{"title":"Finn Harps Football Club","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatchday programmes and club publications from Finn Harps, Finn Park, Ballybofey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBulk enquiries welcome from enthusiasts, libraries, clubs and collectors: \u003ca href=\"mailto:pigeonhousebooksdublin@gmail.com\"\u003epigeonhousebooksdublin@gmail.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fai-senior-challenge-cup-1999-finn-harps-v-kilkenny-city-9-march-1999-quarter-final-replay-matchday-programme-finn-park-ballybofey-the-run-to-the-1999-fai-cup-final","title":"FAI Senior Challenge Cup 1999: Finn Harps v Kilkenny City, 9 March 1999 quarter-final replay matchday programme — Finn Park, Ballybofey; the run to the 1999 FAI Cup final","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial programme for Finn Harps v Kilkenny City, FAI HARP LAGER CUP QUARTER-FINAL REPLAY, Finn Park, Ballybofey, Tuesday 9 March 1999. £1.00.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA CENTRALLY PUBLISHED CUP ISSUE, and a different FAI cover from the early-1990s ones: yellow and purple, reading 'HARP LAGER \/ FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND \/ SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP 1999' with the Association crest and the FAI Harp Cup device, wrapped around Finn Harps' own 'The Harps Review' matchday magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinn Harps reached the FAI CUP FINAL that year, so this is a tie on the road to it. Editor Joe Doherty sets the stakes: the winners go to Galway United in the 'élite' televised semi-final for a place in the final at Tolka Park, and Harps supporters 'can rightly say they have travelled the length and breadth of Ireland in this season's competition as they have already played games in Kilkenny, Cork, Dublin and now hopefully Galway' — having replayed all three rounds so far. He notes it usually takes five games to win the Cup, and this is Harps' sixth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe club directory names manager CHARLIE McGEEVER, chairman Conor Boyce, reserve manager Declan McIntyre and club captain Declan Boyle. A supporters' club page covers a Night at the Races at McElhinney's Bar in Stranorlar and prints the club shop price list — replica shirt £27, scarves £7, pennants £6 — a good snapshot of a League of Ireland club in 1999. Club sponsor Donegal Creameries, kit by O'Neills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Football Association of Ireland (FAI)\/Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Football Association of Ireland (FAI)\/Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Single Issue Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55158905438535,"sku":"2026-09-17-4040","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71drFo8W-HL.jpg?v=1790327366"},{"product_id":"finn-harps-fc-harps-review-issue-19-finn-harps-v-st-patrick-s-athletic-28-february-1998-matchday-programme-finn-park-the-brendan-bradley-record-panel","title":"Finn Harps FC 'Harps Review' Issue 19: Finn Harps v St Patrick's Athletic, 28 February 1998 matchday programme — Finn Park; the Brendan Bradley record panel","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Finn Harps matchday magazine, 'HARPS REVIEW' 1997\/98, Issue No. 19, price £1.00. Finn Harps v St Patrick's Athletic, FAI Harp Lager National League, Finn Park, Ballybofey, Saturday 28 February 1998. Club sponsor Donegal Creameries; match sponsor Marley's Coaches; kit by Patrick; pub sponsor Gallens Lounge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt Patrick's Athletic arrive top of the Premier Division under PAT DOLAN, and both the editorial and manager CHARLIE McGEEVER's 'Touchline Talk' circle the same sore point: St Pat's are 'the only team which Finn Harps have failed to beat since getting promoted'. McGeever is blunt about the previous weekend at Dalymount Park — 'in a game we controlled from start to finish... it was one of those games where you go home wondering how you lost the match' — with two penalty claims turned down and Derek Swan's free kick, his fourth goal against Harps that season, settling it. He also notes Harps still have two routes into Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe honours panel is unusually complete and is the collector's page here: league runners-up in 1972-73, 1975-76 and 1977-78; FAI CUP WINNERS 1973-74; the European Cup Winners' Cup of 1974-75 and UEFA Cup campaigns of 1973-74, 1976-77 and 1978-79; record league victory 8-1 at Kilkenny City; and the club's great scorer — BRENDAN BRADLEY, 29 league goals in 1975-76 and 181 in total, the League of Ireland's all-time record marksman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1998\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Single Issue Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55158905536839,"sku":"2026-09-17-4041","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71ZtboCwzPL.jpg?v=1790327368"},{"product_id":"finn-harps-fc-issue-06-finn-harps-v-bohemians-26-october-1996-matchday-programme-finn-park-the-wimbledon-to-dublin-row-and-a-swipe-at-eamon-dunphy","title":"Finn Harps FC Issue 06: Finn Harps v Bohemians, 26 October 1996 matchday programme — Finn Park; the Wimbledon-to-Dublin row and a swipe at Eamon Dunphy","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Finn Harps programme 1996\/97, Issue Number 06, price £1.00 (this copy stamped 249). Finn Harps v Bohemians, Harp Lager National