Cobh Ramblers FC

What Cobh Ramblers FC does

Cobh Ramblers FC is a private, community-owned League of Ireland football club based in Cobh, County Cork, founded in 1922 and operating at St. Colman's Park. The club fields a men's senior team in the LOI First Division (second tier), a comprehensive youth academy spanning MU14, MU15, MU17 and MU20 boys' teams, and a girls' academy at WU17 and WU19 levels — with a Senior Women's LOI team planned for 2026. Revenue is generated through matchday ticketing (individual tickets €5–€15, season tickets up to €200, multi-game bundles), online and physical merchandise sales (cobhramblersshop.com plus a shop at Casement Square, Cobh), local sponsorship deals led by main sponsor Caltech Electrical Solutions, club membership, and the recurring "300 Klub" supporter subscription. Ancillary income includes venue hire of the Ramblers Bar at St. Colman's Park, youth summer camps (ages 5–14), a player sponsorship commercial program, and the "Cobh Rambling" podcast.

In 2025 the club underwent a significant ownership transition, separating from FC32 Global Investments Limited in July before Digital Athlete Ventures (led by Ilya Movshovich, Pedro Lombardo of JPX Investments, and Bryant Clark of Fifty Five South Ventures) acquired a 90% stake. Governance was subsequently refreshed: Sinead Sheridan became Chairperson in December 2025 (the second woman to hold the role in League of Ireland history), Bill Liao joined as Co-Chair and Strategic Advisor, and Fran Rockett was appointed Men's Senior Head Coach in November 2025. The club maintains a tech-enabled academy partnership with MaxU for mental-skills training of players aged 8–18 and has 11–50 employees. It operates primarily as a community sports and entertainment asset rather than a technology business, with on-pitch ambitions tied to returning to the LOI Premier Division.

Name

Cobh Ramblers FC

Legal name

Cobh Ramblers Football Club

Website

https://cobhramblers.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cobh Ramblers FC is a private League of Ireland First Division football club based in Cobh, County Cork, operating a men's senior team, boys' and girls' youth academy, and a planned 2026 senior women's team, with revenue from matchday ticketing, merchandise, local sponsorship, and memberships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Football Club Services

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162), Spectator Sports (71121)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Amateur Clubs & Community Sports Organizations (MPAKACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Athlete Development & Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) (HSADAEAE), Team & Club Coaching (seasonal team coaching) (HSADAEAF)

Keywords

• Professional football club
• Youth academy development
• Matchday ticketing services
• Sports merchandise retail
• Stadium event venue hire

Headquarters

HQ city

Cobh

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Matchday ticket revenue from League of Ireland First Division home games at St. Colman's Park. Single match tickets, season tickets, and multi-game bundles available.
2. Merchandise Sales: Online and physical merchandise store selling club kits, apparel, and memorabilia through cobhramblersshop.com and club shop in Casement Square, Cobh.
3. Sponsorship & Partnerships: Kit sponsorship, main sponsor (Caltech Electrical Solutions), and club partner agreements with local businesses including Joyce & Co. Solicitors and Belvelly Castle.
4. Membership & 300 Klub: Club membership programs including the 300 Klub monthly subscription for dedicated supporters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cobh Ramblers FC operates a League of Ireland First Division men's senior football team and a comprehensive youth football academy spanning boys' teams from MU14 to MU20 and girls' teams at WU17 and WU19, with a planned Senior Women's LOI team for 2026. Ancillary offerings include matchday ticketing, club merchandise sales, venue and bar hire at St. Colman's Park, summer football camps, the Cobh Rambling podcast, and a commercial player sponsorship program.

Product overview

Cobh Ramblers FC is a community-driven League of Ireland football club offering a multi-tiered portfolio of football programs and ancillary services. The core offering is the Men's First Team competing in the First Division, supported by a comprehensive Youth Academy with boys' teams (MU14-MU20) and a Women's Academy with girls' teams (WU17, WU19) that will feed into the planned 2026 Senior Women's LOI team. The club generates revenue through matchday ticketing (individual, season, and multi-game tickets), an online merchandise shop, and event hire of St. Colman's Park facilities including the Ramblers Bar. Additional offerings include the Cobh Rambling podcast, youth summer camps, and a player sponsorship commercial program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Men's First Team League of Ireland First Division men's football team competing at the second tier of Irish professional football, playing 18 home games per season at St. Colman's Park.
• Youth Academy (Boys) Comprehensive boys' youth development program with teams at MU14, MU15, MU17, and MU20 levels competing in League of Ireland age-group divisions, integrated with MaxU mental-skills technology for players aged 8–18.
• Women's Academy (Girls) Girls' youth academy program with WU17 and WU19 teams, forming the foundation for the planned 2026 Senior Women's LOI team.
• Matchday Ticketing Online ticket sales for home matches at St. Colman's Park including individual match tickets (Adult €15, Youth €7, Child €5), season tickets (Adult €200, Youth €65, Child €45 covering all 18 home games), and 6-game multi-match bundles.
• Club Merchandise Shop Online retail store offering official club jerseys, home, away, and third kits, and associated club merchandise, complemented by a physical shop at 16 Roger Casement Square, Cobh.
• Cobh Rambling Podcast Club's dedicated podcast series created by media manager Thomas Stafford featuring interviews with former players and club figures, available via SoundCloud and social media.
• Summer Football Camps Football development camps for children aged 5–14 held at St. Colman's Park during school holidays, led by first team players.
• St. Colman's Park Event Hire Venue hire services including the Ramblers Bar with two bars, music facilities, and event spaces available for christenings, birthdays, and private events.
• Player Sponsorship Program Commercial sponsorship program offering local businesses player sponsorship packs including website listing, player shirt, and matchday media posts.

