FAI Cup Final Day 2016 double matchday programme: Cork City v Dundalk + FAI Women's Cup Final, 6 November 2016, Aviva Stadium — Sean Maguire on the cover, Daryl Horgan and Dundalk in Europe

The official Football Association of Ireland programme for both senior cup finals played at the AVIVA STADIUM, Dublin, on Sunday 6 November 2016. €5. Fifty-two pages.

A DOUBLE PROGRAMME: the IRISH DAILY MAIL FAI SENIOR CUP FINAL — CORK CITY v DUNDALK, kick-off 15:40 — runs from one cover, and the CONTINENTAL TYRES FAI WOMEN'S SENIOR CUP FINAL from the other. The cover prints only 'SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER' with no year; the contents date it firmly to 2016. The cover pictures a Dundalk player in the white Fyffes shirt and SEAN MAGUIRE in the green Cork City shirt.

The sponsor's message is unusually good. PAUL HENDERSON, chief executive of DMG Media Ireland, writes as a supporter rather than a sponsor: 'I can recall the thrill of watching my own club, Shelbourne, front up to Deportivo de La Coruna at Lansdowne Road in late summer 2004... That occasion saw the emergence of a certain WES HOOLAHAN who stood head and shoulders above anything else on the pitch. Viewed as a late starter, he followed his dream and scaled his own personal mountain. His achievements will strike a chord for several of the players involved today, not least DARYL HORGAN, a proverbial tower of strength for Dundalk all season (and not only in Europe), who has apparently had tongues wagging and chequebooks rustling in both England and the USA.'

He then names the amateur clubs whose cup runs made the season — Greystones, Crumlin United, Sheriff YC, Janesboro, St John Bosco, Firhouse, Rockmount, Pike Rovers, Bluebell United, Carrigaline United, Ringmahon Rangers, Bandon, Glebe North, Killester United, Cherry Orchard, Midleton, Letterkenny Rovers, Portmarnock, Saint Peter's and Leeside — who 'must take a bow'.

NIAMH O'DONOGHUE of the Women's Football Association of Ireland congratulates referee DEIRDRE NOLAN and her team on the women's final. Cork City won the men's final 1-0 after extra time.

Author: Football Association of Ireland (FAI)

Publisher: Football Association of Ireland (FAI)

Publication Date: 2016

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Used - Very Good