Dundalk v Galway United (Friday 11 March 2011)

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ORIEL PARK GROUND REGULATIONS

All persons entering this stadium are admittedonly subject to the following ground rules andregulations of Dundalk FC.Entry to the stadiumshall be deemed to constitute unqualifiedacceptace of these rules and regulations.

• Fireworks, smoke canisters, bottles, glasses, cans,flags, banners, poles, laser pens, flares or any similararticles or containers including anything that couldbe used as a weapon are not permitted in thestadium.Any person in possession of such itemsmay be refused entry or ejected from the stadium.• The consumption of intoxicating liquor is permittedonly in authorised places (ie. Bar area). Persons arenot permitted to bring alcohol into the stadium.• The unauthorised climbing of floodlight pylons,stands or other buildings in the stadium is forbidden.• Under no circumstances is it permitted to throw anyobject onto the field of play.• Unnecessary noise such as that from the use ofradio sets and behaviour likely to cause confusion ornuisance of any kind, including foul and abusivelanguage or racist remarks, is not permitted in thestadium.• Unauthorised persons are not permitted to enterthe field of play at any time.• Any persons who fail to comply with theinstructions from the stewards may be ejected fromthe stadium.• In general, the right of admission is reserved tothe Ground Management.• The Ground Management reserves the right torefuse admission to or eject any person who refusesto be searched by a member of An Garda Siochana.• Any person who remains in an unauthorised areamay be ejected from the stadium.• Racist abuse of any form will not be tolerated.• The Ground Management reserves the right toremove from the ground any person who does notcomply with the groundregulations or whose presence in the ground couldbe reasonably construed as constituting a source ofdanger, nuisance or annoyance to other spectators.• The moving of one area of the stadium to anotherwithout the permission of a steward, the Gardaí orother authorised agent of the club is forbidden.• Any person attempting to gain admission to,or being found within, a section of the grounddesignated for members only without theappropriate authorisation may be ejected fromthe ground.• Only persons authorised in writing by the club’smanagement are permitted to offer sale or distributeany newspaper, periodical or any other article.• Any person found damaging or defacing propertywill be prosecuted.• Persons are admitted to this ground subject to theiracceptance of these rules and the rules of the FAIand League of Ireland. Entry to the ground should beunqualified acceptance.• In the event of the match being postponed orabandoned, any refund of the admission charge willbe at the sole discretion of the club management.This is subject to a time limitation, the details ofwhich are available from the club’s office. Personsentering the ground are advised to retain theirticket stub as this may be required to be producedat a later date.

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Stephen Maher

speaks about his hopes

for the 2011 season

Dundalk FC chairman

Padraig McGowan

reviews last Friday’s

events in Tallaght

Ex-Dundalk right-back

Dave Connell is

profiled as our

Lilywhite Legend

The Spectator is let loose

...anything to have

the last word

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DUNDALK v GALWAY UNITED

KICK-OFF

WELCOME TO ORIEL PARK:THE HOME OF FOOTBALL04

Thank you for supporting the DundalkFCMagazine. Please note that allcontent tonight was supplied before theGlentoran match.While it is great tofinally compete in the Setanta Cup theMonday night games make programmeproduction awkward!

It’s our first home league game of the seasonand I’m sure we all have high ambitionsfor the season ahead.The squad that theclub have put together this season is veryexciting and I expect Oriel Park to be anexciting venue this season. It’s not just onthe pitch that we can be excited about thefuture.

If anybody has not yet been across at theYouth Development Centre here at OrielPark I would encourage you to do so. In fact,pre-match before the Glentoran match maybe a good time as you can also enjoy thepre-match Legends Q&A session that ColmCrosson writes about in this issue. Just lastweek approximately 1100 people attendeda white collar boxing event – and the centrewas not even half full.There is no otherfacility in the country like it at the disposalof a League of Ireland club.You will also

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see a Snooker Legends tournament advertised (to the left!) in the programmetonight which is just one of the many eventsplanned for it. Obviously, as Gerry Matthewshas stated publically, the centre will taketime to realise its full potential. I’m sure allDundalk fans would wish Gerry and histeam all the best with the venture and thatwe wish it all the success it deserves.

In the centre-pages tonight we have a pull-out poster of Simon Madden at thelaunch of the Airtricity league campaign at the Aviva stadium. Simon has been veryimpressive since his arrival last year and hisperformance in Tallaght last Friday showedthat he is a great choice of captain. Goodluck to Simon in his new role in the team.

We hope you enjoy tonight’s Dundalk FCMagazine.We also hope you enjoy the newdundalkfc.com that went online two weeksago. Hopefully by now all the problems havebeen ironed out and when you log in tonightand tomorrow you will be able to read abouta good win for Dundalk!

Colm MurphyDundalk FC Magazine editor

KICK-OFFDUNDALK v GALWAY UNITED

HELLO and welcome to Oriel Park fortonight's Airtricity League Premier Divisiongame versus Galway United. I would like toextend a warm welcome to Seán Connor, hisstaff, the directors, players and supporters ofGalway United here this evening.

It has been five months to the day since our lasthome fixture in the league. When I look at it likethat it is hard to believe why we try to cram in asmany fixtures as we do in the football calendar.Surely it would make sense to extend the leagueseason by at least four weeks. I believe the qualityof football would improve dramatically if theplayers were given more suitable rest timebetween games. In the four weeks between ourfirst round second leg Setanta Sports Cup gameon 28 February and up to the league match against

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‘‘ My players took the game toRovers...and we dominated

On Friday night we lost our opening league gameof the season away at Champions ShamrockRovers. The toughest place to kick-off the seasonwas in Tallaght, however, my players took thegame to Rovers and for the opening 45 minuteswe dominated the game. We pressed them all overthe pitch and dominated possession, dominatedplay territorially and dominated chance wise.

The sending off of Peter Cherrie obviously hada huge bearing on the game. To lose him, such apivotal member of the team, on 23 minutes, putus on the back foot.

The players continued to play in the manner inwhich they started the game and to their creditwe took the lead on the stroke of half-time.Unfortunately we couldn't see it through to

the break and the equaliser was a huge blowpsychologically to the players. The second halfwas tough on the lads, Rovers deservedly wonthe game but the players continued to applythemselves properly until the final whistle.

Tonight, like every other fixture thisseason, will be a tough game. Hope-fully we can get our first points oftheseason and set the ball rolling.

Enjoy the game!

Ian FosterDundalk FC manager

Saint Patrick’s Athletic on Friday 25 March inInchicore, we will play seven games, too many forme at this early stage of proceedings.

Last week we progressed into the quarter-finals ofthe Setanta Sports Cup with a 6-4 aggregate winover Linfield. This competition is a very importantone to me and my players and hopefully we will beable to progress to the latter stages. It won't beeasy, as we now face Glentoran over two legs. I amwriting these notes before the trip to The Oval onMonday so I am unable to comment on the game.The win over Linfield was a great one for thesupporters; it was probably the best atmospherethat I have sampled here at Oriel and hopefullythere will be plenty more nights like that to come.

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Once you go down toten, the game obviouslychanges. But we have tomove on from that nowand put it behind us.

Galway will provideanother difficultchallenge for us tonight.While they have lostsome good players overthe winter, they have alsoadded some good players, including Shaun Kelly whowas one of our better performers last season. Galwaygave us four tough games last season. This is our firsthome league game and we have to be positive. It isimportant to get a win early on in the season. We hadsome very good results at Oriel Park last year andhopefully we can find consistency this season. I thinkthat is key. We have to start brightly and get points onthe board. At the same time it is not really about howyou start, it’s about how you finish. We learned that lastseason when we got off to a flying start but then hit abad patch in the middle of the season. If we can get


Tallaght: The turning point came with Peter Cherrie’s first-half dismissal for felling Gary O’Neill

Stephen Maher

WE ARE obviously coming into this matchlooking to bounce back from last week’s opening-night defeat by Shamrock Rovers at TallaghtStadium, and to get our first points on the board.I think we should only be taking positives out oflast week’s game. I wouldn’t really read too muchinto it because the sending off changed the game,but we started brilliantly and for the first half-hourplayed some really good football. There was onlyone team in it.

