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St Patrick’s Athletic Monday 03 August

Derry City

Kick Off: 7.45pm Richmond Park Inchicore, Dublin 8 Friday 07 August

Finn Harps

Kick Off: 7.45pm Richmond Park Inchicore, Dublin 8

St Patrick’s Athletic Manager:

Alan Mathews

Manager:

Head Coach: Stephen O’Donnell

Fáilte Tá áthas orainn fáilte a chur roimh mbainistíocht, imreoirí agus lucht tacaíochta Chlub Pheile Cathair Doire go Phairc Richmond.

Welcome We are pleased to welcome the management, players and supporters of Derry City Football Club to Richmond Park.

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3 Ciaran Coll

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3 Ian Bermingham (C)

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4 Ciaron Harkin

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4 Dan Ward

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6 Eoin Toal

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5 Lee Desmond

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7 Jamie McDonagh

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6 Jamie Lennon

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8 Gerardo Bruna

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7 Robbie Benson

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9 Ibrahim Meite

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8 Darragh Markey

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10 Walter Figueira

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9 Martin Rennie

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11 James Akintunde

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10 Ronan Hale

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13 Nathan Gartside

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12 Georgie Kelly

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14 Jake Dunwoody

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14 Luke McNally

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15 Ronan Boyce

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15 Billy King

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16 Conor Clifford

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16 Jay McClelland

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17 Joe Thomson

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17 Simon Madden

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19 Stephen Mallon

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19 Chris Forrester

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22 Conor McCormack

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20 Shane Griffin

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23 Ally Gilchrist

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22 James Doona

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24 Mark McChrystal

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23 Jordan Gibson

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27 Ronan McKinley

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24 David Titov

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29 Jack Malone

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27 Cian Hughes

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30 Jack Lemoignan

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31 Patrick Ferry

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30 Paul Cleary

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33 Michael Harris

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32 Cian Kelly

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34 Ben McCormack

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35 Darragh Burns

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37 Daniel Dobbin

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Match Officials

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Half-Time

Assistant 1 Emmet Dynan Full-Time

Assistant 2 Shane O’Brien

4th Official Ben Connolly

MOTM

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Editorial Ruairi Kavanagh @stpatsprogramme

Welcome...

And so the 2020 season emerges from lockdown into a strange new world. I’m writing this for a digital edition of the programme, before I watched the game itself on a dedicated streaming channel for the League of Ireland. Yep, two things I definitely didn’t think I would be doing in 2020.

Most importantly, I hope all reading this are safe and well, as are your families. We have realised that sport is so trivial, yet vitally important, in recent months as we seek any shred of ‘normal’ life amidst the pandemic. And here we have it, a stripped down intriguing league format which will be unforgiving to those off the pace, but possibly rewarding for those who hit the ground running. Let’s hope we’re in the latter category.

Last Friday's game against Dundalk gave plenty of grounds for optimism as we stood up to a team that had given us a torrid time in Oriel Park over recent years.

Stephen and Alan’s Saints squad is also changed, gone are some familiar faces (who we wish well) and in are some interesting and exciting signings. This is evidence of the commitment of club ownership and management to drive the club forward. It is a significant investment and I think it points to a

bright future if we can get off to a good start in this demanding series of games ahead.

It’s great to be working with Joe and the rest of the programme team again, and we’re also working on another club project which we hope to be delivering in the near future, watch this space. Please feel free to share this download via social platforms and mention @stpatsprogramme and @stpatsfc, it’s important that we get as much circulation as possible to provide some value for our sponsors featured inside, who have stood by the club in these difficult times. If you have any ideas for content, please get in touch at stpatsprogramme@gmail.com or via twitter.

We are turning this edition around rather quickly as it is a double edition, but for the next issue we will be featuring the club’s excellent food bank initiative and also Cian Menton’s amazing fundraising drive for the club.

Enjoy the game, wherever you are!

Come on the Saints.

Ruairi Kavanagh Editor

Contents 7

The Dugout

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Community

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Dodge’s Data - Derry City

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Opposition Watch - Finn Harps

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Red & White Wonderland

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A View from Afar

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President’s Welcome Tom O’Mahony @tomsaintpats

You're very welcome to our first home games of the resumed season, wherever you may be watching them from in these strangest of times.

ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB 125 Emmet Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8, Ireland Tel: +353 1 454 6332 Fax: +353 1 454 6211

Over the last five months, the

Cian Menton, who raised a staggering

pandemic has cast a very heavy

amount of almost €16,000 through a

shadow across every aspect of our

Go Fund Me campaign to sponsor a

lives. Some things are more

200km walk. The funds raised have

important than football, and I want to

been allocated to support the work of

begin by acknowledging that some of

our Academy.

and to their families. Many more will have seen their jobs disappear, hopefully not for too long, or will be grappling with greatly reduced incomes. We have to hope that the huge national effort made right across our society in recent months will be rewarded and that we will see normality coming closer in the

We now head in to a curtailed season which is going to be a sprint rather than a marathon, with little scope to make up any ground we may lose.

This week's two home games are therefore of huge importance. There has been a little bit of refreshening of the squad and I believe that we are very well equipped for what's going to be a challenging period.

I hope you enjoy the games and I also great efforts to remain relevant to our supporters and to our

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1951/52, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1989/90, 1995/96, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2001/02, 2013 FAI CUP 1958/59, 1960/61, 2014 LEAGUE CUP 2000/01, 2003, 2015, 2016 PRESIDENT'S CUP 2014 LEINSTER SENIOR CUP 1947/48, 1982/83, 1986/87, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1999/2000, 2011, 2014, 2019 LEAGUE OF IRELAND SHIELD 1959/60

coming months.

During the lockdown, our club made

Opening Hours: 9.30am-5pm (Mon-Fri).

See our facebook page for additional opening hours on match days.

HONOURS

our supporters will have lost loved ones. Our heart goes out to them

For media enquiries, please email press@stpatsfc.com

hope it's not too long before we can welcome some or all of you back to Richmond Park.

community. I want in particular to recognise the great work done by our

Tom O'Mahony

staff and volunteers in running the

President

community food bank and in posting

St Patrick's Athletic FC

regular videos under the Patreon scheme. I also want to recognise the most super of Supersaint supporters,

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FAI SUPER CUP 1999 DUBLIN CITY CUP 1953/54, 1955/56, 1975/76 LFA PRESIDENT'S CUP 1952/53, 1953/54, 1955/56, 1971/72, 1990/91, 1996/97 FAI INTERMEDIATE CUP 1947/48, 1948/49, 1952/53 (Reserves) FAI JUNIOR CUP 1940/41 FAI YOUTH CUP 1944/45

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On a sobering note we look at last year’s headto-head performance where Waterford came out on top with 3 wins and scoring 5 without response in the two games in Inchicore last year. In domestic cup competitions Waterford’s run ended in the FAI cup quarter finals losing to last years defeated finalists Dundalk FC. WHAT TO EXPECT? A lot of changes in the Waterford squad with some highly rated players joining the ranks, which will give us an exciting and full of life team to watch for the upcoming season. They will want to improve on last year's positioning and hope to challenge higher up the ranks. Preseason wins against Wexford and Bray and a scoreless draw with Shamrock Rovers have given an insight into the way Waterford want to start the season flying high. New signing Ali Coote is highly anticipated for The Blues with manager Alan Reynolds saying; “He’s very hungry for a young player and he gained tremendous experience during his time at Dundee United.”

COMING IN With 10 new signings Waterford have been incredibly active on the transfer market. Tadhg Ryan joins between the sticks from Cork City.

Boosting Waterford’s defence are Sam Bone (Shamrock Rovers), Kevin O’Connor (Loan from Preston North End), Robbie McCourt (Bohemians) and Tyreke Wilson (Manchester City) while in midfield Scott Allardice (Bohemians) and Ali Coote (Brentford B) join the ranks. Up front Graham Cummins (Cork City), Matty Smith (Dundee United) and Michael O’Connor (Loan from Linfield) hope to grab the

It will be interesting to see how new signing Sam Bone settles into the back line after the departure of highly rated Rory Feely, who has come back to his roots with The Saints. Feely played a core part of Waterford’s defence, appearing 40 times for the club. vital goals for TheSam Blues.Bone

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The Dugout Stephen O’Donnell and Alan Mathews

I would like to welcome Declan Devine, his players and the officials of Derry City who have made the journey from Foyleside to Richmond Park for this evening's long-awaited Premier Division fixture.

Normally, it would be customary for me to welcome the entire visiting party, including supporters. But that won't be necessary on this occasion.

Tonight's match is taking place behind closed doors, so Richmond Park will be much quieter than usual. This is the hand we have all been dealt. On the bright side, the very fact that the league is back up and running at all – albeit with a vastly reduced amount of games – is a bonus.

