el Related Books

[Professor K]

Here's a list of LOI related books released in the last four years:

2009
The Four-in-a-row Story - Robert Goggins
When We Were Kings: The Story of Athlone Town's 1924 FAI Cup Triumph - Tadhg Carey
Shelbourne Cult Heroes: From Bulawayo to Ballybough - Sean Fitzpatrick

2010
Gods Vs Mortals: Irish Clubs in Europe, A Front Row Seat at 10 of the Greatest Games - Paul Keane
Bray Wanderers 25 Years in League of Ireland Football 1985-2010 - Aidan O'Toole
DUFC A Claret and Blue History - Brian Whelan
The Dav: Anecdotes and Stories from Inside & Outside the Box - Carl Davenport

2011
The History of Mervue United 1960-2010 - Willie Henry
The Official Book of the FAI Cup - Sean Ryan
Just Follow The Floodlights! The Complete Guide to League of Ireland Football - Brian Kennedy

2012
Ireland's First Real World Cup: The Story of the 1924 Ireland Olympic Football Team - David Needham
Chronological History of Shamrock Rovers FC - Robert Goggins

2013
Republic of Ireland Football League Tables and Results 1921-2012 - Alex Graham
Through The Hoops - Jimmy Cummins
Tallaght Time: Shamrock Rovers 2009-2012 - Macdara Ferris & Karl Reilly
Shelbourne's European Run 2004 - Peter Goulding
C'mon The Town: A Dundalk FC Miscellany - Jim Murphy
In Rod We Trust: How Athlone Won the League - Kevin O'Neill

[outspoken]

Suppose you could throw Keith Gillespie's book in there too as it does given de town and the league in general a few pages.

[bennocelt]

Suppose you could throw Keith Gillespie's book in there too as it does given de town and the league in general a few pages.


what does he write about longford?

[outspoken]

what does he write about longford?

Just speaks about how he came to play for longford, gives a general overview of the club and how the traveling took a toll on him and that he was pleasantly surprised by the standard of football in LOI despite some of the poor facilities.

[Dodge]

Just speaks about how he came to play for longford, gives a general overview of the club and how the traveling took a toll on him and that he was pleasantly surprised by the standard of football in LOI despite some of the poor facilities.
Just saved me €20. Nice one!

[Acornvilla]

The books actually a very good read, but yeah, don't bother if you're looking for any in depth discussion on the LOI ^^

[avvenalaf]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/the-class-of-92-a-new-film-tells-the-story-of-six-young-men-who-together-would-conquer-the-world-with-manchester-united-8925729.html

You sure that was actually Keith Gillespie who played for Longford?. These guys couldn't find him for this documentary.

[Acornvilla]

He'll be refrenced in it anyway, but obviously not getting a prominent mention, because yeknow, he didn't win a crapload of epl titles with united like the other 6 did. He mentions the show in his book anyway so we'll see!

[SkStu]

The Bohs books were a great laugh for LOI fans for a few years. :)

[Longfordian]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/the-class-of-92-a-new-film-tells-the-story-of-six-young-men-who-together-would-conquer-the-world-with-manchester-united-8925729.html

You sure that was actually Keith Gillespie who played for Longford?. These guys couldn't find him for this documentary.

Yeah he noted on Twitter that the Inland Revenue didn't seem to have a lot of difficulty in tracking him down.

[orielabu]

Through The Hoops....Jimmy Cummins.
Anyone got details of this publication.

[Professor K]

It's on the Eason site for €10.

'Through The Hoops' is the true story of the Hoops and Irish Goalkeeper, Jimmy Cummins, tracing back his young years growing up at the foot of the Dublin Mountains, through his six successful years with Shamrock Rovers at Milltown and then on to the infamous Government Stockbroker Inquiry, which virtually made him an outcast and an exile from the land and the people he loved.

For the first time, Jimmy releases documentary evidence substantiating his claims of impropriety against the Irish Government Stockbrokers Butler & Briscoe, evidence “disbarred” and buried by the Committee of Inquiry. Here then is the story of a young man who dared to stand against corruption, fraud and abuse of power at the highest levels of Irish financial life, and in the end paid a very high price.

[Dodge]

Through the Hoops is available from the publishers too

http://www.originalwriting.ie/collections/non-fiction/products/through-the-hoops

[razor]

We are currently working on a book for next year to celebrate the clubs 30th anniversary.
(insert new club jibe here)

Hopefully middle of next year.