Unfortunately, Simon and Mark didn’t put away theirchances and then Pete got sent off and that was a bigfactor in the game. But we stuck at it and to go 1-0 upwas a big boost, but then to concede almost straightaway and just before the break was a killer blow. Thenafter the break, we conceded two goals very quick – ifyou give Gary Twigg two chances like that he is goingto score. The red card was really the turning point inthe game. If we had kept 11 men on the pitch I thinkwe would have continued to play how we had in theopening 30 minutes. When we went down to ten men,Rovers grew in confidence and the goal just beforehalf-time gave them momentum going into the break.

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momentum early in the campaign it will give us aplatform and then it’s a case of staying consistent,getting to July or August, assess where we are andthen take it from there and really go for it and try tochallenge.

On my own recovery, following osteitis pubis, thingsare going really well and I have been training more orless as normal over the last two weeks. It’s about gettingminutes on the pitch. Once I get 90 minutes under mybelt I will see how my body feels. I will continually getfitter and fitter; it will probably take another couple ofweeks to get back to where I was. The good thingabout this year is that there is a lot of competition forplaces, so you know if you’re not performing well thatthere is someone else there ready to step in, and thatcan only be a good thing. On expectations for theyear, looking at the squad, we have added some greatexperience in the shape of Jason Byrne and ColinHawkins and that only bodes well for trying to get backinto the European shake-up. Enjoy the match!

Stephen MaherDundalk’s No8!

Paul CheshireDundalk FC physiotherapist

TREATMENT

Colin HawkinsInjury:Bruised ribPrognosis:Colin Hawkinspicked up an injury in his riblast Friday night in Tallaght. Hegot a bad bang.We thoughtthat there could be a break butan X-Ray showed up clear, so it’s a case ofbruising.The recovery period is openended, depending on the person and theseverity of it. It could heal quickly but itcould also pesist. Fingers crossed he will beOK for tonight.

Greg BolgerInjury: Thigh strainPrognosis:Greg Bolger has aminor issue with his thigh. It isa minor enough thigh strain. Heis actually able to get throughgames. He got through thegame in Tallaght fine. At the same time we’rekeeping an eye on him and resting him whenwe can to get it settled completely.

Eoghan OsborneInjury:Hamstring strainPrognosis:Eoghan’s strain ismild enough but even mildones can take time to settledown.We will keep treatinghim. It will take the best part ofa couple of weeks to get it right.

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GOOD EVENING everyone and welcome to OrielPark for our first home game of the 2011 AirtricityPremier League season against Galway United.We would like to extend a warm welcome to theGalway United manager, Sean Connor, his playersand staff, as well as the officials and supporters ofthe Club. While we welcome our ex-manager backto Oriel Park for tonight’s game we also welcomeback our ex-player Shaun Kelly. Shaun, who signedwith Galway during the close season was a firmfavourite with all Dundalk fans for the two seasonswhich he spent with us.

Galway United had a fairly turbulent off season, interms of losing a number of their more influential

against Linfield with a professional one all draw. Thefirst goal in that game was always going to be crucialand thankfully we got it through an excellent RossGaynor strike. Going in to the Linfield games we reallywere the underdogs, but thanks to a fantastic away winat Windsor Park we have now qualified for the lasteight. I am writing this piece before last Monday night’strip to the Oval to play Glentoran, so hopefully as youread this we have secured a positive result in that game,and have given ourselves an opportunity to progress tothe next round when we play the return leg here onMonday 21 March. Our experience in competing inthis competition has certainly been a positive one so farand Ian, Darius and the players and staff can certainlytake a lot of credit from the team’s performances.

Setanta success:Ross Gaynor (top) on target against Linfield; Ciaran Bond (right) on board

‘‘The performances of our team...augurs well for the season ahead’’players from last season and initially only being awarded

an ‘A League’ licence. However despite these difficultiesthey have taken their rightful place in the top flight andwe wish them well for the season ahead. Like ourselvesGalway suffered defeat in their opening league gameand I’m sure that they are anxious to get off the markwith a result here tonight.

Well it certainly has been a hectic start to the 2011season for ourselves with our Setanta Sports Cupgames against Linfield and our league opener lastFriday night against Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght.Firstly, we finished off the task here last Monday week

Back to the Airtricity League, and despite our 3-1 defeatat the hands of Rovers, I felt that we played very wellin that game. Prior to Peter’s sending off we werecertainly on top and should probably have been at leastone goal to the good. However with only 10 men forthree quarters of the game against a team of the calibreof Rovers there could really only be one outcome.Consequently after that defeat it is imperative that weget a good result against Galway United this evening.

The performances of our team so far augurs very wellfor the season ahead. Ian has signed some very skilfuland exciting players for our club, and it should be an

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DIRECTORYDUNDALKFCCLUBChief Executive Officer Gerry MatthewsChairman Pádraig McGowanGeneral Manager Paul JohnstonFinancial Director Ciaran BondSecretary Maeve McQuillanFAI Representative Kevin HollandCommunications Manager Colm CrossonMedia Officer Keith WallaceClub President Jim ReillyCommercial Officer Fintan NelsonOffice Admin Michael Curran, Anete Shinkara & Dessie WoodsLadies Team Chairman Niall GallagherLOTTO Coordinators Sam Hanks & Gerard WattersClub Licensing Officer Pádraig McKeown

TEAMTeam Manager Ian FosterAssistant Manager Darius KieransPhysiotherapist Paul CheshireKit Managers Gerard Watters & Dean ArrowsmithDoctor Dr Samil AkhalHead of Youth Development Martin ConnollyA/U20/Youths Management Team Martin Connolly, John Whyte,Raymond Trimble & Alan BrownCommunity Coach Dean ArrowsmithLadies Coaches Michael Curran, Larry Brennan & John Brennan

FACILITY MANAGEMENTEvent Controller Regina O'HareGround Management Willie McKeever & Domenic RaffertyBar Manager Kevin HollandTicket Office Management Des Weir & Jennette Hardy

TRUSTChairman Simon BlackmoreTreasurer Stephen CaseyCommittee Members Roy Mackin, Peter Fergus, John Logan,David Caldwell, Colm Murphy, Richie O'Connor, Mark Boyle& Rachel SloaneFinancial Controller Emma McGuinnessShops: Merchandise: Carl Dearey, John Logan, Mark Caldwell& Aidan Larkin; Sweets: Kevin Corrigan & John LoganMagazine Colm Murphy, David Farrelly & Keith Wallacedundalkfc.com Colm Murphy, Ruth Hardy, Damien Kenny& Keith WallaceDFCTV Chris Clarke, Craig Gartland & Colm Murphy

SUPPORTERS' CLUB (DUBLIN)Chairman Padraig McGowanSecretary Paul DunneTreasurer Tom GilsenanCommittee Jim Reilly, Gerry McCartney, Rory Gilsenan,Eithne Preston & Ciaran Geraghty

entertaining season. Ifyou haven’t purchased aseason ticket yet pleaseconsider doing so. Iknow that people areunder a great deal offinancial pressure at themoment, but hopefullyour regular attendancehere at Oriel Park canhelp lift some of thegloom and doom outthere for a few hours every other week. Our fans havebeen fantastic supporters in the past and I know thatyou will continue to be for the 2011 season.

