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Thursday 11 July 2019 • Kick Off: 7.45pm • Richmond Park, Inchicore, Dublin 8.

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Thurs 11 July 2019 St Patrick’s Athletic

IFK Norrköping

Manager: Harry Kenny Asst Manager: Ger O’Brien

Manager: Jens Gustafsson Asst Manager: Stefan Hellberg

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Tá áthas orainn fáilte a chur roimh mbainistíocht, imreoirí agus lucht tacaíochta Chlub Pheile IFK Norrköping go Phairc Richmond anocht.

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WELCOME We are pleased to welcome the management, players and supporters of IFK Norrköping Football Club to Richmond Park tonight.

Välkommen Vi välkomnar officiella, spelare och supportrar till IFK Norrköping till Richmond Park i kväll.

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The Editor Ruairi Kavanagh Welcome along to Richmond Park for our first European encounter in four years as we welcome Swedish side IFK Norrköping to Inchicore.

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There is always a lot of extra colour

lay down a definitive marker as to

Elsewhere this issue we have a

and excitement when a European

what we are capable of.

great piece from Ian Templeman on our first ever European encounter

tie comes to Dublin 8 and that’s certainly no different this evening.

With the dishonourable exception of a game against a Moldovan side,

We are up against it tonight, no

whose name shall not be

doubt about that, but we have a

mentioned, we have done ourselves

squad that we all feel is well

proud for the most part in our

capable of producing that massive

European encounters in Richmond

performance, which is what we will

Park. Names like Elfsborg and

need this evening. We have a huge

Krylya Sovetov Samara were two of

crowd here tonight too, so all the

the biggest to come crashing down

vocal support and encouragement

in Richmond and this issue it was a

that we can give the lads on the

pleasure to speak to the man who

pitch will be needed. We might

spearheaded the defeat of Krylya.

have Chelsea visiting in a few days,

Declan ‘Fabio’ O’Brien is someone

but this game obviously means ten

who made quite an impact during

times more, it offers a chance to

his short time at Richmond Park­the

test ourselves in European

Jordi Balk of 2009 ­ and it was

competition and for this squad to

great to catch up with him.

against Dunfermline. It’s a really great read about both legs so make sure you check it out! We also have a great piece from Sean Creedon on League of Ireland teams in Europe.

So I’d like to thank you, whether you are supporting the Saints or are a visitor from Sweden, for buying our match programme and I hope that you enjoy the game!

Skol!

Ruairi Kavanagh Ruairi Kavanagh, Editor The Saint

The Editor, The Saint, St Patrick’s Athletic FC, 125 Emmet Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8. Email: stpatsprogramme@gmail.com

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A word from our president tom o’mahony A very warm welcome to Richmond Park for tonight's Europa League tie ­ and a very special "céad míle fáilte" to the players, officials and supporters of Norrköping.

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We have fond memories of our last encounter with

and enjoy the variety of new surroundings. The

Swedish opposition, which involved one of the

definition of Europe is bizarre for football purposes,

greatest of many very memorable European nights

since all the federations of the USSR remained in

here by the Camac, when late drama saw the Saints

UEFA when that political conglomeration broke up.

triumph over IF Elfsborg.

Hence we found ourselves playing in Karagandy, not too far from the Chinese border in Kazakhstan, some

It's also just over three years since our national team

years ago (and qualifying from that tie into the

had a thrilling 1­1 draw with Sweden in Stade de

bargain). There have been other ties over the years

France as we both opened our campaign in the 2016

which have presented major logistical challenges for

Euros Finals. Hopefully the supporters of both clubs

our resourceful supporters, in places such as Ukraine,

get more drama to enjoy both tonight and next

Iceland and Samara (1000km the far side of Moscow ­

Thursday.

and we qualified from that tie as well!). So it's nice on

It's three years since St Pats last played in Europe and we have certainly missed it. For players and supporters alike, it's a chance to venture out onto a bigger stage, pit ourselves against different opposition

this occasion to have a tie which involves rather more straightforward travel arrangements, whether through Stockholm or Copenhagen, and there will be a healthy contingent of travelling Saints at the away leg in Norrköping next week.

One of the many nice things about our European adventures has been our tendency to have very good relationships with the supporters of our opponents.

Our visitors tonight may already have experienced this today and I know that the same will be true in Sweden next week. Regardless of the result, it's an opportunity for us to celebrate our common love for the beautiful game and its ability to bring people together. In that spirit, I hope everyone has a most enjoyable night.

Tom O’Mahony Tom O'Mahony President

Mark Quigley after netting the winner against IF Elfsborg

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Pitchside Sponsors at Richmond Park We would like to thank the following who have sponsored the club for the 2019 season

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A word from the gaffer harry Kenny I would like to welcome Jens Gustafsson, the players of IFK Norrköping and everybody who has travelled from Sweden for this evening's Europa League tie. @harrykenny1

occasion in Europe, and that is the intention again this evening.

ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB 125 Emmet Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8, Ireland

Norrköping have a strong squad of players, a number of whom have played senior interna­ tional football, and they will provide us with a very stern test. However, these are the kind of games everybody ­ from the players to the management to the supporters ­ wants to be involved in. We are prepared to meet the challenge head­on.

At the time of writing, our most recent match was the home defeat against Shamrock Rovers. I was pleased with the work rate of the players on the night, but Rovers were just that bit more clinical in front of goal and that was ultimately the difference between the teams. It's always disappointing to lose a Dublin derby, but the two games before the Rovers clash were victories against Finn Harps and UCD, so I firmly believe there is a lot to enthuse over.

We have done our homework on tonight's opponents. No doubt, they have done likewise. Our video analysis has given us a detailed insight into Norrköping’s style of play, and we go into the game with a clear picture of exactly what we need to do. Our main objective tonight is to get a result that sends us to Sweden next week with a chance of getting through to the next stage of the competition.

Defensively, we have been sound all season.

In terms of goals conceded we have one of the best defensive records in the country. We have fallen a little bit short at the other end of the field. An extra goal here and there would have made a considerable difference to our current placing. We continue to work hard on that area of our game and, with 33 points still to play for, the target is to accumulate as many of those points as possible.

On nights like tonight, form goes out the window. It might sound like a bit of a cliché, but it's so true. I remember from my own playing days that competing in European competition is a completely unique occasion.

We have a number of players at the club with experience of playing on this stage and that’s a big plus. Norrköping will bring a style of football and a level of intensity that is a notch above what we are used to coming up against on a weekly basis. However, St Patrick's Athletic has a proud history of rising to the

However, tonight it’s all about the Europa League. Richmond Park is a brilliantly atmospheric venue due to the short distance between the fans and the field of play. A noisy, enthusiastic crowd will be a big help to the players, so I urge you all to keep it loud and be the twelfth man.

This is a very exciting occasion for both clubs.

We have been looking forward to this first­leg match since the draw was made last month and now that it's upon us, the objective is to give it our very best shot.

Enjoy the game,

Harry Kenny Harry Kenny

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Opposition Watch Tom Sargent This evening we welcome Swedish Allsvenskan team IFK Norrköping to Richmond Park for our Europa League First Round Qualifying tie.

Norrköping is a city 100km south­west of Stockholm

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with teams from Europe's 'big five' leagues.

known for its textile industries. It has a population of approximately 140,000 people and sits on the Motala

The VitaBlå (WhiteBlue) have played on Irish soil before.

river.

In the 1968/69 Cup Winners Cup they played Crusaders of the Irish League running out 6­3 winners

IFK Norrköping play their home games at Östgötaporten over the two legs. which has a capacity of 17,234. They were formed in 1897 and maintain a rivalry with Malmö FF (The

They have several players worth keeping an eye out for.

Working Class Derby). Their other, more historical

Sead Hakšabanovič is currently at the club on loan from

rivalries with IK Sleipner and Åtvidabergs FF have fallen

West Ham United. Lars Krogh Gersa has accrued 69

from focus a little due to those club's relegations from

caps for the Luxembourg national team at the centre of

the top divisions.

defence. He is in his second spell at the club.

The Snoka are one of Sweden's most successful clubs.

Up front Jordan Larsson, who has two Sweden caps, is

They have won the Allsvenskan 13 times as well as

tasked with scoring the goals. So far this term he has

lifting the Swedish Cup six times.

amassed 8 goals in 11 games for the Kamraterna (The Comrades).

They last won the cup in 1994 but their most recent championship title dates back to only 2015 when they

Jens Gustafsson is the man in the dug out and he has

were crowned champions for the first time since 1989.

been at the helm since June 2016. They are going steadily in the league sitting in seventh place (at the

The club's heyday was during the 1940s when they

time of writing) with 18 points on the board from 12

dominated the league, winning five titles, and won the

games.

cup twice too. This included two 'doubles' in 1943 and They are on a good run at the moment, winning three of

1945.

their last four games. Before our match tonight they will Despite their successes on the national stage

have played BK Häcken who lost to Cork City in the

Norrköping have never been able to transfer their

2016 Europa League.

prowess to the European stage, having only ever reached the second round of any European competition.

