{"product_id":"fai-ford-cup-final-2012-derry-city-v-st-patrick-s-athletic-4-november-2012-matchday-programme-at-the-aviva-stadium-the-92nd-final-and-st-pat-s-51-year-wait-to-bring-the-cup-back-to-inchicore","title":"FAI Ford Cup Final 2012: Derry City v St Patrick's Athletic, 4 November 2012 matchday programme at the Aviva Stadium — the 92nd final, and St Pat's 51-year wait to bring the cup back to Inchicore","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial match programme for the 2012 FAI Ford Cup Final between DERRY CITY and ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC at the AVIVA STADIUM, Dublin, Sunday 4 November 2012, kick-off 3.30pm. €5. Published by the Football Association of Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFAI PRESIDENT PADDY McCAUL sets out the history: 'the 92nd edition of the FAI Ford Senior Cup. This is the Blue Riband competition of Irish football and it dates right back to the beginning of the Association in 1921 so the cup will always be a treasured part of the game in this country.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn St Patrick's Athletic: 'Everybody who supports Irish club football would be well aware of the long wait St Patrick's Athletic fans have had to bring the cup back to Inchicore. There have been several times since that last success in 1961 that they thought they had done it. \u003cb\u003eMost recently when the 2006 cup final took place in the last soccer match played at the old Lansdowne Road\u003c\/b\u003e and they met Derry City in what turned out to be a memorable if windswept game of football. That 4-3 extra-time victory for the Candystripes was the fourth time Derry had lifted the FAI Ford Cup since their arrival into the league in 1985.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe congratulates Sligo Rovers on the Airtricity League, Drogheda United on the EA Sports Cup and Limerick FC on the First Division; praises LIAM BUCKLEY's St Patrick's Athletic for their Europa League performances; and notes that DECLAN DEVINE's Derry City 'took a while to get into their stride as injuries hit'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe programme also prints the roll of FAI Cup winners from 1922 to 1966.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDerry City won 3-2. St Patrick's Athletic finally ended the wait two years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Football Association of Ireland (FAI)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Football Association of Ireland (FAI)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2012\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":55158912811335,"sku":"2026-09-17-4101","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/81MOmnJMaTL.jpg?v=1790327471","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/fai-ford-cup-final-2012-derry-city-v-st-patrick-s-athletic-4-november-2012-matchday-programme-at-the-aviva-stadium-the-92nd-final-and-st-pat-s-51-year-wait-to-bring-the-cup-back-to-inchicore","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}