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 09 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 TO DERRY Office Admin Karen Travers DUNDALK FC TEAM 16: DERBY DAY REACTION MANAGEMENT Head Coach Vinny Perth Coach Giuseppe Rossi 19: CLUB ROUND-UP Goalkeeping Coach Graham Byas S&C Coach Graham Norton Academy Manager Stephen McDonnell 20: GOOD LUCK SHIELDSY Doctor Dr Dualtach MacColgáin Physiotherapist Danny Miller 22: CENTRE SPREAD Sports Science Lorcan Mason Video Analyst Dominic Corrigan Kit Manager Noel Walsh 31: DFC CLUB APP 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 May 18th 2018; Chris Shields gets back to clear the ball off the line during the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match between Bohemians and Dundalk at Dalymount Park in Dublin. Dundalk won the game 2-0.Photo by Ben McShane/Sportsfile 4 | DFC MAGAZINE Dundalk v Derry City | Friday June 25th 2021 DFC MAGAZINE | 5 FROM THE DUGOUT I think we need to show a bit of togetherness. The players will improve as the team improves, and there is no doubt we have real quality in our dressing room. I’m only judging people with my own VINNY PERTH eyes, not by what other people tell me or what went on before. It’s a onight we play host were moments that didn’t go his is a real lack of quality when you clean slate for everybody. to Derry City, who are way at various stages, but they play Friday, Monday, Friday, but There will be changes to the obviously managed by have definitely improved under we were delighted with the result. I squad. It’s set up, stylistically, for a different manager and, within Ruaidhri Higgins. Ruaidhri. They have a lot of fit said we wanted players to fight and reason, I’m looking to change that. Ruaidhri is a massive and hungry footballers, and they battle for the jersey and there is no I think we need better options in part of the history of Dundalk have a real balance of youth and doubt the platers have done that in other areas and we will see some Football Club over the last eight experience in their team. Someone the past two games, so we have to changes to the squad in the coming Tyears. He came off the bench for like Eoin Toal at centre back is an take that into this evening’s game. weeks. I’d like to thank Jim Magilton Chris Shields in that famous league outstanding talent with a real future I brought a couple of players into for that. There has been a huge game against Cork City at Oriel in the game. I’ve seen them four the starting line-up on Monday and amount of work going on since I Park in 2014, and he returned or five times live and they’ve been I thought they did very well. There came in but before that, the club put to the club later on as part of the really impressive. is a lot of preconceived ideas of recruitment plans in place and we backroom staff in 2018 and as my We’re coming into tonight’s our players. We’ve brought some are well down the line in formulating assistant manager in 2019. He is game on the back of a derby win in from outside the country and a plan for when the window opens. a friend and an outstanding coach, in Drogheda. I was happy with they’ve received some unhelpful It’s a matter of watching this space and there is no doubt he has been the result, but there are definitely criticism, especially on social and hopefully, we can get our missed at this football club. I look areas of improvement. A lot of the media. I think we need some Ruaidhri Higgins and Chris Shields battle for possession in recruitment right. forward to locking horns with him Monday games, Derry City and togetherness as a club, on and Dundalk’s game against Derry City in 2013 When it comes to the league table, and his team this evening. Sligo Rovers being an example, off the pitch. Players see stuff I’m certainly not going to set any Derry obviously went through were really poor after the Friday and I think it’s about time that we targets or goals at the moment. I roaring us on with 10 minutes to go. legends of that era. a period of transition at the start night matches. Teams are really all supported each other. People like doing that for players to chase We need the 100 that are lucky to What Chris has achieved in the of the year and I felt that Declan struggling to adapt to that at the will be critical of players and will but until I fully assess the squad, get into the game tonight to really game makes him one of the most Devine was really unlucky. There moment for some reason. There have their own point of view, but I don’t know where we can end get behind us and support us. This decorated players in League of up. It’s a competitive season this won’t be plain sailing, but if we have Ireland history, and there is no year and there will be games won togetherness we will end up on the doubt he will go down in Dundalk and lost by every team. We have right side of results because we folklore. The biggest thing in Chris already seen that. Bohs had a bad have a lot of quality in the squad. is the improvement from where start and are now on a great run Finally, tonight is Chris Shields’ he was at Dundalk to where he and Sligo, St Pat’s and Shamrock final game for the club before he finished up at Dundalk. Only good Rovers have all been top of the departs for Linfield. I think Chris people, good professionals and league. I always felt it was going to typifies so much of what we have good footballers can do that. First be a very competitive league and done at this club over the past and foremost, he will forever be there wasn’t a real gap between top decade. When we make a signing a friend and someone who I will and bottom and it has played out at the moment, everybody analyses always be eternally grateful to for that way. that player and he is expected to what he did for me as a coach and Tonight is our third game with hit the ground running. When the manager when he was on the pitch. supporters back in the ground and club re-signed Chris in 2013 after While we’re extremely disappointed it’s great to see. I understand that Stephen Kenny and I came in, he to lose Chris, we completely respect Oriel Park doesn’t really suit 100 was one of those players we knew the personal decision he has made fans because the people are so would improve. He signed at the and we wish him the very best in spread out, but we will only achieve same time as Andy Boyle, Richie the future. our goals by sticking together as Towell and Stephen O’Donnell, a club. I long for the days when players who all had a point to Enjoy the game, The Shed is full again and they’re prove and who went on to become Vinny Perth 6 | DFC MAGAZINE Dundalk v Derry City | Friday June 25th 2021 DFC MAGAZINE | 7 LUNCH LUNCH @ THE OFFICE LUNCH @ HOME LUNCH ON THE GO ROCKSALT CHICKEN PRAWN PO BOY STUFFING SANDWICH €11.50 €10.50 Tempura Prawns served with a Pink Tartare Sauce, Locally sourced Free-Range Chicken Breasts Fresh Rocket, homemade Red Pepper Relish & Marinated in a Herby mix of Fresh Thyme and a Balsamic Reduction in a Fresh Sourdough Roll. Rosemary with a Splash of Lemon. Served with Superfood Cranberry and mixed Nut Stuffing, on a Bed of Lollo Rosso Lettuce with Caesar ROCKSALT HOTDOG Dressing on an open Sourdough Sandwich. €11.50 Smoked Pork Hotdog with pickled Red Cabbage, AVOCADO SMASH Apple & Fennel Slaw, with a drizzle of Dijon Honey Mustard Mayo & Gherkin Ketchup served €10.50 with Skinny Fries. Great all day. Smash Hass Avocado, swipe of Beetroot Hummus, Spinach Leaves, pickled Red Onion, Feta Cheese.