As you may already know, Ciaran Bond has recentlyjoined the Board of Directors of Dundalk FC. Ciaranis very well known in both business and soccer circleslocally and will be a great addition for the club. Hemanaged our Youth team to win the DDSL MajorDivision last season, a really great achievement for ourclub. His energy and business acumen will be of greatbenefit and on behalf of the Club I would like towelcome him ‘on Board!!’ We wish to also thank theMcNamee family for sponsoring tonight’s game. Asmatch sponsors you are all very welcome to this game,we really appreciate your support and we hope thatyou enjoy the occasion. Yours in sport, & c’monthe Lilywhites!

Pádraig McGowan

Pádraig McGowanDundalk FC chairman



THE LATEST in the‘Lilywhite Legends’ live seriesin Oriel Park will take placepre-match in the YDC bar inOriel Park from 6pm beforethe Setanta Sports Cup secondleg encounter with Glentoran.

Tony Cavanagh rememberedWhen a then 23 year-old TonyCavanagh joined Dundalk fromGlentoran in August 1972, hav-ing already won the Irish Leaguechampionship with the Glens,few would have realised the im-pact that his maverick and uniquewing play would have for theLilywhites over the following fiveyears. The Jim McLaughlin erawas about to be born and themercurial Cavanagh was an

inspiration with his mesmericdribbling from the left wing asDundalk gained the first of manytrophies in clinching the 1975/76league title. Cavanagh won thefootballer of the year accolade in1974, played briefly in the USAfor the Philidelphia Atoms, be-fore gracing the Showgroundsin the colours of Sligo Roversfor another three seasons. Hispremature passing at the youngage of 54 in 2003 meant that thefootball family lost a truly uniquepersonality. The LilywhiteLegends event will honourthe memory of the late TonyCavanagh with former team-mates recalling anecdotes andpaying tribute to a real Orielcrowd pleaser.

Legends series to continue

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Links between Glentoran andDundalkThere were many players wholined out with distinction forboth clubs, the majority of whoappeared up to the end of theSecond World War. Of a morerecent vintage, among the standout names are Timmy Lyons(early 1960’s) the great PaddyTurner (mid 1960’s) and alongwith the late Tony Cavanagh, andboth Harry McCue and DermotKeely.

Guest of Honour:Harry McCueHarry McCue of the 1988 doublewinning team, will be a SpecialGuest of Honour of DundalkFC on the night and along withother former players, will takepart in the ‘Lilywhite Legends’on-stage interviews hosted byMichael Duffy.

Admission is free to match ticketholders and will take place from6pm in the YDC with entry fromthe Shedside of the ground.

Mick Lawlor:Ex-Dundalk midfielder back in Oriel Park

Harry McCue

THE INAUGURAL DessieGorman Cup – which is acelebration of the DunfieldYouth Project – was wonby Linfield Youths in anabsorbing football encounterwith Dundalk Youths underlights in Oriel Park onWednesday 23 Februarybefore an attendance inexcess of 100 people.

Milo Corcoran, Setanta SportsCup Committee Chairman,accompanied the legendaryDessie Gorman – who was ascoring sensation for bothDundalk and Linfield – in thepresentation of the trophy to theyoung blues team who emerged2-1 winners on the night.

The Dessie Gorman Cup is anannual friendship challenge thatwas launched by the ‘DundalkHawk’ during the recentGoodwill Visit by DundalkSupporters to Windsor Park

prior to the first leg of theSetanta Sports Cup.

The Linfield players, managementand supporters enjoyed somepost match hospitality at OrielPark from the home club, asveterans of both clubs renewedfriendships formed over theyears of the Dunfield YouthProject. Linfield SupportersGroups have also been invited toreturn to Oriel Park as guests ofDFC Trust for a forthcomingAirtiricty League match.

Caolan McAleer opened thescoring for Linfield Youths inthe first period, with JudeWinchester converting a spot-kickearly in the second half, beforeCiaran Clinton created anexciting finish by pulling a goalback for the home side. Nextyears Dessie Gorman Cup willtake in Belfast with DundalkYouths looking to get their handson the new trophy.

Cup goes north: Linfield took the honours by winning 2-1.Pictured with Dessie Gorman and Milo Corcoran are GlenTrainor (Dundalk) and Joshua Robinson (Linfield)

Linfield win Dessie Gorman Cup

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UEFA’s 10-pointanti-racism planTHE plan sets out a number ofmeasures that clubs can take tocombat the problem of racism- supported by Dundalk FC:1: Issue a statement saying theclub will not tolerate racism,spelling out the action it will takeagainst those engaged in racistchanting. The statement should beprinted in all match programmesand displayed permanently andprominently around the ground.2: Make public addressannouncements condemningracist chanting at matches.3: Make it a condition forseason-ticket holders that theydo not take part in racist abuse.4: Take action to prevent the saleof racist literature inside andaround the ground.5: Take disciplinary actionagainst players who engage inracial abuse.6: Contact other clubs to makesure they understand the club’spolicy on racism.7: Encourage a common strategybetween stewards and police fordealing with racist abuse.8: Remove all racist graffiti fromthe ground as a matter of urgency.9: Adopt an equal opportunities'policy in relation to employmentand service provision.10:Work with all other groupsand agencies, such as the playersunion, supporters, schools, youthclubs, voluntary organisations,sponsors, local authorities, localbusinesses and police, to developpro-active programmes and makeprogress to raise awareness ofcampaigning to eliminate racialabuse and discrimination.


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SQUAD NUMBERS NOT USED (PLAYERS LISTED IN NUMERICAL ORDER)COMPETITION KEY: EASC: EA SPORTS CUP, FC: FAI CUP, FRIE: FRIENDLY, LGE: AIRTRICITY LEAGUE, LSC: LEINSTER SENIOR CUP & SC: SETANTA CUP


KEARNS1 McDONNELL BREEN BYRNE1 WARD CHERRIE GRIFFIN LAST BRENNANKEARNS McDONNELL WARD BYRNE2 GAYNOR1 N MURPHY13 BREEN14 P MURPHY20 GRIFFIN12

KEARNS WARD1 BREEN1 GRIFFIN GAYNOR CHERRIE20 McDONNELL15 BYRNE17 QUIGLEY116 BEGLEY12 HUTCHINSON13 OSOBE14

KEARNS WARD QUIGLEY BYRNE1 GAYNOR HECTOR13 BOLGER14 MAHER12 BREEN16 GRIFFIN15 P MURPHY20

KEARNS3 WARD QUIGLEY2 BYRNE GAYNOR McDONNELL P MURPHY GRIFFIN BREENMAHER GRIFFIN QUIGLEY BYRNE GAYNOR BENNETT WARD KEARNS BREEN CHERRIEKEARNS MAHER1 QUIGLEY BREEN©3 WARD GUTHRIE19 FOSTER21 N MURPHY13 TRAINOR16 HUTCHINSON12 KERR14 GAYNOR17

WARD McDONNELL QUIGLEY BREEN GAYNOR KEARNS N MURPHY GRIFFIN P MURPHYKEARNS BOLGER QUIGLEY BYRNE GAYNOR1 MAHER WARD HECTOR P MURPHY N MURPHY McDONNELL BREENKEARNS BOLGER QUIGLEY BYRNE1P GAYNOR P MURPHY HECTOR MAHER N MURPHY McDONNELL WARD BREENKEARNS MAHER QUIGLEY1 BYRNE WARD BREEN McDONNELL GRIFFIN P MURPHY

