The Saint (Vol 33 #12)

2021 Season • Premier Division • Vol. 33 • No. 12 Fri 13 August • Richmond Park, Inchicore, D8 • KO:7.45PM

Matty Smith

Editorial

Ronan O’Flaherty

Ruairi Kavanagh

@stpatsprogramme

Welcome to Richmond Park for our first

commitment to get these out and I'd like to

home league game in a month, and

thank again our great designer Joe, and our

following straight on from last Sunday's

contributors for delivering so consistently.

dominant display in Dundalk. The fact that we remain in contention at top of the table is

We await the return of more fans to the

fantastic and Alan, Stephen and all the

ground, hopefully in the not too distant

coaches and players deserve massive credit.

future, and also things that make Richmond

We have seen the boost that European

Park special, like the return of our

football can provide clubs with and it would

programme shop and the programme in a

be fantastic to have those nights back at

printed format, which hopefully will be in

Richmond again.

place for the start of the 2022 season. Let's hope that we will have plenty to cheer about

We had a nice little break for a few weeks on

tonight, come on the Saints!

the programme front, after three issues in three weeks and it's good to be back. We

Ruairi Kavanagh

have a great issue for you tonight, great

Editor

reading for Saints fans of course, but also for

The Saint

anyone who is a fan of football. It takes great

Contents 08

Oh my Word!

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Eurozone

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On This Day

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Shoot!

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Opposition Watch

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Club History

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Pats from the Past

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A view from Afar

Programme Production Editor Ruairi Kavanagh

Design Joe O’Rourke

2021 Season • Vol. 33 • No.12 • St Patrick’s Athletic V Waterford

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Tonight’s Squads

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Head Coach: Marc Bircham

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4 Oscar Brennan

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5 Lee Desmond

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5 Josh Collins

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6 Jamie Lennon

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6 George Forrest

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7 Robbie Benson

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7 Shane Griffin

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8 Chris Forrester

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8 Anthony Wordsworth

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9 Kyrian Nwoko

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9 Daryl Murphy

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10 Ronan Coughlan

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10 Cian Kavanagh

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11 Jason McClellend

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11 Junior Quitirna

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Welcome

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12 John Martin

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14 Kyrian Nwoko

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13 Matthew Connor

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

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16 Alfie Lewis

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15 Jeramie Milambo

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17 Darragh Burns

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17 Max Hutchison

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18 Ben McCormack

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19 Jack Stafford

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20 Greg Halford

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20 Shane Griffin

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21 Isaac Tshipba

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21 Barry Murphy

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22 Paul Martin

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25 Josh Keeley

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23 Prince Mutswunguma

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28 Cian Kelly

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26 Callum Stringer

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29 Paddy Barrett

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31 Liam Kerwick

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31 Kian Corbally

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34 Liam Browne

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34 Adam Murphy

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44 Phoenix Patterson

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38 Thomas Lonergan

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45 Jamal Dupree

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39 James Abankwah

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

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Match Officials

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President’s Welcome Tom O’Mahony

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Good Evening Good evening and welcome once again to Richmond Park, or to your screen if you’re not with us in person. In particular we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Waterford FC. Our visitors have had a good run of form since the arrival of Mark Bircham and we can expect a stern test.

While the eyes of most sports fans in Ireland were on the Euros and the Olympics, our soccer clubs have had an extremely good run of results in European competition. Which, of course, leaves the supporters of other clubs a bit conflicted. It’s hard to escape the Morrissey Syndrome (we hate it when our friends become successful) and, as many have pointed out on social media, it’s hard to envisage Everton fans rejoicing when Liverpool win in Europe (and don’t even mention Rangers and Celtic). And, of course, the huge financial rewards now available, in the context of the typical budgets for Irish clubs, give the successful ones a major headstart over the rest of us for the following seasons.

So it’s impossible to avoid having some misgivings. But there’s a bigger picture.

I’m very firmly of the view that success for our clubs in Europe is positive for the league as a whole and for all of its clubs – and I’m not just referring to the improvement it brings in the coefficient.

Those of us who watch our league weekly know that the quality of our football has been steadily improving over the years and that the entertainment value is high.

Our biggest problem, however, is that the majority of soccer supporters appear to be completely unaware of this and have

minimal respect for our league, our clubs and our players.

A run of results and performances such as those delivered in recent weeks by Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians and Dundalk can be an eye-opener for those who are willing to look. It can engender more interest in coming to sample the product. If that builds the crowds, it will also provide the resources to strengthen Irish clubs’ European challenges in future years. So, although it’s not easy for me, I congratulate the three clubs on their great results.

The only regret is that, at the moment, we are not among them, but I believe we are just on a short break from our regular role as a European competitor. In the ten seasons from 2007 to 2017 we only missed qualification once, and in the nine campaigns we took some significant scalps including teams from Russia and Sweden. Those campaigns gave our supporters some very memorable trips and they acquired remarkable skills in travel agency to deal with the logistical challenges which many of the ties threw up. We’ve only had one qualification in the last four seasons but we are well placed as the table currently stands and hopefully next year will see Supersaints On Tour once more.

First of all, of course, there are matches to be won and points to be earned. Enjoy the game.

Tom O'Mahony President St Patrick's Athletic FC

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We would like to welcome Marc Bircham, his players and everyone connected with Waterford FC to Richmond Park for this evening's Premier Division match.

Waterford are one of the form teams in the

little bit short. Credit to Rovers, they are

country, having won their last four league

champions for a reason and are clearly an

matches in succession. It was a tough game the

excellent team, but there wasn't a great deal

last time we played them in late June, and there

between the sides, so we took positives away

is no reason to believe this evening's fixture will

from the game that served us well in Oriel Park.

be any different.

This evening is our first home game since the We were delighted to get back to winning ways

FAI Cup victory against Bray Wanderers on July

last Sunday. Dundalk are a strong side with

23rd. After bowing out of the cup at the first

plenty of quality players, so getting a positive

hurdle in Ballybofey last year, we were very

result in Oriel Park is a tough ask. But the team

keen to make sure that didn't happen again. The

did exactly that, which made for a nice journey

margin of victory against Bray was very

home on Sunday evening.

convincing and it was also pleasing to see such a spread of scorers. The draw for the next round

It wasn't just the win, but the nature of it, that was most pleasing. Following the disappointment of being pegged back, the

of the cup has handed us an away tie against Cork. We will give that our entire focus when the time comes.

team remained composed and in the end, to run out 4-1 winners, it was an outstanding result.

For now, however, it is about putting all of our

Our three scorers, Nahum Melvin-Lambert,

physical energy and focus into the challenge in

Matty Smith and Chris Forrester all contributed

front of us. You, the supporters, have made such

a great deal to the performance and deserved

a difference since the easing of Covid

their goals.

restrictions. We honestly can't stress this point enough. Your support is very much appreciated,

It was extra Important to get a good result in Dundalk because we were disappointed with the outcome in Tallaght Stadium the previous

none of us take it for granted, and we look forward to hearing you all in good voice this evening.

weekend. The work-rate and application was right where it needed to be against Shamrock

Enjoy the match,

Rovers, and we enjoyed some good moments.

On the evening, however, we just came up a 2021 Season • Vol. 33 • No.12 • St Patrick’s Athletic v Waterford

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Ronan O’Flaherty

George Richardson had been preoccupied by selection issues all week.

An FAI Cup quarter-final against Drogheda United was just days away and injury worries were mounting.

Leo Flanagan, Sean Byrne and top scorer Peter Conway had sat out training due to injury and illness.

When fit, all three were likely starters, but they would remain 5050 until the morning of the game.

It wasn't all bad news. St Patrick's Athletic would be boosted by the inclusion of former England forward Barry Bridges and stylish full-back Allan Harris. However, the availability of Terry Venables remained in doubt until two days before the game.

on Sunday morning. He'll be picked up and taken straight to Drogheda."

TERRY VENABLES

Venables had made his debut for the Saints in a 1-1 draw against Sligo Rovers two weeks earlier. He was a calm yet commanding presence in the league game at a packed Showgrounds, particularly in the second half, when St Patrick's attempted to force the issue after Flanagan's early goal was promptly cancelled out by Nigel McGuckian.

Richardson was keen to bring the colourful Londoner back in for the cup, which represented the team's only realistic chance of silverware.

Barry Bridges had signed for Pat's earlier that year and was a key influence in the club's acquisitions of Venables and Harris. From the early to mid-sixties, the trio soldiered together in an ambitious Chelsea team that earned plaudits for its style of play. They would later be reunited at Queens Park Rangers, and again in the Saints' 1-1 draw at the Showgrounds in Sligo.

Drogheda United – priced at 6/1 to win the cup – were strong favourites to secure safe passage through to the last four. Even so, the St Patrick's players were quietly confident as the bus pulled away from Richmond Park on the morning of Sunday, March 7, 1976.

As first-team coach of Crystal Palace, Venables had to be in Roker Park on the Saturday for an FA Cup quarterfinal against Sunderland. Getting him from the north-east of England on Saturday evening to Dublin Airport by Sunday morning presented logistical challenges.

