St Patrick’s Athletic history project Support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historystpats 🔴⚪️🎙️The History St Pat’s Pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TAVnI2rtPgBUBCUFpSUM6?si=h4JsZ4M_SvOv7kFg1n43Kwhttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mzn6rumouc2zEpisode 22 of the History St Pat’s is up. Listen wherever you get your pods. We review Pat’s extraordinary 1951/52 debut LOI season, 25 years of the SEI, and lots of other Athletic bits. Thanks to the Patron Saints and our Patreon members for their support. 🔴⚪️🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/episode/6YueqRvMaC7F5qzuArKFbK06 Nov 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzn6rumouc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mzi2xfxcv222Episode 22 of the History St Pat’s Pod is now available for early listening on our Patreon. Link in bio. Join for a fiver a month, cancel anytime We’ll have it up on other platforms later this week. 🔴⚪️🎙️ www.patreon.com/historystpats04 Nov 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzi2xfxcv222https://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mzdrm6ohec2uLast of the season-by-season articles for 2026 now up at www.patreon.com/historystpats - 1968/69 Part Two! 🔴⚪️ https://www.patreon.com/historystpats02 Nov 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdrm6ohec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mypp4okwrc2wGreat to feature in The Finn Park Tone with 8 memories of an unlikely Pat’s v Harps rivalry from the 1970s. You can read our piece for free now at https://www.patreon.com/HistoryStPats/posts/back-to-70s-pats-17269892225 Oct 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mypp4okwrc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3my5jrobrck2k🆕 New on our Patreon!🔴⚪️ One free and one for paid members! For our members, part one of our 1968/69 season review with a look at new player/manager John Colrain. For everyone, we look at 8 meetings of Pat’s and Finn Harps from 1969-1979. Join for a fiver a month! Patreon.com/historystpats 🔴⚪️ https://Patreon.com/historystpats18 Oct 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3my5jrobrck2khttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mxu6i3t74s2hIn this Friday’s match programme we’ve Part One of our look at the 1968/69 season and the arrival of the great John Colrain as Pat’s player-manager. Read all about it in the programme, and afterwards on our Patreon. 🔴⚪️14 Oct 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxu6i3t74s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mww35wtgns2sEpisode 21 of the History St Pat’s Pod is now online. Get it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. Thanks to the Patron Saints and members of our Patreon for their support. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CEdKhKhCqmmGAS8f84Qke?si=B6Z-WvZcQAS6VXruNOHmbQ&utm_source=copy-link02 Oct 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mww35wtgns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mvrvw4bdw22hDont forget your shovel if you want to go to work…🪏 Harry “The Legend” Boland. A Saints hero as a player, groundsman and ambassador. What are your memories of a man who helped shape St Patrick’s Athletic for half a century? 🔴⚪️18 Sep 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrvw4bdw22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mvnkciadx227We’ve noticed a worrying trend in historic photos of Pat’s and LOI being manipulated by generative AI. It’s understandable that people want to use AI to colourise and touch-up photos. But as a historian, this technology is causing lots of issues.16 Sep 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnkciadx227https://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mvdarwgtds27*New on the History St Pat’s Patreon* The fourth and final part of our review of the 1967/68 season. Incidents go leor as Peter Farrell’s time in charge of the Saints came to a swift end. patreon.com/historystpats 🔴⚪️ https://patreon.com/historystpats12 Sep 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdarwgtds27https://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3muythhgntc23What’s that? You haven’t had enough of crushing own goals in the FAI Cup? Have we got the article for you! Our seventh FAI Cup campaign now reviewed on the History St Pat’s Patreon - the extraordinary story of Pat’s in the 1954 FAI Cup. www.patreon.com/historystpats08 Sep 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muythhgntc23https://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3muoskzo2y22sRock at Richmond. 🔴⚪️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoskzo2y22shttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mumwala5ik2pFor our upcoming episode of the History St Pat’s Pod, we are asking you for your favourite Pat’s celebration of all time. It doesn’t matter what type - a goal, a save, a player, a group of fans - let us know the one that sticks with you! 