Football Special is one of our oldest and most distinguished products winning two awards for excellence in ’84 and ’89 from the London Beverage Society. James McDaid Jnr., along with his role as CEO of the company was also on the founding board of Swilly Rovers FC, one of the most decorated junior football clubs in Ireland, he wanted to celebrate winning trophies by filling the cup with an exciting but non-alcoholic beverage. They created a drink and named it “Football Cup”. Later this was changed to Football Special.
At McDaids we are proud of its legacy with the most common question being what’s in a bottle of Football Special? Well simply it’s a blend of 7 different flavours – which we won’t name here!!- which is then mixed with water from our own private water source. Following the addition of the secret ingredient a bottle is born. Football Special has since branched out to include a Reduced Sugar flavour and an isotonic sport drink FS Sport. FS Sport allows you to enjoy the flavour of Football Special while getting the benefits of glucose fast into your blood stream, making it the perfect training partner