Wishing our visitors a great stay in Dublin and safe travels home.

This is no doubt borne out of the fact that European competition was not introduced until 1955 ­ after their period of home dominance ­ and that in modern times Swedish clubs, like our own, find it difficult to compete

Enjoy the game!

Tom Sargent Tom Sargent

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Swedish Football James Fenton Tonight's visitors IFK Norrköping may be an unknown quantity to many of you in the Richmond Park crowd but if you think Pat's will be coming up against Swedish football minnows this evening, then you're very much mistaken.

The club known as 'Peking' lies third in the all­time list of Swedish league winners having been crowned champions on no fewer than 13 occasions.

between 1943 and 1963. In finishing second to AIK in last year's standings Peking lost just three games all season, proving that a 14th crown may not be too far away.

Over the years, the Allsvenskan league has changed format on a few occasions, including periods in the 80s and 90s when the league dabbled with a play­off system.

IFK Göteborg ­ 18 titles

With no fewer than 10 clubs winning at least one title since the turn of the millennium, Swedish football is as competitive as ever. Here, we take a look at the country's top five most successful clubs in terms of titles, starting with Gothenburg side Örgyte IS.

Örgyte IS ­ 12 titles 'The Society' are regarded as Sweden's first official champions, winning the first four editions of the Svenska Mästerskapet (a cup competition which declared Swedish champions from 1896 until 1925). They went on to win seven more crowns before the introduction of the Allsvenskan. Ever since, success for the club has been limited to a solitary title in 1985 when they finished third in the league but won the end­of­season play­off.

AIK ­ 12 titles Level with Örgyte in the roll of honour is AIK of Stockholm. The club won six Mästerskapet in the early days before adding two Allsvenskan in the 1930s. Success since then has been more sporadic, with titles coming in 1992, 1998 and 2009 before they finished top last season, two points ahead of Norrköping. Speaking of whom...

IFK Norrköping ­ 13 titles Our visiting friends tonight celebrated their most recent league success in 2015, their first since 1989. Before that, they won an impressive 11 titles over a 20­year period

Sweden's best­supported football club achieved early success by winning a trio of Mästerskapet in 1908, 1910 and 1918. They went on to win a title each decade between the 1930s and 1960s before a period of dominance in the 80s and 90s saw the club add 10 more.

Things have been a bit more barren ever since with their one and only success this century coming in 2007. On the plus side, Göteborg remain the only Swedish club to have won major European silverware, having won the UEFA Cup in 1982 and 1987.

Malmö FF ­ 20 titles The club where it all began for Swedish icon Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The striker's debut season in 1999 resulted in relegation for the club but he did help them bounce straight back the following year. Since then, The Blues have won six Allsvenskan, the most recent of which came in 2017. This return to form is more in line with their historic success, with their first titles coming in 1944 and 1949 followed by three further crowns in the 50s, two in the 60s and five in the 70s. The club added two more Allsvenskan in 1986 and 1988 before a long barren spell until 2004.

At the time of writing, Malmö are on course for a 21st title, lying six points ahead of Djurgårdens just ahead of the midway point in the season.

James Fenton James Fenton

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Oh My Word!

Ronan O’Flaherty Football fans, as the stereotype might have you believe, are not the most studious bunch.

It's a conclusion that's off the mark, but that's stereotypes for you. The reality is that a high percentage of football fans are geeks without even realising it. They marvel over facts and figures as if the Leaving Cert depended on it. If only it did.

This writer is no different. Produce a spreadsheet of semi­interesting football statistics and I will find a quiet place to study it for an hour or three. It doesn't matter if it's a rundown of European Cup/Champions League entrants since 1955 or an updated list of the all­time leading goal scorers in the League of Ireland. If you provide the facts and figures, yours truly, and so many others in attendance here tonight, will gobble them up.

I'm going somewhere with all of this.

Stay with me.

While carrying out research for this article, I naturally enough started reading up on IFK Norrköping. Before long, a rabbit hole presented itself, which I dived into like Michael Phelps.

One doesn't have to read about Swedish football for too long before being transported back more than six decades. 1958 was a special year for football in the Nordic country. Not only did Sweden host the World Cup, but they came close to winning the competition for the first and only time in their history, going all the way to the final before falling short against a Brazil side inspired by 17­year­old Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Only a couple of facts and figures in that paragraph, but it's a start.

Idrottspark, home of IFK Norrköping, played host to the highest­scoring game in that tournament, a 7­3 victory for France over Paraguay in Group 2. The

game was as remarkable for the final score as it was for the fact that the sides were somehow tied with less than half­an­hour remaining. Three days after that ten­goal thriller, Idrottspark was the location for another Group 2 game that produced, by comparison, a goal famine in a 3­2 victory for Paraguay over Scotland. Norrköping's humble abode was again a happy hunting ground for the French in the quarter­ final, as they beat Northern Ireland 4­0.

A combined crowd of 39,983 attended all three games at Idrottspark – relatively small numbers for a World Cup. However, there was something about the aura of the stadium that inspired entertaining football, with an average of 6.33 goals per game at the venue extremely high for a tournament that averaged 3.6 goals per game overall.

Idrottspark hosted a further three group games at the 1992 European Championships. They were matches that witnessed an eclectic group of players find the net, including Karl­Heinz Riedle, Stefan Effenberg, Paul McStay, Brian McClair and Gary McAllister. But the goal dust of 34 years earlier had faded away, with just 2.33 goals per game being scored at a venue that was beginning to show its age.

These days, Idrottspark is known as Nya Parken, or Östgötaporten for sponsorship reasons. It was rebuilt 11 years ago, around about the time Pat's were drawn against Norrköping's Swedish rivals, Elfsborg, in the Europa League. That tie worked out very well for Pat's, but there's not a man, woman or child in Dublin 8 pointing to a 4­3 aggregate victory from 2008 as a form of justification for why the Saints should pull off another famous victory this time around. It would be nice, though.

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Comparing key dates in the respective histories of IFK Norrköping and St Patrick's Athletic, there is a curious pattern whereby both clubs experience successful periods in tandem with each other. Both teams were crowned champions in 1952. For Pat's, that was of course their first year as a League of Ireland club. Norrköping's next two league titles arrived in 1956 and '57, while the Saints' next two titles also came back­to­back, in 1955 and '56. In 1989, IFK bridged a 26­year gap to win their first title since 1963. In 1990, Pat's ended a similar famine to be crowned champions of Ireland. IFK's most recent league title success came in 2015, while for Pat's it was 2013. These facts and figures don't prove a point, nor do they raise expectations or lower hopes. They merely represent the kind of coinci­ dental success stories that like­minded football fans might find, well, kind of cool.

The great thing about facts and figures is that they can be used to suit a particular narrative. And while the trophy­winning datelines of both clubs might suggest that they are similar in stature, this is not the reality. With a stadium four times the capacity of our own and a squad boasting several full internationals, IFK Norrköping's fans make the visit to Richmond Park with no shortage of expectation. Richmond Park has inspired great nights for St Patrick's Athletic in the past. All we can do is hope that tonight, this cracking little venue by the banks of the Camac gives us another occasion to remember.

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Celebrating St Pat’s History Dermot Looney

Richmond Park: A Potted History Today’s fixture marks St Patrick’s Athletic’s 55th game in European competition, and our 28th home game.

However, more than a third of those ‘home’ games have been played away from our own ground of Richmond Park in Tolka Park, the RDS, Tallaght Stadium and Dalymount Park. Indeed, despite first entering European football in 1961, the Saints’ first European game in ‘Richer’ wasn’t until 1996, a thrilling seven­goal thriller against Slovan Bratislava.

St Patrick’s Athletic spent the first decade of their existence as nomads in terms of home grounds, moving from the Phoenix Park to Bluebell, then to Chapelizod, and then back to Bluebell again. Pat’s finally moved to a permanent home in 1939, when the McDowells, proprietors of the Richmond House public house, rented Richmond Park to the club in what would soon become a long­term lease.

By this stage, football was well­established at the ground. It is likely that another code was also played here; teams including St Patrick’s GAA, Erin’s Pride, Henry Grattan’s and Sarsfields played Gaelic football here between the 1890’s and the 1920’s.

Since then, Pat’s have had some of the greatest nights in our history in European competition at this famous old ground, chief amongst them victories over Elfsborg of Sweden and Krylia Sovetov of Russia. Our European record at Richer shows 10 wins, 2 draws and just 5 defeats, making it perhaps the most successful ground in the League of Ireland for European results.

