Dundalk FC are the highest-ranked Irish club in European football as measured by UEFA club coefficients.
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12 Facts About Dundalk FC
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Dundalk FC had been responsible for the club's transfer activities, and player sales tailed off after his departure.
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Dundalk FC finally won their first League of Ireland Shield, then charged to the league title, winning it by seven points, to seal the club's only League and Shield Double.
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Future Ireland manager Liam Tuohy took over in the summer of 1969 and joined the board, and as a result of his managerial experience, Dundalk FC entered the new decade at the top of the league table.
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Dundalk FC was replaced by another former player, Dermot Keely.
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Between 1903 and 1936, Dundalk FC mostly played at the Athletic Grounds near the town centre.
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Dundalk FC's matches were usually played on Sundays, enabling a large Northern Irish contingent of spectators to attend games.
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Dundalk FC fans have nicknamed the team 'the Lilywhites' and supporters use 'the Town' as shorthand for the club.
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Dundalk FC then took the club into private ownership as 'Dundalk FC Limited' when it was accepted that the co-op could not continue to support it.
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Dundalk FC subsequently received a further estimated £70,000 when Staunton was transferred by Liverpool to Aston Villa in 1991.
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Dundalk FC maintains an academy with youth teams in the U-14, U-15, U-17, and U-19 age brackets of the League of Ireland, in partnership with Malahide United of the Leinster Senior League.
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Dundalk FC do not currently have a women's team in the Women's National League formed in 2011.
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