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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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The Dundalk manager

kicks off the 2011 season

with his opening column

Milo Corcoran welcomes

the Setanta Sports Cup

to Oriel Park for the

first time

Dundalk’s No1, Peter Cherrie,

talks about his career

with Dundalk and his

time in Scotland

Jeff McNamara speaks

to Colm Murphy about

his career in football

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DUNDALK v LINFIELD

KICK-OFF

WELCOME TO ORIEL PARK:THE HOME OF FOOTBALL04

Welcome back to Oriel Park for the startof what is sure to be another excitingseason.Tonight’s visit of Linfield FC isthe best possible start to the season.Ian’s side performed heroically twoweeks ago when few people gave us achance.Hopefully tonight there will be apacked Oriel Park to see the return leg.

There has been a lot said around town abouttonight’s game.While it is understandablethat a lot of comments are based onmemories of 1979, it is important to notethat Dundalk fans were treated very welltwo weeks ago and there was not the tiniesthint of trouble.

Also, a few weeks previously I was part of adelegation of 30 Dundalk fans who wereguests of Linfield for their match withBallymena United.We were given a fantasticwelcome and even paid a visit to the NorthShankhill Linfield Supporters Club beforewe returned home.The new Dessie GormanCup competition will help strengthenrelationships between the two clubs.

Thankfully, the club have a rare off-seasonwhere continuity was achieved.While it was

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a pity to lose players of the quality of LiamBurns and Faz, we have signed some hugelytalented players. I’m sure all fans would liketo welcome Keith Ward, Ger Bolger, ShaneGuthrie, Michael Hector, Jason Byrne,Eoghan Osborne, Colin Hawkins and MarkQuigley to Oriel Park.

Of course it wouldn’t be an off-season without the usual panic throughout theLeague of Ireland. Will you miss SportingFingal? It always seemed just too good to be true for a team with a very small supportbase. This year is going to be the hardest formany years to raise the money required tokeep the club in a healthy position.

We hope you enjoy the new Dundalk FC Magazine and that you continue to supportour efforts throughout the season. The Magazine is an important source of funds forthe DFC Trust so please make an effort topick up your copy. As always, if you are in aposition to support the magazine throughadvertisements we would love to hear from you.

Colm MurphyDundalk FC Magazine editor

KICK-OFFDUNDALK v LINFIELD

HELLO and welcome to Oriel Park this evening forour Setanta Sports Cup first round, second leg tieversus Linfield. I would like to extend a warmwelcome to David Jeffrey, his staff, directors,players and fans of Linfield Football Club toDundalk tonight.

The first leg up in Belfast two weeks ago was anincredible game, with both teams playing the game in theright manner, end-to-end stuff with goals aplenty. I wasdelighted with the performance of my players, their firstcompetitive game since 29 October. It was always goingto be a tough workout for the players in that respect. Wearrived back for pre-season training two weeks early inpreparation for this fixture and I was delighted that myplayers finished the game strongly. They deserve an awfulamount of credit for how they have looked after theirbodies over the close season and how hard they haveworked during pre-season to get themselves ready forthis fixture. The game itself was a fabulous advert for

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‘‘ I am delighted with theacquisitions that we have made

has come in to replace the departing Wayne Hatswell asmy assistant manager. Wayne did a fantastic job for melast season and as a football club we wish him all thebest in his career. Darius comes to Dundalk from localneighbours Drogheda having worked with the club formany years at all age groups, the A-Championship teamand managing the first team. I am delighted to bring himto Dundalk; he is a wonderful coach and we share thesame philosophy on how the game should be played.

We have added eight new faces to the 11 lads that weretained from last season, with Eoghan Osborne, ColinHawkins, Michael Hector, Mark Quigley, Jason Byrne,Greg Bolger, Shane Guthrie and Keith Ward joining usover the course of the last 12 weeks. I am delighted withthe acquisitions that we have made in that period and Ibelieve that we can once again be competitive in theLeague of Ireland Premier Division. The players havetaken no time at all to settle in; the dressing room hereis always an easy one to walk into. Players, staff and

supporters have helped welcome the new faces to thetown and the football club. Pre-season will have takenin five friendly fixtures, two Setanta Sports Cup gamesand a Leinster Senior Cup game; probably the busiestpre-season that I have been involved in. It hasbeen difficult preparing the players for threecompetitive games in amongst the friendlygames, something that has been new to allof us. I would like to thank the FAI/FÁSIrishtown team, Muirhevnamor,Monaghan United, Limerick and RockCeltic for giving us five great games.

I am looking forward to anotherseason with Dundalk FC. I hopethat we can share some success in2011.Get behind the players likeyou always do, your support isinvaluable to our success.Enjoy the game!

Ian FosterDundalk FC manager

football in Ireland. Anybody at the game would havewitnessed some smashing football being played by bothsets of players and some wonderful finishing.

We are obviously delighted to be starting the game with atwo-goal advantage, something I think that we deservedon the night. However, my players are under no illusionat how tough tonight's game is going to be. A two-goallead is always considered a precarious scoreline duringthe 90 minutes, so with at least 90 minutes still to playwe know how important it is to start the game brightly,play our normal game and try to treat the game like anyother. Linfield haven't won the trophies they have bysurrendering to leads like ours. I would like to thank theDundalk fans who made the trip to Windsor Park; yoursupport on the night was fantastic and really helpedthe players throughout the game. I must also credit theLinfield fans who stayed at the end to clap our playersoff. I thought that was a wonderful gesture made byproper football fans.

There have been quite a few changes during the closeseason, none more so than on my staff. Darius Kierans

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the inside of the post from ten-yards. Home ‘keeperAlan Blayney then brilliantly denied Byrne’s curlingeffort, but the striker should have doubled the leadsixty seconds later when he found himself with justBlayney to beat, but he sliced his shot wildly wide ofthe target from 15-yards.

Linfield found an equaliser before the break whenNathan Murphy was adjudged to have fouled Billy JoeBurns at the by-line inside the box, with Thompsonblasting his spot-kick down the middle. Within tenminutes of the second half, Dundalk restored theirlead. Ross Gaynor worked his magic down the rightand his cross was picked up in the area by Quigleywho turned smartly before supplying a clinical finishfrom ten-yards. Five minutes later, it was 2-2. Hawkins


Treble:Daniel Kearns stole the headlines (top), but Mark Quigley (right) also scored twice

DANIEL KEARNS stole Dundalk hearts with ahat-trick which fired the Lilywhites to a famouswin on their Setanta Sports Cup debut as theydefeated runaway Irish League leaders Linfield 5-3at Windsor Park on Saint Valentine’s Night. TheBelfast-born winger gave his side the lead just pastthe half-hour mark only for Peter Thompson tolevel from the penalty spot before half-time. MarkQuigley fired in after the break and Robert Garrettand Kearns exchanged goals in a four-minuteperiod, before Quigley’s 25-yard cracker lookedto have killed the game off at 4-2. However,substitute Curtis Allen gave Linfield a lifeline on81 minutes, only for Kearns to seal victory andhis hat-trick deep in injury-time.

The first real chance of a pulsating game came on 27minutes when Garrett burst into the box from the leftand teed himself up before totally mis-kicking, withThompson’s follow-up effort blocked. Four minuteslater, Dundalk broke quickly and hit the front. Quigley’sexquisite cross-field pass from inside his own halffound Jason Byrne on the left and his delivery backacross the box was met by Kearns who blasted in off

Man of the matchDANIEL KEARNSThe midfielder hadn’t beennoted for his goalscoringability since joining fromWest Ham,but he made upfor it with a well-taken treble

KEARNS SHOWS NO LOVE TO LINFIELDLinfield 3-5 Dundalk • Setanta Cup • Windsor Park • 14 February 2011

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fouled Thompson as Dundalk conceded a secondpenalty and despite Peter Cherrie saving superbly therebound fell to Garrett whose effort went in off thesame post as Kearns’ opener. On 66 minutes, Dundalktook the lead for the third time. Kearns fed Quigleydown the left and the young winger continued his runinto the box, connecting with Quigley’s return pass toside-foot the ball beyond Blayney to the far cornerfrom six-yards.

With 15 minutes remaining, the visitors made it 4-2.From the left, Gaynor picked out Quigley in acres ofspace on the right 30-yards from goal, and with theball sitting up invitingly the 25-year-old let it bouncebefore unleashing an unstoppable dipping shot to thetop corner. Linfield were back in it on 81 minuteswhen Allen headed in from close range after his initialeffort hit the crossbar, before Cherrie denied Allenan equaliser with a brilliant stop on 91 minutes. Withinseconds, Dundalk secured a two-goal advantage forthe second leg as, with Linfield committed in attack,Kearns latched onto the ball on the halfway lineand raced towards goal before coolly slotting underBlayney.

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we’re involved in thisyear and we want to dowell in it. We would liketo go as far as we canbecause there is a trophythere to be won. We’llgive it our best shot.

‘Good challenge’Last weekend, we hadour final pre-seasonouting when we travelledto play Rock Celtic in Blackrock. It was a decentworkout for us and to win 4-1 was pleasing. I played thefirst half and the conditions were bad with the windand the pitch was a bit bobbly. But it was a goodchallenge for us and a good test. The Gaffer came onfor me at half-time. I think there’s a bit of pressure onme now! I didn’t think there was anyone there thatcould take my place. I thought he did alright; he lookedsharp. On my own form throughout pre-season, I havebeen happy enough. The main thing is to stay clear ofinjury and try to find your form in the matches, aheadof going into the competitive games.


Ian Foster:Even the Gaffer (centre) featured in the recent friendly against Rock Celtic - at right back!

SimonMadden

GOOD EVENING and welcome to this evening’sSetanta Sports Cup first round second leg meetingwith Linfield. We are coming into this game with a5-3 lead following the first leg at Windsor Park afortnight ago. It was a great performance and agreat win for us in Belfast. It was our firstcompetitive game, obviously they are halfwaythrough their season, but fitness wise we lookedgood. Coming towards the end, we maybe dippeda bit, but it was a very good performance and itgives us a great chance of progressing to thenext round.

Attack mindedHowever, it is only half-time in the tie so it’s far fromover and we have got to go and do our businesstonight. Linfield are the best team in the Irish League,and I thought they started the first leg well. The Gafferhad us well drilled on what to expect from them. But Ifeel we are more than capable of getting another winand going through to play Glentoran. We know whatwe have to do tonight. We can’t sit back and try toprotect the lead. We have to go and attack again. TheSetanta Sports Cup is one of four cup competitions

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Squad bondWe ended our pre-season programme with five winsfrom six games, and I think that is important forconfidence and to build a winning mentality going intothe league. We are just four days away from our firstleague game now when we play one of my formerclubs, Shamrock Rovers, at Tallaght Stadium. We areall looking forward to that now, and hopefully we cango there and get a positive result. We have a goodsquad here. All the boys have settled in well to thedressing room; even the ones who have arrived inthe last couple of weeks have settled in straight away.We have a young squad with a couple of old heads –the atmosphere is very good. There is a good bondbetween the lads, so hopefully we can have a goodseason on the field too.

Enjoy the game!

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TREATMENT

Dean BennettInjury:Groin strainPrognosis:Dean Bennett hada slight groin strain followingthe Limerick game and that’swhy he didn’t feature againstRock Celtic last weekend.Our goal was to get Dean fit for the twobig games this week, against Linfield andShamrock Rovers.

Stephen MaherInjury:Osteitis pubisPrognosis: Stephen Maher iscontinuing his recovery fromosteitis pubis and is doing well.He got an injection and did alot of strengthening and rehabwork in the off-season. He is still behindthe rest of the lads in fitness but he is slowlygetting game-time under his belt.We’rewaiting to see how he reacts. It’s one of thoseinjuries you have to nurse and keep an eyeon and make sure there is no reaction.

