Anything is possible for football’s true believers

Patsy Dorgan, the most elegant of League of Ireland centre-halves, explained, for an upcoming feature, how The Dream came true for him.
Anything is possible for football’s true believers
Sat, 16 Apr, 2016 - 01:00
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Larry Ryan

In the 1954 FAI Youth Cup final, Glasheen of Cork faced the famous Home Farm at Dalymount Park.

The stakes were significant, but the tension intensified when word spread just before kick-off that Jackie Carey, Ireland international and new Blackburn Rovers manager, was in the stand.

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Sports ColumnistsPlace: CorkPlace: Dalymount ParkPlace: ClonmelPlace: Clonmel CelticPlace: Czech RepublicPerson: Patsy DorganPerson: DreamPerson: GlasheenPerson: Jackie CareyPerson: PatsyPerson: JackiePerson: StudsPerson: Ronnie Whelan SeniorPerson: Pat DineenPerson: Richard DunnePerson: Cristiano RonaldoPerson: Eamon DunphyPerson: RonaldoPerson: MessiPerson: Walter MurphyPerson: WalterPerson: KeitEvent: 1954 FAI Youth Cup finalOrganisation: of IrelandOrganisation: Home FarmOrganisation: Blackburn RoversOrganisation: BlackburnOrganisation: Led ZeppelinOrganisation: Ireland U15Organisation: Manchester UnitedOrganisation: UnitedOrganisation: FulhamOrganisation: RangersOrganisation: EvertonOrganisation: BrightonOrganisation: Southampton
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