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    THE HISTORY OF WAYSIDE CELTIC FOOTBALL CLUB 

MAIN PITCH: JACKSON PARK HOME OF WAYSIDE CELTIC   

FOUNDED 1948 KILTERNAN CO DUBLIN

Wayside Celtic FC, was formed in 1948, We are a South County Dublin amateur soccer club, Our home ground is Jackson Park, Glenamuck Road, Kilternan, Dublin 18.

Wayside Celtic were founded by a group of men from the Kilternan area and played for the first few seasons in Stepaside before moving to their home for many years in Golden Ball Kilternan, Many happy successful years were spent in the Golden Ball before our move to our new hope Jackson Park, over the years the club has grown from strength to strength and now cater for 3 Senior Teams 28 Schoolboy teams and a very successful Junior Academy all run by volunteers who give up their time every week to keep our club as a leading football club in South Dublin.

The tower on the Wayside Celtic football club crest is the remains of the leadmines in Ballycorus, Kilternan, It can be seen from the club's original grounds at Golden Ball, Kilternan, The club crest was designed by Wayside Member, Billy Kelly.

On the 50^th anniversary of the Club members of Wayside sourced the original gold fleck balls that were missing from the old Abbey Gate Pillars in Kilternan beside The Golden Ball and put them back where they belonged thanks to Joe Walsh, Paddy Farrelly, Bob McCarthy and Ger Doyle.

Wayside Celtic has had a number of successes on the soccer pitch in the past, The club won the Leinster Senior League Senior Division on five occasions most recently in 2011.

•  Wayside Celtic has also won the Metropolitan Cup in 2008 & 2012 and also the Leinster Junior Cup in 1989
•  Wayside Celtic have won the FAI Intermediate Cup 3 times in 1996, 2001 & 2005.

We have beaten League of Ireland opponents on five occasions in recent years in the Football Association of Ireland - FAI - Cup.

In the recent past, No fewer than Eleven Wayside Celtic players have represented the Republic of Ireland soccer team at amateur level since the year 2000.

LIST OF WAYSIDE CELTIC HONOURS:

Wicklow League Winners

•  1959

AUL League Honours

•  Div 3 south Winners 1953
•  Div 3 winners 1978
•  Div 2 winners 1980 
•  Div 1 sat winners1985
•  Div 1 sunday winners1987

Wayside were runner up on too many occasions to mention but gained promotion by finshing runner up many times.

Leinster Junior Cup Winners

•  1989

Back Row B.Nolan, John Burke, Mark Boyle, P.Mooney, D.Kennedy, K, Fitzgerald, J,McNulty, Billy Kelly, John Byrne 
Front Row Ger Hayden, P.Duignan, M.Grimes, Colin Leahy, Peter Lennon D, Jackson R.Houlihan, Mascot Wayne Callaghan

Leinster Senior League

Senior  Division  Winners

•  1998
•  2003
•  2004
•  2006
•  2011

Division 1A Winners

•  1990

Division 1 Winners·   

•  1991

Major 1 Winners Saturday

•  1996
•  2004

FAI Intermediate Cup Winners

•  1996
•  2001
•  2005

Metropolitan Cup Winners

•  2008
•  2012

Dublin Bus Charlie Cahill Cup Winners1996

•  1998
•  1999

Noel Ryan Cup Winners

•  2010
•  2011

Leinster Senior Cup winner 1999

•  1999 - Beat Athlone town in the final
•  2012/13 - Leinster Senior Cup beat Drogheda away beat Bray Wanderers Jackson Park lost to
   Shamrock Rovers in semifinal Jackson Park. 

Amateur International Players

11 players have represented the Republic of Ireland at amateur level since 2000.

Wayside players who represented their country are George Webb, Alan Mc Hugh, David Gill, Damien ONeill, Les Flynn, Paddy Kavanagh, Wayne Callaghan, Ian Callaghan, John ONeill, David Sullivan and  Ray Whelehan.

Leinster Senior League Saturday

Division 1 Winners

• 1991

Division 1A Winners

• 1995
• 1996

Liam Dodd Cup Winners

• 1996

Lanagan Cup Winners

• 1995 
• 2014

We at Wayside have endeavoured to put the right information on our site if any of the above information is incorrect, please contact us at info@waysideceltic.ie