in Evertons History.
dude I'm Venezuelan and I always felt attracted and interested in this club, why? I remember playin FIFA 08 way back in time and I press random club and UCD appear on the screen. and idk it's feel weird but I kinda fan of ucd
I'm from Poland and I support UCD
Derry City have a lot of history that’s a club you should visit
It's an interesting story
Derry City have as do
Belfast Celtic.
@@alanfox691 I’ve heard about the Belfast Celtics but never heard the story
Fair Play bro, im following you since the start nice to see our league getting Coverage WE ARE BOHS! Thanks.
What is the atmosphere like at
Bohs home games?.
I am a Scottish Glentoran
fan myself.
Keep Safe.
I am an Everton Season ticket holder and my first year as a season ticket holder was that 84/85 season we only beat them 1-0 on aggregate after as you said we drew 0-0 we didn't lose any games that season in the Cup Winners cup home and away the only other team to keep a clean sheet against us that season in the competition was a 0-0 in the semi final away to Bayern Munich
Another brilliant video sam- of course I am away on holidays when you go to my club😂 Just my luck! Enjoy your time in Ireland. UCD are a very interesting club and they have produced some great talent. A notable one I'd Liam Kerrigan who moved to serie B in Italy a couple of days ago!
They`ve been knocking around the top of Irish football for sometime , Everton played them in the European Cup Winners Cup in 1984
Yes, I think it was a 1:1 draw in Dublin & of course Everton went on to win the competition. Everton fans in open terrace behind the goal
@@saradrugi6760 was scoreless in Dublin, Everton won the 2nd leg 1-0. UCD had a great chance to knock Everton out but missed a great chance in the last couple of minutes
@@mauricefitz3296 Oh ok dont know why I thought 1:1 but it wasnt at that stadium in the video
@Al Hill Yes & I'm sure Bohemians beat Rangers in Dalymount the day before !?
@Al Hill I'm certain it was the day before, there was lot of trouble around Dublin & on the ferry.
If you're gonna be crossing between Northern Ireland and Ireland and want an interesting or as you phrased it weird or wonderful football story you should visit Magheraveeley FC's home pitch which is in the Republic of Ireland. They're the only Northern Irish club to play their home games in Ireland
We had team like that also in Malaysia. It's called UiTM FC, although quite a few players are not students. They have been in Malaysia's top tier league for 2 years. Just been relegated last season, now playing in 2nd division. There are also other University teams in the Malaysian league system, but UiTM are the first one to compete in the top tier division.
I'd love to see them! I've been wanting to come and watch football in Malaysia for ages. JDT are on my bucket list :)
@@FootyAdventures that would be great!
Great to see irish football getting some coverage, if you make it up north to watch derry city give me a shout I'll be happy to show you around
They beat Villarreal 4-3 in a preseason friendly in 2011, with Cazorla, Senna, Capdevila.
Dermot Morgan, aka Father Ted, was also a UCD fan!
I forgot about that until you mentioned it. Premier Division is a lot better than people think.
I was on commentary for that game. It was the most biased commentary of all time and I have no regrets.
Probably UCD's most-famous supporter is a man who answers to the name of 'Dave Fanning' - Dave is a lifelong nearby-resident of the area, and is an IRISH MUSIC LEGEND - he still presents a weekend show, on RTÉ [ the 'state' broadcaster ], and Dave was effectively the John Peel, of Ireland - when both were in their pomp. Dave championed U2 in their early years, as he did much new Irish music.
Great video. Supporting UCD for 35 years. Main reason for low support is we play on a Friday night where most of the 30k students go home for weekend....plus it’s an upper class area and rugby & gaa are higher on the agenda!
Quality viewing Sam...showcasing the Irish team's that we never to get to see or hear about here in the UK.
Thank you Martin! Glad to see you're still enjoying the videos. I've been a man possessed since being in Ireland. Got LOADS already pre-filmed and ready to upload and more to come!
@@FootyAdventures ....keep on knocking your quality content out Sam...compulsive viewing mate..👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@@FootyAdventuresgreat to see the vlogs, thanks for showing and your research on all Irish sports is spot on , keep up the good work and fair play.City fan.
I'm 47. And I heard about UCD back in 1984 an 8 year old. How? Because in the 84/85 season my 8 then 9 year old journey home and away with Everton ended in Rotterdam with us winning the European Cup Winners Cup (Google that millennials 😂😂😂) but that journey started with a win over 2 legs against University College Dublin
Love this video mate
I think they have the longest football club name In the world, technically its. National University of ireland University college Dublin athletic football club.
Hi mate, loving all your vlogs. I'm from sligo. When you're coming here on July, you should come to my village of Enniscrone in sligo. You'll be very impressed with our little ground. You'd be most welcome.