Stephen McDonnellInjury: Thigh strainPrognosis: StephenMcDonnell had a thigh strain.We gave him some time outrecently to let it settle downcompletely and try to get himready for the games this week.

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Good evening everyone and welcome to Oriel Parkfor tonight’s Setanta Cup first round second leggame against Linfield FC from Belfast. We wish towelcome the Linfield manager, David Jeffrey, hisplayers, Club officials and supporters to Dundalkfor this eagerly awaited fixture. We wish to thankall connected with Linfield FC for the warmwelcome which was extended to us at the firstleg match at Windsor Park two weeks ago, andwe will make every effort to reciprocate tonight.

Of course a lot will be made in the media of the factthat the last time our teams met in competitive actionhere at Oriel Park was that infamous EuropeanChampions Cup match in August 1979. However,

consistent performer in the Setanta Sports Cupsince its’ inception, and despite our thrilling 5-3 victoryin the first leg at Windsor Park two weeks ago we arewell aware that Linfield will provide us with very stiffopposition and we will have to be at our very best againtonight if we are to make further progress in this yearscompetition.

As a border club our participation in this years SetantaSports Cup has been eagerly awaited by all our fans.Because of our proximity to Northern Ireland our fansrelish the prospect of playing teams such as Linfield,and since the draw for the competition was made lastDecember we have all been looking forward verymuch to this tie.

A new future: The launch of the Dessie Gorman Cup (above) & Jim McCourt with David Browne Snr (right)

‘‘ Ian Foster has put together astrong and exciting squad ’’Ireland as a country, north and south, has changed

greatly in those intervening years and I’m sure thatall the travelling Linfield fans will be made feelwelcome in Oriel Park tonight. Links between our twoclubs have been enhanced greatly over the last 10-12years through the Dunfield Project and more recentlythrough the launch of the ‘Dessie Gorman Cup’.

Of course Linfield have a fantastic record in theSetanta Sports Cup, being the inaugural winners ofthe competition in 2005, when they defeatedShelbourne FC in the final at Tolka Park, Dublin.They have certainly been Northern Ireland’s most

I think that the knockout format of this year’sSetanta Sports Cup will make it a much more excitingcompetition. In my opinion the group stage leagueformat of recent years does not capture theimagination of of fans, and the revamped formatshould boost attendances and the excitement levels.

Ian Foster has managed to put together a strong andexciting squad of players for the forthcoming season,and our appetite for the season ahead was whetted bythe teams fantastic performance in the Windsor Parkgame. Both the Board and Ian are hopeful that we willbe in a position to challenge for some of the domestic

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DIRECTORYDUNDALKFCCLUBChief Executive Officer Gerry MatthewsChairman Pádraig McGowanSecretary Maeve McQuillanFAI Representative Kevin HollandClub Promotions Officer Paul JohnstonCommunications 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 TBDPhysiotherapist 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 TBDLadies 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

trophies on offerthis season After re-establishing DundalkFC as a PremierDivision club over thepast two seasons weshould now beambituous enough tobuild on our progressand seriously challengethe top two or threeclubs in the country.

Our match sponsors for tonights game are Fastfix, whoare also our club sponsors again for the 2011 season.We welcome Andy, Paul and their guests to Oriel Parkfor tonights’ big game and we hope that they enjoywhat should be a magnificent occasion. Fastfix havebeen tremendous supporters of our Club over thepast years and we are extremely appreciative of theirsupport and help.

Yours in sport, & c’mon the Lilywhites!

Padraig McGowan

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GOALS from Mark Leavy, Paddy McShane andKarl Martin gave Dundalk their third straightleague win as they shot to second place in theDDSL Major 1 U17 Division with a comfortable3-0 win over lowly Leixlip United at Oriel Park afortnight ago (13 February). The Lilywhitesdominated the entire game but after Leavy’s20th-minute opener, it took until 71 minutes tofind a second, when McShane headed in, beforethe impressive Martin completed the scoring witha bullet header ten minutes from time.

Leavy openerA dominant Dundalk hit the front before themidway point of the first half when Leavy’s effortwas deflected into the net. Before the half-hour mark,the young Lilywhites almost doubled their lead butLatvian striker Gatis Logins shot wide on the turnjust outside the six-yard box. On 38 minutes, Martinmade a surging run through midfield and in plentyof space shot from 25-yards, with the Leixlipgoalkeeper gathering at the second attempt as thehome side continued to dominate. Leavy and DamiKusigbagbe then combined down the left, with thelatter breaking into the box and cutting the ball backfor Logins whose effort was well blocked. Then thebusy Logins had another effort on goal just momentslater, this occasion his shot from the right corner ofthe box hitting the outside of the post on the far sideof the goal.

Double headerAfter the break, substitute Jamie McCaul shot widewhen well placed while Logins’ volley was also off-target shortly after. Leixlip could have equalised beforethe hour but blazed over from eight-yards, andDundalk grabbed a second on 71 minutes. Martin’scorner fell to Conor Macken at the back post, his crossback towards goal was challenged for by DarrenMeehan, and McShane was on hand to head in theloose ball from eight-yards. Cian Byrne was somehowdenied a third on 76 minutes when, after connectingwith a corner on the meat, his shot was blocked on theline. Dundalk did, however, make it 3-0 on 80 minuteswhen Gary Shevlin’s corner was met by a bullet headerfrom Martin. In the final moments, Leixlip chased aconsolation and had a goal ruled out for offside beforehome ‘keeper Ciarán Taaffe pulled off a fine save topush the ball over on the stroke of full-time.

‘Big week’With the win, Dundalk moved two points behindleaders Saint Francis, who have played five games more,while they are a point clear of their closest challengers.“It was a big week for us,” Raymond Trimble, whojointly manages the Youths with Alan Browne, said,“with us having the midweek fixture as well. To get sixpoints out of six is a great boost and puts us up there.I’d say in the next couple of weeks the league will startto pan itself out and the bigger teams will start tocome to the forefront. At the moment, there are guys

We have to go and compete,and that’s what we intend to do

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Name:Glen TrainorProfile: Trainor (born: 12 Aug 1993)is a midfielder who joined DundalkFC in July 2009.The Blackrock nativeis currently captain of theYouths teamand has been a key figure in their riseto challenge for the DDSL Major 1U17 Division. He has also featured for the club’s U20sand A sides. Previous clubs include Rock Celtic andShelbourne. First featured in the Dundalk first teamfor the recent friendly against Rock Celtic.

’’DUNDALK FCYOUTHS (4-4-2):Ciarán Taaffe;Paddy McShane,Darren Meehan,Cian Byrne,Dami Kusigbagbe (Martin Murphy 70);ConorMacken,Gary Shevlin, Karl Martin,Mark Leavy(Kieran Clinton 75);Gatis Logins, Kurt Murphy(Jamie McCaul 32).Goals:M Leavy (20), P McShane (71),K Martin (80).Booked:C Byrne (84).Unused Subs:None.

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Team Pld W D L F A PtsDerry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0DUNDALK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Monaghan United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Team Pld W D L F A Pts1 Saint Francis 11 5 2 4 172 DUNDALK 6 5 0 1 153 Mountview Boys 7 4 2 1 144 Saint Joseph’s Boys 7 4 2 1 145 Lourdes Celtic 8 4 1 3 136 Tolka Rovers 5 3 2 0 117 Saint Kevin’s Boys 5 2 1 2 78 Saint Mochta’s 11 1 3 7 69 Athlone Town 3 1 1 1 410 Leixlip United 7 1 1 5 411 Ballybrack Boys 8 0 3 5 3

Date Opponent / Venue Comp ResultSun 29/08 SAINT FRANCIS H U17 W 3-0Sun 12/09 SAINT MOCHTA’S H U17 W 2-1Sun 24/10 LOURDES CELTIC H U17 L 0-1Sun 30/01 ATHLONE TOWN H U17 W 3-1Tue 08/02 BALLYBRACK BOYS H U17 W 4-1Sun 13/02 LEIXLIP UNITED H U17 W 3-0

Ballybrack Boys A U17Mountview Boys A U17Saint Joseph’s Boys A U17Tolka Rovers A U17Saint Kevin’s Boys A U17MOUNTVIEW BOYS H U17SAINT JOSEPH’S BOYS H U17TOLKA ROVERS H U17SAINT KEVIN’S BOYS H U17Saint Francis A U17Saint Mochta’s A U17Lourdes Celtic A U17Athlone Town A U17Leixlip United A U17

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Team Pld W D L F A PtsBohemians A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Castlebar Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Derry City A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Drogheda United A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0DUNDALK A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Finn Harps A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Monaghan United A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Shelbourne A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sligo Rovers A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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their minds are probablyelsewhere, so you haveto allow for that as well.But we’re going in theright direction.Unfortunately GlenTrainor got injured, butMichael Osobe sat onthe bench for the firstteam in one of thepre-season games.When you see young fellas making strides into Ian’sfirst-team plans, that means we’re definitely going inthe right direction. That’s what it is all about; youngplayers’ progression is more paramount than actuallywinning games, because Ian (Foster) and Paul(Johnston) want to see players coming through tothe first team.”

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HELLO and welcome to OrielPark for the visit of Linfield inthe Setanta Sports Cup firstround second leg. The firstleg proved to be a very specialoccasion and I’m sure tonightwill be no different. It was vitalto get off to a good start andthe supporters and team bothplayed blinders on the night!

As some of you may know I havebeen involved with the first teamsince last season, where I wasassistant to ‘wee’ Gerry thekitman. In actual fact I have beenat the club since 2008, when Ihelped Paul Johnston pilot ourfirst coaching in the schoolsprogramme with Gaelscoil DhúnDealgan whilst I studied

Community Sports Leadership.Since then I have acted asCommunity Coach for the clubon various programmes.

This year I intend to be moreheavily involved as CommunityCoach especially with the newYouth Development Centredue to open shortly. I will beworking closely with Paul andMartin Connolly (Head of YouthDevelopment) to develop somenew programmes but we willhopefully begin our annualcoaching in the schoolsprogramme in the coming weeks.As well as working with our localcommunity, I plan to work alittle further afield this yearalso and tie in links with some

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other areas in the North East.I am currently coachingCootehill Harps U16s in theCavan/ Monaghan SchoolboysLeague to help me with myUEFA B license, so I am hopingto use the links with that leagueto build relations and add to asmall minority of CavanLilywhites that currently attendour matches and other activitieswe will have throughout the year.

In the past few weeks, we ranthe “Show Racism the Red Card”presentation with O’FiaichCollege transition and fifth yearstudents. This was a very goodexperience as there was a gooddebate after it with the students,which was enjoyable and theyhad lots of questions for PeterCherrie and Nathan Murphy. Thefollowing week the club visitedDe La Salle College to putLilywhite Legend John Flanaganand his team through their pacesbefore the North East LeinsterFinal which they won. Myselfand Martin attended along withJohnny Breen, Mark Griffin,Nathan Murphy and assistantmanager Darius Kierans. Welldone to the De La Salle lads!

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DUNDALK FC is delighted toannounce that The CrownePlaza Hotel has extended itsAssociate Sponsorship dealwith the club. The CrownePlaza Hotel has been on boardat Oriel Park since 2009, andas part of the renewal theywill remain the club’saccommodation sponsor forthe 2011 season. DundalkFC General Manager PaulJohnston has welcomed thedeal, which he says shows thehotel’s “commitment to thetown of Dundalk and localbusiness”.

The announcement comes aheadof an exciting time for the clubon the pitch, and Johnston ishoping that such sponsorship willalso help the club “grow” off it.“We are delighted to come to anagreement with The CrownePlaza Hotel to extend theirsponsorship deal with the club,”Johnston said. “It will be the

hotel’s third year sponsoringDundalk FC and it shows clearlytheir commitment to us and tothe town of Dundalk. TheCrowne Plaza has really boughtinto what we are trying to do onthe pitch which is to perform atthe highest level. They have alsobought into what we are trying todo off the pitch which is to reachout to our local community, offerprogrammes that they can engagein, and open the services andfacilities the club have to offer sothey can use them.”