Over the past four-and-a-half months we have lived through a unique situation that has never occurred in our lifetime and, once it has run its course, hopefully we will never experience anything like it again. The toll Covid-19 has taken on the country has been immeasurable. One can only hope that we are now on the road to recovery, with no more major obstacles to come.

The usual, more personable means of communication were not an option in recent months, so I have spent large chunks of time talking to players on Zoom calls. It has been a worrying time for many reasons and people,

understandably, have sought reassurances. Such was the devastating economic impact of the pandemic, I wasn't always in a position to provide the reassurances sought by players, as much as I wanted to be able to.

However, we have come through that dark spell and there is cause for optimism once again.

It has been a real release to get back to competitive football. The importance of sport, and in our case football, has surely never been more clear. For myself and the players, it is our job, but it is a job we love and feel privileged to do. For supporters, it is something that both entertains and brings them together for the one cause.

We have all missed it immensely.

I was very pleased with the application of the players last Friday night and we were good value for the 1-1 draw against Dundalk. During my team talk before the game, there was a special mention for the St Pat’s supporters. In other circumstances, I know that you would have travelled to Oriel Park in great numbers. However, that right has been taken away from supporters for the foreseeable future.

We knew you were all watching on television. Some of you in groups, some alone, but all cheering us on. We were acutely aware of that and we talked about giving a

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performance that would make the supporters proud. The same sentiments apply for tonight and the rest of the season. As long as the application, desire and honesty of effort is displayed in all of our performances, I can ask for no more.

After going 1-0 down at the home of the champions, our reaction in the immediate aftermath of that goal was exactly what I wanted to see. The players rolled up their sleeves, stuck to the game plan and were rewarded with a swift equaliser. It's a good point, but no more than a point and our focus immediately switched to Derry City after the full-time whistle.

We were back in training on Saturday morning, with those who played the night before focusing on recovery. It is going to be a sprint finish between now and the end of the season. With just 72 hours between last Friday's game and this evening, it's a quick turnaround and the onus is on ourselves to be fully prepared.

As a manager, I never look beyond the next game. However, as this programme is a double edition, I would also like to extend a warm welcome to Ollie Horgan, his players and the officials of Finn Harps.

Enjoy the games and stay safe, Stephen O’Donnell

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Oh My Word!

Ronan O’Flaherty @ronanoflaherty

All was right with the world on March 6, 2020. Well, in the detached perspective of a football fan it was.

A deserved 1-0 win over Cork City ensured that the locals headed for the Richmond Park exit signs with a collective pep in their step. That victory was the perfect remedy for the hard-to-credit 1-0 defeat at Tolka Park seven nights earlier, when ample possession never quite led to anything more valuable.

Defeating the Leesiders gave St Pat’s some measure of hope that a positive result would be attainable in Dundalk the following Friday.

There have been some hard nights at the county Louth venue in recent years, and the trauma of heavy defeats instantly spring to mind. So, perhaps that hope was misplaced, but it’s not the role of any supporter to have an outlook that is grounded in reality.

Hope or no hope, it didn't matter in the end. On March 13, Oriel Park lay in silence. Not a sinner in sight.

There would be no match taking place that night. The postponement wasn't down to a waterlogged (plastic) pitch, or any of the usual reasons that may force a cancellation in the #GreatestLeague InTheWorld. You Know What had made an unwelcome appearance on these shores and life as we knew it would change instantly and profoundly.

The last four-and-a-half months have taken a toll on us all.

Livelihoods have been toppled, mental stability shaken. But perhaps it is inappropriate to speak of inner turmoil when so many have paid the ultimate price.

Never again should we allow the importance of sport to be called into question, or the flippant "it's only a

game" cliché be uttered. Football is lots of brilliant and wonderful things and, perhaps more than anything, it is escapism. If recent months haven't taught us the value of an outlet that offers an escape-of-sorts, it is unlikely anything ever will.

The rescheduled fixture at Oriel Park was finally played last Friday, July 31.

It was St Patrick’s Athletic’s fifth league game of the season and it took place 147 days after the fourth.

At that rate, we'll be due to finish the 2020 season – in its originallyplanned 36-game format – at some stage in 2033. Most currently-active players will be retired by then.

Hopefully the same can be said for currently-active viruses.

Tonight, competitive football returns to Richmond Park for the first time since the abrupt halt. In normal circumstances, one might say it's great to be back, but that would offer a false impression of the landscape, which remains deeply altered. No spectators are permitted to enter the stadium, but at least we can watch the action unfold on a streaming service, which feels like a belated, quantum leap into the same era as richer, more illustrious yet more detached leagues across the continent.

Nothing beats being there, in one of the most atmospheric venues in Irish sport. Richmond Park is not just a ground where football matches take place. That is merely its base function. It is a unique amphitheatre dripping with tradition that comes into its own once populated by seasoned zealots. It is just one of several iconic places within a short radius: Richmond Barracks, Kilmainham Gaol, the Royal Hospital,

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and the War Memorial Gardens to name but four. This is a time for renewing our appreciation for live sport and culture on our doorstep.

Upon reopening to full capacity, the aforementioned quartet should all be viewable on a day pass that climaxes with a visit to Richmond Park on match-day.

As the infection count in Ireland finally receded, the season restart somehow appeared even further away. In other countries, where the spread of the virus worsened, plans for a return to football were nonetheless put in place. And in that snapshot we saw why Irish football continues to paddle against an overpowering current in a sinking kayak.

When the return to action was finally announced, it wasn't a moment of joy for League of Ireland followers.

More than any other cross-section of sports supporters in this country, we care about being there in the flesh.

We need to be there. It is an integral part of our very identity.

Some say our numbers are modest, but those numbers are maintained season after season, and have been growing in recent times. We place great value in loyalty and don’t accept ill-informed criticism of our league, which is never far away.

The new normal of watching matches on a screen will never feel right. Next season and, hopefully, the return of supporters to the stands and terraces, can't come soon enough.

For now, however, stay safe and make sure you have a reliable WiFi connection.

Ronan O'Flaherty

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Dodge’s Data

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Opposition Watch James Fenton

HOW DID 2019 GO?

COMING IN

Derry City ensured a return to European football for the first time in two years by finishing fourth in the league, five points ahead of the Saints.

They also reached the final of the League Cup for the second year running but failed to retain the trophy, losing out on penalties to Dundalk.

Chief among Derry City's winter transfers was Conor Clifford, who was a popular presence during his 18-month spell at Richmond Park.

Joining Clifford at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium since the end of the 2019 season are the likes of Conor McCormack, another former Pat's man from Cork City, as well as Stephen Mallon on loan from Sheffield United, Walter Figueira from Waterford and Norwegian forward Tim Nilsen on a free from Fredrikstad.

HOW IS 2020 GOING SO FAR? It was a mixed bag of results for The Candystripes before the Covid-19 lockdown led to the postponement of the Premier Division back in March. A 1-0 away defeat to champions Dundalk on the opening day was followed up by a 1-1 draw at home to north-west neighbours Finn Harps.

Derry were due to play Saints at Richmond Park on February 24 but a waterlogged pitch led to the game's postponement. The club went on to beat Bohemians 2-0 at home before losing 2-1 down at the RSC in Waterford. They were lying in seventh place in the table before the lockdown and were doing to play Sligo Rovers at home before this programme went to press.

OUR RECENT RECORD AGAINST THE VISITORS After losing 3-1 at Richmond Park in April 2019, Saints remained unbeaten against Derry City for the remainder of last season. A 1-1 draw at the Brandywell in May was followed up by a 1-0 victory in Inchicore and an impressive 3-1 away win in the season's penultimate game.

GOING OUT Defender Conor McDermott left for Cliftonville on a permanent deal after a loan spell with the NIFL side last season. As well as that, striker Conor Davis left for Cork City and last season's Premier Division top scorer Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe has recently signed for Sligo Rovers after a brief spell in Israel Hapoel Hadera.

IN THE DUGOUT Former Candystripes goalkeeper Declan Devine was appointed manager at the Brandywell for the second time in November 2018. During his first spell in charge, Devine led Derry to an extra time victory over the Saints in the 2012 FAI Cup final, a memory that few readers of this programme will be fond of.

While Devine is yet to secure silverware this time around, the 46-year-old will be hoping to change that this season while also aiming to go deep into a revamped Europa League later this summer.

However, this wasn't enough to stop Declan Devine's men finishing five points ahead of us in fourth place.

