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Bohemian F.C.
Full name	Bohemian Football Club
Nickname(s)	Bohs The Gypsies
Founded	1890
Ground	Dalymount Park, Phibsboro, Dublin 7 (Capacity 12,200)
Chairman	Gerry Cuffe (President)
Manager	Sean Connor
League	FAI Premier Division
2006	9th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Bohemian F.C. (Irish: An Cumann Peile Bóithéimeach), more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is an Irish football (soccer) club playing in the Football League of Ireland. The club, founded on September 6, 1890 is a founding member of the league, plays its home matches at Dalymount Park stadium in the Dublin neighbourhood of Phibsborough. Its nicknames are 'Bohs', and 'The Gypsies'. Its club colours are red and black, which it adopted at the 4th AGM in October 1893. It is owned 100% by the members of the club.

The club announced Sean Connor as manager on 17th November, 2006.

Contents 1 Previous Home Grounds 2 New Stadium 3 Change from Amateur to Professional status 4 Fans 5 Honours & Managers 6 European Record 6.1 Past opponents 7 Current squad 2006/07 8 Backroom Staff 2007 8.1 Notable former players 9 Top Scorers in the League of Ireland 10 Celebrity Fans 11 Trivia 12 External links

Bohemians' first proper home ground was on the Polo Ground in Phoenix Park. Goal posts and other equipment were kept at Gate Lodge on North Circular Road (Dublin) They remained there until the 1893/94 season when they obtained a private ground on Jones Road now known as Croke Park, the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The space then took in the ground now occupied by the Belvedere Rugby Football Club, and for the first time it was possible for the club to build up some sort of finances, since a charge for admission was made at all important home matches.

They moved to a new home at Whitehall, Glasnevin in time for the start of the 1895/96 season but in those days, the area was out of the way and without public transport so the Bohemian committee continued to look for a new home ground. Their search came to an end when they moved to Dalymount Park which was officially opened on September 7 1901.

In 2006 the club's members decided to sell Dalymount Park for development in a €60,000,000 deal which will instantly put the club in unprecedented financial wealth in Irish sporting terms. The deal includes the development of a new 10,000 seater stadium in Harristown, near Dublin Airport.

Since the formation of the club in 1890, Bohemians had been strictly amateur and forbade the paying of players. It stayed this way until an EGM of the club's members in St. Saviour's Hall, Mountjoy Street on February 21, 1969. The meeting which was chaired by Liam Rapple was often hostile as both sides passionately argued their case. In the end, the decision to end the amateur status was passed by just 3 votes. The first player to sign professional terms was Tony O'Connell who signed on the dotted line on March 11, 1969. Dinny Lowry followed shortly after. The first game to feature those professionals was 5 days later in a 1-1 draw at Dalymount Park against Dundalk.

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Bohs have a large fanbase mainly focussed around North Inner city Dublin, however the club has many fans from most parts of Dublin as well as across Ireland. The club boasts regular attendances of anything between 1500 - 3000 depending on the importance of the game.

Recently, a number of fans got together to create more of a colourful atmosphere at home games. Named The Notorious Boo Boys (or NBB, a term used by football journalists to disparage the apparent impatience of Bohs fans), the group have bought new flags & organised displays during games to lift the sometimes quiet atmosphere of Dalymount Park.

• League titles: 9
  • 1923/24, 1927/28, 1929/30, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1974/75, 1977/78, 2000/01, 2002/03
• FAI Cups: 6
  • 1928, 1935, 1970, 1976, 1992, 2001
• IFA Cups: 1
  • 1908
• FAI League Cups: 2
  • 1975, 1979
• League of Ireland Shields: 6
  • 1924, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1939, 1940
• Dublin City Cups: 1
  • 1936
• Inter-City Cups: 1
  • 1945
• Top Four Cups: 1
  • 1972
• Leinster Senior Cups: 31
• LFA President Cups: 12
• Acieries D'Angeleur: 1
  • 1929

UEFA Champions League:

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
7	14	3	3	8	11	23

UEFA Cup:

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
4	26	3	7	16	14	48

Cup Winners Cup:

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
3	8	2	2	4	6	13

Intertoto Cup:

