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…
Hoops supporters have put together a Big Online Quiz Night on Friday 22nd May at 7.45pm and all are welcome! This Friday night is a Big Rovers Fan’s Night In when our very first online quiz night takes place in a fan’s fundraiser for SRFC. It’s General Knowledge x 10 rounds of 6 questions similar…
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…
Shamrock Rovers welcomes the FAI plans to prepare for a resumption of the League of Ireland at the earliest possible date. The document entitled “Return to Football” | Behind Closed Doors issued yesterday by the FAI following consultation with all clubs and the Players Association, guidelines are now in place to help clubs get prepared for the…
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…
