1890 2020 Summer 2020 Special Edition Vol. 72 No. 5 Matchday Free To All Programme Bohemian FC 1890 - 2020 Celebrating 130 Years Dr. Kevin O’Flanagan The distinguished all-round sportsman, in the mid-40s where he became a very O’Flanagan made 148 appearances for popular and respected player. Bohemians during two spells at the club, A medical doctor, he was Bohemians from 1936 to 1952, falling just below the 100- Honorary Medical Ofcer in the 1960s and goal mark with 97 in all. ‘70s and this also ofciated at the Olympic A strictly amateur sportsman, he won full Games and was a sports medicine specialist international caps in football and rugby, was setting Irish athletic records in sprinting with the Irish Olympic Committee for 16 and the long jump in his early days (which years until 1976. garnered praise from none other than Kevin’s remarkable story is told in full General Eoin O’Dufy) while also excelling at elsewhere in this special edition of your Gaelic football and rugby. He joined Arsenal match programme. editorial The Difcult Second Album is a phrase all musicians and music lovers know so well. It’s self explanatory really for those who are unfamiliar with the term; a band releases a superb debut album and such is the hype surrounding a follow up, writers block, doubts and the feeling of an inability to capitalise on the inital euphoria enter the fray. When we sent the frst special editon online programme out through the WiFi dominated ether we were bowled over by the response not just from all involved with Bohemians but also from other clubs, of whom at Premier Division least a few were reported as utering ‘why didn’t we think of that?!’ 1923/24, 1927/28, 1929/30, So as the weeks passed and with the League of Ireland retaining it’s 1933/34, 1935/36, 1974/75, limbo status I raised the idea with the programme team of doing another 1977/78, 2000/01, 2002/03, one. There was stll some material in line to be used in our regular printed 2008, 2009 editons so it would be unfair to leave it sitng in my computer unused. The trick was though, to try and make it as interestng and enjoyable as the FAI Cup original and I think we have more than succeeded this tme round. We have 1927/28, 1934/35, 1969/70, also managed to produce the biggest match programme in my tme, with 1975/76, 1991/1992, this 48-page helping clogging your inbox now! So what’s next? 2000/01, 2008 As we go to virtual print news broke of a potental 31 July return to acton which would be most welcome. Just how that will afect atendance League Cup remains to be seen but either way it is our intenton to produce a match 1974/75, 1978/79, 2009 programme, be they virtual or printed. Without knowing any possible schedule it is hard to make any determinaton on how that should be Setanta Cup done but we will of course see how this plan evolves and make a decision 2010 based on that. One thing we will certainly do though is produce a printed programme for our Europa League game, be it a home or away match. Leinster Cup With the te reduced to a one legged afair and the potental of been drawn 1895/95 - 2016: away, we will stll be producing a match programme; there’s no way we can A record 32 ttles let our frst European involvement in eight years pass us by! LoI Shield For the moment, enjoy your second special editon programme, stay safe and we’ll all be back in Dalymount soon. 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, 1935/36 Ryan Clarke, Aidan Fitzmaurice, Jule Marks, Paul Walsh, Keith Long, Gerard Farrell Photos: Stephen Burke, Eddie Lennon, Peter O’Doherty, Martn Doherty, Conor Ryan, Dublin & Belfast Sportsfle Sales: Gerry Juhel, Ray Larkin, Killian Molloy, Timothy Boland, Joe Collins, Inter City Cup Cormac Hurrell, Oran Tully RIP 1944/45 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 ‘Our players have felt safe and secure and have been excited to be able to increase the level of intensity of training as we build up to a resumpton of league and European football...’ Dear Bohemian, I hope you are all compettve and preparaton is their reputatons on getng the keeping safe and well. severely hampered with such League of Ireland up and running It is hard to believe that it has uncertainty. In efect it will be again. Yes they have inherited a now been ffeen weeks since we similar to the old traditonal season mess and I have no doubt they have went into the lockdown period and when teams are in pre-season with been working extremely hard to sixteen weeks since we were all last limited number of games played broker a deal. But the tme is now together at Dalymount Park. prior to competton. for them to deliver on their words As you are aware, over the past As much as our preparaton is and provide a viable fnancial plan two weeks we have been back geared towards Europe and we for footballs return. in training. The success of that feel the boys are in good conditon For many years we have heard phased return is due, in no small you cannot replicate games and we the phrase ‘football family’. part, to the preparaton and hard have a big challenge on our hands It’s a phrase I detest and in my work of so many people behind to prepare the team in advance of opinion should never be used the scenes here at the Club, most compettons. when referencing anything good notably our club doctor Dr. Fiona It should be remembered that about Irish Football. It should be Dennehy and Lynn O’Neill. As a while UEFA gave all natonal bodies consigned to the history books only result of that work and diligence, an advance payment of €3.4million to serve as reminder of our darkest we have smoothly moved through to deal with Covid 19 related costs, period in Irish football. each stage of the restart plan and that money was not available to Football in this country is we are looking ahead to a return to the FAI as the Delaney-era board disfunctonal and fractured. We compettve acton. had already spent it. In my view it have, power, control, alliances, Our players have felt safe and appears Irish football was abused ego, spin, self interest and self secure and have been excited to at every level under the previous preservaton at the core of all our be able to increase the level of regime and the volatlity of football problems. We operate in a toxic intensity of training, as we build in this country is a problem environment where self service and up to a resumpton of league and inherited by Gary Owens and Niall agendas always take precedence. European football. Of course there Quinn. It is arguable that the FAI is a are many hurdles to overcome and In the afermath of what went toxic brand and the organisaton as yet we don’t have a defnite on previously, we were assured needs to reboot and start again. return to league acton which is things would be diferent; things We look to other countries for hugely dispiritng for all football were going to be beter and that best practce and to provide us practtoners as it seems we will be the highest level of senior football with insightul ideas on how the last summer league in Europe in this country would be a central we can develop football in our without a date for restart. aspect of the FAI strategy. Gary country. We listen at length to European competton is hugely Owens and Niall Quinn have staked sports psychologists, podcasts and webinars about culture, identty destny and stop making excuses ‘There is such and leadership in other sports. and apologies. We need to stop talking and There is such potental in our potental in our game, looking at other countries, other game, we have many great people we have many great sports and develop our own that have been silenced for far too culture, our own identty that long. We have many great voices people that have been refects what’s unique about Irish that have not been heard or have silenced for far too football. Let’s create our own DNA not been listened to. We have many and stop feeling inferior. Let’s come great people whom we must try to long. We have many together as a football community restore their faith in Irish football great voices that have putng ‘the why’ at the centre to help us as an industry gain some of all conversatons. We need all self respect. We must not allow not been heard or have the stakeholders to act in the best football to contnue in this spiral of not been listened to...’.