{"id":32328,"date":"2017-06-09T12:56:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autotrade.ie\/?p=32328"},"modified":"2017-06-09T13:51:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T12:51:12","slug":"remembering-the-fordson-factory-winners-of-the-free-state-cup-in-1926","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autotrade.ie\/index.php\/remembering-the-fordson-factory-winners-of-the-free-state-cup-in-1926\/32328","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the Fordson factory winners of the Free State Cup in 1926"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic of Ireland men\u2019s international football team were in Cork recently for a training camp at Fota Island Resort in preparation for the team\u2019s key World Cup qualifying game at the Aviva Stadium against Austria on Sunday June 11.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32329\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32329\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32329\" src=\"http:\/\/www.autotrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/23-Fordson-FC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autotrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/23-Fordson-FC.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.autotrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/23-Fordson-FC-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autotrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/23-Fordson-FC-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fordsons FC team with the 1926 Free State Cup: (Back) Paddy Kelly; Mal McKinny; Dinny Driscoll; (Centre) L R Dalton (finance); Sally Connolly; Barney Collins; Bill O\u2019Hagan; Jack Caribine; Jack Baylor; Jack Finn (Trainer); J Leddy. (Front): Percy Rocky (Treasurer); Billy Hannon; Jack Sullivan (Captain); Frank Brady; H Scott (Manager Ford Cork); Harry Buckle; Dave Roberts; Paddy Barry; PJ Gilhooley (Secretary)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During the team\u2019s visit to Cork, Ford Ireland chief, Ciar\u00e1n McMahon, met with team Manager, Martin O\u2019Neill and his Assistant Manager, Corkonian Roy Keane, and in this centenary year of Ford in Ireland, the three discussed the company\u2019s long and rich football heritage.\u00a0 Very soon after production started in the factory that Henry Ford established in 1917, football fans at the plant set up the Fordsons FC team and went on to play in the Munster Senior League and in the Free State Cup, the forerunner of today\u2019s FAI Cup.<\/p>\n<p>In only their second year as a League of Ireland team during the 1925\/26 tournament, Fordsons FC defied expectations and went all the way to the final where they met seasoned campaigners, Shamrock Rovers, who were the cup holders from the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Patrick\u2019s Day 1926 final which took place at Dalymount Park in Dublin was a thrilling affair for the thousands of loyal fans from Cork who took the train to Dublin in support of \u2018the Tractors\u2019 \u2013 the nickname for the Fordsons team.\u00a0 In a hard fought game in which the Tractors were behind twice and Rovers missed a penalty, Fordsons eventually won out with a winning goal two minutes from time to clinch the game 3-2.\u00a0 The homecoming party for the winning team was legendary and the names of all the Fordson heroes, among them Harry Buckle, Paddy Barry, captain Jack Sullivan and goalkeeper Bill O\u2019Hagan who saved the penalty are spoken with pride to this day across Leeside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year is special for us in Ford as we celebrate the rare achievement of 100 years in business in Ireland\u201d, said Ciar\u00e1n McMahon. \u201cAnd among that rich history is the great sporting tradition that was born among the factory workers including the great achievements of Fordsons FC. 100 years later we are carrying on that tradition as Ford is official vehicle partner of the FAI, football is still hugely important to us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Martin O\u2019Neill said: \u201cIt was great to be here for our training camp in Cork, a county where sporting traditions run very deep, and football has been a huge part of that. Indeed, that is true right up to today, look at Cork City FC who are the current holders of the FAI Cup. During our visit to Cork it was also great to remember the wonderful achievement of the Fordsons FC team in 1926 \u2013 a factory team winning the national tournament, which is the stuff of dreams. Congratulations to Ciar\u00e1n and the Ford team on achieving the great milestone of 100 years in business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic of Ireland men\u2019s international football team were in Cork recently for a training camp at Fota Island Resort in preparation for the team\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":32349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1044,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorshow","category-news","cat-1044-id","cat-1-id","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Remembering the Fordson factory winners of the Free State Cup in 1926 - 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