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Bohemian FC
v Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan
Vol. 73 No. 9
Europa Conference League
First Qualifying Round Second Leg
Dublin Arena
Thursday 15 July • Kick Off 19:45
Official Match Programme €4
Club Directory
Bohemian Football Club, Dalymount Park, Phibsborough,
Dublin 7, D07 YXWO
Tel: 868 0923 / Email: amanda@bohemians.ie
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Head of Fitness & Conditioning Head Academy Athletic
Remy Tang Development Coach
First Team Sports Scientist Paul McGrath
Aidan Conroy Event Controller
6 September 1890 Medical Team - Phil Dwyer- Pulse
Club Medical Doctor Safety Officer
Honorary Secretary Dr. Fiona Dennehy Paddy Byas - Pulse
Stephen Lambert
Club Physiotherapist Bohemian Foundation
Membership Director Dr. Paul Kirwan Thomas Hynes, Chris Brien,
Cormac O’Reilly Jeff Conway, Barbara Conway, John
Club Sports Masseur
Community Director Colleary, Stephen Burke
Rob Murray
Thomas Hynes Supporter Liaison Officer
Club Kit Manager Gerry Sexton
PR & Media Relations Colin O’Connor
Luke O’Riordan Disability Access Officer &
Assistant Kit Manager Sight Loss Commentator
Youth Director Aaron Fitzsimons
Conor Emerson James Flanagan
Video Analysis John Bohan Stadium Announcers
Commercial Director
Matt Devaney GPS Manager Larry Rogan, Stephen Dornan
Cathal Muircheartaigh Pitchside MC Paul Duffy
Bar Director
Fintan Kennedy Under 19 Team Manager Webmaster Luke O’Riordan
Gavin Teehan
Chief Operating Officer Programme Editor & Production
Under 19 Coaches Alan Bird
Daniel Lambert
Mark Anderson, Paul O’Reilly, Willie
Lead Administrator & Digital Content Manager
Tyrrell
Club Licensing Manager George Willis
Under 17 Team Manager
Amanda Craig Photographers
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Honorary Life Presidents Under 15 Manager/Coaches Deirdre Clifford, Laura Clifford,
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Sean Byrne
Stephen Burke Beth Sexton
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First Team Manager Goalkeeping Coach Pat Trehy Club Artist Officer Mark O’Meara
Keith Long
Coach Derek O’Neill Climate Justice Officer Sean McCabe
First Team Assistant Manager
WNL Strength & Conditioning Bar Committee
Trevor Croly Derek Monaghan, Hugh Dempsey
Coach Dave O’Brien
Goalkeeping Coach Chaplain Fr Seán Farrell
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Chris Bennion
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First team Player
WNL Secretary Rose Darby Football Forecasts & Lotto
Development Coach
Jimmy O’Connor, Anto Farrell,
Derek Pender Amputee Team Manager Stephen Burke, Eddie Smith snr,
First team Player Brián Doyle Stephen Dornan, Tommy Dornan,
Performance Coach Youth Protection Officer (YPO) Anne Delaney
Philly McMahon Fiona Delaney Half-Time Raffle Jimmy O’Connor,
Head of Youth Football Pat Cleary Joe Carr, Anne Delaney
editorial
F
riday, 6 March 2020 was the last time we were all together. A cold
Friday night, everything pre, during and post match was as normal as it
ever could had been. We won 2-0, the same faces chatted to the same
people as normal and as we descended the steps after the match we bade
our friends goodbye with the flippant, yet assuring, words that we’d see
them against Dundalk, which was the next home game.
Bars were packed as normal, hands were shook, coins handed over for
drinks, food or programmes, turnstiles, doors, handles, and seats to name a
few touched without instantly smearing our hands in antibacterial hand gel. Premier Division
Everything was as it should be, everything was normal and we really had no 1923/24, 1927/28,
reason to think otherwise. 1929/30, 1933/34,
Then, well, that was it. Gone, lives changed beyond any Netflix 1935/36, 1974/75,
apocalyptic scenario. Amongst the many things we’ve had to adapt to over 1977/78, 2000/01,
the last 16 months was our lack of Friday night normality. While some of 2002/03, 2008, 2009
us have been lucky enough to get into games since, either as a working
steward or part of the lucky few selected alphabetically to attend a match FAI Cup
in recent weeks, some haven’t seen Bohemians, or indeed the regulars of a 1927/28, 1934/35,
match night in Dalymount, in person since that night last year. It’s just not 1969/70, 1975/76,
something that should happen. But it did, it continues to and hopefully we 1991/1992, 2000/01,
are starting to emerge from the nightmare. 2008
Tonight though will give us a chance to see each others again. While the
6,000 of us are spaced out around the Dublin Arena/Aviva/Lansdowne Road League Cup
or whatever it is you call it, it offers us great opportunity to bump into 1974/75, 1978/79, 2009
someone we haven’t seen since then and this being Bohs, we’ll probably
bump into everyone! It’s good to be all back together, good to know Setanta Cup
familiar faces and friends are at the game, somewhere. Let it be the start of 2010
much-needed return of the old times...
Leinster Cup
1895/95 - 2016:
A record 32 titles
Alan Bird, Editor LoI Shield
1923/24, 1927/28,
Contact: bohsprog@gmail.com
1928/29, 1933/34,
Editor/Production: Alan Bird
1938/39, 1939/40
Contributors: Tony Magner, Stephen Burke, Robert McDonald,
Dan McSwiney, Ryan Clarke, Aidan Fitzmaurice, Paul Walsh, Keith Murphy,
Declan Farrell, Gerard Farrell, Keith Long, Stephen Lambert, Paul Duffy
Irish FA Cup
Photos: Stephen Burke, Eddie Lennon, Martin Doherty, Conor Ryan,
1907/08
Peter O’Doherty, Sportsfile Dublin City Cup
Sales: Gerry Juhel, Ray Larkin, Killian Molloy, Timothy Boland, Joe Collins,
Cormac Hurrell, Oran Tully RIP
1935/36
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Dublin & Belfast
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and not of Bohemian FC or the committee unless indicated. All 1944/45
contributions are welcome and published at editor’s discretion.
Top Four Cup
1971/72
Acieries D’Angleur
1928/29
President’s Cup
12 titles
with Keith Long
G
ood evening and welcome to the
from the dugout
Dublin arena for tonight’s Europa
League Conference qualifying rounf
second leg against Stjarnan.
I would like to extend a warm welcome
to Thorvaldur Örlygsson his staff, players
and delegation that have made the trip from
Iceland.