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Derry City Honours LEAGUE OF IRELAND: 2 1988-89, 1996-97 FAI CUP: 5 1989, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2012 LEAGUE OF IRELAND FIRST DIVISION: 4 1989–90, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2017 LEAGUE CUP: 10 1988-89, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1999-00, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 FIRST DIVISION: 2 1986-87, 2010 FIRST DIVISION SHIELD: 1 1985-86

Records Conor McCormack RECORD LEAGUE VICTORY: 9-1 v Galway United, Home, 8 October 1989 RECORD LEAGUE DEFEAT: 0-5 v Dundalk, Away, 8 September 2014 0-5 v St Patrick’s Athletic, Away, 26 October 2018 0-5 v Dundalk, Home, 1 July 2016 0-5 v Bray Wanderers, Home, 22 September 2017 RECORD FAI CUP VICTORY: 7-0 v Rockmount, Home, Round 1, 10 January 1998 RECORD FAI CUP DEFEAT: 0-4 v Dundalk, Away, Round 1, 13 August 2017 RECORD LEAGUE CUP VICTORY: 8-0 v Fanad United, Home, 30 August 1990 8-0 v Fanad United, Home, 22 August 1998 RECORD LEAGUE CUP DEFEAT: 0-4 v Sligo Rovers, Away, Quarter Final, 26 June 2012 MOST LEAGUE GOALS IN A SEASON: 24 - Jonathan Speak, 1987-88 RECORD LEAGUE GOALSCORER: 114 - Mark Farren, 2003-12

Declan Devine

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: 505 - Peter Hutton, 1991-98, 1998-2001, 2002-09

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Stephen Bennett @stebenn15

FAI Cup Final Irish Independent - December 4th, 2006

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victory add PERHAPS it was fitting the second but Saints midfielder Dave two to his legacy. continued his run and that this was the last For this was a Cup Final that broke all Mulcahy slipped in behind them. Given the go the rules. When these players were ahead to play on, he stylishly dinked FAI Cup Final to be growing up, finals were played on the ball over the advancing Forde. sunny days and were generally tight sponsored by Within five minutes the Foylesiders affairs with little goalmouth action. were level with the equaliser, like the Carlsberg. In the This was different. The ferocious gales first goal, coming with their first years to come there that blew across the exposed old attempt on goal as Mark Farren fired venue meant that both sides had no his shot past Barry Ryan with aplomb probably won't be a option but to throw caution to the following a move started by Paddy wind.

McCourt, who was in majestic form on better one. the left wing.

As the Derry players celebrated feverishly at the final whistle after 120 minutes of combat, poor St Pat's were slumped at the opposite end, distraught at losing a game in which they led on three occasions.

From the outset, conditions were treacherous. The ticker tape and toilet rolls thrown onto the pitch beforehand swirled in the air throughout.

Never has it seemed more apt to use the old cliche about it being a shame that there had to be a loser. And the fact that it turned out to be the Inchicore club made it even more poignant than usual.

At one point, Derry City 'keeper David Forde couldn't take a free kick because the ball wouldn't stop moving. In the end, referee Damien Hancock waived the laws of the game and allowed players to take dead-ball kicks when the ball was, in fact, far from dead.

Some of their officials and supporters will now be convinced that they will go to their graves without ever seeing an FAI Cup win.

After a cagey enough opening, the opening goal from Pat's on 20 minutes was the catalyst for the drama that followed.

But this was Derry's day. Those who believe in fate will insist that it was written in the stars that Stephen Kenny's goodbye would provide a happy ending. The circumstances of

It had a tinge of controversy, with the offside Paul Keegan seemingly the intended target of an Anto Murphy through ball.

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Dave Mulcahy opened the scoring for The Saints.

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That signalled the start of a period of Derry dominance as they managed to get the ball down on the deck and bring McCourt into play at every possible juncture. He was giving Stephen Quigley a torrid time.

Pat's boss John McDonnell sent on Seán O'Connor to replace Murphy on the resumption and 15 minutes later Keegan was replaced by Mark Quigley to add a different dimension to the Saints' attack.

As the game opened up, Derry looked stronger and could have seized the lead with 20 minutes remaining, but Farren fired wide from inside the area after being released by Ruaidhri Higgins.

It was a miss they would regret five minutes later after a rare lapse of concentration by Peter Hutton, who chopped down Trevor Molloy in the penalty area when the Dubliner appeared to be going away from goal.

Molloy dusted himself down and clinically converted the spot-kick.

The Pat's ribbons were back on the cup again. But they couldn't hold on, with a foul by Molloy at the other end giving Derry the opportunity to send the game into extra time.

Killian Brennan's dangerous delivery was flicked on by McCourt and Clive Delaney - the tallest player on the field and something of a surprise inclusion by Kenny - was in the right place at the right time to flick a header past Ryan.

So into extra time we went. Derry were enjoying plenty of space but were wasteful with their final pass and it was St Pat's who scored again, with O'Connor combining with Quigley before blasting the ball blast past Forde.

Derry City’s Hutton, Hargan and Beckett celebrate at the final whistle.

catching its breath when McCourt swung in the corner.

Stephen Brennan inadvertently flicked the ball into the path of Hutton and he bundled it over the line at the back post.

Derry were out of jail - again. A penalty shoot-out was in sight but, sensing tiredness in the Pat's ranks, Derry went for the winner. And, in the 110th minute of play, they got it.

Once again, it arose from a corner following a fine stop from Ryan, which McCourt after a trademark weaving run.

Once again, it would be a defensive header from the luckless Brennan that proved decisive.

This time he steered the corner from namesake Killian past Ryan, with the pace of the ball ensuring that Michael Foley, standing on the goal line, could only help it into the net as he tried in vain to head it away to safety.

Alas, they never looked comfortable and Derry's third goal shortly after the restart hardly came as a surprise.

For the first time, Derry were in front and they were streetwise enough to ensure that it remained that way.

After Ryan had produced a top drawer stop to deny Kevin McHugh, the Pat's defence was perhaps still

Pat's were dead on their feet and never even once looked like clawing

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back the deficit.

When Hancock blew the final whistle, it was the cue for frantic Derry celebrations, with Kenny understandably the focus of attention amid the euphoria.

Tomorrow, he will be back with Dunfermline and the onerous task of trying to maintain their Scottish Premier League status.

At least he leaves his old job with a memory that nobody can take away.

DERRY CITY D Forde 7; E McCallion 7, C Delaney 7, P Hutton 8, K Brennan 8; K Deery 6, B Molloy 7, R Higgins 7, P McCourt 9; G Beckett 7, M Farren 9. Subs: G McGlynn 7 for K Deery (72); K McHugh 7 for R Higgins (78); S Hargan 6 for G Beckett (95).

ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC B Ryan 7; S Quigley 6, C Foley 7, S Brennan 6, J Frost 7; A Murphy 6, M Foley 7, D Mulcahy 8, M Rutherford 6; P Keegan 6, T Molloy 7. Subs: S O'Connor 8 for Anto Murphy (45); M Quigley 7 for P Keegan (60); C Armstrong 5 for M Foley (110).

REFEREE - D Hancock.

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Red & White Wonderland Favourite Kit

Favourite Manager Brian Kerr

HOME The ‘Ajax’ style kit from the late 90s.

Favourite Player

Charles Mbabazi Livingstone

The man epitomises everything good about St Pats and always brings a smile to my face when he’s down in Richmond Park.

Ozo was my first Pats hero.

FAvourite game

I think my overall fave player has to be Charles Mbabazi Livingstone.

I was down in Kilkenny when we won the league on the final day, I was on the pitch with my dad afterwards and pocketed some of the grass as a souvenir. I was 11 and I thought football was always going to be like that. LOL!

He brought something completely different to the Pats game and was a total gent as well.

AWAY I know everyone always says the Patselona kit but it’s just a classic!

Favourite Goal Chris Forrester

First game I'm not sure who it was against but it was a home match when I was 9.

I felt car sick on the journey to Inchicore and puked outside someone’s front gate on Bulfin Road. Not the best start to my Pats career!

The first game I vividly remember is Pats v Bohs 1996/97 season, we won 5-0 on Brian Kerr’s 10th anniversary and Martin Reilly scored a hat trick on ice. He was our neighbour and I thought this was the coolest thing ever.

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Chris Forrester’s chip when we hammered Rovers. It was sublime and really summed up what a joy he was to watch.

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Catherine O’Mahony Clarke Burke

guy

Catherine o’Mahony

bermingham Maguire

hawkins

Fahey

gormley

Fagan

Molloy

BRENDAN CLARKE Pats through and through.

IAN BERMINGHAM has played a massive role over the past 10 years.

WILLIE BURKE Mr Reliable at full back.

DARRAGH MAGUIRE Himself and Foley had a fantastic partnership and he always seemed to pop up with a crucial header in the box.

COLIN HAWKINS There were few better in the air and he commands the back row.

Occupation TV Producer Born Dunboyne, 1987

CHARLES MBABAZI LIVINGSTONE For his silky skills down the wing.

Mbabazi

KEITH FAHEY Brought a touch of class to the team and on his day could run the show. Free kick specialist.

EDDIE GORMLEY You couldn’t do a dream team without his name in there.

CHRISTY FAGAN I watched his cup winner on a dodgy RTE stream in the middle of the night in Sydney and bawled crying. He will forever be a Pats legend.

