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President:
DUBLIN 71083
T. ROCHFORD, ESQ.
Vice-Presidents:
E. J.. ARCHBOLD, T. ]. GALLAGHER, M. ]. KENNY, ]. M. QUIGLEY
Management Committee:
T. BOLGER, D. B. CARROLL, F. J. FULLEN, A.]. KETTLE, W. LEONARD,]. MURRAY,
]. ]. McCARTHY, E. ]. O'MAHONY, R. R. STEWART.
Hon. Secretary:
Asst. Hon. Secretary:
Hon. Treasurer:
T. HUTCHINSON
V. ]. ROCHFORD
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Dalymount Park, Dublin.
Vol. 6. No. 2. (Dublin City Cup Competition.)
SATURDAY, 25th SEPTEMBER, 1943. 2d.
THE CITY CUP COMPETITION DRAWS TO A· CLOSE.
a nd Cork United, our Yisitors this afternoon, have
got a strong grip on it. They ha ve two obstacles to
0\·ercomf•
to-day aga inst us at Dalymount
a nd next Sunday at home again"it Drumcondra ! Th ey
have nine points, and th eir nearest challenge rs are
Drumcondra with Srl'e n. If Cork win to-day, the City'
Cup looks as if it is booked for the City on the Leefor th e first time in its history.
Up to date the matc hes played this season IJa\'e been
of a n in-and-out nat ure, and there have been some di sappointing displays .. . displays that will not encourage
big "gates " or incite the interest of Soccer fanspartial or impartial.
Last Sunday's game at Tolka Par k between Dru mcondra and Shelbourne was one exception to this rule.
They played before a fine "gate," and both teams put
up a display tha t will bring fans to the next game in
which they meet.
The greatest error th is srason seems to be faulty
forward fini shing. Ta ke, as an example, our matc h
agai nst Limerick last Saturday. We got at least eigh t or
nine gilt-edged scoring chances, but for some inexplicable
reason, our whol e forward line, even from easy positions,
failed to put .the ball into the net.
KIRWANS
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CHRYSL ER LIMO US IN ES FOR HIRE
It is as a res ult of inconsistent di splays that we \\'ill
not be interested in the final dcstinntion or this trophy,
but th e Selection Committee of the club are ali1·e
to the fact that our altack needs considerable impro\"ement, and wi th this thought in mind they have made
cha nges in t·he team for our important game thi s afternoon which may br ing the improl'ement sought after.
It is a bit earl y in the season ye t for much " new
bloud " to have been discorered, nnd the policy s~uns
to be not to rush into th e first t(•am young phtyer:-; of
immatu re experience.
If Cork succeed to-d ay and Orumcondra beat Sl. Jnme:-.'s
Gate at Crumlin to-m orrow, the table would rc:-td:
Cork Un ited
I I points
Dru ntcondra
9 points
and if Dnun condra go to the M;trdyke next Sund ay nnd
win, a test match would be necessa ry to decide on whose
sideboard the City Cup would rest this season.
J-l o\\'e\·er, things may not work out lik e that, ::md if
our boys can reproduce nnything like the form that they
showed against Dundalk last Sunday ll'eek, they mHy
stage one of those "surprises" that contri bute so much
to the "thrill" of Soccer. Th ough we are out of th e
running for this trophy, we ca n Uo much to add excitement to the Ana l stages by making the H ra,·ouriLPS,"
Cork nited, fight hanler for their cha nce of ,·i ctory.
1\ lorcover, a victory for our boys at t·hi s ~rage \\'Ou ld
do a lot io impro\'e " morale," a nd to send tlw m into the
Shield competition determ ined to strive their utmost to
bring back thi s trophy to Daly mou nt Parle
\\'hate,·er the outcome, the stage seems to be set for
an exciting game, and we are confiden t that our boys will
stril'c hard to give a display that is in keeping with the
best traditions of the " Gypsies "!
BETWEEN YOU AND ME. ·.
HELLO, EVERYONE!
I know what you are going
to say to me this week:
"What's wrong with our
team?" A week or so ago we
meet Dundalk, who are con. sidered a really fine side, and
beat them by 4 goals to 2, and
on their ground at that! We
repeat this victory over them
a few days later at Daly·
mount in the Leinster Senior
Cup! Last Saturday at home
we enfertain Limerick ... a
team who up to then had not
6 01
~~~ t h~P~;:s fn~E~~nt~rd r~~r t~i~ ~~ef~~ 63r~~ ·! a~~
fact at one time-late in the second half-they almost
succeeded in scoring that all-important goal that would
have brought them
victory and their
first two points in
the City Cup com·
petition!
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OUR VISITORS' RECORD!
No one who was
present at I as t
Saturday's
Here's Cork United's record since they cam.;
under their present management. Truly an
impressive one!
