Soccer  

Soccer or Association Football was once called the "Garrison Game". This was because it was usually associated with the Garrison Towns, in Roscommon there were military garrisons in Ballaghaderreen, Boyle, Castlerea, Roscommon and Athlone. Soccer is now accepted as a national pastime just the same as Rugby or Gaelic Games.  This is our small collection of material relating to soccer in Co. Roscommon. We would love to have more photographs, documents and ephemera for the sport in the county. If you have such material that you no longer require and would like to give it a good home .. please contact us

 

Hodson Bay Celtic Newsletter from Christmas 2009.

Tie Badge (above). Roscommon & District League. No date.

 

 

Souvenir Programme for opening of Rahara Rovers New Pitch on 15th. June 2003.

 

Signed by the late Gerry Donnelly, Mayor of Roscommon.

 

 

 

 

"Cloonfad United 25th. Anniversary 1978 - 2003".

by Ger Geraghty. (2003)

 

61 page anniversary book. Black & white illustrations throughout.

 

 

(On page 10 of this book Steve Pilgrim tells a story about a magazine called "Offside" produced by the club from April 1996 to March 1998. We don't have any copies of this magazine but we would love to have some in our collection. If you have them please contact us.)

 

 

 

"Lough Harps F. C. Ballinlough. Celebrating 21 Years in Football". by John Waldron. (1994?)

 

34 page anniversary book with black & white illustrations, teams and statistics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match Programme: Lough Harps F.C. (1994?)

 

Match played between Shamrock Rovers (League of Ireland Champions) and Lough Harps selection for official opening of their new pitch and dressing rooms.

 

 

 

 

Images are not to scale.

 

 

 

 

"Celebrating 25 Years" Moore United Football Club. (2000).

 

40 pages of history with colour and black & white illustrations.

 

 

 

 

Castlerea Celtic v. Athlone Town. Match Programme. July 1993. Ciaran Webb Memorial Shield.

 

6 page programme. Printed by Herald Printers, Boyle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have any similar material, photographs, documents, posters or ephemera, that is surplus to your requirements and would like to give it a good home, then please contact us.

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