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FRIDAY 24 JUNE 2011, KICK-OFF: 7.45PM2011 AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION • ISSUE 14 • €3 • dundalkfc.com

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ORIEL PARK GROUND REGULATIONS

All persons entering this stadium are admittedonly subject to the following ground rules andregulations of Dundalk FC.Entry to the stadiumshall be deemed to constitute unqualifiedacceptace of these rules and regulations.

• Fireworks, smoke canisters, bottles, glasses, cans,flags, banners, poles, laser pens, flares or any similararticles or containers including anything that couldbe used as a weapon are not permitted in thestadium.Any person in possession of such itemsmay be refused entry or ejected from the stadium.• The consumption of intoxicating liquor is permittedonly in authorised places (ie. Bar area). Persons arenot permitted to bring alcohol into the stadium.• The unauthorised climbing of floodlight pylons,stands or other buildings in the stadium is forbidden.• Under no circumstances is it permitted to throw anyobject onto the field of play.• Unnecessary noise such as that from the use ofradio sets and behaviour likely to cause confusion ornuisance of any kind, including foul and abusivelanguage or racist remarks, is not permitted in thestadium.• Unauthorised persons are not permitted to enterthe field of play at any time.• Any persons who fail to comply with theinstructions from the stewards may be ejected fromthe stadium.• In general, the right of admission is reserved tothe Ground Management.• The Ground Management reserves the right torefuse admission to or eject any person who refusesto be searched by a member of An Garda Siochana.• Any person who remains in an unauthorised areamay be ejected from the stadium.• Racist abuse of any form will not be tolerated.• The Ground Management reserves the right toremove from the ground any person who does notcomply with the groundregulations or whose presence in the ground couldbe reasonably construed as constituting a source ofdanger, nuisance or annoyance to other spectators.• The moving of one area of the stadium to anotherwithout the permission of a steward, the Gardaí orother authorised agent of the club is forbidden.• Any person attempting to gain admission to,or being found within, a section of the grounddesignated for members only without theappropriate authorisation may be ejected fromthe ground.• Only persons authorised in writing by the club’smanagement are permitted to offer sale or distributeany newspaper, periodical or any other article.• Any person found damaging or defacing propertywill be prosecuted.• Persons are admitted to this ground subject to theiracceptance of these rules and the rules of the FAIand League of Ireland. Entry to the ground should beunqualified acceptance.• In the event of the match being postponed orabandoned, any refund of the admission charge willbe at the sole discretion of the club management.This is subject to a time limitation, the details ofwhich are available from the club’s office. Personsentering the ground are advised to retain theirticket stub as this may be required to be producedat a later date.

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The news that Dundalk FC will not beextending the squad in the July transferwindow is tough on Ian Foster who has hadabsolutely no luck with his injury ravagedsquad this season.Who knows where wemight be if the likes of Stephen Maher,Jason Byrne and Stephen McDonnell hadbeen available.The team have been heroicso far this year considering the fact that thelikes of Colin Hawkins, Dean Bennett,Nathan Murphy, KeithWard and GregBolger (and more) have put their bodieson the line and played with injury. It wasnoticeable against St Pats that both Deanand Colin were in extreme difficulty yetplayed on until the end. It’s admirablededication to “the cause” and I knowall Dundalk fans are appreciative of thesacrifices that the players have made thisseason.

While the decision not to spend money in thewindow is a pity, it is absolutely the correctdecision. It’s just far too dangerous to speculatefor success at this point. Dundalk fans arestruggling to keep up with the often incessantschedule that the FAI have demanded.As hasbeen said before, the decision to squash theLeague of Ireland season into such a tighttimeframe may keep players contracts shortbut also leads to a fixture list that many fans

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have difficulty keeping up with. The away support at Oriel Park hasbeen mostly disappointing. In therecent Louth Derby, DroghedaUnited brought just 99 supportersup the M1. Who would have believed that we would just attract576 spectators to the Galway FAICup match a few weeks ago? And10% of those gate receipts went tothe FAI with a Galway entitled to40% of the balance. After match expenses Dundalk barely had anything left to put in the bank.

There is a tendency for people to switch offwhen the club makes statements relating to finance. But the fact is, we have a lot of things in our favour. In particular, Ian Foster has theteam playing attractive positive football. Football fans who know the game will appreciate what is on offer on a match night in Oriel. The club is a good place to be around and there is no air of panic or crisis.There is a lot of information in tonight’s magazine and on dundalkfc.com about different fundraisers such the Liverpool Legends match. These are absolutely crucial.But the simple fact is that the most importantfundraisers occur every second Friday night. If you are reading this it is likely that you area part of the club’s core support – we all needto reach out to the people who pick and choosetheir games or are liable to decide againstcoming up to Oriel Park on account of theweather or other small things. Some peoplejust need a push. We all know several peoplewho fit the bill – ring them, text them, tweetthem, do whatever we can to raise the priorityof matchnights in Oriel in people’s lives. Let’s not just accept these low crowds. The club deserves better!

Colm MurphyDundalk FC Magazine editor

EDITORIAL

Colm Murphy

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GOOD EVENING and welcome to Oriel Park fortonight’s Airtricity League Premier Division gameversus Galway United. Firstly, I would like towelcome Seán Connor, his players and backroomstaff, the directors and supporters of GalwayUnited who have made the long trip east thisevening.

I’m putting these notes together before last Tuesday’strip to Shamrock Rovers. Going back to our last homegames against Drogheda United and Saint Patrick’sAthletic, the performance against the latter is what I’vecome to expect from our players. I think what wasrefreshing and reassuring was the fact that the fansstayed and clapped the players off the pitch becausethey could see the effort and the endeavour that theyhad put into the game. I think ultimately it was a gamewhere we were carrying both centre-halves; DeanBennett and Colin Hawkins had identical ankle injuries.

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hurt Drogheda and that was disappointing. We didn’tplay with the urgency and the speed that we need to,to shift teams about and create chances. We got sloppyon the night but, like I said, we put in a better effortagainst St. Pat’s, and the lads will be aware that if theycome off it again tonight that Galway will no doubt geta result. We’re not good enough to pick and choosewhat games we’re going to perform in to get results;we have to be at our best every time we take to thepitch or otherwise teams will beat us.

I had a wonderful time in Galway. Everybody at thefootball club were really, really good to me. I’ll beforever grateful to the directors and the chairman,John McCormack, for giving me my first chance as amanager. They showed great faith in me; I was 32 yearsof age when I took over and it was a wonderful learningcurve. It’s not nice to see the predicament they’re in butit’s difficult times all over the place. We’re all suffering

financially; gates are down and sponsorship is down.And, as I found in Galway, attendances are always aproblem. Even when the team was doing really well,I don’t think the gates were what we have in Dundalk,and it’s a shame, because it’s a wonderful city. I justdon’t know how you get the supporters in through theturnstiles. There is a lot goes on in Galway; the festivals,the Gaelic sports and also the rugby. It’s a very sportycity; it’s just unfortunate that there aren’t enoughpeople going to Terryland Park.

Finally, I would like to thank Michael Hector for, firstof all, coming to play for Dundalk. It was a huge stepfor an 18-year-old kid leaving his club, his country andgoing into digs with lads he didn’t particularly know, ina league he didn’t know about. He showed a lot ofcourage coming over. He was a wonderful part of thesquad, a fantastic young talent and we’re all desperatelydisappointed to see him leave, but we wish him all thebest in the future. Enjoy the game!

Ian FosterDundalk FC manager

Both were struggling to ‘get out’, but without adefender on the bench it was very difficult to changethings. It wasn’t down to those two boys that the resultchanged so quickly, but it certainly didn’t help us.

We just have to all stick together now. The injuries havebecome an issue, but we’re still good enough to put inperformances like that. Hopefully, we can see games outa little bit better or a little bit stronger. We were due totravel to Bray Wanderers last Friday but it was obviouslypostponed due to a waterlogged pitch at the CarlisleGrounds, and I think it was a blessing really. ShaneGuthrie came back into the squad but Dean and Colinhadn’t fully recovered from their injuries, so we werepleasantly surprised and pleased that the game wascalled off. Obviously, it’s going to be a quick turnaroundwith the game re-fixed for Tuesday 28 June, and it’s onethat we’ll look forward to. Looking at tonight, it’s nevereasy playing against a team that are fighting for theirlives, like we found against Drogheda. My players cameoff it, in fairness to them for the first time this season,and they got found wanting. Even in the Droghedagame, we dominated possession, but we didn’t really

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GOOD EVENING everyone and welcome toOriel Park for tonight’s Airtricity LeaguePremier Division game against Galway United.It is a pleasure to welcome the Galway Unitedmanager, Sean Connor, his players and staffas well as the club officials and supporters toDundalk for this evening’s game.