Crowne Plaza Hotel GeneralManager, Niamh Murphy, added:“We are delighted to continue ourassociation with Dundalk FC atwhat is a very exciting time forthe club. Dundalk FC is veryimportant to the town and weare thrilled to back the club foranother year as they look tobuild on their fine recent progressback towards the top of Irishfootball.”

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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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MATCHDAYTEAM STATISTICS 2011DATE OPPONENTS COMP H/A K-O RESFri 28 Jan FAI/FÁS IRISHTOWN XI FRIE H n/a 2-1 W P MURPHY MADDEN© N MURPHY BENNETT WHELAN OSBORNEWed 02 Feb Cliftonville FRIE A 7.45 4-1 W CHERRIE MADDEN© OSBORNE BENNETT1 WHELAN HECTORSun 06 Feb MUIRHEVNAMOR FRIE H 2.00 3-1 W P MURPHY MADDEN© N MURPHY BENNETT WHELAN HECTORThu 10 Feb MONAGHAN UNITED FRIE H 7.45 2-1 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY BENNETT1 OSBORNE McDONNELLMon 14 Feb Linfield SC A 7.45 5-3 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY BENNETT HAWKINS BOLGERThu 17 Feb LIMERICK FRIE H 8.00 0-1 L P MURPHY MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS BOLGERSun 20 Feb Rock Celtic FRIE A 2.00 4-1 W P MURPHY MADDEN OSBORNE HECTOR HAWKINS BOLGERTue 22 Feb SHAMROCK ROVERS LSC H 7.45 0-2 L CHERRIE MADDEN© OSBORNE GUTHRIE HAWKINS BOLGERMon 28 Feb LINFIELD SC H 7.45Fri 04 Mar Shamrock Rovers LGE A 8.00Fri 11 Mar GALWAY UNITED LGE H 7.45Fri 18 Mar BOHEMIANS LGE H 7.45Fri 25 Mar Saint Patrickʼs Athletic LGE A 7.45Mon 28 Mar tbd EASCFri 01 Apr UNIV. COLLEGE DUBLIN LGE H 7.45Fri 08 Apr Derry City LGE A 7.45Fri 15 Apr SLIGO ROVERS LGE H 7.45Fri 22 Apr Drogheda United LGE A 7.45Mon 25 Apr tbd EASCFri 29 Apr BRAY WANDERERS LGE H 7.45Mon 02 May SHAMROCK ROVERS LGE H 7.45Fri 06 May Galway United LGE A 7.45Mon 09 May Bohemians LGE A 7.45Fri 13 May SAINT PATRICKʼS ATHLETIC LGE H 7.45Fri 20 May Univ. College Dublin LGE A 7.45Thu 26 May DERRY CITY LGE H 7.45Mon 30 May Sligo Rovers LGE A 7.45Fri 03 Jun tbd FCFri 10 Jun DROGHEDA UNITED LGE H 7.45Fri 17 Jun Bray Wanderers LGE A 7.45Mon 20 Jun Shamrock Rovers LGE A 8.00Fri 24 Jun GALWAY UNITED LGE H 7.45Mon 27 Jun tbd EASCFri 01 Jul BOHEMIANS LGE H 7.45Fri 08 Jul Saint Patrickʼs Athletic LGE A 7.45Fri 15 Jul UNIV. COLLEGE DUBLIN LGE H 7.45Fri 22 Jul Derry City LGE A 7.45Fri 05 Aug SLIGO ROVERS LGE H 7.45Mon 08 Aug tbd EASCFri 12 Aug Drogheda United LGE A 7.45Fri 19 Aug BRAY WANDERERS LGE H 7.45Fri 26 Aug tbd FCSat 03 Sep SHAMROCK ROVERS LGE H 7.45Fri 09 Sep Galway United LGE A 7.45Mon 12 Sep Bohemians LGE A 7.45Fri 16 Sep tbd FCFri 23 Sep SAINT PATRICKʼS ATHLETIC LGE H 7.45Sat 24 Sep tbd EASCFri 30 Sep Univ. College Dublin LGE A 7.45Sat 08 Oct DERRY CITY LGE H 7.45Fri 14 Oct tbd FCSat 15 Oct Sligo Rovers LGE A 7.45Fri 21 Oct DROGHEDA UNITED LGE H 7.45Fri 28 Oct Bray Wanderers LGE A 7.45Sun 06 Nov tbd (@Aviva Stadium) FC N

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Hello and welcome to this2011 Setanta Sports Cup firstround second leg tie betweenDundalk FC and Linfield FC.

This year marks the sixthedition of the competition andsees the introduction of a newformat which has beenpositively received by the clubsnorth and south of the island.

The new format sees extrateams participating and thisoffers something new for fanson both sides of the footballcommunity. We have alsostructured the competition totry and maintain as manynorth v south games aspossible to add to theattractiveness of thetournament.

This competition offers clubsand their fans the opportunityto meet new opponents on thefield and make new friends offthe pitch. That is the spiritwe’re trying to maintain in theSetanta Sports Cup.

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we are trying to enhance therelationships between thecompeting clubs are in the social sphere with the introduction of the presentation of club pennantsbefore kick-off in games whilehost clubs are expected to provide a hospitality area fortheir visitors.

It is simple gestures like thesewhich we feel are important to cultivate the sporting relationship between the clubs from the two differentassociations.

Without belittling any of theother ties in the competitionbut it is fair to say that whenthe draw paired Linfield withDundalk, it was obvious thatthis tie would capture theimagination of all football fans.

While some may think of thefierce rivalry between the sidesfrom the 1970s, the situation isthankfully much differentnowadays with the two clubs working together oncross-community initiatives.

The recent launch the DessieGorman Cup, a celebration ofthe Dunfield Youth Project, issomething for both clubs to be proud of.

While Linfield are heading into the business end of theirseason and the Lilywhites areonly at the beginning, thecracking First Leg meeting between the sides was an encounter that will live long in the memory of those present at Windsor Park. It certainly sets the stage for areal thriller tonight.

Since its inception in 2005, the Setanta Sports Cup has become an integral part of thefootballing calendar on bothsides of the border.

The value of the Setanta Sports sponsorship to the competition must be recognised. The winners of the tournament this year willreceive €50,000, the runners-up€30,000, defeated semi-finalists will receive €15,000,the losing quarter-finalists willget €10,000 and the first roundlosers will receive €7500.

Together with that substantialcontribution, the sponsorshave also put forward prizemoney in other areas includinga €2000 win-bonus, €1000 for adraw and a fee for gamesshown live on Setanta Sportsof €1500 to the home team and €500 to the visitors.

There is no doubting the contribution Setanta Sportshas made to the success of this competition. This is thesecond year of our secondfour-year cycle with the sponsors and the organisersare extremely pleased with the relationship that has beenbuilt up with the sponsor overthe years.

All that is left for me to do iswish both clubs and their setsof supporters my best wishesand here’s hoping for anothereight-goal thriller!

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Super Peter Cherrie has told how he has “settled” in Dundalk and that he now considers himself “a local”. The 27-year-old goalkeeper has made the No1 spot hisown at Oriel Park since arriving in July 2009 after a callfrom his old Clyde boss Joe Miller, who at the time was assistant manager of the Lilywhites. Almost twoyears and 59 competitive appearances on, Cherrie has admitted that he is enjoying life and football in the border town, where he has setup home with his fiancée,Laura. This week, Pete spoke to DFC Magazine about lifeas a Lilywhite and his career to date.

“I was over the moon, becauseit was a change,” Cherrie toldDFC Magazine when askedwhat his first thoughts werewhen Miller rang him aboutcoming to Ireland. “I wasn’thappy at Clyde because Iwasn’t getting a chance, so Ijumped at it. I couldn’t wait tocome over. I’m settled herenow, with the missus. I’m nowa local! I’m enjoying my timehere. It’s a quiet enough place,I suppose. People that knowme and know where I live, theygive me peace and don’t annoyme, so that’s good. The fans


have been absolutely brilliantsince I’ve come here, and themanager seems to have faithin me which is good. The movehas worked out well for me.”Cherrie, however, revealed thatMiller had never promised himregular football. “He didn’t tell me I was guaranteed first-team football,” Pete said.“It’s the same anywhere. Theycan tell you you’re guaranteedfirst-team football but itdoesn’t work like that. Youhave got to come in and workas hard as the other keeper, ifnot harder. I didn’t knowBenno (Chris Bennion) personally, but I knew who hewas. I came over and peoplewere telling me that he washere for six years and that hehad done really well, and hehad more experience than me.So, I was thinking I’m going tocome over and take a back seatagain and have to push myway into the team, but that’snot the way it happened.”Cherrie was given the nod tostart within days of puttingpen to paper as he made hisdebut at Galway United, andhe admitted: “I was surprisedat that. I think I watchedBenno playing against Bohs, Iwas on the bench, and to mehe didn’t do anything wrong.Personally, as a keeper, I don’tthink he did anything wrong.Then the following week I got acall to say that I was playing.But me and Benno had no hardfeelings over that.”

Seán Connor, who Miller assisted, departed Dundalkwithin 12 hours of the finalgame of the season at home toDerry City in November, aftersecuring a fifth-place finish.However, despite Miller also

leaving the previous August,Cherrie was delighted to extend his stay at Oriel Parkand enjoyed his first taste ofUEFA competition last year. “I was surprised by (Connorleaving),” Cherrie said, “because I thought he wasdoing well. I had enjoyed mytime here so I thought why notgive it another year, so I signedback.” And reflecting on hisfirst full year as a Lilywhite,the Scottish star said: “Ithought I had a good season.Obviously, there was a dip inthe middle for me when Ibroke my foot and missed thefirst European tie (againstGrevenmacher). That was obviously disappointing andgot me down, but at the sametime I had to have confidencein Greggy (Matt Gregg), and hedid well when he came in.When I got back from injury,the Gaffer was good enough toput me back in against Levski. I thought that was really goodfrom the Gaffer. He didn’t tellme he was doing it. It was ashock, but it was a nice shock.It was the night before thegame in Sofia when I foundout I was playing. We had justfinished dinner and the Gaffersat us down and put the teamup, and I was as shocked asanybody. In fact, I think Greggywas more shocked! To play inthat stadium in front of almost15,000 fans was great. That’swhere everybody wants toplay.” Dundalk ended last termin sixth, accumulating theirhighest points total since lastwinning the Premier Divisiontitle back in 1995, and Cherriepenned a new contract on thefinal day of the season. “I washappy to sign again,” he said.“When it comes to contracts I

just rather get in, get it sorted,done, and that’s it, I don’t wantto hear another word about a contract for the rest of theseason. The Gaffer took meinto the office, asked me if Iwas happy to sign, and I toldhim of course I was, and thatwas basically it. I was glad toget it done and out of the way.”

Cherrie began his professionalcareer at the age of 18 when hesigned for his local club AirdrieUnited in 2002, after spendingtime in the youth system atthe club (then Airdrieonians).“I was born in Bellshill but Igrew up in Airdrie, which isjust outside Glasgow, andstayed there all my life,” Peteexplained. “As a kid, my firstfootball club was Glenboig. Iwent there when I was aboutnine and was there for a goodsix or seven years. Then Iplayed with local teams,schoolboys’ teams, and thenI got my lucky break with Airdrie. They actually wentbust and they found a way toget back into the league andthey were looking for players.