It would have been nice to bring the tie
back to Dalymount but the Dublin Arena is
not a bad substitute especially with so many of
you able to attend and I am sure all of you will
make yourselves heard and will get behind the
boys in our attempt to progress to the next
round.
Stjarnan will come to Dublin with plenty of
con dence and they will be better prepared as
a result of last Thursday’s game. They are a well
organised team with some very good players
who can hurt us if we are not fully focused.
It is half time in the tie and we know we will
have to perform at our best tonight.
On Thursday in Iceland we had plenty of
possession without creating a huge amount
of chances but we were patient and we got
the goal our play deserved after conceding
a disappointing goal from our perspective.
The second half was much better in terms of
tempo and with a little more quality in the
nal third we could have scored a second goal.
However to come away with a draw away
from home with such a young group of players
coming from a goal down gives us hope.
It will be dif cult, tjarnan are a very
experienced side but we have given ourselves
a chance which is important.
Finally a message to you our supporters
‘Stjarnan will come to
who have been starved of live football for the Dublin with plenty of
last sixteen months. I cannot tell you how confidence and they will be
happy we are to have you with us tonight and
we hope we can produce a performance to
better prepared as a result
make you proud. We have never taken your of last Thursday’s game.
support for granted and if this pandemic has They are a well organised
thought us anything it is that we need to make
the most of the time that we have together. team with some very good
No better time tan tonight, get behind our players who can hurt us if
team, our club.
Enjoy the game,
we are not fully focused.
It is half time in the tie
and we know we will have
to perform at our best
Keith Long, Manager tonight...’
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from the club
very warm welcome this evening to
the Aviva Stadium to all Bohemian FC
members, season ticket holders, fans,
and indeed any neutrals here to support us in
this Europa Conference League second leg tie.
This pandemic has thrown up many
problems for football clubs, but ironically it has
given us the opportunity to all be here tonight.
To have 6,000 fans here tonight means
everything to everyone at the club, but
especially our players, some of them yet to
play in front of a packed Jodi, so I’m sure they
will get a glimpse of how supportive our fans
are here tonight who will create a magni cent
atmosphere in this wonderful arena.
Once again a huge thank you to all who
have made this evening possible, Joe McGlue
and his staff at the FAI, Daniel Lambert and
the many volunteers at our club who work
tirelessly in the background on so many
projects week in week out. We just would ‘A big Bohemian welcome,
not be where we are without these people
putting in so much of their time and effort to the players staff and
totally out of the limelight. From our club shop, officials of t arnan .
fundraising, Bohemian Foundation, mascots,
those who take the nets up and down, our
Unfortunately your fans
youth section, programme production and (and drummer) can’t be here
selling to name but a few, all these areas are tonight. ope you all en oy
run by volunteers. I must also mention the
Gypsies Supporters Trust who are10 years
everything about your time
going now. They have been a huge help to the in ublin...’
club, even as recently as this year funding the
players lockers in DCU. A big thanks to Ger
Sexton and all involved! So to you all, enjoy
tonight, your efforts along some very dark To tonight’s game, a big Bohemian welcome,
roads in the not too distant past have brought to the players staff and of cials of tjarnan .
the club to where we are tonight. Unfortunately your fans (and drummer) can’t
Last Thursday’s game in Iceland gave us a be here tonight. Hope you all enjoy everything
glimpse of what we’ve been missing at live about your time in Dublin except the result.
football; chip vans, families together chanting The rst leg was a close affair, and it was
singing & cheering, and a particularly annoying great to see we didn’t let the heads go down
drummer! Iceland seems to have overcome with the concession of the goal. I think
Covid, restrictions are more or less lifted, let’s the lads played some really good football,
hope we in Ireland are not too far behind. I’d well done to Ross in scoring the equaliser,
also like to mention our super kit-man Colly hopefully we can nish the job tonight, and
O’Connor for all the unbelievable arrangement advance to Luxembourg and the next round!
and work he puts into making sure our lads Enjoy the game, come on the Bohs.
are the best kitted out team in Ireland. He
is so much more than a ‘kit-man’. I would
never have realised how much work and
commitment he puts in if I wasn’t witnessed it
myself in the last few years. He has also shown
remarkable loyalty to the club over recent Stephen Lambert, Honorary Secretary,
years, thanks for everything Colly. The Bohemian Football Club
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EurRevision
I
t’s 20 years since Tony ‘Toccy’
O’Connor scored the FAI Cup
Final winner against Stephen
Kenny’s Longford Town at Tolka Park
to see Bohs through to another
European campaign.
the big interviews
Now 54, and still a jeweller, Toccy
has no ties with the game other
than being a regular spectator down
in Dalymount. He played over 300
times for the club from 1992-2003
including many memorable European
campaigns such as the famous wins
over Aberdeen and Kaiseralutern,
and won two league titles here to
add to his rst, won with t. atrick’s
Athletic in 1990.
With a positive 1-1 result in the
bag from Iceland last week, Tony feels
the lads will be relishing the second
leg now, just like he would have in
his playing days.
“Yes these are the nights you
dream of. When you work so hard • Toccy in
over a campaign to get there it Dalymount in
is important to embrace these 1998
occasions and to enjoy them. The
lads did really well last week because then the draws we much more open and less
Stjarnan were a tough draw, but the job is far regionalised and seeded, you could literally get
from done. I’m sure they will be determined anyone. We got some big guns down the years
to see it out and do themselves justice. like Steaua Bucharest and Bordeaux twice and
“It’s great to see Bohs at the Aviva, they were brilliant to play in.”
something that eluded the club in my time He continues, “We prepared as best we can
there. It would be great for the club to get and thought we were doing the right things,
past Stjarnan and though I’m far past playing, but when things began to change around 2000
I’ll be kicking every ball!” and be more professional, I could really see
the difference. We used to train on a Tuesday
Moving with the Times... and Thursday and then play matches on a
With nearly 500 appearances for Home Sunday! From Roddy’s time onwards it was
Farm, St. Pat’s, Bohs and Dublin City, it is the training almost every day so the preparation
Euro games and trips that are the strongest began to get so much better, much like the
memories for Ballymun’s’ nest. e admits way Keith and Trevor will prime their team
too that there was a huge difference between for tonight.
his early European experiences before the “In my earlier career we trained as hard as
advent of full-time professional football in this we could at the level we were at the time,”
league. he recalls. “The trips were never a jolly up,
“When I look back on my career, the we always prepared to try and win them. Of
uropean trips were de nite highlights. Back course we still had a night out after, but it
never affected the way we played. window didn’t it?! It was a beautiful stadium, world
“But when Roddy, Pete and then Stephen came class players and a massive learning experience that I
in, it was all change. I have to give Roddy credit here, carried with me for the rest of my career.”
he was a big part of that change. At the time it was
Over The Moons...
what was needed for the league to move on a level
and from that time period on, Irish teams results in The same opponent provided the best Toccy feels
Europe really improved. he has faced, and no, it’s not Zizou Zidane!