Appearances	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
2	6	1	0	5	4	15

Season	Competition	Country	Team	Score
1970-71	Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary Round		TJ Gottwaldov	1-2, 2-2 (3-4 agg.)
1972-73	UEFA Cup Round 1		1. FC Köln	1-2, 0-3 (1-5 agg.)
1974-75	UEFA Cup Round 1		Hamburger SV	0-3, 0-1 (0-4 agg.)
1975-76	European Cup Round 1		Rangers F.C.	1-4, 1-1 (2-5 agg.)
1976-77	Cup Winners' Cup Round 1		Esbjerg fB	2-1, 1-0 (3-1 agg.)
1976-77	Cup Winners' Cup Round 2		Śląsk Wrocław	0-3, 0-1 (0-4 agg.)
1977-78	UEFA Cup Round 1		Newcastle United F.C.	0-0, 0-4 (0-4 agg.)
1978-79	European Cup Round 1		AC Omonia	1-2, 1-0 (2-2 agg.)
1978-79	European Cup Round 2		1. FC Dynamo Dresden	0-0, 0-6 (0-6 agg.)
1979-80	Cup Winners' Cup Qual. Round		Sporting Lisbon	0-2, 0-0 (0-2 agg.)
1984-85	UEFA Cup Round 1		Rangers	3-2, 0-2 (3-4 agg.)
1985-86	UEFA Cup Round 1		Dundee United	2-5, 2-2 (4-7 agg.)
1987-88	UEFA Cup Round 1		Aberdeen	0-0, 0-1 (0-1 agg.)
1992-93	Cup Winners' Cup Qual. Round		Steaua Bucureşti	0-4, 0-0 (0-4 agg.)
1993-94	UEFA Cup Round 1		Girondins de Bordeaux	0-1, 0-5 (0-6 agg.)
1995	Intertoto Cup Round 1		Odense BK	0-2
1995	Intertoto Cup Round 1		HJK Helsinki	2-3
1995	Intertoto Cup Round 1		Girondins de Bordeaux	0-2
1995	Intertoto Cup Round 1		IFK Norrköping	0-5
1996-97	UEFA Cup Qual. Round 1		Dinamo Minsk	1-1, 0-0 (1-1 agg.)
1997-98	UEFA Cup Preliminary Round		Ferencváros	0-1, 0-5 (0-6 agg.)
2000-01	UEFA Cup Qualifying Round		Aberdeen	2-1, 0-1 (2-2 agg.)
2000-01	UEFA Cup Round 1		1. FC Kaiserslautern	1-3, 1-0 (2-3 agg.)
2001-02	Champions League Qual. Round 1		FC Levadia Maardu	3-0, 0-0 (3-0 agg.)
2001-02	Champions League Qual. Round 2		Halmstads BK	1-2, 0-2 (1-4 agg.)
2003-04	Champions League Qual. Round 1		FC BATE	0-1, 3-0 (3-1 agg.)
2003-04	Champions League Qual. Round 2		Rosenborg B.K.	0-1, 0-4 (0-5 agg.)
2004-05	UEFA Cup Round 1		FC Levadia Tallinn	0-0, 1-3 (1-3 agg.)
2005	Intertoto Cup Round 1		K.A.A. Gent	1-0, 1-3 (2-3 agg.)

The numbers are established according to the official website: www.bohemians.ie As of 16/10/2007.

No. Position Player 1 GK Brian Murphy 2 DF Owen Heary (Vice Captain) 3 DF Des Byrne 4 MF Kevin Hunt (Captain) 5 MF Liam Burns 6 DF Thomas Heary 8 FW Neale Fenn 9 FW Glen Crowe 10 MF John Paul Kelly 11 MF Harpal Singh 12 FW Darren Mansaram 14 MF Chris Kingsberry

No. Position Player 15 DF Jason McGuinness 16 MF Chris Turner 17 FW Michael McGinlay 18 DF Conor Powell 19 DF Mark Rossiter 20 DF Dean Pooley 24 MF Stephen O'Donnell 25 GK Keith Gallagher 30 GK Alan Blayney DF Conor Rafferty

All is correct according to the official website: www.bohemians.ie As of 10 October 2007.

Manager: Sean Connor

Assistant Manager: Alan Caffrey

Fitness Coach: John Daffy

Goalkeeping Coach: Gary Matthews

Kitman: Colin O Connor

U-21 Manager: Richard Sutherland

Physio: Javier De Castro

Sports Masseur: Keith Brown

See also:Category:Bohemian F.C. players

• 1923/24
  • Dave Roberts - 20
• 1940/41
  • Mick O'Flanagan - 19
• 1953/54
  • Danny Jordan - 14
• 1973/74
  • Terry Flanagan - 18
  • Turlough O'Connor - 18
• 1977/78
  • Turlough O'Connor - 24
• 2000/01
  • Glen Crowe - 25
• 2001/02
  • Glen Crowe - 21
• 2002/03
  • Glen Crowe - 18

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• Pat Ingoldsby, Poet
• Eamonn Carr, Drummer with Horslips

• Tommy Kelly is Bohs record appearance holder, with 575 appearances in all competitions
• Turlough O'Connor is Bohs record goalscorer with 192 goals in all competitions
• Bohemians record win was an 11-0 win over Grangegorman on December 27, 1946 in the Leinster Senior Cup Final.
• Tommy Kelly was the first man to appear as a substitute in a league game for Bohs when he replaced Turlough O'Connor against Drogheda on April 10, 1966
• Christy Robinson scored Bohs first ever goal in the FAI Cup when he scored against Athlone Town on January 28, 1922.
• Fran Swan scored Bohs first ever goal in Europe when slotting home a penalty kick against Gottwaldov in 1970.
• John Fitzpatrick was Bohemians's first international when captaining Ireland against England in 1895
• Gary Matthews became Bohs' oldest ever player when he kept goal against Cork City on August 10, 2007 at the age of 40.

• Bohemian FC official site
• Bohemians Community Scheme (Multi-Language Websites)
• Bohsnews: independent site logging club and other relevant news
• DCU Bohs supporters club
• TheBohs.com: independent comment site, with supporter forum

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