Bohemian FC v Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan Vol. 73 No. 9 Europa Conference League First Qualifying Round Second Leg Dublin Arena Thursday 15 July • Kick Off 19:45 Official Match Programme €4 Club Directory Bohemian Football Club, Dalymount Park, Phibsborough, Dublin 7, D07 YXWO Tel: 868 0923 / Email: [email protected] Web: www.bohemians.ie Head of Fitness & Conditioning Head Academy Athletic Remy Tang Development Coach First Team Sports Scientist Paul McGrath Aidan Conroy Event Controller 6 September 1890 Medical Team - Phil Dwyer- Pulse Club Medical Doctor Safety Offcer Honorary Secretary Dr. Fiona Dennehy Paddy Byas - Pulse Stephen Lambert Club Physiotherapist Bohemian Foundation Membership Director Dr. Paul Kirwan Thomas Hynes, Chris Brien, Cormac O’Reilly Jeff Conway, Barbara Conway, John Club Sports Masseur Colleary, Stephen Burke Community Director Rob Murray Thomas Hynes Supporter Liaison Offcer Club Kit Manager Gerry Sexton PR & Media Relations Colin O’Connor Luke O’Riordan Disability Access Offcer & Assistant Kit Manager Sight Loss Commentator Youth Director Aaron Fitzsimons Conor Emerson James Flanagan Video Analysis John Bohan Commercial Director Stadium Announcers Matt Devaney GPS Manager Larry Rogan, Stephen Dornan Cathal Muircheartaigh Bar Director Pitchside MC Paul Duffy Fintan Kennedy Under 19 Team Manager Webmaster Luke O’Riordan Gavin Teehan Chief Operating Offcer Programme Editor & Production Under 19 Coaches Daniel Lambert Alan Bird Mark Anderson, Paul O’Reilly, Willie Digital Content Manager Lead Administrator & Tyrrell Club Licensing Manager George Willis Under 17 Team Manager Amanda Craig Photographers Carl Grehan Stephen Burke, Eddie Lennon, Admin. & Licensing Under 17 Coach Martin Doherty, Conor Ryan Lynn O’Neill Rory Kirk Souvenir Shop Honorary Life Presidents Under 15 Manager/Coaches Deirdre Clifford, Laura Clifford, Tony O’Connell, Felim O’Reilly Stephen Costello Paddy Murray Honorary Life Vice-Presidents Under 13 Manager/Coaches Snack Shop Noel Farrell, Gerry Cuffe, Karl Lambe, Paul Bassett Denise Brady, Valerie Fitzsimons Brendan Duffy, Paddy Hayes, WNL Senior Manager & Coach Ball boy/girl & mascots Paddy Murray, Oliver Ward, Sean Byrne Audrey Fitzpatrick, Susan Lambert, Stephen Burke WNL Senior Assistant Manager & Beth Sexton First Team Manager Goalkeeping Coach Pat Trehy Club Artist Offcer Mark O’Meara Keith Long Coach Derek O’Neill Climate Justice Offcer Sean McCabe First Team Assistant Manager WNL Strength & Conditioning Bar Committee Trevor Croly Coach Dave O’Brien Derek Monaghan, Hugh Dempsey Goalkeeping Coach WNL Doctor Dr James Diedrich Chaplain Fr Seán Farrell Chris Bennion WNL Physio Vincent Fitzpatrick More Than A Club Paul Gannon First team Player Football Forecasts & Lotto Development Coach WNL Secretary Rose Darby Jimmy O’Connor, Anto Farrell, Derek Pender Amputee Team Manager Stephen Burke, Eddie Smith snr, First team Player Brián Doyle Stephen Dornan, Tommy Dornan, Performance Coach Youth Protection Offcer (YPO) Anne Delaney Philly McMahon Fiona Delaney Half-Time Raffe Jimmy O’Connor, Head of Youth Football Pat Cleary Joe Carr, Anne Delaney editorial riday, 6 March 2020 was the last time we were all together. A cold Friday night, everything pre, during and post match was as normal as it Fever could had been. We won 2-0, the same faces chatted to the same people as normal and as we descended the steps after the match we bade our friends goodbye with the fippant, yet assuring, words that we’d see them against Dundalk, which was the next home game. Bars were packed as normal, hands were shook, coins handed over for drinks, food or programmes, turnstiles, doors, handles, and seats to name a few touched without instantly smearing our hands in antibacterial hand gel. Premier Division Everything was as it should be, everything was normal and we really had no 1923/24, 1927/28, reason to think otherwise. 1929/30, 1933/34, Then, well, that was it. Gone, lives changed beyond any Netfix 1935/36, 1974/75, apocalyptic scenario. Amongst the many things we’ve had to adapt to over 1977/78, 2000/01, the last 16 months was our lack of Friday night normality. While some of 2002/03, 2008, 2009 us have been lucky enough to get into games since, either as a working steward or part of the lucky few selected alphabetically to attend a match FAI Cup in recent weeks, some haven’t seen Bohemians, or indeed the regulars of a 1927/28, 1934/35, match night in Dalymount, in person since that night last year. It’s just not 1969/70, 1975/76, something that should happen. But it did, it continues to and hopefully we 1991/1992, 2000/01, are starting to emerge from the nightmare. 