Richmond Park itself has come a long way to become such a fortress of European football. The folk memory around our club is that it was once a British Army recreation ground, connected to Richmond Barracks across the road. There seems to be little evidence to support the claim, at least in a formal sense. What we do know, however, is just as fascinating.

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The first soccer game in the archives at “Richmond Park, Inchicore” was in 1921 when Inchicore United took on Strandville. Inchicore Utd were tenants for at least four years in the early 1920’s, playing in the Leinster Senior League First Division, just one tier below the Free State League of Ireland. In the early 20’s, other teams used the ground on occasion, including Dublin United B and Queen’s Park. The ground was also used for the Inchicore United Medal Competition played between various Dublin sides.

In the 1924­25 LSL Division One season, Richmond Park was the home venue for both Inchicore United and Brideville. Brideville were originally from the Liberties and were promoted to the Free State League of Ireland for the 1925­26 season with Richmond Park welcoming League football for the first time. Writing in the Evening Herald, “NAT” described the newcomer’s home as a “rather cribbed and confined pitch.” Brideville continued to use Richmond Park until 1928­29.

Another club who occasionally used Richmond Park were Bellville; they hosted an Intermediate League

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Park dated back to its early use as a football ground.

Richmond Park as pictured towards the end of 1989 before the redevelopment work began.

game here on October 25th 1930 against new club St Patrick’s Athletic – our club’s first ever game in the ground. The match finished in a thrilling 5­5 draw.

Richer continued to be used as a football ground throughout the 1930’s. It was home for a time to the railway club GSR, from whom our St Patrick’s Athletic came. The Sunday Independent match report of their first home game mentions that they were “playing against the hill;” it seems the famous slope of Richmond

Later in the thirties the ground was home to Leinster Senior League sides including Municipal Athletic, Rossville, Mountpleasant and Broadstone, along with Inchicore Celtic and Valleymount of the AUL and Greenmount of the Sunday Alliance. Brideville also returned to their ground following their return to LSL football. As well as the pitch, we know Richmond Park by now had a pavilion as Valleymount used it for their meetings. Richmond was also used as a venue for Cup finals, League deciders and even inter­county matches.

St Patrick’s Athletic made Richmond Park their permanent base from 1939 but barely ten years later were on the road again, temporarily, when they entered (and won) the League of Ireland in 1951­52. Despite having renovated the ground in the forties, it was deemed unsuitable for LOI football and so Pat’s spent time in Glenmalure Park, Chapelizod Stadium and Dalymount Park during the 1950’s. Throughout that time, further improvements were made to Richer with a main stand being constructed, purportedly using metal from the local CIE works. B team games and occasional first team matches were played at the venue until 1960, when the move home became permanent.

In modern times, Pat’s spent four years “in purgatory” in Harold’s Cross from 1989 to 1993 while Richmond Park was redeveloped as a modern ground, with the 26 years since back at our home amongst the club’s most successful.

Dermot Looney Dermot Looney The last floodlight pylon is erected at the redeveloped Richmond Park in 1993.

For the 90th anniversary, we are running a Pat’s history project with the hope of a book being published. Check out our twitter account @HistoryStPats. Please contact Dermot at dermot.looney@gmail.com if you have any photos, memorabilia, documents or stories from Pat’s history.

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A view from Afar Ian Templeman Tonight is the 55th time that a St Patrick's Athletic team has faced opponents in a European competition, and clubs from a total of 21 different countries across Europe have provided opposition for the Saints down the years.

Probably the longest journeys took

Halbeath Road, the home of

place back to back in the space of a

Dunfermline Athletic and the venue

few weeks in the summer of 2011,

for the club's first ever overseas cup

when the reward for beating IBV

tie, in the European Cup­Winners

St. Patrick's Athletic ­ 1

Vestmannaeyjar of Iceland in the First

Cup.

Attendance 10,890.

Round of the Europa League was a trip to Kazakhstan to face Shakhtyor Karagandy.

By September 1961, when St Patrick's Athletic arrived in town, the Scottish football fraternity were

Tuesday 12th September 1961 East End Park Dunfermline Athletic ­ 4

Scorers: [1­0] Melrose (15), [2­0] Peebles (23), [3­0] Dickson (28), [3­1] O'Rourke (32), [4­1] McDonald (87) Dunfermline Athletic: Eddie Connachan, Cammie Fraser, Willie Cunningham, Ron Mailer, George Miller, John Duffy, Tommy McDonald, Alex Smith, Charlie Dickson, George Peebles, Harry Melrose.

However, the first ever European

starting to take notice of Dunfermline

experience for the Saints back in

Athletic and their young manager

September 1961 was to a destination

Jock Stein, who had been appointed

much closer to home. In fact, it was

in March 1960. He had steered to

one of the shortest journeys the club

the club to safety after taking over

has ever undertaken for a European

when they were in relegation trouble,

tie, a short hop across the water to

and won six matches in row to keep

the Scottish town of Dunfermline.

the club in the top flight of Scottish

St Patrick's Athletic: Dinny Lowry, Johnny White, Tommy Dunne, Joe Clarke, Sean McCarthy, Vinny O'Reilly, Brian Tracey, Paddy 'Ginger' O'Rourke, Jimmy Redmond, Ronnie Whelan, Willie Peyton.

football.

Referee: A Holland (Barnsley)

Situated in the west of Fife, Dunfermline was once the capital of

The following season they finished in

Scotland, and there are a wide

a mid­table 12th position in the

number of historical venues in the

league, but in May 1961 Dunfermline

town such as a Royal palace, and a

booked their first ever appearance in

12th century abbey which is the final

a European competition with a 2­0

resting place of Robert the Bruce and

win over Celtic in the Scottish Cup

the burial site of 11 other Scottish

final replay, after the first game had

kings and queens. The town's most

ended 0­0.

Pats, meanwhile, had qualified for Europe by virtue of their 2­1 win over Drumcondra in the FAI Cup final just over three months earlier. It was the club's second cup win in three years, but as we know, it took another 53 years from then before the famous old trophy would return to Inchicore.

famous son is the philanthophist Andrew Carnegie who was born in Dunfermline, and his life is commem­ orated in the Carnegie Birthplace Museum in the town centre.

The Celtic team included future Lisbon Lions Billy McNeill, John Clark and Steve Chalmers, another future European Cup winner in Paddy Crerand, and Irish international

Drumcondra took the lead through Dan McCaffrey early on, but Pats rallied and levelled with a goal that has gone down in club folklore, with Johnny White scoring with a wind­

However, once the Pats players and

Charlie Gallagher, but Dunfermline

officials set foot on Scottish soil, the

turned in two fine performances in

town's history was more than likely

both games and were seen as worthy

Midway through the second half

lost on them, as their focus would

winners of the cup.

Willie Peyton despatched the winning

have been on East End Park on

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goal from a Pascal Curtin corner kick,

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who played in the winning Scottish

Dunfermline’s eventual winning margin

Cup final team. Pats went one

of 4­1 was, on the surface, decisive but

better, with ten of their cup winning

hardly deserved on their second half

team taking the field at East End

display. With a 3­1 lead at half time,

Park.

after they had so clearly shown that they were the vastly superior side

However, the opening half hour of the game turned out to be a chastening experience for the visitors, who found themselves 3­0 down inside 28 minutes. Harry Melrose opened the scoring on 15 minutes, George Peebles made it two on 23 minutes and five minutes

against St Patrick’s whose only attributes seemed to be an unquenchable spirit and boundless energy, they became diffident, complacent and careless. Then the rot set in, and having lost the place there appeared little they could do to regain it.

later Charlie Dickson added a third goal, although some sources credit it

St Patrick’s in turn began to hit back,

as an own goal against Sean

and far from regaining their former

McCarthy.

poise and polish, Dunfermline were seen scrambling back in undignified

a strike that was Peyton’s second

But Pats pulled a goal back through

Cup final winner in three years for

Paddy 'Ginger O'Rourke, and earned

Pats, who were managed on both

plaudits for their second half display,

occasions by Jimmy Collins.

before disappointingly conceding a

The victories for both clubs booked their places in the First Round of the European Cup­Winners Cup and

fourth goal three minutes from time, added a fourth goal.

to move upfield, and found themselves face d with a defence which gained confidence with every passing minute.

Not least the most notable member of this defence was goalkeeper Lowry.

The match report in "The Scotsman"

draw, they came face to face for the

newspaper the following day was

first time on Tuesday 12th

both critical of Dunfermline and

September 1961 at East End Park for

complimentary about the Saints'

the first leg.

second half performance, with

featured a picture on the front cover

into all sorts of trouble when they tried

when winger Tommy McDonald

having been paired together in the

The match programme for the game

fashion to clear their lines: they ran

goalkeeper Dinny Lowry singled out in particular:

From a reasonably good first half custodian, he raised himself in the second half into the superlative class.

