{"title":"Galway United Football Club","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatchday programmes and club publications from Galway United.\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":"galway-united-fc-maroon-view-no-6-galway-united-v-waterford-fc-5-may-2023-matchday-programme-sse-airtricity-league-first-division-at-eamonn-deacy-park-maurice-nugent-cover","title":"Galway United FC 'Maroon View' No. 6: Galway United v Waterford FC, 5 May 2023 matchday programme — SSE Airtricity League First Division at Eamonn Deacy Park; Maurice Nugent cover","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Galway United matchday programme 'Maroon View', issue 06, €3. Galway United v Waterford Football Club, SSE Airtricity League First Division, Eamonn Deacy Park, Friday 5 May 2023, kick-off 19.45. Sponsor Comer Group Ireland; cover star MAURICE NUGENT.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA top-of-the-table tie between the season's two standout First Division sides — United went up as champions that year. 'United We Stand' welcomes Waterford and 'a manager of the calibre of KEITH LONG' to Terryland, records the club's first defeat of the season away to Longford Town on the Monday after a sell-out home win over Cobh Ramblers, and praises the Maroon Army.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Captain's Log' with CONOR McCORMACK takes the same three games from the dressing room: finding a way past a stubborn Cobh, conceding early at Longford and not getting back into it, and the 'massive battle' against a dangerous Waterford side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue also flags the following day at the club: GALWAY UNITED WOMEN, level on points at the top of their table under Phil Trill, at home to Treaty United at 5pm — a snapshot of the season in which both sides went up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Galway United Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Galway United Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2023\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":55158902849863,"sku":"2026-09-17-4019","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/710zrdPGiGL.jpg?v=1790327332"},{"product_id":"galway-united-fc-united-maroon-view-issue-19-galway-united-v-dundalk-27-october-2017-matchday-programme-sse-airtricity-league-premier-division-at-eamonn-deacy-park","title":"Galway United FC 'United' \/ Maroon View Issue 19: Galway United v Dundalk, 27 October 2017 matchday programme — SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Eamonn Deacy Park","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Galway United matchday programme, 'UNITED' \/ Maroon View, Issue 19, €4.00. Galway United v Dundalk, SSE Airtricity League Premier Division, Eamonn Deacy Park, Friday 27 October 2017, kick-off 7.45pm. Sponsors Comer Group Ireland and uhlsport, with the Gaillimh 2020 mark; a striking illustrated comic-style cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last game of the season, and the night Galway United went down. Editor JOHNNY WARD writes a clear-eyed piece on a 'pretty manic Premier Division campaign': the talk of moving to a ten-team league, the costly opening defeat to Drogheda in March, a defence of Shane Keegan's signings, and a reminder that United had beaten Dundalk the previous season just after the Lilywhites had hammered BATE Borisov.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe also records that STEPHEN KENNY had been the special guest on the 'LOI Weekly' podcast that week, and that 'people forget that his career was going nowhere when Dundalk came to his door' — three years before Kenny took the Republic of Ireland job. And he laments that Stephen O'Donnell, Daryl Horgan and David Forde never made the same impact at Galway as they did at Dundalk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe programme team is named — designed by Morgan O'Brien, edited by Ward, with Paraic Collins as deputy and Sean Ryan as club photographer — and Ward notes, with some feeling, that Maroon View lost programme of the year to Dundalk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Galway United Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Galway United Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2017\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":55158902980935,"sku":"2026-09-17-4020","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71IFkHd_2IL.jpg?v=1790327334"},{"product_id":"galway-united-fc-maroon-view-galway-united-v-bohemians-22-october-2010-matchday-programme-airtricity-premier-league-at-terryland-park-nick-leeson-as-chief-executive","title":"Galway United FC 'Maroon View': Galway United v Bohemians, 22 October 2010 matchday programme — Airtricity Premier League at Terryland Park; NICK LEESON as chief executive","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Galway United matchday programme 'Maroon View', €3, 'Clár Oifigiúil'. Galway United v Bohemians, Airtricity Premier League, Terryland Park, Friday 22 October 2010, kick-off 7.45pm. Main sponsors Courtyard Marriott, SSL Logistics, Rival and Papa John's Pizza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover gives the day and month but not the year. The contents fix it: the club faces 'the play-off with Bray on Nov 2nd', which is the promotion\/relegation play-off Galway United won 2-1 on 2 November 2010 to keep their Premier Division place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE CLUB DIRECTORY IS THE FIND. It lists the chief executive officer as NICK LEESON — the former Barings Bank trader, who really did run Galway United in this period — and the patron as MICHAEL D. HIGGINS, a year before he became President of Ireland. Sean Connor is manager.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe feature page is a supporter's essay of unusual candour: 'Ever watch the movie Groundhog Day? It's a bit like supporting Galway United.' It walks through the annual relegation fight, the departures of Jeff Kenna and Ian Foster, the sale of Anto Flood just as his partnership with Karl Sheppard was blossoming, Jay O'Shea's move to Birmingham City, and the coming play-off — 'This is our Cup Final. It's all or nothing and we need the Terryland faithful to drive us to victory.' It signs off 'Is Féidir Linn'. 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Galway United v Shamrock Rovers, Bord Gáis National League of Ireland, Premier Division Group A, at CROWLEY PARK, Galway, Sunday 13 March 1994, kick-off 3.30pm. Programme sponsored by Castle Print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover is a period piece in itself: the club's name in Irish, 'Cumann Peile Gaillimh Aontaithe', over a photograph of the maroon McDonald's Gaillimh shirt laid out on the grass, by Paul O'Brien. Shamrock Rovers' FIRST EVER VISIT TO CROWLEY PARK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChairman Nial O'Reilly's 'Through the Chair' welcomes the Rovers party after a long, wet winter and thanks the Galway Shopping Centre for its backing. Manager TONY MANNION writes 'From the Dugout' and is generous about the opposition — RAY TREACY 'has transformed Rovers into serious title challengers by playing attractive, flowing football' — while ruing a heavy pitch and two freak goals in the defeat at Cork the previous Sunday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe club information page gives the honours as they stood: Premier Division runners-up 1986, FAI Cup runners-up 1985 and WINNERS 1991, League Cup runners-up 1981 and winners 1986, First Division champions 1993 and the First Division Shield in 1993 — the club at its strongest. 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