It was a huge difference from my rst uropean h Bixente i ara u de nitely, he smiles.
experiences with the club when we might nick a draw The second time we got Bordeaux in the Intertoto
or two but would often lose heavily simply because in 1995 he was just brilliant. He was supposed to
we were not at the level of be a full back but he was
preparation the European • Keeping everywhere, an unbelievable
sides were at. I think control of the player. He was a tough little
improving that professionalism ball against sod too, he went through me
and beginning to make an Aberdeen in and I got a knee in the thigh.
impact on Europe was the 2000. I thought every bit of me was
only way to bring the league Photos by dying!
on. Looking back at Irish clubs Sportsfile “If I could add though, the
records, they make depressing best European performance
reading before the likes of I ever saw was not from
Roddy, Pat Fenlon, Pat Dolan, an opponent. It was Brian
Dermot Keely changed the Mooney’s 20 minutes against
way we approached things.” Dinamo Minsk back in 1996.
Turning Point... It was the best Bohemian
performance I ever saw...
Toccy feels, looking back,
‘Moons’ ran amok on the
that Aberdeen in 2000 was
right wing that night but he
our turning point. He played
had a short fuse, they wound
in the 2-1 win in Pittodrie and
him up and he was sent off.
came on for Rob Bowman in
He just oozed class.”
the home leg. That win pitted
Bohs against Kaiserslautern, Local Hero...
with Toccy playing in the As much as he still loves
defeat at Tolka Park and then coming on for the late the game and Bohs, Toccy has no regrets about
Tony Hopper in a famous 1-0 win in Germany. completely stepping away from football and is content
“We were brilliant over there and we really dug in to enjoy being a fan now.
at Tolka in the return leg. I was like a demon against “I don’t miss it. Don’t get me wrong, I have great
Kaiserslautern as I felt I should have started! ‘You just memories and I cried the day my Bohs career ended.
keep yourself ready’ Roddy kept saying! He did put me But no, I was when I nished at Dublin ity and I
on and what I remember most was how much we felt it. I was getting a lot of injury niggles. I thought I
deserved that win. We didn’t nick anything, we were
would miss it but I closed the door on it and it was
on top. Crowey had one disallowed that VAR would
gone, I just knew it was the right time. I lived my
have overturned these days! We had a tight peno
time in the game, loved every minute and I look back
not given too and I recall their crowd staying behind
now with great fondness on those times. I still go
afterwards to applaud us off the eld.
to Dalymount with my young lads, my brothers and
Bordeaux Bottle... nephews and we love the Sligo away trip still!”
When asked for his favourite European trip he has e adds with a grin, I remember when I nished at
to stop and think. Eventually he settles on one... and Dublin City, Roddy had taken over at Rovers and he
its an oldie! “Bordeaux I would say, and not just for callled me out of the blue, ‘Just give it a year, you won’t
the obvious reason that it’s a nice place. No it is how have to play every week, you have something to offer,’ he
much I learned. They were a top team and we were says. I just remember telling him, ‘I’ve been a Bohs fan
only down from the rst leg. I remember sitting all my life, a local lad, I had 11 seasons at Dalymount, I
in the airport going out talking to Robbie Best and am respected there, you want me to throw that all away
we were thinking we had a great chance if we could for a season at Rovers?! My friends and family would
hold them for the rst minutes! e ended up never speak to me again for one thing.’ He laughed, I
being 2 or 3 down by then so that plan went out the laughed, and off I went into the sunset.”
with Tony Magner
The Icemen Cometh
U “This is about family,
EFA pitting us with Icelandic side
Stjarnan brought every Bohemian’s
mind went back to 2012 and the the club is a family. The
debacle that was Thor Akureyri. Keith 100 at the Rovers game
Ward, one of only three still involved with
Bohemians (Buckley and Pender the others) made such a massive
cited that tie as “desperate memories” but is difference, you really feel
keen to use the defeat as a force for good.
“That was a different time and the club it. You just don’t realise
was in a whole different place back then,” how big a difference you
he grimaces. “When you have as bad a day
as that it makes you a bit more bulletproof, make. Be that difference
preview
more determined that it will never happen tonight...”
again. I’ve carried it with me throughout my
career and it teaches you to take nothing for
granted… it was years before I got the chance
to put things right!” he adds, with a nod to played there, so to get the chance this time
the stirring 1-1 draw in Budapest last August is great for the players and the supporters.
against Fehérár, in which he scored. nfortunately we have fallen at the semi nal
“Spending time away together like that hurdle a few times in the cup and missed out
was so good for the team spirit, it brought
on the Aviva, so we are delighted to get the
us all a lot closer and probably played a big
chance to get to play in the national stadium.
role in how strongly we nished the season
I feel for the fans with all the uncertainty,
domestically. We were not given much of
a chance but we really put it up to them. missing out on the trips, but it gives us even
Another thing I took from the trip is less more motivation to perform for them.”
pleasing, Danny Grant and I got riddled by bed While respecting their opposition, the team
bugs over there! We were scratching for days. face tjarnan with a con dence that comes
It was horrible!” from a belief and a desire to represent the
Looking back on all the trials and club and the supporters by leaving absolutely
tribulations of last season, Wardy is steely in nothing in the tank.
his determination that the squad will rise to “We did not speak about Stjarnan until
the challenge posed by Stjarnan. we got the likes of Shamrock Rovers, Sligo
“We went through so much to qualify. It and St. Pat’s out of the way, though Keith
may have been a short league in terms of and Trevor were doing their research and
games but it was the longest campaign I think preparation. Since those games we have
any of us have ever played in! Lockdown, been fully focused on Stjarnan. It is a massive
Zoom sessions, individual training, uncertainty honour to play for this club, an even bigger
about shut-downs and restarts... but we
one to represent them in Europe. We have a
nished so strongly to get to where we are
belief in ourselves that we can compete with
today, about to take the eld in uropean
anyone. We have earned this, we are where
competition again. It is times like this that
make all the hardships worthwhile. ” we should be, and hopefully my Dad will be
There is the added attraction of the games reading this piece with the programme on
being played in front of the fans and at the his knees at the Aviva. This is about family,
Aviva our rst appearance at ansdowne the club is a family. The 100 at the Rovers
Road since the FAI Cup Final of 1992. game made such a massive difference, you
“It’s the pinnacle isn’t it? We were gutted really feel it.You just don’t realise how big
last year not to get a home draw or get a difference you make. Be that difference
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Sporting Fingal
A
club still fresh in the memory, Sporting Fingal
was a project by Fingal County Council and
property developer, Gerry Gannon, to bring
football to the community of County Fingal.