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1 Peter CHERRIE 01/10/1983 SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 50 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 61 02 Simon MADDEN 01/05/1988 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 16 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 20 03 Eoghan OSBORNE 25/03/1992 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 04 Dean BENNETT 13/12/1977 ENG 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 18 05 Colin HAWKINS 17/08/1977 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 06 Michael HECTOR 19/07/1992 ENG 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 07 Daniel KEARNS 26/08/1991 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 13 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 17 38 Stephen MAHER 03/03/1988 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 31 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 4 0 41 29 Mark QUIGLEY 27/10/1985 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 310 Jason BYRNE 23/02/1978 IRL 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 111 Ross GAYNOR 09/09/1987 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 34 7 1 0 2 0 2 1 4 0 43 812 Paul MURPHY 28/03/1985 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 013 Nathan MURPHY 01/11/1992 IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 16 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 21 014 Greg BOLGER 09/09/1988 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 015 Shane GUTHRIE 11/12/1984 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 016 Stephen McDONNELL 20/03/1992 IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 13 117 Keith WARD 12/10/1990 IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 018 Mark GRIFFIN 16/06/1991 IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 019 Johnny BREEN 25/02/1991 IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 19 2

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SAINT PATRICKʼS ATHLETIC 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 9: Vinny FAHERTYBOHEMIANS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 12: Jason BYRNESHAMROCK ROVERS 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 +2 3 21: Gary TWIGGUNIV. COLLEGE DUBLIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 14: Ciaran KILDUFFSLIGO ROVERS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 14: Padraig AMONDDERRY CITY 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 16: Mark FARRENDROGHEDA UNITED 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 4: Glen FITZPATRICKBRAY WANDERERS 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 14: Jake KELLYDUNDALK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 12: Fahrudin KUDUZOVIĆGALWAY UNITED 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0 9: Karl SHEPPARD

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55OOAgainst ShamrockRovers, Peter Cherrie became the first memberof the current squad tomake 50 appearances forDundalk in the League. In that time, he has kept15 clean sheets and Dundalk have won 18matches and drawn 11.

88Fahrudin Kuduzović, lastseasonʼs top scorer andnow of Eintracht Trier in Germany, was the lastDundalk player to net acompetitive hat-trick. His treble came at the expense of GalwayUnited in a 3-0 win atOriel on 1 October 2010.

Dundalkʼs squad featureseight new players for the2011 campaign withJason Byrne, Greg Bolger, Shane Guthrie,Colin Hawkins, MichaelHector, Eoghan Osborne,Mark Quigley and KeithWard all joining Ian Fosterʼs new-look panel.

Two of Galwayʼs five victories away from Terryland in the Leaguelast season came at Dalymount Park. Indeed,Sean Connorʼs side defeated Bohemians onthree occasions, with the two sides drawing theirother fixture.

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Replacing Barry Ryan will not bean easy task, but Sean Connorwill be hoping that Fleming canbe as big a success at TerrylandPark this season. Galway announced the signing of the Edinburgh native on the eve of their opening fixture with St Patrick’s. He began his careerat Livingston before moving toGretna for successful spell. Such was Fleming’s impact hereceived a call-up to the ScottishU21 team and was their firstchoice keeper for much of theirseason in the SPL. FollowingGretna’s financial problems,Fleming departed for Oldhamwhere he played 18 times beforebeing released in January 2011.

A local Galwegian who hasemerged through the ranks atGalway United following spellsin Junior football with MervueUnited and Renmore. Sinnott iscomfortable at either right-backor centre-back. Sean Connor obviously thinks very highly of him as he has named himGalway’s club captain for the2011 Airtricity League season.

An interview in the Galway Independent revealed that hisleast favourite sport is cricketand that he is also a keen Connacht Rugby fan.

It’s a big welcome back to a fans favourite from the last twoseasons at Oriel. Shaun Kelly departed last October at the endof the season and has now rejoined his ex-Dundalk bossSean Connor. Indeed, Connorsnapped up Kelly for Dundalkfrom Hearts in January 2009 andKelly would go on to own theright-back slot until the arrivalof Simon Madden last July whenhe was asked to fill in at left-back during an injury crisis. Bestremembered for one of the goalsof the season in October 2009when he struck a volley homefrom 30 yards at Turner’s Cross.Even he couldn’t believe it whenit dropped under the crossbar!

Greg Fleming Shaun KellyPaul Sinnott

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FFOORRMMGGUUIIDDEELATEST RESULTS04/03/11: Galway 0-3 St Patrickʼs Ath

02/11/10: Galway 1-0 Bray29/10/10: Drogheda 3-3 Galway22/10/10: Galway 3-2 Bohemians15/10/10: Sporting Fingal 3-1 Galway09/10/10: Galway 1-4 UCD01/10/10: Dundalk 3-0 Galway24/09/10: Shamrock Rov 3-0 Galway17/09/10: Shamrock Rov 6-0 Galway*13/09/10: Galway 2-2 Sligo Rovers

OVERALL RECORDPlayed: 10, won: 2, drawn: 2, lost: 6,goals scored: 11, goals conceded: 29Goals: 3: Sheppard, 2: OʼBrien, Molloy, 1: Curran, Gartland, OʼDonnell, Walsh

*FAI Cup

PPRREEVVIIOOUUSS MMEEEETTIINNGGSS0011//1100//1100:: Dundalk 3-0 Galway (LGE) (Kuduzovic 46, 70 & 88)2255//0077//1100:: Galway 1-1 Dundalk (LGE) (Walsh 16; Fenn 90)1144//0055//1100:: Dundalk 0-0 Galway (LGE)1199//0044//1100:: Galway 0-1 Dundalk (LGE) (Gaynor 61)2255//0099//0099:: Dundalk 3-0 Galway (LGE) (Williams 48, McGowan 83,

Mansaram 87)1177//0077//0099:: Galway 0-3 Dundalk (LGE) (Collins 28, 71, Williams 59)0088//0055//0099:: Dundalk 1-0 Galway (LGE) (D O’Brien 31)1133//0033//0099:: Galway 1-0 Dundalk (LGE) (G Breen 80)2200//1100//0066:: Galway 1-3 Dundalk (LGE,D1) (Reilly 90+2; Flanagan 20,

76, Hughes 90)1177//0088//0066:: Dundalk 1-0 Galway (LGE,D1) (Hughes 22)

PLAYED: 10, WON: 7, DRAWN: 2, LOST: 1, FOR: 16, AGAINST: 3

Dundalk have won four of the last five meetings at Oriel Park, withone scoreless draw. The record includes scoring eight goals andconceding none. The last time Galway United scored at Oriel Parkwas thanks to Mixie Harty on 23 June 2005 when the Tribesmen ranout 3-0 winners. Barry Moran (40) and Ronan Frawley (68) alsoscored. Harty netted his goal in the 76th minute of that contest.


Walsh is another Galway localwho broke into the first team in the latter half of the 2010 season. A centre-half, he is a hot prospect who played forlocal side Galway Hibs beforesigning for United – and played15 times last year scoring twogoals. So impressive was Walshthat he picked up the GalwayUnited Young Player of the Yearaward.

Avid MNS watchers may remember Walsh from a matchtowards the end of the seasonagainst Sporting Fingal when hescored a spectacular long rangeeffort from 25 yards.

A skilful player who is equallycomfortable in midfield or central defence. Sligo-bornFeeney first joined his local club,Sligo Rovers, in 1999. He played a big part in Sean Connor’s exciting Sligo side that earnedpromotion to the top flight in2005. However, he eventuallyjoined Monaghan United at thestart of the 2007 season and hisexperience was an invaluableasset. Returned to Sligo in 2008and remained with Rovers untilthe end of the 2010 season, buthis second stint was marred byinjury. In February 2011, he returned to the league by joiningGalway from Sligo Junior sideQuayside Rovers.

