{"title":"Sligo Rovers Football Club","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatchday programmes and club publications from Sligo Rovers, the Showgrounds, Sligo.\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":"sligo-rovers-fc-the-bit-o-red-no-22-sligo-rovers-v-shelbourne-17-february-1998-matchday-programme-fai-harp-lager-league-cup-final-first-leg-at-the-showgrounds","title":"Sligo Rovers FC 'The Bit o' Red' No. 22: Sligo Rovers v Shelbourne, 17 February 1998 matchday programme — FAI HARP LAGER LEAGUE CUP FINAL first leg at the Showgrounds","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Sligo Rovers programme, season 1997\/98, No. 22, £1.00. Sligo Rovers v Shelbourne, F.A.I. HARP LAGER LEAGUE CUP FINAL, FIRST LEG, the Showgrounds, Tuesday 17 February 1998, kick-off 7.00pm. 'The bit o' red'; Beamish Irish Stout on the shirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA cup final — and the one Sligo Rovers finally won. The club file printed here lists them as League Cup RUNNERS-UP in 1975\/76, 1976\/77 and 1995\/96 and winners never; they took the trophy that year, their first League Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayer-coach NICKY REID welcomes Shelbourne as 'in my opinion the best footballing side in the League' and notes that this is a rematch of the finalists of two years before: 'Cup finals don't come around very often in a player's career, least they haven't in mine.' Editor Joe Molloy's editorial remembers that 1995\/96 final — the second leg at Tolka Park, Sligo two up at half-time and beaten on penalties after extra time, 'the best game ever played in the League of Ireland' — and argues forcefully that the competition has dragged on for six months and needs fixed dates and a one-leg final at a neutral venue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best inside page is 'Programme From The Past': a full reproduction of the Dublin City Cup programme for Sligo Rovers v Shelbourne of 21 August 1949, both line-ups printed, Rovers winning 4-2. The patron is named as RAY McSHARRY, the former Tánaiste and European Commissioner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers 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":55158903636295,"sku":"2026-09-17-4023","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71PcvTGtF9L.jpg?v=1790327339"},{"product_id":"sligo-rovers-fc-no-5-sligo-rovers-v-shamrock-rovers-11-april-2011-matchday-programme-setanta-sports-cup-semi-final-first-leg-at-the-showgrounds-paul-cook","title":"Sligo Rovers FC No. 5: Sligo Rovers v Shamrock Rovers, 11 April 2011 matchday programme — SETANTA SPORTS CUP semi-final first leg at the Showgrounds; Paul Cook","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Sligo Rovers programme No. 5, €4. Sligo Rovers v Shamrock Rovers, SETANTA SPORTS CUP SEMI-FINAL, FIRST LEG, Sligo Showgrounds, Monday 11 April 2011, kick-off 7.45pm. Match sponsor Shenanigan's Bar; the cover is a photograph of the Setanta Cup itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the cross-border competition's later years, with two of the strongest sides in the country meeting in the last four. The manager is PAUL COOK, who went on to manage Portsmouth, Chesterfield, Wigan Athletic and Ipswich Town; Gerry Carr assists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty-two pages, and the contents are better than most: a chairman's welcome, Paul Cook's notes, a page from Milo Corcoran, an interview with RAFAEL CRETARO, Sligo Rovers pen pics, a Shamrock Rovers spread, Conal Collier on whether admitting extra teams to the league is worth discussing, a Sligo Rovers A-Z, LEO GRAY ON THE 1970 BLAXNIT CUP FINAL, Keith O'Dwyer on SEAN FALLON — the Sligo man who was Jock Stein's assistant at Celtic — the Sligo IT scholarship scheme, and a collectors' corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe honours panel is up to date with the FAI Cup and League Cup doubles of 2010, and the fixtures pages carry both full league tables for 2011. Also advertised: the Sligo Rovers Dublin Golf Classic at Luttrellstown Castle that May.