TREVOR MOLLOY The boyband haircut, the little and large partnership with Gilzean and the tendency to poach a goal when it was most needed.

RYAN GUY USA, USA!

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Last All Irish Born Team Sean Creedon

Johnny Giles exchanges pennants with the Turkish captain prior to a 4-0 victory over Turkey at Dalymount Park - 29 October 1975.

As a nation that has a history of emigration it’s only natural that many footballers born outside of Ireland want to declare for the land of the parents or indeed grandparents. Declaring for the country of your parents’ birth became possible in the sixties when FIFA changed their rules regarding qualification.

Thirteen years ago Lapira was a student at Notre Dame University and qualified for The Republic through his Irish-born mother. Lapira was the first amateur to play for The Republic since Willie Browne in 1964 and his call-up was a big surprise.

Most of the emigration from Ireland has probably been to the USA and Britain.

Consequently most of the players who have declared for The Republic under the ‘grandparent’ rule were born in Britain; to-date there has been only one American.

There are thousands of Manchester United fans in Ireland and I suppose in a way it’s appropriate that the first English-born player to declare for The Republic of Ireland was a United player, Shay Brennan. Shay qualified through his Carlow-born parents and won the first of his 19 caps against Spain in May 1965.

Some readers may remember Joe Lapira, who was capped during Steve Staunton’s short spell in charge. Lapira was a late sub for Daryl Murphy in the 1-1 draw Ecuador at the Giant’s Stadium, New Jersey in May 2007.

Brennan finished his playing career in the League of Ireland with Waterford. He died in June 2000 at the age of 63, the first member of United’s 1968 European Cup winning team to pass away.

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Unofficially Johnny Carey was the Irish team manager in 1965, even though he didn’t have much say in team selection. I think it’s fair to say that all the subsequent Irish managers since Carey have made good use of the FIFA rule change.

We may have lost Jack Grealish and Declan Rice to England, but over the decades I think we have found players who were very proud to wear the green jersey.

Everybody has their own favourites, but I doubt if anybody would quibble with the pride in the jersey shown by players like: Seamus McDonagh, Mick McCarthy, Ray Houghton, Tony Grealish, Chris Hughton or Kevin Kilbane.

So many English and Scottish born players have been capped over the years that it’s now over 44 years since a team of all Irish-born players lined out together. The last time that happened was in October 1975 when we beat Turkey 4-0 in a European Championship qualifier at Dalymount Park.

Of the 13 players used that day, the starting eleven plus two subs, all were born in Ireland, twelve in Dublin and Don Givens, who scored all four goals that day, in Limerick.

This is where the last all-Irish born team and substitutes hailed from in Dublin and Limerick: Paddy Roche (Ringsend) Tony Dunne (Drimnagh) Paddy Mulligan (Beaumont) Eoin Hand (Drumcondra) Jimmy Holmes (The Liberties) Mick Martin (Glasnevin) John Giles (Ormond Square) Liam Brady (Whitehall) Steve Heighway (Rathmines)

Steve Heighway has spent most of his life in England, but he was born in Dublin, went to school here, and at one stage he was taught by former Evening Herald soccer correspondent David Faiers. Joe Kinnear has also spent most of his life in England, but he was born in Dublin and emigrated to Watford with his family when he was a boy.

We have a lot of young talent coming through at under 17, under 19 and under 21 level right now, but I think it might be a few more years before we will see another all-Irish born senior team line out at the Aviva.

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Ray Treacy (Sandymount) Don Givens (Castleconnell) Subs: Terry Conroy (Cabra) Joe Kinnear (Crumlin)

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Poetry Corner The Beautiful Game

Top Corner

By Declan Geraghty

By Declan Geraghty

Just Back from the Pat’s lads

It flew into the top corner.

Deadly game

To bring some relief to your life.

Three pints please

From outside the box.

What ye havin?

Delicate chips or overhead kicks.

Golden goals Golden balls Get your Kebabs out for the lads

A distraction.

An ecstasy.

To help you get over your divorce.

Battered sausages

A one two and it flew into the top corner.

Battered egos

To bring you some relief.

Battered burgers

When you lost your job or she just wanted to be friends.

No score draws on rainy winters evenings Match programmes Scarves with balls from age For snowing they’ve illuminous balls

The ball goes into the top corner and just before it goes in, you know the crowd know and it hums just before the elation and roar.

And then relief.

Dirty balls

Like your relief.

Games called off they’re throwing snow balls

And tomorrow comes and reality again.

Next year we’ll win it, I guarantee ye next year

Real life victories and defeats.

Dirty Knees

And we march on.

Cut bloody knees

And the saints go marching on.

Hamstring

Until Friday night again.

Ham and cheese sandwiches or bacon butties

And then relief.

Heads and volleys

And sometimes we wait longer than others for relief.

Keepie uppies

Sometimes there are long droughts.

Cup Winners Cup

But when it comes and that ball goes into the top corner.

UEFA Cup group stages Are they opening that gate yet I’ve been waiting here for ages

Then.

Relief.

1961 ghosts banished since 2014 The love The 90 minutes live St Pat’s Athletic still alive.

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WWW.MIG.IE

The 1940’s Dermot Looney @dlooney

From Junior Champs to Senior Ranks Pat’s second season in Richmond Park, 1940-41, saw the club rise to national prominence for the first time. They came runners-up in the League but made it through seven rounds to qualify for that year’s FAI Junior Cup final at Dalymount Park against Galway Bohemians. Patrick’s lifted the trophy with a 2-0 win.

The following four seasons saw three more place finishes and a third place in the League. The Cups saw more success; 1941-42 saw the Athletic defeat their Richmond Park ground-share rivals St Paul’s in the final of the Edmund Johnson Cup (the League Cup for the LSL Division II). In 1942-43 the Saints finished runners-up in the FAI Area Cup (a regional curtailment of the FAI Junior Cup).

In 1944-45, Patrick’s secured their second Leinster Junior Cup along with the Saxone Cup (a competition for top junior teams).

The Emergency was very much in evidence in the form of their final opponents; the 44th Local Defence Force and the Aer Corps, respectively.

A minor team who emerged in 1943-44 had a significant impact, winning the national FAI Minor Cup and AUL Minor Cup in 1944-

45. One of their players was a young Jimmy “Timber” Cummins who went on to star for the first team in the years ahead.

Having finished in the top three in the previous six seasons without winning, Pat’s had a remarkable return to winning ways in the late 1940’s. First up was a longawaited League championship in 1945-46 with a 2-0 playoff win at Tolka Park against 44th LDF. Promotion followed to the top tier of the Leinster Senior League, with the Saints making a creditable debut in the LSL Division One in 1946-47, achieving third place. But more was to follow.

1947-48 saw a team known by some as “the greatest Pat’s team of all.” This side won a remarkable treble of Leinster Senior League Division One, FAI Intermediate Cup and Leinster Senior Cup. The LSC campaign saw the Saints beat Shelbourne and Bohemians of the League of Ireland on the way to the final.

“David and Goliath Clash…Shels Bow the Knee to St Patrick’s…How are the mighty fallen” went the newspaper report for the former.

Pat’s defeated fellow LSL team Transport in the final by 3 goals to 2.

That season also saw the Saints’ first entry into a competition which has helped to define the club – the FAI Senior Cup. Remarkably, they reached the semi-final stage before being knocked out by eventual winners Shamrock Rovers.

The following seasons saw the club’s status grow and grow. A second double in a row came in 1948-49 with a LSL Division One win accompanying the FAI Intermediate Cup. Pat’s sent national shockwaves with a Round One defeat of holders Shamrock Rovers in the FAI Senior Cup before being knocked out in Round Two. A third LSL win in a row came in 1949-50 along with runners-up medals in the FAI Intermediate Cup. Another strong FAI Senior Cup run saw the Athletic defeat LOI giants Shelbourne in Round One and AOH (later Cork Hibs) in Round Two, before taking League of Ireland winners Cork Athletic to a replay in the semi-final.

By this stage Pat’s had applied for membership of the League of Ireland. Their initial application was refused but it was only a matter of time before they were accepted into the elite of Irish football.

Honours League titles

4 (LSL Division II 1945-46, LSL Division I 1947-48, 48-49, 49-50)

National Cups

3 (FAI Junior Cup 1940-41, FAI Intermediate Cup 1947-48 and 48-49)

League Cups

1 (Johnson Cup 1941-42)

Leinster Cups

2 (Leinster Junior Cup 1944-45, Leinster Senior Cup 1947-48)

Other Cups

Saxone Cup 1944-45, FAI Minor Cup 1944-45, AUL Minor Cup 1944-45

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Saints show their place in the heart of community My first thoughts are for Pat’s supporters who have lost loved ones and have suffered at the hands of Covid-19.

The virus took many from our community prematurely and may each and everyone one of those who have passed since our last game, Rest in Peace.