[A face]

Here's a list of LOI related books released in the last four years:

2009
The Four-in-a-row Story - Robert Goggins
When We Were Kings: The Story of Athlone Town's 1924 FAI Cup Triumph - Tadhg Carey
Shelbourne Cult Heroes: From Bulawayo to Ballybough - Sean Fitzpatrick

2010
Gods Vs Mortals: Irish Clubs in Europe, A Front Row Seat at 10 of the Greatest Games - Paul Keane
Bray Wanderers 25 Years in League of Ireland Football 1985-2010 - Aidan O'Toole
DUFC A Claret and Blue History - Brian Whelan
The Dav: Anecdotes and Stories from Inside & Outside the Box - Carl Davenport

2011
The History of Mervue United 1960-2010 - Willie Henry
The Official Book of the FAI Cup - Sean Ryan
Just Follow The Floodlights! The Complete Guide to League of Ireland Football - Brian Kennedy

2012
Ireland's First Real World Cup: The Story of the 1924 Ireland Olympic Football Team - David Needham
Chronological History of Shamrock Rovers FC - Robert Goggins

2013
Republic of Ireland Football League Tables and Results 1921-2012 - Alex Graham
Through The Hoops - Jimmy Cummins
Tallaght Time: Shamrock Rovers 2009-2012 - Macdara Ferris & Karl Reilly
Shelbourne's European Run 2004 - Peter Goulding
C'mon The Town: A Dundalk FC Miscellany - Jim Murphy
In Rod We Trust: How Athlone Won the League - Kevin O'Neill

Do any of them have ISBN Numbers?

[orielabu]

Some ISBN Data:-
When We Were Kings: 978-0-9562111-01
Shelbourne Cult Heroes: 978-1-905483-67-9
DUFC A Claret And Blue History: None
The Official Book of the FAI Cup: 978-1-907593-33-8
TallaghtTime: 978-1-908308-44-3
Shelbourne’s European Run 2004: 9781291545364
C’mon The Town: A Dundalk Miscellany: None

[Professor K]

Gods Vs Mortals: 978-0-9563598-4-1
Just Follow The Floodlights: 978-190830803-0
The Dav: 978-0-9565573-1-5
Ireland's First Real World Cup: 978-0-9571157-2-9
Chronological History of Shamrock Rovers: 978-0-9574929-0-5
Ireland League Table and Results: 978-1-86223-267-9
Through the Hoops: 978-1-7823730-6-3

[seand]

I have a couple of the rarer books mentioned in this thread available. See this post ...

http://foot.ie/threads/185540-Some-rare-%28and-not-so-rare%29-Irish-football-books?p=1724972#post1724972

[Ash]

New book launching on Friday 13th December, In Rod We Trust: How Athlone Town Won The League
https://www.facebook.com/inrodwetrustatfc

Author is Kevin O'Neill, previously wrote "Who Needs Cantona (We've Got Rod De Khors)"

[seand]

In Rod We Trust indeed! Should be interesting though, hope it sells well. IMO Who Needs Cantona... is the one of the worst football books ever written. In fairness the author was working with the most threadbare of material.

[Martinho II]

In Rod We Trust indeed! Should be interesting though, hope it sells well. IMO Who Needs Cantona... is the one of the worst football books ever written. In fairness the author was working with the most threadbare of material.

Seand please check your PM! I sent you a message!!

[orielabu]

C’mon The Town, A Dundalk FC Miscellany, is a statistical and images history of one of Ireland’s most successful clubs. Comprising statistics, photographs, memorabilia, player profiles and stories, it covers the club’s 88-season record in the League of Ireland.
There will be a Dublin launch at Dalymount Park on Friday Dec 13th, commencing 7.00. Entrance will be through the ‘Players and Officials Entrance’ and there is a car park for about 20 cars which will be opened on the night.
A special launch night price of €20 (€5 off) will apply.
All are welcome.
Please convey this invitation to anyone you think would be interested in attending.
All proceeds are in aid of the club.

[The Donie Forde]

C’mon The Town, A Dundalk FC Miscellany, is a statistical and images history of one of Ireland’s most successful clubs. Comprising statistics, photographs, memorabilia, player profiles and stories, it covers the club’s 88-season record in the League of Ireland.
There will be a Dublin launch at Dalymount Park on Friday Dec 13th, commencing 7.00. Entrance will be through the ‘Players and Officials Entrance’ and there is a car park for about 20 cars which will be opened on the night.
A special launch night price of €20 (€5 off) will apply.
All are welcome.
Please convey this invitation to anyone you think would be interested in attending.
All proceeds are in aid of the club.


