History
Moore United plays their home games in Falty. The clubhouse is an old school which has seen major redevelopments in recent years, with two large modern dressing rooms with showers, a room for a referee and modern kitchen. Grounds have also gone under major changes, with the main pitch becoming fully floodlit and dugouts added.
A second was pitch purchased and play host to under-age teams during the summer. Moore have two senior teams competing in the RDFL and several under-age teams in the RDYSL. The Moore crest consists of a round tower located at St Marys Church a well-known landmark in Moore and is inscribed in Latin “Aequiate in Certamine”
Moore original committee consisted of Chairperson; Michael Grenham, Secretary; Pat Higgins and Treasurer; Martian Craven. They played their first game against what where to become Moore closest rival over the years Skyvalley Rovers on the 30th November 1975 losing 3-0.
In 1979 gained promotion to the First Division. Moore reached the Roscommon Cup Final in 1985 beating Skyvalley Rovers in the semi-final but losing the final in a closely fought 2-0 to Dubarry. Moore won their first piece of silverware in 1985 when the won the Second Division Cup accepted by club captain Mike Burns. Moore completed the double by winning the league in what was a great year season for the club.
In 1993 Moore A won the Divisional Cup beating Ahascragh on penalties with Moore goalie John Griffin saving two. The nineties was a good decade for Moore’s B team, they completed the double by winning the Division 3 League unbeaten and Division Cup. Moore’s u18 Team won the u18 Cup beating Castlerea, goals coming from Jonathan Dunning and Niall Hogan, 1996 was also the year Moore celebrated their 21st anniversary.
Moore started the new millennium by winning the Division 1 Cup, while Moore B where runner-up in the inaugural Millennium Cup. The new Millennium turned out to be Moore’s best periods for silverware, in 2001 Moore A won the First Division without losing a game. Moore won their first Challenge Cup in 2002 beating local rival Skyvalley Rovers on penalties after the game finished 2-2, Moore’s goals coming from Fergal Duffy and Jimmy Greene, also in 2002 Moore B won the Division 3 Cup. The 2002/2003 season ended with Moore A winning the Premier Division and runner’s-up in the Divisional Cup. The rest of the noughties belong to Moore B teams with three leagues and one cup including a double in 2004.
After a few lean year’s silverware returned to Both Moore Teams. In his first year as Moore A team manager former League of Ireland player Padraig Moran gained promoting to the Premier league by winning Division One and followed that up by winning the Division One Cup. Moore B finished of the season winning the Division Two Cup to complete a memorable triple.
More recent history to be added. Watch this space.....
