{"title":"Longford Town Football Club","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatchday programmes and club publications from Longford Town.\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":"longford-town-fc-longford-town-v-derry-city-9-november-2007-matchday-programme-eircom-league-of-ireland-at-flancare-park-alan-mathews-the-2003-and-2004-fai-cup-winners","title":"Longford Town FC: Longford Town v Derry City, 9 November 2007 matchday programme – eircom League of Ireland at Flancare Park; Alan Mathews, the 2003 and 2004 FAI Cup winners","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial programme for Longford Town v Derry City, eircom League of Ireland, Friday 9 November 2007, at Flancare Park, Strokestown Road, Longford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLongford Town's own home programme, from the era just after the club's best years. The club page records a foundation date of 1924 and election to the League of Ireland in 1984, red and black striped shirts, and a full honours list: the Leinster Junior Cup of 1931, the Connacht Cup of 1932, FAI Intermediate Cups in 1936\/37, 1954\/55, 1959\/60, 1962\/63 and 1968\/69, Metropolitan Cups through the 1950s and early 1960s, First Division runners-up in 1999\/2000, FAI Cup runners-up in 2001 and then – the high point – FAI CUP WINNERS IN 2003 AND 2004, with the League Cup also won in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Club Directory for 2007 names Alan Mathews as manager with Noel White and Trevor Crolly coaching, president Peter Keenan, chairman Jim Hanley, commercial manager Dennis Dowd, programme editor Donal Keogh and FAI official Noel Treacy, alongside the long rosters of the Longford and North Longford supporters' clubs who kept the club running. A 'Millennium Promotion' page carries the local businesses who backed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA League of Ireland programme from a club that punched a long way above its weight in the mid-2000s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Longford Town Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Longford Town 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":55158902227271,"sku":"2026-09-17-4014","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71A_MPbpi-L.jpg?v=1790327324"},{"product_id":"longford-town-fc-longford-town-v-linfield-4-april-2005-matchday-programme-setanta-cup-2005-the-inaugural-cross-border-competition-at-flancare-park","title":"Longford Town FC: Longford Town v Linfield, 4 April 2005 matchday programme – SETANTA CUP 2005, the inaugural cross-border competition, at Flancare Park","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial programme for Longford Town v Linfield, SETANTA CUP 2005, Monday 4 April 2005, at Flancare Park, Longford. £2 \/ €3.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the FIRST SEASON of the Setanta Cup – the cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland and the Irish League, launched in 2005. The cover carries both governing bodies' crests, the Irish Football Association and the FAI, side by side, which is what makes these early Setanta Cup programmes worth having: a Dublin-organised competition and a Belfast one sharing a cover. Linfield of Windsor Park are the visitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLongford Town were reigning FAI Cup holders when this was printed, having won the cup in 2003 and again in 2004 and the League Cup in 2004 – the club's peak. The directory names Alan Mathews as manager with Aaron O'Callaghan assisting, Noel White coaching and Gary Mathews on goalkeepers, with Noel Treacy editing and Annette Corkery designing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSponsors through the issue: club sponsor Flancare, match sponsor PVS and Club Blue, programme sponsor Let's Talk Tiles of Mastertech Business Park, ball sponsor Shaw's Garage of the Dublin Road, and mascot sponsor Stenson's Pharmacy. Forty pages, with the local advertising that funded them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Longford Town Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Longford Town Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2005\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":55158902358343,"sku":"2026-09-17-4015","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71mgR8a64vL.jpg?v=1790327326"},{"product_id":"longford-town-fc-longford-town-v-dundalk-11-march-2000-matchday-programme-fai-eircom-national-league-first-division-at-strokestown-road-stephen-kenny-s-first-management-job","title":"Longford Town FC: Longford Town v Dundalk, 11 March 2000 matchday programme – FAI eircom National League First Division at Strokestown Road; STEPHEN KENNY's first management job","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial programme for Longford Town v Dundalk, FAI eircom National League First Division, Saturday 11 March 2000, at Mullologher, Strokestown Road, Longford, kick-off 7.30pm. Match sponsor Shrule Construction of Ballymahon; match ball sponsor Ulster Bank, Main Street, Longford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover gives the day and month but not the year; the contents date it precisely – the chairman writes of entering 'the final phase of the 1999\/2000 season', and the league positions described match that spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reason to own it is 'A Word From The Manager', signed by STEPHEN KENNY. Longford Town was Kenny's first senior management job; he would go on to Bohemians, Derry City, Dunfermline, Dundalk and, in 2020, the Republic of Ireland. Here he welcomes Dundalk's Terry Eviston in the fifth meeting of the season, recalls Dundalk's European Cup nights against Real Madrid, Liverpool and Glasgow Rangers, reviews a win over Cobh, a defeat at Bray and a strong second half against Athlone Town, welcomes back Stephen Kelly and Paul Flanagan, and picks out six under-18s in the last 16 of the FAI Youths Cup. Eight games left, five of them at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chairman's address calls it a 'vital top-table fixture' – Dundalk had just leapfrogged Longford into the second promotion place – and announces the imminent start of two all-weather pitches at Strokestown Road, 'the first facility of its type in the county'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Longford Town Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Longford Town Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2000\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":55158902456647,"sku":"2026-09-17-4016","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71LMqsabvoL.jpg?v=1790327327"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/collections\/71A_MPbpi-L.jpg?v=1790327767","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/collections\/longford-town-football-club.oembed","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}