He put on an acrobatic display that equalled (Dunfermline goalkeeper) Connachan at his cup final best, and in doing so added even more to the trials

of Dunfermline's Davie Thomson

"There seems little doubt that manager

and tribulations besetting the home

scoring the opening goal in the Cup

Jock Stein of Dunfermline will lecture

attack".

Final replay against Celtic at

his team on the follies and dangers of

Hampden Park. Curiously, Thomson

cockiness and complacency as a result

was one of only two players missing

of this European Cup­Winners

from the Dunfermline starting eleven

tournament tie at East End Park.

So, although a three goal deficit was always going to be difficult to overcome, there were obviously some positives to take from the

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A view from Afar Ian Templeman

goals scored in a European tie. It set Wednesday September 27th 1961 Tolka Park St. Patrick’s Athletic ­ 0 Dunfermline Athletic ­ 4 Attendance 6,220 Scorers: [1­0] Peebles (1), [2­0] Dickson (25), [3­0] Dickson (30), [4­0] Peebles (80) St Patrick's Athletic: Dinny Lowry, Johnny White, Tommy Dunne, Joe Clarke, Sean McCarthy, Vinny O'Reilly, Johnny McGeehan, Paddy 'Ginger O'Rourke, Jimmy Redmond, Ronnie Whelan, Willie Peyton.

Dunfermline Athletic: Eddie Connachan, Cammie Fraser, Willie Cunningham, Ron Mailer, Jackie Williamson, George Miller, Tommy McDonald, Alex Smith, Charlie Dickson, George Peebles, Harry Melrose.

Referee: G McCabe (Sheffield)

the tone for the rest of the night and unfortunately for Pats they were once again three goals down after half an hour with Charlie Dickson scoring two more in the 25th and 30th minutes.

Unlike the first leg, there was no second half revival from Pats and the final goal of the evening arrived in the 80th minute when George Peebles notched his second of the night, and his third in the tie overall, with a powerful shot.

It was an impressive performance by the Scots, and the Dunfermline Athletic club history records the

game for Jimmy Collins and his men.

following comments from the game:

After their spirited second half

"Dunfermline were much the better

performance they were, no doubt,

team at Tolka Park on the night, the St

hoping to pick up from where they

Patrick’s side having loads of courage

But, as the old saying goes, there's

left off when the sides met just over

but being outclassed in every

nothing better than the first time, and

two weeks later on Wednesday

department.

the two games against Dunfermline

September 27th 1961 at Tolka Park.

Athletic back in 1961 will always have This was a fine display with the Athletic

However, it is also fair to assume that

an important and significant place in

blending together well, and producing a

when Dunfermline arrived in Dublin,

the club's history.

style similar to that of their Scottish

they were still smarting from the way

Cup run the previous season".

in which they had been forced on to

My thanks go to Dunfermline Athletic's Media & PR Officer Craig

the back foot in the first leg after

So, as Dunfermline moved on to the

Brown, Programme Editor/Club

being in control, and the Scots wasted

next stage of the competition, and a

Historian Duncan Simpson, and Chris

no time in making sure that they

tie against FK Vardar of Yugoslavia,

Wishart from their Former Players'

imposed themselves on the second

the first ever European experience for

Association for their assistance in

leg, scoring straight from the kick off.

St Patrick's Athletic ended at the first

preparing this feature.

hurdle. It would be another six years George Peebles' opening goal, a

before their next European

header from a McDonald cross, was

adventure, a First Round tie in the

timed at ten seconds, which must

Inter­Cities Fairs Cup against

surely be one of the quickest ever

Girondins Bordeaux .

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Programme Shop My thanks to David Dunning and Michael Lawlor for their donation of programes to the shop.

The shop is open on match days before the game starts, at half­time and after the game.

We have a wide selection of programmes for sale including Internationals, U.E.F.A. competitions, League of Ireland, English, Scottish, Northern Irish, Welsh Leagues, English Non­League, Friendlies and Testimonials, Rugby and G.A.A. All at competitive prices.

There is also a large range of sports books, (mainly soccer), in hardback and paperback.

You are very welcome to come in and browse and hopefully stir some memories while at the same time maybe picking up a few “gems”.

Pat O’Callaghan Pat O’Callaghan

We operate a world­wide postal service at current postal rates.

Email: patocallaghan5@gmail.com

The Patron Saints This scheme is a special and unique initiative aimed at ALL St Patrick’s Athletic fans The main aim is to aid the long­term development of this great football club.

We firmly believe for any LOI Club to be successful, it needs the fans to play a huge part. As it’s your club, we are urging all fans, where possible, to join the scheme today.

For the past few years the Patron Saints have run:

Benefits of joining the Patron Saints

• The St Patrick’s Athletic Awards Night

• Badge & Membership Card

• Santa Claus visit to Richmond

• Priority access to Match tickets

• The Hano Cup

• Voting rights on what projects Patron Saints funds will go on

These were all fundraised through Golden Goals, raffles and innovative events such as our snail racing.

• Twice yearly meeting with club officials

Projects the Patron Saints have contributed to:

• Discounts on most Patron run events

Emmet Road Mural / U19s Team Kit / Heart Monitoring Equipment / Media Room Renovation / West Stand Repairs / Club Shop / Grounds Keeping Equipment / Strength and Conditioning Equipment.

• Free annual raffle for player signed jersey sponsored by the Patron Saints • Free annual raffle for a set of signed programmes of the season

GOLD MEMBERSHIP

€10 per week | €40 per month | €480 per year

SILVER MEMBERSHIP

€5 per week | €20 per month | €240 per year

BRONZE MEMBERSHIP

€5 per month | €60 per year

For more information or to sign up: email stpatssc@gmail.com, go to facebook.com/spafcpatronsaints or pop by the Patron Saints desk in the club shop on match nights.

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To register or for more information:

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Fabio O’Brien Interview Ruairi Kavanagh

Keep our shape, our discipline and we have a chance With a decade having passed since Ryan Guy played that sublime ball through the Krylya Sovetov Samara defence for Declan ‘Fabio’ O’Brien to slam it into the roof of the net, The Saint caught up with the recently retired striker to talk about tonight’s big game.

“It was a great ball from Ryan, he was always looking to create something. He’d nearly have chalk on his boots because he loved playing out wide, but he could do damage through the middle as well and it was a great chance, thankfully I buried it,” says the recently retired striker.

Although he only spent four months in Richmond Park, Fabio is a player that just ‘fit’ when he was here, and he left a legacy too. The club’s top European scorer (4 goals) and the first player to score in home and away legs in two rounds.

“It’s a club I really enjoyed playing for, we had great talent in the team and although we had a disappointing season in terms of the league, we shone in Europe and took down a big Russian team. We also gave Steaua Bucharest a decent match for much of the tie,” he added. The away leg against Krylya in Samara saw the

most miraculous of escapes for the Saints. 3­0 down and seemingly dead and buried, the Saints rallied to floor the Russians with two late goals to go through 3­3 on the away goals rule. The second was the deftest of flicks from Fabio himself. “It was a great ball in from Gareth O’Connor. It was on his weaker foot but that’s why I chanced the run at the near post because even with his weaker foot, Gareth could put in a great cross!”

In terms of tonight’s game, Fabio knows the Saints will be up against it in the shape of a seasoned, much­ decorated Swedish Premier League side, but he’s confident that the

Fabio O’Brien (23) is congratulated by Ryan Guy and Jamie Harris after scoring the winner at home to Krylya.

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home side will give the visitors a real test. “It’s been an up and down season for the club, but we do have a lot of experienced players, who are for the most part very solid and well drilled in terms of shape and that is vital in a European tie. We have a keeper who is playing the best he has played in his career. I think we can hold our own, keep discipline and shape and hopefully take a chance when it comes.” In terms of what we can expect from Norrkoping, Fabio says it is unlikely that the Swedes will start at full throttle, preferring to assess the opposition first.

“That’s what good teams like these do. They will pass the ball, and they will probe and look for weaknesses in the opposition, gaps and loose passes. Then they press and go for it.

If they sense a weakness they will look to kill the game fast, so keeping shape and communicating and putting the work in is really essential for the Saints tonight.”

Fabio is confident that the Saints can get something from the tie tonight which gives them a chance heading to Sweden. “If we can stay in the tie tonight then we can go to Sweden and have a chance. Away goals are massive of course, remember what we managed to do in Russia.” Trust us Fabio, we will never forget it.

