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MMVIII
28/10/2008, 2:28 PM
Just taught i might as well put this up here incase some of ye havent seen it before. Randomly found it this morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_2iAQ-Vv8c&feature=related
Jeebus
28/10/2008, 3:28 PM
Just taught i might as well put this up here incase some of ye havent seen it before. Randomly found it this morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_2iAQ-Vv8c&feature=related

This immediately came to mind when the clip started:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CXY6TVBMc

:D :D

(sorry for going off topic)
Rovers1
28/10/2008, 3:30 PM
Just taught i might as well put this up here incase some of ye havent seen it before. Randomly found it this morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_2iAQ-Vv8c&feature=related

take it thats up in Dublin?
Boo_Boy
29/10/2008, 3:55 AM
Any idea what year that could be from?
red bellied
29/10/2008, 10:45 AM
Any idea what year that could be from?

At a guess,late thirties.
sligoman
29/10/2008, 11:04 AM
It's 1937, Free State Cup. Original link was on this site (http://www.britishpathe.com/index.html) but doesn't seem to be there anymore.
Jeebus
29/10/2008, 11:29 AM
take it thats up in Dublin?

It looks like the Iveagh Grounds in Crumlin, where St James' Gate played their games. Havent been there in years (93/94 season maybe) but it looked the same then as it does in the video there, a stand on one side and totally open on the others. There was a pitch & putt course on the side opposite the main stand if memory serves me right! Also we werent allowed into the stand as it was a no go area.
red_away
29/10/2008, 1:20 PM
Also we werent allowed into the stand as it was a no go area.

Was that because their ULTRAS were so hard???
dublinred
29/10/2008, 1:29 PM
They must of flogged that stand to Longford looks like the one in flancare.
srfc1928
29/10/2008, 11:35 PM
Great to see that footage. Fair play ARooney
1937 Free State Cup, just shows how far weve come
A lot of clubs have come and gone
But were still alive and punching above our weight.
We have such a rich tradition
something a lot of LOI clubs can only dream of
historynut
30/10/2008, 7:39 AM
Believe it to be 1936/37 Quarter final St James 6-2 Sligo Rovers. Sunday 7 February 1937. Sligo finished Champions and St James Gate lost the final 1-2 to Waterford.
A possible indication to the size of the crowd is that 2 years earlier 1934/35 they met in Rnd 1 at the Iveagh Grounds and according to Joe Molloys History of SRFC there were 16000 at game in Dublin (1-1) Rovers won replay 3-1.