Ballisodare United is our local football club. Founded in 1975, the club have a rich history in providing competitive sporting history.

Currently Ballisodare United FC have 18 teams with the youngest under 4 years of age right up to Seniors mens team. With this number of teams and a coaching and committee group of over 60 volunteers the club can cater for over 340 youth boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 18.

The Club was formed in May 1975 by Jim Browne, T.J. Mc Manamon (RIP) & Gerry (Sally) O' Connell. In 1976 The club played their first competitive game against Attymas, Co. Mayo in Summerhill College, 2-1 defeat. The team that day was: Chris Rushe, Charlie Parkes, Nace O'Dowd, Jim Browne (capt.), Gerry ( Sally) O'Connell, Eugene Savage, Joe Casey, Kieran Rushe, Eugene Sherlock, Bernard Duggan, John Mc Loughlin, Gerry Finan. (Average age 16 and half years)

1977-78: We joined the Division Three of the Sligo/Leitrim League and on September 20th we beat Aughamore Celtic 4-2. We gain promotion to division 2 

1978-1979: First committee formed: Chairman, T.J. Mc Manamon, Secretary/Treasurer, Jim Browne, Committee, Eugene Savage, Stanley Harte, John Conlon, James Nicholson. Michael "Bomber" Savage signed for Sligo Rover Reserves and from there went on to sign semi-professional terms with Shamrock Rovers. We finished 5th in division 2.

1979-1980:  The club started a youth policy and entered a team in the u-13 league, beating Coolera Rovers in their first competitive match. The Team: K. Malee, P. Parkes, M. Mc Guinness, G. Dooner, N. Collery, D. Howley, N. O'Connell. D. O'Connell, N. Corcoran, P. Savage, P. Lavin. We won promotion to Division 1 with a thrilling 5-3 win over St. Annes in the Showgrounds, in a play off for 2nd place.

1980-1981: Along with playing in Division 1 we also entered a B team in Division 4 of the Sligo/Leitrim League. We achieved our first success at Youth level winning the S/L U-11 League.

1981-1982: Our U-13's win the U-13s league

1982-83: Ballisodare Sports Field open in August 1982 and provided us with our first home. We retained the U-13 league beating St. Edwards in a play-off 3-0 (Brendan Connolly 2, Fergal Gunning 1). Our senior team finished mid-table in Division 1.

1983-84: We win the U-15 League by gaining a 4-4 draw at home to Ballymote. We were 4-1 down with 15 minutes to go and scored 3 goals in nine minutes. We had the distinction of winning the S/L Player of the Year Titles at different levels: Noel Conlon, U-15; Sylvestor Mahon, Div 3; Vincent Sherlock, Div 1. Nigel O' Connell won a Connaught Youths Cup for Sligo Rovers & a Connaught League Minor medal for Sligo GAA. Our first team win Division 1 of the S/L League. This was our first title since we entered the league in 1975.

1984-85: Our U-15's retain the league title. They are beaten in the finals of the SFAI Bank of Ireland Cup and the Joe Wickham cup by Letterkenny Rovers and Salthill Devon respectively 1-0. They win the Cafolla 7-a-side tournament beating Ballyshannon 3-0. The B team are still playing in Division 3 and the first team playing their first season in the Premier Division reach the final of the BOI Cup losing 3-1 to Collegians.

1985-86: Our U-16's win the NW Championship beating Letterkenny 2-0. Our U-17's are Runners up in the league. Gerry Dooner had a FAI U-17 trial. Our U-16's were beaten 4-1 by Letterkenny in the regional final of the BOI Cup. Our Senior team finished in the bottom half of the Premier Division.

1986-1987: The start of the Super League in Sligo. John Lavin & Dessie O'Connell had U-17 International trials in Dublin with Dessie making the team and played against Northern Ireland on 27th January in Belfast and then went on trial with Chelsea. In April the had four representatives in the S/L Youth team that defeated the Galway League 4-3 in the FAI quarter-final, namely Dessie O'Connell, Gerry Dooner, Martin Conlon & Noel Conlon. In May the U-17's clinched the title with a 3-1 win over St. Edwards. Sadly our Senior team are relegated from the Super League to the Premier Division.

1987-1988: Crowned Premier Division Champions on Good Friday with a 5-1 win over Cliffoney Celtic which ironically were captained by our current clubman Mick Phelan. The club were beaten in the final of the BOI Cup by Calry Bohs 2-1. Gerry Dooner played for Sligo Rovers and Sligo GAA. Dessie O'Connell wins Player of the Year for the Club & SL Premier League.

1988-1989: Bomber Savage was club captain of Sligo Rovers. Harry Nairn plays with Sligo Rovers Reserves in the Super League. Thomas Dooner captains and Noel Meenaghan scores in a 2-1 defeat to Foxford in the Connaught U-16 Final. Ballisodare secured their Super League place with a 3-0 win over Arrow Harps (Adrian Sherlock, 3). We were beaten in the McSharry & Foley Cup by Arrow Harps and won the BOI Cup with a 1-0 win over MCR, Thomas Dooner with the winner.

