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cc/NDEPENDENTn CUP

Top Four Competition-Semi-Final

limerick v. Cork Celtic AT MARKETS FIELD

KI1CK-OFF- 3.30 P.M.

Sunday, 1st May, 1960 PROGRAMME ........ ... ... . ......... .. .' .. ....... ... .. . 6d·

LIMERICK ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB L. P. Cusack- Chairman.

Member. - T. N . McMahon, C. J . O'Connell. E .. O'Riain, o 1. , A. W. Simmonds M. c. Toomey, M. K. Wallace. R. L. Williams, R. J. O'Donnell, Very Rev:

J. 0'13yrne, P,P, Hon. Secretary- T. J. McGowan , Manden·iJJc, Fort Mary Park . N.C. Road.

Limerick. Phone 44990. Hon . Treasurer- D. B. Cough I an, 5A Elm Park. Limerick . Phone 46308 ~

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Market's Field Parade DIA JS MUIRE DJABH AND

WELCOME for yet a further occasion in this momentous 1959/60 season. On the day of the Dundalk match we said what proved to be a premature farewell as we did not expect to be playing the Top Four game aga inst Cork Celt ic here, To them also we extend the ha nd of welcome. By way of explanation of t he increased admission prices may we point out that the gates in the semi-final are pooled with the gate of t he Shels/ Rovers game a nd the game could have gone to Cork but for it being boosted here.

* * * It has been reported to the C lub that there has been discontent in the C ity because some gear was given to the newly formed E nnis C lub. T he gea r given to them was very o ld a nd could not be used in competition. T hey had appealed for any gear irrespective of con-

dition and were pleased to get the old st uff in order that they could ma ke a start.

* * * We wish to make public acknow-ledgm~n t of our gratitude for the many congratu latory telegrams, letters, cards, and verbal expressions of congratulat ion received by the C lu b on winning our first League C hampionship . These poured in from· a ll parts of the country and seemed to indicate that we have a great measure of support.

* * * The Ways and Means Committee a re running two dances in May­on the 15t h at the Lakeside Ballroom, Killaloe, with the F lying Aces Showband from Drogheda , from 8 to 12, admiss ion 5/-, a nd on the 21 st- Sunday- a Victory Da nce at the Stella Ballroom with the Kevin f Woods Orchest ra, from 8.30 to I a.m. , admission 6/-.

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THIS being the final item on our some of us are unab le to see when programme it seems fitting that we fi rst introduced. At his place of should close with a tribute to that business- the Grimsby Fish Store hive of industry- the ·n1an in the in Bedford' Row (he sells good fish Big Cha ir- our Chairman, Mr. Rene too !) it is at times like Matt Busby's Cusack. Well known to a ll soccer office with well meaning fans a ll followers throughout the length an dropping in with bits of advice and breadth of the land for his unfailing " why-don't-you's " and " what 's­good humour- even in our darkest your-team-for-Sunday's ?' ' hours he could sti ll raise a grin The rest of the Board are on an and a q uip to cheer up the rest of us average tucked away in their offices when we were down in the dumps. and are free from the heckling he Let 's face it- he has a tough job has to put up with and a ll must running the Cl ub- round the table agree he takes it in very good part. he has to curb r.ny wildcat schemes To conclude then we say that we that some of us drum up and infuse I are fortunate in havi ng an excellent enthusiasm into projects that would Chairman and above a ll - a great be of benefit to the Club but which · guy.

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Photo-Courtesy " Irish Independent."

GOAL SCORERS 1959-60 SHIELD:

George Lynam· Leo O' Reilly Gerry McCarthy P. J. Meagher • Liam M.cMahon Donie Wallace Dick O'Connor Jerry O'Brien C lem Dillon

George Lynam Donie Wallace Dick O 'Connor Gerry McCarthy Jerry O 'Brien Eddy McCarthy

5 3 ( I P) 7 (2 P) 1 2 2 1 3 1

DUBLIN CITY CUP: Gerry McCarthy 1

MUNSTER SENIOR CUP: Dennis Linnane 1

F.A.I. CUP: Leo O ' Reilly 3 Jerry O'Brien l Bick G'Connor 1 George Lyna m I Longford O.G . I

LEAGUE: 10 5

10 5 (2 P) 8 I

Clem Dillon Leo O'Reilly D es McNamara Mike Doyle Jim Murphy Bohs. O.G .

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LEAGUE WINNE RS 1959=50

Back row- G. McCarthy, R. O'Connor, J. Murphy, E. O "Connor, W. Cl inton, H. McCue.

F ront row- R. Butler, J. O 'Brien, J . Casey (Ca pt. ), D. Wa llace, D. McNamara.

Inset- F. Crawford , G. Lynam. Photo Courtesy " Irish Independent ." '

List of Players "On The Books " 1959-60 Season

League Players- Paddy Skelly, Willie C lin ton, Fergus Crawford, Joe

Casey, Gerry McCa rthy, Ha rry McCue, Dessie McNamara, Jerry O'Brien ,

Georgie Lynam, Jimmy Murphy, Donie Wa llace, Clem Di llon, Tony

Brosna han, Johnny Foga rty, Den is Linna ne, Leo O'Rei lly, Sean Moloney,

D ick O'Connor, P. J. Meagher and Eddy McCa rthy.

Amateur players on League of Ireland forms- Dick Bu tler, J immy Forde Michae l Doyle, Eamon o· onnor and Liam McMahon.