Cherrie was between the sticks forClyde in ʻthatʼ match against Celtic

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Peter Cherrie pictured with Linfield striker Peter Thompson at the 2011 Setanta Cup launch at Belfast City Hall

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I played with the schoolboys ofAirdrie and I was lucky enoughthat the manager that was taking the first-team came inand had a look and he was interested. It started off fromthere. My time there was OK. Iwas only a young boy and theguy ahead of me, he was 30odd, he obviously had a lotmore experience than me andhad played a lot of games. I really hadn’t played at thatlevel, so I had to just sit there,take a back seat and watch. I had one game for the first-team. I sat down with themanager and the assistant andtold them what I thought, thatI need to play. I think the manager understood as wellwhat I wanted to do.”

After leaving Airdrie followingtwo years in the first-teamsetup, Cherrie dropped to junior football as he joined Kilsyth Rangers, before he returned to the professionalgame with Ayr United shortlyafter. “My time at Kilsyth gotme back playing and it got meenjoying football again,” theScot said. “When I went to junior football, it was a case of

needing to get back playingfootball. I only played maybeseven or eight games for them,when a scout from Ayr cameand saw me. He got hold of meafter the game and asked if Iwas interested in going there.Ayr’s first-team goalkeeper gotsuspended for six games sothat’s why they needed to findone fast. In my first game forthem I saved a penalty. Iplayed six or seven games but Iknew I wasn’t going to be therelong-term because they onlyneeded an emergency keeper. I was happy with my timethere. I was only there for twoor three months at most.”Cherrie had signed for theSomerset Park club on an amateur contract, and he wassoon on the move again, withhis father playing a key role inhis next port of call, as helanded at Clyde.

“When I left Ayr I wasn’t playing football,” Cherrie explained, “for about a month,tops. My Dad saw an ad in apaper, because the same happened to Clyde that happened to Airdrie – theywent bust. They put an ad in

the paper, so Dad rang me andtold me about it and I went fortrials. Luckily enough, that’swhen I met Joe Miller and Graham Roberts, and I had adecent career there. We hadnumerous pre-season gamesand friendlies just to get everybody together. From that,we found the team that wasgoing to take us into the season and that’s when Joearranged a friendly with ManUnited because they were ontheir tour or whatever, theywere up our way.” Cherriemade his competitive debutagainst Peterhead in the Scottish League Cup a monthafter that friendly againstUnited, and was involved inClyde’s Scottish Cup giantkilling of Celtic the followingJanuary, incidentally the gamethat Roy Keane made hisHoops debut in. During histime at Clyde, Pete workedunder four different managers,and it was the arrival of ex-Rangers defender John‘Bomber’ Brown that led to hisexit from Broadwood Stadium.“We had a few managers,”Dundalk’s No1 explained. “Wehad Graham Roberts and Joe


Miller together, then Grahamleft so Joe took over, then wehad Colin Hendry, who playedwith Scotland, and JohnBrown. But in the latter stages,I didn’t really get on with him.He had his favourites and itwas time to go.”

In May 2007, Celtic legendMiller left and was replaced byColin Hendry. Cherrie had beenreleased by the club afterMiller’s departure but wasbrought back by Hendrie, whostayed in the job for just sixmonths, resigning in January2008 due to family reasons. “Itwasn’t that I was let go; it wasthe end of the season and mycontract was up,” Pete explained. “Nobody had spoken to me or told me whatwas going on, so I actuallyended up getting a job withone of my mates. It was all interior stuff for offices andthings like that. I gave him ahand for a couple of weeks andthen the assistant at Clyde,Dougie Bell, gave me a call andasked me what I was doing, hewanted me back. I went backthat day after work and signedfor them and that was it. I

don’t think I even played underHendry, to be honest. He wasonly there for a few monthswhen I was there. He had toleave because his wife wassick. That’s when Brown camein and I didn’t really get achance. I was there for a whileafter he came in and then itwas coming up to the end ofthe season and luckily that’swhen my phone rang and itwas Joe Miller. He asked medid I fancy Ireland and Ijumped at the chance. I had always kept in contact withJoe. It was good of him to eventhink of me when he was hereat Dundalk; it was good forhim to put my name forwardto come over for a trial. It hasworked out well. I’m really enjoying my time here.”

This year, Cherrie’s pre-seasongot off to the worst possiblestart as he suffered a brokenfinger. “I think that happenedin the second week of pre-season training, on a Mondaymorning,” he recalled. “Wewere playing small-sidedgames and one of the lads hada shot, I saved it, and then hefollowed in. I knew straight

away it was broken, but it wasjust a case of strapping myhand and getting on with it.It’s very rare that you’ll findme, even with a slight injury,holding my hands up and say-ing ‘I can’t play’. My leg wouldhave to be hanging off for thatto happen!” The injury camejust three weeks before thefirst leg of tonight’s SetantaSports Cup tie with Linfield but Cherrie had never any intention of sitting out the tripto Windsor Park. “Not a hope,”he said. “I had heard far toomuch about it and there wastoo much at stake. Personally, I wasn’t surprised by our performance up there becauseI know the players we havehere are all good players.You’ve just got to trust them.With our season not evenstarted and Linfield halfwaythrough theirs, for us to go upthere and put on an effort likewe did just shows what qualitywe have in the team.” Andwith Shamrock Rovers aroundthe corner in the first match of the league season? Like anyplayer, I can’t wait for it tostart,” he said, “and to get back playing games again.”

Peter Cherrie (born: 1 Oct 1983) is a Scottish goalkeeper whostarted his professional career at the age of 18 when he signedfor Airdrie United (then Airdrieonians) in 2002 after spendingtime in the clubʼs youth system. After a handful of appearances,he moved to junior club Kilsyth Rangers. Six months later, heswitched to Ayr United, but after just three months he was onthe move again as he went to Clyde ahead of the 2005/06 season. He was involved in Clydeʼs Scottish Cup giant killing ofCeltic the following January, incidentally the game that RoyKeane made his Hoops debut in. Cherrie remained there untilJune 2009, before travelling to Ireland to sign for Dundalk. Heimmediately dislodged club stalwart Chris Bennion from theNo1 Spot. After winning the clubʼs ʻPlayer of the Yearʼ andʻPlayersʼ Player of the Yearʼ last year, he is now preparing forhis second full season at Oriel Park, and is expected to makehis 50th league appearance for the club in the first game of the 2011 campaign, away to Shamrock Rovers.

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STANDARD MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS• Free admission to selected Dundalk FC pre-season friendlies• Entry into monthly draw• 10% discount in Dundalk FC Merchandise Store, Oriel Park• Invitation to Summer BBQ• Acknowledgment of membership in Patron Scheme section of dundalkfc.com• Membership of revamped dundalkfc.com (March 2011)• Exclusive draw for tickets to 2011 UEFA Europa League Final at the Aviva Stadium

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Linfield Football club wasfounded in March 1886 byworkers of the Linfield Spinning Mill and was originally known as the Linfield Athletic Club. Theclub was given permission toplay on ground at the back ofthe mill known as ‘TheMeadow’. Success and theneed to accommodate morespectators brought about amove to Ulsterville Avenue in 1889. They were to remainthere for only four years asthe ground was taken overfor housing development. For a time, Linfield played all their home games at opponents' grounds.

Eventually, Club PresidentRobert Gibson, who donatedthe Gibson Cup Trophy to the Irish League for thechampionship, along withothers secured the lease of aground at Myrtlefield, in theBalmoral area of the city.These three ground changesand the need to have ‘anidentity and a home’ broughtabout the determination topurchase of a piece of landknown as the ‘bog meadows’,just off lower Windsor Avenue in 1904. This groundwas prepared and ready in1905 for the first game on 2 September against Glentoran, now the club’sfierce city rivals, although at the time it was BelfastCeltic who were Linfield’smain rivals.

Windsor Park, as the groundbecame known, has becomethe permanent home of Linfield FC. There have beenNoei Bailie: Over 1,000 appearances in the blue jersey


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14/02/2011: Linfield 3-5 Dundalk (Thompson pen. 43, Garrett 62, Allen 81; Kearns 31, 66, 90+1, Quigley 54, 75)05/09/1979: Linfield 0-2 Dundalk (Muckian (2))28/08/1979: Dundalk 1-1 Linfield (Carlyle; Feeney)

many developments to Windsor Park over the years.Midgely Park was purchasedin 1951, the current officeand boardroom complexcompleted in 1968, and thesocial club in 1970. The 6,800 capacity North Stand,officially opened by the FIFAPresident Joao Havelange on20 October 1984 was a jointventure with the governmentand the Irish Football Association and the most recent 4,000 capacity KopStand was completed in thelate 1990s. On the field, theirmost successful manager todate is Roy Coyle, who tookcharge of the club in 1975 and went on to win 31 trophies in a 15-year spell. He is closely followed by current manager David Jeffrey, who has won 27 trophies to date in his 14years at the helm.

On the European stage, Linfield, with 49 Irish Leaguetitles and 40 Irish Cups ontheir roll of honour, havebeen regular campaigners.Their most notable achievement was reachingthe quarter-finals of the UEFA European Cup in the 1966/67 season. Afterbeating FC Aris Bonnevoie of Luxembourg andVålerenga of Norway, they faced CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria in the last eight.After a 2-2 draw at home,they suffered a 1–0 defeat

away and bowed out. In1984/85, after overcomingShamrock Rovers on awaygoals, Linfield faced eventualsemi-finalists Panathinaikos,from Greece, in the secondround. After a 2–1 defeataway, Linfield went 3–0 up inthe return leg at WindsorPark only to draw 3–3.

In 1987/88, Linfield’s homegame against Lillestrom from Norway was marred by

missile throwing, resulting inUEFA sanctions which meantthat the club had to play theirnext two home games in European competitions atWelsh club Wrexham, in1988/89 and 1989/90. The1993/94 UEFA ChampionsLeague saw Linfield drawnwith Dynamo Tbilisi of Georgia. After losing 3–2 on aggregate, they were reinstated when their rivalswere expelled from the competition for allegedmatch fixing and paying theofficials. Linfield faced FCCopenhagen of Denmark inthe first round proper. Theywon the first leg 3–0 but lostthe second leg 4–0, afterextra-time. This provedcostly, as victory would havemeant a lucrative financial tieagainst eventual winners, ACMilan in the second round.


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Linfield’s No1, Blayney (born: 9Oct 1981) has been capped fourtimes by Northern Ireland. TheBelfast-born ‘keeper began hiscareer with Southampton beforebeing loaned to Stockport, wherea broken finger cut short hisspell. A loan at Bournemouthfollowed before he made hisdebut for Southampton in May2004 and won Sky Sports ‘Saveof the Season’ when denyingAlan Shearer. After more loans –Rushden and Brighton (twice) –he moved to Doncaster in early2006. Also played for Oldham before joining Bohemians andthen Ballymena. Signed for theBlues in June 2009, going on towin a League and Cup double.

Bailie (born: 23 Feb 1971) incredi-bly played his 1,000th game forLinfield against Crusaders atSeaview last April. The centraldefender has spent 25 years atWindsor Park. He joined the club as a Youth in 1986 fromHillsborough Boys’ Club andmade his first-team debut threeyears later away to Ballymena inthe County Antrim Shield, at theage of 17. Following Pat McShane’s move to Distillery,Bailie is the only current Linfieldplayer who was at the club priorto the arrival of David Jeffrey asmanager. Has played under fourmanagers at Linfield, and haswon nine Irish League titles andseven Irish Cups.

Edinburgh-born Douglas (born:27 Sep 1977) spent his Youth career with Linfield but it was atfellow Antrim club Larne in 2000that he made his Irish Leaguedebut. He moved to Portadownthe next season and spent twoyears there before returning toLinfield in August 2003. Theright-back has won four IrishLeague titles with the Blues andhas also two Irish Cups and twoLeague Cups to his name. Linfield’s No2, a long-throw specialist, made his 200th Bluesappearance in a 1-1 draw awayto Newry City in the CIS Cup on 31 October 2009. He signed a one-year contract extensionlast June.