As I am writing these notes in advance of lastTuesday night’s round of Premier Division matches,Galway currently find themselves at the foot of theAirtricity League Premier Division table, threepoints behind Drogheda United. This is the fourthtime that we have played Galway United this seasonand of course we just played them three weeks agoin the third round of the FAI Ford Cup. While wehave been successful in winning our three previousleague encounters against the Connacht side thisseason, Ian and the players know that they will haveto be at their best to take all three league points onoffer tonight.

From our point of view we have unfortunately hada poor run over the last few league games. As I ampenning this piece in advance of our trip to Tallaghtto play Shamrock Rovers last Tuesday night,hopefully we have now reversed our run of threeleague defeats and have got a result in that game.With a small squad and a terrible time with injuries,

I guess that it was inevitable that we were going tohit a rocky patch at some stage during the leagueseason. However as I’ve said many times previouslyin football, the next game is the only one thatmatters and we must look to get another unbeatenleague run going again and start climbing the leaguetable.

With last Friday night’s game against Bray Wanderersat the Carlisle Ground called off, it has given anopportunity to players to have a bit of a rest andrefresh themselves for this week’s matches.

We were handed a really tough draw in the fourthround of the FAI Ford Cup against DroghedaUnited at Hunky Dorys Park. We have beenunlucky in the Cup draws this year, drawingAirtricity League Premier Division opposition inboth rounds. While the game against Drogheda issome way off (we will already have played them inHunky Dorys Park in our scheduled league gameon 12 August) it will certainly set the pulses racingas the game approaches.

With the transfer window opening in July, theBoard have been in discussion with Ian about thepossibility of taking in some new players to theclub. As it stands we are not in a position toincrease our playing budget for the rest of the

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DIRECTORYDUNDALKFCCLUBChief Executive Officer Gerry MatthewsChairman Pádraig McGowanGeneral Manager Paul JohnstonFinancial Director Ciaran BondSecretary Maeve McQuillanFAI Representative Kevin HollandCommunications Manager Colm CrossonMedia Officer Keith WallaceClub President Jim ReillyCommercial Officer Fintan NelsonOffice Admin Michael Curran, Anete Shinkara & Dessie WoodsLadies Team Chairman Niall GallagherLOTTO Coordinators Sam Hanks & Gerard WattersClub Licensing Officer Pádraig McKeown

TEAMTeam Manager Ian FosterAssistant Manager Darius KieransPhysiotherapist Paul CheshireKit Managers Gerard Watters & Dean ArrowsmithDoctor Dr Samil AkhalHead of Youth Development Martin ConnollyA/U20/Youths Management Team Martin Connolly, John Whyte,Raymond Trimble & Alan BrownCommunity Coach Dean ArrowsmithLadies Coaches Michael Curran, Larry Brennan & John Brennan

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TRUSTChairman Simon BlackmoreTreasurer Stephen CaseyCommittee Members Roy Mackin, Peter Fergus, John Logan,David Caldwell, Colm Murphy, Richie O'Connor, Mark Boyle& Rachel SloaneFinancial Controller Emma McGuinnessShops: Merchandise: Carl Dearey, John Logan, Mark Caldwell& Aidan Larkin; Sweets: Kevin Corrigan & John LoganMagazine Colm Murphy, David Farrelly & Keith Wallacedundalkfc.com Colm Murphy, Ruth Hardy, Damien Kenny& Keith WallaceDFCTV Chris Clarke, Craig Gartland & Colm Murphy

SUPPORTERS' CLUB (DUBLIN)Chairman Padraig McGowanSecretary Paul DunneTreasurer Tom GilsenanCommittee Jim Reilly, Gerry McCartney, Rory Gilsenan,Eithne Preston & Ciaran Geraghty

season. While this isunfortunate, we haveto be very realistic asthe money simply isn’tavailable to add to thesquad at the moment.That’s the financialreality we findourselves. Clubfinances are extremelytight and we have tomanage the club in that light.

We have a number of high profile fund raisingevents planned and the first of these is the visitof the Liverpool legends in Saturday 23 July. Thiswill be an opportunity for all local soccer fans tocome out and see the past heroes of Liverpool FCin action, and of course the presence of our ownStephen Staunton in the Liverpool line-up will onlyadd to the occasion. This is a very importantfundraising opportunity for Dundalk FC and wewould ask that all soccer fans in the town supportthis event.

Yours in sport, & c’mon the Lilywhites!

Pádraig McGowan

Pádraig McGowanDundalk FC chairman

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Barry Kehoe Soccer School: Participants pictured with Ian Foster (above, right) and Dean Arrowsmith, Mark Griffin and Peter Cherrie at Oriel Park recently

This is Galway’s second visit in less than three weeksafter our FAI Ford Cup tie on 5 June. But that resultwill mean nothing now. I thought it was a greatperformance on the day and we’ll be looking formore of the same this evening. Going 1-0 down wasa surprise and I don’t think we deserved that. It cameout of nowhere. I think had we scored first it couldhave opened the gates. But we got a great responsefrom the boys and it was good to go in 2-1 up athalf-time. I think we were comfortable in the game.I don’t think they really stretched us or had manychances. I don’t think Peter Cherrie. It was acomfortable win. We had a few players missing atthe back but I thought we defended well when weneeded to.

People spoke about complacency being an issueagainst Drogheda but I don’t think we will have toworry about that tonight. Going into the Droghedagame, maybe our attitudes weren’t right, I’m notsure. But we know against Galway that we have towin and that nothing less than three points willdo. Injuries are killing us at the moment. It’s not

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Action man: Simon Madden has been an ever-present this season and from what he has seen, the Dund

IT WAS DISAPPOINTING to recently lose ourlong unbeaten home record. Our form here atOriel Park was our base for pushing up the table.We had been very strong here and it wasextremely disappointing to lose our last twogames, especially against Drogheda United in alocal derby. Our performance wasn’t goodenough in that game, we weren’t at the races andwe didn’t really deserve to get anything out of it.

But against Saint Patrick’s Athletic I thought it wasone of our better displays at home. Especially in thefirst half, we had a couple cleared off the line and weshould have been ahead at the break. It just didn’t goin for us. We got the goal then about ten minutes intothe second half but I don’t know what happenedafter that; for last 20 minutes or so we just fell apart.Tonight, we will try to get back on track. However,despite Galway United’s poor run of results we knowthat we will have to enter the game with the rightattitude and be professional in how we go about it.Hopefully, we can start another long unbeaten homerun, which we need to do to climb up the table.

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dalk skipper believes his teammates have the ability to rebound from the disappointments of late

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’’making excuses but injuries really are killingus in the last few games.All season, we have hada lot of injuries and wejust can’t seem to get afull squad for games. In every game we playwe seem to pick up oneinjury, maybe two, andwe’re going into gameswith players not fully fit. We’re struggling, but wehave got to keep going – there’s nothing else we can do.

Personally, I feel fresh (after playing every minute of the season so far). I don’t feel tired; it’s only themiddle of the season, you shouldn’t be feeling tiredyet. I just love playing every minute. I don’t want tobe rested. I just want to play every game. The moodhas always been good in the camp. I’m putting thesenotes together before last Tuesday’s trip to TallaghtStadium, so looking at the results before that we

have all been disappointed. But we know as a teamthat we can play better, we have done, and that wecan pick up points anywhere we play. The gameskeep coming thick and fast, and we have another big one next Tuesday in the re-fixed game away to Bray Wanderers. I think it’s important to startbeating the teams around us, and hopefully we can do that.

Finally, we’re all disappointed to have lost MichaelHector, whose loan will not be extended. Michael was a big influence on the team, he played really well when he came in, and everyone would like towish him all the best in his future career. For us, we have got to move on from it, stick together as a team and hopefully get back in form over the coming weeks.

Enjoy the game!

