NY Hoop
14/11/2006, 11:12 AM
Thought this might be of relevance given that Steve Morrow is in line for the job and Ronnie O'Brien is still there:
http://fc.dallas.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20061107&content_id=78012&vkey=news_fcd&fext=.jsp&team=t104
Interestingly their nickname is now Hoops! They play in a new purpose built stadium 30 miles from Dallas. Also their owner Lamar Hunt, who coined the phrase Super Bowl, has a Rovers connection:
What are your first memories of soccer?
LAMAR HUNT: The first organized soccer match I attended was a Shamrock Rovers game in Dublin, Ireland. I went with my future wife, Norma, in fall 1962. She was in Ireland studying on a Torary Foundation Fellowship. We watched the game from a standing room-only terrace behind one of the goals.
KOH
http://fc.dallas.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20061107&content_id=78012&vkey=news_fcd&fext=.jsp&team=t104
Interestingly their nickname is now Hoops! They play in a new purpose built stadium 30 miles from Dallas. Also their owner Lamar Hunt, who coined the phrase Super Bowl, has a Rovers connection:
What are your first memories of soccer?
LAMAR HUNT: The first organized soccer match I attended was a Shamrock Rovers game in Dublin, Ireland. I went with my future wife, Norma, in fall 1962. She was in Ireland studying on a Torary Foundation Fellowship. We watched the game from a standing room-only terrace behind one of the goals.
KOH