Phoenix F.C. is a football club from Fingal in Dublin, Ireland. The club competes in the Athletic Union League (association football). Phoenix was formed after the amalgamation of Ashtown Villa and Kinvara Ards in 2006 and play at a football complex in Scribblestown. Former players at the club have included ex-Bohemian F.C. player Marc Hughes, ex-Shamrock Rovers player Marc Kenny, and Ciarán O'Donoghue.
The club was formed on 1 June 2006 by the amalgamation of Ashtown Villa and Kinvara Ards. Kinvara Ards, who were established in 1982, had previously merged with Kinvara Boys. Ashtown Villa had previously qualified for the FAI Cup several times, including three seasons in a row from 1990âÂÂ91 to 1992âÂÂ93. They made it to the quarterfinals in 1990âÂÂ91 after beating Dundalk and Derry City. Villa qualified again in 2002.
In 2007, while managed by Harry Kenny, Phoenix qualified for the FAI Cup and were drawn at home to St. Patrick's Athletic. The club also qualified for the FAI Cup in 2014. Phoenix's senior men's team played in the Athletic Union League up until 7 June 2024, when they played their final league game against Hardwicke F.C. The team played their first game in the Leinster Senior League's Premier Sunday division against Kilcock Celtic on 27 August 2024.
The committee of Ashtown Villa FC had a vision to bring in schoolboy football to the community based on one club operating in Scribblestown at the all-weather facilities which is complemented with two grass pitches and a modern club house.
The club's playing facilities at Scribblestown Lane consist of two floodlit, artificial turf pitches (one full-size, one 5-a-side), one 7-a-side grass pitch and one 9-a-side grass pitch.
Phoenix also retains their original clubhouse from the 1960s in Martin Savage Park. Dublin City Council provides the club with the use of two full-size grass pitches and one 7-a-side pitch at the same location.