Simon Madden

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MATCHDAYTEAM STATISTICS 2011DATE OPPONENTS COMP H/A K-O RESFri 28 Jan FAI/FÁS IRISHTOWN XI FRIE H n/a 2-1 W P MURPHY MADDEN© N MURPHY BENNETT WHELAN OSBORNEWed 02 Feb Cliftonville FRIE A 7.45 4-1 W CHERRIE MADDEN© OSBORNE BENNETT1 WHELAN HECTORSun 06 Feb MUIRHEVNAMOR FRIE H 2.00 3-1 W P MURPHY MADDEN© N MURPHY BENNETT WHELAN HECTORThu 10 Feb MONAGHAN UNITED FRIE H 7.45 2-1 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY BENNETT1 OSBORNE McDONNELLMon 14 Feb Linfield SSC A 7.45 5-3 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY BENNETT HAWKINS BOLGERThu 17 Feb LIMERICK FRIE H 8.00 0-1 L P MURPHY MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS BOLGERSun 20 Feb Rock Celtic FRIE A 2.00 4-1 W P MURPHY MADDEN OSBORNE HECTOR HAWKINS BOLGERTue 22 Feb SHAMROCK ROVERS LSC H 7.45 0-2 L CHERRIE MADDEN© OSBORNE GUTHRIE HAWKINS BOLGERMon 28 Feb LINFIELD SSC H 7.45 1-1 D CHERRIE MADDEN© OSBORNE GUTHRIE HAWKINS BENNETTFri 04 Mar Shamrock Rovers LGE A 7.35 RTÉ 1-3 L CHERRIE MADDEN© OSBORNE GUTHRIE HAWKINS BENNETTMon 07 Mar Glentoran SSC A 7.45 1-0 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY GUTHRIE HECTOR BENNETTFri 11 Mar GALWAY UNITED LGE H 7.45 3-2 W P MURPHY MADDEN© N MURPHY GUTHRIE1 HAWKINS BENNETTFri 18 Mar BOHEMIANS LGE H 7.45 0-0 D CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY GUTHRIE HAWKINS MAHERMon 21 Mar GLENTORAN SSC H 7.45 SS 1-1 D CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY GUTHRIE HAWKINS BOLGERFri 25 Mar Saint Patrickʼs Athletic LGE A 7.45 2-3 L CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS BOLGERFri 01 Apr UNIV. COLLEGE DUBLIN LGE H 7.45 3-1 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY GUTHRIE HAWKINS McDONNELLMon 04 Apr Cliftonville SSC H 7.45 3-1 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY GUTHRIE HAWKINS McDONNELLFri 08 Apr Derry City LGE A 7.35 RTÉ 0-2 L CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY GUTHRIE HAWKINS BENNETTFri 15 Apr SLIGO ROVERS LGE H 7.45 1-1 D CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS BENNETTMon 18 Apr CLIFTONVILLE SSC H 7.45 SS 2-1 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS McDONNELLFri 22 Apr Drogheda United LGE A 7.45 2-1 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS1 McDONNELLMon 25 Apr Monaghan United EASC A 3.00 1-2* L P MURPHY MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR C BYRNE McDONNELLFri 29 Apr BRAY WANDERERS LGE H 7.45 0-0 D CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS McDONNELLMon 02 May SHAMROCK ROVERS LGE H 7.45 1-1 D CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS McDONNELLFri 06 May Galway United LGE A 7.45 3-0 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY GUTHRIE HECTOR2 McDONNELLMon 09 May Bohemians LGE A 7.45 1-0 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY GUTHRIE HAWKINS1 HECTORSat 14 May Shamrock Rovers SSC N* 6.15 SS 0-2 L CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS McDONNELLFri 20 May Univ. College Dublin LGE A 7.45 2-0 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS BENNETTThu 26 May DERRY CITY LGE H 7.45 SS 1-0 W CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY HECTOR HAWKINS1 BENNETTMon 30 May Sligo Rovers LGE A 7.45 0-1 L CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY GUTHRIE HAWKINS BENNETTSun 05 Jun GALWAY UNITED FAIC H 3.00 4-1 W CHERRIE MADDEN© GAYNOR GUTHRIE BENNETT1 WARDFri 10 Jun DROGHEDA UNITED LGE H 7.45 1-2 L CHERRIE MADDEN© GAYNOR GUTHRIE HAWKINS BENNETTMon 13 Jun SAINT PATRICKʼS ATHLETIC LGE H 7.45 1-2 L CHERRIE MADDEN© N MURPHY BENNETT HAWKINS1 WARDMon 20 Jun Shamrock Rovers LGE A 8.00Fri 24 Jun GALWAY UNITED LGE H 7.45Fri 01 Jul BOHEMIANS LGE H 7.45Fri 08 Jul Saint Patrickʼs Athletic LGE A 7.45Fri 15 Jul UNIV. COLLEGE DUBLIN LGE H 7.45Fri 22 Jul Derry City LGE A 7.45tbd Bray Wanderers LGE A 7.45Fri 05 Aug SLIGO ROVERS LGE H 7.45Fri 12 Aug Drogheda United LGE A 7.45Fri 19 Aug BRAY WANDERERS LGE H 7.45tbd Drogheda United FAIC A 7.45Sat 03 Sep SHAMROCK ROVERS LGE H 7.45Fri 09 Sep Galway United LGE A 7.45Mon 12 Sep Bohemians LGE A 7.45Fri 16 Sep tbd FAICFri 23 Sep SAINT PATRICKʼS ATHLETIC LGE H 7.45Fri 30 Sep Univ. College Dublin LGE A 7.45Sat 08 Oct DERRY CITY LGE H 7.45Fri 14 Oct tbd FAICSat 15 Oct Sligo Rovers LGE A 7.45Fri 21 Oct DROGHEDA UNITED LGE H 7.45Fri 28 Oct Bray Wanderers LGE A 7.45Sun 06 Nov tbd (@Aviva Stadium) FAIC N

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SQUAD NUMBERS NOT USED (PLAYERS LISTED IN NUMERICAL ORDER), N*: PLAYED AT TALLAGHT STADIUM, 1-2*: LOST AFTER EXTRA TIMECOMPETITION KEY: EASC: EA SPORTS CUP, FAIC: FAI CUP, FRIE: FRIENDLY, LGE: AIRTRICITY LEAGUE, LSC: LEINSTER SENIOR CUP & SSC: SETANTA SPORTS CUP

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KEARNS1 McDONNELL BREEN J BYRNE1 WARD CHERRIE GRIFFIN LAST BRENNANKEARNS McDONNELL WARD J BYRNE2 GAYNOR1 N MURPHY13 BREEN14 P MURPHY20 GRIFFIN12

KEARNS WARD1 BREEN1 GRIFFIN GAYNOR CHERRIE20 McDONNELL15 J BYRNE17 QUIGLEY116 BEGLEY12 HUTCHINSON13 OSOBE14

KEARNS WARD QUIGLEY J BYRNE1 GAYNOR HECTOR13 BOLGER14 MAHER12 BREEN16 GRIFFIN15 P MURPHY20

KEARNS3 WARD QUIGLEY2 J BYRNE GAYNOR McDONNELL P MURPHY GRIFFIN BREENMAHER GRIFFIN QUIGLEY J BYRNE GAYNOR BENNETT WARD KEARNS BREEN CHERRIEKEARNS MAHER1 QUIGLEY BREEN©3 WARD GUTHRIE19 FOSTER21 N MURPHY13 TRAINOR16 HUTCHINSON12 KERR14 GAYNOR17

WARD McDONNELL QUIGLEY BREEN GAYNOR KEARNS N MURPHY GRIFFIN P MURPHYKEARNS BOLGER QUIGLEY J BYRNE GAYNOR1 MAHER WARD HECTOR P MURPHY N MURPHY McDONNELL BREENKEARNS BOLGER QUIGLEY J BYRNE1P GAYNOR P MURPHY HECTOR MAHER N MURPHY McDONNELL WARD BREENKEARNS MAHER QUIGLEY1 J BYRNE WARD BREEN McDONNELL P MURPHY BOLGER GRIFFINKEARNS WARD QUIGLEY1 J BYRNE1 GAYNOR MAHER McDONNELL GRIFFIN BREENKEARNS WARD QUIGLEY J BYRNE McDONNELL BREEN P MURPHY GRIFFIN McSORLEY DUFFY TRAINOR HUTCHINSONKEARNS WARD QUIGLEY J BYRNE GAYNOR1 MAHER P MURPHY McDONNELL GRIFFIN BREENKEARNS WARD QUIGLEY2 J BYRNE GAYNOR MAHER P MURPHY McDONNELL GRIFFIN BREENKEARNS1 WARD QUIGLEY J BYRNE1 GAYNOR1 BREEN GRIFFIN HECTOR P MURPHYKEARNS1 WARD QUIGLEY2 J BYRNE GAYNOR BREEN HECTOR P MURPHY GRIFFINKEARNS McDONNELL QUIGLEY J BYRNE GAYNOR WARD HECTOR P MURPHY GRIFFIN BREENKEARNS McDONNELL QUIGLEY J BYRNE1 GAYNOR WARD BREEN P MURPHY GRIFFIN DUFFYKEARNS WARD QUIGLEY J BYRNE1 GAYNOR BREEN1 P MURPHY GRIFFIN DUFFY KERRKEARNS1 WARD QUIGLEY J BYRNE GAYNOR BREEN P MURPHY GRIFFIN DUFFY KERRDUFFY WARD1 GRIFFIN BREEN KERR GAYNOR KEARNS QUIGLEY CHERRIE J BYRNE HUTCHINSONBREEN WARD QUIGLEY J BYRNE GAYNOR GRIFFIN DUFFY P MURPHY KERR HUTCHINSONKEARNS WARD QUIGLEY J BYRNE1P GAYNOR P MURPHY BREEN GRIFFIN KERR DUFFY HUTCHINSONKEARNS WARD QUIGLEY1 J BYRNE GAYNOR BREEN GRIFFIN HAWKINS P MURPHY DUFFYKEARNS BOLGER QUIGLEY J BYRNE GAYNOR BENNETT P MURPHY WARD GRIFFIN BREEN DUFFYKEARNS BOLGER QUIGLEY J BYRNE GAYNOR BENNETT WARD BREEN P MURPHY GUTHRIE GRIFFIN KERRKEARNS BOLGER QUIGLEY GRIFFIN2 GAYNOR WARD P MURPHY GUTHRIE BREEN KERR DUFFYKEARNS BOLGER QUIGLEY GRIFFIN WARD BREEN P MURPHY GUTHRIE KERR DUFFYWARD HECTOR QUIGLEY GRIFFIN GAYNOR BREEN P MURPHY KERR DUFFYKEARNS1 BOLGER BREEN1 GRIFFIN QUIGLEY1P KERR DUFFY P MURPHYKEARNS1 BOLGER QUIGLEY GRIFFIN WARD N MURPHY BREEN DUFFY P MURPHY KERRKEARNS BOLGER QUIGLEY GRIFFIN GAYNOR P MURPHY BREEN KERR DUFFY

