{"title":"Waterford Football Club","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatchday programmes and club publications from Waterford FC and Waterford United, the Regional Sports Centre, Waterford.\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":"waterford-united-fc-season-1996-97-waterford-united-v-dundalk-5-may-1997-matchday-programme-harp-lager-national-league-promotion-relegation-play-off-second-leg-at-the-rsc","title":"Waterford United FC, Season 1996\/97: Waterford United v Dundalk, 5 May 1997 matchday programme — Harp Lager National League promotion\/relegation play-off second leg at the RSC","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial match programme for Waterford United v Dundalk at the Waterford Regional Sports Centre, Monday 5 May 1997, kick-off 3.00pm — the SECOND LEG of the promotion\/relegation play-off, Harp Lager National League First Division, 1996-97 season. Cover price £1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last programme of Waterford United's season, and the club went into the tie three goals down from the first leg. Chairman Bertie Rogers writes candidly about a campaign that promised more than it delivered: manager Tommy Lynch had been appointed only eight months earlier on a two-year brief to win promotion, and Rogers argues the club is still on target despite taking too few points off the top five. He recalls the 1995 Shield Final against Bray Wanderers and hopes for a reversal of that result. Dundalk, managed by Eddie May, are welcomed on their first visit to the Regional Sports Centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso carried: thanks to Paddy Scully and the Order of Malta for medical cover through the season; match sponsor The Star and pub sponsor The Three Shippes of William Street, Waterford; and — a period detail — a plug for the club's brand-new website, hosted on Tripod.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA League of Ireland promotion\/relegation play-off programme from the Harp Lager era, and a scarce survivor: end-of-season one-off fixtures were printed in small numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Waterford United Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Waterford United Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1997\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":55158895214919,"sku":"2026-09-17-4001","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71kMEt9hRML.jpg?v=1790327300"},{"product_id":"waterford-united-fc-2007-season-waterford-united-v-cork-city-22-september-2007-matchday-programme-fai-ford-senior-challenge-cup-quarter-final-at-the-rsc","title":"Waterford United FC, 2007 season: Waterford United v Cork City, 22 September 2007 matchday programme — FAI Ford Senior Challenge Cup quarter-final at the RSC","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial match programme for Waterford United v Cork City at the Waterford Regional Sports Centre, Saturday 22 September 2007, kick-off 7.30pm — FAI Ford Senior Challenge Cup quarter-final. Cover price €3. Match sponsor Sully's Snooker Club, Arundel Square, Waterford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Munster derby with a semi-final place at stake, and the two clubs had met in the league only the week before. The committee notes record that the ground's safe holding capacity had to be limited on the instructions of the FAI, the Gardaí and the local authorities, so Cork's ticket allocation was cut — and that the game was televised, giving the club a chance to show a national audience what a Munster derby looks like. Daryl Kavanagh is congratulated on being named player of the previous round. Villa F.C. supplied the ballboys, and Frankie Byrne of that club is thanked for lending a kit the previous week when Bohemians refused to wear the away strip provided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe club directory names manager Gareth Cronin, youth and U21 manager Tom Browne, president Bertie Rogers, directors Chris Everett and Michael Drohan, programme editor Sam White, stadium announcer Michael Butler and club chaplain Fr Joe Condon. A full honours panel runs from the six League of Ireland titles of 1965-73 through the FAI Cup wins of 1937 and 1980 to the Munster Senior Cup of 2007. 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Tony Burke's Club Welcome greets Cork City's John Cotter and Shamrock Rovers' Stephen Bradley, reports the FAI Cup second round draw away to Glengad United in Donegal after beating Maynooth Town, a Tunnock's Caramel Wafer Cup third round tie with Hearts Colts, and the arrival of Walter Figueira. Manager Alan Reynolds writes 'From the Dugout' on the win at UCD, the EA Sports Cup tie at Derry, Figueira's two goals and Shamrock Rovers pushing Dundalk at the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth matchday squads are printed. Waterford: Feely, Lynch, Duggan, Browne, Kouogun, Lunney, Holland, Elbouzedi, Halloran, Galvin, Poynton, Bone, Slevin, Kavanagh, Whelan, Larkin, Power, Figueira. 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Cover price €2.00. Pub sponsor the Woodlands Hotel; match and ball sponsor the Cove Bar, Dunmore Road. Club sponsors Bausch \u0026amp; Lomb and Waterford Crystal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last game of Waterford United's premiership campaign. The management team — Jimmy McGeough, Giles Cheevers and Richard O'Connor — reflect on a mid-table finish after a successful visit to Longford, a recent win over Cork and a chastening lesson against Shamrock Rovers, and single out the young players coming through the U21s, John Hayes among them. An unusually substantial passage argues the case for FAI\/UEFA club licensing and for proper coaching standards and facilities in the south-east, and asks supporters to raise it with local representatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditor Sam White's notes thank the programme sellers and the staff at Walshe Print, and record the death of JACK FITZGERALD, described as one of the greatest players ever to pull on a blue jersey, with condolences to the Fitzgerald family. 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