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FFOORRMMGGUUIIDDEELinfield FC are currently strolling towards an incredible 50thIrish League title, as manager David Jeffrey looks to add tohis impressive haul of 27 trophies since taking over in 1997.Linfield have built their league success this season on theirhome form with ten wins and four draws from 14 games.They had lost just once – at Dungannon on the opening dayof the season – before losing three out of four away games ina six-week spell towards the end of 2010 – against Crusaders,Cliftonville and Donegal Celtic. Despite remaining unbeatenat home in domestic competition, their form at Windsor Parkdipped in the last month with three consecutive draws –against Ballymena United and Newry City in the league andDunmurry Recreation, an amateur club, in the Irish Cup.Prior to the visit of Dundalk in the Setanta Sports Cup twoweeks ago, Linfield had conceded just five goals in 13 leagueoutings at home this term. A hat-trick from Belfast boyDaniel Kearns and a double from Mark Quigley saw themconcede five in just over 90 minutes against the Lilywhites.

LATEST RESULTS21/02/11: Linfield 3-0 Dunmurry Rec*19/02/11: Linfield 1-1 Newry14/02/11: Linfield 3-5 Dundalk**12/02/11: Dunmurry Rec 1-1 Linfield*05/02/11: Dungannon 0-4 Linfield29/01/11: Linfield 0-0 Ballymena25/01/11: Linfield 1-0 Glenavon22/01/11: Cliftonville 2-4 Linfield18/01/11: Linfield 2-1 Glentoran15/01/11: Linfield 5-1 Institute*04/01/11: Linfield 3-1 Crusaders

OVERALL RECORDPlayed: 11, won: 7, drawn: 3, lost: 1,goals scored: 27, goals conceded: 12Goals: 8: Lowry, 6: Thompson, 3: Allen, 2: Gault, Kane, McAllister, 1: Douglas, Garrett, Hanley, Mulgrew

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Carvill (born: 3 Apr 1988) is a forward from Belfast but camethrough the Youth ranks atCharlton Athletic. The strikerwas released by The Addicks in January 2007 without anyfirst-team appearances underhis belt. From there, he moved to Welsh club Wrexham andmade 14 appearances in theFootball League during the2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons. He was released by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club’srelegation to the Conference,and returned home to join Linfield the following August,penning a one-year full-timedeal. He signed a new two-yearcontract in March 2009.

“Winkie” Murphy (born: 29 Jan1974), who was born in Belfast,began his Irish League career atCarrick Rangers in 1992 beforemoving to Ards two years later.The central defender made theswitch to Linfield in 1997 andhas been there ever since. Heplayed his 500th game for theclub against Glenavon in January2009. Murphy, who wears theNo5 shirt for the Windsor Parkclub, was last month placed onthe transfer list and also finedfor a breach of discipline withinthe club, though they did notstate what the issue was. He iscontracted to Linfield until theend of this season having signeda one-year extension last May.

Linfield’s No4, Gault (born: 15Apr 1983) has spent his entirecareer at Linfield. The 27-year-old is a lively midfielder who hasgood control. He made his 300thappearance for the club in a 1-0win over Ballymena on 26 September 2009. Gault, who won the Football Writers’ Playerof the Year for 2007/08, signed athree-year contract in May 2009.Capped at every level by Northern Ireland, Gault won afull cap for his country in a 4-1friendly win over Georgia inMarch 2008. He was one of three Linfield players to play inthe game (with Peter Thompsonand current Shamrock Roverskeeper Alan Mannus).

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David Jeffrey (born: 28 Oct 1962)has been manager of Linfieldsince 1997. Born in Newtonards,County Down, Jeffrey, a defender, began his football career as a schoolboy with Manchester United, but he neverplayed with the first team. Hejoined Linfield in the summer of1982 and played for the club forten years, during which time hecaptained the Blues. He leftWindsor Park to join his hometown club, Ards, in 1992and almost three years later hemoved to Larne as aplayer/coach. In April 1996, Jeffrey returned to Linfield as assistant manager to Trevor Anderson – who went on to take

charge of Dundalk in 2002 – andjust eight months later he wasappointed as manager after Anderson resigned. Jeffrey, whocelebrated 14 years at Linfieldlast month, has enjoyed magnificent success with theclub, the highlight of whichcame in 2005/06 when he guidedthe side to a ‘Clean Sweep’ ofdomestic trophies – Irish League,Irish Cup, Irish League Cup andCounty Antrim Shield. Thatearned him a new four-yeardeal, the longest contract in the club’s history. In total, Jeffrey has won an incredible 27trophies in his time at Linfield,including seven league titles and five Irish Cups.

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Casement (born: 12 Jan 1988) isone of the newest arrivals at Linfield having signed in January2010. The central defender, bornin Belfast, spent time at Ipswich,and after accomplished displaysin the FA Cup, most notablyagainst Swansea and Watford inJanuary 2007, he was loaned toMillwall, Hamilton and thenWycombe. He returned to Ipswich in May 2009, but amonth later signed a three-yeardeal with Dundee. He initiallysigned for Linfield on loan lastyear but in July he made themove permanent. Made his senior debut for Northern Ireland in a 3-0 defeat by Italy in Pisa in June 2009.

‘Jamie’ Mulgrew (born: 5 Jun1986) began his career withBelfast rivals Glentoran, makinghis first-team debut during the2004/05 season. In 2005, heswitched to Linfield and quicklybecame a regular in the Blues’midfield (winning four leaguesand four cups). Named 2010Player of the Year, it was reported recently that Scottishclubs Kilmarnock and Hibernian,along with MLS outfit PortlandTimbers, were interested in signing him on a Bosman freetransfer when his contract expires this summer. Has beencapped by Northern Ireland,making his debut in a 2-0 defeatby Turkey in May last year.

Yet another Belfast-born playerin the Linfield squad, Garrett(born: 5 May 1988) joined StokeCity in 2002. However, he playedjust twice for the club in fiveyears and then moved on loan to Football League Two clubWrexham in 2007, and enjoyedanother loan at the club the following season. The centralmidfielder returned to his native land in September 2008when he signed a three-yearcontract. He made his full international debut in a 3-0 defeat by Italy in Pisa in June2009, and last November hemade his 100th appearance for Linfield.

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CCLLUUBB SSTTAATTIISSTTIICCSSLinfield FC has enjoyed magnificent success in domesticcompetition, dating back to their first haul of trophies in the1890/91 season when they completed a treble, winning theIrish League, Irish Cup and Belfast Charity Cup. In total, theyhave won 49 Irish League titles, 40 Irish Cups, nine LeagueCups, 43 County Antrim Shields, 24 City Cups, 33 Gold Cups,21 Belfast Charity Cups, 15 Ulster Cups, three Irish FA Charity Shields, three Northern Regional Leagues, twoFloodlit Cups, two Top Four Cups, two Belfast & DistrictLeagues, two Substitute Gold Cups, a North-South Cup, aBlaxnit Cup, a Tyler Cup, an Alhambra Cup and a SetantaSports Cup. They have also won a number of titles at intermediate and junior level. In 2005/06, under David Jeffrey,they completed a domestic ‘Clean Sweep’, capturing four trophies – Irish League, Irish Cup, League Cup and CountyAntrim Shield. In UEFA competition, they progressed to theUEFA European Cup quarter-finals in 1966/67 where theybowed out to CSKA Sofia on a 3-2 aggregate scoreline.

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O’Kane (born: 24 Nov 1979) is amidfielder who joined Linfieldback in July 2003. Having spenttime at Celtic Boys and CrumlinStar, the Belfast-born 31-year-old began his Irish League career at Cliftonville in 2000 withwhom he featured in the UEFAIntertoto Cup. He moved cross-channel to York City in 2001, and then spent some time withScarborough before returning toIreland. At Linfield, he has enjoyed success in the League,Irish Cup, League Cup, SetantaSports Cup and County AntrimShield, and was voted ‘Player ofthe Year’ on a text vote for the2005/06 season.

Linfield’s top striker, Thompson(born: 2 May 1984) began his career with the club back in 2001but it took until the 2004/05 season for him to force his wayinto the team with 27 goals in 43starts. He netted 48 goals in 58games the next year as the Blueswon all four domestic trophiesand 31 goals in 51 outings in2006/07. In July 2008, he joinedStockport, but the move did notwork out and he returned to Linfield in January 2010, initiallyon loan. The deal became permanent in July as he penneda three-year deal. Capped at senior level by Northern Ireland,he scored against Georgia in a 4-1 win in March 2008.

Dessie ‘The Hawk’ Gorman(born: 13 December 1964) is aManchester-born striker whoachieved legendary status atboth Dundalk and Linfield during an illustrious playing career. He began his career withDundalk, making his League of Ireland debut with theWhites on 10 March 1985 in a 1-0 loss to Shelbourne at OrielPark. His form attracted the attention of Arsenal, and heplayed for them in a friendlyagainst Shamrock Rovers atGlenmalure Park in August1986. While at Oriel, he won aLeague & Cup double in 1988. In1989, he moved to French clubFC Bourges who he helped winpromotion. He returned hometo sign for Derry City in October1990, where he won a LeagueCup. In the summer of 1991, hejoined Shelbourne where hewon his second league title, before joining Linfield in December 1992. He stayed atWindsor Park until 1997, winning two league titles, twoIrish Cups, a League Cup, a Gold Cup, a Floodlit Cup and aCounty Antrim Shield. He thenplayed for Newry Town, Bangor,Ards and Banbridge before hereturned to Dundalk under his ex-Linfield boss Trevor Anderson in 2003. In 2007, aged 42, he briefly came out ofretirement to join Loughall.

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HAVING advanced to thefifth round of the 2010/11

FA Cup, Aston Villa still hold a chance of winning the coveted competition for thefirst time since 1957. Lasttime Villa were successful in the competition, they defeated the Matt Busby-managed Manchester Unitedin front of 100,000 spectatorsat Wembley. The man whogave Villa their last successwas a Newry man who beganhis career at Oriel Park. Hisname was Peter McParland.

Then Dundalk manager, PaddyGallagher, nursed McParland through the earlystages of his career. His debutdouble against Bohemians inSeptember 1950 did not guarantee first-team footballand it was not until October1951 that the youngster wasgiven his chance with a 16-match run in the first eleven.

He made an immediate impact with when selected

against Transport in the Shield,scoring in a 4-3 win. McParlandlined up against players such as Joe Ralph, Johnny Fearon,Walter Durkan and Joe Martin.His season was to end in disappointment. He played inthe 2-0 defeat by ShamrockRovers and he was droppedfrom the 1952 FAI Cup Finalteam that defeated Cork Athletic 3-0 in a replay. Peterplayed three games at the startof the 1952/53 season scoringthree goals. By now though his time with Dundalk was comingto an end.

Aston Villa manager GeorgeMartin spotted McParland inaction and signed him for a feeof £3,880. McParland was to become one of Aston Villa'sleading goalscorers of the post-war era. In ten years at the club McParland scored 120 goals in 340 outings. Thehighlight was the 1957 FA CupFinal when McParland scoredboth goals in Villa's 2-1 victory.In the 15th minute of thatmatch McParland was involvedin one of the most controversialmoments of any FA Cup Finalwhen he appeared to bargeMan United goalkeeper RayWood over the line. Not onlydid the goal stand but Woodwas badly injured. As this was

in the days before substitutes,Wood was forced to play therest of the match on the wingwith Jackie Blanchflower takingover in goal.

In 1960, McParland helped Villa win the Second Divisionchampionship and the 1961League Cup. In 1962, he movedto Wolverhampton and thenmoved to Plymouth for a fee of£30,000.

