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	Drogheda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Drogheda ([drɔ:də]) or [drɒhədə]) (Droichead Átha in Irish, meaning "Bridge of the Ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth (on the border with County Meath) on the east coast of Ireland, 56 km north of Dublin.
		In 2006 the population stood at 28,894 and is the 7th largest town in the Republic of Ireland.
		Drogheda's coat of arms bears the star and crescent and has its origin with King Richard I (the Lionheart), in whose reign Drogheda was granted its charter in 1194 by Hugh de Lacy (after whom de Lacy bridge in Drogheda is named).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drogheda (1401 words)

	stpatsfc.com :: Home To The Saints
		Drogheda United returned to the top of the eircom League, Premier Division with this hard earned victory at United Park over a St Patrick's Athletic side who will feel they did enough in the second half to have merited a point.
		Drogheda on the back foot for most of the second period managed to hold out for the win which sends them off to Finland in good heart for their UEFA Cup tie with Helsinki on Thursday next.
		United went two up with quarter of an hour gone when Keegan knocked another free to Shane Robinson on the left which appeared to be going out for a goal kick.
	www.stpatsfc.com /report.php?report=79 (555 words)

	Irish soccer eircom League \|\| Drogheda United \|\| eleven-a-side.com
		As Drogheda manager, McAlinden was the man primarily responsible for the vast amount of Northern players who donned the club colours between 1976 and 1979, and his record in both cup and league is unequalled by any other manager that has taken charge of Drogheda United.
		In McAlinden's three year term, United never failed to reach the semi-finals of the FAI Cup, they lost the final 1-0 to Bohs in '76, a semi-final second replay to Limerick in '77, and a semi to Sligo Rovers in '78 in Oriel Park.
		Furthermore United finished in the top three in the league in each season McAlinden and his assistant Arthur Brady were in command.
	www.eleven-a-side.com /droghedautd/jimmymcalinden.asp (883 words)

	SoccerScene.ie » Drogheda lose their first League game
		Drogheda went into this game without a conceding a goal in their opening seven games but from the opening minutes, they looked uncomfortable in defence and Liam Kearney and Colin Hawkins went close in the early stages.
		Normally Drogheda look to Stephen Bradley and Paul Keegan for inspiration but with the midfield duo continually struggling to find one of their own players, Shelbourne were able to keep the Boynesiders pinned into their own half for much of the first period.
		Surprisingly for a Drogheda side with Graham Gartland and Jason Gavin at the heart of the defence, they struggled all night with crosses and Jason Byrne was inches away from doubling their lead when he volleyed a Dave Rogers cross just wide after 35 minutes.
	www.soccerscene.ie /p733.html (801 words)

	Sport - 15 October 1998
		Drogheda's goals were not the result of great inventiveness, but rather of Galway's defensive frailties.
		That display saw United draw level, and as the game wore on they were by far the most imposing of the two sides.
		The United defence will not relish the memories of either strike, but on the stroke of half-time Clery atoned for his penalty miss against St Francis recently when he pulled one back for the home side from the spot.
	www.galwayadvertiser.ie /sport/981015/page9.htm (386 words)

	Drogheda United Football Club Official Website
		Drogheda United have agreed to host Championship high flyers Leeds United at United Park on Tuesday 18th July.
		This will be the Yorkshire men’s 2nd visit to United park in 2 years and is certain to please the huge Leeds United fan base here in Ireland.
		The Leeds United and Republic of Ireland defender opened the 1.5m centre in memory of Mandy who died in 1998, at the age of 35, from breast cancer.
	www.droghedaunited.ie /scripts/Article.asp?ArticleID=592 (302 words)

	August 2005 News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The first half was poor fare as Drogheda dominated for the most part against a Waterford City side that looked shaky defensively and relied on the break for the few chances that came their way.
		Drogheda pressure finally paid dividends eight minutes from the break when a Mark Leech strike was pushed out by keeper Holden to Declan O’Brien who finished to the net from six yards.
		Waterford United will feature for the first time this season in one of the live TV games when their match away to Longford Town will be shown live on TG4.
	www.waterford-united.ie /newsaugust2005.htm (1869 words)

	Bray Wanderers - Drogheda United 1-1 Bray Wanderers
		With the half hour mark approaching United went close to breaking the deadlock when Graham Gartland was on the end of Shane Robinson's corner from the right but he directed his header just over the bar.
		Drogheda improved in the second half and went close to breaking the deadlock in the early stages through Shane Barrett, Declan O'Brien and Zayed.
		United had chances to extend their lead as Zayed headed wide, Paul Keegan drove wide and O'Brien had the ball taken from his toe by defender Stephen Gifford as he was about to strike on goal.
	www.braywanderers.ie /content/view/665/71 (356 words)