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PLAYER KEY: GOALSCORER & NUMBER OF GOALS IN BOLD1, CAPTAIN©, JERSEY NUMBER15; SUBSTITUTIONS: FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH & FIFTH

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ROCK CELTIC, 20 February 2011: Substitutions explained: GAYNOR17 for KEARNS, KERR14 for MAHER, HUTCHINSON12 for HAWKINS, GRIFFIN18 for QUIGLEY, CHERRIE21 (unused)

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TEAM PLD W D L F A +/- PTS FORMGUIDE (most recent game on right)SHAMROCK ROVERS 18 11 5 2 32 8 +24 38 W D W D W W W W D WST PATRICKʼS ATHLETIC 18 10 5 3 32 18 +14 35 W W W D W W W D W WDERRY CITY 18 9 6 3 36 13 +23 33 W L W W D L W D D WSLIGO ROVERS 18 10 3 5 27 10 +17 33 L W L W W W L W D WBRAY WANDERERS 17 9 4 4 21 15 +6 31 W D D L L W D W W WBOHEMIANS 18 7 5 6 14 13 +1 26 L D W L W L W L D LDUNDALK 17 7 4 6 22 19 +3 25 W D D W W W W L L LUCD 18 4 2 12 14 39 -25 14 W W L W L L L L L LDROGHEDA UNITED 18 2 2 14 11 36 -25 8 L L L L L L W L W LGALWAY UNITED 18 1 2 15 8 46 -38 5 L L L L L L L L L L

TTHHEE DDFFCC MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE QQUUIIZZ1 In which city will next seasonʼs UEFA Europa League final bestaged?2 Which team will Shamrock Rovers play in this seasonʼs UEFAChampions League second qualifying round?3 Name the two teams currently propping up the Airtricity Leaguefirst division standings?4 Which team won the 2010/11 Austrian league championship? 5 Who is the manager of Swansea City?6 Who is the caretaker manager at Waterford United?7 How many international appearances did John Aldridge make forthe Republic of Ireland? 8 Name any of the three clubs recently promoted to the French topflight?9 How many top flight league titles have Arsenal won?10 Giovanni Trapattoni coached two clubs to win the UEFA Cup, canyou name them?

A AN NS SW WE ER RS SQUIZ: 1 Bucharest, 2 FC Flora Tallinn (Estonia), 3 Wexford Youths and Salthill Devon, 4 Sturm Graz, 5 Brendan Rodgers, 6 Paul OʼBrien, 7 69, 8 Dijon, Ajaccio or Evian Thonon Gaillard, 9 13, 10 Juventus (1977, 1993) and Inter Milan (1991). WHO AM I?: Alexandre Pato

WWHHOO AAMM II??I was born in Pato Branco in the late 1980s and started playing indoor football at the age of three. Soon, I became known around myhome state of Paraná for being skilful and a talented goalscorer. Itravelled to Porto Alegre to try out for Gremio, the club I supported asa boy, but I was unsuccessful there. Local rivals Internacional tried toconvince me to instead play for them, and despite the two clubsbeing bitter enemies, my parents persuaded me to join ʻColoradoʼ.When I was 11, I broke my arm and while examining the injuries, doctors found a tumour in the arm and feared that it would have to beamputated. But a successful operation removed the tumour. In June2006, at 16 years of age, I was signed by Internacional to compete inthe Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20. I became a prolific goalscorerand finished at the top of the goalsʼ charts as we beat Gremio 4-0. Imade my first-team debut later that year against Palmeiras, and Iscored my first pro goal within the first minute of the game, while Iadded two assists in a 4-1 win. I was part of the squad that then wonthe FIFA Club World Cup. During that event, I broke Peleʼs record asI became the youngest ever player to score in a FIFA-organised competition. I joined AC Milan in January 2008 and, days later, againscored on my debut, against Napoli in a 5-2 home win. Who Am I?ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE

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1 Peter CHERRIE 01/10/1983 SCO 16 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 24 0 65 0 4 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 81 02 Simon MADDEN 01/05/1988 IRL 17 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 26 0 32 0 1 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 42 03 Eoghan OSBORNE 25/03/1992 IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 04 Dean BENNETT 13/12/1977 ENG 9 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 14 1 22 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 28 15 Colin HAWKINS 17/08/1977 IRL 15 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 20 4 15 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 46 Michael HECTOR 19/07/1992 ENG 13 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 18 2 13 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 18 27 Daniel KEARNS 26/08/1991 IRL 15 3 1 1 1 0 7 4 24 8 27 3 1 1 2 0 7 4 0 0 37 88 Stephen MAHER 03/03/1988 IRL 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 34 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 4 0 45 29 Mark QUIGLEY 27/10/1985 IRL 17 4 1 1 1 0 7 5 26 10 17 4 1 1 1 0 7 5 0 0 26 1010 Jason BYRNE 23/02/1978 IRL 12 5 0 0 0 0 7 1 19 6 12 5 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 19 611 Ross GAYNOR 09/09/1987 IRL 15 1 1 0 1 0 6 2 23 3 48 8 2 0 3 0 6 2 4 0 63 1012 Paul MURPHY 28/03/1985 IRL 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 013 Nathan MURPHY 01/11/1992 IRL 16 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 23 0 32 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 42 014 Greg BOLGER 09/09/1988 IRL 7 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 12 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 015 Shane GUTHRIE 11/12/1984 IRL 9 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 14 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 116 Stephen McDONNELL 20/03/1992 IRL 8 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 14 0 17 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 26 117 Keith WARD 12/10/1990 IRL 15 0 1 0 1 1 7 0 24 1 15 0 1 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 24 118 Mark GRIFFIN 16/06/1991 IRL 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 2 9 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 219 Johnny BREEN 25/02/1991 IRL 9 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 15 2 24 2 1 1 3 0 4 1 1 0 33 4

Philip DUFFY 08/09/1991 IRL 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0Chris KERR 08/06/1991 IRL 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Cian BYRNE 28/08/1992 IRL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Stephen HUTCHINSON 03/05/1990 IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Greg Fleming (born: 27 Sep 86), anEdinburgh-born ‘keeper, beganhis career with Livingston in 2004but failed to make a first-teamappearance. The next summer, hemoved to Gretna and became aregular between the sticks duringthe club’s season in the ScottishPremier League. During October2007, his contract was extendedand he was selected for ScotlandU21s. But, the next May, he wasamong 40 staff released by Gretnadue to financial woes. Within twodays, he had signed a three-yeardeal with Oldham Athletic. LastJuly, Fleming was transfer-listedbut it was not until 31 Januarylast that he was released, latersigning for Galway United.

Paul Sinnott (born: 24 Jul 86) is aGalway-born defender who spenttime playing Youth and Juniorfootball at Renmore and MervueUnited. He signed for GalwayUnited in 2008 and made hisdebut during that season, makingtwo outings. He continued tomake progress the next year,under manager Ian Foster, bymaking 15 appearances. Last year, Sinnott finally nailed downa starting place, making 34 appearances, and his displays ledto Seán Connor handing him thecaptain’s armband ahead of thisseason. Outside of football, Sinnott, who is comfortable at either right-back of centre-half, isa keen Connacht Rugby fan.

Brian Cash (born: 24 Nov 82) is aDublin-born midfielder whospent five years at NottinghamForest having moved to Englandin 1999. From Forest, he enjoyedloan spells at Swansea City andRochdale, before joining BristolRovers on non-contract terms inlate 2004. He would go on to playjust one game for The Pirates,coming on as a sub on 79 minutesand then being subbed himself ina match against NorthamptonTown in January 2005. Later thatyear, he joined Derry City, and in2007 he signed for Sligo Roverswhere he spent three seasons. In January 2010, he signed for StPatrick’s, but after just one season there he moved to Galway.