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2011\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":55158903669063,"sku":"2026-09-17-4024","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/61LMhVIDmoL.jpg?v=1790327340"},{"product_id":"sligo-rovers-fc-the-bit-o-red-no-24-sligo-rovers-v-shelbourne-12-april-1995-matchday-programme-bord-gais-national-league-premier-division-lawrie-sanchez-player-manager","title":"Sligo Rovers FC 'The Bit o' Red' No. 24: Sligo Rovers v Shelbourne, 12 April 1995 matchday programme — Bord Gáis National League Premier Division; LAWRIE SANCHEZ player-manager","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Sligo Rovers match programme, season 1994\/95, No. 24, £1.00. Sligo Rovers v Shelbourne, Bord Gáis National League Premier Division, the Showgrounds, Wednesday 12 April 1995, kick-off 7.30pm. 'The Bit o' Red', described on the cover as an award-winning matchday magazine, with the banner 'F.A.I. Cup Winners, First Division Champions, Shield Winners 1993\/94'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe club directory names the player\/manager as LAWRIE SANCHEZ — who scored Wimbledon's winning goal in the 1988 FA Cup final and later managed Northern Ireland and Fulham. His 'Inside View' on page 3 opens: 'Football can be a cruel game at times. It can lead you from the heights of elation to the depths of depression all in the course of four days.' He is proud of a second half that nearly recovered the tie, and blunt about the finances — without gate money 'we could lose players to other League of Ireland clubs. A galling prospect!'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe standout page is the complete 'Sligo Rovers Fixtures \u0026amp; Results 1994\/95', from 22 July through to 7 May: the whole league season, the FAI Cup run, and the club's EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS' CUP campaign — Floriana of Malta home and away, then CLUB BRUGGE. One page holding an entire European season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChairman Ray Gallagher; club captain Gavin Dykes; edited by Tommy Horan. 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Sligo Rovers v St Patrick's Athletic, Bord Gáis National League Premier Division, the Showgrounds, Sunday 25 February 1996, kick-off 3.15pm. Sponsors Staunton Sports and Tohers; kit by le coq sportif. Cover portrait of Johnny Kenny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe manager is STEVE COTTERILL — his first job in management, years before Cheltenham Town, Burnley, Bristol City and Birmingham City. 'Cotterill's Comments' describes a roller-coaster week: a disappointing defeat at the Brandywell, then a tricky cup tie in Limerick won with two second-half goals, and now league leaders St Patrick's Athletic, with a 1-0 defeat earlier in the season to avenge. He welcomes RTÉ, noting it is 'the first time since 1983 that we have had outside broadcast cameras at the Showgrounds'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditor Tommy Horan's editorial is unusually pointed about the governing body: 'Our present body, the F.A.I., have had a very bad patch of late, with one problem after another which has led to a huge vote of no confidence in our Association. I hope that quality appointments are made to replace those who have resigned in recent days.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe full season fixtures and results page records the 1995\/96 LEAGUE CUP FINAL against Shelbourne, drawn 2-2 on aggregate and lost 4-5 on penalties. The next home game advertised is a friendly against BRØNDBY on 2 March. 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Sligo Rovers v Bohemian FC, Airtricity League Premier Division, the Showgrounds, Friday 22 April 2011, kick-off 7.35pm. Match sponsor expert. Cover photograph of goalkeeper BRENDAN CLARKE, later of St Patrick's Athletic and Shamrock Rovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the season Sligo Rovers won the FAI Cup and finished as runners-up in the league, under manager PAUL COOK — afterwards of Portsmouth, Chesterfield, Wigan Athletic and Ipswich Town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty-two pages, and the contents reward reading: a chairman's welcome, Cook's own notes, a three-page interview with Brendan Clarke, Sligo Rovers pen pics, a Bohemian FC spread, the Sligo Rovers A-Z, Conal Collier on the disciplinary rules under the heading 'Legislators seem to be playing card games', Stephen McLaughlin's '1970\/71 The Euro Odyssey' on the club's first European campaign, Noel Scott's 'From Near \u0026amp; Far' on the Rovers fan base, a piece on Forthill, a collectors' corner and the full fixtures and results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fixtures pages also carry both 2011 league tables and a set of photographs from the season — among them Michael Mooney of the management committee making a presentation to SEAN FALLON, the Sligo man who was Jock Stein's assistant at Celtic, and sponsors' cheques handed over with the club mascot Benny the Bull.