V Derry City Bohemian FC 1890 - 2020 Celebrating 130 Years
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1890 2020 Fri. 25 September Ofcial Dalymount Park Matchday Kick of 19:45 Programme Vol. 72 No. 11 Free to All v Derry City Bohemian FC 1890 - 2020 Celebrating 130 Years Tommy Kelly Tommy holds a few club records that in this Sean Thomas) and St. Pat’s before returning day and age of high player turnover, may o alo i 199. a o ac never be matched, never mind bettered. i 197 ial i o lio o His Dalymount career spanned three oa coiio o if ca ii i 195 i a o la i 19 o 2 a of a a llack i o a oa ac. o all aki i a a oia i oo a a o 9 i 192 alo la i laci lo the way, collected two league winners O’Connor against Drogheda United in April 19 i a 41 i. ii o o al 197475 19777 o Wade, when Wade returned from injury o a i aa ca o lo io il a a ol a a la o la ai be his position for the remainder of his aaac. o o i o a a i career as a Gypsy. He had short spells at loi 575 coii aaac o aock o oo aock i the Gypsies. editorial Aside from Andre Wright’s winner last Friday night the other good thing to come out of our match against Sligo RoVers was seeing supporters back at the match. While we are restricted once more tonight with the Level 3 regulatons, the rest of the country is on LeVel 2 and one of the ‘allowances’ is the allocaton of a small number of fans to sportng events. It’s not much, but a start I guess and a welcome one as I’m of the stance Premier Division that sitng outside watching a sportng event, distanced form the next person, is far healthier than in the confned spaces of pubs or work places. 1923/24, 1927/28, 1929/30, Plus it also benefts mental health. I can only envy the joy felt of those 1933/34, 1935/36, 1974/75, when walking through the gates of the Showgrounds once again. 1977/78, 2000/01, 2002/03, What I, and thousands of other fellow Bohs, would give to be able to 2008, 2009 don the scarf and go through the turnstles at Dalymount. Yes of course, it will happen, but when we just can’t tell. This small act of normality would FAI Cup give so many people a huge boost and go a long way to eliminatng the 1927/28, 1934/35, 1969/70, perpetual cloud hoVering oVer eVery one of us since March. It’s the not 1975/76, 1991/1992, knowing that afects us the most in general. 2000/01, 2008 It’s more than just atending a match; it’s a social event. Friends meetng eVery fortnight, enjoying a laugh, a pint and a rant at the game can only be League Cup understood by those who haVe been immersed in this way of life for years. 1974/75, 1978/79, 2009 Try explaining it to people, well, you will ofen be met with a vacant look. Setanta Cup While I doubt the lads in Dáil Eireann will be clicking through the pages of this editon, we can only hope common sense will prevail in the coming 2010 spring months and the lifeblood of the game, the fans, can begin to trickle Leinster Cup back to fll a huge hole in their lives. Keep the faith. We will be there again. 1895/95 - 2016: Finally, it was with great sadness we learnt of the sad passing of Christy Whelan, a well known and much loVed supporter at Dalymount through the A record 32 ttles decades. We pay tribute to him a few pages up. May he rest in peace. LoI Shield 1923/24, 1927/28, 1928/29, Alan Bird, Editor 1933/34, 1938/39, 1939/40 Irish FA Cup 1907/08 Contact: [email protected] Editor/Producton: Alan Bird Dublin City Cup Contributors: Tony Magner, Stephen Burke, Robert McDonald, Dan McSwiney, Ryan Clarke, Aidan Fitzmaurice, Paul Walsh, Declan Farrell, Gerard Farrell, Keith Long, 1935/36 Chris Brien Dublin & Belfast Photos: Stephen Burke, Eddie Lennon, Peter O’Doherty, Martn Doherty, Conor Ryan, Sportsfle Inter City Cup Sales: Gerry Juhel, Ray Larkin, Killian Molloy, Timothy Boland, Joe Collins, 1944/45 Cormac Hurrell, Oran Tully RIP Printed by: Just-Print. Tel: 01 494 0222. E: [email protected] Top Four Cup Views expressed in this programme are solely those of the contributors and not of 1971/72 Bohemian FC or the commitee unless indicated. All ideas, opinions and contributons are welcome. All contributons published at editor’s discreton. Acieries D’Angleur 1928/29 Tournois de Pentecôte 1932/33 President’s Cup 12 ttles from the dugout ood ernoon nd er r very happy with the boys who came elcoe to Declan Devine, his into the team and performed well. coaching staf and players to ll players are desperate to play Dalymount Park for tonight’s SSE football and in a condensed season irtricity League encounter with it is even more frustratng for them Derry City. when they do not. Derry are unbeaten in their last The motvaton to train hard and fve games and have signifcantly prepare hard is more important added to their suad since they than ever before. Commit to your beat us in March. ames between dreams, commit to the road ahead, the teams have been very close commit to the grind and perform over the last couple of seasons and to your best to help the team grow with six league games remaining it and contnue to move forward with is vital we try to contnue to pick up purpose. points and build on a positve result in Sligo last week. Enjoy the game, Derry will be confdent coming Keith Long, to Dalymount and have uality Manager throughout their suad. We know The Bohemian Football Club we have to be at our very best to pick up the points on ofer. I was very pleased with how we played in Sligo. They were in good ‘The squad ethos is form prior to the game and we were coming of the back of two very important for disappointng results so it was really positve to see the lads put in such any successful team. an assured performance. We played The changes made to well as a team, created plenty of chances and looked dangerous the startng XI in Sligo going forward. It was an important result as we strive to remain at the underlines that and I upper end of the table in a league was very happy with where there are fne margins between so many teams. the boys who came The suad ethos is very into the team and important for any successful team. The changes made to the startng performed well...’ I in Sligo underlines that and I was 100% BLEACH CLEANABLE CARPET Spills or Stains? Clean everything up easily - even using Bleach!! Advanced Stain/Resistance Properties No fuss stain resistant carpet - for todays lifestyles. Because life should be carefree. president’s message A very good evening to all seen it will agree that it really is maintain our positon in the table. I Bohemian members, supporters excellent, except, of course, some know Keith, Trevor and the lads will and fans. of our rival fans. It’s a great way to be doing their best and I hope you I hope you and your loved ones cap our birthday celebratons and a enjoy the stream. are keeping safe and well. big well done to Daniel Lambert for Finally as this editon was It was good to get back on organising it. completed we heard the sad news the winning trail last week and It’s at this tme of year that we of the passing of Christy Whelan. I thought we played really well usually start our budgetng process longtme supporter, Christy was a against a very good Sligo team that for next season but in the present well known and extremely popular had only been beaten once since climate it is extremely dicult. We fgure around Dalymount Park and the restart. The performance was a don’t know when the 2021 season he will be missed. May he rest in big improvement on recent weeks will start or fnish, how many games peace. and we could have won by more. will be involved, what the prize Thanks again for all your support There are no easy games in money will be, what Government and stay safe. the League and tonight we have /FAI support will be available, another dicult game against Derry whether we will have fans in the City and while they may not be stadium and, if so, how many. getng the results they might have All in all, it makes life very expected they are always a very dicult and we will again need the hard team to beat. usual tremendous support from our I mentoned last week that members and season tcket holders there was more birthday profle to to get us through the season. Chris Brien, come and I think the big banner However, that’s for another President on Liberty Hall is really the icing on day. The important thing now is to The Bohemian Football Club the cake. I’m sure anyone who has get the three points tonight and The Run IN... 25/9 ...............................v Derry City (h) 02/10 ..........................