QuoteI happened upon the first few editions of 11-a-side a couple of years back whilst fishing through some neglected boxes of papers. It started off quite well with some very engrossing features and anecdotes from old pros, but quickly ran out of steam.
Bob Hennessy used to do that piece. It rarely featured LOI players on the front cover (Pats winning the league in 1996 was featured however)
That 11-a-side thing was actually a competitor for a while. Terrible altogether.
54,321 sold - wws will never die - ***
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I happened upon the first few editions of 11-a-side a couple of years back whilst fishing through some neglected boxes of papers. It started off quite well with some very engrossing features and anecdotes from old pros, but quickly ran out of steam.
A leading authority on League of Ireland football since 2003. You're probably wrong.
It was done by publisher in Drogheda (I think, certainly not Dublin) who had a succesful GAA mag out at that time (couldn't tell you the name). Used to do features on LOI clubs and junior football and seemed to get most of their advertising from those clubs local sponsors.
There was also the shortlived Kickin' magazine that seemed to be aimed at a younger group (pull out posters and the like...)
54,321 sold - wws will never die - ***
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New blog if anyone's interested - http://loihistory.wordpress.com/
LOI section on balls.ie - http://balls.ie/league-of-ireland/
Can't have been big if it lived and died on a single back-page cigarette ad.Originally Posted by BohDiddley
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