Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division
| Country |  Ireland |
|---|---|
| Region |  Munster [1] |
| Number of clubs | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Munster Senior Cup FAI Cup FAI Intermediate Cup |
| League cup(s) | Keane Cup Donie Forde Cup Beamish Cup |
| Current champions | Avondale United |
| Most championships | Cobh Ramblers (15 titles) |
| Website | Munster Senior League |
The Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division is the top division of the Munster Senior League. It is organized by the Munster Football Association. Together with the Leinster Senior League Senior Division and the Ulster Senior League Senior Division, it forms the third level of the Republic of Ireland football league system. Clubs from this division play in the Munster Senior Cup, the FAI Cup, and the FAI Intermediate Cup. In recent seasons the winners of the Senior Division have also been invited to play in the League of Ireland Cup. Avondale United and UCC represented the division in 2014 and 2015 respectively.
2019–20 teams
| Team | Home town/suburb | Home ground |
|---|---|---|
| Avondale United | Carrigaline/Ballintemple | Avondale Park |
| Blarney United | Blarney | O'Shea Park |
| Carrigaline United | Carrigaline | Ballea Park |
| Castleview | ||
| Cobh Wanderers | Cobh | Oldchurch Park |
| College Corinthians | Douglas | Corithians Park |
| Midleton | Midleton | Knockgriffin Park |
| Rockmount | Whitechurch | Rockmount Park |
| Ringmahon Rangers | Blackrock, Cork | Ringmahon Road |
| UCC | University College Cork | The Mardyke/The Farm |
Source: [2]
History
Early years
The original Munster Football Association was founded in 1901 and it is believed that a Munster League was founded within a few years. The 1909–10 season saw six teams representing the Highland Light Infantry, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, the Durham Light Infantry, the Sherwood Foresters, the King's Regiment and Haulbowline all playing in the Munster League First Division. In the Munster Cup the Highland Light Infantry lost 1–0 to the Royal Welsh Fusilers in the final played at Turner's Cross.[3] However this league was effectively disbanded during the First World War and Irish War of Independence era. In 1921 Harry Buckle, a former Ireland international, settled in Cork and began working for the Ford Motor Company. Finding little or no association football activity in the city, Buckle initially founded Fordsons F.C. and then helped found the County Cork–based South Munster League for the team to play in. In addition to playing and coaching with the new club, Buckle also served as president of the Tipperary/Limerick based – North Munster League and helped reform the Munster Football Association. By 1922–23 the South Munster League and North Munster Leagues had effectively merged to become the Munster Senior League. [4] Barrackton United of the South Munster League became the first post–First World War Munster Senior League champions after defeating Cahir Park F.C. of the North Munster League in a play-off.
List of winners by season
| Season | Winner | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | UCC | Rockmount |
| 2017-18 | Midleton | |
| 2016-17 | UCC | |
| 2015–16 | Avondale United | UCC |
| 2014–15 | Rockmount | College Corinthians |
| 2013–14 | Avondale United | UCC |
| 2012–13 | Avondale United | UCC |
| 2011–12 | Avondale United | Rockmount |
| 2010–11 | Rockmount | Douglas Hall ? |
| 2009–10 | Avondale United | Rockmount |
| 2008–09 | Avondale United | Rockmount |
| 2007–08 | Rockmount | Avondale United |
| 2006–07 | ? | ? |
| 2005–06 | Rockmount | Avondale United |
| 2004–05 | Castleview | ? |
| 2003–04 | Avondale United | St. Mary's |
| 2002–03 | College Corinthians | ? |
| 2001–02 | Rockmount | Cobh Wanderers |
| 2000–01 | College Corinthians | Cobh Wanderers |
| 1999–2000 | Rockmount | Cobh Wanderers |
| 1998–99 | ? | ? |
| 1997–98 | College Corinthians | Glasheen |
| 1996–97 | College Corinthians | Temple United |
| 1995–96 | Avondale United | Everton A.F.C. |
| 1994–95 | College Corinthians | Avondale United |
| 1993–94 | Everton A.F.C. | Avondale United |
| 1992–93 | Avondale United | St. Mary's |
| 1991–92 | Midleton | Avondale United |
