Mick O’Brien played for years in the lower leagues of English football before he made it to the Football League. He joined Third Division Queen’s Park Rangers, in May 1920. Within a year of that, he was playing international football for Ireland.
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Lansdowne FC hosted a very special ‘Meet and Greet’ information evening in their very impressive clubhouse on Sep 26th last. The aim of the evening was to introduce themselves to their neighbours in Sandymount, along with announcing their plans
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Lansdowne Football Club has completed the acquisition of the sports grounds located off Claremont Road in Sandymount from YMCA Dublin. This follows formal approval for the deal from the Charities Regulator. The acquisition of this significant site in Dublin 4
Read more →When the 1923/24 season began, Michael O’Brien was made captain of Leicester City Football Club. He was a natural leader and the job brought out the best in him. He started the season by playing 22 consecutive games for Leicester and he was often their best player.
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Ringsend’s own Abbie Larkin, who just turned 18 last April is the youngest member of the Irish Women’s Football team who represented Ireland in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia.
Read more →On March 16th 1922, Mick O’Brien joined Leicester City. Two days later, he made his debut and helped them get their first win in six games. From then on he was an automatic starter for Leicester and by the end of the 21/22 season he was their first choice centre-back.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar attended a graduation ceremony at the Fair Play Cafe to celebrate the latest Google.org beneficiaries who have recently completed job skills courses as part of the Employment Taskforce set up by Community Affairs. The event was the latest milestone in a programme
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Congratulations to the U16 girls team from Cambridge FC who won the Age of Images final in the AUL grounds on May 7th. They also won the U16 Metropolitan Girls League (MGL) on May 14th. Well done to the dedicated managers, Lyndsey Ferrari and David Ryan
Read more →Mick O’Brien was born on August 10th 1893 in Kilcock in County Kildare* His family emigrated to England and he grew up in County Durham. He took up football in his teenage years and by the time he was eighteen he was playing for the famous Blyth Spartans
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Harry Duggan made his Republic of Ireland debut against Italy at Lansdowne Road on April 23rd 1927. And, although he was on the losing side in that game, he played well and got a good report in the Irish Independent, which praised his “hard work, splendid combination play
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