He also enjoyed a highly successful international careerwith Northern Ireland. Makinghis debut in 1954, he amassed34 caps. The highlight was the 1958 World Cup Finals inSweden. Northern Irelandopened with a 1-0 win overCzechoslovakia. McParland was on the scoresheet in theirsecond match (a 3-1 defeat toArgentina) and he then scoredtwice in the 2-2 draw withreigning champions West Germany in Malmo. A rematchwith Czechoslovkia followed ina play-off match to determinequalification to the next phase.McParland again scored twice(the winner coming in the 91st minute) to put NorthernIreland through. But Peter Doherty’s side were thenknocked out in the quarter-finals losing 4-0 to France.

Peter McParland

ProfileBorn in Newry on 25 April 1934, Peter McParlandbegan his career with Newry Shamrocks beforemoving to Dundalk, for whom he scored twice on his debut as a 16-and-a-half year old in a LeinsterSenior Cup tie against Bohemians on 20 September1950. A left-winger of some note, he quickly caughtthe attentions of Aston Villa, for whom he signedduring the 1952/53 season. He would spend adecade at Villa Park while he also played in the 1958 World Cup for Northern Ireland. Also played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Plymouth Argyle,Worcester City and Atlanta Chiefs (NASL) among others. Later managed Glentoran, and had coaching stints in Kuwait, Libya and Hong Kong.

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Jim McLaughlin’s Dundalk gotoff to a flyer, unbeaten in 12league games before slippingback. Seven goals in sevengames from Cathal Muckiankick-started the season, inspiring seven straight wins.Dundalk outstayed Bohs,Drogheda and Waterford in the run-in. The league title was wrapped up in surreal circumstances at an almost deserted Flower Lodge in Cork.Opponents Cork Celtic were ontheir last legs and had been allbut abandoned by the people ofCork. Most of the couple ofhundred fans there had madethe trip from Dundalk. Needinga point to clinch the title, Dundalk cruised to a 3-0 win.Next up for Dundalk was theFAI Cup final against Waterfordand a shot at the double. Excellent defence and goalsfrom Sean Byrne and HilaryCarlyle secured Dundalk’s firstdouble - the first of four thatMcLaughlin would managewith three different clubs.

Linfield cruised to a secondsuccessive league title undermanager Roy Coyle- it was thestart of an incredible run of ten league titles in 12 seasons.The Blues lost just two leaguegames all season, and conceded less than a goal agame. They finished six pointsclear of Glentoran to top thetable, qualify for Europe and set up the famous Linfield-Dundalk European Cup clash of 1979.

Linfield also won the early season Ulster Cup, topping thetable ahead of Crusaders butsuffered a shock 4-3 defeat athome to Cliftonville in the IrishCup.

In the European Cup the Bluesdrew 0-0 at home to Norway’sLillestrom in the first round,first leg, but were narrowlybeaten 1-0 in the return.

Cork Celtic became the latestLeeside casualty, resigningfrom the league at the end ofthe season. They were replacedby UCD. Bohemians beat Shamrock Rovers in the LeagueCup final.

In a sign of the shifting powerbase of Irish football it wouldbe another 17 seasons before a Dublin club won the competition. In the summer of 1979 player-managers Turlough O’Connor and EoinHand took over at Athlone and Limerick as these clubsprepared to shake up the oldorder.

Up North Cliftonville ended a70 year wait for an Irish Cupwin, beating Portadown 3-2 in the Windsor Park final.Shamrock Rovers won the all-Ireland Tyler Cup competition, beating FinnHarps 1-0 in the final over two legs.

Maestro: Jim McLaughlin guided Dundalk to their second title in four seasons

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While Linfield lost to Lillestrom in the European Cup Bohemians laboured to awin over Omonia Nicosia. Turlough O’Connor scored a in2-1 defeat in Cyprus, and aPaddy Joyce goal in the return,played in Cork after Bohs werebanned from hosting the return, was enough for a winon away goals. Dynamo Dresden proved too strong inthe second round. Though Bohs drew the home leg 0-0 inOriel Park they lost 6-0 away.

In the Cup Winners’ Cup Shamrock Rovers, under manager John Giles, beatAPOEL Nicosia home and awaybut were well beaten by BanikOstrava. Ballymena United lost 3-0 home and away to Belgium's Beveren. Finn Harpslost 5-0 home and away toEverton in the UEFA Cup, while Glentoran surprisinglylost out on away goals to Icelandic side IBV from theWestman Islands.

The two Irelands found themselves thrown together in a tricky UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying group with England,Denmark and Bulgaria. The Republic hosted the North for the first time at senior international level in September 1978. A tight affairended in a scoreless draw. TheRepublic then drew 1-1 withEngland and beat Denmark 2-0,while the North beat Denmarkand had an excellent 2-0 win inBulgaria.

After a 4-0 defeat at WembleyBilly Bingham’s side completedthe double over Bulgaria beforelosing in Denmark to leavethem level with England on topof the table at the end of the78-9 season. Johnny Giles’s sidelost in Bulgaria to sit two pointsbehind. In the end Englandqualified with ease, winningseven out of eight games, withthe North finishing second just ahead of the South.

The 1978/79 European Cup waswon by English champions Nottingham Forest, who defeated Malmö FF 1-0 at theOlympiastadion, Munich, on 30May 1979. The winning goalcame on the stroke of half-timeby Trevor Francis, following hisheader from John Robertson’scross.

The UEFA Cup Final was playedon 9 and 23 May 1979 betweenRed Star Belgrade (FK Crvenazvezda) of Yugoslavia andBorussia Mönchengladbach ofGermany. Mönchengladbachwon 2-1 on aggregate, after thetwo sides drew 1-1 in Belgradebefore Allan Simonsen scoredthe only goal from the penaltyspot in the return leg. The European Cup Winners' Cupwas won by FC Barcelona in anexciting final in Basle againstFortuna Düsseldorf, with theSpanish side winning 4-3 afterextra time. It was the first offour occasions that the Catalanclub won the competition.

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55 Shamrock Rovers 30 17 3 10 45 25 37

66 Limerick 30 13 9 8 39 25 36

77 Athlone Town 30 14 7 9 56 41 35

88 Finn Harps 30 15 6 9 56 41 34

99 Home Farm 30 13 7 10 47 33 33

1100 Sligo Rovers 30 9 7 14 35 40 251111 Cork Alberts 30 7 9 14 35 49 23

1122 Thurles Town 30 8 5 17 35 62 23

1133 Shelbourne 30 6 9 15 41 58 21

1144 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 30 7 6 17 36 62 20

1155 Galway Rovers 30 4 5 21 41 79 13

1166 Cork Celtic 30 3 5 24 16 67 8

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Goalkeeper Richie Blackmore was one of the true stars of Jim McLaughlin’s Dundalk. A superb shot stopper whodominated his area Blackmore was the rock upon which Dundalk’s mean defence was built. He was man of thematch in the FAI Cup final, with a stringof fine saves keeping an impressive Waterford at bay.

Over 11 seasons and 407 games Blackmore won three league titles, threeFAI Cups, two League Cups, two LeinsterSenior Cups and three President’s Cups atDundalk, before joining Galway who heinspired to their finest era in the mid-80s.

If Dundalk had a star goalkeeper in theform of Richie Blackmore Linfield wereequalled well served between the posts by George Dunlop. Dunlop joined Linfieldfrom Ballymena in 1977 and made thenumber one jersey his own in the 78/79 season.

Over the course of 14 seasons won nineleague titles and countless cups with the Blues. Dunlop established himself asunderstudy to Pat Jennings for the Northand went to the 1982 World Cup, but Jennings’ consistency restricted him tofour senior caps during the 80s.

1978/79: DUNDALK STAR LINFIELD STAR

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Derby County midfielder Gerry Daly wasone of the stars of Ireland’s qualifyingcampaign. The experienced former Bohemians and Manchester United man posed a threat from midfield andscored an impressive 13 goals in 48 internationals for Ireland. During theUEFA Euro 1980 qualifiers Daly scored in a 3-3 draw in Denmark, in the 1-1 drawwith England and in the 2-0 win over Denmark. Daly went on to play for Coventry City, Leicester, Birmingham,Shrewsbury, Stoke, Doncaster and theNew England Tea Men before winding his career down as Telford United, initially as player-coach then as manager.

Accomplished midfielder Martin O’Neill was a key player for Northern Ireland and Nottingham Forest in the late 70s. O’Neill was central to Forest rise from the Second Division to doubleEuropean champions under Brian Clough, though, though he missed the 1979 European Cup final through injury.

He was practically ever present for Northern Ireland from the early 70s toearly 80s and helped inspire Norn Iron to two British championships and a stirring performance in the 1982 WorldCup in Spain.

IRISH INTERNATIONAL STAR SUPERSTAR!

Martin O’NeillGerry Daly

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Tonight’s match gives us aperfect opportunity to welcome back to Oriel Park a man who rescued our Premier Division status backin 1997 while on loan fromLinfield: Jeff McNamara.

Jeff’s career began at hishometown club before moving to Windsor Park. “I left Bangor in 1995 and progressed from the reservesinto the Linfield first team.Trevor Anderson was themanager. David Jeffrey washis assistant and was themain coach of the side – butTrevor was in charge of theteam selection.”

Those of us who rememberthis particular time will recallthe enormous controversythat surrounded the play-offbetween Dundalk and Waterford United. We may also remember that McNamara provided the light at the end of a very dark tunnel that began at thestart of the 1996/97 season.

After a sharp period of decline following the 1994/95title success, Dundalk finished in the play-off position – and new managerEddie May deemed his strike-force inadequate.

So how did May call uponJeff?: “It was through PaulMiller. He had joined Linfieldfrom Cardiff City where hehad played for Eddie May.With the play-off loomingEddie asked Paul if there wasanybody at Linfield who was

available to join on loan.There was a very small poolto select from as it wouldhave been impossible to sign anybody who held a professional contract. I wasavailable as I held only anamateur contract”.

While Jeff’s performance in the play-off is often remembered – many don’t recall the fact that Jeff was, in fact, left out of the startingeleven by Eddie May.

“Eddie placed me on the bench. I was very disappointed considering the efforts made to sign me. However, there was an injury that allowed me to beintroduced. I had told Eddiehow disappointed I was not to be picked. So when I wasbeing introduced Eddie said to me “now is yourchance!”

Jeff was introduced in the23rd minute of the match toreplace the injured StephenReynes. Dundalk took thelead just before half-timewhen Ray Campbell squeezeda shot inside Pat Grace’s post.

Jeff’s moment came after 65minutes when he hookedhome Joe Gallen’s header tomake it 2-0. With ten minutesto go, Robbie Devereaux’s glorious defence splittingpass set up McNamara toscore his second and giveDundalk a 3-0 lead going intothe second leg. “I was lucky to score two goal on thenight” remembers Jeff – “and

I have a very clear memory of the crowds celebrating on the pitch and the delay ingetting the game re-startedfollowing the goals!”

Dundalk lost the second leg 1-0 on 1 May, but they stillcomplained about the legalityof McNamara’s loan deal.

“There was no doubt in mymind that I was perfectly legitimate to move to Dundalk on loan and play in the play-off. The Linfieldmanagement committeemade absolutely sure that itwas within the rules and that all was above board. Waterford seemed determined to prove that Iwasn’t eligible to play but, as I was an amateur player, they had no grounds for complaint”.

Was there any prospect of alonger stay at Oriel Park? “No,I made it clear to Linfield that I wanted to succeed atWindsor Park and that themove to Dundalk would bejust for the play-offs”.

Jeff eventually moved to Portadown and won an IFACup winners medal withoutkicking a ball in the final after Cliftonville were thrownout for fielding an illegalplayer. His career in seniorfootball ended following aspell at Ards FC.

His contribution in preservingDundalk’s top flight statuswill stay long in the memory,or as Jim Murphy wrote in

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his book, ‘This History ofDundalk FC’, “his Dundalk CV, played two, scored two,doesn’t even begin to tell of the significance and importance of his short sojourn. Twelve years unbroken membership of thePremier Division had beensaved - at least for anotherwhile.”