Replacing Kilkenny City, the club announced its
arrival in 2007 with grand intentions of a new stadium
and a self suf cient academy that would generate
Pitchside
players for the senior team. In the interim, they would
play their matches at Morton Stadium in Santry.
‘Another Dublin club’ wasn’t received positively,
particularly one close enough to Tolka and Dalymount
Pointers
and so soon after the much derided Dublin ity led
out.
They endured a 1-5 defeat to Longford in the First
Division as their League of Ireland opening soirée. A
hard-core nine fans travelled for the opening match and
seemed surprised that any fan, never mind nine, were Some European gems this week from our
there to cheer them on. resident statistician Paul Duffy...
Utilising a journeyman selection of players, they won • Did you know that the quickest goals Bohs have
promotion via the play-offs in their second season and conceded in Europe was against Aberdeen away
also got to the FAI Cup Final against Sligo. Losing 1-0 in in 1987, in the UEFA Cup. It was a hotly disputed
the 85th minute, two goals secured them the Cup and, penalty in the rst minute which led to us being
unbelievably, uropean uali cation in only their second knocked out by an 1-0 aggregate score, but we put
season. that to bed years later in ittodrie when we not
In their rst remier Division season they added new only won but knocked them out over the two legs
faces, including Glen Crowe, to their arsenal and played in the UEFA Cup.
their opening match in Dalymount, with Bohs narrowly
winning 1-0. In the season where goal difference settled • Our highest aggregate win in Europe was against
the course of the title, and not in our favour, Fingal Rhyl in 2008, 9-3 over two legs. The welsh club was
nished a respectable ve points behind ourselves and of cially wound up in April due to nancial
Rovers. With an honorable defeat against Maritimo dif culties arising from the stoppage due to ovid.
in the uropa eague, and uali cation for the owever, a phoenix club was set up by staff and
European League and Setanta Cup, it went down in the supporters the following month, D hyl .
annals as a good season. However that was as far as it They continue to play at the Belle Vue stadium.
went for the new club. • In 2003 after losing the rst leg away to
rior to the start of the next campaign, it had BATE Borisov in the Champions League First
emerged that the majority shareholders in the club Qualifying Round, Bohs turned it around in
were in trouble nancially. Gerry Gannon, the majority spectacular style to win 3-0 at home and progress
shareholder had restrictions placed on him by NAMA, to a tie against Norweigan giants Rosenborg.
putting the existence of porting ingal in jeopardy. • In 1976 we recorded our rst double in urope
The club reported a loss of €75k from 2009, and with by beating Esbjerg at home 2-1, a result the Danes
no investment, the club could not afford to pay their were content with due to the away goal, and 1-0 in
players, which resulted in them having to cancel all the away leg!
contracts and withdrawing from the League of Ireland.
So there you go, which of these achievements were
They had played just three seasons.
the best in your mind? Beating BATE, Aberdeen,
They only enduring memory from a Bohs point
Rhyl or Esbjerg or is there another one that
of view is of Glen Crowe grinning at the Rovers
warrants a mention?
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• Paul with Brunswick St. secondary school, part of School completion programme. Photo courtesy of the
Bohemian Foundation
B
ohemian Foundation community have those skills. The teachers in Christ The
outreach officer, Paul Gannon, is King and St. Peter’s always noted how well
stepping back from his role to pursue Paul complimented the work they did in the
other career opportunities, although he will be classroom,” Hynes added.
continuing to volunteer with the Foundation. It’s a testament to the success of the
He joined the Foundation in 2018 and was programme that other League of Ireland clubs
an important part in all of the and initiatives are now adapting it to schools in their own
during his time. One of his most memorable communities - something Hynes is happy to
times was on his first day when he took part in see happen. Fourth class student in Christ
a football memories session with Johnny Giles! The King N.S., Leon Brogan, said he and his
“I’ve loved every minute working with the classmates would count down the hours until
Foundation and I want to thank everyone the Bohemian Foundation arrived each week.
associated with the it and the club who have “We found it a bit more interesting with
made my job easier. It has always been a huge the maths being all to do with Bohs. We’ve got
team effort behind-the-scenes and now I’m a lot of Bohs fans in the class, so it helps us
looking forward to helping in whatever way I focus, so mixing Bohs with maths is the best
can going forward,” Gannon said. of both worlds, really,” he said.
Paul ran the Foundation’s Double Club The children of St. Peter’s N.S. were
programme in multiple primary schools extremely lucky to have received soccer
around Dublin 7. The programme ran for lessons from Paul over the past few years,
90-minutes, one half dedicated to Bohs-themed according to deputy principal, Aideen Carroll.
mathematics while the second half was focused “The children loved to see him coming in,
on getting the children active with football. they always thoroughly enjoyed his lessons. He
Bohemian Foundation, President Thomas had a great rapport with the children. Some of
Hynes thanked Paul for his commitment over the words the children in sixth class used to
the years and for the way he represented the describe Paul were ‘excellent’, ‘energetic’, ‘witty’,
Foundation’s motto of ‘Change Through Sport’. ‘talented’, ‘patient’ and ‘supportive’,” she said.
“I can’t thank Paul enough for all the work On behalf of the Club, Honorary Secretary
he’s done and his contribution to helping Stephen Lambert said: “We can’t thank Paul
the growth of the Bohemian Foundation. He enough for the work he’s done and how he
pioneered a new approach to working in represented us and The Bohemian Foundation.
schools and with children that went beyond We wish him every success in his future
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children learned how maths can apply in intends to continue volunteering with the
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Sunday 18 July 2021
Dalymount Park
Kick off 16:00
Official Programme
Vol. 73 No. 9
jamie
mu l l in s
Midfielder
Made his debut for the senior team at 16Longford Town
honours
First Division 2014
71
most league
goals scored
FAI Cup 2003, 2004
in a season,
League Cup 2004 1999/00
club info Leinster Junior Cup 1930/31
45
Formation Connaught Cup 1931/32
1924 Metropolitan Cup 1950/51, 1957/58, 1959/60,
1961/62
Home Ground
Bishopsgate FAI Intermediate Cup 1936/37, 1954/55, 1959/60,
1961/62, 1968/69
Manager cups
Daire Doyle
Home Strip Colours
Red and Black stripe
euro adventures...
