Shelbourne have won the league 13 times and are one of three clubs to have won both the IFA Cup and the FAI Cup. They currently play their home matches at Tolka Park, in the Dublin suburb of Drumcondra.

Shelbourne played 28 matches, won 25, drew 2 and lost only 1.

Shelbourne won the principal junior competitions, the Leinster Junior Cup and League Championship.

The club won their first Leinster Senior Cup in 1900, Shelbourne won the competition again in 1901 and 1904.

In 1906 Shelbourne won their fourth Leinster Senior Cup, the club also played in a charity match against Bohemians in 1906 and raised more than 100 pounds to build a Roman Catholic Church in Ringsend.

In 1911 Shelbourne won the IFA Cup for their second time.

Shelbourne won the Leinster Senior Cup again in 1913 and 1914.

Shelbourne won the IFA Cup once more, in 1920 after the other semi-final was declared void as both of the teams involved were ejected from the competition ( Belfast Celtic and Glentoran ), before Shelbourne's association with the Irish Football Association was to come to an end.

Shelbourne finished runners-up the following two seasons and won the 1924 Leinster Senior Cup, the reds finished third in the league again in the 1924 – 25 season before winning the league for their first time the following season in 1925 – 26. They finished runners-up the following two years before winning the 1928 – 29 Championship.

In 1963 Shelbourne won another Leinster Senior Cup.

Shelbourne won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1968.

the following season Shelbourne won their first game in Europe for 30 years when they beat FC Karpaty Lviv of Ukraine, They advanced to play Greek Giants Panathinaikos and were beaten 5 – 1 on aggregate.

A large number of players who won the league with Shelbourne in 2006 went on to win it again the following year with Drogheda United.

Under Matthews Shelbourne won the 2010 Leinster Senior Cup, later that year Shelbourne narrowly missed out on a place in the Promotion Play-offs thanks to a 2 – 1 defeat at home to Waterford United on the final day of the season.

* Vincent McKenna ( b1955 ) soccer player for Shelbourne ( 1971-8 ) and Dundalk ( 1978-80 ) who played five times for Ireland youths, including the 1972 European finals, and won an interleague cap.

* Shelbourne won the FAI Cup

* In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Shelbourne were drawn against Portuguese side Belenenses and after two drawn games won the replay 2-1.

The Saints won the 2011 Leinster Senior Cup after beating Dublin rivals Bohemians 2-0 at Dalymount Park. The Saints bid to end their 50 year drought of winning the FAI Cup came to a heartbreaking end, after knocking Crumlin United, Waterford United and Cork City out, the Saints faced old rivals Shelbourne in the semi-final.

Three goal wins over Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk put Shelbourne in the 1960 FAI Cup Final where they beat Cork Hibernians 2 – 0 to get their hands on the trophy for only the second time.

With this success came the excitement of European club football, Shelbourne played their first European match against Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1962, they were beaten 2 – 0 in the first leg held at Dalymount Park and then 5 – 1 in Portugal to go out 7 – 1 on aggregate.

Cork Hibs beat Shels in the replay of the 1973 FAI Cup Final in Flower Lodge-the only time the final was ever played outside Dublin while Shelbourne were eliminted from the UEFA Cup by Hungarians Vasas SC in what would be their last European game for 21 years.

This all lead to Shels claiming their tenth league title, in the same season Shelbourne were eliminated from the UEFA Cup in the Preliminary round by Danish club Brøndby.

Shelbourne team before their game with FC Steaua București in the 2005 – 06 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.

Reds Independent are a Shelbourne supporters group formed in 1998 after Shelbourne FC moved their home UEFA Cup tie with Rangers out of the country and to Prenton Park, the home of Tranmere Rovers FC.

Shelbourne enter the first round proper after their Champions League third qualifying round exit, but miss out on a place in the UEFA Cup group stages.

Shelbourne win the double of the League of Ireland Premier Division and the FAI Cup for the first time in their history.

The Hoops ' defeat to Shelbourne in the first round of the FAI Cup in 1970, their first defeat in 32 Cup games over seven years, marked the start of the decline in the fortunes of the club.

On 1 April 1984, the club clinched their first League of Ireland title in 20 years with a 3 – 1 defeat of Shelbourne and 14 days later against Limerick at Glenmalure Park, midfielder and captain, Pat Byrne was presented with the trophy.

On 11 September 1926, Shamrock Rovers played their first game at Glenmalure Park, Milltown against Dundalk, having previously played at Ringsend Park, Shelbourne Park, Windy Arbour and a different pitch behind the famous Milltown one.

Shelbourne were demoted to the First Division because of Financial irregularities in their 2007 Premier Division license application.

This season also saw Rovers make their first appearance in the Free State Senior Cup, now known as the FAI Cup, winning in the First round against Brideville 3-1 before going out to Shelbourne in the next round 5-2.

His replacement was player-manager Nicky Reid, a former Man City defender and he brought silverware back to the club as Rovers gained revenge for their defeat to Shelbourne in the League Cup two years earlier by beating them this time round in the final for Rovers first ever win in the competition.

They marked their return to the Premier Division with a highly creditable 1-1 draw away to two-time reigning champions Shelbourne.

In the 2004 / 2005 European season, Shelbourne became the first Irish club to reach the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.

The following year Shelbourne defeated Belfast Celtic in the Cup Final 2 – 0 and became the first Southern club to win the IFA Cup, according to a Dublin newspaper " Tar Barrels and bonfires were blazing across Ringsend and Sandymount that night as the Irish Cup was paraded around the district ".

In 1906 Shelbourne player Val Harris became the clubs first player to line out for Ireland.

After so many attempts, the blue ribbon of Irish football made its way to Shelbourne Park for the first time.

Cork Celtic were beaten by a Ben Hannigan goal in a play-off for the league in 1962 and only illness to three key players as a result of vaccinations taken on a League of Ireland representative trip to Italy cost Shelbourne the FAI Cup and a first ' double ' as they went down to Shamrock Rovers in the final despite being red-hot favourites.

Keely's first season ended in disappointment, Shelbourne finished third in the league and were knocked out of the FAI Cup at the Semi-Final stage.

In the first Qualifying round of the 1998 – 99 UEFA Cup Shelbourne were drawn against Glasgow side & one of the Old Firm teams, Rangers.

In the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Shelbourne were beaten in the first round by Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax.

After beating KR Reykjavík they advanced to face the then Croatian League Champions HNK Hajduk Split, after the first leg in Croatia Shelbourne were trailiing 3 – 2, however thanks to a 2 – 0 victory at home Shelbourne advanced 4 – 3 on aggregate, Shelbourne became the first Irish club to reach the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and managed to pull off one of the biggest upsets in European Competition's caused by an Irish Club.

2006 saw a change in fortunes for Shelbourne, with ' The Reds ' winning the title on the last day of the season on goal difference from Derry City, they also managed to reach the Intertoto Cup semi-finals in the Northern Region after beating Lithuanian club FK Vėtra 5 – 0 on aggregate, the largest victory in European Competition's for Shelbourne, but they were knocked out of the competition by Danish side Odense BK 3 – 1 on aggregate, ' The Reds ' had been beaten 3 – 0 in the first leg at Fionia Park in Odense but earned a very respectable 1 – 0 win at Tolka Park, remaining undefeated at home in Europe for 8 games, an Irish record.