Two days before the cup journey to BARRY BRIDGES county Louth, manager Richardson spoke to Mel Moffat of the Irish Press. "It's been a worry all week," he said of Venables' availability. "But I've managed to get Terry on a plane

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Instead of being driven to Drogheda from Dublin Airport, Venables was brought to Emmet Road, Inchicore, to reacquaint with his teammates before joining them on the bus journey to Lourdes Stadium. The 33-year-old was in good spirits, as Crystal Palace of the Third Division had pulled off a shock by eliminating Second Division leaders Sunderland. Now, he was primed to play an important role in his second cup quarter-final in the space of 24 hours.

Goalkeeper Tom Lally glanced over at Venables, who was sitting at a window seat looking over pages upon pages of hand-written notes. "Terry had team sheets out," says Lally, reaching into his mind's archive and replaying a scene 45 years removed.

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@ronanoflaherty

"They were relevant to whoever Crystal Palace were playing the following week. He had all the players itemised – their strengths, their weaknesses. He was a very deep thinker about the game and how it might be played.

being signed by the club," recalls Lally. "He was in his early twenties. Obviously, the tactics were being discussed, opinions were sought and, my God, did Dermot give his opinion.

"He spent about 25 minutes at that and I recall speaking to him. He was pointing out the players to me. He stopped at one of them and said 'this guy has no left foot', so I asked how he could play if he only has one foot."

"For someone so young, he was unbelievable. He oozed confidence. I thought to myself, either this guy is going to be killed or he's going to have a very good career in football, which he did have."

Drogheda's biggest crowd of the season – which translated to gate receipts of £1,370 – filed into Lourdes Stadium for the much-anticipated afternoon kick-off. On an icy-cold day, the effects of a strong wind were accentuated in a wide-open ground that was completely exposed to the elements. The pitch was visibly bumpy and bone-dry, which hampered attempts to play flowing, passing football.

Harris, lining out at left-full, was the most recognisable face in the St Patrick's back-four. Though the lowestprofile of the English trio, football fans in Ireland knew him from his sporadic vignettes on Match of the Day and The Big Match. He was a respected student of the game, who Venables would later appoint as his assistant manager at Crystal Palace, QPR, and FC Barcelona.

In central defence, a confident young Dubliner partnered Ernie Reynolds.

"We had a team talk in the house in Inchicore and Dermot Keely was after

Keely and Reynolds were put under sustained pressure in the early exchanges. Cathal Muckian, with his ability to beat players at will, caused problems for the visitors. But Pat's had their moments too, and the influence of the English trio was clear as the team opted for a more patient approach.

Lally says Venables had an influence on the style of play that was ahead of its time.

He continues: "You know this thing about playing out from the back?

Everybody's talking about it now, but we were doing it that day. Terry used to come back looking for the ball off me and I would roll it out to him and we'd build the play up from there. It's not a new invention, in coaching terms and in terms of coaching goalkeepers.

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CELTIC SQUAD 1970/71 Top row: McCluskey, Dalglish, Davidson, Connelly, McNeill, Gemmell, Mitchell, Hood, McLaughlin, Cattanach.

Middle: Franchetti, Watt, Craig, Hughes, Marshall, Williams, Hay, Lally, Fallon, Callaghan, Murdoch, Quinn, Kyles.

Bottom: White, Macari, Johnstone, Wallace, Lennox, Chalmers, Davidson, McGrain, Hancock, Brogan, O'Hara, Wilson.

“He ran over to me at one stage and, rather than taking the risk of me rolling or kicking the ball to him, he wanted to take the ball off me on the edge of the box. So I said, ‘Terry, this is Ireland, this is not England, you're not getting the ball until this team settles down and we get into some form of pattern of play that we can be comfortable with’.“But he was impressive. Somebody once said to me that the day you're not looking for the ball on a football field is the day you're having a bad game.

Terry was looking for the ball and he wanted to be constructive. He wanted to get on it and pass it and stuff like that, which were his major strengths."

The match report in the Irish Press confirms Lally's assertions. In his article, Liam Kelly wrote: "The influence of Terry Venables was very noticeable in the style of St Patrick’s. They sought to build up

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with precise passing movements, leaving as little room for error as possible."

The match was halted suddenly when scuffles broke out among the home supporters. The Irish Independent's Tom Cryan wrote: “With the game less than half an hour old and exchanges at a stalemate, a few thugs decided to hot up a bitterly cold afternoon with their own ugly variety of ‘entertainment’. They were good at it, too. Twice the crowd spilled onto the one-time running track which surrounds the pitch to escape objects thrown during a melee which seemed to involve only a small, hard core of hooligans.

Happily, when a couple of them were removed by gardaí, things settled down.”

The pressure finally told when Drogheda United took the lead two minutes before half-time.

Muckian got past Joe Smith before his cross into the penalty area was met by George O'Halloran, who swung a boot at it. His shot beat Lally before Reynolds, in desperation, leapt forward and punched the ball clear. It had already crossed the line and the referee pointed to the centre circle.

Jimmy McAlinden's team upped the tempo in the second half and, only for the heroics of Lally in the St Patrick's goal, they would have been home and hosed. The 28year-old, who joined from Celtic three years earlier, made saves from Damien Byrne, Brendan Tully, Denis Stephens and O'Halloran.

A replay looked possible when, in the closing stages, Smith picked out the pass of the match to put Bridges through on goal. With an impressive goal ratio over a 16year career in England, Bridges was the player Saints supporters

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@ronanoflaherty would have wanted in that situation, but he lost his composure at the crucial moment and fluffed his shot.

reasons," says Lally. "Jack had a problem with me living in Galway and travelling up for matches. He wanted his squad to be based in Dublin and he went to the board about that.

The morning papers were lukewarm in their appraisals of Bridges, Venables and Harris.

However, Lally saw it differently.

"I found that they were very good additions," he said. "You must remember that Terry Venables was first-team coach at Crystal Palace and was coming over to do a favour for Barry Bridges. We got them over because we needed that bit more experience. I think there was an atmosphere within the group that you would want to impress these people who were playing at a decent standard.”

Lally clocked up plenty of mileage during his five years at Richmond Park, travelling from Galway for games every weekend after moving back to his native county shortly into his time with the club.

He was earning 12-pounds-10shillings per week with St Patrick’s, plus a bonus of one-pound-tenshillings for a win, and ten shillings for a draw. With a new house and a young family to support, it wasn't a wage that stretched far. So he got an additional job.

"I worked as a postman with the Department of Posts and Telegraphs and had to be in work every morning at six, then I'd go training in the evening. I'd travel up to Dublin every weekend for St Pat's games,” says Lally, who still lives in Galway and is good friends

"After a game at Tolka Park, he told me he was trying to get another goalkeeper in. About a week afterwards, I came home and four or five of the Pat's directors were at my house.

They didn't want me to go.

They wanted me to stay, against Jack's wishes, which didn't make for a nice atmosphere.

Goalkeeping Coach for Galway WFC 2021

with Ricky O’Flaherty and Peter Carpenter, both of whom represented the Saints with distinction in the 1990s.

"On one occasion, I was working nights for a month. That involved me going into work on a Saturday night, finishing on a Sunday morning, getting a taxi up to my home and picking up my gear. I would then head straight for the station, get a train to Dublin, play the match, travel back to Galway that night and go on duty again on the night shift."

Jack Burkett, the former West Ham United full-back, was manager of St Patrick’s when Lally signed. The relationship between both men eventually deteriorated.

"When I joined Pat's, I was living in Dublin, but I moved back to Galway for work and other

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"I could understand Jack's point of view, wanting to have his squad in Dublin, but at the end of the day, the board overruled him. When his contract expired, he felt as though he had taken the team as far as he could and George Richardson then came in as manager."

Reflecting on his time as a St Patrick’s Athletic player, Lally says: "I'm not saying this out of sentimentality or anything like that.

I really, thoroughly enjoyed my time at St Pat's. I had a similar experience in my first spell with Sligo Rovers before signing for Celtic. St Pat's has a very special place in my heart. The way I was respected up there by everybody, from supporters to officials, was very nice."

Any views expressed in this article are the contributor's own.

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Dodge’s Data!

John Owens

League Record v Waterford HOME GAMES

AWAY GAMES

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TOTAL GAMES

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60

45

60

53

29

120

8 14 GOALS

22 GOALS

111

72

78

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Record League Scores

189

185

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14/03/93

07/11/65

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5-1

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09/09/90

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MIAH DENNEHY In 1972, Miah Dennehy became the first player to score a hat-trick in the FAI Cup final, as he helped Cork Hibs defeat Waterford United 3-0 at Dalymount.

He later went on to play for Waterford in 1981-82.