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This being by way of a Souvenir Programme we feel it fitting that we should include in it some statistics that will enable you to settle argu-ments that will arise during the years to come. You know the idea-some night in the Club a fellow says to you "that was the year Limerick won the League wasn't it- how many points did they score?" and you can say- casual ly like- it so happens that I have the souvenir programme here in my wallet and it gives the complete fina l league table fo r the year 1959/60.

FINAL LEAGUE TABLE ·

P. w. D. L. F. A. Pts. LIMEiUCK 22 15 0 7 46 26 30

ork Celtic 22 12 4 6 66 44 28 Shelbourne 22 1 I 6 5 49 33 28 Shamrock Rovers 22 12 3 7 54 31 27 Dundalk 22 12 3 7 50 32 27 Cork Bibs. 22 12 3 7 57 37 27 St. Patrick's Ath. 22 12 I 9 46 44 25 Waterford 22 10 4 8 40 43 24 Drumcondra 22 10 2 10 45 35 22 Sligo ~overs 22 5 3 14 44 67 13 Transport 22 3 2 l7 18 66 8 Bohemians 22 0 5 17 15 7 L 5

Then agai n the same chap may say " they had a good home record that year in the Shield and League and you can produce the following list howing the home games and how they went.

· 1st Round 3rd Round 6th Round 9t h Ro'~rid

lOt h R ound

SIDELD Home to Shelbourne Home to Waterford Home to Cork Hibs. Home to Bohemia ns Home to D·undalk

'Unbeaten at Home in Shield.

Won 4- 2 Won 2-1 Draw 0-0 Won 8-1 Won 2- 1

Shield won by St. Pat's with 19 points. Limerick Runners-up with 15 points.

LEAGUE

2nd game Home to Shamrock R vs. Won 1- 0 4th game Home to Cork Celtic Won 2- 1 5th game Home to Drumcondra Won ·1-0 7th game Home to Sligo Rovers Won 3-2 8th game Home to Transport Won 2- 1

llth game Home to St. Patrick's Won 2- 0 Limerick lead the League at halfway stage with 16 points.

12th game Home to Shelbourne Won 3- 1 14th game Home to Waterford Won 5- 0 16th ga,me Home to Cork.Hibs. Won 2~ 1 20th g<hiJ.e Home t:o Bohemians Won 4--0 21st game H6me to Dundalk Won 2- 1

Er-we did actually lose some matches ! The following teams slipped it across us ! Waterford , Cork Hibs, Rovers, Drums, Cork Celtic and St. Pat 's, a ll at away venues.

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We take the liberty of repeating a brief history qf the Limerick Club that was printed in the programme of Nov. 15th, J 953, the Sunday after the first major trophy win-the Shield 1953/54.

* * * Sixteen years have passed since

the "Babes "-Limerick- took the hefty plunge into top grade football. What a precious start they made : full of the promise of great things ! C lad in their cardinal red and white stripes and led by Derry-born player-coach, Jimmy McCann, the '37 team dimmed the Rovers' shining lights, including the two inter­national stars of inm1ortal memory - the la te Jimmy Dunne and Paddy Moo re.

Success by a si ngle goal over the famous Shamrocks kindled the en thusiasm for the Limerick team and rocketed the club sansationa ll y into the soccer limelight. Players came and went, and committ ees changed, but Limerick kept going on.

Desp ite the club's luck less quest of the major prizes of Iri sh football , it had, nevertheless, the satisfaction and di stinction of seeing a number of Limerick boys gai ning Inter­na tional, Olympic, Inter-League and other representative honours. Many ex- Limerick players graced the Eng­lish, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland foo tball scenes with uccess, and we are glad to reco rd. that in most spheres they continue to do so .

Limerick hit an adventurous and an adm irable note by encouraging local ta lent. T he a ll -loca l side ca me to pass eight yea rs ago . The ups and downs of the club are fami lia r to many. At last, the clu b. headed by Chairman Justice 0 Riain , Secretary Mick T ubridy, and Team­Manager Willi e Keane, is trailing the conquero r's path. THE WON-

DERFUL VICTOR Y JN THIS SEASON 'S SHIELD COMPETI­TION HAS BROUGHT THE " BABES " OUT OF THE WOOD.

* * * By way of continuing where the

above history left off- your scribe has but fo ur years' associat ion with the Club, so wi ll confine ourselves to the major events during that period Of the names mentioned a bove, District Justice O'Riai.n is still a Director, and our rep resentative on the F.A.l. Council , of which he has the honour to be Vice-Chairman. Mr. McMahon mentioned on the face of the same programme, is still a Director and is the Club Repre­sentative to the League Manage­ment Committee. The career of Mr. Simmonds, who is a Director, was fully covered in a recent edition of the" Leader " , and we are proud to say he is at the game to-day. The Board was enl a rged about four years ago and it was found necessary to recrui t footba ll talent from Dublin and more recently Cork. Slow progress was made but the list of trophies at the head of the C lub notepaper has increased. and now totals eleven. A second st ring was formed and a Minor eleven also and these teams have added to the trophy li st in a big way. Tl'le year 1958/59 was a good one when the Seniors won Mun ter Cup and the Dublin City Cup and the Minors won the Minor Cup and League and the " Bees ·· won the Lawson Cup. This season the Sen iors were runners up in the Shield and League Cham­pions, and to-d ay we go to wo rk on the Top Four Independent up. T he biggest event in Club hi story will be our entry into the Eu ropea n up and we hope that we wi ll be able to prove tha t the Babes SHOWN ABOVE AS COMrNG OUT OF Tl-1 E WOODS CAN NOW PROVE THAT THEY HAVE SETTLED DOWN lN THE TOWN.

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