2008 Tonight though will give us a chance to see each others again. While the 6,000 of us are spaced out around the Dublin Arena/Aviva/Lansdowne Road League Cup or whatever it is you call it, it offers us great opportunity to bump into 1974/75, 1978/79, 2009 someone we haven’t seen since then and this being Bohs, we’ll probably bump into everyone! It’s good to be all back together, good to know Setanta Cup familiar faces and friends are at the game, somewhere. Let it be the start of 2010 much-needed return of the old times... Leinster Cup 1895/95 - 2016: A record 32 titles Alan Bird, Editor LoI Shield 1923/24, 1927/28, Contact: [email protected] 1928/29, 1933/34, Editor/Production: Alan Bird 1938/39, 1939/40 Contributors: Tony Magner, Stephen Burke, Robert McDonald, Dan McSwiney, Ryan Clarke, Aidan Fitzmaurice, Paul Walsh, Keith Murphy, Irish FA Cup Declan Farrell, Gerard Farrell, Keith Long, Stephen Lambert, Paul Duffy 1907/08 Photos: Stephen Burke, Eddie Lennon, Martin Doherty, Conor Ryan, Peter O’Doherty, Sportsfile Dublin City Cup Sales: Gerry Juhel, Ray Larkin, Killian Molloy, Timothy Boland, Joe Collins, 1935/36 Cormac Hurrell, Oran Tully RIP Printed by: Just-Print. Tel: 01 494 0222. Email: [email protected] Dublin & Belfast Views expressed in this programme are solely those of the contributors Inner City Cup and not of Bohemian FC or the committee unless indicated. All 1944/45 contributions are welcome and published at editor’s discretion. Top Four Cup 1971/72 Acieries D’Angleur 1928/29 President’s Cup 12 titles with Keith Long from the dugout from ood evening and welcome to the Dublin arena for tonight’s Europa GLeague Conference qualifying rounf second leg against Stjarnan. I would like to extend a warm welcome to Thorvaldur Örlygsson his staff, players and delegation that have made the trip from Iceland. It would have been nice to bring the tie back to Dalymount but the Dublin Arena is not a bad substitute especially with so many of you able to attend and I am sure all of you will make yourselves heard and will get behind the boys in our attempt to progress to the next round. Stjarnan will come to Dublin with plenty of condence and they will be better prepared as a result of last Thursday’s game. They are a well organised team with some very good players who can hurt us if we are not fully focused. It is half time in the tie and we know we will have to perform at our best tonight. On Thursday in Iceland we had plenty of possession without creating a huge amount of chances but we were patient and we got the goal our play deserved after conceding a disappointing goal from our perspective. The second half was much better in terms of tempo and with a little more quality in the nal third we could have scored a second goal. However to come away with a draw away from home with such a young group of players coming from a goal down gives us hope. It will be difcult, tjarnan are a very experienced side but we have given ourselves a chance which is important. ‘Stjarnan will come to Finally a message to you our supporters who have been starved of live football for the Dublin with plenty of last sixteen months. I cannot tell you how confdence and they will be happy we are to have you with us tonight and we hope we can produce a performance to better prepared as a result make you proud. We have never taken your of last Thursday’s game. support for granted and if this pandemic has They are a well organised thought us anything it is that we need to make the most of the time that we have together. team with some very good No better time tan tonight, get behind our players who can hurt us if team, our club. we are not fully focused. Enjoy the game, It is half time in the tie and we know we will have to perform at our best Keith Long, Manager tonight...’ The Bohemian Football Club Treat Yourself To A Good Night’s Sleep. A good Pocket Sprung mattress is key to a good night’s sleep! Discover more about pocket sprung mattresses at you local Des Kelly Interiors store. 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