2023 Shelbourne F.C. season

The 2023 Shelbourne F.C. season is the club's 128th season in existence and their second back in the League of Ireland Premier Division following promotion from the League of Ireland First Division in 2021.

Shelbourne
2023 season
Shelbourne at Tolka Park in February 2023
ChairmanAndrew Doyle
Head CoachDamien Duff
StadiumTolka Park, Dublin
Premier Division4th
FAI Cup1st Round
Leinster Senior Cup4th round
Top goalscorerLeague: Moylan (15)
All: Moylan (16)
Highest home attendance4,371 v Shamrock Rovers, 10 March 2023
Lowest home attendance2,300 v U.C.D., 5 May 2023
Average home league attendance3,340
Biggest win4-0 v U.C.D., 07 July 2023
Biggest defeat0-1 v St. Patrick's Athletic, 24 February 2023
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 22:15 13 March 2023 (UTC).

First team squad

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Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2023 season.
# Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous Club Signed in Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Conor Kearns   GK (1998-05-06)6 May 1998 (aged 24) Galway United 2023
19 Scott van-der-Sluis   GK (2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 22) Bangor City 2022
25 Daithi Folan   GK Youth Team 2023
Defenders
2 John Ross Wilson   DF (1998-12-13)13 December 1998 (aged 24) Bray Wanderers 2021
3 Conor Kane   DF (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 24) Drogheda United 2022
4 Andrew Quinn   DF (2002-01-24)24 January 2002 (aged 21) Drogheda United 2023
5 Shane Griffin   DF (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 28) St Patrick's Athletic 2022
13 Tyreke Wilson   DF (1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 23) Bohemians 2023
23 Luke Byrne (c)   DF (1993-07-08)8 July 1993 (aged 29) Shamrock Rovers 2019
29 Paddy Barrett   DF (1993-07-22)22 July 1993 (aged 29) St Patrick's Athletic 2023
31 Luke Browne   DF (2005-10-06)6 October 2005 (aged 17) Youth Team 2022
32 Kameron Ledgewidge   DF (2001-04-07)7 April 2001 (aged 21) Southampton 2021
36 Lewis Temple   DF (2005-06-11)11 June 2005 (aged 17) Youth Team 2022
Midfielders
6 JJ Lunney   MF (1998-02-02)2 February 1998 (aged 24) Bohemian 2021
7 Brian McManus   MF (2001-11-29)29 November 2001 (aged 21) Preston North End 2020
8 Mark Coyle   MF (1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 26) Finn Harps 2022
10 Jack Moylan   MF (2001-09-01)1 September 2001 (aged 21) Bohemians 2022
17 Shane Farrell   MF (2000-06-26)26 June 2000 (aged 22) Finglas United 2018
21 Gavin Molloy   MF (2001-10-19)19 October 2001 (aged 21) Youth Team 2022
22 Gavin Hodgins   MF (2005-06-05)5 June 2005 (aged 17) Youth Team 2022
27 Evan Caffrey   MF (2003-02-27)27 February 2003 (aged 19) UCD 2023
37 Kian Leavy   MF (2002-03-21)21 March 2002 (aged 20) Reading 2023 On loan from Reading
Aodh Dervin   MF (1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 23) Longford Town 2022 On loan to Longford Town
Attackers
9 Sean Boyd   FW (1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 24) Finn Harps 2022
11 Matty Smith   FW (1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 25) Derry City 2023
12 Jad Hakiki   FW (2004-06-23)23 June 2004 (aged 18) Youth Team 2022
15 Kyle Robinson   FW (2002-11-08)8 November 2002 (aged 20) St Patrick's Athletic 2023
Players who appeared during the 2022 season but departed before the end of the season

