QuoteSuppose you could throw Keith Gillespie's book in there too as it does given de town and the league in general a few pages.
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
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.
Originally Posted by 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.
BetweenTheStripes.net - Home of Between the Stripes LOI podcast.
Just saved me €20. Nice one!
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LOI section on balls.ie - http://balls.ie/league-of-ireland/
The books actually a very good read, but yeah, don't bother if you're looking for any in depth discussion on the LOI ^^
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...d-8925729.html
You sure that was actually Keith Gillespie who played for Longford?. These guys couldn't find him for this documentary.
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!
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The Bohs books were a great laugh for LOI fans for a few years.
Yeah he noted on Twitter that the Inland Revenue didn't seem to have a lot of difficulty in tracking him down.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Through The Hoops....Jimmy Cummins.
Anyone got details of this publication.
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.
Through the Hoops is available from the publishers too
http://www.originalwriting.ie/collec...ough-the-hoops
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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/
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.
"Must you tell me all your secrets when it's hard enough to love you knowing nothing."
http://worddok.blogspot.com
Do any of them have ISBN Numbers?
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
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
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
Stats & Trivia blog - http://leagueofirelandhistory.wordpress.com/
I have a couple of the rarer books mentioned in this thread available. See this post ...
http://foot.ie/threads/185540-Some-r...72#post1724972
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)"
Larry Be Wyse
www.acsportsimages.com
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.
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