{"product_id":"dundalk-fc-dundalk-v-shamrock-rovers-18-october-2001-matchday-programme-eircom-national-league-premier-division-at-oriel-park-the-editorial-that-confronted-racist-chanting","title":"Dundalk FC: Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers, 18 October 2001 matchday programme — eircom National League Premier Division at Oriel Park; the editorial that confronted racist chanting","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Dundalk Football Club match day programme, eircom National League Premier Division 2001-2002. Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers, Oriel Park, Thursday 18 October 2001, kick-off 7.45pm. Price £1.50. Match sponsor The Irish Times; club sponsor Harp; kit by O'Neills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe club page is headed in both languages — 'Dundalk Football Club \/ Cumann Peil Dún Dealgan' — and the honours now include First Division Champions 2001: Dundalk had just come back up. Manager MARTIN MURRAY, with TOMMY McCONVILLE, the club's great defender, as physio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes the issue worth keeping is Kieran Lawless's editorial. It opens lightly, quoting a hurling championship advert — 'no-one said it was going to be easy' — on a newly promoted side in the play-off place with twenty-one games left. Then it turns: 'For the vast majority of Dundalk supporters, however, events on the pitch in recent weeks have been overshadowed by the idiotic behaviour of a small group of individuals at our recent games against Longford and St Pats. The sort of thuggish behaviour and racist chanting we saw and heard a few weeks ago has no place at any Dundalk game, home or away… We have no intention of allowing the club we support to have its reputation tarnished by the behaviour of individuals who clearly don't have the best interests of Dundalk FC at heart.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe sets out the club's answer — supporters identifying trouble-makers to the stewards or the Gardaí — and insists it be dealt with quickly. A club taking a public stand in print, in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundalk Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundalk Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2001\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":55158907273543,"sku":"2026-09-17-4054","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71kFwoqhuhL.jpg?v=1790327393","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/dundalk-fc-dundalk-v-shamrock-rovers-18-october-2001-matchday-programme-eircom-national-league-premier-division-at-oriel-park-the-editorial-that-confronted-racist-chanting","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}