AUGUST

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Paddy’s Hill

FAI Cup Rd 1

Portmarnock

2-0

C Fagan, Whelan OG

2012

Turners Cross

LOI

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1-0

C Fagan

2010

Carlisle Grounds

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D North 2

2006

Brandywell

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C Foley

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Last 10 games v Waterford WIN

DRAW

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Date

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Competition

25/06/21

Richmond Park

League

Waterford RSC

League

04/09/20

Waterford RSC

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Richmond Park

League

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Richmond Park

League

0-2

05/07/19

Waterford RSC

League

1-1

Smith

20/04/21

1-0

Burns

2-1

C Clifford, D Clarke

03/05/19

Richmond Park

League

0-3

15/03/19

Waterford RSC

League

0-2

31/08/18

Richmond Park

League

3-0

A Campion, M Leahy 2

08/06/18

Waterford RSC

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Irish Independent Tuesday 14 August, 2012 AUGUST

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CORK CITY 0 ST PATRICK'S ATH 1

CORK CITY suffered their first defeat in 12 league games as Christy Fagan’s goal midway through the second half gave St Patrick’s Athletic all three points at Turner’s Cross last night.

Though Cork pressed strongly thereafter, they met a stout Pat’s defence which did not yield any clear-cut chances, meaning they move to within a point of third-placed Shamrock Rovers.

The game began brightly, with both sides playing neat football, but for the most part it failed to deliver on that initial promise.

Cork made most of the running, Davin O’Neill lively up front, while Daryl Horgan and Gearoid Morrissey were the most creative in midfield. In the 26th minute, a nice ball up the line from the impressive Danny

Murphy allowed O’Neill to beat Conor Kenna for pace but his attempted low cross for Vinny Sullivan was cut out by Kenny Browne.

against the run of the play, it was not wholly undeserved, Darren Meenan having made a good impression following his introduction.

CHANCE

Horgan tried his best to engineer a chance of an equaliser for Cork, but it was not to be.

But it was Pat’s, who had been in the back foot for most of the half, who had the best chance eight minutes before the break when Fagan put a free header over the bar.

Then, in the final minute, Cork goalkeeper Mark McNulty sent a free-kick straight to Chris Forrester but managed to get back to goal before the low shot could cross the line.

The tempo increased noticeably in the second half, and O’Neill went close early on, shooting just past the post following a good run.

Though Pat’s goal was slightly

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CORK CITY: McNulty; Dunleavy, K Murray, D Murray, Murphy; Turner (Lenihan 73), G Morrissey, Duggan, D Horgan; O’Neill (Kenny 83), Sullivan.

ST PAT'S: Clarke; O’Brien, Kenna, Browne, Berminghan; Flood (Meenan 64), Bolger, Forrester (Coombes halftime), Chambers, O’Connor; Fagan (Faherty 90).

REF: T Connolly (Dublin).

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Super Saints Bernardo Santos Johnny Keegan If you’re to ask Pat’s fans who they think the best new signing has been this season, you would receive a variety of answers. At the back, John Mountney, Sam Bone and Paddy Barrett have brought experience, physicality and stability; our attack has been sharpened with the energy, creativity and goals of Ronan Coughlan and Matty Smith; while loan signings, Viteslav Jaros and Alfie Lewis have made big impacts in their respective positions so far.

Another new recruit making their mark around Inchicore this season is Bernardo Santos.

Bernardo’s behind the scenes matchday videos have been a popular addition to the club’s media output in 2021, helping to bring fans closer to the action, especially during the dark months of lockdown. In recent weeks, Bernardo has been on hand to capture the glorious return of supporters to Richmond Park.

We sat down with Bernardo to learn a bit more about his life and career to date.

Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

“As you all may know my name surname is Bernardo, but the fun fact is that my family name is Santos, which in English means Saints, so I believe this relationship with Pat’s was meant to be! I was born in Lisbon almost 26 years ago and lived most of my life over there. My move to Ireland happened two years ago: I was running as a Sports Journalist in Portugal, but I felt I needed more as a professional, so I decided to come to Dublin to do a Masters in Journalism & Media Communications, which concluded last September.”

When did you fall in love with the beautiful game?

“I’ve loved football for as long as I can remember. I grew up with my grandfather from my mother’s side, and he was a major influence on my connection with football. He’s Benfica’s most critical

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supporter, and the big moment of the week for me and my older brother was those 90 minutes listening to my grandfather talking trash about his own team! So, I naturally became a Benfica supporter. If I had to choose a single player during my childhood, I would go with Nedved. I think football belongs to magicians, and he was an absolute wizard, the epitome of a midfielder. I also spent many hours watching Thierry Henry, Ronaldo ‘Fenomeno’ and Kaka on TV as a kid.”

Why Ireland? Have you enjoyed your time in Dublin so far?

“I didn’t choose Ireland, Ireland chose me. A big part of my family has been here for more than 10 years, and a simple touristic visit in 2019 turned into a negotiation with them after I said I wanted to move here. I felt Dublin’s warmth immediately, it’s a welcoming city. One of the things I’ve been missing

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Ronan O’Flaherty @johnnykeegan the most is a simple walk around the City Centre on a Friday afternoon and hearing the buskers and musicians on every corner. It may sound silly, but I feel it’s the most genuine proof of how Irish people live their lives in such a passionate way.”

When did you decide to pursue a career in sports journalism?

“I knew since a very young age I would go for something related to television. As a child, I was always imitating comedians or simulating being a TV news presenter. Ultimately, I unified my two greatest passions, media and sports, but I haven’t lost my comedy side just yet. I did my bachelor’s degree in Media Studies in Portugal, and more recently a Masters in Journalism & Media Communications at Griffith College.”

How did you get involved with St Pat’s?

“David Morrissey and I have a friend in common who referred me to the club, after that I had a chat with David and Colman Hanley, who kindly accepted me into the Pat’s family. It has been a wonderful experience for the past eight months, everyone in the club has been fantastic, it’s a great family and I feel I’m part of it already.”

What do you like about St. Pat’s?

“I believe what makes St. Pat’s stand out from the rest is the togetherness and the spirit of “if one goes, we all go”. That spirit of being together as one, the sense of community, making the people feel part of the club… And that’s the only path for success because there’s no club without the fans.

The work environment is just unbelievable, with everyone putting serious effort in helping St. Pat’s continue to be as professional as possible.”

Can you talk us through the process of creating one of your matchday Behind the Scenes videos, and what skills are required?

“In total, it takes me 8/9 hours to do one video. The process starts the day after the match with some brainstorming, followed by a storyboard where I align all the shots I intend to use to tell the story of the game. That’s the beauty of behind the scenes, it shows the story behind the game.

I usually arrive at the stadium two hours before the action starts, and then it takes me two hours to edit the final version. So, it’s a full working day. Most importantly you need to understand the game, so you know in which way you need to record. I know when Forrester has the ball that I need to be prepared, anything can happen.”

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Which one of our players has impressed you the most this season?

“Chris Forrester is clearly on another level, always with his wand prepared. But I need to mention Darragh Burns as well.

He is a tremendous young talent; he needs to improve his defensive work a little bit, but he has an amazing left foot, and can easily dribble by any player in the league.”

What do you like to do in your spare time?

“Honestly, I don’t have much spare time, but when I do, I (surprisingly) like to watch football, travel, and go to the gym; I’m a gym addict, it’s where I clear my head, forget my problems, and recharge my batteries.”

What would be your dream job in football?

“In a few years I would like to have a role in the FAI Communications department, helping local football to reach higher levels of professionalism, using the knowledge from my experience in Portugal to do that.”

You can check out more of Bernardo’s work on bernardnews.com and on Twitter @Bernardomms1

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Pensive PointsRonan O’Flaherty Jimmy Edwards

@jimmyedwards41

Good Evening All, Welcome to Marc Bircham and all from Waterford FC to Richmond Park for tonight's game. Kevin Sheedy was in charge of Waterford on their last visit to Richmond earlier in the season and while Kevin was a great player , as a manager he came across as all negative in his interviews and wasn't keen on giving some of the academy players a chance and team went on a poor run of results and Kevin eventually departed. Waterford were the odds on favourites to be relegated at this stage but in came Marc and he was bubbly, positive, he gave youth a chance and he has Waterford flying again and with no fear of relegation this season.

Our last game here was against Bray Wanderers in the 1st round of the FAI Cup and it turned out to be a one sided affair with the lads knocking 6 goals in and also keeping a clean sheet. It was great to see 5 different goal scorers on the night with Billy King scoring 2 and then Jay McClelland, Ben McCormack, Sam Bone and Paddy Barrett all scoring good goals, Paddy's being the best of the lot.

We then had two away games against arguably the two strongest squads in the league in Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk.

First up was Rovers in SDCC Stadium. We started well enough and there wasn't much between the teams for the first 20 minutes but after that Rovers started to dictate the game and took the lead through

Mandriou, we got back into the game when John Mountney's well struck free kick took a deflection off the Rovers wall and wrong footed Mannus 1-1 at the break. We started the 2nd half well but conceded a 2nd goal when Lopes headed home from a corner in the 60th minute.

The later the game went on we threw more players forward in the hope of getting an equaliser and we got caught on the break when Mandriou scored again to make it 31 and that's how it ended.