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Nationality Name Previous Club Ref.
18 November 2022 GK   Conor Kearns Galway United [1]
18 November 2022 FW   Kyle Robinson St Patricks Athletic [2]
18 November 2022 DF   Andrew Quinn Drogheda United [3]
18 November 2022 MF   Evan Caffrey UCD [4]
22 November 2022 DF   Tyreke Wilson Bohemians [5]
3 December 2022 MF   Gavin Hodges Youth Team [6]
3 December 2022 DF   Lewis Temple Youth Team [6]
3 December 2022 DF   Luke Browne Youth Team [6]
17 December 2022 DF   Paddy Barrett St Patricks Athletic [7]

Loans in

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Date Position Nationality Name Previous Club Date Ended Ref.
8 February 2023 MF   Kian Leavy   Reading June 2023 [8]

Transfers out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Ref.
17 November 2022 GK   Brendan Clarke   Galway United [9]
17 November 2022 DF   Aaron O'Driscoll Released [9]
17 November 2022 FW   Dan Carr   Sevenoaks Town [9]
17 November 2022 MF   Josh Giurgi   Longford Town [9]
17 November 2022 FW   Dan Hawkins Released [9]
15 December 2022 DF   Stephan Negru   Oxford United [10]

Loans out

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Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
14 February 2023 MF   Aodh Dervin   Longford Town November 2023 [11]

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier Division 17 February 2023 3 November 2023 36 15 15 6 44 27 +17 041.67
Leinster Senior Cup 24 March 2023 3 July 2023 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 066.67
FAI Cup 21 July 2023 21 July 2023 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 40 17 15 8 53 32 +21 042.50

Source: Competitions

League of Ireland

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Derry City 36 18 11 7 57 24 +33 65 Qualification to Conference League first qualifying round
3 St Patrick's Athletic 36 19 5 12 59 42 +17 62 Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round[a]
4 Shelbourne 36 15 15 6 44 27 +17 60 Qualification to Conference League first qualifying round
5 Dundalk 36 17 7 12 59 44 +15 58
6 Bohemians 36 16 10 10 53 40 +13 58
Source: SSE Airtricity League, [12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[12]
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2023 FAI Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (St Patrick's Athletic) qualified based on league position, the second Conference League first qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 15 15 6 44 27  +17 60 9 7 2 21 14  +7 6 8 4 23 13  +10

