1987–88 Dundalk F.C. season

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Dundalk
1987–88 season
Manager Turlough O'Connor
Premier Division 1st (champions)
FAI Cup Winners
League Cup Quarter-final
President's Cup Runners-up
Leinster Senior Cup 2nd Round
European Cup Winners' Cup First round
Top goalscorer League:
Dessie Gorman (14)
All:
Dessie Gorman (16)
Home colours
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Dundalk entered the 1987–88 season as the League Cup holders from 1986–87, having won that competition and finished as runners-up in both league and FAI Cup. 1987–88 was Turlough O'Connor's third season as manager, and was Dundalk's 62nd consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football.

Season summary

The new season opened with the Leinster Senior Cup, with Dundalk exiting in the second round.[1] The League Cup followed and, after qualifying from a four team mini-group to reach the quarter-finals, they were knocked out by St Patrick's Athletic.[2] The 33-round League programme commenced on 13 September 1987, and was completed on 21 April 1988. Shamrock Rovers had won the title for the previous four seasons and were expected to challenge again, while St Patrick's Athletic, Bohemians and Cork City were all strongly tipped. Dundalk went top of the table early, but slumped to fourth after back-to-back defeats in October.[3] They then put together a seven match winning streak, to lead by three points in the run up to Christmas.[4] They continued to lead into March, until a five match winless streak saw them slip to third.[5]

With three games remaining, the season appeared to swing back in Dundalk's favour when, after going two goals down to Derry City in Oriel Park, they scored three times in the final 13 minutes to win the match.[6] A big win the following week over Bray Wanderers meant that, going into the final match of the season, they only needed a draw against St Patrick's Athletic – their closest challengers – to become Champions. Pats themselves required a win to pip Dundalk to the title. The televised finale, described as being played out in the "emotion charged atmosphere of Oriel Park", ended 1–1. Dundalk had won the League for the first time since 1981–82, and their first title in the Premier Division era.[7] They went on to win the 1988 FAI Cup Final, with a 1–0 victory over Derry City on 1 May 1988 – the club's second League and Cup Double – to cap a season that had seen them play 50 matches.[8]

As FAI Cup runners-up from the season before, they qualified for the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup. In the first round they drew a glamour tie against the holders, Ajax Amsterdam (many of whose players would be in the Dutch squad that would win Euro '88). Despite "gallant" displays, Ajax ran out comfortable winners 6–0 on aggregate.[9][10]

First-Team Squad (1987–88)

Sources:[11]

No. Name Years League FAI Cup League Cup Europe Othera Total Goals
1 Republic of Ireland Alan O'Neill 1985–1993 33 8 3 2 2 48 0
2 Republic of Ireland Martin Lawlor 1977–1995 28 6 3 0 2 39 1
3 Republic of Ireland Joey Malone 1985–1990 33 8 3 2 3 49 1
4 Republic of Ireland Harry McCue 1985–1988 7 5 4 2 1 19 0
5 Republic of Ireland Gino Lawless 1986–1994 33 8 3 2 1 47 2
6 Republic of Ireland Larry Wyse 1986–1989 32 7 2 2 1 44 6
7 Republic of Ireland Barry Kehoe 1980–1993 25 8 4 2 3 41 6
8 Republic of Ireland Martin Murray 1984–1990 31 8 3 2 3 47 7
9 Republic of Ireland Dessie Gorman 1985–1989 31 8 3 2 1 45 16
10 Republic of Ireland Terry Eviston 1986–1993 32 8 4 2 1 47 15
11 Republic of Ireland John Cleary 1984–1991 33 8 4 2 2 49 8
12 Republic of Ireland Paul Newe 1987–1990 18 5 4 2 3 32 4
13 Republic of Ireland Michael O'Connor 1987–1988 25 6 0 0 1 32 6
14 Republic of Ireland Mick Shelley 1985–1993 18 3 4 2 2 29 1
15 Republic of Ireland Dave Connell 1985–1988 4 0 2 0 2 8 0
a. Includes the Leinster Senior Cup and LFA President's Cup.

Competitions

Leinster Senior Cup

Source:[12]

First Round
Second round

League Cup

Source:[12]

Group
Quarter Final

LFA President's Cup

Source:[12]

Premier Division

Source:[12]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dundalk (C) 33 19 8 6 54 32 +22 46 Qualification to 1988–89 European Cup
2 St Patrick's Athletic 33 18 9 6 52 25 +27 45 Qualification to 1988–89 UEFA Cup
3 Bohemians 33 17 11 5 57 32 +25 45
4 Shamrock Rovers 33 16 9 8 53 30 +23 41
5 Galway United 33 15 10 8 48 34 +14 40
6 Waterford United 33 10 14 9 40 31 +9 34
7 Cork City 33 12 10 11 41 47 −6 34
8 Derry City 33 13 5 15 59 44 +15 31 Qualification to 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup
9 Limerick City 33 9 7 17 33 60 −27 25
10 Shelbourne 33 8 8 17 27 65 −38 24
11 Bray Wanderers (R) 33 4 10 19 27 65 −38 18 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12 Sligo Rovers (R) 33 4 5 24 30 81 −51 13
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(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

FAI Cup

Source:[13]

First Round
First Round Replay
Second Round
Quarter Final
Quarter Final Replay
Semi Final

Dundalk won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 1988 FAI Cup Final

Europe

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

16 September 1987
Ajax Netherlands 4–0 Republic of Ireland Dundalk
Rijkaard Goal 65'
Blind Goal 73'
Winter Goal 81'
Stapleton Goal 85'
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 15,712
Referee: José María Enríquez Negreira (Spain)

30 September 1987
Dundalk Republic of Ireland 0–2 Netherlands Ajax
Newe Goal 71' (o.g.)
Meijer Goal 87'
Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

Ajax won 6–0 on aggregate.

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player References
March Republic of Ireland Terry Eviston [16]
April Republic of Ireland Dessie Gorman [17]

SWAI Personality of the Year

Person Reference
Republic of Ireland Terry Eviston [17]

References

Bibliography
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