The Top Four competition was introduced in the 1955/56 season. This was an end of season competition that featured the teams that had finished in the top four in the league. Shamrock Rovers were the inaugural winners having finished in 2nd place that season and beating Waterford in the final played on 4th May. The score was…
It was everything we had dreamed of during our nomadic years following the departure of Glenmalure Park. For years Hoops fans had to run the gauntlet and sneers of rival fans as Shamrock Rovers stumbled from one crisis to another as the Tallaght Stadium saga rolled on endlessly. Here we were now in 2011, just…
The Moore Magic Lives On! Of the many players who played in the famous green and white hoops of Shamrock Rovers, the deeds of some very special performers continue to live on. Today Robert Goggins takes a look at Paddy Moore who was reckoned by those who saw him play to be a very special…
Rovers vs Chelsea Some older Hoops fans still talk about the day the mighty Chelsea came to Dublin only to be humbled by the ‘Coads’ Colts’. In our latest look-back on a golden moment, Robert Goggins writes about that day at Dalymount Park. On this day sixty-five years ago the English League Champions, Chelsea, came…
There’s Only One Tony Cousins Tony Cousins joined the Hoops at the beginning of a new era after the club left the RDS. Being a Tallaght lad it would have been just nice for ‘Couso’ had he been able to play at the new stadium, plans for which were launched just a couple of months…
NO TIME FOR HEROES Traditionally April was the month in which the FAI Cup final was played. The decider of the Blue Ribband competition usually signalled the conclusion of the season unless there was a special competition such as the All Ireland Inter-City Cup, Blaxnit Cup or the Top Four competition. Before global warming and…
John Joe Flood was a hero for Shamrock Rovers – and Ireland We talk about the great eras and the men who played their part in shaping history. At Shamrock Rovers we have no shortage of such heroes. On an individual and personal basis it must be a great sense of satisfaction and pride for…
TWIGG TOOK ROVERS BY STORM AND THE FANS BY SURPRISE On this day, Friday, 17th April, 2009 Gary Twigg scored a hat-trick in the 3-1 win away to Galway United. That brought his early season tally up to 6. It was early days in what was to develop into a dramatic but all too brief career…
COAD WAS A RELUCTANT BUT NATURAL BORN LEADER On this day 100 years ago the late great Paddy Coad was born in Waterford. He attended school at De La Salle in the city and joined his local League of Ireland club in 1937 at the age of just 17. Paddy was a natural talent; he…
The death has occurred of former Shamrock Rovers player Shay Keogh. Shay passed away on Monday, 13th April 2020. A centre half and left back, Shay joined the Hoops in 1952 as a minor from Schoolboy club Rathfarnham. He was recruited during the period when Paddy Coad was building a young team that would be able…