Born in Limerick in 1979, Ryanstarted out with his home townclub before making his name atGalway in the 2001/02 season.This earned him a move to Bohemians in January 2002 andhe enjoyed a tremendous2002/03 campaign and scoredthe only goal of the gameagainst Shelbourne that sealedthe league title. In 2004 hemoved to Shelbourne where hewas to win another league titlein 2006. Things didn’t work outat Dunfermline, so Ryan joinedSt Patrick’s Athletic in 2008. Returned to Galway in 2010, before being loaned to Limerickto ease financial problems, butnow back for the 2011 campaign.

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Sean Connor’s career took in Distillery, Port Vale, Macclesfield, Ardsand Cliftonville before injury ended his playing days. He then beganan unconventional career path towards management. He spentsome time as Birmingham City press officer before coaching in theUS and in English non-league circles. He spent some time scoutingfor Stoke and Lincoln before returning to Ireland as manager at FirstDivision Sligo Rovers in 2004. Within 15 months he had led Sligo topromotion and in their first season back in the top flight Rovers finished an impressive fifth. He moved to Bohemians and thoughhe led then to third place in the League, the FAI Cup semis and theLeague Cup final the club terminated his contract at the end of the 2007 season amid rumours of off-field improprieties. Bohs wereeventually forced to settle a court case for wrongful dismissal. Connor then replaced John Gill at newly-promoted Dundalk for the2009 campaign, where 23 red cards blighted a fifth-placed finish.Club and manager went their separate ways for 2010, with Connorending up at Galway, and maintaining the club’s top flight status onthe pitch thanks to a play-off defeat of Bray. But licensing issueshave left him short on time to field a team for the 2011 season.

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Another stand-out signing byGalway just before the seasonkick-off, Brian is a right wingerwho started his career at Nottingham Forest in 1999. TheDubliner had spells withSwansea City, Rochdale, BristolRovers and Derry City before enjoying a successful spell atSligo Rovers between 2007-09.He moved back to Dublin to joinPete Mahon and John Gill at StPatrick’s Athletic for the 2010season. Dundalk fans will nothave happy memories of Cash asit was he who ended Dundalk’sbrave resistance with just ninemen in the FAI Cup match lastJune after JJ Melligan and CiaranMcGuigan were dismissed.

Curran’s career began at hislocal club Real Tubber, where he played alongside RaffaeleCretaro. He came through theyouth system at Sligo Roversscoring his first goal for Sligo ina 2-0 win over Galway andscored a second goal againstFinn Harps the following season.For the 2008 season, he scoredone league goal in 11 outings. InJanuary 2009, he signed forLongford Town and scored threeleague goals but was released atthe end of the campaign. In February 2010, he signed for Galway and scored three goalsfrom 31 appearances. Was alsocalled up to the U-19 Irish teamin 2006.

Ian Foster revealed in February2011 that Dundalk were in advanced talks to bring theMaher to Oriel until deals werecompleted with Shane Guthrieand Colin Hawkins. He signedfor Bohemians in 1996 and became a first team regular.After a spell at Fulham underKevin Keegan, Maher returned toBohs in 1998 and was part oftheir 2000/01 League and FAICup double-winning team.Moved to Bournemouth whereenjoyed seven years of footballplaying 117 matches. In 2008, hejoined Drogheda United andthen moved to Sporting Fingal,with whom he picked up an FAICup winners medal in 2009.

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FOUNDED1937 (as Galway Rovers)

GROUNDTerryland Park

NICKNAMEThe Tribesmen

HONOURSLeague: 0 (Second, 1985/86)Cup: 1: 1990/91League Cup: 2: 1985/86, 1996/97

LAST FIVE SEASONS2010: Premier division, eighth2009: Premier division, seventh2008: Premier division, ninth2007: Premier division, eighth2006: First division, thirdTerryland Park, home to Galway United


Tralee-born Kelly lined out forKingdom Boys, a youth team inKerry, where he attracted someinterest from Arsenal. Would return from London to join CorkCity with whom he made fiveappearances in 2008. Joined Galway for the first time underIan Foster before signing forLimerick FC in January 2010making 30 appearances for PatScully’s team. But having beenreleased at the end of the season, Galway moved to signhim for 2011. Kelly’s profile ongalwayunitedfc.ie reveals thathis favourite book is Maradona’sautobiography and that hissporting hero is Roy Keane. AnIrish U-19 & U-21 international.

Murphy is one of Galway’s mostinfluential and experiencedplayers. He made a big name forhimself in the early part of thelast decade when he scored 48goals in five seasons includingbecoming the top scorer in the2003 First Division. In 2004, hejoined Derry City for €22,000 andremained at the Brandywell for afrustrating two seasons beforereturning to Terryland in 2006.He then joined Shamrock Roversin February 2008 only to be released after just 17 matches.He rejoined Galway but wouldmissed the entire 2010 seasonwith a persistent knee injuryand will in no doubt be hopingto make up for lost time in 2011.

Captain of the team that wonthe 1990/91 FAI Cup, and thematchwinner as well, JohnnyGlynn will be remembered byall Tribesmen as the man whobrought the silverware back toGalway in May 1991. But Glynnalso featured in United’ otherFAI Cup final appearance backin 1985, leaving aside his Leaving Cert studies for a dayafter having been snapped upby Tom Lally from local club,Corrib Shamrocks.

Glynn’s family moved to theUSA after the final, and he tookup a scholarship at Boston University only to return homein late 1986 to join ShamrockRovers. Though his debut camein a 1-0 League Cup final defeatto Dundalk, Rovers bouncedback to claim the League andCup double - defeating theWhites 3-0 in the FAI Cup final.Glynn rejoined Lally at SligoRovers where he finished as topscorer, but injuries followedand he returned to Galway, whowere managed by Joey Malone.The FAI Cup was then captured,but Glynn moved on once more,firstly to Cork City and then toSt Patrick’s Athletic, winningthe league with both clubs. Hethen played in Norway beforewinning the FAI Cup once morewith Cork. He currently manages Mervue United.

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CAPTAIN of the Irish Schoolboys’under-15s team when playingat centre-half, classy DaveO’Connell had a well-earnedreputation as one of the best attacking full-backs in theLeague of Ireland during his six-season spell with Bohemians.Debuting at Dalymount in the1979/80 season under BillyYoung, he also earned League of Ireland Inter-league caps, butthe major trophies eluded himduring this period.

For four consecutive years,Dave collected runner up mementos—for the FAI Cup in1982 when losing to Limerickand the following year to Sligofollowed by two League secondspots, in 1983/84 and 1984/85,when Jim McLaughlin’s Shamrock Rovers were lordingit over everybody. The 1981/82Cup loss followed a magnificentsemi-final win over Dundalkafter a four-game marathon. Dave was one of the first signings made by TurloughO’Connor when he was

appointed Dundalk manager inthe summer of 1985, and by thefollowing January Dave hadadded another silver medal tohis collection, this time in theLeague Cup after losing in thefinal to Galway United. An early season mystery injury inthe following season—later diagnosed as caused by a pieceof bone lodged in the muscle ofhis upper leg—severely limitinghis appearances, meant missingtwo more runner up spots inLeague and FAI Cup when Dundalk failed to get the betterof Shamrock Rovers.

He was unable to dislodge JoeyMalone from his full-back slotin the 1987/88 double-winningseason, and after being maderedundant (he was a bricklayerwith CIE), he decided to emigrate to America in January1988 and he spent 18 months in San Francisco. On his returnto Ireland, he was snapped upby Noel King, Shamrock Roversmanager. King converted Connell to a midfielder andover a three-season spell he became one of the leading midfielders in the league. InJanuary 1991 he won his firstSoccer Writers Player of theMonth Award, 12 seasons aftermaking his debut. He was alsovoted Rovers Player of the Year

for the 1990/91 and 1991/92 seasons. In 1991, he collectedhis third FAI Cup runner upmedal when Galway United gotthe better of Rovers in the final.