McNamara, like many fromthat squad, went their separate ways after the season ended. Even managerEddie May found pasturesnew when he left Dundalk onthe eve of the 1997/98 seasonto take up the manager's postat Brentford working underchief executive David Webb.However, his spell at Brentford was not a successand he was sacked on 5 November 1997. May’s careerfollowed a chequered past following his dismissal fromBrentford. In the 1998 close-season, he agreed to become manager of Welshside Haverfordwest County,but instead joined Finnishside FinnPa as manager. Onreturning from Finland, hebecame Director of Football atHaverfordwest, but left tomanage Merthyr Tydfil earlyin December 1998, returningafter only 24 hours on realising that the club's newowners didn't yet own theclub. He would return to Ireland to coach DroghedaUnited for a spell beforemoving to Africa, where hecoached in South Africa andUganda before returning toWales with Porthcawl Town.Jeff McNamara

STATISTICS

Jeff McNamara�s career record reads as follows: Club Seasons Aps (Sub) GoalsBangor 1992/93 until 1995/96 15(7) 0Linfield 1996/97 0 0Linfield 1997/98 8(10) 2Portadown 1998/99 15(3) 1Ards 1999/2000 7(6) 0TOTAL 1992-2000 45(26) 3

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QUESTION: When did Dundalk score five goals inthe opening match of a cross-border tournament that featured a Dundalk hat-trick,and would progress to thefinal of that same competition?

Our first cross-border competitive game was in theDublin-Belfast Inter City Cup,played on 4 May 1942 againstGlentoran, and was fixed forDistillery’s ground atGrosvenor Park (the Oval wasstill out of commission after it had been destroyed by German bombers a year earlier). The feature of a magnificent display by Dundalk in a 5-1 win, was ahat-trick by Sam McCartney.

Although the Glens won thesecond leg 2-1 at DalymountPark, Dundalk went on to winthe inaugural Inter City Cup,defeating Shamrock Rovers in the final, adding it to theFAI Cup won earlier andclaiming the title of All-Ireland Champions.

The first leg of the semi-final against Belfast Celticwas played on the neutralWindsor Park, where Dundalkrecovered from a half-time 2-0 deficit to tie the leg at 2-2, before ending the job at Dalymount.

Seven years later Dundalkwere drawn against Distilleryin the first round of the InterCity Cup, a month after theyhad landed the FAI Cup forthe second time. Feature of

the game? Peadar Walsh’shat-trick in a 3-0 win, again atGrosvenor Park. Once againDundalk advanced to the finaland again the opposition was provided by Shamrock Rovers.However, that ended the sequence as the Hoops ran out 3-0 winners in the Dalymount final.

This was the last time (1949)that teams from both sides ofthe border competed togetheruntil the early 1960s.

While Sam McCartney’s Inter City feat was his onlyhat-trick in his two Dundalkseasons, Peadar Walsh managed three or more goalson 10 occasions and he holdsthe Oriel Park record withseven.

Meanwhile does DanielKearns hat-trick in the firstmatch of the 2011 SetantaCup, replicating the feats ofSammy McCartney and

Statistics

North-South TournamentsExcluding the North-West Cup, aconfined event held in the late1990s, Dundalk have participatedin four cross-border tournamentsas follows: the Inter City Cup(1941/42 to 1948/49), the NorthSouth Cup (1961/62), the BlaxnitCup (1967/68 and 1969/70) andthe Tyler Cup (1979/80 and1980/81).

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Peadar Walsh, preface another final day appearancefor Dundalk in a cross-bordercompetition?

And another coincidence —that first Inter City gameagainst Glentoran was theonly time that Dundalkscored five goals in a cross-border match until the 2011Valentine’s Day victory.

Incidentally, the 1942 hat-trick hero McCartneywould later play with Linfield.

Peadar Walsh

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This match at Oriel Park was a difficult game for the spectators, players andreferee. The match was indoubt due to a snow showerbefore kick-off.

The blizzard cleared allowingfor the match to continue but the snow returned in thesecond half. The pitch was“churned to mud” but bothteams played well under the circumstances.

Dundalk took the lead after 15 minutes when O’Boyletapped home from closerange. Bray should haveequalised immediately butO’Donnell shot over the bar. Charlie Tizard (Pictured, foreground) kept the visitingteam at bay when deniedO’Donnell with a tremendoussave.

Dundalk increased their lead after 30 minutes whenGodwin headed home a crossfrom Morgan. Tizard kept thelead intact for the remainderof the match with furthergreat saves from Buchananand Dalton.

Elsewhere...Brideville 2-1 Sligo Rovers Waterford 0-1 DolphinSt James Gate 2-1 St Patrick’sDrumcondra 3-1 Cork

Meanwhile, the Bohemiansversus Shamrock Roversmatch at Milltown was abandoned due to snow. Upnorth, Derry City defeatedLinfield 1-0 at Windsor Parkin a game disrupted by hooliganism.

In The News...Five people were killed in an air crash 75 miles fromBrisbane.

Tear gas and “stink bombs”injured 36 people in a seriesof attacks in Broadway cinemas in New York.

1937: Dundalk 2-0 Bray Unknowns

STATISTICS

DUNDALK: Tizard, O’Neill, McClune, McAfee, Smith, Hirst,Morgan, Donnelly, Godwin,O’Boyle, Mailey.

BRAY UNKNOWNS: McKay,Harkins, Neary, Fitzgibbon, Dalton, Doran, Jordan, O’Toole,O’Donnell, Buchannan, Smith.


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But for the lack of finishingprowess Dundalk would have seen off the challenge of Shelbourne in this leaguematch at Tolka Park. Sadly,this was Dundalk’s great failing throughout the entireleague campaign. Shels alsohad numerous opportunitiesto score – and how the gamefinished scoreless was anybody’s guess.

Credit was given to the defences on both sides. Charlie Hendricks andTommy McConville both produced top class displays at the back.

The newspaper reports of this game were not so kind on Dundalk forwards: “Notone of the opportunities theycreated was accepted by unappreciative forwards”.

Paddy Turner did manage toput the ball in the net withseven minutes remaining but the goal was ruled out foroffside after Gerry Sheehy’sheader had come back off the crossbar. There was noexcusing Joe Larkin and Turlough O’Connor (pictured,left) for first half misses, evenallowing for the fact thatPaddy Roche was outstandingin the Shelbourne goal.Roche’s best save came froma drive by Sheehy half waythrough the second half. Shelbourne were also wasteful in attack.

Indeed, Keogh’s most nervousmoment in the Dundalk goalwas when Tommy McConville

miskicked in front of himwith the ball going narrowlywide. Shels produced themiss of the match when Core, a minute before half-time, found possession on the penalty spot but he allowed Keogh the chance toadvance and save at his feet.

Elsewhere...Shamrock Rovers 2-0 WaterfordBohemians 1-0 DrumcondraAthlone 3-4 St Patrick’sDrogheda 0-1 Limerick

One day earlier, Linfield progressed to the semi-finalof the Irish Cup with a 4-1win over Crusaders at Windsor Park. Two goals from Billy Millen in the opening four minutes put Linfield on the way. An own-goal by Jackie Bell and afourth from Des Cathcartsealed the win.

In The News...A night of violence in Derryand Belfast. A policeman was killed in Derry followingan attack on an Army LandRover.

The Labour Party announcethat they will oppose EECmembership.

1971: Shelbourne 0-0 Dundalk

STATISTICS

SHELBOURNE: Roche, Gannon,O’Brien, Core, Dunning, M O’Donnell, Wilde, Brennan,O’Connor, Quinn, Coffey.

DUNDALK: Keogh, Kelly, Brennan, Hendricks, T McConville,W McKeever, Sheehy, O’Connor,Turner, Larkin, G McKeever. Sub – B McConville for Larkin.

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The League of Ireland hadsplit into two with the top sixteams playing off for the title.

This match was one of themany exciting matches in thisseries. It certainly capturedthe imagination of fans with over 3,000 people in attendance.

Gerry Thornley’s report describes a “predictably hairychested game...where anyplayer who dwelt a second toolong on the ball was liable tofind it his last”.

Dundalk were disappointednot to win the game despite adisastrous start. Derry tookthe lead after just 15 secondsof the game. Gino Lawlessmiscued a pass that set threeDerry City attackers straightthrough on goal. John Baconcarried the ball forward before tucking it past the advancing Alan O’Neill.

Dundalk came close to anequaliser when Tom Sullivanheaded Terry Eviston’s (pictured above, centre) crossover the bar. The leveller arrived after 21 minutes whenMick Shelly (pictured above,

right) crossed to Sullivan,whose mishit shot cannonedoff Stuart Gauld obligingly forEviston to steer a right footdrive past Dermot O’Neill.

Derry had the best chance ofthe 2nd half when Mark Ennisreleased Paul Carlyle but hisshot was well saved byO’Neill.

Elsewhere...Cork 1-1 BohemiansShelbourne 1-1 LimerickSt Patrick’s 2-1 Shamrock RoversSligo 0-0 BrayWaterford 4-0 Drogheda

In The News...Albert Reynolds urges resumption of peace talks.

The US airforce drop foodparcels to Muslims undersiege in Bosnia.

This was a match that wasbeset with problems off thepitch, but those who kepttheir eyes on the pitch wererewarded with an enthralling90 minutes as a top classBohs side failed to breakdown Martin Murray’s (pictured) side which showeda new found resilience. NewDundalk signing ColinHawkins was out for Bohsmeaning there were gaps atthe back to be exploited. However, bar one excellentchance which Ciaran Kavanagh fired left-footedstraight at Dempsey, therewas little work for the Bohsdefence to do in the first half.

Most of the action occured atthe other end with Dundalkhappy to still be 0-0 at thebreak. The excellent GlennCrowe made a rare error tomiss from six yards, withTony Folan also forcing Connolly to save. There werenumerous other let offs andscares with the Dundalk defence making some lastditch clearances. Maybe LadyLuck was to be on our side.

Bohs were bossing the game and produced the best

1993: Dundalk 1-1 Derry City 2002: Dundalk 1-1 Bohs

STATISTICS

DUNDALK: O’Neill, Purdy, Lawlor,Murphy, Dunne, Sullivan, McNulty,Lawless, Shelly, Hanrahan, Eviston. Sub: Irwin for Sullivan.

DERRY CITY: O’Neill, Hutton,Gauld, Curran, Murray, Carlyle,O’Brien, Mooney, Bacon, Ennis,McCann.


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performance seen at Orielthat season. The interplay between full backs and midfielders was a lesson to all teams with both Webb andO'Connor overlapping andadding an extra threat whichDundalk did not have any answer for.

Eight minutes into the second half, they got theirjust rewards. Crowe tookdown a long pass and lookedset to score before John Connolly blocked his effort.Morrison and Harkin bothhad rebounds blocked beforeCrowe slotted home. Dundalkwere never going to be thatlucky.

Earlier in the season theWhites would have crumbled,but the enthusiasm and energy of Hoey, Kavanagh andLawless saw Murray's teamget back into the contest.Haylock was excellent upfront, providing a release forthe defence by always takingtime on the ball and bringingplayers into the game. On 60minutes, ‘Kav’ could haveequalised when a throw fromHoey fell to him ten yards outbut he shot tamely.

For Lawless, the game reallywas a severe footballing education. Playing against the class of Hunt, he was leftchasing shadows for theopening half, well behind theplay. But as the match wenton, he grew more confidentand got with the pace of thegame. The spirit of Lawlessand Dundalk was embodiedin the manner of the 75thminute equaliser.

Haylock found Lawless fromBroughan’s clearance. ‘Bucky’failed to control the ball, buthe still pressured Avery Johninto making a tackle which wrongfooted his own keeperand deflected the ball towards Martin Reilly, only for thestriker to hit the crossbar before Lawless bravelyheaded/bundled the reboundover the line. Bohs’ responsewas immediate with Folan firing wide almost from therestart. The visitors createdsome other chances, but Dundalk somehow held firm.

