By Glenmalure Park I sat down and wept

EVER opened up a book and felt like you were looking in a mirror? Your correspondent had that experience this week and, no, before you ask, it wasn’t The Great Gatsby. Or even the latest Harry Potter.

The book is ‘We Are Rovers’, a just published oral history of Shamrock Rovers, by Eoghan Rice.

For this reader, the biggest shock of recognition came on page 87 when one fan, John Byrne, recalls the league play-off between Rovers and Cork Hibs at Dalymount Park in 1971, which saw Hibs lift the title with a 3-1 win.