League, Finn Park, Ballybofey, Saturday 26 October 1996. Official sponsor Donegal Creameries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBohemians arrive as Premier Division leaders with one defeat. Editor Joe Doherty introduces new signing STUART GAULD, free at last after a long suspension, and reviews a hard fortnight — a draw with Shamrock Rovers and a 2-0 defeat by champions St Patrick's Athletic 'with a penalty awarded amidst controversial circumstances before an unlucky own goal from Conor Frawley'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editorial's other half is a period piece. On the proposal to move WIMBLEDON to Dublin, opposed by the whole National League: 'A certain EAMON DUNPHY says \"it will happen\" and it will happen sooner than later. Does Mr Dunphy know something that the rest of us don't?... Then again our Eamon doesn't care much for the National League, he views his job as best the criticiser of the Irish International Team. It would be Mr Dunphy better if he would back the National League for a change and stop worrying about some British side coming to these shores and wrecking a league that is improving in every way week by week.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManager CHARLIE McGEEVER's 'Touchline Talk' warns there can be no room for error at home with the gap between top and bottom closing weekly. A full 1996-97 fixture list is printed, running through to the FAI Harp Lager Cup final on 4 May.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1996\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Single Issue Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55158905766215,"sku":"2026-09-17-4042","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/716QUnoGQEL.jpg?v=1790327372"},{"product_id":"finn-harps-fc-finn-harps-v-bohemians-13-january-2001-matchday-programme-eircom-league-premier-division-at-finn-park-the-club-s-survival-crisis-in-the-editor-s-own-words","title":"Finn Harps FC: Finn Harps v Bohemians, 13 January 2001 matchday programme — eircom League Premier Division at Finn Park; the club's survival crisis in the editor's own words","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Finn Harps matchday programme, £1.50. Finn Harps v Bohemians, eircom League Premier Division, Finn Park, Ballybofey, Saturday 13 January 2001. Match sponsor O'Dowd, Donnelly, Carbin; kit by O'Neills; Mitre match ball. The cover sets a Harps player against an archive photograph of a packed terrace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unusually frank club programme. Editor Joe Doherty opens: 'I don't think any Harps supporters will have been too disappointed to have seen the back of the year 2000. After all, it was one of the worst years in the short history of this club with both on and off the field problems.' GAVIN DYKES had resigned as manager as the year turned, with a couple of pages inside devoted to his record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the finances he is equally direct: a group of supporters had pledged money to the end of the season, keeping the squad together, and the board's decision to cut the wage bill 'was by no way a defeatist attitude' — 'If the club hadn't cut back in their weekly outgoings, chances were that there might not have been a club here next season.' Fifteen games remained, 'every one of them a Cup Final'. The page carries a disclaimer that the views are not necessarily the board's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe roll of honour panel records the club as founded in 1954 and elected to the League of Ireland in 1969, FAI Cup winners in 1974 and RUNNERS-UP IN 1999, Irish News Cup winners in 1998-99, and veterans of the Cup Winners' Cup and three UEFA Cup campaigns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2001\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Single Issue Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55158905798983,"sku":"2026-09-17-4043","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71hBrEGuxvL.jpg?v=1790327373"},{"product_id":"finn-harps-fc-harps-review-finn-harps-v-shelbourne-4-april-1998-matchday-programme-fai-harp-lager-cup-semi-final-souvenir-programme-at-finn-park-numbered-for-the-colour-television-draw","title":"Finn Harps FC 'Harps Review': Finn Harps v Shelbourne, 4 April 1998 matchday programme — FAI HARP LAGER CUP SEMI-FINAL souvenir programme at Finn Park; numbered for the colour-television draw","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial souvenir programme, 'HARPS REVIEW — FAI Harp Lager Cup Semi-Final Special'. Finn Harps v Shelbourne, FAI HARP LAGER CUP SEMI-FINAL, Finn Park, Ballybofey, Saturday 4 April 1998. £1.00. Match sponsored by the News of the World; pub sponsor Harley's 'Cheers' Bar; club sponsor Donegal Creameries; kit by Patrick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach copy is individually numbered in red on the cover, because the programme doubled as a raffle ticket: 'If the number of this programme matches the number drawn you have won a… COLOUR TELEVISION', sponsored by View with McHugh of Lower Main Street, Ballybofey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditor Joe Doherty catches the scale of the occasion: 'It's been seventeen years since Harps have appeared in a cup semi-final and almost a quarter of a century ago since we last won one. Now with a home draw, something that was not even thought about the last time we played in the semis, the advantage (if any) is with us as we welcome DAMIEN RICHARDSON and his Shelbourne team to Finn Park.' He notes Shelbourne had not beaten Harps at Finn Park in two seasons and had never beaten them in the FAI Cup, so 'the omens look good for a Harps team to make an FAI Cup Final appearance for only the second time in their history' — before conceding that manager CHARLIE McGEEVER 'knows that history means nothing when it comes down to the big occasion'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe club directory names the captain as Jonathan Speake, later the club's manager.