LEAGUl>. P.
D. L. F. A. Pts. Place '
194il41
20 13 4 3 5(} 23 3() 1st
3()
1941·42
18
13
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54
20
1st
1942·43
12
3 3 42
14
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17
1940·41
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1941-42
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9 13 1st
gam e
here can deny that
we should have won
and, what's more,
won easily . . . but
our forwards just
couldn 't
do
the
right thing. Tim('
and
again
they
missed scrring
chances that normallr they would
h a '"e accepted as
"gifts"' Still, we go
on hoping-perhaps
things will be
different to-day and
Cork may get a
"big surprise."
Frankie Glennon
at outside-right and
•
young ~oel Kelly as his ipside partner m
trike
up a "happy partnership," and if they give
Mick O'Flanagan plenty of the ball, Mr. Foley, Mr.
Hayes and Mr. Duffy may be kept "1·ather busy" this
afternoon-in fact, they may. bo set a problem too great
for them to cope with!
. To-day will be our sixth game in the City Cup,
and next week-end we play our concluding game in the
competition against Shamrock Rovers at Milltown . We
have also reached the semi-final stage of the Leinster
Senior Cup. St. James's Gate's victory over Jacobs iu
mid-week qualifies them to join us also. The winners of
Rovers v. .Shels on Wednesday next and Drums v. U.C.D.
on Wednesday week will be inc luded with the Gate and
onrselves in the ,semi-finals-so we may be seeing you
here on St. Stephen's Day next!
Here's hoping we pull Cork off their "pedeStal" to-day
in a hard. clea n game-so till the next time-Cheol'io!
Yours sportingly,
THE EDITOR.
w..
Total .
84
51
16
17
202
102
118
CUP-GOALS-194041: F., 14; A., 5. 1941-42: F., II;
A., 7. 1942-43: F., 8; A.. 6. A total of: For, 33;
Against, 18. Won the Cup 1940-41; runners-up in
the last two seasons.
" Will they win the City Cup this Season?"
PAUL MORRIS
·WELCOME TO CORK
There is no stopping Cork's "March of Progress." In
another article on this page I have ref~rred to their
brilliant and consistent record over the past few seasons.
and here they are again this season out to try and make
another record by winning the Dublin Ctty Cup for the
8
~e ~t)tib~t i~~t~t~di~r~e~a~~~:.erT~~~rh~~:~e~fth~~~atte~
shadow of a doubt, built up a 'really fine side ... a team
that the fans will always flock to see, because they arc
assured of seeing Soccer played as it should be played.
In Foley, Hayes and Duffy they possess three defenders
of a class that would be fit to play in England, Scotland
a nd Wales, and would hold their own with the best! If
they keep up their present form, I would not be the
· least bit surprised to see them selected en bloc for representatiYe honours! Dublin fans may protest at this
assertion- but I'm willing to bet my money on this
opinion! The re-signing of McGowan, their clever and
forceful right·half back of last season, will add strength
to their middle line. With the redoubtable and diminutiYe Hichie Noonan on the left fla11k a nd the sturdy and
resolute Johnny Doyle at centre-half. this half-back
line of our visitors to-day constitutes a defence that is
nearly as tough as the much-discussed "fortress of
Burope "-which means that our forwards will have to
give a greatly improved display over that which they
gave last week-if WE are going to stop Cork's "march
of progress" t his afternoon!
l 'ork's forward Jine can get goals-because in five
games they have found the net on sixteep. occasionsmore than any other club have scored, their nearest
challengers for this honQJIJ' being Drumcondra. who
have scored ·fifteen! In Jackie O'Reilly, Venner and
McCarthy they have three potential individual "match·
winners·· who may create havoc in our defence to-da.y
if they are allowed any scope at all!
So-irrespective of what club you follow-let us all
giYe Cork a rousing welcome to-day, thereby paying
tribute to a really great team.
BOYS WILL BE BOYS
and Sometimes "Soccer Stars "
This is an article about boys . . . and a tribute to
youth and enthusiasm for football . . . and what
enthusiasm! It is an article about a boys' foot baH
club. The name is .
JOHNVILLE A.F.C.
... a boys' club of local growth-with a record that is
the envy of some of our more prominent senior clubs.
Here it is-" What do YOU tbink of it?" Does it not
deser¥e '' Honourable Mention " in our Official Pro·
gramme?
Under 14 League-Winners in 1937 /38, 1938/39.
Under 14 League-Runners·up in 1939/40, 1940141 a11d
1942/43.
Under 15 League-Winners in 1938 139, 1939/ 40 and
1942 /43 (all undefeated).
Schools' Cup-Winners, 1939/4il, 1942/ 43.
Schools' Cup-Runners·UP, 1938 /39.
Luger Cup-1940 /41. Runners·up, 1942/43.
