Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division
CountryRepublic of Ireland Ireland
RegionMunster Munster[1]
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid3
Domestic cup(s)Munster Senior Cup
FAI Cup
FAI Intermediate Cup
League cup(s)Keane Cup
Donie Forde Cup
Beamish Cup
Current championsCollege Corinthians
Most championshipsCobh Ramblers (15 titles)
WebsiteMunster Senior League

The Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division is the top division of the Munster Senior League. It is organized by the Munster Football Association. Together with the Leinster Senior League Senior Division, it forms the third level of the Republic of Ireland football league system. Clubs from this division play in the Munster Senior Cup, the FAI Cup, and the FAI Intermediate Cup. In recent seasons the winners of the Senior Division have also been invited to play in the League of Ireland Cup. Avondale United and UCC represented the division in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

2019–20 teams

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2022-23 Senior Premier Clubs

Team Home town/suburb Home ground
Avondale United Carrigaline/Ballintemple Avondale Park
Blarney United Blarney O'Shea Park
Carrigaline United Carrigaline Ballea Park
Castleview
Cobh Wanderers Cobh Oldchurch Park
College Corinthians Douglas Corithians Park
Midleton Midleton Knockgriffin Park
Rockmount Whitechurch Rockmount Park
Ringmahon Rangers Blackrock, Cork Ringmahon Road
UCC University College Cork The Mardyke/The Farm

Source: [2]


History

Early years

The original Munster Football Association was founded in 1901 and it is believed that a Munster League was founded within a few years. The 1909–10 season saw six teams representing the Highland Light Infantry, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, the Durham Light Infantry, the Sherwood Foresters, the King's Regiment and Haulbowline all playing in the Munster League First Division. In the Munster Cup the Highland Light Infantry lost 1–0 to the Royal Welsh Fusilers in the final played at Turner's Cross.[3] However this league was effectively disbanded during the First World War and Irish War of Independence era. In 1921 Harry Buckle, a former Ireland international, settled in Cork and began working for the Ford Motor Company. Finding little or no association football activity in the city, Buckle initially founded Fordsons F.C. and then helped found the County Cork–based South Munster League for the team to play in. In addition to playing and coaching with the new club, Buckle also served as president of the Tipperary/Limerick based – North Munster League and helped reform the Munster Football Association. By 1922–23 the South Munster League and North Munster Leagues had effectively merged to become the Munster Senior League.[4] Barrackton United of the South Munster League became the first post–First World War Munster Senior League champions after defeating Cahir Park F.C. of the North Munster League in a play-off.