Leaving Rovers after the 1991/92year, he spent a season in theIrish League with Ards wherehis midfield leadership spurredthe team to a mid-season club-record 14 matches unbeaten record and to semi-final appearances in the Budweiser Floodlit Cup and theWilkinson League Cup. In thesecond half of the year theybattled through to an Irish Cupfinal appearance but in a three-match marathon, local rivals Bangor won the secondreplay with a goal in the lastminute and Dave added an IrishCup runner up medal to histhree FAI runner up mementos.

For a fee of £2,500 he movedsouth, this time to Droghedabut even the arrival of JimMcLaughlin as managercouldn’t save the Boynesidersfrom relegation. His last playingstint was with Limerick, wherehe spent five seasons, finishingup as playing-manager until hewas sacked in February 1999.His last league involvement wasduring 2000/01 as manager ofGalway United.

Dave Connell

ProfileDave Connell�s (born: 27/11/61) League of Irelandplaying career spanned 18 years with stints at Bohemians, Dundalk (1985-88: 54 total apps, 1 goal),Shamrock Rovers, Drogheda United and Limerick. In total, he would make 335 appearances (including16 as substitute) and score six goals. His playing career also included a spell in the Irish League withArds and he also managed Galway United for a short spell. Won three League of Ireland caps during his spell with Dundalk (versus Irish League,Iraq and Saudi Arabia). Currently Irish Women�sUnder-19 coach having been appointed manager in January 2011. Initially joined the FAI in 2006 as a development officer in Ballymun and Finglas.

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DUNDALK gave new impetusto their title hopes with thisvictory over Galway United at Oriel Park during the1985/86 season. The newsthat Shamrock Rovers hadlost 1-0 to St Patrick’s Athleticwas greeted with a loud roaras Dundalk cut moved withinfour points with a game inhand.

Before kick-off Galway Unitedwere two points ahead ofDundalk in the table makingthis encounter crucial forboth teams. Indeed, Galwaylooked set to make a titlecharge until a poor run. Thisdefeat was their seventhmatch without a win.

The match was a tough encounter that spilled over to the sidelines. TurloughO’Connor and Tony Mannion,both Athlone men, were involved in some verbal confrontations throughout.

Dundalk took the lead afterjust seven minutes whenDave Connell, enjoying agreat run of form at right-back, projected the perfect cross for Paddy Joyceto head past the returningRichie Blackmore in the Galway goal.

The visitors came close to anequaliser when Paul McGee,easily Galway’s best forward,collected Eamon Deacy’sthrough pass in his stride, butAlan O’Neill came off his linequickly to narrow the angle.Then, after Dessie Gormanhad wasted a good chance,

Dundalk went 2-0 up fiveminutes before half-time. Despite putting seven playersin the defensive wall whenDundalk were awarded a direct free-kick, this justserved to block Blackmore’sline of sight as Gormanswerved the ball around thewall between the keeper andhis right-hand post.

Joyce came close in the second half when his headerwas cleared off the line byJohn Naughton while O’Neillwas at his best to save fromColm McGonigle and PaulMurphy. Paul McGee scored asensational strike with justtwo minutes remaining to

Statistics

DUNDALK: O�Neill, Connell, McCue,Malone, Lawlor, Kehoe, Carroll,Shelly, Joyce, Gorman, McNulty.Subs: McConville for Carroll, L Murray for McCue.

GALWAY UNITED: Blackmore,Naughton, Cassidy, Bonner, Nolan,Deacy, Mannion, McDonnell,Steedman, McGonigle, McGee.Sub: Murphy for Steedman.

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finish the scoring. Dundalkwould eventually finish inthird place in the league,three points behind ShamrockRovers, and one behind Galway, to this date theTribesmen’s best finish in the competition.

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New manager, the former Dundalk player and Athlonemanager Turlough O’Connor,was busy building a side capable of challenging for thetitle.

In came Alan O’Neill, Joey Malone, Mick Shelley, RoddyCollins and Harry McCueamong others. It was an encouraging first season forTurly, with Dundalk pushingShamrock Rovers and Galwayall the way in the league.

Dundalk only conceded European qualification to Galway on the last day of theseason. Dundalk also made the League Cup final as O’Connor stamped his mark on his new club.

1985/86 also marked TommyMcConville’s last season atDundalk, after 20 years and 700games.

Galway were emerging as genuine title contenders underthe management of Tony Mannion.

After enjoying their first European tie, against Danishside Lyngby, Galway started the 22-match league seasonwith an impressive 16-matchunbeaten run up to March.

On 2 March they hosted champions and title rivalsShamrock Rovers at TerrylandPark, but Jim McLaughlin’sHoops proved their class with a3-1 win.

United also lost their next two game to Bohs and Dundalkbut steadied themselves to ease Dundalk out in the racefor Europe, sealing second spot, their highest-ever finish,and a UEFA Cup spot. TheTribesmen also won the League Cup, beating Dundalk 2-0 in the Tolka Park final.

Jim McLaughlin’s ShamrockRovers completed a hat-trick ofleague titles, pipping Galwayand Dundalk to the title. TheHoops completed the double,beating Waterford 2-0 in the FAICup final.

The first season of the First Division saw new boys BrayWanderers top the table. Despite the hype and fanaticalsupport, Derry City finishedmid-table - but then moved toappoint Jim McLaughlin asmanager.

Rovers were well beaten byHungarian side Honved in theEuropean Cup, Galway heldDanish cup winners Lyngby to a 4-2 aggregate win on their European debut while Bohemians lost 5-2 at home to a very strong Dundee United, but held the Scots to a 2-2 at Tannadice.

1985/86 marked Turlough O’Connor’s first season as manager at Oriel Park

1985/86: DUNDALK GALWAY UNITED Irish Football


1985/86

With previously dominant English clubs banned from European football after theHeysel tragedy, European competitions had a novel look to them.

Steaua Bucharest became thefirst club to take the EuropeanCup to the east, beating TerryVenables’ Barcelona 2-0 in astunningly inept penaltyshootout after a drab scorelessdraw.

Valery Lobanovski’s disciplined,tactical Dynamo Kiev won theCup Winners’ Cup, beatingAtlético Madrid 3-0 in the final.

Real Madrid won the UEFA Cup, thrashing Cologne 5-1 in the first leg of the final andrunning out 5-3 winners on aggregate.

Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for the 1986 FIFA World Cupwere effectively over before thestart of the season. Drawn in agroup with Russia, Denmark,Switzerland and Norway EoinHand’s side struggled.

Defeats in Moscow and athome to an emerging Denmark,featuring Preben Elkjaer, JanMolby and Michael Laudrup,left Ireland fourth in a fiveteam group.

Shamrock Rovers’ Pat Byrneplayed against Denmark in November, and was the lastLeague of Ireland player to playfor Ireland for over 20 years.

Jack Charlton replaced EoinHand in the spring, leading Ireland to a surprise win in a mini-tournament in Iceland,beating the hosts and Czechoslovakia.

With English clubs bannedfrom European competitionafter the Heysel disaster English football concentratedon domestic matters.

New Liverpool player-managerKenny Dalglish led his side totheir first League-FA Cup double.

In Scotland Hearts contrived to lose at Dundee on the finalday to hand the league title toCeltic. It was the first leaguetitle for the Old Firm in fourseason - they have won everytitle since.

Roy Coyle’s Linfield strolled to the fifth of six successiveIrish League titles. The Blueshad eight points to spare over runners-up Coleraine. Coleraine also made the IrishCup final, but were beaten 2-1 by a Glentoran side whowon the second of four successive Irish Cup titles.