Next up was Dundalk away, never an easy place to go and i think most people would agree that Dundalk should be higher up the table considering the squad of player's that they have. We took the lead in the 12th minute after the keeper dived full length to save a shot from John Mountney but in doing so he pushed it straight at Nahum MelvinLambert who made no mistake from close range to score his second goal of the season, his first was also in County Louth against Drogheda United. Pat Hoban scored an equaliser in the 26th minute from what looked like an off side position but the goal stood. Matty Smith restored our lead in the 42nd minute after some great build up play and passing across the Dundalk box led to a Ben McCormack shot being blocked that ran into Matty's path and he made no mistake with a first time shot sticking the ball into the bottom corner. We led 2-1 at half time.

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The second half both sides had chances but in the 72nd minute we were awarded a stonewall penalty when the Dundalk keeper came flying out of his goal to try and punch a ball away but in doing so he came right through the back of Billy King. Chris Forrester stepped up to take the spot kick and he sent the keeper the wrong way. Dundalk went close to pulling a goal back when Sean Murray flashed a shot wide when he really should have scored but it was Pats that would get the next goal when Matty Smith pounced on a bad pass at the back to slot past the keeper. It was no more than we deserved on a night when we were excellent all over the pitch. Everyone played really well but Ben McCormack stood out for me and showed yet again that we have some really good young players coming through the academy.

It was nice to see Sam Curtis named on the bench also. Sam is a player we signed recently from Shamrock Rovers under 19's and he is a player that Rovers were raging they couldn't hold onto by all reports.

The only sour note on the night was seeing John Mountney having to leave the pitch in discomfort. John has been superb for us this season so hopefully he won't be out for too long.

Enjoy the game, Up the Saints!

Jimmy

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Opposition Watch Paul Maguire

Waterford come into this game off the back of 4 consecutive league wins of which the most recent one would have been enjoyed by us Pats fans, it being against one of our rivals for one of those coveted European places Bohemians, at the RSC last Saturday.

Sandwiched between those

potential it’s fairly safe to say it

manager in the MLS with Chicago

league wins was a humdinger of

won’t be an era recalled with

Fire. His most recent appointment

an FAI Cup tie against Athlone

much fondness by fans of the

before Waterford was with the

which the Blues won on penalties

Blues. The lowest point of the

Bahamas FA as technical director.

after a 4-4 draw after extra time

season was in May with a 0-7

The 43-year-old recently signed a

which featured a last-minute

defeat at home to Drogheda

new 2-year contract which will

strike from ex-Saint Glen

when Covid decimated the first

keep him at the RSC until the end

McAuley for Athlone from the

team and Waterford’s under-19s

of the 2023 season. In addition to

half-way line so it’s fair to say that

had to be called upon to fulfil the

changes in the dug-out the Blues

our opponents this evening are

fixture while there were also fears

strengthened their squad in the

definitely showing a marked

that they wouldn’t be able to

July transfer window with a

improvement in form since the

field a team for the following

plethora of new signings. Max

Kevin Sheedy / Mike Newell

fixture away in Sligo. All this

Hutchison, son of former

management partnership

seems light years ago as the

Liverpool and Everton midfielder

departed the club. Despite it’s

arrival of current manager Marc

Don, had been training with the

Bircham has steadied the ship

squad and was added to the

considerably with Waterford

playing staff along with George

currently lying in 8th place in the

Forrest, a centre-back who is the

premier division table just two

son of club owner Richard.

points ahead of Finn Harps in the

Waterford-born defender Eddie

relegation play-off position yet

Nolan joined from Motherwell

only six points of Bohs in 4th,

having previously been at

such is the congested nature of

Blackburn Rovers, Preston,

the mid-table this season. The

Scunthorpe and Crewe

Englishman has clubs like Millwall

Alexandra. Anthony Wordsworth

and QPR on his playing CV and

also has vast experience in

was also youth coach at Loftus

England having made over 350

Road (anyone else remember

league appearances, most of

their plastic pitch in the 80s??)

them with Colchester Utd and

before taking the job as assistant

included spells at Ipswich,

Marc Bircham

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Ronan O’Flaherty @PaulGoS

Southend, AFC Wimbledon and

penalty after Darragh Power

Barnet while 36-year-old Greg

was dragged down in the box

Halford has almost 500 league

however they had their

games under his belt for the

goalkeeper Matthew Connor to

likes of Reading, Sunderland &

thank as he saved a second

Wolves. In addition to these

half penalty to secure the win

experienced players Bircham has

and the Blues first away clean

signed 20-year-old left-sided

sheet of the season.

Next up was another 1-0 victory this time against highfliers Sligo Rovers at the RSC. This was a hard fought win as

Cian Kavanagh

the visitors dominated the game but Cian Kavanagh scored the only goal of the game with a spectacular curling effort. Waterford were forced in to a early goalkeeper substitution them Paul Martin replaced Connor after 25 minutes and made several good saves Junior Quitirna

including two in the last five minutes to claim all three points.

defender Jeremie Milambo from

Following their FAI cup heroics

Bradford and midfielder Junior

the Blues travelled to Drogheda

Quitirna from Charlton Athletics

and came away with a 2-1 win

U23s.

thanks to second half goals from John Martin and another from

These signings made an

Quitirna in the 83rd minute

immediate difference to

before last weekends win

Waterford’s results as they

against Bohemians – yet another

recorded their first win against

by a solitary goal, this one

Finn Harps in 8 attempts on July

scored by Phoenix Patterson

10th with the aforementioned

shortly before half-time. Despite

Junior Quitirna converting a

Bohs making six changes for this

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game this was still an impressive win for Waterford against a team making headlines for their European exploits as they took the game to the visitors from the off and were well-worth their lead at the break and indeed at full time having repelled repeated Bohs advances on goal in the second half.

So Waterford are one of the form teams in the league at the moment and, our result in Tallaght apart, the same could be said about Pats so this should make for an entertaining game and hopefully plenty for the fans in attendance to cheer.

Any views expressed in this article are the contributor's own.

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Irish Independent - Mon 10 September 1990 Bord Gais League of Ireland Premier Division

WATERFORD UTD 0 ST PATRICK'S ATH 5 THEIR concentration and commitment not at all aided by a segment of the attendance, Waterford United were crushed at Kilcohan Park by champions St. Patrick's Athletic 5-0.

THEIR concentration and commitment not at all aided by a segment of the attendance, Waterford United were crushed at Kilcohan Park by champions St. Patrick's Athletic 5-0.

There were no pickets outside the ground, but the presence of sacked manager Johnny Matthews was to prove both inflammatory and helpful.

His arrival was acclaimed by a portion of the small crowd, a small minority of which chanted his name throughout the first Half as well as 'sack the board' and other unhelpful comments.

If ever a team needed encouragement it was the Blues, but they got precious little of it and by the interval were three down and in a clearly hopeless position.

Tony O’Connor nipped in quickly to beat Cheevers in the Waterford goal to put the Saints three ahead.

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by Matthews who, to his obvious discomfort, was chaired off the field.

But on it United's agony continued. Deflated and demoralised, they were never other than easy meat for Pat's, who would have impressed the expected quartet from Dinamo Bucharest. As it transpired thc Romanian spies were unable to obtain visas.

United included in their ranks Gary Coad, son of new boss Seamie, but the home side, without four of his first choices, including Vinnie McCarthy, only once came close to scoring.

John Tracey's opener after six minutes was a stinging shot between Giles Cheevers, who had a nightmare, and his near post. On the half hour, Maurice O'Driscoll touched down a cross by Joe Lawless and Pat Fenion finished with a rocket, and just on the break a great chip by Curtis Fleming beat the offside trap and Tony O'Connor was very quick to beat the goalkeeper to it and find the empty net.

After 53 minutes Lawless added to Cheevers' bad dreams from 25 yards and eight minutes later O'Connor popped in the fifth when Lawless nodded down a Mark Ennis centre.

A Pat Fenlon rocket put Pats 2-0 ahead at Kilcohan Park.

Pat's finished on a sour note, with Brian Donovan, Tracey and Fenion all being booked in the closing stages.

WATERFORD Cheevers; Kelly, Brazil, Alan Barry, Power, Brian Barry; Coad, Reid, Brown; O'Connor, O'Toole.

Subs. Keane and Arrigan for B Barry and O'Toole, 55 mins ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC Devlin; Fleming, Byrne, Moody, Kelch; Tracey, O'Driscoll, O'Connor, Fenlon; Lawless, Ennis.

Subs. Donovan for Kelch (inj.)

24 minutes; Seville for O'Connor 75 mins.

REFEREE Pat Kelly (Cork).

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Eurozone Seán Brennan

Germany’s 2. Bundesliga – The Real Super League 12 days after Italy’s victory at the European Championships, football has kicked off again on the continent. Germany’s 2. Bundesliga opened with one of the highest profile fixtures the division has ever seen, as Schalke 04 took on Hamburger SV. their five different managers over the season were able to stop the descent.

Schalke’s opponents, six time German champions and 1983 European Cup winners Hamburger SV have been in the division since 2018. Their fall was less of a shock as it had been preceded by some below par seasons and two relegation playoff victories. Their 85,000 club members are reluctantly settling into life in the second tier.

Clubs participating in this season’s 2. Bundesliga The three time 2. Bundesliga top scorer Simon Terodde opened the scoring for Schalke against his former employers to the delight of the 20,000 fans allowed under reduced capacity into the Veltins Arena. Hamburg, however, emerged much stronger in the second half, underlining their promotion credentials with goals from Robert Glatzel, Moritz Heyer and Bakery Jatta sealing the win for HSV.