Longford’s European exploits take in the first six
Away Strip Colours years of the noughties. After scaling the dizzy
Yellow heights of the Premier Division and a Cup Final
Nugget of info... appearance Longford qualified for the UEFA Cup goalscoring
Aaron Callaghan took courtesy of their Final appearance against double record held by
charge of Longford in winning Bohemians. David O’Sullivan
6-0
2007 & 2008 They were drawn against PFC Litex Lovech of
Bulgaria in the first qualifying round where they
lost narrowly by an aggregate score of 3-1. In the
same stage of the 2005/06 competition, they
faced FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein and lost both
legs. Their worst European result followed a year record victory
later, again in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round, v Shamrock
against Welsh minnows Carmarthen Town where
Rovers B, home,
30/5/14
a 2-0 away win was overturned courtesy of a
1-8
surprising 5-1 win for the visitors.
Kevin Sheedy Results in full:
Familiar Face 2001/02 UEFA Cup QR
v Litex Lovech, Bulgaria, H 1-1 A 0-2
Striker Rob Manley
has a brief spell with 2004/05 UEFA Cup QR record loss
Bohemians in 2018 v FC Vaduz, Liechtenstein H 2–3 A 0–1 v Waterford
where he was limited 2005/06 UEFA Cup QR United, away,
to a handful of starts v Carmarthan Town, Wales H 2-0 A 1-5 12/11/89
305
in the League Cup,
scoring two against
Cabinteely FC, who
he went on to sign for
last 5 meetings...
afterwards. He made Longford 0 - 2 Bohemians FAI Cup 15/05/21
one League start in a Bohemians 2 - 2 Longford League 29/03/21
defeat to Waterford FC Bohemians 1 (5) - (4) 1 Longford FAI Cup 25/08/19 record club
and mostly came on or Bohemians 1 - 0 Longford League 23/09/16 appearances ,
off as a sub for Dinny Longford 0 - 1 Bohemians League 02/07/16 Stephen O’Brien
Corcoran.20.03.21 L Finn Harps A 0-1 Talbot C. Kelly2 Finnerty Cornwall Feely3 Breslin Coote1 Buckley Tierney G. Kelly Burt Oluwa1 Ward2 Lyons3 27.03.21 L Longford Town H 2-2 Talbot Feely Cornwall Finnerty Breslin Coote1 TierneyG Buckley Ward2 Burt3 G. KellyG Héry1 Oluwa2 Devoy3 03.04.21 L St. Patrick’s Athletic H 0-1 Talbot Lyons Cornwall Finnerty Breslin Coote Tierney Buckley2 Devoy1 Burt G. Kelly Ward1 Oluwa2 09.04.21 L Dundalk FC A 1-0 Talbot Lyons1 Cornwall Finnerty Wilson Coote2 Tierney Buckley Ward3 Burt G. KellyG Feely1 C. Kelly2 Devoy3 16.04.21 L Waterford FC A 1-0 Talbot Feely CornwallG Finnerty Wilson Coote Tierney2 Buckley Ward1 Burt G. Kelly Devoy1 Moylan2 20.04.21 L Sligo Rovers H 1-3 Talbot Feely Cornwall C. Kelly Wilson Moylan Tierney2 Devoy Levingston3 BurtG G. Kelly1 Omochere1 Ward2 Coote3 23.04.21 L Shamrock Rovers A 1-2 Talbot Lyons Cornwall Finnerty Wilson Coote1 TierneyG Buckley Ward2 Burt G. Kelly Levingston1 C. Kelly2 30.04.21 L Derry City H 1-2 Talbot Lyons Cornwall C. Kelly Wilson Coote Tierney2 Buckley Ward1 Burt G. KellyG Moylan1 Devoy2 03.05.21 L Drogheda United A 1-1 Talbot Lyons Cornwall Finnerty Breslin BurtG3 Tierney2 Buckley Devoy Wilson1 G. Kelly Ward1 Omochere2 Moylan3 07.05.21 L Finn Harps H 4-0 Talbot Feely Cornwall Finnerty Breslin CooteG21 TierneyG2 BuckleyG Devoy Burt3 G. Kelly Omochere1 Ward2 Mahon3 15.05.21 L Longford Town A 2-0 Talbot Feely1 Cornwall2 Finnerty Breslin CooteG5 Tierney4 Buckley Devoy BurtG G. Kelly3 Lyons1 C Kelly2 Ward3 Omochere4 Breslin5 21.05.21 L St. Patrick’s Athletic A 1-2 Talbot Feely Cornwall3 C. Kelly Wilson Coote2 Tierney Buckley DevoyG Burt G. Kelly1 Omochere1 Mahon2 Lyons3 24.05.21 L Dundalk FC H 5-1 Talbot Lyons Feely C. Kelly WilsonG Coote Tierney1 Levingston3 Devoy Burt G. KellyG32 Breslin1 Omochere2 Ward3 28.05.21 L Waterford FC H 3-0 Talbot LyonsG Feely C. Kelly Breslin Coote Tierney G1 Levingston5 DevoyG2 Burt3 G. Kelly4 Ward1 Buckley2 Mallon3 Omochere4 Hery5 11.06.21 L Derry City A 1-1 Talbot Lyons Feely C. Kelly Breslin Coote G Tierney1 Buckley Devoy Burt G. Kelly Ward1 18.06.21 L Drogheda United H 5-0 Talbot Feely Cornwall C. Kelly Wilson Coote1 Tierney3 Levingston Devoy BurtG2 G. KellyG44 Ward1 Mallon2 Mullins3 Hery4 21.06.21 L Shamrock Rovers H 1-0 Talbot Feely Cornwall2 C. Kelly Wilson Coote Tierney3 Buckley Devoy Burt1 G. KellyG Ward1 Finnerty2 Levingston3 26.06.21 L Sligo Rovers A 0-4 Talbot Feely4 Cornwall2 C. Kelly Wilson1 Coote Tierney Buckley5 Devoy Burt3 G. Kelly Lyons1 Breslin2 Ward3 Finnerty4 Levingston5 02.07.21 L St. Patrick’s Athletic H 3-2 Talbot Lyons Feely C. Kelly WilsonG Coote4 Tierney Buckley Devoy1 BurtG2 G. KellyG3 Ward1 Mullins2 Hery3 Finnerty4 08.7.21 E Stjarnan (Ice.) A 1-1 Talbot Lyons Feely C. Kelly Wilson Coote TierneyG Buckley Devoy Burt G. Kelly 15.07.21 E Stjarnan (Ice.) H 18.07.21 L Longford Town H 26.07.21 FAI 1st round 30.07.21 L Finn Harps A 06.07.21 L Waterford FC A 13.08.21 L Sligo Rovers H 20.08.21 L Shamrock Rovers A 29.08.21 FAI 2nd round 03.09.21 L Derry City H 10.09.21 L Drogheda United A 19.09.21 FAI Quarter Finals 24.09.21 L Finn Harps H 02.10.21 L Longford Town A 08.10.21 L St. Patrick’s Athletic A 15.10.21 L Dundalk FC H 24.10.21 FAI Semi Finals 25.10.21 L Waterford FC H 29.10.21 L Derry City A 05.11.21 L Drogheda United H 12.11.21 L Shamrock Rovers H 19.11.21 L Sligo Rovers A 28.11.21 FAI Final TBA L Dundalk FC A
// Appearances 2021 // Goals 2021
Goalkeepers Lge. FAI Eur. On Off Ttl. League
James Talbot 19 - 1 - - 20 Georgie Kelly 12
Stephen McGuinness - - - - - - Liam Burt 5
Defenders Lge. FAI Eur. On Off Ttl. Ross Tierney 4
Ali Coote 4
Andy Lyons 13 - 1 4 1 14
Dawson Devoy 2
Anto Breslin 12 - - 3 - 12
Tyreke Wilson 2
Ciaran Kelly 14 - 1 4 1 15 Andy Lyons 1
James Finnerty 12 - - 3 - 12 Keith Buckley 1
Rob Cornwall 15 - - - 4 15 Rob Cornwall 1
Rory Feely 15 - 1 1 3 16 Europa League
Tyreke Wilson 12 - 1 - 2 13 Ross Tierney 1
Midfielders Lge. FAI Eur. On Off Ttl.