I collect every possible LOI book I can get my hands on.
I would just like to say this is a fantastic publication, an absolute credit to Jim Murphy. Highly recommended!

[A face]

C’mon The Town, A Dundalk FC Miscellany, is a statistical and images history of one of Ireland’s most successful clubs. Comprising statistics, photographs, memorabilia, player profiles and stories, it covers the club’s 88-season record in the League of Ireland.
There will be a Dublin launch at Dalymount Park on Friday Dec 13th, commencing 7.00. Entrance will be through the ‘Players and Officials Entrance’ and there is a car park for about 20 cars which will be opened on the night.
A special launch night price of €20 (€5 off) will apply.
All are welcome.
Please convey this invitation to anyone you think would be interested in attending.
All proceeds are in aid of the club.

ISBN Number??

[Professor K]

I collect every possible LOI book I can get my hands on.
I would just like to say this is a fantastic publication, an absolute credit to Jim Murphy. Highly recommended!

Same here, I collect a lot of them myself and Jim's new book is very impressive. Staggering amount of photos and stats. No ISBN.

By the way, I'm looking to buy an old book, if anyone has a copy of the AFS Book of Inter-League Matches A Complete record (1985) could you send me a pm.

[orielabu]

The Herald Dec 21st
Books Review by Aidan Fitzmaurice

“It was a relatively quiet year in the League of Ireland, but the season still produced three top-drawer publications.

Athlone-based journalist Kevin O'Neill has worked wonders to pull together 'In Rod We Trust, How Athlone Won The League' just a matter of weeks after Roddy Collins won promotion for the midlands side.
GLORY
O'Neill has covered Athlone for 15 years, most of them bleak, but his book charts the progress of the club from the scene in 2008, when Athlone Town was on the verge of extinction due to a €440,000 debt, to the glory of promotion at the end of the 2013 season.
Available at kevoneill1@yahoo.ie, it's a superb effort.

Dundalk fan Jim Murphy has come up with a gem in 'C'Mon The Town: A Dundalk FC Miscellany'. Murphy charted the club's history in a previous book, but his new contribution is a more light-hearted publication, with a stunning collection of photos.
There are sad stories (former Dundalk star Jimmy Hasty was murdered by Loyalist paramilitaries in 1974) and intriguing snippets (did former England manager Ron Greenwood play in Dundalk under a false name during WWII?) and non-Dundalk fans would find plenty to read about.

Two Shamrock Rovers fans, Macara Ferris and Karl Reilly, were first out of the blocks as they published 'Tallaght Time – Shamrock Rovers 2009-12' (The Liffey Press) earlier in the year. The book is still in the shops and will give Hoops fans a welcome reminder of the glory years of title success and their Europa League adventure.”

[wonder88]

I know it is dated by now, but recently got the Brendan Menton book on his time working for the FAI. Going to read it soon when I have time but I think it covers some interesting issues that arose in the LoI as well?

[Professor K]

By the way, I'm looking to buy an old book, if anyone has a copy of the AFS Book of Inter-League Matches A Complete record (1985) could you send me a pm.

Finally got this after searching for a year and a half.

The Dundalk 2014 review book is being launched tomorrow.

http://www.dundalkfc.com/champ10ns-book-launch-2/

Any news on the Cork 30 year anniversary one?

[razor]

Any news on the Cork 30 year anniversary one?
we've pushed it out to next Feb/March to include full details of the 30th season

[orielabu]

Title: DUNDALK FC CHAMPIONS SEASON REVIEW 28-11-2014
Editor: Gavin McLaughlin
ISBN: None
Publication Date: 27-11-2014
Format: Paper back—264 pages
Self published


Synopsis
Dundalk FC Champions… Season Review.
Another addition to the LOI Book Library.
This 264-page full colour tribute to Dundalk’s 2014 Premiership victory, sells at €15 and is available at the club’s Marshes Shopping Centre Shop and on its on-line merchandising shop.
Superbly designed, it contains coverage—reports, photos and statistics—of every Dundalk match in the past memorable season and the victory celebrations.
It is the work of three young supporters—Edited by Gavin Mc Laughlin, Sports Editor of the Dundalk Democrat, photographs were supplied by Ciaran Culligan and design and layout is the work of Killian Walsh.
A must-buy for League of Ireland followers and well worth the €15.

http://shop.dundalkfc.com/champ10ns-dundalk-fc-2014-season-review-p-83.html

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[redobit]

New Sligo Rovers book out before the Christmas.