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That these fallen giants are facing each other in the second tier is an exceptional scenario. Schalke, seven time German champions, UEFA Cup winners in 1997 and Germany’s third best supported club with 158,000 members were relegated last season after a disastrous campaign when from the opening day onwards they never left the relegation zone.

Neither high profile players such as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Sead Kolašinac & Shkodran Mustafi, nor

Joining the big names from this fixture are Hamburg’s northern rivals Werder Bremen. The 1992 Cup Winners Cup winners have also experienced a steady decline. Prior to last season’s 17th place finish, they had a dramatic escape from the drop the season before via the relegation playoffs.

These three former European title holders are joined by a number of other well-supported clubs. Prior to the pandemic (2018-19 season), today’s 2. Bundesliga clubs had an average attendance of 24,500, making this the 4th most watched division in Europe, one place ahead of Serie A. Clubs

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@SBahnManc

Dynamo Dresden’s away support in Berlin’s Olympiastadion

such as Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1.F.C. Nürnberg and St Pats’ recent European rivals Hannover 96 all play in 40,000+ stadiums, and their fans will be aching for a return to the top flight, possibly somewhat embittered by the smaller, better run clubs occupying spots in the 1.

Bundesliga.

Amongst supporters of 2.

Bundesliga clubs, much excitement has come not just from those falling down, but from those coming up as well. Strong in numbers and in voice, the return of Eastern powerhouses Dynamo Dresden and Hansa Rostock will be filling out police overtime requests from Ingolstadt to Paderborn.

Dynamo made headlines in 2019, where 35,000 Dresdners made the trip to Berlin on a Wednesday night for a DFB Pokal game (Hertha won on penalties after a 3-3 draw, at least giving the away fans some entertainment).

Besides the bigger names entering the division, some of

the regulars here are not to be underestimated either. Six clubs (Jahn Regensburg, SV Darmstadt, 1.F.C. Heidenheim, Erzgebirge Aue, St. Pauli and Holstein Kiel) have all spent at least five years in the second tier now, and will fancy some upsets over the course of the season, especially if their better followed rivals continue their spell of mismanagement. Well financed Heidenheim and last year’s 3rd place Holstein Kiel have performed well in recent seasons and may hold grander ambitions.

Following the opening two rounds of fixtures, Karlsruhe and Jahn Regensburg share top spot with 6 points. Dresden and St. Pauli will both be very pleased with 4 points to open the season, including the former securing a point away at Hamburg. Of the bigger clubs, Hannover will be most disappointed. Suffering a shock 0-3 home defeat to newly promoted Hansa Rostock is not a

positive omen for their season ahead.

Meanwhile off the pitch, cult club St. Pauli will continue to inspire left wing and liberal fans with their political stances, Audifinanced FC Ingolstadt 04 will irritate the defenders of the 50+1 supporter ownership rule, and many fans will be toasting every dropped point from Hamburger SV. The gradual return of fans across German football should restore the magnificent atmosphere and “Bier und Bratwurst” culture in German stadia. Away fans will hopefully be able to enjoy lively city breaks in Hamburg, Dresden and Düsseldorf, beach walks on the Baltic Sea, and hiking in the Erzgebirge Mountains.

With so much fun to be had in the 2. Bundesliga, the fans of Hamburg, Schalke and Werder Bremen might just want to hang around for another year.

HSV players celebrate their opening day victory over promotion rivals Schalke

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Quiz Time Kieran Coughlan

1 Who were the four Englishmen that

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Which two Italians missed a penalty

scored a hat-trick in the Premier

against England in the final of the

League last season?

European Championship?

2 Who were the first Irish club to

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receive the current Premier Division

Which player won a Premier League medal in 2004 and 2012 and won a

trophy?

Scottish League medal in 2017?

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3 Which former Arsenal player scored

Which Dutchman won the European

a Champions League hat-trick against Tottenham Hotspur in

cup in 1988 and 1992?

9 Which Waterford player made the

October 2019?

PFAI team of the year in 2020?

4 Former Saint Luke McNally scored a

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hat trick against which club in the

Which Spanish club play their home

promotion play offs in 2019?

games at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium?

5 Who were the first English club to lose a European final by a penalty shootout?

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Shoot! was launched 52 years ago Seán Creedon

Thanks to the Internet we all know what soccer players get up to when they are not playing, thanks to their Facebook and Twitter accounts. But in the days before the worldwide web young people’s favourite way to find information about the big name players in England, Europe and South America was Shoot!

The full colour weekly magazine was launched 52 years ago on August 16, 1969 and cost one shilling. Peter Stewart, who worked on the magazine for 25 years, eight of them as editor in the eighties, said: ‘‘It was quite revolutionary, like the Eagle of football magazines. We sold nearly 300,000 for the first issue and straight away became the market leader and stayed that way for 25 years.’’

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‘‘It was a breath of fresh air from the terraces. Everyone who worked on Shoot! was a supporter who stood on the terraces and knew the language. We started the ‘Focus On’ questionnaire and players used to ring up and ask to be included.

When the Panini sticker albums were launched through Shoot! we achieved record sales of 525,000 copies,’’ added Stewart.

The ‘Focus On’ questionnaire revealed the player’s personal details, his likes and dislikes, favourite food, favourite away ground etc. The final question was always ‘‘Which person in the world would you like to meet?’’ Another popular feature was ‘‘You are the Ref’’ which featured Paul Trevillion’s comic strip.

Due to printing deadlines the issue on sale every Thursday didn’t have line-ups from games the previous Saturday; there were no Sunday games back then. But there were plenty of features, previews of domestic and international games plus full colour squad photos which ended up on the bedroom walls of young supporters everywhere.

Stan McDonald was the first art editor. He said: ‘‘Our maxim was to keep it very simple. We kept pieces short and it was very pictorial. It was very hard to get action shots in colour; if we got them we guarded them like gold.’’ ‘‘It was very different in those days because you had easy access to players. Bobby Moore would come in, sit down, we would go and have

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lunch, a few jars, and everything was very relaxed. Kevin Keegan stayed with us throughout and always said that one of the reasons his career took off was the exposure he received in Shoot! magazine,’’ added McDonald.

Chris Davies, who later went on to work for the Daily Telegraph, joined Shoot! when he was 20 and stayed for 13 years. He wrote the Shootman’s Diary, ghosted columns

by Alan Ball, Bryan Robson, Ray Wilkins and Gerry Francis and travelled the world watching football.

Chris said: ‘‘It was new, exciting, and innovative. Football was nice in those days; there was no hassle with agents. Our job was to assiduously promote the game and generally be

positive and upbeat. One of my jobs was to come in every Monday morning and move the team tabs up and down on the table.’’

The League ladders came free with Shoot! in the month of August. The tabs were a cumbersome cardboard cross between a poster and a chart into which readers could slot small tabs with the names on the league clubs to replicate the up-to-date tables. While many young readers kept their tables up to date in the months of August and September, I know from my own children that interest in the tables often waned after a few weeks.

Peter Stewart, who is now retired, ended his career working for West Ham football club. Keir Radnedge, who compiled the Worldwide

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column for Shoot!, has edited World Soccer and still writes a column for the monthly magazine, which has been published without a break since 1960. Mark Irwin, who edited Shoot! for a few years, now works as a soccer writer for The Sun. Shoot! was a weekly publication for most of its life. Falling sales and the rising popularity of arch rival Match prompted Shoot! to re-launch as a monthly magazine in May 2001. In February 2008 it reverted back to a weekly frequency up until its demise in June 2008.

Coming up to Christmas you will see copies of the Shoot! Annual on sale in newsagents, but you won’t find any team tabs included.

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1947/48: “The Best Ever St Pat’s” Part Three The oldest football competition still in existence in the 26 counties, or at least in twelve of them, the Leinster Senior Cup dates back to 1892. Its current holders are St Patrick’s Athletic, who won the final v Athlone Town in December 2019 with a team of underage players. The Saints have a chequered history in the competition, not least in the extraordinary 1947/48 season.

On their elevation to the top division of the Leinster Senior League in 1946, St Pat’s joined the elite of Leinster football in the draw for the Cup, with a Round Two exit at the hands of fellow LSL club Grangegorman.

A convoluted format for 1947 saw eight LSL teams enter in the first round, with Pat’s drawn against Ierne.

Played at home in Richmond Park, the Saints were the “more skilful team” according to the Sunday Independent, winning out on a 3-2 scoreline with a brace from ‘Barreller’ Cassidy and a second half goal from JJ McCormack.

With Pat’s receiving a bye through the shortened second round, a third round draw against League of Ireland giants Shelbourne awaited them. This would be the first ever competitive fixture for St Patrick’s Athletic against LOI opposition.

The Saints were familiar with Shels’ B team, fellow members of the LSL Division I. But it had been more than a decade since the two first teams had met in competitive action, back in the 1935/36 season when Shels had briefly dropped from the LOI to the Amateur Union League. By this season, though, Shelbourne were back in the upper echelons of Irish football. They had won their fifth League of Ireland title the previous season and expectations for 1947/48 were high at Shelbourne Park While the LSC did not have the prestige of its early years, it was still regarded as a major competition by all clubs, including those in the League of Ireland.