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2011\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":55158904127815,"sku":"2026-09-17-4027","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71u_qPkiAqL.jpg?v=1790327346"},{"product_id":"fai-harp-lager-senior-challenge-cup-1994-sligo-rovers-v-cobh-ramblers-19-march-1994-third-round-matchday-programme-the-showgrounds-willie-mcstay-and-the-season-sligo-won-the-cup","title":"FAI Harp Lager Senior Challenge Cup 1994: Sligo Rovers v Cobh Ramblers, 19 March 1994 third-round matchday programme — the Showgrounds; Willie McStay, and the season Sligo won the cup","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial programme for Sligo Rovers v Cobh Ramblers, F.A.I. 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I wasn't too long in Sligo when I was made aware of the Rovers-Cobh Cup saga in 1983.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best inside page reproduces the cover of the SLIGO ROVERS v DUNDALK FAI Cup programme of 6 FEBRUARY 1938 — price twopence — and tells the story of that 1-1 draw and the replay Dundalk won 2-0 at Oriel Park on their way to the final. It even lists the films advertised in the 1938 programme at the Gaiety and Savoy: 'The Man Who Cried Wolf', 'Charlie Chan at the Olympic' and 'The Great O'Malley'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA player-sponsors page pictures Ian Lynch, Declan Boyle, David Reid, Will Hastie and Pierce Devaney. Patron Ray McSharry. 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HARP LAGER CUP QUARTER-FINAL REPLAY, the Showgrounds, Wednesday 5 April 1995, kick-off 7.00pm. No. 22, season 1994\/95, £1.00.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCENTRALLY PUBLISHED: the FAI's own purple Harp Cup cover reads 'Sligo Rovers (Holders) v. Shamrock Rovers, 1995' — Sligo were the reigning cup winners — with the club's 'The Bit o' Red' cover inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reason to own it is page 3. Player-manager LAWRIE SANCHEZ — scorer of Wimbledon's winning goal in the 1988 FA Cup final — gives his whole column to the refereeing of the drawn original tie at the RDS. He argues the foul on Mark Reid was inside the area, 'a fact confirmed on television later', that the linesman gave the referee no help, and that 'the only two people at the R.D.S. on Sunday who did not think it was a sending off and a penalty were the two whose opinion mattered the most'. He records putting it to the referee afterwards, and the referee replying that he would apologise if television proved him wrong: 'I said I would if I was wrong and I would expect the same if he was wrong.' He then describes the flashpoint at the other end and the 'handbag stuff' that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe closes by congratulating Robert Brunton on an FAI National League Under-21 call-up he had to withdraw from, and Eddie Annand, Will Hastie, Johnny Kenny and Robert Bruton on All-Star nominations. Page 15 carries the full 1994\/95 season record including the European Cup Winners' Cup ties with Floriana and Club Brugge. Match sponsor The Star. 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Sligo Rovers v Shelbourne, F.A.I. Harp Lager National League, the Showgrounds, Saturday 17 January 1998, kick-off 3.00pm. Beamish Irish Stout on the shirt; sponsors The Star and Tohers; Mitre match ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoe Molloy's editorial makes the claim that dates the issue: 'This game to-day is historic as it is the first time a game has been televised live from the Showgrounds.' He welcomes Shelbourne and their manager DAMIEN RICHARDSON, notes that Sligo had done Shelbourne a favour by knocking St Patrick's Athletic off the top in the last league game — 'let there be no more favours to-day' — and defends an 18-year-old local player who had been booed off after the Mervue United cup tie: 'Sligo people have called for more local players in the team, yet when one gets a chance, and was probably Rovers' best player on the day, he has to suffer a tirade of abuse from his own supporters.