1989-1990: We became a force in the Super League and enjoyed success in the FAI Junior Cup. We beat Collegians in the Area Final of the FAI Junior Cup, we then played Palmerstown Rangers in Dublin on 28th January and won 2-0, Waterford Bohs ended our cup dreams in February 90 and we finished lowly in the league as our cup runs caught up with us.

1990-1991: We won the BOI Stephen Street Cup coming from 1 down to beat Bass Rovers in extra time. We lost the FAI Junior Cup to Collegians, 1-0. In the Super League we put ourselves in a position to win the league by beating Corinthians 1-0 at Ballisodare. In the final game of the season against already relegated Manor Rangers we could only manage a 1-1 draw and this lead to the three-way play-off between ourselves, Strand Celtic and Cortinthians. We lost our first play off game to Corinthians who went onto beat Strand Celtic to win the league. On 23rd June 1991 we beat Strand Celtic to take runner-up in the Super League.

1991-1992: WE FINALLY CAPTURE THE SUPER LEAGUE TITLE. On the first weekend in May we played the last two games of the season needing three points to clinch the title. First up on the Friday were local rivals Cloonamahon Celtic, when Johnny Kane clinched a late winner with an overhead kick after Cloonamahon had taken a shock lead. On the Sunday morning Ballisodare completely overwhelmed M.C.R, 5-1, to clinch the title in Sean Fallon Park. Strand Celtic denied the club the double by winning the Mc Sharry & Foley Cup on a scoreline of 4-1.

1992-1993: We were in three cup finals - the semi finals of the Connaught Junior Cup and Connaught Senior Cup and runners-up in the Super League. As representatives of the SL League we reached the final of the Michael Byrne Cup against Galway Hibs. After securing a 2-0 lead we eventually went under 4-2 to a very strong Hibs side. We beat Calry Bohs in the McSharry & Foley Cup 1-0. As reigning Super League champions we qualified for the Connaught Senior Cup where we were beaten 4-0 by Mervue in the semi finals. We lost 2-0 in Ballisodare to Galway Bohs in the Connaught Junior Cup.

1993-1994: We were unfortunate due to all our cup commitments to finish runner-up to Calry Bohs. Our exploits in the FAI Junior Cup were to become part of the club's folklore. We began by winning the SL Area Final by beating Meadowbank 2-0 in McSharry Park. In the next round we drew Rivermount from the A.U.L in Dublin. This match turned out to be an epic encounter and was fittingly won by a superb 30-yard strike from Gerry Dooner which sealed a famous 3-2 victory. We unfortunately lost 1-0  to Kinvara Boys in the quarter finals in Clonskeagh, Dublin. 

1993-1994: The Senior side finished mid table. Mick Savage returns to the club. We won the Bank of Ireland (Stephen Street) Cup Final beating Arrow Harps 2-1 in the final.

1994-1995: We finished 6th in the Super League. We started our monthly draw. Our Manager Chris Benson managed the SL representative team that reached the final of the Oscar Traynor Trophy where they were beaten by AUL.

1995-1996: We finished 6th in the Super League. Micheal Phelan replaced Chris Benson as manager of the first team. We had three players selected for trails for the SL Youths team; Mark Jackson, Ray Jackson & Colm Casserly, with Mark being selected for the squad.

1996-1997: We finished mid table in the league and went out early in all the cup competitions.  John Healy took the job of U-12 manager.

1997-1998: Jim Browne joined the management team with Michael Phelan. Nigel O'Connell returns from UK to play with the club again. We had U-12 & U16 teams in the youth divisions.

1998-1999: A new managment team of Jim Browne & John Healy could not prevent us from being relegated from the Super League. We lost the final of the McSharry & Foley 1-0 to Calry Bohs. We had a mammoth struggle with Crescent United and after postponements and games abandoned we eventually lost 1-0 in Ballisodare. This season we had youth teams at U-12, U-14 and U-18.

1999-2000: OUR SILVER JUBILEE: We achieved promotion back to the Super League by finishing runners-up to Chaffpool Rovers. Ex-patriots Anthony Fallon & Thomas Egan, return from Australia & Noel Meenaghan from Scotland. Along with the return of Karl Hannon form St. John's where he won a Connaught Youth Cup medal and the signing of David Henry from Calry Celtic, the players added extra steel to our push for promotion. Damien Fallon started the season with Sligo Rovers Reserves and had a cup final appearance versus Mervue from Galway. The Reserves disbanded and he returned to the club. St. Mary's College won their first Connaught trophy for fifteen years when the beat Ballygar, Roscommon with Leigh Cavanagh and John Savage in the team. Niall Hodgins represents club at U-12 SL Youth Level.

In 2019 the club opened up a new full size astro turf pitch with floodlights in Youngs Quarry, Ballisodare. The club received a grant of €200,000 from Sligo Leader and took out a loan of €150,000 from finance group Clann Credo to achieve their goal.