Shelbourne were at “near full strength,” according to the match report in the Irish Press. Their forward line included ex-Liverpool and Chelsea star Alf Hanson,

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alongside Brendan Carroll and Gerry Malone, both of whom were later capped for Ireland. Pat’s were forced into a significant change with goalkeeper Larry Palmer unavailable for selection. Forward Jimmy Kinahan went in between the sticks.

The match took place in Shelbourne Park on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 15th. While Pat’s “did

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indeed seem to feel the effects of Kinahan’s absence from the forwards,” as the Irish Press reported, he seemed “thoroughly at home” in goal. “This is a good St Patrick’s Athletic side, built around a strong core of former League of Ireland players,” noted the Press, including Cassidy, Kinahan and Murray.

But the Press also noted strong performances from the less experienced Pat’s players; outside-forwards Jervis and Bailey and defenders Collins and Cummins among them, alongside centre-forward Dutchie McDonald, who had come in from the reserves in place of Kinahan.

WPM, writing in the Irish Independent, noted that Bailey had come in for Liam Crowe, who could not get leave from work for the Wednesday afternoon game.

In the 35th minute, McDonald headed home “a beauty” from a Kirwan free. He nearly added a second moments later when a “bullet drive” came back off the crossbar, while Cassidy, Murray and Collins also went close.

Shelbourne gave a “listless display,” according to the report in the Press, and were confined to their own half for much of the second half.

The Saints ran out 1-0 winners, leading to the headline in the following day’s Irish Press; “David and Goliath Clash: Shels Bow The Knee to Patrick’s.” The first line of the match report summed up the shock; “How are the mighty fallen!”

The Pat’s team for one of their most famous victories to date was Kinahan, Kirwan, Maher, Collins, Cummins, Shields, Jervis, Cassidy, McDonald, Murray and Bailey.

But more was to come.

The Athletic were drawn against Bohemians of the League of Ireland in the semi-final on November 29th.

“Semi-finals that big teams do not like,” went the headline in one of two Herald previews by NAT that week. “The better of the ‘springers’ on form are St Patrick’s Athletic,” he reported. Of Bohs, “the Amateurs,” NAT wrote that “they may win, but they will get a hard fight, if not a bad fright.”

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The headline in the Sunday Independent match report showed which one came to pass; “St Patrick’s Cup Shock for Bohemians.” The Athletic had triumphed on a 3-2 scoreline, having taken the lead in the 8th minute with a goal from McDonald and gone two ahead in the 26th when Kinahan slipped in Murray for a goal. That same combination secured Pat’s third 30 minutes into the second half, with Murray scoring off a Kinahan cross as Bohs were left appealing in vain for offside.

“The Leinster Leaguers, St Patrick’s Athletic, showed their defeat of Shelbourne in the third round of the Leinster Senior Cup was not flattering by beating another premier side…there was no fluke about the success of St Patrick’s, who were more effective all round, and the two goals against them came only in the last three minutes, one from a penalty,” noted the Sunday Independent report. “The splendid goalkeeping of the veteran Palmer was a big factor in the victory of the second graders.”

“Soccer history has been made,” noted NAT in Monday’s Herald, while Socaro’s match report in the Irish Press, under the headline “Holders Laid Low in Every Respect” started “Jack the Giant-Killer was at large at Dalymount Park on Saturday, but for Bohemians it was a ‘Grimm Fairy Tale.’” The Pat’s team had lined out Palmer, Kirwan, Maher, Collins, Cummins, Shields, Kinahan, O’Brien, McDonald, Cassidy, Murray.

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1947/48: “The Best Ever St Pat’s” Part Three published for a St Pat’s match. The programme is 12 pages in length and features ads for the likes of Joe Cunningham bookmakers (also the owner of Shamrock Rovers), Halliday’s Football Boots of Dundalk (“Improve your game…there’s a drive and a dash added to your play with you wear these ‘vitality’ boots”), and a familiar sight on page 2; “When you visit Richmond Park be sure to call at McDowell’s Select Bar – For the best beers, wines and spirits – 139 Emmet Road, Inchicore (next door to Richmond Park).”

The programme contained a list of LFA Office Bearers including a member of the Leinster FA’s Junior Committee, one Mr RW Neville, who more than 50 years previously had helped to start the first St Patrick’s football team in Inchicore.

Pat’s, the programme noted, “began at the bottom in 1929 and won almost every Minor and Junior trophy previous to entering Div II of the Leinster League.” The history of Transport is also detailed, stating that the roots of the club sprang from Tramway United, who started in the AUL in 1928, and with the coming of CIE in 1944, the club were renamed Transport.

“Unique Cup Final is Big Holiday Feature,” wrote NAT in the Herald on Christmas Eve, stating that the St Patrick’s Athletic v Transport final set for St Stephen’s Day would be “the most remarkable final in the 56 years’ history of the Leinster Senior Cup.” Similar to the Saints, Transport had reached the final following victories against two League of Ireland teams; Drumcondra in the third round, followed by Shamrock Rovers in the semis.

10,000 fans attended the final in Dalymount Park on December 26th, with a gate of £704. Fans who bought an official programme (costing 2d) were urged to keep it; “it may win you a prize.”

It may well have been the first ever programme

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The game ended in a 2-2 draw with most observers noting that Pat’s had been unfortunate not to win. “Luck and O’Byrne Foiled Athletic,” noted the headline in the Irish Press, the latter referring to the Transport keeper, although Socaro reported that Pat’s had to “fight desperately hard to avoid defeat” given that they twice went a goal down. “These two Leinster League teams provided fare as good, if not better, than that served by most League of Ireland teams this season.”

With Transport going in 1-0 up at the break with a Walsh goal, Murray had equalised 8 minutes into the second half after a Cassidy corner. Walsh again scored for Transport but Shields equalised for the Athletic with 16 minutes to go.

St Pat’s team for the final was Palmer, Kirwan, Maher, Collins, Cummins, Shields, Kinahan, O’Brien, McDonald, Cassidy and Murray.

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goalkeeper praised for his “saves of the daring variety.” Both the Press and the Irish Independent noted the comments of LFA President and Minister for Defence Oscar Traynor, who stated that League of Ireland clubs “would pack every ground in the country if they could produce football equal to that played” in the replay.

With no extra time played, the replay was fixed for five days later, New Year’s Eve, at 2.30 at Dalymount Park. There had been blizzards in Dublin in the preceding days leaving parts of the pitch covered in snow and others in mud.

The replay attracted a respectable gate of £247, with the paying fans witnessing another tight game.

Transport took the lead after only four minutes with a penalty, but the Saints were back on level terms ten minutes later with a Kinahan header from a Murray corner. In the second minute of the second half, Pat’s took the lead through a Cassidy goal following a McDonald pass, and they went 3-1 up six minutes later, when a Murray pass put McDonald through to score. Transport reduced the deficit to 3-2 with 30 minutes left. “From this to the end St Patrick’s seldom got out of their own half, but their defence stood firm,” reported the Irish Press.

“Cup for St Patrick’s: Palmer Brilliant” was the headline in the Irish Press, with the Saints

“My congratulations to St Patrick’s Athletic on their great feat in winning the oldest trophy in Southern football in their second year as a Leinster Senior League side,” wrote WPM in the Irish Independent. “Conditions may have been in their favour yesterday, but they are a grand side who fight every inch of the way, with every man pulling his full weight.”

WPM noted his “men of the match” as Palmer, Kirwan, Timber Cummins (who he compared to the great Belfast centre-half Jackie Vernon), the “dynamic” Kinahan, and Barreller Cassidy, who he stated was “still too good to be out of League of Ireland football.”

WPM too noted the sportsmanship of Patrick’s captain Billy Shields, who was the first man into the Transport dressing room “to congratulate the losers on their gallant fight.”

outstanding highlight of the season which also saw Pat’s win the Leinster Senior League and FAI Intermediate Cup. The Saints had also made their historic debut in the FAI Senior Cup and had competed well in the Metropolitan Cup, the League Cup for the LSL Division One, being beaten by Shamrock Rovers B in front of a crowd of thousands in Milltown in a second round replay.

The Pat’s B team had made the jump up to the top division of the AUL this season, finishing a creditable second place and having a fine run in the FAI Junior Cup, going out in the semi-finals to St Paul’s.

Several Pat’s players were chosen for representative honours towards the end of the season, including Shields, Murray and Cummins (LSL representative teams); Maher, Noble and Cummins (FAI Juniors), and McEvoy (FAI Minors). First team halfback Collins almost made some extraordinary history in the close season; he was called up for trials for the Ireland team which took part in the 1948 Olympics in London, and while he didn’t make the trip to London, he does appear to have been listed as the stand-by player for the final squad.

“I’ve been a long time in the game – 12 years,” noted Shields, “and you won’t begrudge me my first senior medal.”