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FFOORRMMGGUUIIDDEELATEST RESULTS17/06/11: Shamrock Rov. 4-0 Galway10/06/11: Galway 0-3 Bray05/06/11: Dundalk 4-1 Galway30/05/11: Derry 6-0 Galway26/05/11: Galway 1-2 Drogheda 21/05/11: Sligo Rovers 3-0 Galway 13/05/11: Galway 0-2 Bohemians09/05/11: UCD 3-0 Galway 06/05/11: Galway 0-3 Dundalk02/05/11: St Patrickʼs 5-2 Galway

OVERALL RECORDPlayed: 10, won: 0, drawn: 0, lost: 10,goals scored: 4, goals conceded: 35

Goals: 2: A Murphy, 1: Gilmore,Keogh

PPRREEVVIIOOUUSS MMEEEETTIINNGGSS05/06/11: Dundalk 4-1 Galway (FCUP) (Bennett 20, J Breen 45, Quigley 74p, Kearns 76; A Murphy 13)06/05/11: Galway 0-3 Dundalk (LGE) (Hector 33, 72, Quigley 42)11/03/11: Dundalk 3-2 Galway (LGE) (Quigley 18, Byrne 71, Guthrie 87; Yoffe 21 (pen), Seán Kelly 77)01/10/10: Dundalk 3-0 Galway (LGE) (Kuduzovic 46, 70 & 88)25/07/10: Galway 1-1 Dundalk (LGE) (Walsh 16; Fenn 90)14/05/10: Dundalk 0-0 Galway (LGE)19/04/10: Galway 0-1 Dundalk (LGE) (Gaynor 61)25/09/09: Dundalk 3-0 Galway (LGE) (Williams 48, McGowan 83, Mansaram 87)17/07/09: Galway 0-3 Dundalk (LGE) (Collins 28, 71, Williams 59)08/05/09: Dundalk 1-0 Galway (LGE) (D O’Brien 31)

PLAYED: 10, WON: 8, DRAWN: 2, LOST: 0, FOR: 22, AGAINST: 4

Galway United have not won at Oriel Park since April 2004 whenlate goals from Dave Goldbey and John Russell secured a 3-1 win infirst division fare. The sides’ first league encounter at Oriel was on6 November 1977. Since that, they have met in Oriel on 29 times inthe top flight and Dundalk have lost just once. That came in thelast league game of the 1986/87 season, the Lilywhites having already secured second place and guaranteed European footballfor the following season.

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Stephen Walsh (born: 29 Aug 90)is a Galway-born defender whocan also play in attack, as shownlast season when he scored onhis full debut against Dundalk atTerryland. And it was towards theend of the 2010 campaign that hebegan to make a breakthroughinto Seán Connor’s team. Walshhad previously played for GalwayHibs before signing for United. Hemade a total of 15 appearancesfor the Tribesmen last term, butso impressive were his displaysthat he earned the club’s YoungPlayer of the Year award. MNSviewers may remember Walshfrom last October as he scored aspectacular long-range goal awayto Sporting Fingal.

Steve Feeney (born: 16 May 84) isa Sligo-born defender who arrivedon the League of Ireland scenewith his local club Sligo Rovers,who he first joined in 1999. Heplayed a key role in Seán Connor’s side that won the FirstDivision title and promotion tothe top flight in 2005. In July 2006,he moved to Athlone Town beforejoining Monaghan United aheadof the 2007 season. He returned to Sligo in 2008, but found it difficult to break into the team on a regular basis, and he left tojoin local Junior club QuaysideRovers. Last January, he signed for Galway United, making hisdebut in the opening-day defeatby St Patrick’s on 4 March.

Shaun Kelly (born: 9 Mar 89) willbe a familiar face to Dundalk fanshaving spent the last two seasonsat the club. The Donegal-born defender played at local clubSaint Catherine’s alongside Everton’s Séamus Coleman beforemoving to Scottish club Heart ofMidlothian in 2005, at the age of16. But he failed to get into to thefirst-team squad, although he didappear in some friendlies andwas involved in the Youth andReserve sides. In January 2009,after interest from Raith Roversand Finn Harps, he landed atOriel and was a consistent performer in his 70 outings forDundalk. He has recently beenlinked with a move to Australia.

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Sean Connor

Sean Connor’s career took in Distillery, Port Vale, Macclesfield, Ardsand Cliftonville before injury ended his playing days. He then beganan unconventional career path towards management. He spentsome time as Birmingham City press officer before coaching in theUS and in English non-league circles. He spent some time scoutingfor Stoke and Lincoln before returning to Ireland as manager at FirstDivision Sligo Rovers in 2004. Within 15 months he had led Sligo topromotion and in their first season back in the top flight Rovers finished an impressive fifth. He moved to Bohemians and thoughhe led then to third place in the League, the FAI Cup semis and theLeague Cup final the club terminated his contract at the end of the 2007 season amid rumours of off-field improprieties. Bohs wereeventually forced to settle a court case for wrongful dismissal. Connor then replaced John Gill at newly-promoted Dundalk for the2009 campaign, where 23 red cards blighted a fifth-placed finish.Club and manager went their separate ways for 2010, with Connorending up at Galway, and maintaining the club’s top flight status onthe pitch thanks to a play-off defeat of Bray. But licensing issueshave left him short on time to field a team for the 2011 season.

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Shaun Maher (born: 20 Jun 78) is aDublin-born central defender whoplayed underage football forStella Maris before signing for Bohemians in 1996. Having become a first-team regular, heearned a move to Fulham in late1997. But he struggled to make animpact there and returned toBohs the next September. He hada wonderful 2000/01 season asBohs clinched the League & Cupdouble. He also scored againstAberdeen in the UEFA Cup. Hethen joined Bournemouth wherehe stayed until December 2007.He then played for Drogheda and Sporting Fingal, where hewon the FAI Cup in 2009, beforejoining Galway earlier this year.

Bobby Ryan (born: 1 Jan 79) is a Limerick-born winger who has two top flight medals to hisname having won the league with Bohemians (2002/03) andShelbourne (2006). He began hiscareer with the Geraldine’s in hishome city before playing for bothLimerick and Galway United, hisdisplays earning him a move toBohs in January 2002. His superbform in the 02/03 season endedby scoring the goal that gave Bohsthe title in early ‘03. Ahead of the2005 season, he moved to Shels,and won the title in 2006. Thencame a poor spell at Dunfermlineand since returning, he has spenttime at St Patrick’s, Galway(twice) and Limerick.

Gary Curran (born: 22 Sep 87) is aSligo-born midfielder who beganhis career with local club RealTubber, where he played alongside Raffaele Cretaro. Aftermaking his way through the SligoRovers youth ranks, he made hisfirst senior appearance for theclub in 2004. Also that year, hemade his full U18 internationaldebut for the Republic of Ireland.He was part of the promotion-winning side of 2005. He left Sligoat the end of the 2008 season,going on to join Longford Town.He netted four goals, but was released and returned to the topflight in February 2010 when hesigned for Galway, scoring threetimes in 31 outings.

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CCLLUUBB SSTTAATTIISSTTIICCSS Do you come here often?This is Galway United’s 42ndcompetitive trip to Oriel sincethey joined the league in 1977.On their last trip here, on 5June, Dundalk won 4-1 in FAICup action. The Tribesmentook the lead through AlanMurphy, but Dundalk restoredparity via Dean Bennett andwent on with goals fromJohnny Breen, Mark Quigley(penalty) and Daniel Kearns.Galway’s first visit to OrielPark - as Galway Rovers - came on 6 November 1977 and resulted in a 2-0 win for Dundalk, with Jimmy Redferngetting both goals.

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GROUNDTerryland Park

NICKNAMEThe Tribesmen

HONOURSLeague: 0 (Second, 1985/86)Cup: 1: 1990/91League Cup: 2: 1985/86, 1996/97

LAST FIVE SEASONS2010: Premier division, eighth2009: Premier division, seventh2008: Premier division, ninth2007: Premier division, eighth2006: First division, thirdTerryland Park

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Alan Murphy (born: 3 Oct 81) is a Galway-born striker/centralmidfielder who began his careerwith Galway United in 1998. Heremained there until 2004 when –after ending as top scorer in theFirst Division with 21 goals – hemoved to Derry City. The first of11 goals for Derry came in thethird league game with the winner at home to ShamrockRovers, one of 59 outings for theclub. He returned to Galway in2006 and – bar a brief spell withRovers in 2008 – he has beenthere since, and is now the club’ssecond highest all-time scorer behind Paul ‘Ski’ McGee. He hasrepresented the Republic of Ireland at Schools and U18 level.

