Blues - Waterford United FC Programme v Longford Town Friday 23rd May 2014 | Page 3

Welcome To The RSC
by Chairman John O’Sullivan
Hello everyone, and welcome to the
RSC for tonight’s SSE Airtricity League
tie with league leaders Longford. I’d
like to extend a warm Waterford
welcome to Jim Hanley and the
officials, players, staff and supporters
of Longford Town FC.
How we lost that game against Shelbourne here two weeks
ago I’ll never know. To absolutely dominate the runaway
league leaders, and then come away with nothing to show
for it, was simply astonishing. It was a great performance
from the lads though, and a great
game of football to watch, and if we
keep playing like that then we will
not be far away come the end of the
season.

on board and start tomorrow.
I’d like to say a special word of thanks to Michael Drohan
for his tireless work for the club, inside and outside of the
office. This goes on all season long, but his work has been
just tremendous over the last number of weeks when we
were going through a particularly rough time. Thanks
Michael!
Big thank you again to all the fans in Block E for their tireless
noise and singing last time we were here. I hope that the
incident with the Shels supporters will not deter anyone
from coming out or from locating
themselves in Block E. Nobody likes
to see that kind of carry on at any
football ground, and it’s one of the
few plus points about this division
that we very rarely do. Those people
should be ashamed of themselves,
and ashamed to call themselves
supporters of Shelbourne FC. I’d also
like to thank our own fans for the
manner in which they behaved, and
the admirable restraint shown in the
face of such provocation.

I thought the young lads were
absolutely brilliant down in Wexford
last weekend, it was great to see
them perform so well, and great to
see the team brush aside the previous
result for a deserved win. We started
with five teenagers, and only three of
An excellent League debut for
the 14 who featured are older than
young Matthew Connor
Finally, once more we need
23. Pity the gloss was taken off the
photo : Ian Clancy
your support for our current big
result at the end for Matt Connor
fundraising event, the superb draw
on his first league start between the
sticks, but he can be proud of his game, as can all the lads. for tickets, flights and accomodation to a Barcelona match
It was a fairly dubious late penalty, although these things at the Nou Camp during the next La Liga season. Draw
do have a habit of evening themselves out, over the game tickets are priced at just €8, or three for €20, and are
on sale at the club shop tonight, the club office during
and, hopefully, the season.
weekdays, or from any of the MC or the Blues Supporters
On behalf of the club I must ask everyone here tonight to Club board. We are also asking as many fans of the club
please get as many of your family and friends as you can as we can to please take some tickets away with them, and
to come out to the Cobh Ramblers game next weekend. It sell them on on our behalf, spreading the word beyond the
is absolutely vital for our survival that we secure as much range of those interested in the League of Ireland. All help
revenue as we can from these two home games, as the we can get with the sale of these tickets will be gratefully
away Cup draw means we have no game at the RSC for received!
the entire month of June. All the support we can get is so
badly needed to keep League football here in Waterford. All that remains is to say lets keeping getting behind the
lads as you have done so well all year, let’s be as loud
Speaking on behalf of all the committee we are first and as we can, and help them build on that Wexford win with
foremost supporters of this club the same as everyone else another three points tonight!
here tonight. It’s extremely hard work keeping the club
going, but it’s work we are all prepared to do. If anyone Best of luck Blues!
feels they can do it better they are most welcome to come

John

www.waterford-united.ie

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