It has now been twenty-one weeks since Pat’s took to the field at Richmond Park. Who could have imagined that Billy King’s fine finish over the head of Mark McNulty would be the last moment of elation that we experienced together in unison in Inchicore for more than five months?

Supporting a football club is very special, and we are all fortunate to support a very special football club. Whilst football halted dead in its tracks in March (with just four games on the board), the positive contribution that the club’s existence has upon the local community in Inchicore was reinforced in many ways.

The football club has a three hundred and sixty-five day a year commitment to the people of Inchicore and the wider community that we have been fortunate to represent since 1929. The growth of our football club from its inception as a team for local workers to a professional football club with thousands of loyal fans from Inchicore, and across South West Dublin simply would not have occurred without the integral support of the local population from the very beginning.

This is something that must never be taken for granted and we must always work hard to ensure we remain true to our roots. The strength of St Patrick’s Athletic and the strength of Inchicore should be considered one and the same.

Our close relationships on the ground with essential local

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Dave Morrissey @dave_pats services made sure the club was well placed to play a key role in tackling the many negative effects of Covid-19 in Inchicore. When it was discovered that the provision of food was going to be an issue for those who were cocooning, for those who were economically vulnerable (as a result of Covid-19) and service users at Frontline Make Change Addiction service, it was a no-brainer to repurpose our facility at Richmond Park to serve the needs of the community. Our multi-agency approach alongside Frontline Make Change, the Kilmainham Inchicore Network, and the Dublin South City Partnership was a great success, in no small part down to the fantastic response from our supporters who rallied behind the cause. Whilst the fantastic response of our supporters did not surprise me, it really opened the eyes of some individuals from other local organisations who may not have been aware of just how great our supporters are and the sense of connection that they feel to Inchicore.

My final thoughts are in appreciation of the volunteers and donors that enabled the provision of more than 1500 food parcels from the Media Centre at Richmond Park across a fourteen-week period. Their commitment and dedication to helping their neighbours at a time of despair was extraordinary. One of the greatest things a football club can do is to bring people together and while sadly there was no football activity at Richmond Park, it was a great privilege to have a group of special people come together at our home ground in a time of crisis for the betterment of our community.

Ní Neart Go Cur Le Chéile.

There’s no strength without unity.

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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 long-term 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: • The St Patrick’s Athletic Awards Night • Santa Claus visit to Richmond • The Hano Cup These were all fundraised through Golden Goals, raffles and innovative events such as snail racing.

Projects the Patron Saints have contribute to: • Emmet Road Mural • U19s Team Kit • Heart Monitoring Equipment • Media Room Renovation • West Stand Repairs • Club Shop • Grounds Keeping Equipment • Strength and Conditioning Equipment.

Benefits of joining the Patron Saints: • Badge & Membership Card • Priority access to Match tickets • Voting rights on what projects Patron Saints funds will go on • Twice yearly meeting with club officials

• Discounts on most Patron run events • Free annual raffle for player signed jersey sponsored by the Patron Saints • Free annual raffle for a set of signed programmes of the season

TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP 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 week | €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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Squad Sponsorship 2020 1 Brian Maher

2 Rory Feely

SMcN Consulting 4 Dan Ward

3 Ian Bermingham

The Clock

Bill Duggan

5 Lee Desmond Will Morgan

7 Robbie Benson

8 Darragh Markey

The Malt House 10 Ronan Hale Kevin Roche

Tommy Keyes 9 Martin Rennie

The Clock

Sean Foley

11 Dean Clarke

14 Luke McNally

Sweeney Family

15 Billy King

6 Jamie Lennon

16 Jay McClelland

The Malt House 17 Simon Madden

St Patrick’s Athletic Supporters Group

Cian Menton 18 Jake Walker

19 Chris Forrester

O’Callaghan Family 21 Paul Cleary

Mtiscot.land 22 James Doona

Brian Bramhall 26 Brendan Clarke Conro Services 35 Darragh Burns Thompson Solicitors

Joan Stapleton 27 Cian Hughes

20 Shane Griffin Daragh O’Halloran 25 Conor Kearns Dalton Family 34 Ben McCormack

Lauren O’Reilly

Conor O’Toole

Stephen O’Donnell

Patrick Cregg

The Patron Saints

Daragh O’Toole

Pat Jennings

Alan Mathews

Zoe O’Reilly

Grace O’Reilly

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Waking up to a new dawn Stephen Bennett

@stebenn15

The League of Ireland ship has overcome many a storm, some of the teacup variety, others more wild Atlantic, but nothing prepared us for the tsunami of the coronavirus. more income for the League and its clubs.

As the world was sent reeling from the pandemic, more locally, every facet of Irish life was affected.

Maybe this is the first step.

The dear old LOI didn't escape the harsh realities of lockdown and the arguments that followed seemed

But the hardened supporters won't be too put out if

necessary to ensure that all parties involved were

numbers aren't high enough to stop the League's

satisfied to a certain degree that a return to action

detractors from uttering, once again: "I told you so."

was done properly.

The indifference of the wider soccer public in the All of this argument and counter-argument gave

country to their own League is tiresome as much as

birth to WATCHLOI, a new streaming service for fans

it's loathsome.

to watch all the games.

Efforts have been made to make the League more mainstream, but the penny is slow to drop.

Long overdue, this new service has been largely welcomed by clubs and their fans with the idea by some to supply the service for free to their season

To my estimation, not even the efforts made by the

ticket holders another step in the right direction.

FAI to link League of Ireland clubs to their local schoolboy teams have produced much in the way of increased gates.

The success of the new service can't, however, be measured in the first few months.

Of course, that wasn't the sole intention of the plan It's like the age-old chestnut of why the LOI doesn't

rolled out by Ruud Dokter, as it's about creating a

attract more fans. We know that, initially, take up of

player pathway though the League from Under-13s

the service will be mostly made up of fans of the

all the way to senior.

League.

The hoped-for spike from more people being The figures for subscriptions outside of this will be

involved with League of Ireland clubs through

hard to measure in the short term, so it's best to

schoolboy clubs has yet to materialise in a

promote it and hope that it spreads further.

significant way, but maybe, as more kids reach the senior teams, this might change. Dokter's plan, while

Take up of WATCHLOI internationally will be

on the go for a number of years, is still really in its

interesting too. Niall Quinn, now on board with the

infancy.

FAI, has previously spoken about unexplored television markets outside of Europe as a means of

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All of this said, the League is still slightly growing in

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popularity. The streaming service will add another

What utter tripe that is. First of all, how do they

slick wing to the package and, who knows, maybe

know this? Secondly, if the All Island League tries

when we can actually walk through a turnstile again,

and ultimately fails, at least we did indeed try!

people won't take it for granted as much anymore.

Change can be scary. Fear of the unknown requires Like everything in League of Ireland circles, it is

brave steps. But the chance to create something

often the hope that kills you! But it's something we

new and exciting for this island cannot be passed

cling to. To see the League developing into a

up.

popular and well-supported offering would be welcome.

It should be grasped by all to give it the best possible chance of survival.

In the midst of all the talk of a return to action has be the All Island League proposal.

Take the Premier League in England for example. It's hard to believe now, but it nearly didn't go ahead

It seems that all the top clubs on both sides of the

due to some clubs wanting to stay with tradition.

border want it as 20 clubs have jointly written to UEFA in support of it.

The competition was founded in February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the English First

The conversation must now turn to the rival associ-

Division to break away from the Football League,

ations, the FAI and the IFA to give it their blessing.

which was founded in 1888, the carrot being a lucrative television rights deal from Sky.

With cross-border national leagues in Gaelic Games, rugby and hockey, why not soccer? If it only it was

It eventually got over the line, and the League's tv

that simple.

rights are now worth billions, after clubs originally accepted an offer of £304m over five years from

Both associations, historically, never saw eye to eye,

Rupert Murdoch's struggling satellite service Sky.

but this is a chance for Irish clubs to market something radical and exciting.

We are small fry compared to this, but the message is the same. Take the chance, maximise the product.

Marketed properly, it could be just what the game needs. But only recently, I heard paranoid visions

A rising tide lifts all boats, as is often said.

and scaremongering from the Northern Irish league body that attendances might actually decrease in an

In these uncertain economic times, a pooling of

All Island League.

resources may be just what's needed.

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It’s Quiz Time!

1

Which current Irish international was joint top scorer in the First Division in 2012?

2

Which 2 Saints won the PFAI Player of the Year in the last decade?

3

When did Pat's and Cork first meet in the FAI Cup?

4

Which club has lost a record 11 FAI Cup finals?

5

Name the 5 La Liga clubs that are based in Madrid?

Answers on Page 46

6

Which player scored in the 2018 League Cup final and the 2019 FA Cup Final?

7

Which English manager won the League Cup with 2 different teams in the 90s?

8

Which 2 players scored a hat trick for Leicester in their 9-0 victory over Southampton in the Premier League in 2019?

