{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Pike Rovers F.C. | fullname = Pike Rovers Football Club | nickname = The Hoops | image = Pike_Rovers_F.C._logo.svg | founded = [[1938 in Ireland|1938]] | ground = Pike Rovers Complex<br>Crossagalla | capacity = 1,000 | chairman = | manager = | league = [[Limerick & District League]]<br><small>[[Munster Senior League (association football)|Munster Senior League]]</small> | season = | position = | pattern_la1 = _white_hoops | pattern_b1 = _whitehoops | pattern_ra1 = _white_hoops | pattern_so1 = _hoops_white | leftarm1 = 008000 | body1 = 008000 | rightarm1 = 008000 | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = 008000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_so2 = _hoops_white | leftarm2 = 008000 | body2 = 008000 | rightarm2 = 008000 | shorts2 = 008000 | socks2 = 008000| }}
'''Pike Rovers Football Club''' is an [[List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland|Irish association football club]] based in [[Southill, Limerick]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barry |first=Stephen |date=2016-05-14 |title=Pike Rovers’ rise a success for Southill community |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-20399524.html |access-date=2025-10-06 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref> The club plays at Crossagalla and their senior men's team competes in the [[Limerick & District League]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pike Rovers |url=https://www.extratime.com/teams/1236/pike-rovers/ |access-date=2026-04-05 |website=extratime.com}}</ref> They have previously played in the [[Munster Senior League (association football)|Munster Senior League]]. During their history Pike Rovers have also entered teams in the [[FAI Cup]], the [[FAI Intermediate Cup]], the [[FAI Junior Cup]] and the [[FAI Youth Cup]]. They have been finalists in the latter three cup competitions.
==History== Pike Rovers F.C. was founded in [[1938 in Ireland|1938]] in the Mulgrave Street/Blackboy Pike district of [[Limerick]].<ref name="limerick_profile">{{Cite web |title=Pike Rovers FC |url=https://www.limerick.ie/discover/eat-see-do/sports-recreation/sports-clubs-classes/soccer/pike-rovers-fc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715073633/https://www.limerick.ie/discover/eat-see-do/sports-recreation/sports-clubs-classes/soccer/pike-rovers-fc |archive-date=2023-07-15 |access-date=2025-10-06 |website=www.limerick.ie |language=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The club colours are a variation of green and white hooped shirts, green or white shorts and green or white socks and were initially inspired by the colours of [[Celtic F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabbitts |first=Nick |date=11 February 2015 |title=Limerick soccer club Pike in link-up with Celtic FC |url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/news/195982/Limerick-soccer-club-Pike-in-link.html |access-date=2026-02-25 |website=www.limerickleader.ie |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203011858/https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/news/195982/Limerick-soccer-club-Pike-in-link.html|archive-date=2016-02-03|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1950 they became the first association football club from [[County Limerick]] to win a national trophy when they won the 1949–50 [[FAI Youth Cup]].<ref name="limerick_sport">{{Cite web |title=Pike Rovers FC - Limerick.ie, What's On in Limerick |url=http://www.limerick.ie/sport/sportsclubs/soccer/pikeroversfc/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104095314/http://www.limerick.ie/sport/sportsclubs/soccer/pikeroversfc/ |archive-date=4 January 2014 |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=www.limerick.ie |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
In [[2013 FAI Cup|2013]], the club qualified for the [[FAI Cup]] and made it to the second round of the competition.<ref name="FAI Cup 2013 second round draw">{{cite web|url=http://www.fai.ie/domestic-a-grassroots/competitions/fai-ford-senior-cup/103226-fai-ford-cup-second-round-draw-made.html |title=FAI Ford Cup Second Round draw made |date=29 April 2013 |website=www.fai.ie |access-date=6 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518094147/http://www.fai.ie/domestic-a-grassroots/competitions/fai-ford-senior-cup/103226-fai-ford-cup-second-round-draw-made.html |archive-date=18 May 2013 }}</ref>
In [[2024 FAI Cup|2024]], the club qualified for the third round of the FAI Cup before being knocked out by fellow Limerick team, [[Treaty United F.C.|Treaty United]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clancy |first=Tom |date=16 August 2024 |title=Seventh heaven for Treaty against Pike Rovers |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41457661.html |access-date=2025-10-06 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackey |first=Éanna |title=FAI Cup Report: Pike Rovers 3 - 1 Midleton |url=https://www.extratime.com/articles/34146/fai-cup-report-pike-rovers-3---1-midleton/ |access-date=2025-10-06 |website=extratime.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Notable former players==
===Internationals=== ;[[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] internationals * {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Tim Cuneen]] * {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Joe Waters (footballer)|Joe Waters]]
;[[Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team|Republic of Ireland U19]] internationals *{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Shadrach Ogie]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kinsella |first=Colm |date=2015-06-11 |title=Desmond suffer Kennedy Cup penalty shoot-out heartbreak |url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/limerick-sport/146174/Desmond-suffer-Kennedy-Cup-penalty-shoot.html |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=www.limerickleader.ie |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605034437/https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/limerick-sport/146174/Desmond-suffer-Kennedy-Cup-penalty-shoot.html|archive-date=2016-06-05|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Honours== *'''[[Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division|Munster Senior League]]''' **''Winners'': 1951–52: '''1''' **''Runners-up'': 1952–53: '''1''' *'''[[FAI Intermediate Cup]]''' **''Runners-up'': 1950-51: '''1''' *'''[[FAI Junior Cup]]''' **''Winners'': 2010–11 : '''1''' **''Runners-up'': 1947–48, 2015–16: '''2''' *'''[[FAI Youth Cup]]''' **''Winners'': 1949–50 : '''1''' **''Runners-up'': 1955-56: '''1''' {{small|'''Source''':<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.munsterseniorleague.ie/contentPage/363932/r_o_l_l_o_f_h_o_n_o_u_r |title=www.munsterseniorleague.ie |access-date=2016-04-11 |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=2017-06-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-82458.html foot.ie]</ref><ref name="stadium.aviva.ie">{{cite web|url=https://stadium.aviva.ie/aviva-grassroots-sports/fai-junior-cup/cup-winners/|title=FAI Junior Cup Winners|publisher=stadium.aviva.ie|access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="faiyearbook1995">{{Cite book| title=FAI Yearbook & Diary 1995| first=Donie Butler|last=Mark Herbert |year=1994–95| location=Dublin|publisher=Sportsworld Ltd}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/pike-rovers-claim-dramatic-junior-cup-victory|title=Pike Rovers claim dramatic Junior Cup victory|publisher=www.fai.ie|access-date=10 April 2016|date=22 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="fai2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/sheriff-yc-win-fai-junior-cup|title=Sheriff YC win FAI Junior Cup|publisher=www.fai.ie|access-date=15 May 2016|date=14 May 2016}}</ref>}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://thejuniorsoccerportal.info/tag/pike-rovers/ Pike Rovers @ Junior Soccer Portal]
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