Seán Kelly (born: 9 Jul 87) is aKerry-born midfielder who wasan Irish Youth international thatspent time at Arsenal, where hewas released from at the end ofthe 2005/06 season. He had previously played for KingdomBoys, a Kerry-based Youth club. In 2007, he signed for Cork City,where he had five league outingsduring the 2008 season. In 2009,Ian Foster brought him to GalwayUnited and he was an almostever-present as they preservedtheir top flight status. Last year,he moved to Limerick where hewas a regular before he returnedto top-flight football with Galwayfor 2011. He has represented Ireland at both U19 and U21 level.

Mernagh featured 333 timesfor the Tribesmen, a recordholder in that regard for theclub. A midfielder, he waspart of Galway’s 1991 FAI Cupwinning team, both LeagueCup winning sides (85/86 and96/97) and won promotion(and the First Division Shield)with United in 1993.

Originally signed by PaddyMulligan from local side WestUnited in 1982, Mernagh alsoplayed up front and at theback in his 13 years at theclub. He would also play in all three of Galway’ Europeancampaigns and featured inGalway’s strongest sides thatpushed for the league title1986 and 1994.

Later, he was one of four Galway men who helped StPats to the league title andFAI Cup final in 1996. He returned to Galway for thesubsequent season and was assistant manager firstly under Denis Clarke and then Don O'Riordan until 1999. He continued toplay for the club but a brokenleg ultimately forced him tocall time, and after a shortspell as coach of West Unitedin 1999, Mernagh drifted away from the football scene.

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Shane Guthrie is the only current Dundalk player tohave played for Galway. Hespent the 2009 season at Terryland. Of the Galwaysquad, Shaun Kelly enjoyedtwo strong seasons at Dundalk in 2009 and 2010 before Sean Connor signedhim for Galway at the start of the season. Managers Ian Foster and Sean Connor swapped clubs ahead of the 2010 season. Plenty of players have played for both clubs over the years including Dundalk legends RichieBlackmore, Eddie Van Boxtel, Larry Wyse and Joey Malone,and more recently Garry Breen, Thomas Heary and AntoFlood.

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DUNDALK’S disappointingShield campaign came to aclose at Oriel Park with a 8-3win over Transport. Dundalkfinished second last in thetable having secured justthree wins.

Dundalk opened the scoringafter four minutes when KitLawlor scored from PatsyMcKeown’s pass. Murphyequalised for Transport with a good shot inside the far upright after 20 minutes. Tenminutes later Munroe putDundalk ahead again, andthis was followed by furtherefforts by Leo McDonagh andMunroe’s second. Marshallgot Transport’s second beforethe break to make the half-time score 4-2.

Kelly got Dundalk’s fifth fourminutes after the re-start.Munroe completed his hat-trick after 63 minutes.Dundalk completed the scoring from Lawlor and Martin. Murphy scored hissecond for Transport in thefinal moments from thepenalty spot.

Elsewhere...Shamrock Rov 3-0 BohemiansSligo 2-1 WaterfordSt Pats 1-1 Limerick Cork 3-3 Shelbourne

Also, the biggest event on this day was an internationalmatch between Ireland andWorld Cup runners-up Sweden in front of 40,000 people in Dalymount Park.Ireland were not given aprayer before this match

and these feelings seemedjustified when Sweden got off to a glorious start withgoals from Borgesson andBerndtsson inside the first 13 minutes. Ireland lookedshell shocked and weary.Most of the Ireland team hadplayed just 24 hours earlier.Charlie Hurley, for example,arrived by boat and managedto snatch two hours sleep before the match.

However, the Irish eventuallywoke from their slumber tomount a comeback. WhileHurley earned the plaudits, 19 year old Johnny Giles alsoreceived the adulation of the national press and thesupporters for his display.Giles started the comebackwith a 25 yard volley past Nyholm. After 24 minutesGiles floated in a delightfulcross for Haverty to cut backfor Curtis to make it 2-2. Thewinner came early in the second half when Cumminsran to the backline and pulledback for Curtis to score fromshort range.

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IRELAND: Dwyer (West Ham), Carolan (Man United), Cantwell(West Ham), McGrath (Blackburn),Hurley (Sunderland), Saward(Aston Villa), Giles (Man United), Cummins (Luton), Fagan (Man City), Curtis (Ipswich),Haverty (Arsenal).

SWEDEN: Nyholm, Berndtsson,Axbon, Jonsson, Johanson, Parling,Berndtsson, Thillberg, Simonsson,Borjesson, Salmonsson.

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In The News...General De Gaulle invites the MacMillan, Adenauer and Eisenhower to Paris todiscuss issues relating to therelationship with the SovietUnion; Indian Prime MinisterNehru tells a meeting of100,000 people that India will not tolerate attacks byChinese soldiers; Ulster Television launches its servicewith people in Dundalk reporting good reception; Aman is found alive 36 hoursafter a plane crash in Virginia.

On TV...UTV’s opening day consitedof the opening ceremony of the channel by Lord Wakehurse, Governor ofNorthern Ireland; The adventures of Robin Hood,John Bently in “The BaboonLaughed”; Marty Wilde in “Cherry Wainer; andwrestling from York. BBC had Grandstand, Dixon ofDock Green and the Billy Cotton Band Show.

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New manager John Gill wasunder pressure straight away asDundalk lost their first fourleague games. Four wins firedby the goals of Phillip Hughesand Peter Hynes suggested thatDundalk could compete, but another three straight lossesseemed to have ended Dundalk’s season in May. A remarkable, spirited 20 gameunbeaten run saw Dundalkreach the coat-tails of ShamrockRovers and Galway. Any hope oftopping the table ahead ofRovers went by the wayside in alate 1-0 defeat at bogey teamMonaghan, but Dundalk heldGalway off to finish second andqualify for the playoff, whichthey duly won against a Waterford side that had failedbadly in the Premier. That wasnot enough though. In a vain attempt to put some structureand discipline on the league theFAI initiated an Independent Assessment Group to select thePremier Division. ShamefullyDundalk were excluded.

Galway were involved in athree-way battle for the First Division title with Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers. A cruciallate season defeat at home toDundalk conceded ground in the title race and Galway ultimately finished third. Thelack of a prolific goalscorer mayappear to have cost Galway,with Barry Moran the club's topscorer with just 11 league goals,but United were the division’sjoint top scorers with Dundalk.A surfeit of draws was morecostly - Galway lost just fiveleague games, compared toDundalk’s nine, but drew twelveto Dundalk’s five. Not that athird place finish mattered, ultimately. Galway’s IAG presentation was probably thebest prepared and most creativeof all 22 clubs. With off-field criteria as important as on-fieldresults, Galway’s case was basedon optimistic but semi-plausiblefinancial projections. It wasenough to bluff their way into the Premier Division.

One of the most extraordinaryseasons in Irish football historyended as a complete and uttershambles. Dublin City foldedduring the season. After muchargument the results of theirgames were expunged, withShelbourne threatening legal action as title rivals Derry hadeffectively been ‘forgiven’ fordropping points against them.Shels were busy threateninglegal action against Derry anddemanding a match versus Bohemians to be replayed. They ultimately topped thetable but the reason for theirdesperation soon became apparent. At the end of the season all Shels’ players werereleased as they were owedwages. Shels had their Premierlicence revoked ahead of the2007 season. Remarkably theIAG process completed failed tonotice Shelbourne’s financialdifficulties. More remarkablystill Shelbourne were allowed to retain the 2006 league titleafter being relegated!

2006 champions: Shelbourne...but that’s only half the story...

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Cork City produced a fine UEFAChampions League performanceto eliminated the seededCypriot side Apollon Limassol.Billy Woods got the only goal ofthe game at Turner’s Cross anda Dan Murray header secured a1-1 in the heat of Cyprus. Cork’sachievement is underlined bythe fact that several Apollonplayers were involved inCyprus’s 5-2 win over Irelandsoon after. The Leesiders progressed to meet Red Star Belgrade, losing 4-0 on aggregate. In the UEFA CupDrogheda beat HJK Helsinki before losing out to Sweden’ IK Start 11-10 on penalties after the longest shootout in European football history. Derrybeat IFK Gothenburg home andaway and thrashed Scotland’sGretna. Derry’s 5-1 win at Mothewell’s Fir Park was thebiggest home defeat ever suffered by a Scottish team inEurope. Derry then held Paris StGermain to a scoreless draw athome before losing 2-0 in Paris.