1985/86 League of Ireland

Team Pld W D L F A Pts

1 Shamrock Rovers 22 15 3 4 44 17 33

2 Galway United 22 12 7 3 42 19 31

3 DUNDALK 22 12 6 4 34 16 30

4 Bohemians 22 8 11 3 27 22 27

5 Waterford United 22 8 10 4 27 25 26

6 St Patrick’s Athletic 22 8 9 5 23 19 25

7 Limerick City 22 10 4 8 45 28 24

8 Athlone Town 22 6 7 9 23 27 19

9 Home Farm 22 5 5 12 15 30 15

10 Cork City 22 3 7 12 23 44 1311 Shelbourne 22 3 7 12 15 40 13

12 Univ. College Dublin 22 2 4 16 19 50 8

European Football International Football Elsewhere...

Pat Byrne

The 1985/86 season was the first that witnessed twodivisions in the League of Ireland. From the 10-team second flight, Bray Wanderers and Sligo Rovers cameout on top, ahead of Longford Town & Derry City.

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Dundalk's Player of the Year in TurloughO'Connor's first season was dynamic midfielder Joey Malone.

A former Ireland under-21 international,Malone had made his name at Bohs, Pats and Athlone before joining Dundalk.During his time at Dundalk he formed a fine partnership with Barry Kehoe. Malone won the double with Dundalk in 1988 and moved to Galway as player-manager, leading the club to their onlymajor trophy, the FAI Cup, in 1991. Helater had spells at Longford, Waterfordand Monaghan.

The arrival of legendary striker Paul ‘Ski’McGee helped transform Galway Unitedfrom midtable respectability to genuinetitle challengers. The former Ireland international scored 19 goals for Galwayin 1985/86, propelling the Tribesmen totheir best ever season. The well-travelledSligo man is one of the league’s top tenmost prolific goalscorers. He scored wellover 100 league goals for Sligo, withwhom he won the league in 1977, Galwayand Finn Harps among others. McGee also had spells in Holland and Canada,and in England with QPR, Burnley andPreston. He won 16 caps for Ireland, scoring four goals.

1985/86: DUNDALK STAR GALWAY UNITED STAR

Paul McGeeJoey Malone


1985/86

Former Shamrock Rovers defender JimBeglin established himself at left back forLiverpool and Ireland during the 1985/86season. He played in each of Ireland’sWorld Cup qualifiers and played a majorpart in Liverpool League and FA Cup double.

Beglin’s promising career came to a premature end after he sustained a badknee injury in 1987. He made somethingof a comeback with Liverpool and thenLeeds but a series of injuries saw him retire from the game in 1991, aged 27. He played over 100 games for Liverpooland won 15 caps for Ireland.

Dynamo Kiev striker Igor Belanov was the 1986 European Football of the Year.

Belanov’s goals helped Dynamo to retainthe Soviet league title in 1986 and he lefKiev to the 1986 Cup Winners Cup title.He led Russia’s attack at the World Cup finals in Mexico, scoring four goals inMexico, including a hattrick in a 4-3 last16 defeat to Belgium.

Belanov was one of the stars of the World Cup, a creative fulcrum and goal scorer in Russia’s Dynamo Kiev dominated team.

IRISH INTERNATIONAL STAR SUPERSTAR!

Igor BelanovJim Beglin

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Dundalk qualified for the FreeState Cup Final by beatingDolphin 3-1 at DalymountPark in this semi-final replay.The result flattered Dundalk,but Dolphin (from Dolphin’sBarn in Dublin), paid thepenalty for missing many opportunities and for poorgoalkeeping. All three Dundalk goals should havebeen prevented by Kelly in the Dolphin goal. Conversely,Dundalk’s keeper McMullenproduced a string of sensational saves.

Dundalk had the better of theearly play. Berry had a goodshot saved by Kelly and soonafter he tipped over an effortby Henry Hirst. Then, after a corner had been cleared,Slowey crossed for Joey Donnelly (right) to head pastKelly at his near post to makeit 1-0. Just before half-timeDundalk broke quickly fromdefence and McCourt headedpast Kelly to make it 2-0. Thistime the keeper appeared tolose sight of the ball in thesun. Dolphin fought backstrongly in the second halfand pulled a goal back whenSomers netted with a greatleft foot shot. McMullan andhis defenders stayed strong.Dundalk remained dangerouson the break and Kelly spilleda Donnelly shot into the pathof Hirst who completed thescoring.

Elsewhere...At a meeting in Belfast thefollowing resolution waspassed: “That all relationshipbetween the Irish FootballLeague and clubs, and the

Free State League and clubsbe hereby terminated”. Theresolution was passed by 14votes to 7 by Irish League delegates. The matter arosebecause the Free State Leaguerefused to play the annualmatch with the Irish League,which had been fixed for theprevious Saturday.

1931: Dolphin 1-3 Dundalk

STATISTICS

DOLPHIN: Kelly, Lennox, Doyle,Robinson, Dixon, McAllister,Goodwin, Somers, Carroll, Lee, Peterson.

DUNDALK: McMullen, McKeown, McDiarmuid, Slowey, Reid, Johnson, McCourt,Berry, Stewart, Hirst, Donnelly.


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Dundalk recorded a facile 5-0victory over Transport at OrielPark on this day in 1962.

Jimmy Hasty (left) and LiamMunroe made a return to the Dundalk line-up after aprolonged absence. Dundalkwent ahead after 20 minutes,when Grogan let an easy shotfrom John Murphy throughhis hands. Grogan was culpable five minutes laterwhen he was unable to hold ashot from Munroe and theball bobbled over the line. Fiveminutes from the interval TedHarte headed Dundalk’s thirdgoal from Munroe’s cross andjust on half-time, Hastyscored a typically superb effort, flicking Coleman’s pass past Grogan.

Transport did better in thesecond half and Grogan redeemed himself with somegreat saves. However, Hartewas taken down in thepenalty area and Murphyscored from the penalty spotto make it 5-0.

Elsewhere...FAI Cup quarter-finals – Waterford 2-0 Drumcondra,Bohemians 0-1 ShamrockRovers. St Patrick’s Athletic 1-0 Cork Celtic, Pike Rovers 1-2 Shelbourne.

In The News...Britain, USA and the USSRbegin nuclear disarmamenttalks in Geneva; Three members of an Irish familydie in their Liverpool houseafter a gas leak; 10 French soldiers among 13 dead following fighting in Algeria.

1962: Dundalk 5-0 Transport

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Dundalk qualified for thesemi-finals of the FAI Cup inwindy conditions at OrielPark.

Both sides struggled with the blustery wind and, as aconsequence, the large crowdwitnessed a scrappy game.However, with the wind at their backs, Dundalk gradually took command ofthe game. Dundalk took the lead after the first real incident of the game. Flanagan got clear on theright wing and sent over ateasing ball into the penaltyarea which Tony O’Dohertyhandled when trying to bring it under control. Jimmy Dainty’s (above, right)firmly struck spot-kick hit the underside of the crossbar on its way to the net to bringthe crowd to their feet.

Chances were at a premiumfor the remainder of the half.Cathal Muckian shot over thebar after 21 minutes andCharlie McDermott made agreat save to deny Hilary Carlyle. Mick Lawlor, makinghis first appearance sinceChristmas, blazed over thecrossbar following a Vinny

McKenna cross just before the break. Harps applied thepressure following the break.

In the 61st minutes, JohnDuffy found Joe McGrory clear in the penalty area withthe home defence standingstill looking for an off-side decision and he headed justwide of Richie Blackmore’spost. Blackmore was againcalled into service a minutelater when he saved an effortfrom Duffy.

