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…
17 April 2020COAD 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…
14 April 2020CAMPBELL GAVE US SOMETHING SPECIAL TO REMEMBER The ‘Tallaght generation’ talk of the heroes Gary Twigg, Jack Byrne etc. but Milltown had it’s share too. For many of us, the memories are so clear that special occasions and events seem like only yesterday. Alan Campbell gave us plenty to cheer about d
13 April 2020On this very day in 1922, the fledgling Shamrock Rovers club were the envy of more senior established clubs that had just completed their first year as members of the League of Ireland. The Ringsend club had themselves made the big jump in the space of a year from the Leinster Junior League to the&#
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