9

When did Nottingham Forest last win the League Cup?

10 Which club did Nottingham Forest defeat in that Final?

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St Patrick’s Athletic Manager:

Alan Mathews

Manager:

Head Coach: Stephen O’Donnell

Fáilte Tá áthas orainn fáilte a chur roimh mbainistíocht, imreoirí agus lucht tacaíochta Chlub Pheile Cláirsigh na Finne go Phairc Richmond.

Welcome We are pleased to welcome the management, players and supporters of Finn Harps Football Club to Richmond Park.

Finn Harps

25 Conor Kearns

GK o

26 Brendan Clarke

GK o

Ollie Horgan

Asst Manager: Paul Hegarty 1 Mark McGinley

GK o

25 Patrick McGarvey

GK o

32 Tom McDermott

GK o

2 Rory Feely

D

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3 Ian Bermingham (C)

D

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2 Shaun Kelly

D

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4 Dan Ward

D

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4 Kosovar Sadiki

D

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5 Lee Desmond

D

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5 David Webster

D

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6 Jamie Lennon

M

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6 Gareth Harkin

M

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7 Robbie Benson

M

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7 Karl O’Sullivan

M

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8 Darragh Markey

M

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8 Ruairi Harkin

M

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9 Martin Rennie

9 Cameron Saul

F

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10 Ronan Hale

F

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10 Raff Cretaro

F

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12 Georgie Kelly

F

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11 Barry McNamee

M

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14 Luke McNally

D

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12 Kieran Farren

D

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15 Billy King

M

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14 Mark Coyle

M

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16 Jay McClelland

M

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15 Jamie Browne

F

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17 Simon Madden

D

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16 Shane McEleney

D

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19 Chris Forrester

M

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17 Mark Russell

D

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20 Shane Griffin

D

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18 Leo Donnellan

M

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22 James Doona

F

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20 Adrian Delap

M

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23 Jordan Gibson

M

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21 Stephen Doherty

M

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24 David Titov

D

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22 Sam Todd

D

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27 Cian Hughes

M

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23 Daragh Ellison

D

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28 Glory Nzingo

M

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24 Ryan Connolly

M

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30 Paul Cleary

D

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26 Tony McNamee

M

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32 Cian Kelly

D

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27 Corey McBride

M

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34 Ben McCormack

M

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28 Pat Loughrey

M

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35 Darragh Burns

M

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29 Benny Igiehon

F

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37 Daniel Dobbin

D

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30 Alexander Kogler

M

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38 Kian Corbally

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Match Officials

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Referee Sean Grant

Assistant 1 Mark Gavin

Assistant 2 Rob Clarke

Half-Time

Full-Time

MOTM

4th Official Paul McLaughlin

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Dodge’s Data

@seidodge

League Record v Finn Harps HOME GAMES

W

AWAY GAMES

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TOTAL GAMES

7 12

32

18

D

14

31

30

63

7 19

12

GOALS

GOALS

57

41

GOALS

40

44

97

85

Last 10 Games v Finn Harps 11/04/16

17/05/16

11/10/16

13/03/17

22/05/17

18/08/17

25/02/19

22/04/19

14/06/19

06/09/19

Finn Park

Richmond Park

Finn Park

Richmond Park

Finn Park

Richmond Park

Richmond Park

Finn Park

Richmond Park

Finn Park

2-1

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4-0 1-1

League

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League Records v Finn Harps 17/02/85 06/07/08

18/08/17

15/01/78

27/01/80

20/03/99

30/12/73

23/09/78

13/04/01

11/04/08

13/04/75

5-1 4-0 0-3 1-4 3-0 0-4 Richmond Park

Richmond Park

Richmond Park

Richmond Park

Finn Park

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Opposition Watch James Fenton

HOW DID 2019 GO?

COMING IN

After finishing second from bottom in the league, Harps were faced with a relegation play-off against Drogheda United. Following a 1-0 first leg defeat, Ollie Horgan's men managed to turn the tie around, winning 2-0 in Ballybofey thus securing Premier Division football for another season.

Among Harps' signings for the 2020 season was David Webster who featured 25 times for Saints in the league last season. Other players to put pen to paper during the winter were Cameron Saul, who spent 2019 at South Carolina-based Greenville Triumph, and Canadian underage international defender Kosavar Sadiki, who joined on loan from Hibernian.

HOW IS 2020 GOING SO FAR? After picking up four points from their opening games against Sligo Rovers and Derry City, Harps have went on to lose 1-0 away to Cork City and 4-0 at home to Dundalk.

GOING OUT

A home game against Shelbourne was postponed in February due to the Finn Park pitch being covered in snow. At the time of writing, Harps lie eighth in the table but face Shamrock Rovers away and Shelbourne at home before coming up against Saints.

OUR RECENT RECORD AGAINST THE VISITORS After a scoreless draw in Inchicore in February last year, Saints went on to defeat Harps on three occasions in the league, by scorelines of 2-0, 1-0 and 2-1.

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During the winter break, Finn Harps said goodbye to Mikey Place, who joined Galway United, as well as Keith Cowan (Glentoran), Daniel O'Reilly (Shelbourne) and Harry Ascroft (Dandenong Thunder).

IN THE DUGOUT Harps manager Ollie Horgan has been in charge at Finn Park since 2013. He memorably got the club promoted in 2015 before being relegated again in 2017 after two seasons in the top flight.

However, the club bounced straight back up by winning another of their regular play-off appearances before managing to consolidate their Premier Division status last year.

Horgan deserves plenty of credit for keeping Harps' heads above the water and his side are sure to provide a stern test when they visit Inchicore.

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Finn Harps Honours LEAGUE OF IRELAND: Runners-up (1972-73, 1975-76 & 1977-78) FAI CUP: 1 1974 LEAGUE OF IRELAND FIRST DIVISION: 1 2004 LEAGUE CUP: Runners-up (1973-74, 1974-75 & 1984 -85)

FIRST DIVISION CUP: 1 2002-03 DUBLIN CITY CUP: 1 1971-72 TOP FOUR CUP: Runners-up (1971-72) BLAXNIT CUP: Quarter-Finalists (1973-74) TYLER CUP: Runners-up (1977-78)

FIRST DIVISION SHIELD: Runners-up (1986-87)

Records Dave Webster

RECORD LEAGUE VICTORY: 8-1 v Kilkenny City, Away, 4 December 1994 7-0 v Athlone Town, Home, 7 November 1971 7-0 v Drogheda United, Home, 12 October 1975 7-0 v Thurles Town, Away, 1 November 1981 7-0 v Monaghan United, Home, 2 March 1996 RECORD LEAGUE DEFEAT: 0-7 v Dundalk, Home, 13 May 2016 RECORD FAI CUP VICTORY: 7-1 v Longford Town, Home, Rd 3 (Rep.), 8 February 2000 6-0 v Belgrove, Away, Rd 1 (Rep.), 27 January 1999 RECORD FAI CUP DEFEAT: 1-6 v Waterford United, Home, Rd 1, 1 February 1987 1-6 v St. Patrick’s Athletic, Away, SF, 5 October 2014 0-5 v Cork Hibs, Neutral, Rd 3 (2nd Rep.), 24 March 1971 RECORD LEAGUE CUP VICTORY: 6-1 v Dundalk, Away, SF, 11 October 1973 RECORD LEAGUE CUP DEFEAT: 0-7 v Derry City, Away, 20 August 1989 MOST LEAGUE GOALS IN A SEASON: 29 - Brendan Bradley, 1975-76 RECORD LEAGUE GOALSCORER: 181 - Brendan Bradley, 1969-78 & 1982-86

Ollie Horgan

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: 400 - Jonathan Minnock, 1995-2001, 2002-08 & 2010

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Stephen Bennett @stebenn15 In a repeat of the 1974 FAI Cup Final, the Saints eyed sweet revenge on Finn Harps at Inchicore.

A big crowd filled Richmond Park for the game as Pats progressed to the third round, but ultimately came up short again. St Pat’s went on to meet Dundalk in the semi-finals, and after a 1-1 draw at Tolka Park on Friday April 1st, Barry Bridges’ side lost the replay 1-0 at Dalymount Park on Wednesday April 6th. Dundalk went on to win the Cup that year, beating Limerick 2-0 in the final.

FAI Cup Second Round Irish Independent - Monday February 14, 1977

ST PATRICK'S ATH 2 FINN HARPS 1

By Noel Dunne

LIVING dangerously in the last twenty minutes, and not very impressively at times in the earlier exchanges, St Patrick’s Athletic exacted sweet revenge at Inchicore for their ‘74 Cup Final defeat

by Finn Harps.

the first half produced fewer goal area incidents than one anticipated.

