{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use Irish English|date=April 2022}} {{short description|Former Irish soccer club}} {{Infobox football club |clubname = Dublin United |image = |fullname = Dublin United Football Club |nickname = |founded = |dissolved = |ground = Beech Hill<br>[[Anglesea Road]] |capacity = |league = [[Leinster Senior League Senior Division|Leinster Senior League]]<br>[[League of Ireland]] |}}
'''Dublin United Football Club''' was an [[List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland|Irish association football club]] based in [[Donnybrook, Dublin]]. They played in the [[Leinster Senior League Senior Division|Leinster Senior League]] and the [[League of Ireland]] during the 1920s. In [[1921–22 League of Ireland|1921–22]] they played their home games at Beech Hill, while in [[1922–23 League of Ireland|1922–23]] they played their home games at [[Anglesea Road]]. In both seasons they shared their ground with [[Shelbourne United F.C.|Shelbourne United]].
==History== In 1920–21 Dublin United were playing in the [[Leinster Senior League Senior Division|Leinster Senior League]]. They also won the [[Leinster Senior Cup (association football)|Leinster Senior Cup]], defeating St James's Gate 1–0 in the final. In [[1921–22 League of Ireland|1921–22]], together with [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]], [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]], [[St James's Gate F.C.|St James's Gate]], [[Jacobs F.C.|Jacobs]], [[Olympia F.C. (Dublin)|Olympia]], [[YMCA F.C. (Dublin)|YMCA]] and [[Frankfort F.C.|Frankfort]], Dublin United became founder members of the [[League of Ireland]]. Like Dublin United, the other seven founding members had spent the 1920–21 season playing in the Leinster Senior League. During the inaugural League of Ireland season, Dublin United defeated Frankfort 6–0 and thus achieved the league's biggest home win. They eventually finished the season in seventh place. In the [[1921–22 FAI Cup]] Dublin United defeated Frankfort 8–1 in the first round. In the second round they lost 5–1 to the eventual winners [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]. In their second and last season in the League of Ireland, [[1921-22 League of Ireland|1921–22]], they finished in tenth place. In their final league game Dublin United were due to play [[Rathmines Athletic F.C.|Rathmines Athletic]]. However Rathmines resigned from the league without playing the match. The match was later awarded as a win for Dublin United. In the [[1922–23 FAI Cup]] Dublin United took three games to beat Sligo Celtic in the round of sixteen. In the quarter-finals they lost 3–2 to [[Fordsons F.C.|Fordsons]]. Together with Olympia, Dublin United were not re-elected for the [[1923–24 League of Ireland]] season.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ierhist.html League of Ireland], [[Rsssf]] {{Cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ierhist.html |title=(Republic of) Ireland League Tables |access-date=17 October 2015 |archive-date=21 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221000146/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ierhist.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iercuphistfull.html FAI Cup], [[Rsssf]] {{Cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iercuphistfull.html |title=Ireland - FA of Ireland Cup 1921/22-1993/94 |access-date=17 October 2015 |archive-date=25 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525004214/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iercuphistfull.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Paul|last1=Doolan|first2=Robert|last2= Goggins|title=The Hoops|publisher=Gill & MacmillanLtd|year=1993|isbn=0-7171-2121-6}}</ref><ref name="Graham">{{cite book|last=Graham|first=Alex|title=Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921-2005|date=2005 |publisher=Soccer Books Limited|isbn=1-86223-135-4}}</ref>
==Honours== *'''[[Leinster Senior Cup (association football)|Leinster Senior Cup]]: 1''' **1920–21
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{{League of Ireland clubs}}
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