{"product_id":"fai-harp-lager-senior-challenge-cup-1994-sligo-rovers-v-cobh-ramblers-19-march-1994-third-round-matchday-programme-the-showgrounds-willie-mcstay-and-the-season-sligo-won-the-cup","title":"FAI Harp Lager Senior Challenge Cup 1994: Sligo Rovers v Cobh Ramblers, 19 March 1994 third-round matchday programme — the Showgrounds; Willie McStay, and the season Sligo won the cup","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial programme for Sligo Rovers v Cobh Ramblers, F.A.I. HARP LAGER SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP, THIRD ROUND, the Showgrounds, Saturday 19 March 1994, kick-off 7.30pm. No. 22, season 1993\/94, £1.00.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA CENTRALLY PUBLISHED CUP ISSUE: the outer cover is the FAI's own standard Harp Cup cover — purple, with the Association crest and the FAI Harp Cup device — wrapped around Sligo Rovers' own 'The Bit o' Red' programme inside. EBS Building Society sponsor the club cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1993\/94 was the season SLIGO ROVERS WON THE FAI CUP, so this is a tie on the way to the trophy. The manager is WILLIE McSTAY, the Celtic defender, and his notes are written in advance of a trip to Athlone: 'This evening we temporarily put aside the pressures of the League and host old rivals Cobh Ramblers. I wasn't too long in Sligo when I was made aware of the Rovers-Cobh Cup saga in 1983.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best inside page reproduces the cover of the SLIGO ROVERS v DUNDALK FAI Cup programme of 6 FEBRUARY 1938 — price twopence — and tells the story of that 1-1 draw and the replay Dundalk won 2-0 at Oriel Park on their way to the final. It even lists the films advertised in the 1938 programme at the Gaiety and Savoy: 'The Man Who Cried Wolf', 'Charlie Chan at the Olympic' and 'The Great O'Malley'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA player-sponsors page pictures Ian Lynch, Declan Boyle, David Reid, Will Hastie and Pierce Devaney. Patron Ray McSharry. Sixteen pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Football Association of Ireland (FAI)\/Sligo Rovers Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Football Association of Ireland (FAI)\/Sligo Rovers Football Club\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1994\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":55158904193351,"sku":"2026-09-17-4028","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/71KGHaIvrKL.jpg?v=1790327346","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/fai-harp-lager-senior-challenge-cup-1994-sligo-rovers-v-cobh-ramblers-19-march-1994-third-round-matchday-programme-the-showgrounds-willie-mcstay-and-the-season-sligo-won-the-cup","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}