Sporting Fingal Club History

Sporting Fingal Football Club was founded in 2007 and competed in the League of Ireland of 2008 after being awarded a club licence by the FAI.

The setting up of this new independently funded club and the proposed development by Fingal County Council of a football academy complex are part of the Council’s Football Development Plan which has been almost two years in the making.

Former Irish International player, Liam Buckley, is the Director of Football with Sporting Fingal FC.

A third element of the Council’s Football Development Plan would see a long term proposal being put forward to facilitate the construction of a community sports stadium.

Although not investing financially in Sporting Fingal FC, Fingal County Council is firmly committed to ensuring that this new club will build and develop a strong community spirit through sport in Ireland’s fastest growing county. 

Sporting Fingal FC is privately funded by a team of owners and investors who came together in response to an invitation for expressions of interest advertised by Fingal County Council in mid-2007. 

“Community is everything in this Club”, explained David O’Connor, Fingal County Manager, at the launch of the club in Corduff during February 2008.  “Community is the foundation on which the club and our football development plan are built and each football club in Fingal can rightfully feel that Sporting Fingal FC is their League of Ireland club.”