Letterkenny Rovers F.C.

Letterkenny Rovers Football Club (Irish: An Cumann Peile Leitir Ceanainn) is an association football club from Ireland, currently competing in the Ulster Senior League. The club is based in Letterkenny and the team play their home games at Leckview Park.

Letterkenny Rovers
Full nameLetterkenny Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s)Rovers
Founded1936
(as Letterkenny Crusaders)
GroundLeckview Park,
Letterkenny,
County Donegal
ChairmanDessie Kelly
ManagerTrevor Scanlon
LeagueUlster Senior League
League of Ireland U19 Division
2nd
WebsiteClub website
Letterkenny Rovers in action

The club work closely with League of Ireland Premier Division side Finn Harps. Letterkenny Rovers also compete in the FAI Senior Cup.

History

The club was formed in 1936 as Letterkenny Crusaders before being given its current name in 1954.

At the end of 2006, the club began preparation for an application for a semi-professional license to compete in the new A Championship but the Championship was cancelled at the end of the 2011 season. However, in 2010, the club erected a new 200 seater stand at Leckview Park in phase one of the re-development of the venue.[1]

The 2015/2016 season saw Rovers, under the guidance of Eamon McConigley, achieve notable success. Having overcome Derry City Reserves to win the Knockalla Caravans Cup, the first-team went on to reach the final of the FAI Intermediate Cup at the Aviva Stadium, going down 5-0 to Crumlin United.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IRL Melon
2 DF  IRL Paul O’Sullivan
3 DF  IRL Oran Fox
4 DF  IRL Jp Hegarty
5 DF  NIR Bradley Brown
6 MF  IRL Cormac Mooney
7 MF  IRL Morgan Murray
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  IRL Braonan Walker
9 MF  IRL Paul McVeigh
10 FW  IRL Darren McElwaine
11 FW  NGA Steve Okakpu
12 GK  IRL Brian McVeigh
13 DF  IRL Jonathan Minnok
14 FW  IRL Aaron McGurk

Club officials
Source:[2]
PositionName
Manager Danny McConnell
Assistant Manager/Coach Anthony Gorman

Management

Managers

  • Danny McConnell (Aug 2020 - date)[2]
  • Eamonn McConigley (? - Aug 2020)[2]
  • Danny McConnell (2003 - 2007)[2]
  

Assistant Managers

  • Anthony Gorman (Before Aug 2020 - date)[2]

Colours and badge

Letterkenny Rovers home kit is white jersey, black shorts, red socks. The away kit are black jersey, white shorts and yellow socks.

The club crest is divided into four panels which feature St Eunan's Cathedral, Conwal Parish Church, a fish and a bridge. There is a football in the centre of the crest.

Honours

References
  1. "Letterkenny Rovers". Ulster Senior League. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. "Danny McConnell takes over at Letterkenny Rovers". Highland Radio. 27 August 2020.
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