Derry City Football Club (Irish:Cumann Peile Chathair Dhoire) is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division. It had spent the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the Premier Division, the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland, but was expelled in November 2009 when it was discovered there were secondary, unofficial contracts with players. It was reinstated a few weeks later but demoted to the First Division, the second tier. The club are the League of Ireland's only participant from Northern Ireland. The club's home ground is the Brandywell Stadium and the players wear red and white striped shirts from which its nickname, the Candystripes, derives. Others refer to the club as the Red and White Army or abbreviate the name to Derry or City.
The club, founded in 1928, initially played in the Irish League, the domestic league in Northern Ireland, and won a title in 1964–65. In 1971, security concerns related to the Troubles meant matches could not be played at the Brandywell. The team played home fixtures 30 miles (48km) away in Coleraine. The security forces withdrew their objections to the use of the Brandywell the following year, but in the face of insistence from the Irish League that the unsustainable arrangement continue, the club withdrew from the league. After 13 years in junior football, it joined the League of Ireland's new First Division for 1985–86. Derry won the First Division title and achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 1987, and remained there until the 2009 relegation. The club won a domestic treble in 1988–89, the only League of Ireland club so far to do so.
Derry (/ˈdɛrɪ/), officially Londonderry (/ˈlʌndənˌdɛrɪ/), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Daire or Doire meaning "oak grove". In 1613, the city was granted a Royal Charter by King James I and gained the "London" prefix to reflect the funding of its construction by the London guilds. While the city is more usually known colloquially as Derry, Londonderry is also commonly used and remains the legal name.
The old walled city lies on the west bank of the River Foyle, which is spanned by two road bridges and one footbridge. The city now covers both banks (Cityside on the west and Waterside on the east). The city district also extends to rural areas to the southeast. The population of the city proper (the area defined by its 17th century charter) was 83,652 in the 2001 Census, while the Derry Urban Area had a population of 90,736. The district is administered by Derry City & Strabane District Council and contains both Londonderry Port and City of Derry Airport.
The council provided services to nearly 108,000 people, making it the third-largest of the then 26 district councils in Northern Ireland by population. The council was made up of 30 councillors, elected every four years from five electoral areas and held its meetings in The Guildhall. The mayor for the final 2014-2015 term was Brenda Stevenson of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, with Gary Middleton of the Democratic Unionist Party serving as deputy mayor.
History
The council took its final name in 1984. It was known as Londonderry City Council from 1973 until 1984, and before that Londonderry County Borough (covering the city of Derry) and Londonderry Rural District (covering the rural area around Derry, roughly corresponding to the Barony of Tirkeeran). Between 1969 and 1973 both were administered by the unelected Londonderry Development Commission with the aim of creating a "new town".
Derry is a fictional town and a part of Stephen King's fictional Mainetopography. Derry has served as the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Derry first appeared in King's 1981 short story The Bird and the Album, and has reappeared as late as his 2011 novel 11/22/63 (see list below). Derry is said to be near Bangor, but King has acknowledged that Derry is actually his portrayal of Bangor. A map on King's official website, though, places Derry in the vicinity of the town of Etna.
King, a native of Bangor, created a trinity of fictional Maine towns – Derry, Castle Rock and Jerusalem's Lot– as central settings in more than one work. King has stated that writer H. P. Lovecraft was responsible for King's own fascination with horror and the macabre, and was the single largest figure to influence his writing.
Derry landmarks
29 Neibolt Street
On several occasions in It, the Losers find themselves at 29 Neibolt Street, a run-down, abandoned house near the trainyard. It is in this house – or rather, under the house's front porch – that Eddie Kaspbrak first encounters It, which shows itself as a mix between a homeless leper and its familiar Pennywise form. Later, after Eddie tells them his story, Bill and Richie go to investigate the house and are chased off by It, the creature having taken the form of a werewolf.
Pre-Season Kicks Off! - Finn Harps 2-2 Derry City - Highlights - 14/01/2024
City's first game of 2024 was a 2-2 draw at Finn Park in pre-season.
Goals from Michael Duffy and Sean Patton.
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published: 14 Jan 2024
Patrick Hoban Signs For Derry City FC - Press Conference
Press conference as City welcome Dundalk's record goalscorer to the Brandywell.
published: 10 Jan 2024
Derry City: The Team That Left | Gunshots and Goalposts #2
A brief history of Derry City: The team that left
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The history of Derry/Londonderry is very complicated and has impacts on the football club to this date. The supporters of the club are mostly Catholic and thus relate more to the League of Ireland Premier Division teams.
They've represented the IFA and FAI in UEFA competitions. The men's and women's teams even play in different countries!
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Tough one to take in Tallaght as City exit Europe in the third qualifying round.
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published: 18 Aug 2023
End on a High! Derry City 3-0 St. Patrick's Ath. - LOI Highlights - 03/11/2023
Ending 2023 with a 3-0 win over third place Saints.