	Drogheda News
		Drogheda United's new signing Stuart Byrne paid a visit to the club to finalise his move from league champions Shelbourne.
		Drogheda United FC is planning to build a 10,000 seater stadium as part of a 30m euro sports and lesiure arena at Bryanstown,Co Meath.
		Drogheda United have been quick of the mark on the transfer scene with the news that they have signed Finnish goalkeeper Mikko Vilmunen.
	www.topix.net /ie/drogheda (672 words)

	Drogheda United F.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Drogheda United is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland.
		Drogheda United are the current holders of the Setanta Cup.
		Eventually, the tie was settled on penalty kicks, Drogheda suffering the heartbreak of elimination on a scoreline of 10-11.However, following Derry City's FAI Cup victory, it was announced that the 2nd Irish UEFA Cup spot would be granted to Drogheda, so they will compete in the competition once more in the 2007 season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drogheda_United (376 words)

	Shelbourne F.C. Official site
		Unfortunately no match highlighst will be available due to Drogheda United's refusal to let us film the game, but we did manage to secure interviews with Pat Fenlon, Paul Doolin and Ollie Cahill.
		The period between the peno and the half-time whistle saw Drogheda again pile the pressure on, but with the assistance of Jason Byrne and Bobby Ryan, the Shels defence kept the goal intact.
		On 90 minutes, Drogheda were awarded a penalty, when Ryan was seen, by the ref, grabbing the shirt of and attacker, inside the penalty area.
	www.shelbournefc.ie /matchzone/review.php?matchid=1577 (803 words)

	Drogheda United \| 2006 Season Preview \| eleven-a-side.com
		Drogheda United have been consistently backed by an ambitious board in recent seasons, and there was no let-up in that department this winter.
		Shane Barrett, the explosive Longford Town striker, joined for a fee said to be in the region of 50,000 — with Liam Kearney’s move to Shelbourne going through for no fee after a tribunal, Barrett’s move was the only winter transfer which saw significant money change hands between eircom League clubs.
		And Barrett is not even guaranteed to be in the starting line-up at United Park: he must battle it out with captain Declan O'Brien, Ireland under-21 international Mark Leech and fellow close-season signing Glen Fitzpatrick for a starting role in the attack.
	www.eleven-a-side.com /droghedautd/preview.asp (304 words)

	derry
		Rovers continued to dominate the first half but annoyingly their attack's broke down before they could threaten the Drogheda goal and long range shot's from Cretaro and Feeney were all they could manage before the Drogheda started to come into the game near the end of the first half.
		Drogheda lost their keeper Carl Warfield after 33mins when he fell heavily on an old hip injury & was replaced by Justin O'Neill.
		Drogheda had failed to clear a throw in in the corner and Rossiter was lurking on the edge of the box.
	homepage.eircom.net /~sjgarvey/Statistics/2000-10/drogheda1.htm (3080 words)

	Waterford United FC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Drogheda were two up inside 23 minutes when Reilly was again involved from the dead ball situation, floating a corner kick to the back post where Stuart Malcolm rose to head home his first goal fro the club.
		Drogheda pounced early in the second half to wrap up the game and again it was a set piece with Alan Reilly the provider from the corner.
		Waterford United crashed to their third away defeat of the season when they were beaten one nil by Derry City at teh Brandywell.
	www.waterford-united.ie /maynews2005.htm (2650 words)

	IK Start v Drogheda Utd \| 2006-08-10 \| UEFA Cup \| Betting Preview
		The club hails from Drogheda in the smallest county in Ireland, Louth and play their home matches at United Park, but because their ground is unsuitable for European matches, they have been forced to play their home European ties just up the road in Dublin at Dalymount Park.
		Drogheda's latest domestic result came against Shels last Friday, where they lost 3-1 at home, a flattering scoreline from the Dubliners point of view as United maybe deserved a point.
		Drogheda never have too much in attack and it took a wonderful Shane Robinson strike to get them an away goal in the last round, so with the Drogs unlikely to score and Start likely to find the away defence hard to crack, the best bet would seem to be the Under 2.5 Goals.
	www.goonersguide.com /match_detail.php?matchID=1579 (1254 words)

	Drogheda Utd v St.Patricks Ath \| 2006-07-07 \| Other \| Betting Preview
		Drogheda claimed that they weren't just a one-man show but clearly they are.
		Drogheda then travelled to The Brandywell hoping to make the last four of the League Cup but decided to field a weakened side, including a change of goalkeeper with Dan Connor being replaced by Charles Tracey.
		Drogheda are now out of both the FAI and League Cups while their UEFA Cup adventure is expected to be short lived so all they have to play for now is the league.
	www.goonersguide.com /match_detail.php?matchID=1534 (1492 words)

	Drogheda United 1-0 UCD - Foot.ie
		Drogheda United ground out their seventh 1-0 win of the season to put them four points clear at the top of the Premier Division.
		After that, Drogheda were happy to put ten men behind the ball and try and hit UCD on the counter, which almost brought a result for them with a 25-yard drive which flew just over Quigley's goal.
		Well, we outplayed Drogheda but that was partly due to the Doolinaccio tactic of sitting back once they took a lead.
	foot.ie /forums/showthread.php?t=35215 (804 words)