[The Donie Forde]

New Sligo Rovers book out before the Christmas.

Got any details of that, redobit?

[redobit]

Got any details of that, redobit?

About The Showgies I believe.

[The Donie Forde]

About The Showgies I believe.

Is it by Anthony Kilfeather?
Heard quite some time back that he was doing/was involved with the doing of a Sligo book.

[orielabu]

According to today’s Irish Independent (Daniel McDonnell), former Cork defender Neal Horgan has published “Death of a Football Club”, the story of Cork’s 2008 season. It is based on a diary kept by Horgan, and according to McDonnell “For anyone with either an interest in the circus that is Irish football or a curiosity about gaining a broader understanding, this is essential reading.”
Anyone have details of where it can be obtained.

[Charlie Darwin]

According to today’s Irish Independent (Daniel McDonnell), former Cork defender Neal Horgan has published “Death of a Football Club”, the story of Cork’s 2008 season. It is based on a diary kept by Horgan, and according to McDonnell “For anyone with either an interest in the circus that is Irish football or a curiosity about gaining a broader understanding, this is essential reading.”
Anyone have details of where it can be obtained.
It's only out as an ebook as far as I know, but he plans to have it released as a hard copy: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/488298

[El-Pietro]

He was selling copies of the physical book at our end of season party for a tenner. Its a god read, interesting to see how different life inside a football club is compared to the view we have.

[Martinho II]

He was selling copies of the physical book at our end of season party for a tenner. Its a god read, interesting to see how different life inside a football club is compared to the view we have.

any idea EL Pietro when the hard copy would be released as I would be interested in purchasing a copy. A superb review in the Indo today!

[El-Pietro]

I don't know I'm afraid.

[The Good Son]

any idea EL Pietro when the hard copy would be released as I would be interested in purchasing a copy. A superb review in the Indo today!

13th Dec seemingly.
http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/13406/the-death-of-a-football-club-the-story-of-cork-city-football-club-2008/

[Pablo Escobar]

13th Dec seemingly.
http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/13406/the-death-of-a-football-club-the-story-of-cork-city-football-club-2008/
It's a great read and anyone with an interest in the LOI would love it. Some of the stories are crazy. I particularly liked the early chapter about the Dolan 'regime'. He seems far more OTT than I ever expected.

[gufcfan]

Finished Neal Horgan's Death Of A Football Club last night.

An excellent read. Very interesting insights into the dressing room while all the nonsense with Arkaga and Coughlan was going on.

It will be an easier read for Cork fans, now that they are back at the business end of the league, but the sheer frustration at all the stuff that could have been avoided...

I'd say far more could have been said about certain "characters". You'd nearly need to be a solicitor yourself to talk about anyone in this league at times.

Some of the stuff that went on sounded very familiar, even if it was more incompetence than malice that was behind it in Cork.

It was near the end of the book so it probably sticks with me more, but Tom Coughlan undermining Alan Mathews at every turn and even suggesting to Mathews that the team could be run by committee "like in rugby". Hard to know if that was him swinging his dick, to remind Mathews who was in charge or if he was actually that clueless. Or both...

Anyone bothered enough about LOI to be looking at this thread should read it.

[Professor K]

The History of the Showgrounds book has now been published.

http://sligorovers.com/news/15/jan/history-showgrounds-book-launch

[seand]

That's at least another three new ones this off season, is'nt it?
Sligo Showgrounds
Dundalk 2014 review
Neal Horgan
Gonna need a shelf extension...

[Martinho II]

That's at least another three new ones this off season, is'nt it?
Sligo Showgrounds
Dundalk 2014 review
Neal Horgan
Gonna need a shelf extension...

assumption SeanD i am getting from that thread on sligo rovers book is that it wont be on sale?

[seand]

assumption SeanD i am getting from that thread on sligo rovers book is that it wont be on sale?

Kind of looks like it, doesn't it? Any Sligo fans able to confirm if its going on general sale? Gonna be a pain the arse to source if not!!

[dong]

Pardon my complete ignorance but what would be the reasons for not putting it on public sale.
To keep it as a collectors item or something?

[Dodge]

Pardon my complete ignorance but what would be the reasons for not putting it on public sale.
To keep it as a collectors item or something?

Cost? They might only be allowed print copies in batches of (say) 250 so if they're unsure of how it'd sell, they might stick with 250 instead of a possible loss making 500

[dong]

Yeah that's true enough.

[Martinho II]

pity as its rare that a book about sligo rovers comes out. The last time would have being Eamonn Sweeneys effort in mid 90s!