The LSC win was perhaps the

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A View from Afar Ian Templeman At 10 am on the 28th July, an e-mail was sent to all football clubs in England, from the professional game right down to children’s grass roots level, from the Football Operations Division at FA headquarters with the subject line “Heading Guidance published”.

The e-mail message was short and to the point. English football had published heading guidance across every level of the professional and amateur game for the start of the 2021/22 season. You had to then click a link in the e-mail to read the guidance notes.

recommendations are even more stringent. Up to under 16 level “heading remains a low priority” and “Coaches should not focus on heading practice more than one session per week and limit the number of headers per player to 10 per session”.

As a non-league club official and a life member of the league we play in, the North West Counties League, I received a copy and it made for both interesting and also sobering reading.

Up to under 18 level, the guidance is relaxed a bit, although coaches are advised to use a variety of heading situations in training, including contested headers. Even at this age group, while match balls can be used, the advice is that light balls could be used in training when practising the technique of heading.

The guidance was “specifically focused on training sessions where the majority of heading occurs, and…..designed to meet the requirements of each level of English football”.

The opening notes went on: “The aim of this guidance is to reduce overall exposure to heading without compromising development of technique and the role heading plays in the English game. The role of the coach in supporting players’ skill development for heading is to ensure a safe and controlled technique”.

From there, the recommendations were laid out for each level of football in detail, which I won’t reproduce in full here, but can be summarised as follows.

Professional players will be limited to 10 “higher-force” headers in training from long passes, corners or free-kicks, whereas in the amateur game players should be limited to a total of 10 headers per week.

For children and youth football, the

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It’s certainly a sign of the times that the increased awareness of the dangers involved in repeatedly heading a football over the years has led to this type of guidance being published, and yet, the FA were criticised for their approach by one of the leading experts in the UK on the subject, Professor Willie Stewart.

Stewart, a consultant neuropathologist, was commissioned by the Football Association and Professional Footballers' Association in 2017 to carry out research on brain health among players, and in 2019, a study was published that concluded former footballers were about three and a half times more likely to die of degenerative brain disease than the general population.

The research also found that risk increased the longer a player's football career was.

Since then Stewart has insisted that

football must take steps to eliminate the risk of heading, but while the FA guidelines seemed comprehensive enough to me when I read them, Stewart was critical and was given a fair amount of airtime and column inches in the days after publication to air his view that they were based on "unscientific guesswork".

Speaking to the BBC, Stewart said: "There is no basis to say 10 headers of a certain level will necessarily make a great difference to the risk.

The FA based their recommendations on analysis of matches, estimated what the forces might be and then used that for training guidance.

"That's like being stood on the edge of the motorway and guessing cars' speeds and talking about road traffic measures in a city. It's not entirely relevant.

"To assess whether 10 high-force head impacts might make a difference, we have to wait 30 to 40 years."

Referring back to points made when the initial study was carried out in 2019, Stewart said: "I think footballs should be sold with a health warning saying repeated heading in football may lead to increased risks of dementia.

"Unlike other dementias and degenerative diseases, where we have no idea what causes them, we know the risk factor [with football] and it's entirely preventable.

"We can stop this now and to do that we have to reduce, if not eliminate, unnecessary head

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Ronan O’Flaherty @iantemplemanloi impacts. Is heading absolutely necessary for football to continue?

Or to put it another way: is exposure to the risk of dementia necessary for football?

"I've yet to see any evidence that heading a ball is good for you.

Football is great for you, there is less cancer and cardiovascular problems for players, but there are dreadful levels of dementia and I can't see the benefit of that."

Recently Stewart also published the results of new research which delivered what perhaps was the more obvious conclusion that the risk is highest among defenders, who are five times more likely to have dementia than non-footballers, compared with three times the risk for forwards, and almost no extra risk for goalkeepers compared with the population. Outfield players were four times more likely to have brain disease such as dementia, he said.

It’s all thought provoking stuff, especially for those of us of a certain age, who grew in an era where dominant centre halves and strapping centre forwards delivering powerful defensive or attacking headers with no holds barred was part and parcel of the game. But these conclusions really can’t be ignored for much longer, with such strong evidence after extensive research, coupled with the campaigning work carried out by Dawn Astle, the daughter of the former West Bromwich Albion and England striker Jeff Astle, who died from dementia at the age of 59 and whose death coroners declared an “industrial disease” because of his years as a professional footballer.

I’ve been pondering over this since the guidance and reaction was

published, and while heading is currently very much part and parcel of the game, maybe it is now time for the football authorities to look at how heading the ball can at the very least be minimised during games.

It’s easy enough to limit heading in lower-age-group football, but while it remains a skill required in the adult game, and thereby needs to be practised, it’s a bit more difficult to see how managers and players under pressure and in a quest to win trophies or avoid relegation, won’t use heading as a weapon in the armoury to win games while it’s a legitimate part of the game.

But is heading really that essential to be a prominent feature of football going forward? Would the game be demeaned or altered beyond recognition if heading the ball was minimised or outlawed completely?

We can all cast our minds back and recall moments where heading made an impact on a game. One of my earliest football memories is of watching the 1970 World Cup final and seeing Pele leap and ach himself in mid-air to power a header into the net for Brazil’s opening goal. Or if you are talking about assists, on these shores everyone will remember Niall Quinn’s little glancing header into the path of Robbie Keane to smash home the equaliser against Germany in the 2002 World Cup group game.

But when you talk about the “beautiful game”, and discuss moments of great football to illustrate the point, does heading really feature all that often? Going back to the 1970 World Cup final, and the famous fourth Brazilian goal from Carlos Alberto, that was at the end of a flowing move involving eight outfield players with not a

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header in sight. Coming more up to date, some of the football served up by the great Barcelona team of a few years ago, with Leo Messi at the centre of the action, may have produced a header here and there, but it was far more based around passing and movement, vision and individual skill with the ball at feet rather than up in the air.

But, trying to devise laws to give us a game without heading, or minimal heading would not be easy. There would presumably have to be definitions of deliberate and accidental heading, for example.

What happens if you are standing in a defensive wall and the ball is fired in your direction. Would a player be expected to duck, or would he be allowed in that situation to try to defend the free kick by jumping to try and head the ball? Could we look at a version of the game where heading is banned outside the penalty areas? The questions are many, and solutions would take time to develop.

However, I think it is hard to argue against the view that keeping the ball on the deck is what is needed to make the beautiful game beautiful, if the alternative is to launch a ball skywards in the general direction of an intended recipient’s head. If that is the case, with damning evidence suggesting that heading the ball presents a long-term danger for anyone playing football at professional or amateur level, maybe now is the time for the football authorities to look at seriously at whether or not heading the ball should continue to remain as a central feature of the game we know and love.

Any views expressed in this article are the contributor's own.

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Player Apps & Goals 2021 League of Ireland

FAI Cup

Total

Start

Sub

App

Goals

Start

Sub

App

Goals

Start

Sub

App

Goals

Vítězslav Jaroš

23

0

23

0

1

0

1

0

24

0

24

0

John Mountney

18

2

20

2

0

1

1

0

18

3

21

2

Ian Bermingham

15

4

19

1

1

0

1

0

16

4

20

1

Sam Bone

17

2

19

1

1

0

1

1

18

2

20

1

Lee Desmond

22

0

22

1

1

0

1

0

23

0

23

1

Jamie Lennon

14

4

18

0

1

0

1

0

15

4

19

0

Robbie Benson

16

2

18

6

0

0

0

0

16

2

18

6

Chris Forrester

22

1

23

6

0

0

0

0

22

1

23

6

1

6

7

2

0

0

0

0

1

6

7

2

Ronan Coughlan

16

3

19

7

0

0

0

0

16

3

19

7

Jason McClellend

7

8

15

1

1

0

1

1

8

8

16

2

Matty Smith

20

1

21

7

1

0

1

0

21

1

22

7

Paddy Barrett

15

2

17

0

1

0

1

1

16

2

18

1

Billy King

18

5

23

3

1

0

1

2

19

5

24

5

Alfie Lewis

13

5

18

1

1

0

1

0

14

5

19

1

Darragh Burns

8

6

14

3

0

0

0

0

8

6

14

3

Ben McCormack

4

14

18

0

1

0

1

1

5

14

19

1

Shane Griffin

5

2

7

0

0

0

0

0

5

2

7

0

James Abankwah

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

Kyrian Nwoko

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

Josh Keeley

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

1

0

Kian Corbally

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

1

0

Tommy Lonergan

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

1

0

Cian Kelly

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Barry Murphy

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Own Goal

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Nahum Melvin-Lambert

PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

1

Shamrock Rovers

22

14

5

3

38

18

20

47

D

W W W D W

2

St. Patrick's Athletic

23

13

5

5

40

24

16

44

L

W W

L

W

3

Sligo Rovers

21

11

5

5

27

15

12

38

D

W W

L

L

4

Bohemian FC

21

9

4

8

34

24

10

31

W

L

W

D

L

5

Derry City

23

8

7

8

28

28

0

31

W

L

L

W W

6

Drogheda United

23

8

6

9

35

30

5

30

W

D

L

L

L

7

Dundalk

21

7

6

8

26

31

-5

27

W W

L

W

L

8

Waterford

23

8

1

14

18

40

-22

25

L

9

Finn Harps

22

6

5

11

18

31

-13

23

D

L

L

L

W

10 Longford Town

23

1

8

14

15

38

-23

11

L

D

D

L

L

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Results & Lineouts 2021 Date