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Dodge’s European data John Owens Saints Record in European competition Entries

P

W

D

L

F

A

Ties Won

Ties Lost

European Cup/Champions League

4

8

0

3

5

2

23

0

4

UEFA Cup / Europa League

10

38

10

7

21

34

57

9

10

Cup Winners Cup (ECWC)

1

2

0

0

2

1

8

0

1

Inter­Cities Fairs Cup

1

2

0

0

2

4

9

0

1

Inter Toto Cup (ITTC)

1

4

2

0

2

6

6

1

1

Total

17

54

12

10

32

47

103

10

17

Home and Away games in europe

Home Stadiums Richmond Park (17) Slovan Bratislava, Zimbru Chisnau, NFK Rijeka, KAA Gent, OB Odense, JFK Olimps, Elfsborg, Valetta, Krylya Sovetov Samara, IBV, Shakter Karagandy, IBV, Siroki Brijeg, Zalgiris, Skonto Riga, Jeunesse Esch, Dinamo Minsk

St Pats

4

6

12

HOME

Draw

10 27 13

10

2

Away

27

Opponent

19

32 GOALS

47 103

26 43 Pats Win

Opponent win

21 60

Draw

Home

Away

Breakdown of Home Games P

W

D

L

F

A

Richmond Park

17

10

2

5

22

18

Tolka Park

4

0

1

3

1

9

Tallaght Stadium

3

0

0

3

1

11

RDS

2

0

1

1

1

2

Dalymount Park

1

0

0

1

1

3

Total

27

10

4

13

26

43

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Scorers in Europe 2 or more

22

Ian Bermingham

6

Christy Fagan

16

Brendan Clarke, Ger O’Brien

4

Declan O'Brien

15

Christy Fagan

14

Ryan Guy

3

Mark Quigley

12

Jamie Harris, Gary Rogers, Mark Quigley, Greg Bolger, Kenny Browne

2

11

Damian Lynch, Chris Forrester

10

Paul Osam, Keith Fahey

Noel Campbell, Paul Osam, Ger McCarthy, Evan McMillan Charles Mbabazi Livingstone, Derek Doyle,

Ireland v Sweden in european football This is the 15th time that Irish clubs have faced teams from Sweden in Europe. Ireland has won 5 of the previous ties, St Pats, Derry City and Cork City with 3 victories.

Year

Comp

Rd

Ireland

Sweden

IRL

SWE

1979

ECWC

1st Rd

Waterford

IFK Gothenburg

1­1

0­1

1995

ITTC

Group

Bohemians

IFK Norrkoping

­

0­5

1995

UEFA

Prelim Rd

Dundalk

Malmo FF

0­2

0­2

1999

UEFA

QR

Cork City

IFK Gothenburg

1­0

0­3

2001

UCL

2nd QR

Bohemians

Halmstads BK

1­2

0­2

2002

UEFA

QR

Shamrock Rovers

Djurgardens IF

1­3

0­2

2004

ITTC

2nd Rd

Cork City

Malmo FF

3­1

1­0

2005

UEFA

2nd QR

Cork City

Djurgardens IF

0­0

1­1

2006

UEFA

1st QR

Derry City

IFK Gothenburg

1­0

1­0

2007

ITTC

2nd Rd

Cork City

Hammarby IF

1­1

0­1

2007

UEFA

2nd QR

Drogheda United

Helsingborgs IF

1­1

0­3

2008

UEFA

2nd QR

St Patrick’s Athletic

IF Elfsborg

2­1

2­2

2013

EL

1st QR

Drogheda United

Malmo FF

0­0

0­2

2016

EL

2nd QR

Cork City

BK Hacken

1­0

1­1

2018

EL

1st QR

Shamrock Rovers

AIK Solna

0­1

1­1

(Irish team score first in all games, winner of the tie highlighted in colour.

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League of Ireland clubs in Europe Seán Creedon At this stage most supporters are familiar with the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League competitions. But did you know that it’s now over sixty years since League of Ireland clubs first played in the original three European competitions?

Shamrock Rovers were our first representatives in the European Cup, St Patrick’s Athletic were the first to play in the Cup Winners’ Cup and Drumcondra were our first club into the Fairs Cup. When the new UEFA Cup was launched in 1971 Shelbourne were our first representatives.

The Irish love affair with European football goes back 62 years to September 1957 when Shamrock Rovers were paired with Manchester United in the preliminary round of the European Cup. The first leg was played in Dublin and Rovers opted to play the game at Dalymount Park which could hold a bigger attendance than their own Glenmalure Park. A crowd of over 46,000 turned up at the Phibsboro venue to see a star­studded United team win 6­0 with goals from Liam Whelan (2), Tommy Taylor (2), Johnny Berry and David Pegg.

In the second leg at Old Trafford in early October, United manager Matt Busby rested some of his ‘Babes’ and The Hoops put up a good performance, eventually losing 3­2.

Sadly four months later United lost some of their most promising young players including Ireland’s Liam Whelan when their plane crashed on take­off at Munich Airport on the way home from a second round win over Red Star Belgrade.

St Patrick’s first European adventure was against Dunfermline in the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1961. Read Ian Templeman’s excellent article on this elsewhere in this issue.

This was the Saints line­up in that historic first game in Scotland: Lowry, White, Dunne, Clarke, McCarthy, O’Reilly, Treacy, O’Rourke, Redmond, Whelan, Peyton. In the second leg McGeehan replaced Treacy. St Pats’ solitary goal coming from the legend, “Ginger” O’Rourke.

St Pat’s qualified for the Cup Winners Cup after beating Drumcondra 2­1 in the FAI Cup final at Dalymount Park on April 23, 1961. It was the Saints second cup triumph in three years, each time as underdogs. Manager on each occasion was Jimmy Collins, the only goalkeeper to manage two Cup­ winning teams. The winning goal in both finals was scored by left winger Willie Peyton. And wing half Joe Clarke completed a notable double, having won an FAI Junior Cup medal with St Saviours in 1959.

This was the Saints FAI Cup winning team in 1961: Dinny Lowry, Johnny White, Tommy Dunne, Joe Clarke, Seán McCarthy, Vinny O’Reilly, Pascal Curtin, Paddy ‘Ginger’ O’Rourke, Jimmy Redmond, Ronnie Whelan, Willie Peyton.

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Dan McCaffrey, who was the top scorer in the 1960­61 season with 28 league goals, scored for Drums after ten minutes, but goals from White after 22 minutes and Peyton on 57 minutes saw the Saints lift the cup.

McCaffrey, who was from Omagh, was named the first winner of the Soccer Writers’ Personality of the Year award in 1961.

Dunfermline qualified for the competition after winning the Scottish Cup for the first time in a replay against Celtic. Their manager was a young man named Jock Stein. He was appointed Dunfermline manager in March 1960, having earlier managed the Celtic reserves. Jock would later return to Parkhead, via Hibernian and lead Celtic to become the first British club to win the European Cup in 1967.

Drumcondra had the honour of being the first League of Ireland club to play in the old Fairs Cup when they met Odense from Denmark in October 1962. Drums won the first leg 4­1 at Tolka Park, so they hold the record for the first League of Ireland club to win a European game. Drums lost the second leg 4­2, but they progressed to the second round 6­5 on aggregate.

Shelbourne were our first UEFA Cup representatives, losing 2­1 on

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aggregate to Vasas of Hungary in September 1971.

Down through the decades European football has brightened up many a dark autumn night at soccer venues all over the country and a few non­ soccer ones as well.

Cork City played Bayern Munich at Musgrave Park and Limerick played a few of their games at Thomond Park.

Galway United famously played Dutch club Groningen in Pairc an Chathanaigh in Carraroe in the heart of the Gaeltacht. And a few years later Galway hosted Danish club Odense at the Ballinderreen GAA grounds, the home club of the late GAA president Joe McDonagh.

There has always been a scarcity of soccer grounds around the country capable of hosting European ties.

Consequently many League of Ireland clubs turned to the GAA for help, but to be fair to the GAA their own rules didn’t allow them to rent out grounds which were vested in the Association.

All that changed in April 2005 when then GAA president Seán Kelly managed to push through a motion to allow Croke Park stage soccer and rugby games while Lansdowne Road was being re­developed. Now the GAA’s Central Council has the authority to make decisions on opening up their grounds to other sports.

Limerick were victims of that old rule and instead of playing the first leg of their European Cup game against Real Madrid in their own city in 1980, the game was played before a paltry 7,000 attendance at Lansdowne Road.

Every club has their own special memories. Who can forget Athlone Town’s exploits against AC Milan in 1975? There is a famous picture of the Italian players in their posh suits and Giovanni Trapattoni, then a coach with AC, gingerly picking his way through a mucky St Mel’s car park. Then that missed penalty by John Minnock.

Shelbourne had some great results in Europe and the Reds got to the third qualifying round of the Champions League in 2005 before eventually losing to Deportivo La Coruna.

Shamrock Rovers have played a

record 76 games in Europe and the Hoops qualified for the group stages of the Europa League in 2011. Then Dundalk’s achievements three years ago took our European adventure to a new level, gave everybody a major boost and showed the doubters that there is plenty of talent in our domestic league. Incidentally Dundalk were the first League of Ireland club to win an away game in Europe, beating FC Zurich 2­1 in September 1963.