My girlfriend was going to UCD when we met and it was so surreal seeing the campus in a footy adventures video! I love this channel. Please visit Monaghan United. They have a sad but very interesting story. The team was one of the top in Ireland before money issues caused them to drop into the Irish amateur leagues. The stadium is still there and it really shows how quick you can fall in football.
Monaghan were never one of the top in Ireland 🤷♂️ are you dreaming mate . They struggled in the first division for years
I went to a wedding in Monaghan around 15 years ago, got a chance to watch Monaghan utd V Sligo rovers, was sad to hear that the club eventually lost its league status.
Monaghan United the only MUFC worth bothering about... I am a UCD fan loved going to Gortakeegan.
Awesome video!!! Ciao 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Larne FC in N. Ireland are and interesting team. Founded in 1889 and plays its home matches at Inver Park. They were a 2nd division midtabe team form many years with not much hope for advancement. After being taken over by Purplebricks co-founder Kenny Bruce in October 2018 the club finally lifted the 2018-19 NIFL Championship title. This was the club's first ever senior tier league title and first senior honour since lifting the Ulster Cup in 1988. In 20/21 Larne won eurpean playoff's and got to be in the UEFA Europa Conference League 1st qualifying round where they beat Bala town from Wales, AGF Aarhus from Denmark and lost to F.C. Paços de Ferreira from Portugal in the 3rd round (they would have played Tottenham in the next round). They were able to win the playoff's again this year for the 2ns\d time ever and they will play St Joseph's F.C for Gibraltar soon.
I found this story to be strange and fascinating. Here in the US college/university sports are STRICTLY segregated from the professional leagues until an athlete chooses to sign as a professional, at which time they can no longer play for the school. The amateur status of the players is fiercely guarded by the schools (and the NCAA, the governing body for amateur sport in the US). The schools offer free, or reduced, educations in exchange for being able to make money off their athletes efforts. There is HUGE money in amateur sports here in the country (bordering on Usury) and the schools do what they can to rake it into their coffers.
The professional leagues then recruit players from the collages, using the schools to develop the players outside of direct involvement. This is one reason why the Academy system has taken so long to develop in this country. MLS was relying on the collegiate system to supply players, rather than invest directly and develop their own homegrowns. The growth to an academy system has been glacial, but has developed (no pun intended) momentum in recent years. The system still needs time before maturity, and what that will mean for those college players hoping to turn pro is still uncertain.
This is the United States, we have a habit of walking before we bother studying how to crawl. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wow!!!One of my favourite respective Irish footballing club University College Dublin to be playing in the Irish top tier which is a massive achievement for "The Scholars" and I am looking forward to their matches as well as the other respective Irish clubs' respective matches ranging from the top till bottom tiers of the pyramid,good friends!!!LONG LIVE IRISH FOOTBALL!!!🇮🇪
@@EmmyG7 Oops!!!Its actually "respective Irish footballing clubs" but I did rush a bit typing the wrong sentence,good friend!!!Thanks for rectifying my mistake and long live to you,your family and good friends in your country daily and ever in this world and other planets,good friend!!!LONG LIVE,GOOD FRIEND EMMA NY!!!🧚♀️
Great video man. They don't really have any fans, aside from friends and family of the players, and maybe 200 hardcore fans (though that's probably a generous figure) . Away teams always have the bigger slice of overall attendance. So it's quite a unique situation. They are a bit of a yo-yo club like Norwich. Too good for 1st Division usually, but always struggle in the top flight.
Question for you.
How big a problem is sectarianism
In The League of Ireland ?.
I am a Scottish Glentoran fan & I would be interested in watching some games from
The League of Ireland but I dont want to have to listen to Sectarian sing for 90 mins constantly if I was to watch games from
The League of Ireland.
Keep Safe.
@@alanfox691 Its not so much a problem in the South, but is more of an issue in the North. It's one of the potential stumbling blocks to a proposed All Ireland League. A few LOI clubs have a hooligan element in their ranks that threatens to spoil things at times, however, but overall it's a generally safe and enjoyable experience watching an LOI game, if you include the crazy weather at times lol.
@@alanfox691 I don't feel sectarianism is strong in the league of Ireland, Possibly Shamrock Rovers is the only one with that element..There is an Ultra element that follows Rovers, Bohemians but trouble normally happens outside of grounds( not that common either)... you'd be perfectly welcome and enjoy games down here no problems..
@@alanfox691 Sectarianism Doesn't really exist in Ireland(republic) whether it be in football or any other sphere,because Protestants only make up 4% of the population and mostly middle class which means rugby is more there thing than football/soccer, a bit of a generalisation,but given that LOI crowds are low ,protestant population is low and there are more likely to be at rugby or even GAA than football the likelihood of sectarian tension is virtually an impossibility.However small minorities can suffer from oppression in wider society ,but thats not really the case either for southern protestants there may have been subtle discrimination before the 80s and 90s,but now not really .