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1998\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Single Issue Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55158905864519,"sku":"2026-09-17-4044","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71BdmyOm_eL.jpg?v=1790327373"},{"product_id":"finn-harps-fc-review-2003-finn-harps-v-derry-city-3-december-2003-matchday-programme-promotion-relegation-play-off-final-first-leg-noel-king-and-harps-in-europe","title":"Finn Harps FC 'Review' 2003: Finn Harps v Derry City, 3 December 2003 matchday programme — promotion\/relegation play-off FINAL first leg; Noel King, and Harps in Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Finn Harps matchday programme, 'Finn Harps Review' 2003, €2. Finn Harps v Derry City, PROMOTION \/ RELEGATION PLAY-OFF FINAL, FIRST LEG, Finn Park, Ballybofey, Wednesday 3 December 2003. eircom League; Umbro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA north-west derby with everything on it. Chairman John McNulty does not understate it: 'Tonight there is no league points on offer, there is no next round of the cup to progress to. The prize being given out on Saturday night is a place in the Premier Division next season. Both ourselves and Derry know that one of us will be playing in the Premier and one of us will be playing First Division football next season.' He calls it 'a crying shame that both these clubs won't be playing in the Premier Division', and thanks the thousand Harps supporters who had travelled to Bray the previous Saturday. The manager is NOEL KING, later Republic of Ireland Under-21 manager and senior caretaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe standout feature is 'Harps in Europe', looking back at the club's first two European outings — and it reproduces the cover of the souvenir programme for FINN HARPS v ABERDEEN, UEFA Cup first round second leg, Wednesday 3 October 1973, price tenpence. The account of the Bursaspor tie names the side — Peter Hutton, Tony O'Doherty, Jim Sheridan, Paddy McGrory, Hilary Carlyle, BRENDAN BRADLEY, Charlie Ferry — and records that admission in Ballybofey was £1 for the ground and 50p extra for the stand, that kick-off depended on the light, and that the programme itself 'was late in arriving and was only available at half time'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso inside: reaction to the play-off win over Bray Wanderers, and Harry Walsh on his time at Finn Park. Thirty-six pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2003\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Single Issue Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55158905930055,"sku":"2026-09-17-4045","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71GjFNFiHBL.jpg?v=1790327375"},{"product_id":"finn-harps-fc-harps-finn-harps-v-shelbourne-12-january-2002-matchday-programme-fai-carlsberg-cup-third-round-the-editor-on-the-paul-marney-affair","title":"Finn Harps FC 'Harps': Finn Harps v Shelbourne, 12 January 2002 matchday programme — FAI Carlsberg Cup third round; the editor on the Paul Marney affair","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Finn Harps match day programme, 'HARPS'. Finn Harps v Shelbourne, FAI CARLSBERG CUP THIRD ROUND, Finn Park, Ballybofey, Saturday 12 January 2002. eircom League. Official sponsor vfm, The Wood Floor Superstore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditor Joe Doherty gives his whole column to the biggest story in Irish football that winter: 'The Paul Marney affair has made the back pages of all the domestic papers this week — and it's a story which has overshadowed everything else in the process. Again the profile of the eircom League has taken a battering and again the League critics are having a field day. At the end of the day there are no winners in this — not even St Pat's — and everyone will agree that the eircom League rulebook needs to be re-written from start to finish.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe walks through the arbitration hearing and the nine points deducted from and partly restored to St Patrick's Athletic over an ineligible player, notes the whole business had taken six months, and warns what will happen 'if St Pat's are champions, and the likes of Derry City, Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne are just one or two points behind them'. He also records reports that Shelbourne might withdraw from the FAI Cup, and hopes the tie 'lives up to its billing as the tie of the round'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe directory names JONATHAN SPEAK as manager, with Sean McGowan on the Under-21s and Charlie McGeever running the USL side. 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Finn Harps v Waterford United, PROMOTION \/ RELEGATION PLAY-OFF FINAL, FIRST LEG, Finn Park, Ballybofey, Tuesday 20 November 2007. eircom League of Ireland; pfsports.ie; Umbro. The cover is a photograph of manager PAUL HEGARTY on the touchline — the Dundee United centre-half and Scotland international.