However, Dundalk finally putthe game beyond Harps’ reachin the 70th minute whenFlanagan received the ballmidway inside the Harps half and sent a perfectthroughball to Muckian, who with little space to spare, slotted the ball pastMcDermott.

Dundalk were in fine form onthis day in 1984 when theybrushed past Sligo Rovers by 4-0.

Barry Kehoe (above) forcedgoalkeeper Colin Oakley intoa good save early on. Dundalktook an early lead after 17 minutes when Mick Fairclough nodded down forDundalk’s leading scorer,Benny Laryea, to score. It was not until the 73rd minutewhen Dundalk increased theirlead. Mick Wright forced theball home from close rangefollowing a goal mouthscramble.

Paul Cunningham laid on the cross in the 79th minutewhen Kehoe made it 3-0.Kehoe then returned the compliment three minuteslater releasing Cunninghamfor Dundalk’s fourth.

Elsewhere...While Dundalk were in leagueaction, elsewhere it was FAICup quarter-final day.

Terry Eviston scored the winner for Shamrock Roversto give them a 1-0 win overLimerick City, while Galway

1979: Dundalk 2-0 Finn Harps 1984: Dundalk 4-0 Sligo Rovers

STATISTICS

DUNDALK: Blackmore, McConville, Martin Lawlor,McKenna, Dunning, Flanagan,Byrne, Mick Lawlor, Carlyle,Muckian, Dainty.

FINN HARPS: McDermott, Duffy,Monagle, T O’Doherty, Sheridan,Healy, Logan, McNally, McGrory,Minnock, P McGuinness.


11 March

United were beaten 1-0 by Shelbourne at Harold’s Cross.

Shels were reduced to tenmen when John Delamere for punching Tony Mannion. Former Dundalk striker Brian Duff was in the Galwayline-up and he was unlucky to hit the crossbar in the 21stminute. The only goal of thegame was scored by a futureDundalk striker when PaddyJoyce headed home in the88th minute. Other past or future Dundalk players onshow that day were DaveMackey and Paul Newe wholined out for Shels.

In the other two quarter-finals, Waterford beat FinnHarps 2-1 and UCD, whowould eventually win thecompetition, defeated Home Farm 2-1.

From the kick-off Dundalkwere in top gear in Longford,but home keeper StephenO’Brien was in inspired form –time and again pulling offfantastic saves, one in particular to deny Anto Reilly.His efforts ensured that theteams went in on level termsat half-time.

Longforf pulled themselvesinto the game in the second-half. This surge culminated in the opening goal after 56minutes as Keith O’Connor headed home a StephenGavin cross.

Dundalk manager Terry Eviston pushed Noel Melvinfrom central defence to centre forward for the last 15 minutes or so and twominutes into stoppage time,the equaliser came. PaddyQuinn hooked the ball intothe penalty box where Melvinrose to volley home.

1984: Dundalk 4-0 Sligo Rovers Summary

John Murphy scored an unlikely double from his defensive berth when theWhites beat Transport 5-0 at Oriel Park in 1962 - his second goal coming from the penalty spot.

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Dundalk have drawn onlyonce on this day, that comingin 2000 in a first division promotion tussle in Longford.Noel Melvin was on the score-sheet with a late leveller.

11RESULTS

1931 Dolphin 1-3 Dundalk*1933 Dundalk 2-1 Cork**1934 Bray Unknowns 5-3 Dundalk1951 Sligo Rovers 2-0 Dundalk*1962 Dundalk 5-0 Transport1973 Dundalk 1-2 Finn Harps1979 Dundalk 2-0 Finn Harps*1984 Dundalk 4-0 Sligo Rovers1990 St Patrick’s Ath 1-0 Dundalk*2000 Longford Town 1-1 Dundalk

Overall recordPlayed: 10Won: 5, drawn: 1, lost: 4Goals for: 21, goals conceded: 13Last win: 1984, Last defeat: 1990

*FAI Cup, **Shield

STATISTICS

DUNDALK: Blackmore, O’Brien,Lawlor, McConville, Wright,McLaughlin, Maher, Kehoe, Fairclough, Laryea, Lundy. Sub: Cunningham for Fairclough.

SLIGO ROVERS: Oakley, Fielding,Scanlon, McGee, Stenson,McGuigan, McLoughlin, Savage,Rutherford, Moylan. Sub: Ferrin for Conn.

STATISTICS

DUNDALK: Connolly, Whelan,Crawley, Melvin, Campbell,Flanagan, Morrisroe, Hoey,Quinn, Izzi, Reilly.Subs: Thornton, Delany & M Reidfor Morrisroe, Hoey & Reilly.

2000: Longford 1-1 Dundalk

GALWAY UNITED &NICK LEESON… who’d havepredicted that marriage endingin tears, eh? Leeson is renownedfor shamelessly lying andcheating about finances,deliberately misleading theauthorities and running avenerable institution into theground, while Galway Unitedon the other hand... well it’d bechurlish to mention the IAGprocess again wouldn’t it, sowe won’t. Never, ever again.

So, moving swiftly on, Galway jointhe esteemed list of Bohs, Fingal,Cork, Drogheda and everyone elsein crashing into the financial abyss.While the temporary denial ofGalway’s Premier Licence waspainted as a technicality it seemsthat United’s woes are genuine.Galway face the classic League ofIreland problem of reconcilingincome and expenditure whilepeddling a product that not manypeople are interested in. Thefundamental problem for GalwayUnited, sadly, is that Galway peoplearen’t really that interested infootball. Of course you could saythat about all League of Irelandclubs, but for whatever reasonGalway United lack the identityand the affection that is morevisible for football clubs in Sligo,Dundalk, Derry, Tallaght and Cork.

Galway is the quintessential Irishcity, only it is somehow more Irishthan the rest of the country. WhatIreland does, Galway does to ahigher factor- the arts, crapweather, the craic, destructiverelationship with alcohol, festivals,the enforced preservation of adying language, great pubs,half-hearted League of Ireland

support, bandwagon hopping forGAA, rugby, or whatever else is theflavour of the month. If you likeIreland you’ll love Galway… orpossibly drown in a cloying sea ofüber-Irishness.

Of course Galway is not anentirely sports-phobic society.Liverpool and Celtic andManchester United are held inenough esteem to be referred toas “we”. Lots and lots and lots ofpeople will go to the GalwayRaces. Galway hurling and footballwill attract formidable crowds toSalthill- when things are goingvery, very well. Connacht rugby, theArts Festival, air shows and yachtracing will also attract multitudeswhen things are going well or whenit’s an “event”. But it has to be anattractive “event” and not a run-of-the-mill, week-in week-outleague type thing requiring acommitment of time and interest.

On the interweb a couple of yearsback (there really is no limit to theresearch The Spectator puts intoan article) a Galway United fanbemoaned the fact that Galwaywere at home the same week theVolvo Ocean Race was in town.

Bear in mind that the VORbrought several hundred thousandvisitors to the city. Where else inthe world would the fact that acity’s population had temporarilyquadrupled be considered a badthing for a local business involvedin the entertainment industry?Only in Ireland- and especially inGalway. This is a city where thefootball club has such a lowprofile that a taxi driver broughtThe Spectator and friends toTerryland Shopping Centre whenwe requested Terryland Park acouple of seasons ago. Uponbeing forcibly told that we werelooking for the football ground hebrought us to the only city centresoccer pitch he was aware of - theAstroturf pitches at UCG.

The reinstatement of GalwayUnited’s Premier Division licencehas saved them the humiliation ofrelegation to the A Championshipand relegation to the status of thecity’s third biggest club. However,for the foreseeable future it seemslikely that Galway United willremain the second biggest clubin Connacht. Sligo may have afraction of the population but ithas a multiple of the passion.

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