🔴⚪️🎉03 Sep 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumwala5ik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3muc7cpglys2gOn this day 45 years ago, Paul McGrath made his St Patrick’s Athletic debut and the rest, as they say, is history. Lots of great players in that match v Rovers including Fran Gavin, Billy Reid, Synan Braddish, Jim Mahon and goalscorer John Cleary. 🔴⚪️ Liam Buckley, Harry Kenny and Jim Beglin in 🟢⚪️.30 Aug 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muc7cpglys2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mua7clw26k2kBrand new on our Patreon - Part Three of our review of the 1967/68 season. A record League win for the Saints amidst some poor form. Lots of clippings with the piece too. Join our Patreon for a fiver and cancel any time. Dozens of pieces available now to read. 🔴⚪️ www.patreon.com/historystpats29 Aug 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua7clw26k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mu2x35ggos26We are delighted to be taking part in this year’s Dublin Festival of History in an event called ‘The Dublin Clubs History.’ Pat’s, Shels, Bohs and Rovers historians at Cabra Library on Saturday, 26th Sept at 11.30am. Tickets free but limited. ⬇️ https://dublincitylibrariesevents.ie/event/the-dublin-clubs-history/27 Aug 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2x35ggos26https://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mtylkvados2yThe official St Patrick’s Athletic Cult Heroes XI as chosen on the History St Pat’s Pod. Thanks for the dozens of nominations - we think this team is full of Pat’s cult heroes! Listen to our latest episode for the full discussion on the front two! Who did we leave out? 🔴⚪️26 Aug 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtylkvados2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mthw4yvuo22hThese look very like the ‘club officials’ who watched the behind-closed-doors match at the Steaua stadium later that day. Some coincidence! 🔴⚪️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthw4yvuo22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mtefcjz3ec2wGraphic by Fynch. We mark 75 years of uninterrupted top-flight football today. Our debut was in the Dublin City Cup on August 18, 1951 v Drumcondra. Never relegated, only celebrated. 🔴⚪️18 Aug 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtefcjz3ec2whttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mte4xgibds2oTwo new pieces on the History St Pat’s Patreon today on the 75th anniversary of our debut as a League of Ireland club. One free, one paid. www.patreon.com/historystpats 🔴⚪️18 Aug 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte4xgibds2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mt4ekmrmoc22Paul Osam & two others featuring on the programme for the 2000 Festival of Football. The West Ham game saw Harry Redknapp squirting water at a Richmond Park streaker. Blackburn & Ireland keeper Alan Kelly was knocked unconscious in a challenge with Colm Foley; boss Graeme Souness wasn’t impressed.15 Aug 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4ekmrmoc22https://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3msxkrgcbrs26Dave Henderson with a save that helped win the League. Versus title rivals Derry City at Harold’s Cross, 1989/90. 🧤🔴⚪️13 Aug 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxkrgcbrs26https://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3msuzvv5itc2mEpisode 20 of the History St Pat’s Pod sponsored by the Patron Saints is now online. Cult Heroes XI, best Pat’s goals, 1949/50 season review and a few other bits. Thanks to the Patron Saints and our supporters on Patreon for helping us get the pod out. 🔴⚪️🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/episode/1udoL0xRTsJuaHy465f6gB?si=yWQrWM5kSg2eXVgY6uXuZA&utm_source=copy-link12 Aug 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuzvv5itc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3mssm6tywck2wEpisode 20 of the History St Pat’s Pod is now available at www.patreon.com/historystpats Join now for a fiver, access over a hundred articles and other bits, and cancel whenever you’d like. 🔴⚪️🎙️ https://www.patreon.com/historystpats11 Aug 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssm6tywck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/historystpats.bsky.social/post/3msqb6cujbs23St Patrick’s Athletic - Leinster Senior Cup winners, 1982/83. It was the first trophy for the club in years. A fan recently recalled that beating Drogheda United in Tolka Park to win the cup was like lifting the European Cup for the success-starved supporters! 🔴⚪️10 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:ntvetr544imbvdc5ixfvaejf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqb6cujbs23