@@alanfox691 Zero Sectarianism Alan, lots of Dublin Banter though, only singing is slagging each other
Great video. Looking forward to seeing more LOI sides
The irish cup is the northern irish version of the fa cup. the old all Ireland league was centered in Belfast and when the leagues split the northern fa kept the name and claimed to be the team representing Ireland.some interesting history involving the split of the fa.Not having ago just thought you might be intrested.lol
On your way to Belfast you should stop off in Newry. Newry City FC went out of business in 2013 and a phoenix club called Newry City AFC was formed. They made it back to the Irish Premiership In just 5 years. They've since been relegated but got promotion back to the Premiership again this year. Nice little story.
I'd also like to add that Cardiff met university also recently qualified for Europe, are in the welsh top flight and have won actual silverware in the last decade
I live in Dublin and support Shelbourne but I think you should go to a Finn Harps game in Donegal. I'd love to see your experience there.
When you are in Belfast you could travel over to Derry, the Brandywell, and then on to Ballybofey, the home of Finn Harps.
Thursday evening sees the Mayo Derby between Westport United and Castlebar Celtic. Game kicks off at 7:00 in United Park, Westport, Co. Mayo. Biggest fixture in the county in Mayo's top flight division, the Elvery Sports Super League.
Hi Sam. Sligo Rovers fan here . You mentioned your coming to Sligo soon. Please let me know if you would like someone to show you around the showgrounds or look at our museum. We could get someone to meet you to explain the history of the club like when we signed Dixie Dean from Everton!! Love your videos, I have been following your channel for good few years now . Had little or no interest in Scottish football but I have adopted Airdrie as a team I follow now basically because their ground is similar how the showgrounds will be developed over the next few years. Thanks Michael
Watching a video about a team in Ireland and hearing Berwicks name. Absolutely love it 🙌
Brilliant mate fare play to you 👍there support is not very good most there fans are family and friends of the players but they do great work they don't get enough credit for it
I used to go to a lot of league of Ireland matches over 30 years,rovers,bohs,pats,shels,ucd,bray wanderers,and teams that doesn't exist anymore sporting fingal and Dublin city.bray have a small but nice ground called the Carlisle ground maybe worth doing a blog there.
Why don’t you still go ??
F91 Dudelange actually reached the europa league group stage the season after losing to UCD
The University of Glasgow team might be worth a look, as they get to play in the Scottish Cup (If I remember rightly), so have probably had a few games against bigger Scottish clubs they might have done well in
Great video, you should defo look at Finn Harps that’d make a great video
A name that I will always remember ( along with Fortuna Sitard) from Everton's run to winning the 1985 European Cup Winners Cup.....To put that 0-0 draw into persepective, Everton won the League, EWCWC and missed out on a treble by losig the FA Cup final 1-0 to United...........So, that's a great achievment for UCD.
Looking forward to the St.Pats one !
Cardiff Met play in the Cymru Premier and played in the Europa League in 2019/20
Cardiff Met Uni in Wales did the same a few years back,
great to hear you are heading to Sligo. Finn Harps ground is just up the road - another "unique" stadium but likely to be replaced in the near future.
Was surprised to see Sligo in Europe.
F91 Dudelange made it to the group stage of the Europa League two seasons running just a few years after losing to UCD. Luxembourg has three official languages, so you can pronounce 'Dudelange' with either a hard or soft "g" sound and claim it's not wrong either way!
Ireland is beautiful especially County Antrim we’re Belfast is its outstanding since you’re driving you should start in Belfast and travel up the coast to Derry and Donegal then into Sligo trust me you will not be dissappointed
Found this really intriguing! Great vlog
I was at the ucd v f91 dude Lange match back in 2015,so I seen them create a bit of European history.
Wow amazing! I’m hoping to watch some Irish teams in Europe this summer 🙌🏼
Rover's are playing Hibernians from Malta,i think it's 5th of July in tallaght,
Forgot to mention I saw Ronaldos and benzemas debut when they played shamrock rovers in a glamour friendly back in 2009 in tallaght stadium.plus I saw Messi and Scott Brown when barca and celtic played a friendly at the Aviva stadium in Dublin back in July 2016. Good memories to have😀
QUB in Belfast are in the second tier of the Irish League but they beat Glentoran and a few other Irish Premier League sides over the last two years
That's a great shout Cornflakes Packet.
They dont really capitalise on the potential fanbase of students they could have but its not for the want of trying. Also all the students go home during summer so they have such small attendences during summer
You should do Athletic Club Bilbao cause they only allow players from the Basque region play for them and they've got a fantastic history.
no that's just insular and a bit weird
Great video I'm like you I love Football grounds.