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarps had just missed the First Division title after winning nine and drawing one of their last ten games, then beaten Dundalk 2-0 in the play-off semi-final; the second leg at the RSC followed in seventy-two hours. The welcome page is candid about the burden of history on both sides: 'Harps have lost out on each of the previous five occasions that they have taken part in a play-off series, but Waterford United's record is also far from impressive… for one of these two teams, they will be celebrating play-off success for the first time after many disappointments.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also marks a good week for the club: striker CONOR GETHINS named PFAI First Division Player of the Year, top scorer in the division with fifteen goals, and one of four Harps players on the PFAI team of the season alongside James Gallagher, Shaun Holmes and Tony Shields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, youth-team news covers a 3-0 FAI Umbro Youth Cup win over Kildrum Tigers, and the club's end-of-year awards dinner at the Villa Rose Hotel is advertised. 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Finn Harps v St Patrick's Athletic, eircom League of Ireland Premier Division, Finn Park, Ballybofey, Friday 11 April 2008. Club sponsor Donegal Creameries; match sponsor Patrick J. Doherty \u0026amp; Sons Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Finn Harps' return to the top flight. The welcome page has the season's shape exactly: 'After five games, we have two 100% records. At home, we have won two out of two, while on our travels it's a case of three defeats in our three games.' The home wins were over Cobh Ramblers on the opening day and UCD — the latter settled by SHAUN WILLIAMS, later of Millwall and the Republic of Ireland, 'for the second home game in a row… the match winner with a stunning strike'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is frank about the away form: a 3-0 defeat at Dalymount Park to PAT FENLON's Bohemians after Kevin Ramsey's harsh second booking, and a loss at Bray where Conor Gethins hit a post from a free kick and missed a penalty. A photograph shows Harps players protesting to referee Alan Kelly over the Ramsey dismissal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTonight's visitors are Johnny McDonnell's St Patrick's Athletic, whose own perfect start had just been ended by Derry City twice in a week, in the league at Richmond Park and in the Setanta Sports Cup at the Brandywell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManager PAUL HEGARTY; the directory even lists a club historian. Forty pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Single Issue Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55158906257735,"sku":"2026-09-17-4048","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/81rUE5VjbSL.jpg?v=1790327379"},{"product_id":"finn-harps-fc-2007-finn-harps-v-dundalk-11-may-2007-matchday-programme-eircom-league-first-division-at-finn-park-the-week-the-feelgood-factor-returned","title":"Finn Harps FC 2007: Finn Harps v Dundalk, 11 May 2007 matchday programme — eircom League First Division at Finn Park; the week the feelgood factor returned","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Finn Harps programme, season 2007, €3.00. Finn Harps v Dundalk, eircom League of Ireland First Division, Finn Park, Ballybofey, Friday 11 May 2007. pfsports.ie; Umbro. Cover: a Harps player in the yellow Crawford Furnishings away shirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'They say things can change quickly in football,' the welcome page begins, 'and in the past seven days that saying has proved true here at Finn Park. After the doom and gloom of the previous month, the feelgood factor returned for Harps fans in the space of 72 hours.' Kilkenny City were beaten 5-0 on the Friday, four up by half-time; then, two down at the break against Sligo Rovers in the League Cup on the Monday, 'a couple of inspired substitutions by PAUL HEGARTY' turned it, CONOR GETHINS pulling one back and STEPHEN PARKHOUSE striking twice late to put Harps into the quarter-finals for the third time in four years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a warm passage on CHRIS BREEN, 'the Stranorlar man', back to his best after two years of bit-part football: 'When he had the ball running at the opposition defence, both Kilkenny City and Sligo Rovers had no answer to him.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTonight's visitors Dundalk are unbeaten in the league under JOHN GILL and favourites for the division; Harps' next three home games are against the top three. Inside, local football gets its due too — Milford United's Brian McCormick Sports Cup final win over St Catherine's at Diamond Park. Thirty-two pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Harps Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2007\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Single Issue Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55158906421575,"sku":"2026-09-17-4049","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71kxIFZNxwL.jpg?v=1790327382"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/collections\/71BdmyOm_eL.jpg?v=1790327757","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/collections\/finn-harps-football-club.oembed","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}