Dundalk native and Republic ofIreland legend Stephen Stauntonwas the surprise selection asnew Ireland manager. Stauntongot off to a winning start, withan ebullient Ireland sweepingSweden away in a 3-0 friendlywin in March. Friendly defeats athome to Chile and Holland - acomprehensive 4-0 defeat -hinted at difficulties ahead. Ireland opened their UEFA Euro 2008 campaign away to abuoyant Germany side whichhas just finished third at theFIFA World Cup. Staunton andIreland performed adequately,going down to a single, deflectedLukas Podolski strike. The kniveswere out, though, afterStaunton’s second competitivegame. Ireland produced a dismaldisplay in a catastrophic 5-2thrashing in Cyprus. Some pridewas restored in a solid draw athome to Czech Republic beforeIreland rounded off the year witha 5-0 thrashing of San Marino inthe last international match atthe old Lansdowne Road.

The 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany was notable for its tactical sophistication but alsofor its defensiveness. A 4-4-2 formation, or any sign of tworecognised strikers on the oneteam was a novelty. While therewas a goal glut early in the finalsthat dried up dramatically lateron, with the 15 knockoutmatches up to the final yieldingjust 26 goals. Germany’s MiroslavKlose was the tournament’s topscorer with just five goals - thelowest total to win the GoldenBoot since 1962. Defenders weresome of the stars of the show,with the likes of Lahm, Grosso,Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Carvalho,Nuno Valente, Abidal and Thuram standing out. Switzerland achieving the distinction of going home without conceding a goal. Therewere moments of entertainmenttoo. Argentina, Germany andBrazil entertained at times, while Ribery, Zidane, Maxi Rodriguez and Totti injectingsome much needed panache.

2006 League of Ireland first division

Team Pld W D L F A Pts

1 Shamrock Rovers 36 21 12 3 53 13 72*

2 DUNDALK 36 22 5 9 57 33 71

3 Galway United 36 19 12 5 57 25 69

4 Cobh Ramblers 36 16 10 10 50 33 58

5 Limerick 36 14 5 17 38 48 47

6 Finn Harps 36 12 10 14 49 45 46

7 Kildare County 36 11 10 16 38 55 43

8 Athlone Town 36 11 9 16 29 47 42

9 Monaghan United 36 6 9 21 32 64 27

10 Kilkenny City 36 3 8 25 25 65 17

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Shamrock Rovers were deducted three points forfielding an ineligible player. Dundalk won the two-legged playoff 3-2 on aggregate against WaterfordUnited, but still didn’t get promoted (long story). In the premier, Shelbourne triumphed, denying Derry Cityon goal difference. Dublin City folded (and finishedbottom), while Waterford still got relegated.

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Philip Hughes enjoyed probably his finest season in the League of Ireland. The exquisitelytalented Dubliner scored 21 league goals forDundalk, breaking Martin Reilly’s club record.Hughes’ intelligent link-up play and finelycrafted finishing were key to Dundalk’s rise up the table. He scored regularly through theseason, including nine in seven games as Dundalk overhauled Galway. Hughes began his career at Tolka Rovers, joining League ofIreland St St James’s Gate in 2001. He soonmoved to Pats, Kilkenny, Kildare, Dublin City,UCD and Monaghan, sporadically setting theleague alight. Hughes struggled to regain his2006 form in a disappointing 2007 season andsubsequently continued to his tour of the FirstDivision with Shelbourne, Kildare, Monaghanand Shels again.

Versatile young defender Alan Keane was a key component of Galway United’s defence in 2006. The Galway native was generally deployed at right back but was adaptableenough to fill in anywhere across the back or on the right wing. In 2006 Keane was votedGalway United’s Young Player of the Year for a second successive season as United pushedDundalk and Shamrock Rovers for the title.

After four seasons at Terryland Park the former Mervue United man moved on to join Sligo Rovers. An FAI Cup winner (despitemissing a penalty in the shootout in the finalagainst Shamrock Rovers) and League Cup winner with Sligo in 2010, he is now well established at right back in the Sligo rearguard.

2006: DUNDALK STAR GALWAY UNITED STAR

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Newcastle United goalkeeper Shay Given was in fine form for club and country. The dependable Donegal man played all of Newcastle’s 38 Premier League games in the2005/06 season, captaining Newcastle on occasion when Alan Shearer was injured. He was named on the Premier League Team of the Season as he matured into one of thefinest keepers in the game, eliminating the occasional high profile errors that had blemished his earlier career. Newcastle underlined their faith in Given in 2006, granting him a five-year extension to his contract. An injury sustained in Septemberspared Given the trip to Cyprus, with PaddyKenny deputising in the 5-2 defeat. He hasgone on to become Ireland’s most cappedplayer.

33-year-old World Cup winning captain FabioCannavaro became the oldest winner of theFIFA World Player of the Year award, and theonly defender to win the award in its 19 yearhistory. In a noticeably defensive World CupCannavaro was the star performer, leadingItaly, who conceded just two goals in sevengames, to victory. Cannavaro’s determination,impeccable timing and superb tackling morethan compensated for his relatively lack ofheight, at five-foot-nine. The former Napoli ball boy graduated to play for his hometownteam before moving to Parma and Inter, eventually joining Juventus in 2004. At Juve he won two Serie A titles (subsequently revoked). Cannavaro joined Real Madrid afterthe World Cup, winning two La Liga titles.

IRISH INTERNATIONAL STAR SUPERSTAR!

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PLAYING WITH Dundrum-based Beaumont Schoolboysteam, just down the roadfrom Milltown, it was no surprise that ShamrockRovers was Larry Wyse’s firstsenior club. Under SeanThomas he had collected his first competition honourwhen the Hoops defeatedSligo Rovers in the final of the 1976/77 League Cup.

But the appointment ofJohnny Giles as manager and the arrival of a clutch ofexperienced players like Eamonn Dunphy and PaddyMulligan, saw the Milltowndeparture of Larry after twomonths of the new regime.

Shortly after Sean Thomaswas appointed manager ofAthlone Town, in October1977, Larry was one of severalex-Rovers to head for theMidlands. Harry McCue wouldtake the same route. For thenext two seasons Athlonefilled their usual middle ofthe table role, but the arrivalof Turlough O’Connor in thesummer of 1979 changedeverything.

An opening season eight-wins-on-the-trot deliveredthe Tyler All-Ireland Cup,after victories over Coleraine,Linfield, Shamrock Roversand Drogheda in the two-legged final, with Larry pitching in three goals during the campaign. Beforethe season ended there wasmore silverware at St Mel’sPark—the League Cup—andthere was also a runner upspot in the Leinster SeniorCup and a third place Leaguefinish, the highest in theclub’s history.

It got better the following year with Athlone’s firstChampionship pennant leading to Larry’s first European experience whenAthlone gave an outstandingperformance in the Champions Cup, losing out to KB Copenhagen on awaygoals after two drawn gamesand a 3-3 aggregate.

By the end of the 1983/84 season, his seventh at StMel’s Park, when Larry leftAthlone, after a tiff with manager O’Connor, he hadanother Championship medal (1982/83) and had appeared in three moreLeague Cup finals, takinghome two more winnersmedals (81/82 and 82/83) and a runner up memento in 83/84.

He spent the next two yearswith Bohemians, but like therest of the League teams, theywere left in the slipstream ofthe Jim McLaughlin-bossedShamrock Rovers, en route to four successive LeagueChampionships. By the time

he got a surprise call fromTurlough O’Connor to joinhim again at Dundalk for the86/87 season, he had added a League runner-up award to his growing honours collection for Bohs’ secondspot in 84/85.

Coming to Oriel Park withTerry Eviston, they joined agrowing colony of ex-Athloneplayers—already there wereRoddy Collins, Joey Maloneand Harry McCue—all completing O’Connor’s panel for a major assault on the top honours. His second odyssey under Turlough O’Connor was asproductive as his first. Part of a midfield combinationhailed by their many supporters as the best ever to represent the club, he hadMartin Murray and BarryKehoe as his partners andthis trio played key roles in all the highlights from thisera—the three-match FAI Cup semi-final victory overBohemians in 86/87, the many memorable games during the League-Cup Double victory in 87/88, European matches againstAjax, Red Star Belgrade andWettingen, a League runnerup finish in 88/89 and twomore League Cup awards,bringing his count of LeagueCup winners medals to six. He played a central role in the1-0 1988 FAI Cup final victoryover Derry City, securing thepenalty kick in the 20thminute, converted by JohnCleary, and with Kehoe and Murray, dominated themidfield area as Dundalk contained all of Derry’s efforts and won the Double.

Larry Wyse

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Born in Dublin on 13 November 1956, Larry Wyse wenton to make 436 appearances in a glittering League of Ireland career which spanned 17 seasons with five different clubs - Shamrock Rovers, Athlone Town (twice),Bohemians, Dundalk and Galway United. In total, heclaimed 11 major domestic competition honours - threeleagues, two FAI Cups and six League Cups - with sixrunners-up honours - three leagues, an FAI Cup and two League Cups.

