{{short description|Irish football club}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Midleton F.C. | image = Midleton_F.C._logo.svg | alt = Midleton F.C. crest | fullname = Midleton Football Club | nickname = The Magpies | founded = 1973 | ground = Knockgriffin Park | chairman = Shane Mackessy | manager = Graham Cummins | league = Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division | season = 2024–25 | position = 1st | website = {{URL|https://www.midletonfc.com/}} | pattern_la1 = _black_stripes | pattern_b1 = _blackstripescollar | pattern_ra1 = _black_stripes | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = 000000 | pattern_la2 = _yellowshoulders | pattern_b2 = | pattern_so2 = _color_3_stripes_white | pattern_ra2 = _yellowshoulders | leftarm2 = 74B2FF | body2 = 74B2FF | rightarm2 = 74B2FF | shorts2 = 74B2FF | socks2 = 74B2FF }}
'''Midleton Football Club''' is an Irish association football (soccer) club based in Midleton, County Cork. Their senior men's team currently plays in the Senior Premier Division of the Munster Senior League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastcorkjournal.ie/midleton-club-supports-football-for-all/|title=Midleton Club Supports Football for All | East Cork Journal}}</ref><ref name="final_whistle">{{Cite web |title=Midleton FC – Soccer |url=https://www.finalwhistle.ie/soccer/team/midleton-fc/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.finalwhistle.ie}}</ref>
==History==
The club was founded on 10 June 1973 at Fr Murphy's Youth Club. A chairman and secretary were elected at the meeting. The club started playing at Rosary Place and initially wore yellow and blue. Midleton F.C. joined the Cork Athletic Union League in September of that year. They finished second in 1978–79.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}
Midleton were named as FAI/Aviva Club of the Year in 2011–12 and were promoted to the Premier Division of the Munster Senior League and won it the following year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/midleton-fc-claim-faiaviva-club-of-the-year|title=Midleton FC claim FAI/Aviva Club of the Year | Football Association of Ireland|website=www.fai.ie}}</ref> They have qualified for the FAI Cup on several occasions which includes <ref>{{Cite web|title=Ireland Cups 2002/03 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iercup03.html |access-date=2026-01-04 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> reaching the Third Round of the 2011 FAI Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.midletonfc.com/about/club-history|title=Club History|website=www.midletonfc.com}}</ref>
In May 2025, Midleton secured the 2024/25 Munster Senior League Premier Division title, and their fifth overall, at home to St. Mary's.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Sullivan |first=Noel |last2= |first2= |last3= |date=2025-05-15 |title=MSL soccer: Champions Midleton sign off league campaign with draw as St Mary’s make their point and stay up |url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41632951.html |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=echolive.ie |language=en}}</ref>
==Ground==
The club grounds are Knockgriffin Park, located in the northwest of Midleton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact {{!}} Find Us |url=https://www.midletonfc.com/contact |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.midletonfc.com |language=en-IE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Knockgriffin Park {{!}} extratime.com - The Home of Irish Football - Extratime.com |url=https://www.extratime.com/ground/1614/knockgriffin-park/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.extratime.com}}</ref> The club first played at the ground in 1979. The land was bought with money raised from selling Billy Woods to Coventry City in 1991.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.midletonfc.com/latest-news/668-john-caulfield-cork-city-fc-manager-official-open-s-midleton-fc-upgraded-all-weather-training-facility|title=John Caulfield Cork City FC manager official open's Midleton FC Upgraded All Weather Training Facility|website=www.midletonfc.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930200402/https://www.midletonfc.com/latest-news/668-john-caulfield-cork-city-fc-manager-official-open-s-midleton-fc-upgraded-all-weather-training-facility|archive-date=2019-09-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Munster Senior League''' *Senior Premier Division<ref name="RoH">{{Cite web |title=Roll of Honour – Page 363932 – Munster Senior League |url=https://www.munsterseniorleague.ie/content_page/363932/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.munsterseniorleague.ie |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="final_whistle"></ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2008 |title=LSL - MSL - USL - CSL Past Tables Query [Archive] - Foot.ie |url=https://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-82458.html |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=foot.ie}}</ref> **''Winners'' (5): 1990–91, 1991–92, 2017–18, 2023–24, 2024–25 *'''Beamish Senior Cup'''<ref name="mslhonours">{{cite web|url=http://www.munsterseniorleague.ie/contentPage/363932/r_o_l_l_o_f_h_o_n_o_u_r|title=Roll Of Honour|publisher=www.munsterseniorleague.ie|access-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601022203/http://www.munsterseniorleague.ie/contentPage/363932/r_o_l_l_o_f_h_o_n_o_u_r|archive-date=1 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> **''Winners'' (1): 2015–16 *'''FAI/Aviva Club of the Year'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.midletonfc.com/about/honours|title=Honours|website=www.midletonfc.com}}</ref> **''Winners'' (1): 2011–12 *'''Pop Keller Cup'''<ref name="RoH"></ref><ref name="mslhonours"></ref> **''Winners'' (2): 2007–08, 2009–10
==Notable players== *Billy Woods<ref name="auto"/> *Ben Dumigan
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [http://www.midletonfc.com Official page] *{{twitter|midleton_fc}}
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Category:1973 establishments in Ireland Category:Association football clubs established in 1973 Category:Association football clubs in County Cork Category:Munster Senior League (association football) clubs Category:Midleton