Oranmore F.C.

Oranmore F.C.

Full name	Oranmore Football Club
Founded	1989
Ground	Ard Na Mara
Chairman	Bernie Carr
Coach	Ollie Neary
League	Galway & District League Premier League
2010/2011	5th

Introduction

Oranmore F.C. is a football club from Oranmore, Galway, Ireland. They play their home games on the excellent surface located at Ard Na Mara, behind the Astro Turf pitches, in the centre of the village.[1]

Oranmore Football Club were founded in 1989 and are currently being managed and coached by former Galway United player Ollie Neary.

Their most senior team currently competes in the Galway & District League Premier League. A second team competes in the Galway & District League Reserve League. They also have an under 18 team that competes in the under 18 1st division.

History Timeline

1989 Club founded by the late Brendan Carney along with Brendan Byrnes, Jan Van der Zee, Pat Sexton, Paul Cowell and Tom Broderick.

1989 Oranmore played their first competitive game against Corofin United on Saturday September 9, 1989 in the Olympic Sports Third Division. The season saw Oranmore finish strongly to secure a place second from bottom.

1991 Oranmore lift their first piece of silverware when Graham Martin accepts the Third Division Cup.

1994/95 Oranmore finally achieve promotion into the Second Division.

1996/97 Oranmore once again achieve promotion finishing second to West Coast United but the season will mainly be remembered for a historic run in the FAI Junior Cup reaching the last 64 in the country being beaten on penalties by Rattoo Rovers the Munster Champions.

2006/2007 The Club finally achieve a long held ambition when securing promotion to the Galway and District League Premier Division under the Management Team of Murt Fahy and Ollie Neary.

2008/2009 The club finishes in a respectable fourth place in the premier league with a mixture of good wins against the strong teams and losses against the weaker teams.

2009/2010 Mid table finish.

Staff and board members

• Vice Chairman: Paddy O'Connor
• Secretary : Kevin Kearney
• Treasurer : Pat Costello

2010 / 2011 Season

Senior Team

Galway Hibs 1 - 3 Oranmore [ Mike Fahy ,Lonan O' Farrel, Alan Barrett ]
Oranmore 1 - 3 Athenry [Lonan O' Farrel]
Oranmore 2 - 0 St. Bernards [Lonan O' Farrel, Alan Barrett ]
Oranmore 2 - 0 Salthill Devon[David Devlin (2) ]

2009 / 2010 Season

Senior Team

West United 1 - 1 Oranmore
Mervue United 2 - 2 Oranmore
Oranmore 2 - 2 Galway Hibs
Salthill Devon 0 - 5 Oranmore
Oranmore 1 - 1 Athenry
Oranmore 1 - 1 Corrib Rangers
Colmanstown 1 - 2 Oranmore
Galway Bohs 1 - 4 Oranmore
Crumlin 0 - 3 Oranmore (Irish Cup) [Tony Kelly, Lonan O' Farrel, Eric Lavine]
Oranmore 1 - 7 West United [ Lonan O' Farrel ]
Oranmore 3 - 0 NUIG [Lonan O' Farrel, Alan Barrett, Andy Lavery]
Oranmore 3 - 0 Castlebar Celtic [ Lonan O' Farrel, Andy Lavery, Tony Kelly']

Reserve Team

Oranmore 3 - 1 Kiltullagh
Oranmore 6 - 0 Kilshanvey United
Oranmore 0 - 2 Craughwell

External links

• Official web site

Premier League
Athenry | Corrib Celtic | Corrib Rangers | East United | Galway Hibs | Mervue United | NUI Galway | Oranmore | Salthill Devon | St. Bernards