At Dundalk (1986 to 1990), he won the League and FAICup double in 1987/88, as well as two League Cups(86/87 and 89/90) and the 1988/89 President�s Cup. Heplayed 153 times for Dundalk, and scored 27 times, making 100 starts (plus four substitute appearances) in the league, netting 16 times in the process. Other outingsand goals were: FAI Cup 18/5, European competition 6/0, League Cup 21/4, LeinsterSenior Cup 2/2 and other matches 2/0.

Wyse was twice the recipient of the Soccer Writers Player of the Month Award: hisfirst in September 1983, while with Athlone Town, and his Dundalk honour came in January 1989. When nominated in 1978 for the Sunday Independent�s Most Improved Player Award, he was described as ��has two good feet�wants to playfor 90 minutes� is not selfish�has good vision�knows when to go forward andhave a crack at goal and when to cover back.�

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Larry Wyse

After four highly successfulOriel Park seasons, Larry accepted an offer from JoeyMalone, newly appointedmanager of Galway United, tospend his 15th League season(90/91) with his fifth club.What he didn’t bargain forwas another FAI Cup winner’smedal.

While Dundalk were claiming another LeagueChampionship under Turlough O’Connor, Galwayhad recovered from a dreadfulstart—seven losses in theiropening nine matches—todispel relegation fears byearly March and to sweepthrough the FAI Cup campaign to a final berth atLansdowne Road against theCup aristocrats ShamrockRovers.

Carrying an injury andcleared to play in the finalonly after a 45-minute pre-match work-out, he ensured that Galway matchedRovers in the vital midfieldsector. A late winner fromJohnny Glynn gave the Westerners their first majorsuccess and Larry pocketedhis second FAI winner’smedal. Early in the followingyear when Galway drewOdense in the Cup Winners’Cup he made his 16th European appearance —Athlone 4, Bohemians 4, Dundalk 6 and Galway 2 —spread across three competitions (ChampionsCup 6, UEFA Cup 6 and CupWinner’s Cup 4).

His last and 17th league season was spent back atAthlone Town, now in the

First Division and under themanagement of TurloughO’Connor’s brother Micheal.When he scored his loneLeague goal in late Marchagainst Kilkenny City he wasmaintaining a remarkablerecord of scoring in each ofhis seventeen League of Ireland seasons. With fiveclubs he had made 436League appearances alone

and had his name on 86League goals. When he turnedhis hand to the managementgame he had one special moment when with LeinsterSenior League GlenmoreCeltic he delivered the Intermediate Cup in 1997, onthe 50th anniversary of theclub’s foundation, defeatingCork club Everton in theTurner’s Cross final.

DUNDALK, 1987/88 (left to right): Martin Lawlor, Larry Wyse, Terry Eviston, Mick Shelley and John Cleary pictured with the FAI Cup. Wyse won the spot-kick which Cleary dispatched in final against Derry as the Whites completed the domestic double

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George Brennan

GEORGE BRENNAN was a prominent GAA player with theLannleire club in Dunleer duringthe 1940s. He had been a member of the County Louthteam that won the All-IrelandMinor Championship in 1940,scoring two goals in the finalvictory over Co Mayo from theright corner forward positionwith future International PeterCorr as his right wing partner. In the 1946/47 season he wasplaying at inside right with the Dundalk Reserves but by1948/49 he was Dundalk’s reserve goalkeeper.

After the departure of Alex Anderson, following the 1949 FAI Cup success, George becamefirst team netminder for theopening 26 games of the ‘49/50season, and his performancesearned a place on the League ofIreland team for its gameagainst the Scottish League inOctober 1949, but because of aninjury he was forced to cry off

at the last minute. In January, he made way for Malachy Shortand for the following seasonWalter Durkan joined them onthe goalkeeping panel, at theend of which George and Waltertravelled to North Wales on theclub’s Festival of Britain Tour.During the summer Georgesigned for Glenavon.

While Durkan and his teammates were joining theDundalk Hall of Fame with their1952 FAI Cup success, Georgewas a member of the successfulGlenavon team, which becamethe first Provincial winners ofthe Irish League. The followingDecember he suffered a seriousinjury playing in a Christmasgame and his place taken byWalter Durkan. When he recovered Walter had naileddown the Glenavon No 1 jersey and George returned to Dundalk, competing withEamon Darcy for first team duty.

DUNDALK FC, 1949/50: Back (l-r): Eddie O�Hara, Phil �Billy� Murphy, Jim Higgins, George Brennan, Paddy Gavin, Hugh Hollywood, Paddy Curtis. Front (l-r): Phil Forte, Willie O�Hanlon, Johnny Fearon, Tommy McCabe.

In his last season with the clubhe had Kevin Mullen and EddieMcKenna as rivals but the arrivalof Ted McNeill at the tail end of the season settled all the arguments. In August 2003,while in Dunleer on holidaysfrom his Stockport home, hetook ill and died in the LourdesHospital, Drogheda.

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George Brennan played 74 times ingoal for Dundalk between 1949 and1955, with his closest brush with domestic honours coming in the1949/50 President�s Cup, where theWhites were on the losing end of a 2-1result against Drumcondra.

That would be Brennan�s only appearance in that competition, hisother 73 outings coming in the League(34), FAI Cup (5), Shield (20), City Cup(10) and Leinster Senior Cup (4).

His most prolific season came in1949/50 when he made 26 appearances, while other outings came in 1950/51 (eight appearances),1953/54 (17) and 1954/55 (23).

THE MAN WITH ONE NAME:As a general rule football fans willuse first names or nicknames toencourage a player and surnamesto barrack, abuse or threaten.Not so with (Michael) Hector.D’Shed’s latest cult hero (until hisrecent recall from loan by Reading)is affectionately, and almostexclusively, referred to as ‘Hector’.

Sadly one of the main reasons thatour Hector is called simply Hectoris the presence of another highprofile one-name Hector in Irishsociety- that most risible ofhyper-culchies, RTE’s belovedHector Ó'hEochagáin. RTEHector seems to get everywhere…and not in a good way, like StephenMaher, but in a bad way, likecancer. Apologies to any Galwayfans for whom RTE Hector is ahero, but I’ve got a cúpla focal forRTE Hector and one of them is‘off ’. An dtuigeann tú?

Anyway, back Dundalk’s numbersix, the real Hector. The Spectatoris uncommonly proud of the factthat he has always thought of(Michael) Hector as just plain oldHector- because he could neverremember his first name. For along time the closest The Spectatorcould get to remembering hisfirst name was Kevin, as in KevinHector, the England internationaland Derby County star of the 70s.But then again The Spectator hasonly just begun to accept the factthat Ross Gaynor is not TommyGaynor.

So just plain Hector it is - and whatan apt name it is. Hector, as all ofOriel Park’s classical scholars willknow, was the greatest hero of

Troy in Greek mythology. A fineand appropriate namesake, I thinkyou’ll agree.

Reducing Hector to a singleBrazilian-style name makes sensefrom a footballing point of viewtoo. With his dynamic foraysforward and his always entertainingcontributions Hector deserves aBrazilian name. Continuing thetheme (or flogging a dead horse),as The Spectator is prone to do,let’s see about Brazilian-ising someof the rest of the squad, for thecraic.

Bearing in mind that the suffix –inho means little or younger*, asin Ronaldinho is little Ronaldo,Jarizinho was little Jair etc, we’llstart by renaming our mostBrazilian player. “Daniel Kearns”simply isn’t a sexy enough name.He shall be renamed Daninho.While –inho means little, thesuffix –ão denotes large. Tostão,Falcão, Luisão... you get thepicture. Six-foot-five ShaneGuthrie surely deserves a nameto match the stature. He shallhenceforth be known as Guthrão.

The joy of Brazilian namingconventions is that there are noconventions. You can just select acool nickname and run with it…

witness Dunga, Pelé, Careca,Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Romario, Vava,Garrincha, Bebeto, Hulk, Gerson,Sócrates and Zico. Less glamorousbut equally memorable are the likesof Brazilian internationals Alex,Fred, Jo, Alan and Cris. With thisin mind The Spectator is officiallyunofficially renaming half oursquad. You can spend half timeworking out who’s who. Or go fora pint, if you’re that way inclined.

Anyhow….. in addition to theaforementioned Hector, Daninhoand Guthrão I hereby introduceQuiglinho, Hawk, Cherrião, Griff,Wardinho, Spud and Johnnybrinho,under the management team ofFozinho and Darius. Dundalk,it’s just like watching Brazil, hey.

(*Incidentally similar use of the –“inho” suffix would be wiselyemployed at Terryland Park.Galway are currently givingstatisticians, including the anorakwearing Spectator, nightmareswith the presence of Seán Kellyand Shaun Kelly in their squad.Surely the former Dundalk fullback Shaun Kelly could berenamed “Kellinho” in the interestof consistent and accurate stats?For God’s sake, won’t someonethink of the stats?)

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