Of course there have been a few heavy defeats along the way. Finn Harps were beaten 12­0 by Derby County at the Baseball Ground in 1976 and Dundalk went down 10­0 to Liverpool at Anfield in 1969.

Shamrock Rovers were the first League of Ireland club to play in Europe 60 years ago. But technically Glenavon from the Irish League, were the first Irish club to play in Europe.

The Lurgan club played Danish club AGF Aarhus on September 11, 1957, two weeks before Rovers’ debut.

At this stage nearly all of our League clubs have had a European experience. All of the 10 clubs currently playing in the SSE Airtricity premier division have played in Europe at some stage, while in the first division only three clubs: Cobh Ramblers, Cabinteely and Wexford FC have yet to play in Europe.

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Harry Kenny Joan Stapleton

Ger O’Brien Brian Bramhall

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Living in a red & white wonderland Dave Kelly Favourite Manager Brian Kerr

Faith and devotion; Brian's childhood grá ensured that when he joined in '86, he represented not merely the team on the field or those in No 125, but the very bones of the club itself, no more so in those dark days of the early 90s.

Favourite Kit

Favourite Player Eddie Gormley

Favourite Game 5-0 v Bohs

A smoking wand of a left foot and literally a smoker, too.

What more do you want?

The next one; the old ones keep changing. This precise minute?

December, '96. 5­0 v Bohs. The Greener's 10th birthday. Martin Reilly's hat­trick. Jamesie Coll on ice. One of the most complete performances ever by the Camac.

Favourite Goal Soupy Campbell

Dave Kelly

Me, celebrating the 1990 league title victory in United Park, Drogheda.

Occupation Sports Writer Born Dublin ­ 1973

First Game Memory betrays the opposition but a one­off Sunday with three friends and their ex­Pat dad for the first game of the 86/87 season; they never returned, I never left.

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Soupy's special on a gloopy field in Drogheda. 1990 may have been deliverance but this was salvation itself.

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Residence Top step, Camac side, parallel to away side’s offside line.

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Dave’s dream team Henderson

Fleming

Fahey

McDonnell

Osam

Desmond

Gormley

Kelch

Russell

Forrester Ennis DAVID HENDERSON Character and charisma – not to mention an understandable middle­age nostalgia – dictate my selections; then again, one could pick an entirely different, but equally enigmatic XI on another day. Fireman Hendo kicks things off.

CURTIS FLEMING Charlie Tierney's favourite; I will never forget a Stephen's Day raid down the right­hand side in Richer, perhaps against Waterford; a volley to evade a defender then an equally sumptuous strike to net.

LEE DESMOND Nostalgia fails me; many legends played in the heart of the defence but few, to my mind, have displayed such nerveless ease on the ball and calm distribution, underpinning his primary role.

JOHN McDONNELL Restricting this to only players I have seen play for Pats, Paul McGrath's departure for Old Trafford allows Johnny Mac to step in; he may have had a decent chance to do so anyway.

PAT KELCH When the late great Liam Tuohy made one of his final public appearances, most of his old friends and comrades were sadly unrecognisable. All except one. “Aah, Kelchie.

My left­back!”

MARTIN RUSSELL Another pass master of quiet, steady accomplishment,

Rusty was another in the fine tradition of central midfielders who have passed through the hallowed gates of 125.

PAUL OSAM Balance will be hard to find in my midfield due to the demands for flair and excitement; Noel Mernagh would be a nod to defensive care but I will allow the languidly elegant Ozo to take care of this side of things, as he did so adequately along with all other tasks.

EDDIE GORMLEY At the risk of pigeon­holing all ciotógs with a genius tag...oh to hell with it. Hagi was too good for Pats when he first arrived and impatiently let it be known; patiently, he and the team evolved to wondrous heights.

KEITH FAHEY Demonstrated his class by adapting to the rigours of European football with as much ease as he negotiated the more mundane surrounds of Terryland or Belfield Park.

CHRIS FORRESTER A nod to more recent times; Git harnessed all his wondrous skills to great effect to launch another great era of passing football, with an occasional nod to the spectacular goal.

MARK ENNIS Nostalgia wins here; my first league title seemed to be accompanied by a script that read, quite simply, 1­0 (Ennis).

The dearth of goalscorers here in recent years makes one pine for the rhythmic predictability of his avaricious poaching.

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St Pats in the Community David Morrissey SAINTS SUMMER CAMPS 2019

@dave_pats

Our Saints Summer Camp finished with a surprise visit of some members of our first team squad. The boys and girls were thrilled to get autographs from Ian Bermingham, Chris Forrrester, Lee Desmond, Ciaran Kelly, Paul Cleary, Conor Clifford and Cian Kavanagh!

We look forward to our second summer camp starting on the 19th of August.

david.morrissey@stpatsfc.com Any views expressed in this article are the contributor's own.

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UEFA Cup ­ Final Preliminary Round Evening Herald, August 29, 2009

By Aidan Fitzmaurice

ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC 2 IF ELFSBORG 1 (St Patrick's Athletic win 4­3 on aggregate) THEIR home ground may not be fit to host any more matches in the UEFA Cup this season, but St Patrick's Athletic are more than worthy of their place in today's draw for the first round proper of the competition.

The glory, glory nights of Europe have been very scarce for Saints supporters in recent times, their last big outing and truly great showing in Europe a 0­0 draw away to Celtic in the Champions League 10 years ago.

But some superb football, an infectious atmosphere, two clever goals and, above all, a 2­1 win meant sure that last night's victory over Swedish outfit IF Elfsborg ­­ Pats winning 4­3 on aggregate ­­ was One Of Those Nights, as those goals in the last five minutes from Jason Gavin and Mark Quigley sent Pats into the next round and sent Elfsborg home.

Twenty four hours earlier, Elfsborg ­­ currently second in a strong Swedish

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League ­­ went astray as the coach driver bringing them to their training session on the eve of the game took them to Richmond Road (Tolka Park) instead of Richmond Park (on Emmet Road), on the wrong side of the city.

And things were going the wrong way 63 minutes into last night's second leg as Stefan Ishizaki scored with a deflection to put Elfsborg 3­2 ahead on the night and into the driving seat, but a header from Gavin (86 minutes) and a tap­in from Quigley (89) was enough for Pats to get the win that they deserved.

The flair players in the Pats side, Keith Fahey and Mark Quigley, teased and taunted with flicks and skills but their hard­working heroes also did their part, as Jason Gavin was immense in defence, right back and captain Damien Lynch had probably the best game of his career, keeper Barry Ryan pulled off at least two top­class saves while Gary O'Neill held the ball up well up front.

Pats therefore went into the drum in Monaco for today's first round draw with the big names like AC Milan, Ajax and Galatasaray, and it was a fitting reward for the Pats approach which saw them ignore the temptation to sit on their two

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away goals and play for a 0­0 draw but instead take the game to the Swedes, and then get that late, late reward.

"The atmosphere was amazing. When I scored I turned around and ran up the touchline and you could see the reaction in people's faces in the crowd. It was one of the best feelings I've had in my career, it was a great night," said former Middlesbrough defender Jason Gavin, making only his fifth appearance for the Saints last night.

"We didn't go out there with a defensive attitude, we went for it from the start, we went to win the game and we did it in the end. Elfsborg had a lot of the ball but didn't do that much with it, we had more chances and we took two of them. They were a bit lucky to get their goal as it took a bit of a deflection, but we were outstanding overall, we were the better side.

"After the game the lads were divided on whether they wanted a big, glamour team like AC Milan or an easier team that we'd have a chance of beating. Whatever happens we'll go and try again in the next round," Gavin added.

Pats boss John McDonnell had stated before the game that his side planned to

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with Stephen Bennett been enough, Pats had more to offer, as Mark Quigley latched on to a long ball from sub Derek O'Brien, beat the offside trap and rounded the out­of­position Wiland to tap the ball into an empty net.

"That was the highlight of my career. We were underdogs last night before the game and before the tie started no one gave us a chance, so it's nice to show what we can do," said Fahey afterwards.

"We took the game to them from the start, in the first half there was only one team in it, they were trying to get us on the break but I was surprised at how well we did in the first half.

Jason Gavin runs away after equalising for The Saints. attack instead of attempting to hold out for a scoreless draw, and that wasn't just idle talk for the papers as Pats looked to have the bit between their teeth from the off.

Fahey and Quigley made sure that Elfsborg keeper Johan Wiland ­ a target for Tottenham ­ was awake with first­half chances while his opposite number Barry Ryan made a crucial save five minutes before the break, denying Lars Nilsson after a deft Swedish move.