Out of the blue, the Whites almost stole the game twominutes from time. A Hoey ballover the top put Reilly cleanthrough. Just outside the area,Caffrey hauled him down. Itwas a professional foul andCaffrey saw red. Keddy firedthe free kick over, and thenMcGuinness headed aBroughan free wide soon after.

2002: Dundalk 1-1 Bohs

STATISTICS

DUNDALK: Connolly, Whyte,Crawley, Broughan, McGuinness,Lawless, Kavanagh, Prizeman,Keddy, Reilly, Haylock.Sub: Hoey for Prizeman

Summary

Goals from Paddy Barlow andJohnny Lavery gave Dundalkan FAI Cup quarter-final winagainst Shelbourne in 1942 -the Whites would go on towin the Cup for the first timeat Cork United’s expense.

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Dundalk haven’t won ahome league game on 28February for 74 years, havingdrawn twice and lost on twoother occasions. The victorycame in 1934 against Bray.

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1937 Dundalk 2-0 BrayUnknowns1942 Shelbourne 1-2 Dundalk*1943 Dundalk 2-2 Drumcondra*1954 Transport 1-1 Dundalk*1960 Dundalk 0-2 Shelbourne1971 Shelbourne 0-0 Dundalk1982 Waterford 1-1 Dundalk1988 Dundalk 0-2 Bohemians1993 Dundalk 1-1 Derry City1998 Sligo Rovers 3-0 Dundalk1999 Wayside Celtic 2-0 Dundalk**2002 Dundalk 1-1 Bohemians

Overall recordPlayed: 12Won: 2, drawn: 6, lost: 4Goals for: 10, goals conceded: 16Last win: 1942, Last defeat: 1999

*FAI Cup, **Leinster Senior Cup

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1997/98

Although Dundalk preservedtheir top flight status thanksto goals from Jeff McNamaraat the end of the 1996/97 season, before the 1997/98campaign got underway,manager Eddie May departedfor Bradford City to be replaced by DFC legend JimMcLaughlin. With speculationrife about Dundalk’s financialposition, McLaughlin didn’thave much room to make animpact in the transfer market,instead relying on playerswho May had brought in tohelp pad out the panel. Itwould end up with a sixth-placed finish.

Take Ronnie McQuilter whowent on to earn a modicum of fame at St Mirren in 1999when he was dropped off astretcher while being carriedoff with a knee injury. He also spent some time at APOPPaphos in Cyprus in the early90s and spent the 2001/02season at Brisbane Strikers in Australia. In Scotland, he

featured for Ayr, Stirling andClydebank among others.

Professional milkman RayMcCoy enjoyed a lengthy and successful career withColeraine and Glenavon in the Irish League before joining Dundalk, on loan,from the Lurgan Blues in1998. McCoy made 11 appearances for Dundalk,scoring one goal and showingflashes of the skill thatmarked him out as an outstanding prospect in themid-1980s. At Coleraine hewon League Cup and UlsterCup medals and was UlsterYoung Player of the Year in1983 and Player of the Year in1987. He was called into theNorthern Ireland squad onoccasion and won one seniorcap, coming on as a subagainst Yugoslavia in a Euro qualifier in 1987. At Glenavon he won two IrishCup winners medals andthree runners-up medals,plus a host of other minor

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trophies. McCoy played a final season at Bangor beforetaking up coaching positionsat Newry and Glenavon.

Paul Carlyle, brother of Hilary,who also featured for Dundalk, spent eight seasonswith his hometown club,Derry City, and was a keymember of their historic treble-winning squad in the1988/89 season. Previouslyplayed for Coleraine, and alsofeatured for Shamrock Roversand Portadown before joiningDundalk for the 1997/98 season.

Nathan Wigg played in Dundalk’s midfield havingswitched from Merthyr Tydfilafter playing with Cardiff City.He would return to Wales toplay for Ebbw Vale beforemoving back to England withForest Green and GloucesterCity. Played three seasonswith Cwmbran Town andthen featured for both Llanelliand Clevedon Town (2004/05).

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I was born in Moskva on 27 February 1985and am of ethnic Tatar descent. I began mycareer in the youth teams at LokomotivMoscow. After making my senior debut in2004, I became a regular in the first teamand in my opening season the club won theRussian Premier League. I was rewarded formy performances during that campaign withthe league’s Young Player of the Year award.The following season I was part of the teamthat won the Russian Super Cup and CISCup. I continued my steady progress withthe club and eventually took over thecaptaincy ahead of the 2007 season, goingon to lead the club to the Russian Cup. InAugust 2009, I signed a four-year contractwith an English Premier League club for anundisclosed fee – believed to be £8.9 million– upon the recommendation from nationalteam manager Guus Hiddink, who was atChelsea at the time. I made my Englishleague debut later that month when comingon as a last-minute substitute in a 2-1 winover Wigan Athletic. My performanceagainst AEK Athens in the UEFA EuropaLeague was particularly noteworthy as Icreated the first three goals in a 4-0 win onmy first ever start for the club. I scoredseven goals in my first season in England,including one against Manchester Unitedwhich earned me the club’s Goal of theSeason accolade, as we finished in eighthplace. On the international front, I havealso made my mark. I played in ten out of12 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, and at thetournament finals I featured in all of thegames as we enjoyed a run to the semi-finalswhere we bowed out to eventual championsSpain. I also played in six of our ten gamesin FIFA 2010 World Cup qualification andscored twice, but they were not enough tohelp us quality as we lost to Slovenia inthe playoffs. I forgot to mention, I’m aleft-winger.WHOAMI?

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1WHICH CLUBWON THEINAUGURAL SETANTA SPORTSCUP IN 2005?

2 REAL MADRIDMIDFIELDERFERNANDO GAGOWAS BORN INWHICH COUNTRY?

3WHO SCORED EVERTON’SWINNING PENALTY IN THEIRRECENT ENGLISH FA CUPWINOVER CHELSEA?

4 FC TWENTE ARE LOCATED INWHICH DUTCH CITY?

5MATTHEW TIPTONMOVED TOWHAT IRISH LEAGUE CLUB INDECEMBER?

6WHO IS THE CURRENTMANAGER OF SERIE A CLUBINTERNAZIONALE MILANO?

7 HOWMANY IRISH LEAGUE TOP-FLIGHT TITLES HAVELINFIELDWON?

8WHO SCORED DUNDALK’SWINNING GOAL AGAINSTMONAGHAN UNITED IN THEIR RECENT FRIENDLY?

9 NAME THE CURRENT RUNAWAY LEADERS OF THEGERMAN BUNDESLIGA?

10WHO SCORED THEWINNING GOAL IN LAST YEAR’SSETANTA SPORTS CUP FINAL?

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PAULMURPHY1. WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE AND LEASTFAVOURITE FOOTBALL ANALYST? THE BOY THATDOES CHANNEL 5 GAMES AND ANDY GRAY.

2. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPERPOWER WHATWOULD IT BE? TO BE INVINCIBLE.

3. YOU’RE ABOUT TO WALK THE GREEN MILE;WHAT DO YOU HAVE AS YOUR LAST MEAL? STEW

4. DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER, AND IF SOWHAT DO YOU SING? I BELT OUT THE ODD TUNE;I HAVE NO FAVOURITES.

5. DO YOU HAVE ANY HIDDEN TALENTS? I CANMOVE MY EARS UP AND DOWN.

6. WHAT WAS YOUR NICKNAME AT SCHOOL?SPUD

7. WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE, PAST OR PRESENT,LEAGUE OF IRELAND PLAYER (CAN’T BE A CURRENT TEAMMATE OR NEALE FENN!)? STEVE WILLIAMS

8. OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL, WHAT SPORTSPERSON DO YOU ADMIRE THE MOST?MIKE TYSON

9. DO YOU HAVE ANY PRE-MATCH RITUALS ORSUPERSTITIONS? NO

10. IF HOLLYWOOD MADE A MOVIE ABOUT YOURLIFE, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY? MATTLUCAS (LITTLE BRITAIN)

11. IF YOU WERE STUCK IN A LIFT WITH A CURRENT TEAMMATE FOR 24 HOURS, WHOWOULD YOU LEAST LIKE IT TO BE? SIMON MADDEN

12. NAME ONE LEAGUE OF IRELAND CLUB THATYOU’D NEVER WANT TO PLAY FOR? THERE ISN’T ANY APART FROM COBH RAMBLERS, BECAUSE OF THE TRAVELLING!!

Name: Paul MurphyPosition: GoalkeeperHonours: Irish Cup with Portadown (2005)Ex-Clubs: Leeds United, LeicesterCity, Dundalk Newry City (twice),Portadown, Ballymena United,Lisburn Distillery, Cliftonville,Drogheda UnitedDate/Place of Birth: 28 March1985/DundalkHeight: 6ft1Weight: 13stNickname: SpudMarital Status/Kids: Engaged

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BATTEN down the hatches, lock upyour daughters and liberally sprinkleall you hold dear with the parishpriest's finest holy water... Linfield are coming to town! Imagine a bigger, badder, bluer version Shamrock Rovers - ShamrockRangers, if you like. You can expectanarchy, destruction and rioting - and that was just the reaction of theDundalk FC Matchday Magazineteam to the request to produce a fullscale programme in pre-season. Top class football scribes can't be expected to dash off a hurried 500words a couple of hours after deadline during February - our twotyping fingers have barely defrostedsince the winter!

So to the first competitive visit of Linfield since the infamous 1979 European Cup clash - and I use the word ‘clash’ advisedly. That EuropeanCup battle was the biggest Northern invasion down the east coast since KingBilly's Barmy Army raided south in 1690.(That one has to go down as a disappointing home defeat for the Irish, with the home team's defence unable to deal with the visitors' attacking4-3-36,000 formation. It set the tone fora long history of humiliating home defeats in Drogheda.) The 1979 European Cup tie was played during aparticularly fractious period of the Troubles and was almost inevitably aflashpoint. The match itself was playedagainst a backdrop of rioting, with trouble spilling into the town before and after the game. When the dust hadsettled Linfield came away with a respectable 1-1 draw, but were bannedfrom hosting the second leg, so off we all went to Holland for the return leg.

Dundalk and Linfield have played a number of friendlies since and relationsbetween the clubs are good but a degree

of trepidation remains among the supporters (those of Dundalk anyway).There were some shocking rumours ofthe past behaviour of Linfield fans aheadof tonight's match. There were tales ofLinfield fans, at previous Setanta Cupmatches, drinking and making friendswith supporters of Bohemians andDrogheda United. In an effort to moveaway from this image of indiscriminatefriendliness with awful League of Irelandclubs a branch of the Linfield SupportersClub invited a busload of Dundalk fansto a league game a few weeks back. Andthe reports are good: Linfield fans arequite normal. Like us, they are among the freakish minority who actually go to watch football matches in Ireland instead of just watching Liverpool orManchester United on TV, or - God forbid - Scotland’s Old F***. Like ustheir proud club has been blighted by theoccasional actions of a mindless minoritybut the vast majority really are quite likenormal people with no interest in riotingand the like. Imagine! Let’s face it, if wefootball fans wanted mindless violencewe could just watch Gaelic football orrugby, or spend Saturday night on thetown in Drogheda.

As well as providing a challenge on the pitch the visit of Linfield brings anumber of challenges off the field. Past experience suggests that these highprofile matches seem to draw the dregsof society out of the woodwork. Tonightwill pose a challenge to the maturity and respectability of the town and to the organisational ability of Dundalk’s security staff and An Garda Síochána.Past experience would suggest that, with a well organised event and withaway fans escorted safely and treatedwith dignity, it might just be possible tocarry it off without the local scum ofthe earth recreated 1979 (or 1690) for old time’s sake. Here’s hoping to a greatgame of football and new friendships.

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