Edenderry Town F.C.
| Full name | Edenderry Town Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1926 |
| Ground | Fr Paul Park, Edenderry, County Offaly Paddy Maloney Park, [, County Offaly |
Edenderry Town F.C. are an association football team from Edenderry, County Offaly. They play in the Leinster Senior League. They were founded in 1926 and have provided senior football since its establishment and underage football to the North Offaly Area for over 25 years. The club has developed rapidly in recent times but the core beliefs remain the same. Former League of Ireland player Dessie Baker plays for Edenderry Town in a player/coach role.
Formed in 1926 by the worker's of Aylsbury's Timber factory, one of whom Paddy Maloney was to become the mainstay of soccer in Edenderry.
The first 38 years were a particular struggle, with Paddy almost single handedly keeping the show going with help at various times from men such as Frank and George Slevin, Willie Donohue, Joe Bergin and a handful of others. During some of those years Edenderry did not play League Football, only entering cup competitions. In1964 an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting was held in Nolan's hall and a new Committee was formed with Joe Morgan as Chairman, John Reid as Secretary and Frank Clarke as Treasurer. Whilst things picked up at this stage the main problem still remained, a settled home pitch to play their matches. During the 1960s, Edenderry Town played football in Pollards field, The Creamery and Fay's field.
The first turning point in the club's History came in 1971, when Paddy Maloney gathered a new look committee around him with Francie McGuinness as Secretary and Paud Maloney as Treasurer. They appointed Tony Maher as Player/ Manager and in their 1st season they won the Club's first trophy, the Leinster Counties Cup in Athy on the 6th of June 1972. From that turning point the club has gone from strength to strength. Edenderry Town won numerous trophies during the 1970s and just as important in 1973 they secured a long term lease on the old rugby grounds in Derrycoris. So after 47 year's the club finally had a home, Fr Paul Park.
In 1982 the Club lost its Chairman when Frank Slevin died. Frank like Paddy Maloney had been a lifelong servant of Edenderry Town. Frank Slevin's only wish was to see Schoolboy's playing organised soccer in Edenderry. In 1983 a major development occurred when the club formed a Schoolboy's section with two team's.... U-12's and U-15's. This decision has had a profound effect on the club ever since with a steady stream of talented players coming through from the schoolboy rank's to senior football. The number of teams increased rapidly and the club now field seven underage team's playing every Saturday. Another feature of the schoolboy section is the Sunday Morning league's, where boy's and girl's from aged 5 years to 10 years play matches on over 40 Sundays of the year. The excitement generated by these games are a major feature of the club today.
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