List of winners by season

Year Winner Runner-up
2022-23
2021-22 Rockmount Carrigaline United[5]
2020-21 Seasons not completed due to Covid-19[5]
2019-20
2018-19 UCC Rockmount
2017-18 Midleton UCC
2016-17 UCC College Corinthians
2015–16 Avondale United UCC
2014–15 Rockmount College Corinthians
2013–14 Avondale United UCC
2012–13 Avondale United UCC
2011–12 Avondale United Rockmount
2010–11 Rockmount Douglas Hall
2009–10 Avondale United Rockmount
2008–09 Avondale United Rockmount
2007–08 Rockmount Avondale United
2006–07 Rockmount Avondale United
2005–06 Rockmount Castleview
2004–05 Castleview Avondale United
2003–04 Avondale Utd St. Mary's
2002–03 College Corinthians Avondale United
2001–02 Rockmount Cobh Wanderers
2000–01 College Corinthians Cobh Wanderers
1999–2000 Rockmount Cobh Wanderers
1998–99 Everton College Corinthians
1997–98 College Corinthians Glasheen
1996–97 College Corinthians Temple United
1995–96 Avondale United Everton A.F.C.
1994–95 College Corinthians Avondale United
1993–94 Everton A.F.C. Avondale United
1992–93 Avondale United St. Mary's
1991–92 Midleton Avondale United
1990–91 Midleton Cork City B
1989–90 Tramore Athletic Midleton
1988–89 Tramore Athletic Avondale United
1987–88 Avondale United Tramore Athletic
1986–87 Crofton Celtic College Corinthians
1985–86 Limerick City B Avondale United
1984–85 Cobh Ramblers Tramore Athletic
1983–84 Cobh Ramblers Tramore Athletic
1982–83 Cobh Ramblers Glasheen
1981–82 Cobh Ramblers Clonmel Town
1980–81 Cobh Ramblers Everton A.F.C.
1979–80 Cobh Ramblers Tramore Athletic
1978–79 Crofton Celtic UCC
1977–78 Cobh Ramblers UCC
1976–77 Cobh Ramblers Crosshaven
1975–76 Cobh Ramblers Wembley
1974–75 Crosshaven Tramore Athletic
1973–74 Tramore Athletic Crosshaven
1972–73 Wembley Ringmahon Rangers
1971–72 Cobh Ramblers Ringmahon Rangers
1970–71 Ringmahon Rangers Wembley
1969–70 Ringmahon Rangers Wembley
1968–69 Ringmahon Rangers Cobh Ramblers
1967–68 Ringmahon Rangers Tramore Athletic
1966–67 Tramore Athletic Ringmahon Rangers
1965–66 Ringmahon Rangers Cobh Ramblers
1964–65 Ringmahon Rangers Limerick B
1963–64 Ringmahon Rangers Cobh Ramblers
1963–64 Ringmahon Rangers Cobh Ramblers
1962–63 Cork Hibernians B Glasheen
1961–62 Glasheen Ringmahon Rangers
1960–61 Tycor Athletic Cork Hibernians B
1959–60 Tycor Athletic Glasheen
1958–59 Albert Rovers Cobh Ramblers
1957–58 Tycor Athletic Glasheen
1956–57 Cobh Ramblers AOH
1955–56 Evergreen United B Albert Rovers
1954–55 Albert Rovers Limerick B
1953–54 Albert Rovers Cobh Ramblers
1952–53 AOH Pike Rovers
1951–52 Pike Rovers AOH
1950–51 AOH Cobh Ramblers
1949–50 AOH Rockville
1948–49 Freebooters Rockville
1947–48 Rockville Cobh Ramblers
1946–47 Rockville Greenmount Rangers
1945–46 Richmond Celtic Blackrock
1944–45 unfinished
1943–44 Cobh Ramblers Coastal Defence
1942–43 AOH Cork Bohemians
1941–42 St Kevin's Cork Bohemians
1940–41 Cork Bohemians unconfirmed
1939–40 Grattan United Cork Bohemians
1938–39 Grattan United Cobh Ramblers
1937–38 Cork Bohemians Cobh Ramblers
1936–37 Evergreen United Cobh Ramblers
1935–36 Cobh Ramblers Steampacket
1934–35 Cobh Ramblers Steampacket
1933–34(Note 1) Fermoy Tramore Rookies
1932–33 Waterford Cobh Ramblers
1931–32 Cork B Cobh Ramblers
1930–31 Cork Bohemians Cork B
1929–30 Fordsons B Cobh Ramblers
1928–29 Fordsons B Cobh Ramblers
1927–28 Waterford Celtic Cork Celtic
1926–27 Barrackton United Fordsons B
1925–26 Cobh Ramblers Fordsons B
1924–25 Shandon Cobh Ramblers
1923–24 Fordsons Barrackton United
1922–23 Barrackton United Cork Bohemians
1921–22 Barrackton United Cahir Park

Source:[6][7]

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Details of Affiliated Leagues & Clubs 2015/2016". www.munsterfa.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ^ "League Table Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division". www.munsterseniorleague.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. ^ Highland Light Infantry Chronicle (Jan 1908-Oct1910) pg 62
  4. ^ Carey, Tadhg (2009). When We Were Kings: The Story of Athlone Town's 1924 FAI Cup Triumph. Athlone: Temple Printing.
  5. ^ a b "Roll of Honour". munsterseniorleague.ie. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Roll Of Honour". www.munsterseniorleague.ie. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  7. ^ "LSL - MSL - USL - CSL Past Tables Query". foot.ie. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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