Ali Coote 18 - 1 1 9 19
Bastien Héry 4 - - 4 - 4
Conor Levingston 7 - - 3 3 7
Dawson Devoy 17 - 1 4 3 18
Jack Moylan 4 - - 3 - 4
Keith Buckley (c) 16 - 1 1 2 17
Keith Ward 18 - - 12 5 18
Liam Burt 19 - 1 - 7 20
Promise Omochere 7 - - 7 - 7
• As far as we’re
Robbie Mahon 2 - - 2 0 2 concerned, Ross chalked
Ross Tierney 19 - 1 - 10 20 up his first European
Stephen Mallon 2 - - 2 - 2 goal last week!
Jamie Mullins 2 - - 2 - 2 // Fixtures
Forwards Lge. FAI Eur. On Off Ttl.
Europa Conference
Georgie Kelly 19 - 1 - 7 20 League
Thomas Oluwa 3 - - 3 - 3 Tonight
Bohemian FC
// League Table v Stjarnan
P W D L F A Pts Sligo Rovers
v FH Hafnarfjördur
Shamrock Rovers 19 11 5 3 30 15 38
Sligo Rovers 19 11 5 3 27 13 38 Series Twenty one
16/18 July
St Patrick's Athletic 20 11 5 4 33 20 38 Bohemian FC
Drogheda United 20 8 6 6 34 23 30 v Longford Town
Waterford FC
Bohemians 19 9 3 7 33 22 30 v Sligo Rovers
Derry City 20 6 7 7 21 24 25 Dundalk
v Finn Harps
Dundalk 19 6 6 7 24 27 24 St. Patrick’s Athletic
Finn Harps 20 5 5 10 17 30 20 v Drogheda United
Derry City
Waterford 20 5 1 14 14 39 16 v Shamrock Rovers
Longford Town 20 1 7 12 14 34 10 - Fixtures may change -
- with thanks to Craig McMahon & Ronny Else for stats - see wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Bohemian_F.C._season -SD EL
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WNL/ Youth Teams
B
ohs suffered back to back defeats on the
road in the Women’s National League
when they travelled to Cork and then
last Saturday at Peamount United.
Becky Cassin got the only goal of the game
for Cork and then the Gypsies then put up
a spirited defensive display against league
challengers Peamount United last Saturday.
Despite their brave performance, two
goals from Aine O’Gorman gave victory to
Peamount and this defeat leaves Bohs without
a win in their last four games. Bohemians host
DLR Waves in their next game on Saturday (24
July. The last time the sides met in May it ended • Bohemian u19s
in a 1-0 defeat for the Gypsies. v Waterford
The National Underage Leagues continued Photo by Martin
last weekend with the girls u19 team losing to Doherty
DLR 1-0. Next up, they welcome Shels to the and Alex O’Brien the scorers . The u19 side
Oscar Traynor Centre this Saturday. The u17 also took on the Kerry District League side
girls will face Athlone after tough start to their away from home in Mounthawk Park. Jamie
season. They had their third defeat of in a row Mullins headed home from close range to put
last Saturday, losing to Shamrock Rovers 5-0. Bohemians ahead before Kerry pulled level
The Bohs-SKB u17 boys continued their However, goals from Aaron Doran and Adam
impressive start to their National League Feeney secured the result for the Gypsies.
campaign last weekend as they beat Kerry The u17s host Bray on Saturday with the u19s
District Leagues 2-1, with Darragh Murtagh travelling to face Wexford.
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Dalymount Park 3. Anthony BRESLIN // D 3. Paddy KIRK // D
Sun. 18 July 2021
4. Rory FEELY // D 4. Aaron ROBINSON // M
Kick-off 16:00
5. Rob CORNWALL // D 5. Michael McDONNELL // D
6. Ciaran KELLY // D 6. Dean ZAMBRA (c) // M
7. Stephen MALLON // M 7. Dylan GRIMES // M
8. Ali COOTE // M 8. Rob MANLEY // F
10. Keith WARD // M 9. Aaron DOBBS // F
11. Liam BURT // M 10. Sam VERDON // M
Referee:
12. Georgie KELLY // F 11. Callum THOMPSON // M
TBA
14. Conor LEVINGSTON // M 12. Aaron O’DRISCOLL // D
Asst. Referees: 16. Keith BUCKLEY (c) // M 14. Aaron BOLGER // M
TBA 18. James FINNERTY // D 15. Aaron McCABE // M
TBA
19. Tyreke WILSON // D 16. Aodh DERVIN // M
Fourth Official: 20. Promise OMOCHERE// M 17. Matthew O’BRIEN // M
TBA 21. Bastien HÉRY // M 18. Luke DENNISON // Gk
22. Jamie MULLINS // M 19. Karl CHAMBERS // D
Observer:
TBA 23. Jack MOYLAN // M 20. Dean BYRNE // M
24. Gavin O’BRIEN // M 21. Aaron McNALLY // D
25. Stephen 22. Joe MANLEY // D
McGUINNESS // Gk 23. Benjamin LYNCH // D
26. Ross TIERNEY //M 24. Callum WARFIELD // F
27. Sean GREHAN //D 25. Conor DAVIS // F
28. Dawson DEVOY //M 26. Thomas McLAUGHLIN // M
q ________________ 30. Michael KELLY // G
q ________________ 32. Joe GORMAN // D
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A Bohs link, the Aviva and
an Icelandic intervention...
