Sport

1969

Jack Charlton – The Hornet Comic 1969

Scanned by Brand New Retro from The Hornet, September, 1969.

1975

All Ireland Football Finals – RTE Guide Covers 1975 & 1976

Top Cover: 1976. Bottom: 1975. scanned by Brand New Retro

1970

1970 Fashion shoot at Dalymount Park, Dublin 7

Fashion session with Mick Leech, Paddy Dunning, Sean Corr, Ken […]

1961

Ireland V Scotland Match Programme 1961

Johnny Giles may not feature on RTE’s coverage of the Irish game this Saturday but he did play in the Ireland v Scotland world cup qualifier game in Dalymount Park […]

1970

More George Best -1970

Enthralled and captivated by his skill and flair, George Best was the reason why so many of my school friends became lifelong Manchester Utd fans. Born in 1946, he would have […]

1972

Focus On Steve Heighway – Shoot Magazine 1972

Steve Heighway received 34 caps for Ireland during the 1970s. […]

2000 onwards

Schools Rugby: The Terrible Truth – The Slate, 2003

All content from this 2 page feature available below. Scanned […]

1998

3 Adverts for Penneys 1998 – Shay Given & Mick McCarthy

Three adverts for Penneys which we’ve scanned from Irish International match […]

1973

Q&A – Noel Skehan, Kilkenny 1974 & Francis Loughnane, Tipperary 1973

The Francis Loughnane Q&A is from Our Boys, January, 1973 […]

1981

Celebrity Files – Q&A with Pat Spillane – 1980/81

Studio Analyst with RTE’s the Sunday Game and eight times […]

1982

RTE Guide – 1982 World Cup

The scans above are from the world cup issue of the RTE Guide for the 1982 Finals from Spain. The cover design is by Alan Corsini who also did this […]

1978

5 League of Ireland Winners – Shoot Magazine 70s & 80s

All above scanned by Brand New Retro from issues of […]

80s

Ireland V Scotland – Rugby International Programme 1984

Thanks to Michael for use of programme. Ireland lost the […]

1980

Limerick United FC with Joe O’Mahony (RIP) – Shoot Magazine 1980

Very sad to hear of the passing of Joe O’Mahony […]

1978

Focus On Eamonn Coughlan 1978

Scanned by Brand New Retro from Sean J Creedon’s Sports Page from In Dublin, December, 1978. The date of birth printed above is wrong, Eamonn was born on 21 November 1952. […]

1977

Dublin beat Kerry – All Ireland Semi Final 1977

Scanned by Brand New Retro from Evening Herald, Monday 24th […]

1978

Ireland 1 England 0 – Stuttgart, 12th June 1988 – Shoot Magazine

1982

Focus On Tony Grealish (RIP), Ireland and Brighton – 1982

Focus on Tony Grealish (RIP) scanned from Shoot Magazine 1982

1979

Liam Brady PFA Player of the Year – 1979 Awards Ceremony.

Aged 23, Liam Brady won the English PFA player of […]

1987

Focus on Kevin Moran – Shoot 1987

1977

Ireland V England, Rugby International Match Programme – 5 Feb, 1977

1979

Scoop Comic – 1979 with Pat Jennings & Tony Ward

Scoop was a weekly comic from the UK in the […]

1984

Focus on: Liam Brady, Sampdoria & Ireland, Shoot, 1984

Previous Focus On: Frank Stapleton, Dave O’Leary, Gerry Daly, Ossie […]

1974

Mick O’Connell, Kerry – Questionnaire, 1974

From Our Boys, Jan 1974

1969

Dalymount Park, 4th, May 1969 – Ireland V Czechoslovakia

Click to enlarge. This was a world cup qualifier. Czechoslovakia won […]

1979

Dundalk V Spurs 21st Oct 1981 and Focus on Ossie Ardiles 1979

On 21st October, 1981, Dundalk drew 1-1 with Spurs in […]

1985

Liam Brady, Inter Milan – Roy of the Rovers, June 1985

Scanned from the centre pages of the fantastic comic Roy […]

2000 onwards

GAA Commentator Quotes – The Slate Magazine, 2001

From the Slate, November, 2001

1975

Kilkenny V Galway – 1975 All Ireland – RTE Guide Cover 1976

RTE Guide, 3rd September, 1976. Photo of 1975 final by […]

1970

Ireland’s First Music Festival – with Thin Lizzy – Sept 4, 1970

UK band Mungo Jerry just had a massive summer hit […]

1982

Ashley Grimes, MUFC & Sharp Electronics, 1982

Irish International Ashley Grimes with his Man Utd team mates […]

1976

Montreal Olympics 1976 – RTE Guide Cover

RTE Guide, July, 1976 – Design Alan Corsini

1970

Goal Magazine – 1970 and Johhny Giles

Published in London, Goal Magazine, in the early 1970s was a regular read in our house. More sophisticated, detailed & expensive than Shoot it packed a lot into its 48 pages. Disappointingly, despite […]

1988

Euro 1988 – Evening Press Supplement

The week before the finals kicked off, almost all the Irish newspapers published Euro 88 supplements. “Free” supplements, now commonly available almost every day, were a very rare breed back […]

70s

Focus on Gerry Daly – Derby County & Ireland, Shoot Magazine 1978

From Cabra, Dublin, Gerry played some great games for Man […]

1979

Shoot Magazine 1979 – Dundalk FC – Double Winners 1979

1979 League of Ireland and FAI Cup winners Dundalk get […]

1978

Focus on Frank Stapleton – Shoot 1978

Focus On Dave O’Leary, Arsenal & Ireland – Shoot, 1979

I read a lot of Shoot magazine in the 1970s […]

1970

George Best – Home in Manchester & at Penney’s Dublin, 1970

Above scans are from an article from New Spotlight Jan, […]

1971

Eamonn Dunphy tells it like it really is – 1971

Scanned from New Spotlight September, 1971. see also: Eamon Dunphy […]

1979

Our Boys – May 1979

Irish boys magazine produced by the Christian Brothers. Started in 1914 and lasted into the 1980s. None of our boys ever read this. Wonder who did?

1967

Old Adverts #19 – Blackthorn Boots, 1967

Made in Dundalk, these are Blackthorn boots. This advert is […]

1988

Old Adverts #13 – Man Utd Kit 1988

Scanned from United Review – Man Utd v QPR Aug,1988, match programme. Note: shorts are actual size.

1975

Man Alive issue 6, Summer 1975 – Eamonn Coghlan

1974

Old Adverts #6 – Squash Ireland – 1974

Big magazine advert from 1974 in order to get a […]

1974

Eamon Dunphy Interview – Man Alive 1974

Interview took place in 1974 in London shortly after his move from Milwall to rivals Charlton. (click on image for larger version) Related Post: This article taken from Man alive […]

80s

When Stan played for the Clans – August 1986, Louth SFC Semi.

Scanned by Brand New Retro from The Dundalk Argus, August, […]

1988

1st May 1988 – Dundalk win FAI Cup and Double.

I’ve seen Dundalk win 5 FAI Cup Finals. My […]