Nickname(s) The Villa Ground Capacity 1000 Coach Anthony Lawler | Ground Mullarney Park Chairman Colm Fitzgerald Founded 1969 | |
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Full name Castle Villa Athletic Football Club | ||
Castle Villa AFC are a soccer team based in Castledermot, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Castle Villa was formed by Walter Brookes in 1969.
Commonly known as 'The Villa', there are two senior teams and many underage teams, ranging from U8 to U15.
Mullarney Park, located on the Baltinglass road out of Castledermot, is the home pitch.
Two of the club's most successful teams of the past were the 1979 team which won the Counties Cup and the Sheeran Cup winners of 1984.
Castle Villa currently play in the Kildare & District Football League - Senior Division, and won the 2006 league title, by beating Carbury in the final game of the season 4-0. They won the Lumsden League Cup in 2009, when the League changed to a Summer Season, coming from behind three times to defeat Liffey Celtic in extra time.
Villa have taken the league and cup double twice, in 1999 and 2001. There are only two teams who have won the Charles R. Wynne Senior Division three times, Castle Villa are one of those teams.
The jerseys are either solid blue with white lining, or blue with white stripes.
Current manager is Anthony Lawler. His assistants are Pat Costigan and Malcolm Kirwan. Current Captain is Alan Hickey.
Ex players for Villa include Malcolm Kirwan, 'Blocker' Hickey, Martin Farrell, John Flynn and Bryan Byrne