Landmark book on the FAI cup which has featured international players Roy Keane (Cobh Ramblers) and Kevin Doyle (St Patrick's Athletic), from award-winning sports writer, Seán Ryan.
The FAI Cup is the oldest football competition in Ireland, and undoubtedly one of the best-supported. In November 2011, the competition celebrates its ninetieth anniversary and to mark the event, Liberties Press, in association with Ford and the FAI, is publishing this landmark book featuring in-depth analysis of each campaign since the cup's inception in 1921.
By award-winning journalist Seán Ryan The Official Book of the FAI Cup features many photographs of winning teams from each year, and entertaining stories about the key players, managers and fans, as well as the key moments in the crucial matches, based on recently conducted interviews.
An essential gift for every football fan who wants to re-live the high points of the many memorable FAI Cup ties. With current international players such as Seamus Coleman (Sligo Rovers / Everton), Kevin Doyle (St Pat's / Wolves), and Shane Long (Cork City / Reading) starting their careers in the League of Ireland, the FAI Cup has grown in stature and is vital to Irish soccer. This book celebrates all that is great with Irish soccer and the FAI Cup.
About the author: Seán Ryan was deputy sports editor and soccer writer for the Sunday Independent, has been Benson and Hedges Sports Writer of the Year, and is also the author of The Boys in Green: The FAI International Story.
ISBN: 9781907593338
Product Reviews
New Ross Standard
February 21, 2012, 12:07 pm
'This is a statistician's dream for a start as it carries the details of every result and goalscorer in the 90-year history of this competition. However, it's not just a stuffy offering full of facts and figures, as Ryan writes about each campaign and picks some interesting anecdote to bring it to life.'
Irish Independent
February 21, 2012, 12:06 pm
'THEME: Every FAI Cup final since 1922 -- when it was the Free State Challenge Cup -- to 2010 is accorded its own chapter with some fascinating and entertaining insights. Ryan has dug out some great yarns to augment the results and facts of each year's Cup competition. This book is a much-needed and timely updated version of an earlier project that went up to 1985. GOOD READ? Absolutely. The Cup competition retains an enduring magic and Ryan's observant eye brings it to life in these pages.'
Irish Examiner
February 21, 2012, 12:02 pm
'Sean Ryan’s excellent book [is] packed full of stats, archive pics and entertaining yarns.'
Evening Herald
February 21, 2012, 12:00 pm
'With fascinating stories and a foreword by Kevin Moran, The Official Book Of The FAI Cup deserves to fill a few Christmas stockings.'
foot.ie
February 21, 2012, 11:58 am
'Excellent production, great stories and full round-by-round stats, right up to the 2010 final.'
extratime.ie
February 21, 2012, 11:56 am
'This book is a must for lovers of the game here; it’s a chance to re-live some of the memories of the cup that will never be forgotten.'
