St. Patrick's Athletic F.C.
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| Full name | St Patrick’s Athletic Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Pats, St Pats, The Saints |
| Founded | 1929 |
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Richmond Park, Inchicore, Dublin 8 |
| Capacity | 5,340 (2,800 seated) |
| Chairman | Garrett Kelleher |
| Manager | Liam Buckley |
| League | League of Ireland Premier Division |
| 2016 | League of Ireland Premier Division, 7th |
| Website | Club home page |
St Patrick's Athletic F.C. (Irish: Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is an Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played originally in the Phoenix Park but they moved to their current ground Richmond Park in 1930.
St Patrick's Athletic have won numerous trophies in Irish Club Football, including nine League Titles, the fifth most in Irish Football, as well as three FAI Cups and three League Cups. The current manager is Liam Buckley, who is in his second spell in charge at the club after replacing Pete Mahon in 2011.
The club graduated through the ranks of the Leinster Senior League and duly took their place in the League of Ireland in 1951, and won the Championship at their first attempt. The club's glory years came in the 1950s and 1990s when they won 7 of their 9 league titles. The club also have the record for never having been relegated from the Premier Division . The club play in red and white colours, and their nicknames include The Saints, Supersaints and Pats. The Saints also have a lot of Dublin Derby games with the likes of Shelbourne, Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians.
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