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe also looks ahead to the League Cup final against these same opponents, with the first leg at the Showgrounds, and asks why the FAI could not have reversed the legs as they did two years before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayer-coach NICKY REID's notes cover the cup escape against Mervue United and a week of three games in six days. Patron Ray McSharry; editor Joe Molloy. 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Sligo Rovers v St Patrick's Athletic, F.A.I. Harp Lager National League, the Showgrounds, Sunday 5 April 1998, kick-off 3.15pm. Beamish; The Star; Tohers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt Patrick's Athletic arrive top of the table, one of two sides still in the title race, and player-coach NICKY REID is candid about Sligo's own form — two points from a possible nine since losing to Cork City in the FAI Cup — while arguing that five games left still leaves a real chance of a top-four finish. Today's visit of St Pat's, he writes, is the first of three very tough games: St Pat's, Shelbourne, then Cork City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoe Molloy's editorial carries the detail worth having: 'Good to see the former St Pat's manager BRIAN KERR has again included Sean Flannery in his Youths squad who fly to Portugal to-morrow for a tournament in Oporto.' 1998 was the year Kerr's Irish youth sides won two European championships; he went on to manage the Republic of Ireland. Molloy also appeals for programme contributors for the following season and warns that printing costs may push the price to £1.50, and carries tributes to two late supporters, among them a former chairman of the Supporters Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage 18 prints the full twelve-club National League table — Shelbourne, St Patrick's Athletic, Cork City, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians, Sligo Rovers, Dundalk, Finn Harps, Derry City, UCD, Kilkenny City and Drogheda United. 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HARP LAGER SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP SEMI-FINAL, the Showgrounds, Sunday 9 April 1995, kick-off 2.30pm. No. 23, season 1994\/95, £1.00.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCENTRALLY PUBLISHED: the FAI's purple Harp Cup cover, 'Sligo Rovers (Holders) v. Shelbourne, 1995', wrapped around the club's own 'The Bit o' Red' cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage 3 is the one to read. Player-manager LAWRIE SANCHEZ writes about semi-final day itself: 'For the winners there is the election of a Final in May and all the anticipation of a great day out. For the losers the feeling of being so close is compounded daily as you read about and follow the exploits of the victors as they prepare for the Final and think \"that could have been us\". Someone once said you never remember the names of the semi-final losers — it can be a cruel game at times.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen he remembers his own: 'I still vividly remember my only other semi-final in 1988. We played Luton at Tottenham. Against the run of play MICK HARFORD — who ironically now plays for Wimbledon — put Luton ahead. However justice was done when a DENNIS WISE goal and a JOHN FASHANU penalty put us through to Wembley... Hopefully, I will be feeling the same at 4.30 p.m. to-day.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe man writing is the one who scored Wimbledon's winning goal in the 1988 FA Cup final itself. Match sponsor The Embassy; page 15 carries the full 1994\/95 record including the European Cup Winners' Cup. 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Sligo Rovers v Finn Harps, FAI Harp Lager National League Premier Division, the Showgrounds, Saturday 16 November 1996, kick-off 7.30pm. Sponsors Staunton's Intersport, Tohers and The Star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTommy Horan's editorial is the reason to own it. Sligo were between managers — 'the most eagerly awaited announcement in Irish soccer in quite some time. Four candidates all with good credentials, all waiting to take the hot seat at the Showgrounds' — and he argues for patience: 'We must at least have someone who is going to give at least two or three years service to the club and not come here now and leave again the middle of next year. It has