Torro United AFC

The History of Torro Utd

Torro Utd was established in 1970 and ran for three years in the Lough League and various local tournaments until they disbanded in 1973.

The Club started up again for the season 1985/1986 when PJ Geraghty and Paul Duffy approached Mr. Gerry Gorman, Secretary of the Meath & District League, with a view to affiliating a team. Paschal Duffy was the first Chairperson and Manager. Their first game was in the Gerry Bradley Shield, which they lost 8-1 away to Dunderry, Noel Meehan (RIP) scoring Torros first goal from the penalty.

The 1986/1987 season brought the first underage team of the club (Under 17); this season also brought the first trophy for the club, when the Torro A Team won Division 4 B under the management of Pascal Duffy. The next eight years were unsuccessful, honours wise, but were the foundations for a successful future. The 1994/1995 season saw Torro A team winning Division 4 under the management of Sean Mooney. This marked a very successful reign as manager. In the 1995/1996 season Torro won the Fitzsimons Cup, beating archrivals Rathkenny Rover 1-0, with an ex Rathkenny player as Manager (Sean Mooney) and also an ex player scoring the winning goal (Paul Weldon). Success quickly followed in the 1996 / 1997 season which was the most successful season ever for the Torro Utd club, when Torro A took the Division 3 title and Torro B managed by Seamus Blaney, won the Fiacre O Neill Memorial Shield beating Enfield 2-0 with goals from Ivan Lennon and Colm Doggett. They also won the Premier B Reserve League and also finished runners up in the Reserve Cup final.

The next silverware came in the 1999/2000 season when the Torro Bs won the Excel Print Cup under the management of Andy Reilly. They were also runners up in the Reserve Cup that year.  Silverware has become very scarce since the start of the new millennium, but none the less Torro has been progressing in the top ranks of the Meath & District League. They gained promotion from Division one under the leadership of Andy Reilly (2005 -2006 season) and they stayed in the Premier League for three years. That year also saw the B team, managed by Shane Carroll and captained by Garret Reilly win the A Reserve League and gain promotion to the Premier Reserve League for the first time in our history.
The A team were demoted in the year 2007-2008 season from the Premier Division, but bounced straight back into the top ranks after finishing second in Division one behind Clones Town to gain promotion to the Premier League thanks to the leadership of Joe Price assisted Derek McKeever

In 1998 Torro secured a bank loan and purchased 5 acres of land. Presently this is where Torro are based with two full size pitches and also a training pitch. Torro has become one of Meaths biggest clubs since it small time start in the early 70s and with the consent work being done at underage level, the future seems bright for this North Meath club.