Derry City FC 'Cityview', Vol 12 No 16: Derry City v Sligo Rovers, 22 March 1997 matchday programme — FAI Harp National League Premier Division at the Brandywell; Liam Coyle cover

Official Derry City matchday programme 'Cityview', Volume 12 Number 16, price £1.00. Derry City v Sligo Rovers, FAI Harp National League Premier Division, Brandywell Stadium, Saturday 22 March 1997, kick-off 7.30pm. Programme sponsors Co-Op Taxis; club sponsors Smithwick's.

From the run-in to Derry City's 1996-97 championship — the season that ended with the League of Ireland title and took the club into the Champions League. The cover photograph is of LIAM COYLE in action against Bohemians at Dalymount Park the previous week.

Editor Paddy Doherty's welcome makes the title race vivid: Sligo's third visit of the season after a 1-1 League Cup draw and a scoreless championship meeting; Derry on 56 points; Shelbourne eleven points behind with a game in hand and Derry still to travel to Tolka Park; Bohemians with a straightforward run-in. A panel lists Derry's leading scorers — Peter Hutton, Sean Hargan, Gary Beckett and the Coyles — and the previous night's results elsewhere.

The club page names Felix Healy as team manager, Paul Diamond as chairman and Jim Roddy as commercial manager, with photography by Hugh Gallagher, and gives the full honours list to the FAI Cup wins of 1989 and 1995. The next fixture advertised is UCD v Derry City on 30 March 1997. Twenty-eight pages, with local advertising and a soccer quiz whose answers take in Arthur Holland refereeing the 1954 and 1964 Irish Cup finals.

Author: Derry City Football Club

Publisher: Derry City Football Club

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Used - Very Good