Quantifiable outcome

• League of Ireland First Division Champions 2007
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MaxUcoreTechnology or Integration · 8 December 2025Strategic partnership with MaxU to integrate mental performance technology across the Cobh Ramblers Academy. MaxU delivers science-driven assessments and personalized training for athletes ages 8-18 to build confidence, focus, resilience, and self-awareness. Partnership responds to League of Ireland mental health research showing 63% of players surveyed had symptoms of Common Mental Disorder.
• Caltech Electrical SolutionscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMain sponsor of Cobh Ramblers FC. Caltech Electrical Solutions is a Cork-based company providing electrical and engineering services. Proudly supporting the Rams with prominent branding across club communications.
• Joyce & Co. SolicitorsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerClub partner for 2021 season with logo on the back of the kit. Founded in 1982, located at 9 Washington Street, Cork. Provides legal services in employment, property, and estates.
• Belvelly CastleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerClub partner for 2021 season. Located in Cobh, the castle and family business partnered with club for brand placement on home and away jerseys. Anne and Garry Wilson family support the Cobh community.
• RYT MediaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWebsite development and design partner for cobhramblers.ie. Provides official streaming services and digital marketing support for the club.
• Cobh4Football InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration between all four Cobh football clubs to upgrade facilities on the Great Island. Includes Stephen Ireland Astro Turf at Old Church Park and partnership with Cobh Wanderers for shared grass pitch facilities.
• Breaking the SilenceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial charity partner of Cobh Ramblers FC. Voluntary group driving suicide awareness providing free training programmes across Cork City and County including SafeTALK and ASIST. €5 donation from third kit jersey sales goes to the charity.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cork City FC: Cork City FC is the most direct peer, sharing the same city and competing in the League of Ireland. Both clubs field senior men's teams in the same league pyramid (Cork City historically in the Premier Division), share the Cork catchment for fans and sponsors, and overlap on local sponsorship inventory.
• Bray Wanderers FC: Bray Wanderers is a League of Ireland peer with First Division pedigree, comparable scale and a similar community-driven sponsorship model relevant to benchmarking Cobh Ramblers' operations.
• Finn Harps FC: Finn Harps competes in the League of Ireland First Division alongside Cobh Ramblers and is a direct sporting peer with similar small-town community identity and Division-scale operations.
• Athlone Town FC: Athlone Town competes in the LoI First Division as a comparable small-city Irish football club with similar community-rooted operating model and youth development focus.
• Wexford FC: Wexford FC is a League of Ireland First Division peer directly competing in Cobh Ramblers' 2026 fixture schedule. Like Cobh, they are a provincial Irish club with similar scale, matchday-ticket revenue, and youth development focus.
• Galway United FC: Galway United is a League of Ireland club that has competed alongside Cobh Ramblers in the First Division. They are directly comparable as provincial, community-rooted LoI clubs with similar revenue structures (matchday, sponsorship, membership) and youth academy models.
• Longford Town FC: Longford Town is a First Division competitor of Cobh Ramblers with comparable scale and provincial-town positioning. The two clubs share similar revenue models, academy structures, and competitive context in the LoI second tier.
• Treaty United FC: Treaty United is a fellow LoI First Division peer and another relatively new provincial club. They compete in the same division as Cobh Ramblers and share comparable sponsorship-and-matchday revenue dynamics.

Broad incumbents

• Bohemian FC: Bohemian FC is a large, established League of Ireland club with a strong academy and fan-ownership model. As a broad incumbent, they offer a reference point for governance, academy operations, and sponsorship scaling that is instructive for smaller provincial peers like Cobh Ramblers.
• Shamrock Rovers FC: Shamrock Rovers is the dominant League of Ireland club historically, drawing sponsorship and supporter attention from across Ireland including the Cork region. As a broad incumbent, they benchmark commercial scale, academy professionalism, and brand depth relative to what Cobh Ramblers aspires to.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cobhramblersfc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/CobhRamblersTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/cobhramblersfc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crfc1922
• Instagraminstagram.com/cobhramblersfc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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