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published: 03 Nov 2023
Passion Play - C4 Documentary about Derry City FC
Part of a C4 Documentary profiling Derry City & Rangers. Made in 1990.
published: 31 Jul 2014
SIX!! - Derry City 6-0 UCD - LOI Highlights - 29/09/2023
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published: 29 Sep 2023
WHAT A GAME!! 🔥 - KuPS Kuopio 3-3 Derry City - Agg. 4-5 - UECL Highlights - 03/08/2023
Massive European night in Finland with an end to end game as City progress 5-4 on aggregate.
Goals from Cian Kavanagh, Sadou Diallo and Michael Duffy.
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published: 03 Aug 2023
UECL Highlights - Tobol Kostanay 1-0 Derry City - 10/08/2023
A super strike is the difference in Kazakhstan.
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The history of Derry/Londonderry is very complicated and has impacts on the football club to this date. The supporters of the club are mostly Catholic and thus relate more to the League of Ireland Premier Division teams.
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The history of Derry/Londonderry is very complicated and has impacts on the football club to this date. The supporters of the club are mostly Catholic and thus relate more to the League of Ireland Premier Division teams.
They've represented the IFA and FAI in UEFA competitions. The men's and women's teams even play in different countries!
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Massive European night in Finland with an end to end game as City progress 5-4 on aggregate.
Goals from Cian Kavanagh, Sadou Diallo and Michael Duffy.
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Massive European night in Finland with an end to end game as City progress 5-4 on aggregate.
Goals from Cian Kavanagh, Sadou Diallo and Michael Duffy.
Photo: Sportsfile
Massive European night in Finland with an end to end game as City progress 5-4 on aggregate.
Goals from Cian Kavanagh, Sadou Diallo and Michael Duffy.
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Derry City Football Club have a really interesting history. Although they're located within Northern Ireland, they play in the league system of the Republic of Ireland.
The history of Derry/Londonderry is very complicated and has impacts on the football club to this date. The supporters of the club are mostly Catholic and thus relate more to the League of Ireland Premier Division teams.
They've represented the IFA and FAI in UEFA competitions. The men's and women's teams even play in different countries!
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Massive European night in Finland with an end to end game as City progress 5-4 on aggregate.
Goals from Cian Kavanagh, Sadou Diallo and Michael Duffy.
Photo: Sportsfile
Derry City Football Club (Irish:Cumann Peile Chathair Dhoire) is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division. It had spent the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the Premier Division, the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland, but was expelled in November 2009 when it was discovered there were secondary, unofficial contracts with players. It was reinstated a few weeks later but demoted to the First Division, the second tier. The club are the League of Ireland's only participant from Northern Ireland. The club's home ground is the Brandywell Stadium and the players wear red and white striped shirts from which its nickname, the Candystripes, derives. Others refer to the club as the Red and White Army or abbreviate the name to Derry or City.
The club, founded in 1928, initially played in the Irish League, the domestic league in Northern Ireland, and won a title in 1964–65. In 1971, security concerns related to the Troubles meant matches could not be played at the Brandywell. The team played home fixtures 30 miles (48km) away in Coleraine. The security forces withdrew their objections to the use of the Brandywell the following year, but in the face of insistence from the Irish League that the unsustainable arrangement continue, the club withdrew from the league. After 13 years in junior football, it joined the League of Ireland's new First Division for 1985–86. Derry won the First Division title and achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 1987, and remained there until the 2009 relegation. The club won a domestic treble in 1988–89, the only League of Ireland club so far to do so.
DerryCity goalkeeper Brian Maher has signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at the Ryan McBrideBrandywell until the end of the 2026 season ... "I am absolutely delighted to extend my contract with Derry City FC," Maher said.
"I had a great seven-and-a-half years at Larne FC but as soon as I met the representatives of DerryCity it was a very quick decision and there wasn’t too much to think about," said Lynch, speaking at his maiden press conference on Wednesday.
There's also a look back on the FAI Cup quarter-finals that saw DerryCity, Bohemians, Wexford FC and Drogheda United progress to the last four, while we preview this weeken'd FAI Women's Cup semi-finals.
After rehabbing in Portugal, he had a short stint in Ireland in DerryCity only to be sidelined by a calf injury. Derry City lost interest but Calgary's Cavalry FC invited him to be part of the CPL's inaugural 2019 season.
After rehabbing in Portugal, he had a short stint in Ireland in DerryCity only to be sidelined by a calf injury. Derry City lost interest but Calgary's Cavalry FC invited him to be part of the CPL's inaugural 2019 season.
The current state of our football facilities is inadequate, as evidenced by DerryCity last season needing to play a crucial homeEuropean... FC Tobol enjoy away win over Derry City, at Tallaght Stadium.