Kildare County F.C. - Fans

Fans

The Kildare County official supporters club was founded at around the same time as the clubs foundation. Founding members Eugene Donovan and Derek Meade with the permission of the club directors, organised a meeting in the Clubhouse to form the first committee of the supporters club. THE FIRST COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF Eugene Donovan, Chairman; Derek Meade, Treasurer; Noel Clancy, Vice-Chairman; James Dunne, Secretary; Steve Taylor, Committee Member; Jo O'Connor, Committee Member & Ger Heavey, Committee Member & Travel Co-Ordinator. Committee members past and present on the supporters club are from Newbridge, Kildare, Coill Dubh, Donadea and Prosperous confirming that the club is not just for the people of Newbridge but for the whole of the county of Kildare. The supporters club membership is currently over 70 and members are not just from the county of Kildare but also live in Dublin and County Meath.

The Kildare County Supporters Club logo designed and created by Founding member and first club Chairman Eugene Donovan with creative input from Derek Meade

In the 2006 season the Supporters club introduced their new mascot to the world of Eircom League football- Stevie Capaill. The mascot is extremely popular with the young supporters of Kildare County and appears during the half time mini-matches which the supporters club play a role in organising. The matches involve young under-age soccer sides from the Kildare district and are enjoyed by both supporters and the participating young players.

Since 2006 many of Kildare County's games were recorded by a pair of fans and the highlights can be viewed on the website Youtube. The fans, Christopher and David Heaney were awarded the Thoroughbred achievement award at the end of the 2007 season. In 2007 a group of young supporters set up a bebo site.

The supporters club organised buses for a group of young fans who as the 2007 season progressed were named the County Coults for Kildare county fixtures against Kilkenny City and Shelbourne. A small group of young fans had decided that Station Road had become too quiet for a soccer game and that they would start to make some noise during the Shelbourne tie which was also County highest gate of the 2007 season. The group grew from 15 to 30 regular youths as the season progressed. The County Coults have become well known among the Kildare County faithful for their singing and chanting throughout the Kildare County home games at Station Road and were given the honour of presenting some of the Kildare County players with the Supporters Club Player of the Month awards as the 2007 season progressed. Sadly the County Coults numbers declined as the 2008 season progressed and they are now no more.

OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS' CLUB COMMITTEE 2009

• Chairman Steve Taylor
• Vice-chairman' Eugene Bennett
• Secretary
• Treasurer Danny Prone

Committee

• Declan Forde
• Tom Buckley
• Karl Scanlon
• David Heaney
• Keith Thorpe
• Christopher Heaney
• Myles O'Reilly

Past Committee Members

• Eugene Donovan
• Derek Meade
• Noel Clancy
• Jessie Dunne
• Shane Donovan
• Mark Phillips
• Ed Cross
• Anthony Donoghue
• Imelda O'Connor
• Tom O'Connor
• Rose Travers
• Paul Egan
• Jamie Domican
• Vincent Donnery
• Eamonn Nolan
• Andrew Nolan
• Ray Lenehan