Mainly through the skills of George Luke and the industry of Leo Flanagan and Pat Munroe in midfield, the Dubliners had slightly the better of it, unfortunately in the opening minutes Luke mishit a chance created by Joe But they will have to reveal the Smith and Sean Byrne, while better form of which they are Flanagan’s hard-angled leftcapable to get to the decider footer smacked high into the again but for the superb agility side-netting. of goalkeeper Mick O'Brien they Harps, when they put things might now, at best, be facing together in neater fashion, the uninviting prospect of a looked more effective, and at trip to Ballybofey. the conclusion of one of their Enjoyable overall, the game did more imaginative moves sag in entertainment value involving Hilary Carlyle, more than once, and certainly

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Brendan Bradley, Joe Logan and Bradley again, even O’Brien could only knock down the shot and Smith had to slam the ball away for a corner.

Then Carlyle slipped between two defenders to flick the ball to Joe Healy, whose raking drive was well held by O’Brien.

But in the 26th minute, Pats grabbed the lead. Bradley was pulled up for a ‘marginal’ foul on Dermot Keely and Luke flighted the free for Neil Martin to run in behind the defence to net a beautiful header. But within a minute of the restart, Harps were level. Chang Smith burst past Phil Paisley from Healy’s pass and cracked in an angled 20-yarder which was

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helped to the net by O’Brien, who for once seemed to be caught unprepared.

After that, the home cause was in jeopardy, but in the 63rd minute they snatched another, a goal of such quality as to merit winning the trophy itself.

Munroe sent over a knee-high cross, and though Barry Bridges may have got a touch, all the credit belonged to Byrne who swivelled to volley the ball in flight to the far top corner.

A minute later, from Flanagan’s cross, Byrne was just foiled by Peter Hutton’s tackle, then with their left flank completely exposed, Harps saw an effort

by Monroe sail narrowly over the bar, and in the 69th minute, Barry Bridges got his head to another Monroe cross and Eddie Mahon was a mite lucky to get a touch and deflect it for a corner.

But after that brief flurry of supremacy, Pats found themselves back on the rack.

John Duffy, always playing well in the middle of the park for Harps, discovered even greater resources of energy and drive, Logan and Smith particularly reacted splendidly to his inspiration, and it was Logan who appeared to have earned a replay at least with a searing drive in the 74th minute.

But he turned away in despair as O’Brien flew through the air to bring off a magnificent one-

handed deflection around the post and, following the corner the goalkeeper again showed wonderful reflexes touching a shot from Carlyle around the upright.

That proved virtually to be the end of O'Brien's duties, but certainly not the end of the tension for home fans, nor the conclusion of the very necessary vigilance and defiance of the Dubliner's defence, who, in the end, very definitely had the last word against the big men of the opposing attack, Carlyle and Bradley.

Even the introduction of Terry Harkin failed to do the trick for Harps, though he made vehement claims for a penalty for alleged ‘hands’ near the end, his protests being waved aside by referee John Carpenter, who booked the Pats sub, Bobbie Baker, following a scuffle with Tony O'Doherty.

So, with qualification for the last eight, the half-time presentation of the Bass £400 January goals cheque, and their biggest gate, £1,270, for a long time, it was a very rewarding day for the homesters. But more is needed.

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ST PAT'S ATH: O'Brien, Smith, Keely, Doyle, Paisley, Munroe, Luke, Flanagan, Byrne, Martin, Bridges. Sub: Baker for Byrne 80 mins.

Sub: O’Driscoll for Ennis, 88 mins.

FINN HARPS: Mahon: McDowell, Stephenson, O'Doherty, Hutton; Logan, Duffy, Healy; Smith, Carlyle, Bradley.

Subs: Harkin for Healy 75 mins, McGroarty for Carlyle 83 mins.

Referee: Mr J Carpenter (Dublin).

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A View from Afar Ian Templeman

@iantemplemanloi

None of us could have guessed, as we savoured the win over Cork City on March 6th, that it would be almost five months before we watched any league action again.

We all know the reasons for that, of course, but now we have at least some semblance of normality returning, and the opportunity to watch domestic football once more has returned.

rest of the world was in lockdown, and although initially only available through betting websites, live coverage of Premier League games soon became available through YouTube.

There is of course, a major difference between the forthcoming games and all the others that have gone before. The pre-match routines for many of getting on the bus, the LUAS or into the car, or heading on foot for the familiar surroundings of Richmond Park are – for the time being at least – suspended and the experience of watching the game will be one to be enjoyed in the comfort of your own home, and not in the terraces and stands.

The same betting websites also beam coverage of games from pretty much every country around Europe that is playing, and once other leagues began playing competitively again, I decided early on to just concentrate on a handful of countries to try and get to know them a bit better. I was already tuning into La Liga coverage before lockdown, as I have followed Barcelona for a couple of seasons now, and La Liga TV very obligingly made their coverage free to air during June as the Spanish season recommenced. In saying that, normal subscriptions are very reasonably priced anyway.

However, thanks to the new deal brokered by the FAI and RTE Sport, and utilising the GAAGO platform, we can look forward to live online streaming of every Premier Division game for the remainder of the season, and any regular readers of this column will not be surprised to learn that no one could have been more delighted to hear the news of the deal than I was.

For many years I have bemoaned the fact that live coverage of games in Ireland was blacked out in the UK, but now, I am in the same position as everyone else and I will able to enjoy everything the Premier Division has offer, be it good or bad, for the rest of the season – and I can’t believe my luck. Getting the chance to watch every game live is an early Christmas present for me, and I am really looking forward to watching all the action unfold.

Although the concept is a new one for the SSE Airtricity League, I have to admit that tuning in to online live broadcasts of games from across Europe has been a pretty regular pastime for me in the past few months.

In fact, sad as it may sound, it has almost become part of my daily routine. As many of you will be aware, the Belarus Premier League continued unabated while the

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As well as Belarus, I’ve also dipped in and out of the Portuguese La Liga, and when I heard that the Faroe Islands were going to be the first league in Europe to welcome spectators back, I tuned in to some games there as well. The football wasn’t great – but some of the views from the grounds is absolutely amazing. One Premier League ground is on the banks of a fjord, and several others look like they are built halfway up a mountain, so if the action on the pitch wasn’t up to much you could still enjoy the scenery.

It all made for some enjoyable use of leisure time, at a time when other leisure options consisted of little more that a walk round the block, a trip to the supermarket or a lot of time spent in the garden if weather permitted. But as a result, now I’m at the point where I almost expect to have on tap football to watch every evening if I want to, either free to view or at a very cheap price, and I’m sure I won’t be alone in that.

It makes me wonder if football, and indeed all other sports, are now on the brink of a new revolution as far

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journey and see the game, or miss it and make do with brief highlights, but now the landscape has changed. Now, there is a chance to pay a pre-determined amount to watch the game in the comfort of your own home – and save money in the process that would otherwise be spent on travel and admission prices – and that is going to be an attractive option for many.

In the short term in this country, it’s the only option as spectators can’t attend, but once people get used to having live games so readily available to watch from the comfort of the armchair that weren’t available before, I believe it might be difficult to take that option away again, once spectators are allowed to return to watch games live. And the longer it goes on, people will get more used to having the service available.

as watching live sport is concerned, and if we are moving towards a point where many more games than ever before will be made available to view live, especially for the overseas market. The Scottish Premier League has just begun behind closed doors, and just like in Ireland, supporters can choose to watch any game they want on a pay-per-view basis. There are also talks going on about something similar being introduced in England too, especially in the lower leagues.

We all know that you can’t beat the atmosphere of being at a game live, supporting your team, and enjoying all the social aspects that involves. But equally, we all know that if the weather is bad, or if our favourites are away from home at a difficult to reach location, the enthusiasm for going is a bit less than it would be for an attractive home game on a nice day.

Up to now, your options were to either make the

Just to take one random example from this league, supposing you are a Cork City fan, and are contemplating attending an away game at Finn Harps. If there was an alternative way of seeing the game as opposed to making the long trip up to Ballybofey to see the game in person, common sense and economics dictate that at the very least, you are going to give the stay at home option some consideration.

It does make you wonder about what the impact will be, not just for the SSE Airtricity League but for other sports too. Will people take the easy way out and just watch from home when they might have otherwise turned up at the turnstile and directly injected cash into the club?

Will floating supporters with a passing interest in the league and not regular attendees be happy to pay one fee to have the chance to watch all the games across a league? Or selectively take games here and there on a pay-per-view basis? Will there be a drop in attendances at games but a corresponding increase in subscriptions to watch the same game from home? Time will tell.

For now, though, I’m looking forward to taking advantage of the new deal and gorging on wall-to-wall SSE Airtricity League and Extra.ie FAI Cup coverage between now and November, in a way I could never have dreamed of doing a few months ago. Bring it on.

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Remembering John Hume

by Tom Hanley

Just as we uploaded tonight’s edition for print, we heard the news of the passing of John Hume, a man whose impact and legacy on the island of Ireland in terms of peace and reconciliation cannot be overestimated.