Pats came closest to opening the scoring on 55 minutes when Gary Dempsey rattled the crossbar with a well­struck shot but Pats fell behind on 63 minutes when Ishizaki got on the end of a cross from Daniel Mobaeck and beat Ryan, though Pats didn't panic or crumble.

"They haven't conceded many goals this season, when they do score they tend to drop off and play really deep, they shut teams out," said McDonnell.

"We had it in the game plan if they got a goal ­­ and they were fortunate to get the goal ­­ we stuck to the plan, made the changes we needed to make."

One of those changes was the introduction of Alan Kirby and the Waterford man was inspired for his 15­minute cameo, probing the Elfsborg defence with runs.

Pats finally got level on 86 minutes when Gavin got his head to a corner kick from Fahey, and while that goal would have

John McDonnell celebrates at the final whistle.

"We played at a really high tempo and I think they were taken aback by that. We didn't want to sit back and invite them on, we were all up for it, we went for goals and got what we deserved.

"When I joined Pats five years ago, we would never have been able to compete with a side like Elfsborg, not with the squad we had then. But we have a really quality squad now, and we can not just live with these teams but beat them as well.”

St Pat's Ath: Ryan, Lynch, Gavin, Paisley, Byrne (O'Brien 81); Guy, Fahey, Dempsey, Ryan (Kirby 74); O'Neill (Fitzpatrick 70), Quigley.

IF Elfsborg: Wiland, Karlsson, Lucic, Augustsson, Floren; Ishizaki, Moback, Svensson, Bajrami (Keene 65); Nilsson (Kurbegovic 81), Avdic (Berglund 59).

Ref: R Havrille (Slovakia).

The Pats fans celebrate Quigley’s winning goal.

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Junior Saints Paddy Dunne Our 2019 Autograph books are now available from the club. It’s time to find our more about our 2019 Saints and start collecting their autographs. Our cover star is Ian Bermingham as we pay tribute to the captain in his tenth year at the club.

Find out who Mikey Drennan’s favourite player is and what food Rhys McCabe likes to eat! You will find Paul Osam, Katie Taylor and much more inside!

QUiz Time

Answers on Page 40

Kieran Coughlan

1

Who were the first champions league holders to be knocked out in the group stages?

6

Which Swedish club knocked out Drogheda and Hibs before losing to Swansea in the Europa League in 2013?

2

Who were the last club that St Pat's have knocked out of Europe?

7

Who was the last Swede to win the Champions League?

8

Which 3 premier league clubs did Man City beat to win the FA Cup last year?

9

Which Italian club has been banned from this season’s Europa League?

10

Which of the 24 countries at Euro 2016 had the smallest population?

3

Which player has made the most appearances for the Saints in Europe?

4

Name the 4 clubs that have both won and lost a European Cup Final in the 80s?

5

Marcus Rashford scored his first senior goal for Man Utd in a Europa league clash against which club?

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PLayer Appearances & goals 2019 Up to and including Fri 5th July 2019 v Waterford F.C. League

Leinster Cup EA Sports Cup

Fai Cup

Europa league

Total

No

Name

1

Barry Murphy

GK

16

Brian Maher

GK

26

Brenden Clarke

GK

25

2

David Webster

D

15+1s

3

Ian Bermingham

D

24

4

Kevin Toner

D

20

3

5

Lee Desmond

D

20

1

6

Conor Clifford

M

17+2s

2

7

Gary Shaw

F

15+8s

1

8

Darragh Markey M

10+5s

1

9

Mikey Drennan

F

21

6(3p)

10

Brandon Miele

F

4+3s

1

11

James Doona

M

11s

1

1

12

Ciaran Kelly

D

15+1s

1

1

14

Georgie Poynton

M

17

Simon Madden

D

24

1

1

24

1

18

Dean Clarke

F

3+7s

2

1

4+7s

2

19

Chris Forrester

M

16+4s

1

1s

17+5s

2

20

Jamie Lennon

M

17+4s

23

Cian Coleman

M

6+6s

24

Rhys McCabe

M

19+1s

28

Cian Kavanagh

F

30

Paul Cleary

D

31

Jake Walker

F

32

Kevin Kelly

F

Own Goals in our favour

Pld

Gls

Pld

Gls

1

Pld

Gls

Pld

1

Pld

Gls

Pld

Gls

2

25 1

1

1

17+1s

1s

24+1s 20+1s

3

1

21

1

1

18+2s

2

1

1

17+8s

1

1

1

11+5s

1

1s

21+1s 6(3p)

1s

5+3s 1

1

2+11s

1

17+1s

1

1

1

3+12s

Gls

1

17+4s 1

1

8+6s 19+1s

1

1

1

1

1

1s

1

3+13s

2

1s

1s

1

1

Celebrating 90 years...

A Gala Dinner evening in The Green Isle Hotel to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of St Patrick’s Athletic.

Live Music, DJ, 3 course meal, late bar.

Sat 31 August 2019.

More information coming soon...

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Fixtures, Results & Lineouts 2019 League

FAI Cup

EA Cup

Leinster Cup

Europa Lge

Friendly

1st Sub

2nd Sub

3rd Sub

Date

Opposition

Venue Comp Score

Fri 15 Feb

Cork City

Home Series 1

1-0

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Toner

Webster

Desmond

Lennon

Mon 18 Feb Wexford Youths

Home 4th4th Rnd

3-0

Murphy

Webster

Poynton

C Kelly

Coleman

Markey

Forrester

Fri 22 Feb

Away Series 2

1-0

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Toner

Webster

Desmond

Lennon

Cl

Mon 25 Feb Finn Harps

Home Series 3

0-0

Clarke

Madden

C Kelly

Toner

Webster

Desmond

Lennon

Cl

Fri 01 Mar

UCD

Away Series 4

1-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Toner

Desmond

Clifford

Lennon

M

Fri 08 Mar

Shamrock Rovers Home Series 5

0-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Toner

Desmond

Lennon

Forrester

Cl

Fri 15 Mar

Waterford

Away Series 6

0-2

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Toner

Desmond

Lennon

Forrester

D

Fri 29 Mar

Bohemians

Away Series 8

0-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

Desmond

Clifford

Forrester

D

Mon 01 Apr Dundalk

Home 2nd Rnd

1-2

Murphy

Madden

C Kelly

Webster

Desmond

Coleman

Markey

Cl

Fri 05 Apr

Dundalk

Home Series 9

1-0

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

Toner

Desmond

Lennon

Cl

Fri 12 Apr

Cork City

Cl

Sligo Rovers

First XI Cl 1

Cl

Away Series 10

1-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

Toner

Desmond

Lennon

Mon 15 Apr Derry City

Home Series 7

1-3

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Toner

C Kelly

Desmond

Lennon

Fri 19 Apr

Home Series 11

2-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

C Kelly

Desmond

Forrester

Mon 22 Apr Finn Harps

Away Series 12

2-0

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Toner

C Kelly

Desmond

Forrester

Cl

Fri 26 Apr

UCD

Home Series 13

2-0

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Toner

C Kelly

Desmond

Forrester

Cl

Mon 29 Apr Shamrock Rovers

Away Series 14

0-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

C Kelly

Desmond

Lennon

M

Fri 03 May

Waterford

Home Series 15

0-3

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

C Kelly

Desmond

Lennon

M

Fri 10 May

Derry City

Away Series 16

1-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

C Kelly

Desmond 1

Forrester

Cl

Fri 17 May

Bohemians

Home Series 17

1-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

C Kelly

Toner

Lennon

Cl

Tue 21May

Derry City

Home Series 25

1-0

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

C Kelly

Toner

Lennon

M

Fri 24 May

Dundalk

Away Series 18

0-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

C Kelly

Toner

Lennon

M

Fri 31 May

Cork City

Home Series 19

1-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

C Kelly

Toner

Coleman

Fo

Sat 08 Jun

Sligo Rovers

Away Series 20

1-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Webster

C Kelly

Toner

Coleman

M

Fri 14 Jun

Finn Harps

Home Series 21

1-0

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Desmond

C Kelly

Toner

Coleman

M

Fri 28 Jun

UCD

Away Series 22

1-0

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Desmond

C Kelly

Toner

Coleman

Le

Mon 01 Jul Shamrock Rovers Home Series 23

0-2

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Desmond

Toner

Clifford

Coleman

Le

Fri 05 Jul

Waterford

Away Series 24

2-1

Clarke

Madden

Bermingham

Desmond

Toner

C Kelly

Coleman

Le

Thu 11 Jul

IFK Norrköping

Home Europa

Sat 13 Jul

Chelsea

Home Friendly

Thu 18 Jul

IFK Norrköping

Away

TBA

Bohemians

Away

Fri 26 Jul

Dundalk

Home

Fri 02 Aug

Cork City

Away

Fri 16 Aug

Sligo Rovers

Home

Fri 30 Aug

Finn Harps

Away

Fri 13 Sep

UCD

Home

Fri 20 Sep

Shamrock Rovers

Away

Fri 04 Oct

Waterford

Home

Fri 11 Oct

Derry City

Away

Fri 18 Oct

Bohemians

Home

Fri 25 Oct

Dundalk

Away

Sligo Rovers

Quiz Answers

1

1

1

From Page 37

1 Chelsea 2 Jeunesse Esch. 3 Ian Bermingham. 4 Juventus, Liverpool, Hamburg and Steaua Bucharest. 5 FC Midtylland.

6 Malmo. 7 Henrik Larsson. 8 Watford, Brighton, Burnley.

9 AC Milan. 10 Iceland.

be the twelfth man for the saints!