I
n football’s long parade of bad ideas, the
2011 Carling Nations Cup, or the Celtic
Cup before sponsors swooped in, was so
packed with farce it seems more like a fever
dream with every passing year.
A long-rumoured replacement for the
Home Internationals, the goal was to pit
the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland,
Wales and Scotland against each other once
every two years, with England expected to
join future editions. Organisers touted Pathé
newsreel nostalgia at 2011 Sky Sports prices
and promised to solve the riddle of those
tedious, non uali er international breaks,
long before the Nations League.
Ireland was selected as the cup’s rst hosts,
Just 6,036 turned up to the Scotland v
with the AI con dent a series of boo y
Wales game the next day but there was, at
away days in Dublin would entice travelling least, a creative excuse with Eyjafjallajokull, a
fans. The Aviva Stadium, which had opened volcano in Iceland, erupting and spewing ash
the year before with a 51,000-seat capacity, which grounded flights around urope. The
carling cup 2011
would hold all of the games. on dence was Welsh, arguing against a crowded schedule
running so high that planning began for the that had left them playing two matches in
2013 edition in Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. three days, demanded a better set-up next
A decade on and the Nations Cup has time. hen fans barely one per cent of
been quietly packed away. Things started to the capacity - attended the penultimate game,
go wrong from the rst whistle. Both games in which Wales beat Northern Ireland 2-0,
in the opening round of xtures on and nobody was in any doubt that there would be
February including Ireland’s 3-0 curtain-raiser no second edition.
over Wales, failed to attract 20,000 fans. There was still time for a nal humiliating
Despite an economic crisis still raging on twist. In the lead-up to the winner-
the island, the FAI’s cheapest tickets cost €50 takes-all match against Scotland, Ireland
before a reduction to €35 as sales stalled. It manager Giovanni Trapattoni admitted he
was too little too late. had lost James McCarthy, who had gone
Crowds plummeted further during the incommunicado; coincidentally just before
subsequent rounds of games. Northern he was set to play against the country of
Irish fans, incensed by security measures, his birth. Wigan eventually issued a vague
boycotted their matches, including the dispatch saying the mid elder was injured,
derby against Ireland. It was a good decision. prompting Trapattoni to say he expected his
A number of home fans booed God Save players to feature “unless they are in hospital
the Queen, Northern Ireland lost 5-0 and or dead”. The tournament’s time of death was
the sight of Celtic’s Niall McGinn swapping recorded soon after the closing xture, in
shirts with Robbie Keane after the game, which a Keane goal clinched victory for the
before admitting he had grown up supporting home side. Ireland secured only their second-
the Republic, left a sour taste for many. ever piece of silverware, after the Iceland
Incidentally, our own Stephen Ward scored Triangular Tournament of .
his debut goal against Norther Ireland ’keeper • Adapted from the original article which
Alan Blayney, who made three appearances appeared in the June (no. 410) edition of
for Bohemians in . WSC magazine. With thanks to the editor.rn n
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the other end when a harmless A.H.
Bohemians 0 Albertsson pass skipped up off the turf and
Thor Akureyri 0 appeared to strike Evan McMillan’s hand, but
Europa League Montenegrin referee Kaludjerovic waved
away the furious Icelandic protests. That
irst ualifying round, rst leg seemed to stir Bohs who again pressed and
Dalymount Park Luke Byrne’s in-swinging cross, intended for
back in time
Thursday 5 July 2012 Wilson, came off A.J. Albertsson, with his
clearance almost spinning off into his own
With Bohemians featuring no less than net.
seven European débutantes, it was not The second half opened cagily and it
surprising that they started nervously and that was Thor who went closest rst when
goalkeeper Andy McNulty had to be alert to Hannesson forced McNulty into a sharp
beat Hannesson to an early ball, shipping a near-post save.
hefty challenge in the process. Bohs had plenty of possession but it was
But the Gypsies grew into the task against not until the 83rd minute that they really
a physical, threatened
but limited, when
Icelandic team McEvoy’s
and with 30-yar
Keith Ward piledriver
lying deep sailed past
and pilling the post
the strings, with the
they began ’keeper
to cause the beaten. The
visitors some mid elder
problems. had another
Their rst chance but
opening came he was
from lone fouled and
striker Dwayne from the
Wilson who free his shot
was denied was parried
unconvincingly by rajkoviv,
by Serbian who
stopper pounded
Rajkovic after don the
Ryan McEvoy’s rebound
deep cross had before Kevin
been headed Feely could
across the • Dave Mulcahy in action against Elías Jónsson get there.
goalmouth by
Keith Buckley. Wilson then had a cross nodded Bohemians: Andy McNulty, Owen Heary, Evan
behind by an under-pressure A.J.. Albertsson. McMillan, Kevin Feely, Luke Byrne, Keith Buckley,
Dave Mulcahy should have scored form the Dave Mulcahy (Traynor 84), Ryan McEvoy, Keith
resultant corner, but he somehow missed Ward, Peter McMahon (Scully 58), Dwayne
the target from within the six-yard box. Bohs Wilson (Moore 76)
thought that they had made the breakthrough
after a neat passing move involving Ward and Thor Akureyri: Rajkovic, A.H. Albertsson, A.J.
