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 06 Media Officer Gavin McLaughlin Community Officer Liam Burns Ground Staff John Moore, David 03: CONTENTS Caldwell, Jimmy Fisher and Cyril Moore Commercial Manager Ronan Shields Marketing Consultant Paddy Casey 04: OPENING SHOT Player Liaison Officer Des Donleavy Press Officer Darren Crawley Club Ambassadors Paul Brown and 06: FROM THE DUGOUT Andy Connolly Event Controller Regina O’Hare Bar Manager Kevin Carthy 10: GREG SLOGGETT Office Admin Karen Travers DUNDALK FC TEAM 12: WELCOME TO ROVERS MANAGEMENT Coach Giuseppe Rossi Goalkeeping Coach Graham Byas 16: ACADEMY NEWS S&C Coach Graham Norton Academy Manager Stephen McDonnell Doctor Dr Dualtach MacColgáin 20: 2001: BOUNCING BACK Physiotherapists Danny Miller and David Murphy 26: HEAD IN THE GAME Sports Science Lorcan Mason Video Analyst Dominic Corrigan Kit Manager Noel Walsh 28: MIXED EMOTIONS 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 6 December 2020; David McMillan celebrates after completing his hat- trick in Dundalk’s Extra.ie FAI Cup final win over Shamrock Rovers at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile 4 | DFC MAGAZINE Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers | Friday May 21st 2021 DFC MAGAZINE | 5 FROM THE DUGOUT JIM MAGILTON hen we left We’ve got to go into this on the pitch. We’re now looking at Tallaght Stadium evening’s game in a positive frame that area as a worry so, hopefully, after winning the of mind that we can get something we can address it and Dan makes President’s Cup back from the game. Historically, these a speedy recovery, recovers well in March we were all thinking games are tight. It’s two quality and we can get him back on the sides with two contrasting styles. pitch as soon as possible. Wthat we were in a good place and We just have to stand up and were in for a good season ahead present ourselves. Shamrock In terms of the manager’s so it’s hard to believe where we Rovers come here on the back position, I have had some really are now after 12 games. Football of a long, unbeaten run so if we good conversations this week throws that at you. It’s such a can win the game, it could be the with some elite level coaches. It’s rollercoaster, taking you from the catalyst to kick our season on. given me real thought and I’ve massive excitement of that night There’s no question about that, really enjoyed working this week. to where we currently are now, a and there’s no getting away from People have called me and I’ve situation where we have to really that. The players are aware of it. had really good conversations with dig in. Both sets of players know each them about football and the club other very well and it’ll be who but we haven’t selected anyone. We have We’re closing in on played Shamrock “Shamrock Rovers come here on the back of a a shortlist which Rovers twice this long, unbeaten run so if we can win the game, will make the job season and we it could be the catalyst to kick our season on. easier so we’ll get can take lots of to the break next positives from There’s no question about that, and there’s no week and take it both of those getting away from that.” from there. games. I thought the President’s Finally, I met Cup, for a match that was played performs on the night. We need some of our supporters on so early in the season, was an to look forward to it, relish it and Wednesday and we had a couple excellent game of football. We we can’t be intimidated by it. We of hours of really good chat. It were very resolute and we took acknowledge that Shamrock was a chance for them to air the game to Rovers early on Rovers have been very consistent their views and it was a chance and we would have had more in their performances and their for us to listen to them, take in opportunities had our final ball results but we know that this is a information and come away with been a bit more clinical. one-off game and it’s a game that a few ideas. I always like an end we can win. If we can do that, it product and a practical element We lost the league game in could be the kickstart we need. to everything I do so, hopefully, Tallaght in early April but for the practical element from this 20 minutes, it was as well as I Regarding injuries, we have is around the conversation we think we’ve played this season. one or two casualties that we had about a steering group and I thought we were excellent need to assess before the game the best way for the club and its in our approach to the game, but unfortunately, we’ve lost Dan supporters to interact. There has we were very aggressive in Cleary for a couple of months to be something at the end of everything we did and we created at least with a quadricep tendon this and if that’s a steering group, lots of opportunities. We just injury. He will be a huge loss great, we will speak to them again didn’t convert them which is because I think he was coming on because, ultimately, we all want symptomatic of our season. If we strong. Any injury to one of our top what is best for the club. had taken our chances when we defenders is always going to be a were on top it would have been a huge loss considering that we’ve Enjoy the game, different game, but we didn’t. lost Brian Gartland and we’ve Jim Magilton struggled to get Sonni Nattestad 6 | DFC MAGAZINE Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers | Friday May 21st 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. 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If you look at our Rovers, is it a good fixture to the players, because that night DFC: You say it’s a good game off with last week’s game with Finn goal difference for example, it’s zero, have because there’s obviously in the President’s Cup it looked if we can win it, it’s the first of Harps, it was a disappointing first meaning we’ve scored as many as a lot of pride at stake in our like we were set up for a really three games in seven days with half but I suppose we have to try and we’ve conceded which is so unlike dressing room.