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1 Goals Scored

P Penalty * OG For OG Own Goal

Yellow Card

Red Card

Substitutes Clifford 1

1

McCabe

Forrester

Drennan P 1

Shaw

Miele

Coleman

Doona

Shaw

Miele

Doona

Walker

C Kelly

Markey

Murphy

Toner

C Kelly

Bermingham

Carter

Lennon

Clifford

McCabe

Forrester

Drennan

Maher

Miele

Walker

Coleman

Doona

C Kelly

Markey

Clifford

McCabe

Shaw

Drennan

Murphy

Miele

Forrester

Doona

Coleman

Walker

Markey

McCabe

Miele

Forrester

Drennan

Murphy

Doona

Shaw

Webster

C Kelly

Coleman

Markey

Murphy

Clifford

McCabe

Miele

D Clarke

McCabe

Miele

Drennan

D Clarke

Shaw

Doona

Webster

Coleman

Markey

Murphy

Drennan

Shaw

Webster

Markey

Clifford

Coleman

Doona

D Clarke

McCabe

Murphy

Miele

Drennan

Lennon

Shaw

Doona

Coleman

C Kelly

Markey

Clifford

Murphy

D Clarke

Shaw

Doona

Forrester

Drennan

Bermingham

Lennon

McCabe

Walker

Clarke

Clifford

McCabe

Shaw

Forrester

Coleman

Walker

C Kelly

Cleary

Markey

Doona

Murphy

Clifford

McCabe

Shaw

Markey

C Kelly

D Clarke

Doona

Cleary

Coleman

Walker

Murphy

Clifford

McCabe

Shaw

Markey

Coleman

D Clarke

Walker

Doona

Forrester

Cleary

Murphy

Clifford

McCabe

Shaw

Drennan

1

Coleman

Walker

Markey

Doona

Miele

D Clarke

Murphy

McCabe

Shaw

Drennan P 1

Coleman

D Clarke

Markey

Doona

Lennon

Walker

Murphy

Clifford

McCabe

Shaw

Drennan

Lennon

Markey

Walker

Doona

D Clarke

Coleman

Murphy

Markey

McCabe

Shaw

Drennan

Forrester

D Clarke

Doona

Miele

Walker

Coleman

Murphy

Markey

Clifford

Forrester

Drennan

Shaw

Doona

Walker

Cleary

Toner

Coleman

Murphy

Clifford

McCabe

Shaw

Drennan

Lennon

Markey

Walker

Cleary

Doona

Coleman

Murphy

Clifford

Markey

Shaw

Drennan

McCabe

Walker

Forrester

Cleary

Doona

Coleman

Murphy

McCabe

Markey

Shaw

Drennan

Forrester

Walker

Doona

Cleary

K Kelly

Coleman

Murphy

McCabe

Markey

Shaw

Drennan

Walker

Forrester

Doona

Cleary

K Kelly

Coleman

Murphy

Forrester

Markey

Shaw

Drennan

Walker

Lennon

Doona

Cleary

K Kelly

D Clarke

Murphy

McCabe

Markey

Shaw

Drennan

Forrester

Walker

Doona

Cleary

Hughes

D Clarke

Murphy

McCabe

Forrester

Shaw

Drennan

Clifford

Walker

D Clarke

Cleary

Markey

Doona

Murphy

Lennon

Forrester

Walker

Drennan

Shaw

Clifford

Markey

McCabe

D Clarke

Doona

Murphy

Lennon

Forrester

Walker

Drennan

McCabe

D Clarke

Doona

Shaw

Markey

Cleary

Murphy

Lennon

Clifford

Walker

D Clarke

Shaw

D Markey

Drennan

Forrester

McCabe

Webster

Murphy

Cleary

1

Clifford

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS We send very Happy Birthdays wishes to Barbara Rankin for 7th July and John Paul Moore for 17th July. Both are dedicated Saints supporters at home and away.

Our thanks and best wishes go to our loyal seller of our programme Paul McNamara, who celebrated his birthday on 9th July.

Premier League Table Club 1 Dundalk 2 Shamrock Rvs 3 Bohemians 4 St Pats 4 Derry City 6 Sligo Rovers 7 Cork City 8 Waterford 9 Finn Harps 10 UCD

P 24 24 24 25 23 24 26 21 25 22

W 17 15 12 10 9 7 6 6 3 4

Incl. games on 5 July 2019

D 5 3 6 7 9 9 8 5 5 1

L 2 6 6 8 5 8 10 10 17 17

GF 46 35 27 21 36 25 19 28 20 15

GA 13 15 17 22 24 30 29 33 49 40

GD 33 20 10 ­1 12 ­5 ­10 ­5 ­29 ­25

PTS 56 48 42 37 36 30 26 23 14 13

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Safety at richmond park St Patrick's Athletic support UEFA's Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) campaign and any incident should be reported to club officials immediately.

Stadium Regulations • All persons entering the stadium are • There is a no smoking policy in effect in admitted only subject to the following both stands. ground regulations and to the • The climbing of walls, floodlight pylons, regulations of the Football Association. stands or any structure inside the Entry to the ground shall be deemed to ground is strictly forbidden. constitute unqualified acceptance of all • Any persons found damaging or these rules and regulations. defacing the property of St Patrick’s • Firework, smoke canisters, bottles, Athletic FC will be liable to prosecution. glasses, cans, flags, banners, poles, • Any excessive noise, such as that from flares and any other articles or the use of radio sets, megaphones containers which could or might be and/or behaviour likely to cause used as a weapon or likely to cause a confusion or nuisance i.e.: Laser lights nuisance to other people in the stadium of any kind is not permitted inside the are not permitted within the stadium stadium. and any person in possession of such an • Foul or abusive language is not article or container may be refused permitted inside the stadium and will entry or ejected from the stadium. result in ejection from the stadium.

• Children under 12 years of age must be • No form of racist abuse will be accompanied by an Adult and that adult tolerated inside the stadium and will must accept responsibility for those in result in ejection from the stadium and his/her charge may result in a prosecution by An • Spectators are not permitted to bring Garda. St Patrick's Athletic shows the alcohol or any banned substances into red card to racism. the stadium.

• Any person who does not comply with instructions from a steward may be ejected from the stadium.

• In general, the right of admission is reserved to the Club Management of St Patrick’s Athletic FC. • St Patrick’s Athletic FC reserves the right to refuse admission or eject any person from the stadium who refuses to be searched by a police officer.

• Any person who blocks, or obstructs a gangway in any way and refuses to move on request may be ejected from the stadium.

• St Patrick’s Athletic FC reserves the right for its servants or agents to remove from the stadium any person who does not comply with the stadium regulations or whose presence inside the stadium could reasonably be construed as a source of danger, nuisance or annoyance to any spectator.

Safety Notice • St Patrick’s Athletic Football Club are committed to ensuring the safety of all spectators at Richmond Park.

It is therefore important that the following information is read and strictly adhered to.

• Anyone requiring medical attention during the game should alert their nearest steward or club official and will be directed to the St John’s Ambulance attendant or First Aid Room.

• Parents, Guardians or any adult responsible for children inside the stadium should ensure that children are supervised at all times.

• Cigarettes should be properly extinguished as they can be a major cause of fire.

• The use of flares inside the stadium is strictly forbidden.

Emergency Procedure In the event of an emergency at Richmond Park requiring evacuation of the ground in part or whole, spectators are requested to remain where they are and listen for announcements over the public address system. The announcements may direct spectators in a specific area of the ground, or the stadium as a whole, to evacuate the through exit gates to the outside of the stadium, or through perimeter gates onto the pitch. Club stewards and members of the Garda Siochana will assist in directing spectators. If requested to vacate a specified area of the ground, spectators should do so as calmly and quickly as possible to assist in a safe and speedy evacuation. Do not, under any circumstances, re­enter an evacuated area. Please take note of your nearest exit.

Editor: Ruairi Kavanagh Design: Joe O’Rourke

Printing: Westside Press Photography: Sportsfile & Inpho 2019 Season • Vol. 31 • No. 13 • Europa League • St Patrick’s Athletic v IFK Norrköping

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