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Wonderful upbeat video capturing Belfield campus on a beautiful day. UCD AFC Supporters Club have over 200 signed up members. The fan base is Students, Parents with kids and other fans from the hinterland around UCD. The club fields teams in the four football environments in Republic of Ireland. Junior, University, Senior and Intermediate #JUSI #4Pillars.
Go to a treaty united match Irish second teir their playing their derby against cork city on Monday 27th
Use to build great road to glories in FIFA with these guys.
I went mostly to shamrock rovers matches. 21 matches in tallaght but went to a lot to watch them when they were in the nomadic years going from one ground to another mostly the Rds,tolka park,dalymount park,richmond park.
Hurling stick is just called a Hurly 😁
Ah cool ok, I’ll try and remember for next time haha!!
@@FootyAdventures I'm only delighted you said "next time" hope to see more league of Ireland vids, what your doing is such a big deal for us, thank you. Looking for a story, keep an eye on Kerry FC (south of Rep.Ire) they'll be one of the newest teams in history starting their first ever season next season
Cardiff metropolitan university are a very similar story but I'm not sure if they are also restricted to only their students or not
I don't know how true it is, but apparently the Brazilian legend Sócrates played for them when he was a student in Ireland... Could be just a myth though.
Think that is an urban myth but Chavi Alonso did play underage GAA while on a summer exchange to learn english as a 15 year old.😁
University was a team in the V.F.L the predecessor to the A.F.L Its first season was in 1908 and departed the V.F.L in 1914, University aka Students/Professors suffered the greatest number of casualty than any other club.
Leinster Rugby train there and there is a closed S&C building around the corner where Olympic athletes and professional athletes train separately from the general public or university gym. I done my MSc here and for sports it’s brilliant but academically overall Trinity is perhaps the most prestigious
Can you go to the shamrock rovers champions league game against hibernians (Malta not the scottish one) on July 5th
Hibernian is The Edinburgh club
Hibernians are the club from Malta the S at the end is the clue to what club you ment.
Check out Peaky Bannsiders, father and young son following the ups and downs of Coleraine. They've also covered Derry City during the NI off season.
Looking at this one day after sitting in the stands for a camp
Mate, get yourself to cliftonville football club! North Belfast. Their stadium is called solitude. The club has great history 👍🏻.
Visit Ballinamallard United in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. They used to be in the top division of Northern Ireland but have now dropped to the second. Only good team in County Fermanagh
The hockey tournament would have been a warm up tournament for the women's World Cup that starts next week
play everton in the cup winners cup 1984 used home farm ground for the home leg
So basically this is the European equivalent to college sports where I live in the USA. Except college teams in the USA don’t play with the professional teams.
Cliftonville in North Belfast, if you aren’t already going when visiting next
Liam Kerrigan who plays for UCD is singing for Serie B side Como this week
Visit oriel park , Dundalks ground
You should treat yourself to a small camper van. Your journeys would be a lot more comfortable
I've thought about that before!
Good call that
@@FootyAdventures
Would make a lot of sense for you to invest in one if possible the amount of travelling you do.
Sharon Brown. Excellent idea, and it would pay for itself in the long run 👍
You should do one on the original Belfast Celtic
Would be great and it’s one of they
Rare story that you like
Loughborough University has an extensive sports department.
Loughborough University visited Belfield as part of a huge International University tournament in 1989.
Should come to pats vs shamrock rovers tomorrow
Are you coming to sligo vs shelbourne ?
Sadly not. I will however be at Linfield v St Mirren that day. A few days after that I'll be doing a few Sligo videos. Non matchday vlogs but some interesting topics nonetheless. Thank you for watching!!
Uruguay DID win the World Cup. Your reference to West Auckland pertains to (what is sometimes regarded as) the FIRST-EVER World Cup!
Hello.from.dublin..well.done
Queens university play in 2nd decision in northern Ireland
QUB is a great shout David.
You have to do dalymount park
Already done he's posted it on insta
Sam, you live in Scotland, but come from England. You don't appear to have a Scottish or English accent, however, certain words you say can either be Scottish or English, so still confusing. Love your videos because of the diverse content you cover., but you still don't have an accent. If you don't have an accent, then you must be Australian. Australians don't have accents. Seriously though, love your work and really enjoy your videos.
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It's a pity more students don't go and watch them there can be 20,000 students give or take on campus at any given time and they not all studying go and give support
You need to check out derry City fc
UCD won the FAI Cup in 1984, not 1985.
I wonder how selling players works? Like if an offer came in and the money was substantial enough
Can you come to Inishowen, Ireland’s most northernly point. Close to Derry and not too far from Finn Harps, Sligo
Most clubs in Ireland want UCD gone . They don’t bring anything to the league except a pool of players to feed other clubs . They have a tiny ground and practically no fans .
This is the most common attitude to UCD in the SSE Airtricity League.
They have a small stadium because they don't have a massive support