DUNDALK FC CLUB DIRECTORY Honorary Club President Des Casey Chairman Bill Hulsizer Board Bill Hulsizer, James Baboulas, David Samhat and Des Donleavy Sporting Director Jim Magilton Secretary Padraig McGowan Finance Officer Elaine Duffy Stadium Manager Aaron Lawless Office Manager Ailish Kelly DFC MAGAZINE: ISSUE 08 Media Officer Gavin McLaughlin Community Officer Liam Burns Ground Staff John Moore, Jimmy Fisher 06: FROM THE DUGOUT and Cyril Moore Commercial Manager Ronan Shields Marketing Consultant Paddy Casey 10: ACADEMY NEWS Player Liaison Officer Des Donleavy Press Officer Darren Crawley Club Ambassadors Paul Brown and 11: INSIDE ORIEL Andy Connolly Event Controller Regina O’Hare Bar Manager Kevin Carthy 12: WELCOME LONGFORD Office Admin Karen Travers DUNDALK FC TEAM 16: MENTAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT Head Coach Vinny Perth Coach Giuseppe Rossi 20: TOWNS I LOVE SO WELL Goalkeeping Coach Graham Byas S&C Coach Graham Norton Academy Manager Stephen McDonnell 22: EURO 2020 Q&A Doctor Dr Dualtach MacColgáin Physiotherapist Danny Miller 24: EUROPA CONFERENCE Sports Science Lorcan Mason Video Analyst Dominic Corrigan Kit Manager Noel Walsh 31: U15 GIRLS FINAL DUNDALK FC MAGAZINE 32: RETRO: PROGRAMMES Editors Gavin McLaughlin and Paul Dunne Contributors Gerard Mooney, David 34: CLUB PARTNERS Farrelly, Tom O’Connor, Sean De Loughry, Martyn Hindley, Padraig McGowan, Darren Crawley, Colm Murphy, 38: PLAYER SPONSORS Jim Murphy (RIP) Photography Sportsfile, Ciaran Culligan, Mick Slevin (RIP), Kevin McArdle (RIP) 40: THE NUMBERS GAME Artwork Shane Doyle Thanks to Ray McManus, Stephen 42: 2021 STATISTICS McCarthy (Sportsfile) Programme of the Year 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 44: THE SPECTATOR 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 Note: The views expressed in this 46: THE QUIZ magazine are those of the individual contributors and are not necessarily shared by Dundalk FC...especially The 48: TEAMS & OFFICIALS Spectator! ©2021 Dundalk FC DFC MAGAZINE | 3 OPENING SHOT 11 June 2021; Michael Duffy gets a shot away in front of the Dundalk supporters during the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match with Waterford at Oriel Park. It was the first time supporters were allowed into Oriel Park in nine months. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile 4 | DFC MAGAZINE Dundalk v Longford Town | Friday June 18th 2021 DFC MAGAZINE | 5 FROM THE DUGOUT VINNY PERTH ometimes in life, you are the norm. Jim’s appointment has sums up everything about their very lucky to get a second been a major improvement for team. He will die for the cause. chance. Statistically, the football club. We all need to Daire has done a tremendous job UEFA says that just 65% park our egos and get on with it. and we have got a real game on of managers only get one job. One thing I do know about Jim our hands tonight. Our fans will Magilton is that he wants the best see that Longford’s intensity and SThis is my second job in football for Dundalk FC, and so do I. If that their running power is one of the management, albeit at the same is a common trait, then we can go club. There is no doubt a lot has a long way and we’ll start to see happened in the last 12 months improvements. I just need people and it took a lot of soul-searching to be patient with us for the next to come up with what, I think, is a two or three weeks. good solution, but I’m really proud to be back. I spent eight-and-a half I can’t speak for the board, but years at Dundalk, and I’m big into I might be seen as a safe pair of loyalty. I think the club is at a stage hands, someone who has had success at the club before over an where it needs a shot in the arm eight and a half year period. For and I hope that I can bring that. that reason, the board effectively best in the league. This is the first felt I was the right person to do of three games in seven days and I only officially signed the contract the job. Yes, there was a certain we have to deal with it and live on Wednesday night. I took training number of obstacles to get over with it. I would probably prefer a on Wednesday morning because and there was hurt on both sides, game every week at the moment, I felt the discussions with Jim but you have to park your ego at but that’s life. Back in the day, we Magilton were going in the right the door in any business you ever would have preferred three games direction. I finalised all the details in a week as that night, as we always felt late as 8.30pm. “Let’s get back together, let’s fight together and that we had an It was as simple let’s battle together. I can’t guarantee anything, advantage, but as that. It felt but we will get the players playing for the we are not there the right thing at the moment. to do. Jim and jersey, playing for the club and playing for the It’s a new group, I have come to fans. That’s all I can promise, the rest will look a new club, and the agreement after itself.” it’s time to get on that we can with it and get improve this the club back to club, and we’ve go into, otherwise you have no where it should be. Wherever that started that process already. I have chance. Yes, I was hurt, and maybe journey takes us, we’ll see between seen and heard a lot of talk about the club was hurt as well, but really now and the end of the year, but the relationship between us, but what matters is Dundalk FC. I’ve at the very least we’ll make people all you can do is tell people the got criticism, the owners have had proud of us. real situation. We’ve had a lot of criticism, but I care about Dundalk. meetings about how to improve the There is a connection there. It Let’s get back together, let’s fight squad and we’re on the same page doesn’t mean I can fix everything, together and let’s battle together. on a lot of issues at the football but there is a willingness on both I can’t guarantee anything, but we club and regarding the squad. sides to do that. will get the players playing for the jersey, playing for the club and Ironically, I called for a sporting I have watched Longford a lot playing for the fans. That’s all I director, or a director of football, and what I have seen, particularly can promise, the rest will look after whatever you want to call it, back over the last couple of weeks, is an itself. in the day. I felt we needed it as excellent, young, hungry side who there’s a lot going on in modern- are battling for their manager, Daire Enjoy the game, day football and it’s becoming Doyle. 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