Results by matchday

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Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHA
ResultDLWLDWLDWDDWDWWLDDWDLDWDWDDWWWDLWDWW
Position996775785564655665566666666654555544
Source: extratime.ie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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17 February 2023 1 Shelbourne 0-0 Drogheda United Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Report
Highlights
Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 3,424
Referee: Paul McLaughlin
24 February 2023 2 St Patrick's Athletic 1-0 Shelbourne Inchicore, Dublin
19:45 IST Report
Highlights
Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 4,930
Referee: Neil Doyle
3 March 2023 3 Shelbourne 1-0 Bohemians Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Leavy   78' Report
Highlights
Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Arnold Hunter
6 March 2023 4 Dundalk 2-1 Shelbourne Dundalk, County Louth
19:45 IST Report
Highlights
JR Wilson   2' Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 2,766
Referee: Damien MacGraith
10 March 2023 5 Shelbourne 0-0 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Report
Highlights
Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 4,371
Referee: Paul McLaughlin
17 March 2023 6 Cork City 0-2 Shelbourne Cork
17:00 IST Report
Highlights
Honohan   18' (o.g.)
Moylan   50'
Stadium: Turners Cross
Referee: Ray Matthews
31 March 2023 7 Shelbourne 0-1 Derry City Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Report
Highlights
Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Paul McLaughlin
7 April 2023 8 UCD 0-0 Shelbourne Belfield, Dublin
19:45 IST Report
Highlights
Stadium: UCD Bowl
Attendance: 968
Referee: Eoghan O’Shea
10 April 2023 9 Shelbourne 2-1 Sligo Rovers Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Smith   52'
Mahon   58' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Robert Harvey
14 April 2023 10 Shamrock Rovers 2-2 Shelbourne Tallaght, Dublin
19:45 IST Report Burke   18' (o.g.)
Smith   51'
Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 6,835
Referee: Neil Doyle
21 April 2023 11 Shelbourne 1-1 Dundalk Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Moylan   56' (pen.) Report Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 2,873
Referee: Damien McGraith
28 April 2023 12 Shelbourne 2-1 Cork City Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Smith   47'
Moylan   80'
Report Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 2,782
Referee: Ray Matthews
1 May 2023 13 Drogheda 1-1 Shelbourne Drogheda, County Louth
17:00 IST Report Caffrey   69' Stadium: Weavers Park
Attendance: 2,055
Referee: Robert Hennessy
5 May 2023 14 Shelbourne 1-0 UCD Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Griffin   39' Report Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 2,319
Referee: Robert Harvey
13 May 2023 15 Sligo Rovers 0-3 Shelbourne Sligo
19:45 IST Report Moylan   10'
Moylan   41'
Moylan   66' (pen.)
Stadium: The Showgrounds
Attendance: 2,431
Referee: Neil Doyle
19 May 2023 16 Shelbourne 0-1 St Patrick's Athletic Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Report Curtis   56 ' Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 3,946
Referee: Paul McLaughlin
26 May 2023 17 Bohemians 0-0 Shelbourne Phibsborough, Dublin
19:45 IST Report Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 4,500
2 June 2023 18 Derry City 0-0 Shelbourne Derry
19:45 IST Report Stadium: Brandywell Stadium
Attendance: 3560
Referee: Robert Hennessy
5 June 2023 19 Shelbourne 3-2 Drogheda United Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Boyd   49'
Griffin   66'
Caffrey   76'
[1] Draper   39'
Draper   90'
Stadium: Tolka Park
9 June 2023 20 Shelbourne 1-1 Sligo Rovers Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Smith   4' [2] Morahan   34' Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 2615
Referee: Robert Harvey
23 June 2023 21 St Patrick's Athletic 0-1 Shelbourne Inchicore, Dublin
19:45 IST Mulraney   68' [3] Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 4754
Referee: Robert Hennessy
30 June 2023 22 Shelbourne 1-1 Derry City Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Boyd   57' [4] Doherty   69' Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 3186
Referee: Robert Harvey
7 July 2023 23 UCD 0-4 Shelbourne Belfield, Dublin
19:45 IST [5] Moylan   45'
Lunney   66'
Boyd   80' (pen.) JR. Wilson   90'
Stadium: UCD Bowl
Attendance: 1074
Referee: Damien McGrath
14 July 2023 24 Shelbourne 1-1 Bohemians Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Moylan   56' [6] Afolabi   80' Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 4450
Referee: Neil Doyle
28 July 2023 25 Cork City 0-2 Shelbourne Cork
19:45 IST [7] Wood   20'
Boyd   73'
Stadium: Turners Cross
Attendance: 3762
Referee: David Dunne
6 August 2023 26 Dundalk 1-1 Shelbourne Dundalk, County Louth
19:45 IST Martin   39' [8] Wood   83' Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 2318
11 August 2023 27 Shelbourne 1-1 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Molloy   94' [9] Poom   21' Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 4250
Referee: David Dunne
26 August 2023 28 Sligo Rovers 0-1 Shelbourne Sligo
19:45 IST [10] Coyle   41' Stadium: The Showgrounds
Attendance: 2191
1 September 2023 29 Shelbourne 2-1 St Patrick's Athletic Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Cabral   80'
Barrett   90'
[11] Redmond   20' Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 4325
22 September 2023 30 Shelbourne 2-1 Cork City Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Moylan   29'
Jarvis   46'
[12] Keating   36' (pen.) Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 3595
25 September 2023 31 Bohemians 1-1 Shelbourne Phibsborough, Dublin
19:45 IST Coote   74' [13] Moylan   23' Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 4390
29 September 2023 33 Shamrock Rovers 1-0 Shelbourne Tallaght, Dublin
19:45 IST Burke   72' [14] Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 7879
6 October 2023 34 Shelbourne 1-0 Dundalk Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Jarvis   4' [15] Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 2,500 (est)
20 October 2023 34 Derry City 0-0 Shelbourne Derry
19:45 IST Report Stadium: Brandywell Stadium
Attendance: 3150
27 October 2023 35 Shelbourne 3-2 UCD Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Moylan   20' (pen.)
Moylan   65' (pen.)
Moylan   88'
[16] Raggett   50'
Kinsella-Bishop   83'
Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 3446
3 November 2023 36 Drogheda United 2-4 Shelbourne Drogheda, County Louth
19:45 IST Rooney   31'
Foley   35'
[17] Moylan   48'
Jarvis   54'
Moylan   63' Barrett   74'
Stadium: Weavers Park
Attendance: 2180

Leinster Senior Cup

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24 March 2023 4th round Dundalk 0-4 Shelbourne Dundalk, County Louth
19:45 Muller   5' Report Moylan   8'
Robinson   35'
Caffrey   69'
Arubi   82'
Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 950
Referee: Rob Harvey
Note: Shelbourne originally awarded 2-0 win as Dundalk failed to fulfill fixture. However an appeal by Dundalk was successful and a new date was arranged.
8 May 2023 Quarter-final Shelbourne 2-0 Wexford Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Arubi   32'
Robinson   45'
Report Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: Oliver Moran
3 July 2023 Semi-final Shelbourne 3-4 Bohemians Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST Robinson   33', 69'
Farrell   79 pen.'
Report Jinadu   24'
O'Reilly   25'
Mooney   52'
Grogan   87'
Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 2,109
Referee: Alan Patchell

FAI Cup

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21 July 2023 1st round Bohemians 1-0 Shelbourne Phibsborough, Dublin
19:45 Afolabi   32' Report Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 4,160
Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No Pos Nat Name League FAI Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Conor Kearns 35 0 1 0 36 0
2 DF   John Ross Wilson 22 (6) 2 1 0 23(6) 2
3 DF   Conor Kane 0 (1) 0 1 0 1 (1) 0
4 DF   Andrew Quinn 12 (4) 0 2 (1) 0 14 (5) 0
5 DF   Shane Griffin 25 (1) 2 1 0 26 (1) 2
6 MF   JJ Lunney 33 (2) 1 1 0 34 (2) 1
7 MF   Brian McManus 1 (16) 0 1 0 2 (16) 0
8 MF   Mark Coyle 23 (3) 1 2 (1) 0 25 (4) 1
9 FW   Sean Boyd 5 (5) 3 1 0 6 (5) 3
10 MF   Jack Moylan 34 (2) 15 2 1 36 (2) 16
11 MF   Matty Smith 16 (3) 4 0 (1) 0 16 (4) 4
12 FW   Jad Hakiki 5 (15) 0 2 0 7 (15) 0
13 DF   Tyreke Wilson 29 (4) 0 0 (1) 0 29 (5) 0
15 DF   Euclides Cabral 3 (2) 1 0 0 3 (2) 1
16 MF   Harry Wood 13 (2) 2 0 (1) 0 13 (3) 2
17 MF   Shane Farrell 22 (11) 0 4 1 26 (11) 1
19 GK   Harry Fisk 1 0 1 0 1 0
21 MF   Gavin Molloy 27 1 1 (1) 0 28 (1) 1
22 MF   Gavin Hodgins 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0
23 DF   Luke Byrne 16 (2) 0 2 0 18 (2) 0
24 MF   Sean Cummings 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 (2) 0
25 GK   Daithi Folan 0 0 1 0 1 0
26 FW   Gbemi Arubi 0 (8) 0 2 (1) 2 2 (9) 2
27 MF   Evan Caffrey 27 (9) 2 4 1 31 (9) 3
28 DF   David Toure 1 (2) 0 3 0 4 (2) 0
29 DF   Paddy Barrett 25 (1) 2 1 0 26 (1) 2
32 DF   Kameron Ledwidge 7 (18) 0 3 (1) 0 10 (19) 0
36 FW   Will Jarvis 10 (1) 3 0 0 10 (1) 3
16 FW   Harvey Nugent 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0
12 MF   Cian Doyle 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0
n/a GK   Scott van-der-Sluis 0 0 2 0 2 0
n/a DF   Lewis Browne 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0
n/a DF   Lewis Temple 0 0 2 (1) 0 2 (1) 0
n/a FW   Kyle Robinson 2 (14) 0 3 3 5 (14) 3
n/a MF   Kian Leavy 5 (6) 1 0 0 5 (6) 1
  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season
  • Source: RedsStats1895

Top Goalscorers

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No Pos Nat Player LOI Cup Total
10 FW   Jack Moylan 15 1 16
11 FW   Matty Smith 4 0 4
9 FW   Sean Boyd 3 0 3
36 FW   Will Jarvis 3 0 3
27 MF   Evan Caffrey 2 1 3
Total 4 0 4
  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season
  • Source: RedsStats1985

Discipline

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As of match played 17 March 2023
No Pos Nat Player LOI FAIC Total
           
13 DF   Tyreke Wilson 4 0 0 0 4 0
17 MF   Shane Farrell 2 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF   Mark Coyle 1 0 0 0 1 0
11 MF   Matty Smith 2 0 0 0 2 0
21 MF   Gavin Molloy 2 0 0 0 2 0
15 FW   Kyle Robinson 2 0 0 0 2 0
6 MF   JJ Lunney 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 DF   Luke Byrne 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 15 0 0 0 15 0
  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: RedsStats1895

The 2023 Home and Away shirts were released on 17 December 2022.[13] Culligan replaces Hampton Homes as front of shirt sponsor in a deal running until the end of 2026.[14]

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Culligans (Front of Jersey)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Away

Source: [13]

Type Shirt Shorts Socks Info
Home Red Red Red Worn 5 times; against Drogheda United (LOI) H, Bohemians (LOI) H, Dundalk (LOI) A, Shamrock Rovers (LOI) H, Cork City (LOI) A
Away Grey Grey Grey Worn once; against St Patrick's Athletic (LOI) A

Key: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral

References

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  1. ^ "Conor Kearns is a Red". shelbournefc.ie. Shelbourne FC. 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Kyle Robinson signs for Shels". shelbourne fc.ie. Shelbourne FC. 18 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Shels sign Andrew Quinn for 2023". shelbournefc.ie. Shelbourne FC. 18 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Evan Caffrey is a Red". shelbournefc.ie. Shelbourne FC. 22 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Welcome to Tolka Park, Tyreke Wilson". shelbournefc.ie. Shelbourne FC. 18 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Gavin Hodges, Lewis Temple and Luke Brown sign for 2023". shelbournefc.ie. Shelbourne FC. 3 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Paddy Barrett is a Red". shelbournefc.ie. Shelbourne FC. 17 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Shelbourne signs Kian Leavy on Loan". shelbournefc.ie. Shelbourne FC. 8 February 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Five players depart the Reds". shelbournefc.ie. Shelbourne FC. 17 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Stephen Negru departs Shels". shelbournefc.ie. Shelbourne FC. 15 December 2022.
  11. ^ Keogh, Donald (15 February 2023). "Aodh Dervin is back as Longford Town start new season at home to Athlone". longfordleader.ie. Longford Leader.
  12. ^ a b "PREMIER DIVISION". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  13. ^ a b "𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 🔴 // ⚪️ Our new 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 and 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 jersey for 2023, created by 𝗨𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗼 and proudly supported by our new primary sponsor 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻". twitter.com. 17 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Culligan announced as new front of shirt sponsor for the Reds". shelbournefc.ie. Shelbourne FC`. 19 December 2022.
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