Opposition

Venue Comp Score

Starting XI

Fri 19 Mar

Shamrock Rovers

Away

Series 1

1-1

Jaroš

Mountney

Griffin

Desmond

Barrett

Lennon

King

Sat 27 Mar

Drogheda Utd

Home Series 2

2-1

Jaroš

Mountney

Griffin

Desmond

Bone

Lennon

McClelland

Sat 03 Apr

Bohemians

Away

Series 3

1-0

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Bone

Lennon

Burns

Fri 09 Apr

Derry City

Home Series 4

2-0

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Bone

Lennon

King

Sat 17 Apr

Dundalk

Away

Series 5

1-1

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Bone

Lennon

McClelland

Tue 20 Apr

Waterford

Home Series 6

1-0

Jaroš

Griffin

Bermingham

Desmond

Barrett

Lewis

McCormack

Fri 23 Apr

Finn Harps

Away

Series 7

2-0

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Bone

Barrett

Lennon

Fri 30 Apr

Longford Town

Home Series 8

3-0

Jaroš

Griffin

Barrett

Desmond

Bone

Lennon

Burns

Mon 03 May

Sligo Rovers

Away

Series 9

1-1

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham 1

Desmond

Bone

Barrett

Lennon

Sat 08 May

Shamrock Rovers

Home Series 10

1-2

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Bone

Lennon

King

Fri 14 May

Drogheda Utd

Away

Series 11

1-3

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Bone

Lennon

King

Fri 21 May

Bohemians

Home Series 12

2-1

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Bone

Lennon

King

Mon 24 May

Derry City

Away

Series 13

2-2

Jaroš

Mountney

Griffin

Desmond

Bone

Barrett

King

Fri 28 May

Dundalk

Home Series 14

0-2

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Bone

Barrett

Lennon

Sat 12 June

Longford Town

Away

Series 15

3-1

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Barrett

Lewis

Benson

Fri 18 June

Sligo Rovers

Home Series 16

2-0

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Barrett

Lewis

Benson

Mon 21 June Finn Harps

Home Series 17

4-1

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Desmond

Barrett

Lewis

Fri 25 June

Waterford

Away

Series 18

1-1

Jaroš

Mountney

Bone

Desmond

Lewis

Burns

Benson

Fri 02 July

Bohemians

Away

Series 19

2-3

Jaroš

Barrett

Bermingham

Bone

Desmond

Lennon

Burns

Fri 09 July

Derry City

Home Series 20

1-0

Jaroš

Barrett

Bone

Lennon

Lewis

Burns

Benson

Fri 16 July

Drogheda Utd

Home Series 21

2-0

Jaroš

Barrett

Bone

Desmond

Lewis

Burns

Benson

Fri 23 July

Bray Wanderers

Home

Rnd 1

6-0

Jaroš

Barrett

Bermingham

Bone

Desmond

Lennon

Lewis

Fri 30 July

Shamrock Rovers

Away

Series 22

1-3

Jaroš

Mountney 1

Barrett

Bone

Desmond

Lewis

Benson

Fri 06 Aug

Dundalk

Away

Series 23

4-1

Jaroš

Mountney

Bermingham

Barrett

Desmond

Lewis

McCormack

Fri 13 Aug

Waterford

Home Series 24

0-1

Fri 20 Aug

Finn Harps

Away

Series 25

0-1

Fri 27 Aug

Cork City

Away

Rnd 2

0-1

Fri 03 Sept

Longford Town

Home Series 26

0-1

Sat 11 Sept

Sligo Rovers

Away

Series 27

0-1

Fri 24 Sept

Shamrock Rovers

Home Series 28

0-1

Fri 01 Oct

Drogheda Utd

Away

Series 29

0-1

Fri 08 Oct

Bohemians

Home Series 30

0-1

Fri 15 Oct

Derry City

Away

Series 31

0-1

Mon 25 Oct

Dundalk

Home Series 32

0-1

Sat 30 Oct

Longford Town

Away

Series 33

0-1

Fri 05 Nov

Sligo Rovers

Home Series 34

0-1

Fri 12 Nov

Finn Harps

Home Series 35

0-1

Fri 19 Nov

Waterford

Away

Series 36

0-1

1

1

1

1

1

Benson

Extra.ie FAI Cup Dates 2nd Round

Week Ending 29th Aug

Quarter Finals Week Ending 19th Sept

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1

1

1

1

League

FAI Cup

1st Sub

2nd Sub 3rd Sub

4th Sub

5th Sub 1 Goals Scored

P Penalty OG Own Goal For

* Own Goal

Yellow Card

Red Card

Substitutes Benson

Coughlan

Forrester

Smith

McClelland

Bone

Bermingham

Benson

Coughlan 1

Forrester

Smith

Bermingham

Burns

King

Coughlan 1

Forrester

Smith

Barrett

McClelland

Coughlan

Forrester

Smith

Burns

McClelland

Benson

Coughlan

Forrester

Smith

Barrett

King

Coughlan

Forrester

Burns

Coughlan

Forrester

Smith

Benson Benson

King

1

1

Lewis

King

Forrester

King

Coughlan

Forrester

Lewis

Coughlan

Forrester

Lewis

Coughlan

Burns

Kelly

McCormack

Melvin-Lambert

B Murphy

Keeley

Corbally

Lewis

McCormack

Melvin-Lambert

B Murphy

Keeley

King

Corbally

Lewis

McCormack

Melvin-Lambert

B Murphy

Keeley

Lewis

Melvin-Lambert

Barrett

McCormack

Corbally

B Murphy

Keeley

King

Lewis

Corbally

Burns

McCormack

Melvin-Lambert

B Murphy

Keeley

1 Benson

Mountney

Smith

Lennon

Bone

Corbally

Melvin-Lambert

B Murphy

1 Lewis

Griffin

McCormack

Corbally

Burns

Norris

Melvin-Lambert

1

1

Keeley Keeley

Smith

Coughlan 1

Mountney

Bermingham

McCormack

Corbally

Norris

Melvin-Lambert

B Murphy

Smith

Burns

Lewis

McCormack

Corbally

Griffin

Norris

Melvin-Lambert

B Murphy

Smith

Griffin

McClelland

McCormack

Melvin-Lambert

Norris

Corbally

B Murphy

Keeley

Forrester

Smith

McCormack

Barrett

Benson

Griffin

Corbally

Norris

B Murphy

Keeley

Norris

Corbally

B Murphy

Keeley

B Murphy

Keeley

2

1

Melvin-Lambert 1

Lewis

Coughlan

Forrester

Smith

Barrett

Melvin-Lambert

Griffin

Lewis

Coughlan

Forrester

Benson

Bermingham Melvin-Lambert

McCormack

Norris

Corbally

King

Smith

Forrester

Benson

Coughlan

Lewis

Melvin-Lambert McCormack

Corbally

Norris

1 Benson

1 McCormack

Corbally

B Murphy

King

Smith

1

Forrester

Coughlan 1 Burns

McClelland

McCormack Norris

Corbally

Lonergan

B Murphy

Keeley

King

Smith

1

Forrester

Coughlan 1 Burns

Lennon

McClelland

McCormack

Bone

Norris

Lonergan

B Murphy

Keeley

Forrester

Coughlan 2 Burns

McClelland

McCormack

Bone

Corbally

Norris

Lonergan

B Murphy

Keeley

McClelland

McCormack

Forrester

Barrett

Bermingham

Lennon

Corbally

Norris

Lonergan

B Murphy

Keeley

McClelland 1 McCormack

A Murphy

Abankwah

Corbally

Norris

Lonergan

B Murphy

Keeley

Abankwah

McCormack

Lonergan

B Murphy

Keeley

King

Smith

King

Smith

Benson

King

Smith

Forrester

McClelland

Coughlan

Smith

Forrester

1 King

Smith

Forrester

1

McCormack

Bermingham

Lonergan

Abankwah

Corbally

Fay

Smith

McCormack 1

Mountney

Corbally

Lonergan

Abankwah

Burns

Benson

McClelland

Coughlan

Melvin-Lambert

McCormack

Nwoko

Bermingham

McClelland

Bone

King

Lennon

Coughlan

Nwoko

1

McClelland

King

McClelland 1

King

Burns

King

Forrester

Melvin-Lambert 1

Forrester

Smith

2

2

1

B Murphy

Keeley

Forrester

B Murphy

Keeley

Lennon

Abankwah

B Murphy

Keeley

Corbally

Curtis

B Murphy

Fri 13 Aug / *Sat 14 Aug / **Sun 15 Aug 2021 SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE OF IRELAND PREMIER DIVISION - SERIES 24

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7:30PM

**DROGHEDA UNITED

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3:00PM

**BOHEMIANS

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SLIGO ROVERS

3:00PM

**DERRY CITY

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DUNDALK

3:00PM

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