In 1997, he did an interview with Tom Hanley for the St Patrick’s Athletic programme which detailed his passion for football and Derry City FC. This is that interview reprinted.

Given your very heavy commitments in Northern Ireland, Westminster and in Europe, what opportunities do you have to follow the progress of your native Derry City team?

It is almost impossible for me to get a chance to go to a match because of work pressures and other commitments. But I follow progress through the local media. As well as the local papers in the Derry area, Radio Foyle, with its great sports pieces, is great for keeping someone like me in touch with the progress, problems or prospects in local soccer. Some might argue that this is spoiling local fans, who may have got lazy about getting to the Brandywell.

From your position as a keen observer of Derry’s progress, how would you assess their title prospects?

The current Derry team are obviously performing well, with a fair degree of consistency. The fact that they have maintained their leading position recently, in spite of injuries and other problems is a testimony to the players, as well as Felix Healy. In politics, prophecy is the most gratuitous form of error,

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so I have to be careful about predicting the Championship for Derry City. A week is a long time in football, as in politics.

Derry City attracted massive crowds in their early years of League of Ireland football. Do you see such crowds returning again given the team’s recent success?

The big gates that Derry used to get have of course dropped. Something like this was to be expected as the novelty factor wore off and as financial limitations tended to curb on field presence, with some favourite players moving.

The impact of live football on satellite has been another factor and even moving games to take account of this, creates a variable pattern of matches, which does not encourage habitual support. I hope that approaching success will generate an uplift in support and income at the Brandywell. The team deserve it, the manager deserves it, the board deserve it, as do all the back-up workers for the club, and not least, the steady supporters.

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but that would clearly represent a threat and a cost to our own clubs and our own League. The FAI position on the matter is completely legitimate.

What is the essential quality which you consider Derry City supporters to have?

I think that the supporters have always shown a sense of humour and a sense of honour which has reflected well on the City, indeed on the country, when they have played in Europe.

Finally, what are your overall impressions of St Patrick’s Athletic?

John Hume watches on during the 2006 FAI Cup Final between St Pats and Derry City at Lansdowne Road.

What are your thoughts on the proposed relocation of Wimbledon to Dublin?

If live television coverage of British soccer can have an impact on FAI National League attendances, then a British club moving to Dublin would have to cause concern. I can imagine some people thinking it would be a convenient way of seeing leading English teams,

I am first of all honoured to be given the opportunity of featuring in your matchday magazine and speaking to the supporters of two such fine clubs. St Pats obviously represent their proud community with the same commitment and style as Derry, my home city. I would like to visit Richmond Park some time soon and I hope tonight’s game is as good as so many previous ones between these two fine clubs.

Special thanks to Mrs Pat Hume, without whose kind assistance this interview could not have been conducted.

Editor’s note: Everybody at St Patrick’s Athletic Football Club would like to send their condolences to the family of Mr Hume and to the City of Derry, which he represented with such dignity and pride.

John Hume (1937-2020) Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

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Player Apps & Goals 2020 Up to and including Dundalk game on Friday 31 July 2020.

LEAGUE

25 Conor Kearns

GK

26 Brendan Clarke

TOTAL

FAI CUP

Pld

Gls

Pld

Gls

Pld

Gls

0

0

0

0

0

0

GK

5

0

0

0

5

0

2 Rory Feely

D

4

0

0

0

4

0

3 Ian Bermingham (C)

D

3+1s

0

0

0

3+1s

0

4 Dan Ward

D

2

0

0

0

2

0

5 Lee Desmond

D

5

0

0

0

5

0

6 Jamie Lennon

M

2+2s

0

0

0

2+2s

0

7 Robbie Benson

M

3

1

0

0

3

1

8 Darragh Markey

M

1+1s

0

0

0

1+1s

0

9 Martin Rennie

0

F

2+3s

0

0

0

2+3s

10 Ronan Hale

F

2+1s

1

0

0

2+1s

1

12 Georgie Kelly

F

0

0

0

0

0

0

14 Luke McNally

D

5

0

0

0

5

0

15 Billy King

M

4

1

0

0

4

1

16 Jay McClelland

M

3+1s

0

0

0

3+1s

0

17 Simon Madden

D

0

0

0

0

0

0

19 Chris Forrester

M

4+1s

1

0

0

4+1s

1

20 Shane Griffin

D

2

0

0

0

2

0

22 James Doona

F

1+3s

0

0

0

1+3s

0

23 Jordan Gibson

M

1

0

0

0

1

0

24 David Titov

D

1

0

0

0

1

0

27 Cian Hughes

M

0

0

0

0

0

0

28 Glory Nzingo

M

0

0

0

0

0

0

30 Paul Cleary

D

0

0

0

0

0

0

32 Cian Kelly

D

0

0

0

0

0

0

34 Ben McCormack

M

0

0

0

0

0

0

35 Darragh Burns

M

0

0

0

0

0

0

37 Daniel Dobbin

D

0

0

0

0

0

0

38 Kian Corbally

M

0

0

0

0

0

0

5 Ollie Younger

D

11 Dean Clarke

F

19 Jake Walker

F

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2020 Fixtures, Results & Lineouts Date

Opposition

Venue Comp Score

Fri 14 Feb

Waterford

Home Series 1

0-1

Clarke

Feely

Bermingham

Desmond

McNally

D Clarke

Lennon

Fri 21 Feb

Sligo Rovers

Away Series 2

2-0

Clarke

Feely

Bermingham

Desmond

McNally

Younger

Benson

Fri 28 Feb

Shelbourne

Away Series 4

0-1

Clarke

Feely

Bermingham

Desmond

McNally

McClelland

Markey

Fri 06 Mar

Cork City

Home Series 5

1-0

Clarke

Younger

Griffin

Desmond

McNally

McClelland

Ward

Fri 31 July

Dundalk

Away Series 6

1-1

Clarke

Feely

McNally

Desmond

Lennon

Titov

Ward

Mon 03 Aug Derry City

Home Series 3

0-1

Fri 07 Aug

Finn Harps

Home Series 7

0-1

Mon 10 Aug Finn Harps

Away FAI Cup

0-1

Sun 16 Aug Shamrock Rovers Home Series 8 Sat 22 Aug Bohemians

Away Series 9

0-1

Fri 04 Sep

Away Series 10

0-1

Sun 12 Sep Sligo Rovers

Home Series 11

0-1

Fri 18 Sep

Derry City

Away Series 12

0-1

Fri 25 Sep

Shelbourne

Home Series 13

0-1

Fri 02 Oct

Cork City

Away Series 14

0-1

Fri 09 Oct

Dundalk

Home Series 15

0-1 0-1

Fri 16 Oct

Finn Harps

Away Series 16

0-1

Waterford

Fri 23 Oct

Shamrock Rovers

Away Series 17

0-1

Fri 30 Oct

Bohemians

Home Series 18

0-1

Extra.ie FAI Cup Dates

First XI

Premier League Table

Includes Games on Sun 02 August

Club 1 Shamrock Rvs 2 Dundalk 3 Bohemians 4 Waterford 5 St Patrick’s Ath 6 Shelbourne 7 Derry City 8 Finn Harps 9 Sligo Rovers 10 Cork City

W 6 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1

P 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6

D 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0

Quiz Time!

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Questions on Page 33

Killian Brennan, Christy Fagan

3

1992

4

Shelbourne

5

Atletico Madrid, Getafe, Leganes, Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano

6

David Silva

7

Ron Atkinson

W/E Ending 08 Nov

Quarter-Finals

8

Jamie Vardy, Ayoze Perez

W/E Ending 22 Nov

Semi-Finals

9

1990

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PTS 18 13 12 9 7 6 4 4 3 3

Sean Maguire

2nd Round

Final

GF GA GD 18 5 13 13 5 8 7 3 4 4 5 -1 4 3 1 3 5 -2 4 6 -2 3 9 -6 4 8 -4 1 12 -11

2

W/E Ending 30 Aug

Sunday 29 Nov

L 0 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5

10 Oldham

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League

FAI Cup

1st Sub 2nd Sub 3rd Sub 1 Goals Scored P Penalty OG Own Goal

* Own Goal For

Yellow Card

Red Card

Substitutes Benson

King

McClelland

King

Hale

Forrester

King

Forrester

King

Forrester

Benson

Forrester

1

Rennie

Forrester

Hale

Doona

Ward

Younger

Walker

Kearns

Doona

D Clarke

Lennon

Rennie

Ward

Griffin

McClelland

Kearns

D Clarke

Hale

Doona

Rennie

Walker

Ward

Lennon

Griffin

Kearns

1

Rennie

D Clarke

Lennon

Doona

Bermingham

Markey

Hale

Walker

Kearns

1

Grifin

Gibson

NcClelland

Rennie

Markey

Bermingham

McCormack

Burns

Kearns

1

Billy King knocks home the winner against Cork City, latching on to an excellent through ball from Lee Desmond.

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