Leinster Juvenile Cup Winners-1940 /41.
Juvenile League and Subsidiary Cup-Runners-up.
194il/41.
Leinster Minor Cup-Runners·up, 1940/41.
Athletic Union League (Jup-Runners·UP, 1941/42.
Surely a proud record for six seasons, and one that
will take some beating!
They have won all the trophies connected with School·
boys' football, a performance no other club has equalled.
Pag• Ont '
FOOTBALL
" Football " and " Elver
mean practically the S<
thing because every good player comes to Elverys
his equipment. · He ~nows he has the largest stc
and the most varied prices at Elvery's SpE
terms to Clubs.
THE DUBLIN CITY CUP COMPETITIO
BOHE~
Shirls: Black and Ret
1-C. LANDI
GoaJk,
KINGSTON'S
O 'Connell St. & George 's St.,
Dublin
2- J. COYLE
Righ t Back
4- J. MURPHY
5-P. Ml
Right Half
Centn
17-F. GLENNONI$-N. KELLY 9-M. O'FLJ
What did Jack say to Jill? ...
Place your Bets with
Uncle Bill!
Outside Right
Inside Righ t
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Inside Left
Centre Fo
17- NOONAN (R.)
Left Half
Who is Your Uncle?
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18- D. N
Centre
'~- DUFFY
Left Back
22- F(
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N- SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1943
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·NEWS IN ·sPOTS
In the \'ort h the engaging of military players h;~~
led ro confLt:)ion. When the soldiers are not arailab!e, in many cases then· are no capable 1:esern'!' to
replace them. The. clubs rhat have sponsored the prnctice
ha,·e ga ined a tra nsitory financial profit , but wh en
hostilities end-
•
• It se~ms that
ft. 1 1 in. last
throw of Erwin B
has yet ro bl• passe
Healion's hammer throw of 192
th is not a world rt:cord, as the
-.ermany) in 1938, 193 fl. 6} in ..
\Veil. Bert can do ir!
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In con nection ~·it h the. Phoenix
• Park Races last Saturday, the Sunday
/11(/epelldCJJ I had the startli ng headline
that " Our Pyja mas ca me to Backers'
Rescue." Ap parently a good man~·
punt('rS had lost more than their sh irt:,.
" I II'Onder if Bill Keati ng collected any
of the \H'aring apparel?''
.
· Belfa!lt Celtic still feel a little sore over the ·~
ioss of
• the Regio nal League Champ ionshi p last season . It
'' uuld hare been their eighth successive win. The ir 1 ~0
ue feat by Linfield started th e decline. Early in the second
half the Celts had a goal inex plicably disallowed. Wa lker
beat Thompson al most at the
. . . , ..,
corner-flog, and Townsend,
dashing in past Brown, and
~~t least six yards onside,
scored. To everyone's a m aze~
ment, including that of warm ·
_
Linfield supporters, the re4 ~
feree, who was nearer the
centre line than th e penalty
area, knocked ofT th e score. As to Linfield's goal, it
was repo rted that the Celtic centre-h alf was buried in the
net, what ti me the goalkeeper w:~s gri pped by a Linfield
forward, thereby rend ering a score simple. Celtic were
upset, and by way of climax, Ke rnaghan missed a
pcna.lty. In the 1- 1 draw afterwards wi th Distillery,
a confident claim for a penalty-hands agai nst Head !was disallowed .
• Soccer, by its own appeal as a fo rm
of :-port, ha:) esra blhhed itself in
the .\ rmy. Its d ~:re lopment was the subj ect of a full·
dre$:, deba te at t h P G. rL\. Annual Congress, and an
extrilct fro m the subsequent comments of a senior ..-\rmv
offict r is worth . noting. " It is suggested," he said,
" that playi ng Rugby and Association football amounts
to a nationa l betrayal.
The fact that considerable
nu mbers of keen participants and supporters of these
games were pat riotic enough to offer th eir ~ r\"ices to th e
nation at a ti me of gra\·e national dange r is an effective
answer to th is absurd allega tion." Inc ide ntally, som~'
Soccer players have fi gured with honour to th ems~I\'<'S
and their units in importa nt Army matches under th e
Gaeli c code.
RESULT OF LAST WEEK'S
FREE DRAW!
•
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No. t.-!St (£-t), ~0. 2,,t9, M1.
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nevi n; Jnl (s 1-), ~a. 1172, not
claimed.
PRESCRIPTIONS
Compounded with
PUREST DR.UCS
Personal
e Supervision
J. J. McGLYNN,
M.P.s.1.
(tbemist
(Oppoai~~~r·••t
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PHIBSBORO'
area.
Thr newly-married couple were hav ing their first
• " breach of the peace," and wifi e let hi m have it.
But hubby sat there reading his paper in undi3turhed
calm, oblivious to the scathing names she ca11ed hiJ)l.
