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Drogs win first F.A.I cup!

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Sunday December 04, 2005 20:06author by observer2 Report this post to the editors

F.A.I cup final result Drogheda United 2 Cork City 0

Drogheda United, managed by Paul doolin, finally ended their senior honours famine this afternoon when they defeated Damien Ricardsons League champions Cork City to lift the F.A.I Cup.
Drogs with the cup!
Drogs with the cup!

The match which was played before a crowd of 22,000 started slowly with Cork settling down the better and although the teams went in at half time level, Cork appeared to be in control having had a number of chances on goal.

Drogs came out more determined in the second half and were one up within seven minutes when Whelan scored with an excellent volley. Cork were forced to push up and mounted a sustained attack on the Drogs goal but couldn't find the net despite having three corner kicks and a couple of close in frees. Drogs broke for the second with eight minutes left when Corks centre half Bennet completely misjudged a defensive header to let Drogs striker Declan O'Brien in one on one with the keeper. At that point the game was effectively over as Cork fell apart allowing Drogs in for another couple of chances before full time.
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Drogheda United: Dan Connor; Damien Lynch, Graham Gartland, Stephen Gray, Simon Webb; Shane Robinson, Gavin Whelan, Stephen Bradley, Jermaine Sandvliet; Sami Ristila, Declan O’Brien. Subs: Paul Keegan for Bradley 71; Mark Rooney for Ristila 77; Paul Bernard for O’Brien 90 + 2.

Cork City: Michael Devine; Neal Horgan, Alan Bennett, Dan Murray, Greg O’Halloran; Billy Woods, Joe Gamble, George O’Callaghan, Liam Kearney. Subs: Denis Behan for Fenn 62; Colin O’Brien for O’Halloran 83.

Drogs with the cup!
Drogs with the cup!

author by observer2publication date Sun Dec 04, 2005 20:13author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The Drogs team will arrive back in Drogheda with the cup for a civic reception in West Street at 8.30.p.m

author by Bohs Boy.publication date Sun Dec 04, 2005 20:43author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Is this a first for Indymedia Ireland, somebody writing a story on sport.b

author by observer2publication date Sun Dec 04, 2005 21:10author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The Drogs revolution.........they have been planning it for a long time ......so its revolutionary sport!!!!

BTW The drogs main strength seems to lie in the left side of defence.....Simon Webb....remember him?

author by an imcerpublication date Sun Dec 04, 2005 21:37author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I'm an old timer and I think it is.

More please :-)

author by Pats fanpublication date Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:19author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Watched the match yestrday the Drogs played them off the pitch. Well done. Great advertisment for the game and hopefully will fill their terraces next season. Come on the FAI

author by Michael R.publication date Mon Dec 05, 2005 13:25author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Im an old timer as well and its the first sport reprort ive seen. Bout time!! Been meaning to write one for a long time but never got round to it.

Drogs got lucky, but well done nevertheless. The Drog revolution beat the Rebels themselves.

author by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group - Indymedia Irelandpublication date Mon Dec 05, 2005 19:16author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Is the photograph your own work or is it from some other source? 1 of IMC Ed

author by observer2publication date Mon Dec 05, 2005 20:28author address author phone Report this post to the editors

No, it is from this link.

Related Link: http://www.droghedaunited.ie/
author by ABUpublication date Tue Dec 06, 2005 13:36author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Quite a lot of sport related stories eg

A Clear Case of Off-Side Dermo
Marx said that religion was the opium of the people but sport has eclipsed man's fascination with the supernatural. Football is the heroin of sport. I can remember the first time I stood with my father on a terrace and watched men chase a bag of wind around a field. I still can be found standing on those steps in all sorts of weather.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69958

author by Michael R.publication date Tue Dec 06, 2005 15:13author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Well spotted ABU, but that is sport "related". This is actually sport itself.

A nice opium it is indeed in this crazy, f**ked up world of ours. Nice to escape into it for a while.

How long do you think it will before ye all are ABC?

author by Droggerpublication date Tue Dec 06, 2005 18:51author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The Drogs winning the cup isin't just a sports story, it'sa historic moment in the history of Irelands largest town, former capital and long time hot bed of sedition!!!!

Now where did I leave me works.......

author by Michael Gallagherpublication date Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:55author address author phone Report this post to the editors

...the first sports story? Haven't you got short memories?
Sure only last week I witnessed the best dodging of tackles that any of our Dublin 4 'Trip-up Crown Heroes' could muster on their best days.
Eight homeless people dodged and weaved like the best of them and made it all the way to line without as much as a Garda glove laid on them, even got their touchdown.....a sight to behold it was. The whistle blowers where nowhere to be seen!

There is no truth in the rumour that a representitive of Al Quaida is on his way Streetseen to negotiate a transfer for their services...and anyway the Eight Wonders of the World are priceless. No transfer fee could wrench them from us!
This is not sport, this is history!

author by Michael Gallagherpublication date Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:59author address author phone Report this post to the editors

....should that have been, "this is not history, this is sport" ?

author by observer2publication date Wed Dec 07, 2005 20:04author address author phone Report this post to the editors

And John Glackin played a blinder as he weaved his way through the Garda F.C defence and straight into the penalty area, however he later recieved a red card for dissent and had to be escorted from the pitch!!!!!!!!

Relatively speaking it was a much better and far more entertaining match at the Kildare Street ground.

unfortunately the fai don't allow "non accredited press" to shoot footage of their final so i had to grab a pic off the drogs!

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