Mick Kearns’ lockdown project brings back memories
It was just five short years ago, on 26th June 2015, and my oh my, how the formation of the Shamrock Rovers squad has completely changed since then. Only Stephen McPhail, now, of course, on the management team, remains from that time. Pat Fenlon was in his first full season as manager at Tallaght having succeeded Trevor…
Hands up who remembers Kildare County? The club was based at the Newbridge Town AFC ground on the Station Road and played in the League of Ireland First Division from 2002 to 2009 inclusive. Shamrock Rovers and Kildare (nicknamed ‘The Thoroughbreds’) met four times during the Hoops’ sojourn in the lower division in 2006. The…
This week we go back to 17th June, 2005 when a struggling Shamrock Rovers side defeated Shelbourne 2-1 at Tolka Park on a nice summer’s evening. While the weather was pleasant the clash between Shelbourne Chief Executive Ollie Byrne and Hoops’ manager Roddy Collins before the game most certainly was not. More about that later….
Hoops’ Late Late Show The much-heralded summer football season in the League of Ireland finally got off to a start in 2003. The change had been muted for years, resisted by traditionalists and constantly put forward by those seeking to address what seemed to them to be a terminal illness that simply had to be…