At last she gave it up. It was no use. Nothing co uld
perturb him . H*e ll'as footba~l refer;;.
!
The '913 lnte r. City Tourney had its fireworks and
• shocks, but not to the extent of the previous year.
Per haps 1914 wi ll bf• unevent ful. Perhaps! Shels and
G!entoran provided the initial excitement, wh en Ste\'en~on and Wr ight got mnrching orders. Then, to the
surpri;c of most, Belfast Celtic outplayed Carl; United
to the tu ne of 5-1 at Belfast, yet th e South, with only ren
me n pract ically from the start of the return ga me, g~ve
a fight ing display to wi n 1-0. The goal, you' ll remem·
ber, was the result of a brilliant effort by O'Sull ivan, a
rese rve. The next shock was the crash of the Gate at
Belfast, beaten 4-o, after a 3-1 win at Du blin . Distillery
and Dundalk put up the highest goal aggregate, fifteen ,
ten of wh ich went to Distillery. I haven't yet met the
man who kept a record of the tota l corners in the
competition. The semi-fi nals " shook them." Bohs to
travel to meet Celtic, wiU1 a 6-o defeat rankling from
t94'· What a hope! .I North-South fi nal, sure ly.
Scarcely anybody gave the Gypsies an ou ts ide chance.
But for th e· second ti me, two Southern teams clashed in
the fin al.
L.\ST week's results:-" .\ ' ' team v. Lim eri ck (h .), O-();
.. ,B, ,.. BraUmola (a.), 2-2; "C" v. G.S.R. (a.), won,
.5-2; J\ 1inors L 1-1 . Farm (a.), won, 3-0.
England and Scotland a nd an Amateur c;qJ. He \\·ns
19, and the fact !hat he sca led less than 9 stqn P
pro\·es tha t mere hra\\·n is n't everything. He scored
Ireland 's only goal in his first l nternation ;tl. Sub:'Niuent
ca ps were 19 11 and 1<)1 3 , .. E.; 1909 to 19 11 , . . S.; 1<) 12
\'. \V. .-\m ateur C<~p s , .. E. - 19 0 9, 19 1 1, 1<) 13 and 11)20.
th en onl y
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l\'1.-\ \'\" are of opinion that our " C " team \\·ill 11 go
pl aces " thi s season, but I think a Jot will depend upon
the demanUs made on it by the ~~A" and " 13. '' T hat
must a lways militate aga in st the pros pect of kee ping
.uur resen ·es playing togeth er for any length of tim e.
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H is f-inal medical
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It was
Till·: .\1in ors
a good perron nancc to beat Home Farm on their own ground, but
th ey have another stilT a way test this week wh t"n they
m ee t Reds Uni ted. By the way, Harry \~ ' illit s ha.":"~ ;1
.c.;o n in the forwa rd line. If lw proves half as good ns
!-l arry he'll do.
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-;\0 space last issue to giYe all our new rec rui ts. Two
more are Robert Arm strn11g, a Uni versity stud em a nd
Boys' Brigade, and j oseph Kenny, Bucca nee rs. Robert\
·displays at inside-left in th e 11 C'' team are cle,·er , and
he is und oubt·edl y a coming plnyer. The Bucca nee rs
lad has not bee n on vi ew ye t. He is a ce nt1~ -fo rw ard ,
and I hea r he ran third to Donal Fkmagan in the 100
yards ch;tmpionship.
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ONE of our playe rs passed a few ni gh ts in gaol los t
" ·cck! l t's a fact! The concentra tion of large forces
in a certain area for Army manoe uvres o,·crL1xed :tccommo:la tion, so Frank Glennon, among others, found
himself mnking his lwd in :1 ce ll in the loca l disused
gaol.
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KEEP OFF THE \ RASS!
Spectators arc requ t:st t'd to c operate with <.Jur
.\ l a nagement Cummiil t.'!·' by refraining from
encroaching on the pl ny ing pitch. The practice
of boy~ approaching players during temporary
stoppages and at half-rime for autogra phs is a lso
on th e increase, and t·hey are acco rdingly " ·arn cd
to des ist·.
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I S.\ W " Dinny ' ' Hannon in th e playe rs ' room last
Sat urUay. Hi s connec li on with the club is continued in
the person of hi s nephe\\·, t·hat wh ole-h enrted player.
Peter Molloy, a lso from Athlon P. " DinnyT• shared with
Dr. Hooper and MulholhuiJ, of Belfast Celtic, the di stin ct ion of being one of the youngest . players to figure
in represe ntati,·e games for Ireland. j oini ng Boh s in
J<)Oi, he " ·on an Iri sh Cup medal th r foll owing yea r,
a nd in 19J8 also got full lnternat·ionnl honours ;1g:1in st
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