# Midleton F.C.
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{{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](/source/Graham_Cummins)
| league = [Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division](/source/Munster_Senior_League_Senior_Premier_Division)
| season = 2024–25
| position = 1st
| website = {{URL|https://www.midletonfc.com/}}
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| pattern_ra1 = _black_stripes
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'''Midleton Football Club''' is an [Irish association football (soccer) club](/source/List_of_association_football_clubs_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland) based in [Midleton](/source/Midleton), [County Cork](/source/County_Cork). Their senior men's team currently plays in the Senior Premier Division of the [Munster Senior League](/source/Munster_Senior_League_(association_football)).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastcorkjournal.ie/midleton-club-supports-football-for-all/|title=Midleton Club Supports Football for All | East Cork Journal}}][{{Cite web |title=Midleton FC – Soccer |url=https://www.finalwhistle.ie/soccer/team/midleton-fc/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.finalwhistle.ie}}]
==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](/source/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.[{{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}}] They have qualified for the [FAI Cup](/source/FAI_Cup) on several occasions which includes [{{Cite web|title=Ireland Cups 2002/03 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iercup03.html |access-date=2026-01-04 |website=www.rsssf.org}}] reaching the Third Round of the [2011 FAI Cup](/source/2011_FAI_Cup).[{{Cite web|url=http://www.midletonfc.com/about/club-history|title=Club History|website=www.midletonfc.com}}]
In May 2025, Midleton secured the 2024/25 Munster Senior League Premier Division title, and their fifth overall, at home to St. Mary's.[{{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}}]
==Ground==
The club grounds are Knockgriffin Park, located in the northwest of Midleton.[{{Cite web |title=Contact {{!}} Find Us |url=https://www.midletonfc.com/contact |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.midletonfc.com |language=en-IE}}][{{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}}] The club first played at the ground in 1979. The land was bought with money raised from selling [Billy Woods](/source/Billy_Woods_(Irish_footballer)) to [Coventry City](/source/Coventry_City_F.C.) in 1991.[{{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}}]
==Honours==
'''[Munster Senior League](/source/Munster_Senior_League_(association_football))'''
*[Senior Premier Division](/source/Munster_Senior_League_Senior_Premier_Division)[{{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}}][{{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}}]
**''Winners'' (5): 1990–91, 1991–92, 2017–18, 2023–24, 2024–25
*'''Beamish Senior Cup'''[{{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}}]
**''Winners'' (1): 2015–16
*'''FAI/Aviva Club of the Year'''[{{Cite web|url=http://www.midletonfc.com/about/honours|title=Honours|website=www.midletonfc.com}}]
**''Winners'' (1): 2011–12
*'''Pop Keller Cup'''