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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Midland Athletic</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Midland Athletic Football Club</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><i>The Railway Men</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1904_in_Ireland" title="1904 in Ireland">1904</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Ground</th><td class="infobox-data label">The Thatch<br /><a href="/wiki/Whitehall,_Dublin" title="Whitehall, Dublin">Whitehall, Dublin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland" title="League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Leinster_Senior_League_Senior_Division" title="Leinster Senior League Senior Division">Leinster Senior League</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Midland Athletic Football Club</b> was an <a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_clubs_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland">Irish association football club</a>. During the 1920s they played in both the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland" title="League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Leinster_Senior_League_Senior_Division" title="Leinster Senior League Senior Division">Leinster Senior League</a>. Despite the name, the club was based in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> and not the <a href="/wiki/Midlands_Region,_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Midlands Region, Ireland">Midlands</a>. Like several fellow early League of Ireland clubs, such as <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Gate_F.C." title="St James's Gate F.C.">St James's Gate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacobs_F.C." title="Jacobs F.C.">Jacobs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fordsons_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Fordsons F.C.">Fordsons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dundalk_F.C." title="Dundalk F.C.">Dundalk</a>, Midland had their origins as a factory or <a href="/wiki/Works_team" title="Works team">works team</a>. They were originally the football team of the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Great_Western_Railway" title="Midland Great Western Railway">Midland Great Western Railway</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Broadstone,_Dublin" title="Broadstone, Dublin">Broadstone, Dublin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club celebrated its 50th anniversary of its founding by holding a golden jubilee dinner in Moran's Hotel, Dublin on 10 December 1955. The occasion was noted in a Dublin newspaper with a photograph of the team and officials who represented them in the 1909–10 season. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Athletic_F.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Athletic_F.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Midland Athletic were founded in <a href="/wiki/1904_in_Ireland" title="1904 in Ireland">1904</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and among its founding members was a young <a href="/wiki/Joe_Wickham" title="Joe Wickham">Joe Wickham</a>. Wickham played as a centre-half with Midland Athletic and started his career as a football administrator when he became the club secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-Irish_Times,_15_May_1964_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Irish_Times,_15_May_1964-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leinster_Senior_League">Leinster Senior League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Athletic_F.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Leinster Senior League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1921–22 Midland Athletic were playing in the <a href="/wiki/Leinster_Senior_League_Senior_Division" title="Leinster Senior League Senior Division">Leinster Senior League</a>. Other teams in this league this season included <a href="/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C." title="Shamrock Rovers F.C.">Shamrock Rovers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bohemian_F.C." title="Bohemian F.C.">Bohemians B</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Gate_F.C." title="St James's Gate F.C.">St James's Gate B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bray_Unknowns_F.C." title="Bray Unknowns F.C.">Bray Unknowns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shelbourne_United_F.C." title="Shelbourne United F.C.">Shelbourne United</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pioneers_F.C._(Dublin)" title="Pioneers F.C. (Dublin)">Pioneers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_F.C._(Dublin)" title="Brooklyn F.C. (Dublin)">Brooklyn</a>, Merrion, Glasnevin, CYMS and Richmond.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League_of_Ireland">League of Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Athletic_F.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: League of Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_League_of_Ireland" title="1922–23 League of Ireland">1922–23</a> season saw the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland" title="League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a> expand from eight to twelve teams. After <a href="/wiki/Frankfort_F.C." title="Frankfort F.C.">Frankfort</a> and <a href="/wiki/YMCA_F.C._(Dublin)" title="YMCA F.C. (Dublin)">YMCA</a> dropped out, Midland Athletic became one of six new teams to join the league. The others were <a href="/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C." title="Shamrock Rovers F.C.">Shamrock Rovers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shelbourne_United_F.C." title="Shelbourne United F.C.">Shelbourne United</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pioneers_F.C._(Dublin)" title="Pioneers F.C. (Dublin)">Pioneers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athlone_Town_A.F.C." title="Athlone Town A.F.C.">Athlone Town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rathmines_Athletic_F.C." title="Rathmines Athletic F.C.">Rathmines Athletic</a>. During their two seasons in the League of Ireland Midland played their home games at The Thatch in <a href="/wiki/Whitehall,_Dublin" title="Whitehall, Dublin">Whitehall, Dublin</a>. Midland eventually finished in 9th place in 1922–23 and 10th and last place in <a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_League_of_Ireland" title="1923–24 League of Ireland">1923–24</a>. Midland Athletic also played in both the <a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_FAI_Cup" title="1922–23 FAI Cup">1922–23</a> and <a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_FAI_Cup" title="1923–24 FAI Cup">1923–24 FAI Cups</a>. On both occasions they were knocked out in the first round by the eventual winners, <a href="/wiki/Alton_United_F.C." title="Alton United F.C.">Alton United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Athlone_Town_A.F.C." title="Athlone Town A.F.C.">Athlone Town</a> respectively. At the end of the 1923–24 season Midland Athletic were not re-elected. They were replaced in the league by <a href="/wiki/Bray_Unknowns_F.C." title="Bray Unknowns F.C.">Bray Unknowns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-Graham_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graham-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="League_of_Ireland_Stats">League of Ireland Stats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Athletic_F.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: League of Ireland Stats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Stat </th> <th>Opponent </th> <th>Score </th> <th>Competition </th> <th>Date </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Record Win</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olympia_F.C._(Dublin)" title="Olympia F.C. (Dublin)">Olympia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pioneers_F.C._(Dublin)" title="Pioneers F.C. (Dublin)">Pioneers</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Athlone_Town_A.F.C." title="Athlone Town A.F.C.">Athlone Town</a> </td> <td>4–1<br />4–1<br />3–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_League_of_Ireland" title="1922–23 League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_League_of_Ireland" title="1923–24 League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland_Shield" title="League of Ireland Shield">League of Ireland Shield</a> </td> <td>2 December 1922<br />30 December 1923<br />22 March 1924 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Record Defeat</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C." title="Shamrock Rovers F.C.">Shamrock Rovers</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jacobs_F.C." title="Jacobs F.C.">Jacobs</a> </td> <td>1–9<br />0–8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_League_of_Ireland" title="1922–23 League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_League_of_Ireland" title="1922–23 League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a> </td> <td>3 March 1923<br />17 February 1923 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-McSweeney_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McSweeney-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Graham_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graham-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_former_players">Notable former players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Athletic_F.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable former players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Athletic_F.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following Midland Athletic players represented <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)" title="Ireland national football team (1882–1950)">Ireland</a> and/or the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Republic of Ireland</a> at full international level. </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><img alt="Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/23px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/35px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/46px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Davis_(footballer,_born_1911)" title="Tom Davis (footballer, born 1911)">Tom Davis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FAI_official">FAI official</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Athletic_F.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: FAI official"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Wickham" title="Joe Wickham">Joe Wickham</a></li></ul> <div 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(Dublin)">Pioneers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Francis_F.C." title="St Francis F.C.">St. Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Gate_F.C." title="St James's Gate F.C.">St. James's Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salthill_Devon_F.C." title="Salthill Devon F.C.">Salthill Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurles_Town_F.C." title="Thurles Town F.C.">Thurles Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_F.C." title="Transport F.C.">Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:green;color:white;width:1%">Defunct clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Rovers_F.C." title="Albert Rovers F.C.">Albert Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bray_Unknowns_F.C." title="Bray Unknowns F.C.">Bray Unknowns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brideville_F.C." title="Brideville F.C.">Brideville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_F.C._(Dublin)" title="Brooklyn F.C. 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