| 1990–91 | Midleton | Cork City B |
| 1989–90 | Tramore Athletic | Midleton |
| 1988–89 | Tramore Athletic | Avondale United |
| 1987–88 | Avondale United | Tramore Athletic |
| 1986–87 | Crofton Celtic | College Corinthians |
| 1985–86 | Limerick City B | Avondale United |
| 1984–85 | Cobh Ramblers | Tramore Athletic |
| 1983–84 | Cobh Ramblers | Tramore Athletic |
| 1982–83 | Cobh Ramblers | Glasheen |
| 1981–82 | Cobh Ramblers | Clonmel Town |
| 1980–81 | Cobh Ramblers | Everton A.F.C. |
| 1979–80 | Cobh Ramblers | Tramore Athletic |
| 1978–79 | Crofton Celtic | UCC |
| 1977–78 | Cobh Ramblers | UCC |
| 1976–77 | Cobh Ramblers | Crosshaven |
| 1975–76 | Cobh Ramblers | Wembley |
| 1974–75 | Crosshaven | Tramore Athletic |
| 1973–74 | Tramore Athletic | Crosshaven |
| 1972–73 | Wembley | Ringmahon Rangers |
| 1971–72 | Cobh Ramblers | Ringmahon Rangers |
| 1970–71 | Ringmahon Rangers | Wembley |
| 1969–70 | Ringmahon Rangers | Wembley |
| 1968–69 | Ringmahon Rangers | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1967–68 | Ringmahon Rangers | Tramore Athletic |
| 1966–67 | Tramore Athletic | Ringmahon Rangers |
| 1965–66 | Ringmahon Rangers | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1964–65 | Ringmahon Rangers | Limerick B |
| 1963–64 | Ringmahon Rangers | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1963–64 | Ringmahon Rangers | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1962–63 | Cork Hibernians B | Glasheen |
| 1961–62 | Glasheen | Ringmahon Rangers |
| 1960–61 | Tycor Athletic | Cork Hibernians B |
| 1959–60 | Tycor Athletic | Glasheen |
| 1958–59 | Albert Rovers | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1957–58 | Tycor Athletic | Glasheen |
| 1956–57 | Cobh Ramblers | AOH |
| 1955–56 | Evergreen United B | Albert Rovers |
| 1954–55 | Albert Rovers | Limerick B |
| 1953–54 | Albert Rovers | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1952–53 | AOH | Pike Rovers |
| 1951–52 | Pike Rovers | AOH |
| 1950–51 | AOH | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1949–50 | AOH | Rockville |
| 1948–49 | Freebooters | Rockville |
| 1947–48 | Rockville | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1946–47 | Rockville | Greenmount Rangers |
| 1945–46 | Richmond Celtic | Blackrock |
| 1944–45 | unfinished | |
| 1943–44 | Cobh Ramblers | Coastal Defence |
| 1942–43 | AOH | Cork Bohemians |
| 1941–42 | St Kevin's | Cork Bohemians |
| 1940–41 | Cork Bohemians | unconfirmed |
| 1939–40 | Grattan United | Cork Bohemians |
| 1938–39 | Grattan United | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1937–38 | Cork Bohemians | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1936–37 | Evergreen United | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1935–36 | Cobh Ramblers | Steampacket |
| 1934–35 | Cobh Ramblers | Steampacket |
| 1933–34(Note 1) | Fermoy | Tramore Rookies |
| 1932–33 | Waterford | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1931–32 | Cork B | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1930–31 | Cork Bohemians | Cork B |
| 1929–30 | Fordsons B | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1928–29 | Fordsons B | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1927–28 | Waterford Celtic | Cork Celtic |
| 1926–27 | Barrackton United | Fordsons B |
| 1925–26 | Cobh Ramblers | Fordsons B |
| 1924–25 | Shandon | Cobh Ramblers |
| 1923–24 | Fordsons | Barrackton United |
| 1922–23 | Barrackton United | Cork Bohemians |
| 1921–22 | Barrackton United | Cahir Park |
Notes
- ^1 Title was shared
References
- ^ "Details of Affiliated Leagues & Clubs 2015/2016". www.munsterfa.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "League Table Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division". www.munsterseniorleague.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ Highland Light Infantry Chronicle (Jan 1908-Oct1910) pg 62
- ^ Carey, Tadhg (2009). When We Were Kings: The Story of Athlone Town's 1924 FAI Cup Triumph. Athlone: Temple Printing.
- ^ "Roll Of Honour". www.munsterseniorleague.ie. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "LSL - MSL - USL - CSL Past Tables Query". foot.ie. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2016.