happened with McSTAY, SANCHEZ and COTTERILL, all shocked departures even if it has brought its rewards.' Three managers in four years, and all three went on to bigger jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe also reports four points from two away games and 'the demolition of Shamrock Rovers', and mounts a sustained complaint about RTÉ: six months into the season without an outside broadcast at the Showgrounds while TG4 shows Spanish football, and a promised Irish soccer magazine programme cut to once a fortnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe next home game advertised is Ballymena United in the Irish News North West Cup — 'which brings back memories of the Blaxnit Cup and Tyler Cup of the seventies'. Page 18 carries the full 1996\/97 fixtures and the Premier Division table. Twenty pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers 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":55158904619335,"sku":"2026-09-17-4033","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71c5GCBvWjL.jpg?v=1790327355"},{"product_id":"sligo-rovers-fc-no-22-sligo-rovers-v-bohemian-fc-21-september-2010-matchday-programme-airtricity-league-premier-division-at-the-showgrounds","title":"Sligo Rovers FC No. 22: Sligo Rovers v Bohemian FC, 21 September 2010 matchday programme — Airtricity League Premier Division at the Showgrounds","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Sligo Rovers matchday programme No. 22, €2. Sligo Rovers v Bohemian FC, Airtricity League Premier Division, the Showgrounds, Tuesday 21 September 2010, kick-off 7.45pm. A striking cover: a supporter's face painted half red and half white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChairman DERMOT KELLY welcomes the champions of the previous two seasons from Phibsborough — 'a great club with a great tradition of playing football in the style and spirit intended' — and recalls an earlier 2-1 home defeat by them as 'an excellent football game in an open attacking match'. With the title race still open he notes that 'every team is fighting for points and there will be no easy games between now and the end of the season'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other half of his message is a frank appeal for money: the club was running a 'Name The Stand Draw' to raise 'badly needed funds', an effort he calls crucial to the finances, and asking for volunteers to sell tickets. A useful document of a League of Ireland club's position in 2010, a year before Sligo won the FAI Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe facing page prints the full Bohemian FC squad, including Owen Heary, Jason McGuinness, Ken Oman, Killian Brennan, Brian Shelley, Paul Keegan, Aaron Greene, Ruaidhrí Higgins, Gareth McGlynn, Jason Byrne, Raffaele Cretaro and Mark Quigley. Sponsors for 2010: Tohers, Ballast Signs, Jako and the Clarion Hotel. The after-match reception was at Fiddlers Creek on Rockwood Parade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2010\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":55158904914247,"sku":"2026-09-17-4034","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71jwlrfWErL.jpg?v=1790327359"},{"product_id":"sligo-rovers-heritage-group-newsletter-issue-16-21-september-2024-sligo-rovers-v-dundalk-men-s-premier-division-matchday-31-at-the-showgrounds","title":"Sligo Rovers Heritage Group Newsletter Issue 16, 21 September 2024: Sligo Rovers v Dundalk, Men's Premier Division matchday 31 at the Showgrounds","description":"\u003cp\u003eSLIGO ROVERS HERITAGE GROUP NEWSLETTER, Issue 16, Saturday 21 September 2024, €2. Produced for Sligo Rovers v Dundalk FC, League of Ireland Men's Premier Division, matchday 31, at the Showgrounds. Cover line: 'Against the men from Oriel Park'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNOT the club's official matchday programme but the newsletter of the SLIGO ROVERS HERITAGE GROUP, sold on matchday — a different and much scarcer thing. The Heritage Group has been compiling a record of the club's history since its foundation in 1928: old photographs, programmes, medals and mementos, gathered for a museum planned as part of the masterplan for the Showgrounds. This issue carries the group's appeal for donations to that collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe back cover prints both full squads: John Russell's Sligo Rovers — Ed McGinty, John Ross Wilson, Reece Hutchinson, Ellis Chapman, Charlie Wiggett, Will Fitzgerald, captain Niall Morahan, Wilson Waweru, Stephen Mallon, Luke Pearce, Oliver Denham, Jack Henry-Francis, John Mahon, Simon Power, Connor Malley, Richard Brush, Owen Elding and Gareth McElroy — and Keith Long's Dundalk, including Matthew Connor, Ryan Burke, Grant Horton, Ben McCormack, Barry Baggley, Darragh Leahy and PADRAIG AMOND.