St James's Gate F.C.

Early years

St. James's Gate Football Club was founded in 1902 for the workers of the Guinness brewery at St. James's Gate. The prime mover behind forming the club was John Lumsden, then serving as a medical officer at St James's Gate Brewery. Nicknamed "the Gate", the club's first major trophies were gained in 1909–10, when they won both the Leinster Senior League title and the Irish Intermediate Cup. In 1919–20, with a team that included Charlie Dowdall, Paddy Duncan and Ernie MacKay, the Gate won four trophies – the Leinster Senior League title, the Irish Intermediate Cup, the Leinster Senior Cup and the LFA Metropolitan Cup.

First League of Ireland era

In 1921–22, together with Shelbourne, Bohemians, Jacobs, Frankfort, Olympia, YMCA and Dublin United, St James's Gate became founder members of the League of Ireland. Like the Gate, the other seven founding members had spent the 1920–21 season playing in the Leinster Senior League. Gate initially emerged as one of the strongest teams in the league and in their debut season won a treble. In addition to winning the inaugural league title, they also won the 1921–22 FAI Cup and the 1921–22 Leinster Senior Cup. This season proved to be the highlight of Gate's time in the League of Ireland. In 1939–40 they won a second league title, however after finishing in last place in 1943–44 they failed to gain re-election. It had been suggested that the reason for this was the club announcing its intention to revert to…

League of Ireland : 2 1921–22, 1939–40 Leinster Senior League: 6 1909–10, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1987–88, 1988–89 FAI Cup : 2 1921–22, 1937–38 League of Ireland Shield : 2 1935–36, 1940–41 Dublin City Cup : 1 1938–39 Leinster Senior Cup: 5 1919–20, 1921–22, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1940–41 LFA Metropolitan Cup 1919–20 Irish Intermediate Cup : 2 1909–10, 1919–20 FAI Intermediate Cup : 1 1950–51 Source: