Ballyfermot United FC in west Dublin
Ballyfermot United FC brings royal blue and cherry red football to Le Fanu Road, with roots from 1961, major cup history, boys and girls pathways, adult football and a strong Ballyer community identity.
Ballyfermot United at Le Fanu Road
Ballyfermot United FC is a Dublin football club identified with Le Fanu Road, D10 W738, royal blue and cherry red colours, and the Ballyfermot United SSC name used across the club’s wider football activity. The club sits in the Dublin and District Schoolboys and Girls League setting for youth football, with boys and girls teams connected to the 2026 to 2027 season.
The Le Fanu Road base gives families and visiting teams a clear west Dublin reference point. Ballyfermot, Cherry Orchard, The Lawns and Coldcut all sit inside the wider club story, linking current youth football to older local football memories and the adult game.
Founded in 1961
The club’s foundation year is 1961, and that date is central to the Ballyfermot United story. It places the club inside more than six decades of local football, with generations of players, coaches, families and supporters connected to the red and blue colours.
The early purpose was simple and durable: give local people a place to play, compete and belong. That idea still runs through the modern club, where football is framed around community, opportunity, pride and a continuing connection between older teams and new young players.
The Lawns and local football memory
The Lawns is an important part of the club’s older football identity. It was closely tied to Ballyfermot United for generations and gave many young players their first steps in the game. It also held major local matches, celebrations, disappointments and the match day routines that shaped football in the area.
The local rivalry with Cherry Orchard forms part of that memory. The two clubs shared The Lawns, and one cup meeting between the sides drew such a large crowd that the pitch had to be roped off. Ballyfermot United won the replay 3 to 1, leaving a result that still sits in the club’s folklore.
The 1974 to 1975 side
One of Ballyfermot United’s great periods came in the 1974 to 1975 season under manager Pat Kelly. That team won four trophies in a single campaign: the League, the Arthur Lynch Cup, the Polikoff Cup and the Leinster Junior Cup. The only major honour missing from that run was the FAI Junior Cup.
The side became known as The 74 Team, a name that has stayed with Ballyfermot United supporters. Major cup games drew heavy local support, with buses leaving Ballyfermot carrying families, friends and club members in the famous red and blue colours.
Intermediate and senior honours
Ballyfermot United’s success continued after the golden period of the seventies. The club reached the FAI Intermediate Cup Final in 1980 to 1981, missing out to Tramore Athletic, then returned to the final in 1983 to 1984 and won the FAI Intermediate Cup by defeating Bank Rovers.
The club also finished as runner up in the Leinster Senior League Senior Division in 1991 to 1992. Those achievements show that Ballyfermot United has not only served its local area, but has also competed strongly at high levels of amateur and intermediate football in Ireland.
Youth pathway for boys and girls
The current youth pathway includes boys teams across Under 8, Under 9, Under 11, Under 12, Under 13, Under 14, Under 15 and Under 17 football, plus girls teams at Under 13, Under 14 and Under 16 level. That spread gives the club a broad school age ladder rather than a single team identity.
The 2026 to 2027 mix also shows depth in several ages. Boys football includes multiple groups at Under 12 and Under 14, while girls football reaches across three age bands. For parents, that gives Ballyfermot United a visible route from early football into older youth football.
Girls football at the club
Girls football is a clear part of Ballyfermot United’s current activity. The connected teams include Under 13 girls, Under 14 girls and Under 16 girls, placing girls football inside the main youth pathway rather than treating it as an add on.
The club’s 2026 activity also included new player welcome messages for girls football and named coaching involvement around the Under 13 girls group. That matters because girls football needs visible teams, visible coaches and a direct route for new players to join with confidence.
Coaches and development work
Ballyfermot United has also been building a club development team, with coaches connected to youth groups such as the Under 13 girls and the 2010 group. The emphasis is on player first development, strong coaching habits and helping young players improve inside a community club setting.
That development focus matters across a busy club. A strong coach group helps beginners settle, helps older youth players keep improving, and gives parents a clearer sense that the club is thinking beyond a single match day.
Adult football and Coldcut support
Ballyfermot United remains active in adult football as well as youth football. The club’s senior activity keeps older players connected to the colours and gives younger players a visible adult pathway, while the Coldcut season ticket for 2026 to 2027 shows that supporter activity remains part of the club identity.
Adult football also gives the club a bridge between history and the present. The same name that appears beside youth teams also carries memories of the 1974 side, the Intermediate Cup runs and the senior league achievements that made Ballyfermot United known beyond its own streets.
Membership and volunteers
The club provides expression of interest routes for 2026 membership, volunteer roles and schoolboy and schoolgirl coaching roles. That is practical for a community football club because teams need more than players. They need coaches, administrators, helpers, sideline support and people willing to keep the weekly routine moving.
Volunteer pathways are especially important in a club with boys teams, girls teams, adult teams and a long local following. A parent may first arrive for a child’s team and later become part of the club as a coach, helper, supporter or committee volunteer.
Contact points and club identity
Ballyfermot United SSC uses Cloverhill Road, Cherry Orchard, Dublin as a contact address, while football@bussc.ie is the football contact email connected with the club. The DDSL club map also connects Ballyfermot United FC with Le Fanu Road, D10 W738 and the royal blue and cherry red colours.
The different names and places are best read together: Ballyfermot United FC for the youth football identity, Ballyfermot United SSC for the wider club platform, Le Fanu Road for the DDSL venue, and Cloverhill Road or Cherry Orchard for club contact and local context.
Colours crest and Ballyer identity
The crest carries the Ballyfermot name, SSC letters, United wording, the year 1961, a handshake, a football and laurel branches over red and blue stripes. It is a busy badge, but every element points back to unity, football, local identity and the year the club began.
The club nickname Ballyer also appears within the modern support language. Paired with the red and blue colours, it gives the club a tone that is local, informal and recognisable for people who know Ballyfermot football.
Visiting Le Fanu Road
Visitors should use Le Fanu Road, D10 W738 as the football reference point for Ballyfermot United FC. The ground is in a busy Dublin community setting, so families and away teams should leave enough time for parking, finding the pitch entrance and connecting with the correct age group.
The club colours are royal blue and cherry red, which helps younger players and visiting parents recognise the Ballyfermot United setup quickly. The map below is included for first time visitors who need the Le Fanu Road location.
What parents can expect
Parents looking at Ballyfermot United are looking at a club with long history and modern youth depth. A child can enter the club through a younger boys or girls team, see older youth teams ahead, and understand that the same colours continue into adult football and the wider Ballyfermot football story.
The club also has a strong community feel. The history talks about generations returning as coaches, volunteers, parents and supporters, which is exactly how local clubs stay alive. Ballyfermot United’s strength is that the pathway is not just about teams, but about people staying connected to the club over time.