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe group is named on the back page: Kevin Colreavy, Michael Kelly, Anthony Kilfeather, Joe Molloy, Michael Moran, Keith O'Dwyer, Noel Scott and Clive Hynes — Molloy and Kilfeather having edited the club's programmes back in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers Heritage Group\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sligo Rovers Heritage Group\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2024\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":55158904947015,"sku":"2026-09-17-4035","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71ljgDVmrBL.jpg?v=1790327359"},{"product_id":"fai-ford-cup-final-2009-sligo-rovers-v-sporting-fingal-22-november-2009-matchday-programme-at-tallaght-stadium-won-by-a-club-that-lasted-four-years-nick-leeson-on-the-fai-council","title":"FAI Ford Cup Final 2009: Sligo Rovers v Sporting Fingal, 22 November 2009 matchday programme at Tallaght Stadium — won by a club that lasted four years; Nick Leeson on the FAI Council","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial match programme for the 2009 FAI Ford Cup Final between SLIGO ROVERS and \u003cb\u003eSPORTING FINGAL\u003c\/b\u003e at TALLAGHT STADIUM, Dublin, Sunday 22 November 2009, kick-off 3.00pm. €5. Published by the Football Association of Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA programme for a club that no longer exists. Sporting Fingal were founded in 2007, won this final, and were wound up in 2011 — four seasons from first to last. FAI PRESIDENT DAVID BLOOD writes: 'Sporting Fingal are, of course, the youngest club to be competing in the League of Ireland. The club has just completed its second season in the league and securing its place in the FAI Ford Cup final after just a short existence really is a remarkable testament to LIAM BUCKLEY, his players and everybody who puts in so much work behind the scenes.' Sligo Rovers were managed by PAUL COOK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also one of the first big occasions at a new ground: 'The Tallaght Stadium first opened its doors in March and today, eight months later, we will put the finishing touches to the 2009 season in this wonderful venue. 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(The cover prints no year; the inside pages are headed 'FAI Ford Cup Final 2011'.) Published by the Football Association of Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sponsor's message, by EDDIE MURPHY of Ford Ireland, contains the best story in the programme — how Shelbourne got here at all: 'After starting with a hard earned win away to an impressive Greystones side in the third round they subsequently lost 3-2 to Sheriff YC knocking them out of the competition. \u003cb\u003eHowever, they were reinstated by the FAI and awarded a 3-0 victory after Sheriff YC were found to have fielded an ineligible player.\u003c\/b\u003e With renewed hope and vigour they overcame a tough Limerick side 4-3 in the quarter finals... There was no stopping Shels though and after conceding an early goal they turned in an excellent display to beat St Pat's 3-1.' He also recalls the previous year's final: 'the largest attendance for a domestic game since 1968, drawing in a crowd of 36,101... Sligo kept their nerve to edge Shamrock Rovers 2-0 in the shootout, with Sligo goalkeeper CIARAN KELLY saving an incredible four penalties.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFAI PRESIDENT PADDY McCAUL writes with the senior side about to play Estonia in the Euro 2012 play-off, notes SHAMROCK ROVERS reaching the Europa League group stages under MICHAEL O'NEILL, and defends the Association's ticket pricing: 'the family-oriented pricing structure of €10 for adults and €5 for children worked extremely well on the day... We want the FAI Ford Cup Final to be a celebration of football in this country.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShelbourne under ALAN MATHEWS, Sligo Rovers under PAUL COOK. 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