ilson resulted in eter c ahon nding the Albertsson (Bjornsson 76),Vrenko, Funicello,
back of the net, but he was adjudged to have Hjaltason (Evarsson 66), Hjattalin, Krisjansson,
used his hand to control the ball. Jonsson, Hannesson (Stronmberg 76),
The home side then had an escape at Hilmarsson- Bohemian FC European stats -
European Cup
Opposition Round H A Agg. - top goalscorers -
1975 Glasgow Rangers 1 1-1 1-4 2-5 Goals App.
1978 Omonia Nicosia 1 1-0 1-2 2-2 (a) Glen Crowe 8 17
Dymano Dresden 2 0-0 0-6 0-6
Champions League ‘Rocky’ O’Brien 4 6
Opposition Round H A Agg. Killian Brennan 3 9
2001 Levadia Marduu 1Q 3-0 0-0 3-0
Jason McGuinness 2 3
BK Halmstad 2Q 1-2 0-2 1-4
2003 BATE Borisov 1Q 3-0 0-1 3-1 Jason Byrne 2 6
Rosenborg 2Q 0-1 0-4 0-5 Derek Swan 2 8
2009 RB Salzburg 2Q 0-1 1-1 1-2
‘Gino’ Lawless 2 10
2010 The New Saints (TNS) 2Q 1-0 0-4 1-6
Cup Winners Cup Ross Tierney 1 1
Opposition Round H A Agg. Keith Ward 1 1
1970 TJ Gottwaldov Prel. 1-2 2-2 3-4
Fran Swan 1 1
1976 Esbjerg 1 2-1 1-0 3-1
Śląsk Wrocław 2 0-1 0-3 0-4 Dave Scully 1 1
1992 Steaua Bucuresti 1 0-0 0-4 0-4 Brendan Markey 1 1
UEFA Cup Harpal Singh 1 1
Opposition Round H A Agg.
1972 1.FC Koln 1 0-3 1-2 1-5 Neale Fenn 1 2
1974 Hamburger SV 1 0-1 0-2 0-3 Dessie Byrne 1 2
1977 Newcastle United 1 0-0 0-4 0-4 Gerry Daly 1 2
1979 Sporting CP 1 0-0 0-2 0-2
1984 Glasgow Rangers 1 3-2 0-2 3-4 Noel Dunne 1 2
1985 Dundee United 1 2-5 2-2 4-7 Christy Fagan 1 2
1987 Aberdeen 1 0-0 0-1 0-1 Joseph Ndo 1 2
1993 Bordeaux 1 0-0 0-5 0-5
Tony O’Connell 1 2
1996 Dinamo Minsk 1Q 1-1 0-0 1-1
1997 Ferencváros Prel. 0-1 0-5 0-6 Noel Mitten 1 3
2000 Aberdeen QR 0-1 2-1 2-2(a) Terry Flanagan 1 3
Kaiserslautern 1 1-3 1-0 2-3
Bobby Ryan 1 4
2004 Levadia Tallinn 1 1-3 0-0 1-3
Europa League Trevor Molloy 1 4
Opposition Round H A Agg. Tony Grant 1 4
2011 Olimpija Ljubljana 2Q 1-1 0-2 1-3
Stephen O’Donnell 1 4
2012 Thor Akureyri 1Q 0-0 1-5 1-5
2020 Fehérvár 1Q - (p) 1-1 - Niall Shelley 1 5
Europa Conference League Paddy Joyce 1 5
Opposition Round H A Agg. Jackie Jameson 1 6
2021 Stjarnan FC 1Q 1-1
Intertoto Cup Gerry Ryan 1 6
Opposition Round H A Agg. Owen Heary 1 9
1995 Odense BK Group 5 0-2 - Stephen Caffrey 1 13
HJK Helsinki - 2-3
Bordeaux 0-2 - Padraig O’Connor 1 14
1FC Norrkoping - 0-5 Turlough O’Connor 1 15
2005 KAA Gent 1 1-0 1-3 2-3
2008 Rhyl 1 5-1 4-2 9-3 With many thanks to club
FK Riga 2 2-1 0-1 2-2
statistican, historian and
- Overall European Record - unmatched font of knowledge on
Bohs, Stephen Burke!
P W D L F A GD
68 13 17 38 52 120 -68with Ned Simpson
B
ack at the turn of the century,
the Icelandic FA - fed up at being
international whipping boys - did
something remarkable to improve themselves.
They took the money that UEFA were
pumping into all European associations and
rather than splurge it by building large showy
stadia for example they did something useful
instead and invested it in facilities and coaching
for youngsters.
In conjunction with local authorities all
over Iceland, anywhere there was a reasonable
population they bought patches of land and e would soon nd out. The rst leg was
built arti cial pitches, many inside large heated a tense affair which Bohs should have won as
hangers which were made available free their ’keeper had a serious case of the yips.
of charge to kids of all ages. Secondly, they Alas, our forwards were more toothless than
invested in tutoring and recruited nearly 600 Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel and the game
making memories...
uali ed coaches, of nished . “Ah well, we’ll
whom had a UEFA B license, murder them up in Iceland!”
which is just one step from Famous last words. We
the level required to coach started reasonably, took the
a League of Ireland team. lead in the 23rd min then…
From u10s onward, it was I’ve witnessed collapses
mandatory for any manager before, but nothing like what
of a schoolboy team to have unfolded that night. It was
that UEFA B license. Result? as if our entire defence
Kids got expert tuition - were bundled into a witness
every day if required - from protection programme as
the moment they are able to they were nowhere to be
kick a ball. found. The home side took
Of course, it took a full advantage and thundered
while for this policy to into us with a ferocity
bear fruit, but there was normally witnessed in nature
a steady improvement at documentaries featuring
all levels which culminated ravenous wolves.
spectacularly at Euro 2016. “Stop! Stop! Stop!” we
But a few years before that, cried as Thor went 3-1 up but our pleas
a certain penury ridden team from Phibsboro were ignored and their forwards continued
were given a gruesome example of how far to set about us with the zeal of Godzilla
Icelandic football had progressed.... remodelling the Tokyo skyline. It came as no
In 2012 Bohs were in a sorry state.Years of small relief when at 5-1, the ref took pity and
ignoring the canary in the economic coalmine put us out of our misery. It was our last game
led to our inevitable tumble into the nancial in Europe for eight years!
briar patch from which it seemed there was Thankfully, these days Bohs are in much
no escape. Yet when the draw for the Europa better shape. We have given ourselves a
eague uali ers was made that year and we great opportunity to progress and I can’t
were paired with Thor Akureyri, most of our recall the last time I was so looking forward
fans punched the air and generally acted as to a game. However, whenever I feel myself
if we had been given a Willy Wonka golden getting disproportionately hopeful, I recall that
ticket into the next round. We seemed to have chastening night up at the Arctic Circle nine
forgotten that as a club, we were listing like a years ago, and chill. As Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding
torpedoed whaling ship. “They’re from a country sagely observed in the Shawshank Redemption,
with a population half the size of Antrim. How ‘Hope is a dangerous thing, hope can drive a man
good could they be?” they chortled. insane!’ Enjoy the game, if you can!You can also read
