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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.
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Originally Posted by orielabu
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!
ISBN Number??Quote:
Originally Posted by orielabu
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Donie Forde
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.
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.”
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?
Finally got this after searching for a year and a half.Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor K
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?
we've pushed it out to next Feb/March to include full details of the 30th seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Professor K
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-...view-p-83.html
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New Sligo Rovers book out before the Christmas.
Got any details of that, redobit?Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
About The Showgies I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Donie Forde
Is it by Anthony Kilfeather?Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
Heard quite some time back that he was doing/was involved with the doing of a Sligo book.
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/488298Quote:
Originally Posted by orielabu
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
I don't know I'm afraid.
13th Dec seemingly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/article...all-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.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Good Son
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.
The History of the Showgrounds book has now been published.
http://sligorovers.com/news/15/jan/h...ds-book-launch
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by seand
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!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
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 500Quote:
Originally Posted by dong
Yeah that's true enough.
pity as its rare that a book about sligo rovers comes out. The last time would have being Eamonn Sweeneys effort in mid 90s!
If you include the new one about the Showground this will be the fourth book about Sligo Rovers since Sweeneys one. They Thinks it's All Over was based on the 94/95 season from a fans perspective, North West Frontier (Conal Collier) documented around 15 months between 1997-98 when Nicky Reid was manager, Joe Molloy also wrote a history of the club which was published in the late nineties and this current one makes it four.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
The book is only available, free of charge, to current season ticket holders, club members and 500 club members. More details soon.
Can you tell me the author and year of this book.Quote:
Originally Posted by red bellied
They will need at least a print run of 500. Seeing as each member of the 500 Club is getting a copy.Plus season ticket holders and members. I'd guess a print run of 1,000 would be more like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
remember reading conal colliers effort! how do I get a copy of Joe Molloys book as I never have seen/read it?Quote:
Originally Posted by red bellied
The book was written by Declan Burke and came out shortly after the 94/95 season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor K
The current Showgrounds book is not on sale because it was funded through Peace III, so is only available free of charge.
I myself don't have it so ebay and second hand book shops are probably your only hope. I asked Molloy for a copy after it had gone out of print and he said he didn't even have one himself. There was also another book published on the history in the late seventies, I actually had this or maybe still do buried in my mothers attic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
would that be the same Declan Burke who writes crime novels ?
The very same....Quote:
Originally Posted by wonder88
I was just picking figures for illustration. Nice to see Sligo members get it free though. That'll be a nice souvenir to keepQuote:
Originally Posted by Redzer