	Match Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Cork City's title asperations took a blow last night when they were beaten by Drogheda at United Park, a win which moves Drogheda to within three points of league leaders Shelbourne.
		Drogheda went in front in first half stoppage time, with a controversial goal against the run of play.
		With their next attack, Drogheda wrapped the game up in stoppage time when Bird released O'Brien and he cooly slooted the ball past Devine to make sure Drogheda claimed all three points.
	www.corkcityfc.ie /2004results/drogheda0208.htm (371 words)

	Drogheda United FC, Ireland, History, Squad, Players, Club information, statistics
		DROGHEDA UNITED FC Drogheda United is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland.
		The club hails from Drogheda, Ireland and play their home matches at United Park.
		The current club is amalgamation of two former Drogheda area clubs, Drogheda United FC founded in 1919 and Drogheda FC founded in 1962.
	www.wsoccer.com /teams/ireland/drogheda-united-fc/index.htm (91 words)

	:: Derry City FC - Online - Drogheda United v Derry City :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Drogheda United welcome back their leading goalscorer, Declan O’Brien, for the visit of championship hopefuls Derry City to United Park tonight in the eircom League, Premier Division (ko 7.45 pm).
		O’Brien’s contribution to Drogheda’s cause this season has been immense and with ten goals in the League Championship to his credit he ranks joint second in the goalscoring charts behind Jason Byrne (Shelbourne).
		Drogheda beat them and drew with them in their two League games at the Brandywell this season.
	www.derrycityfc.net /displaystory.php?storyid=634 (301 words)

	SoccerScene.ie » Drogheda and Waterford distance themselves from Di Stefano
		Included in the article is a reference to Drogheda United which alleges that Mr di Stefano has had preliminary talks with a view to investing in the recently crowned Setanta Sports Cup champions.
		Drogheda United FC categorically deny that there has been contact with Mr di Stefano or any of his representatives.
		Waterford United would like to place on the record that no member of its board or management committee has ever met with, nor had any discussions with a Mr.
	www.soccerscene.ie /p697.html (250 words)

	ireland.com - Sport - Tue, Jul 11, 2006 - Grant completes Drogheda United move
		Drogheda United have signed Tony Grant on a two-year contract from Bohemians with Mark Leech set to move in the opposite direction on loan until the end of the season.
		A trainee with Leeds United, Grant signed for Preston North End in November 1995.
		He was loaned out to Glenavon, making a permanent move to the Lurgan club in January 1997 where he scored the only goal in their Irish Cup final win over Cliftonville later that same year.
	www.ireland.com /sports/soccer/2006/0711/1152293470291.html (174 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Irish \| HJK Helsinki 1-1 Drogheda United
		Drogheda United produced a tremendous display to claim a draw against HJK Helsinki in Thursday's Uefa Cup qualifying round first leg in Finland.
		The home side forced their penalty in the 74th minute when striker Ghazia was obstructed in the box but Drogheda keeper Connor saved the Algerian's spot-kick.
		However, with seven minutes to go HJK were rewarded for their pressure when Halsti pounced on a low corner from striker Sebastian Sorsa to score the equaliser.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/irish/5175984.stm (194 words)

	ramblers web \| unofficial cobh ramblers f.c. website \|
		First half goals from Declan O'Brien and Shaun Gallagher edged Drogheda United another step closer to Premier Division survival in the promotion/relegation semi-final second leg play-off with a 2-0 victory over Cobh Ramblers at O2 Park on Saturday and now go forward to the big two-leg decider against Galway United this week.
		Drogheda fans were relieved when prolific Cobh striker Willie Bruton, scorer of two penalties last Wednesday, chipped past United 'keeper Gary Rogers but just the wrong side of the upright after five minutes.
		United quickly turned the screw after a nervous opening and they grabbed the lead on the half hour.
	www.isfa.com /server/web/cobh (341 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Drogheda United v Bray Wanderers team news
		Drogheda United welcome Stephen Bradley and Simon Webb back from suspension for the visit of Bray Wanderers to United Park this evening.
		Joint top, unbeaten and yet to concede a goal, Drogheda will be confident ahead of the game having scored seven times in taking seven points from their three games with Bray last season.
		"We did well against them last year, but they weren't games when you thought 'this is easy', that was never the case," warned Drogheda defender Graham Gartland.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2006/0331/drogheda.html (150 words)

	Soccer news from the Premiership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		UCD have been ravaged by injuries as they try to prevent Drogheda going back top of the Premier Division table at Belfield this evening.
		Boss Pete Mahon is missing no fewer than eight players who have played in the first team this season, including key men, skipper Tony McDonnell, defender Alan Mahon and striker Paul Byrne.
		Drogheda have no such problems as they come back down to earth following their UEFA Cup draw in Helsinki.
	home.eircom.net /content/rte/eircomleague/8480643?view=Eircomnet (100 words)

	:: Derry City FC Online - Live Updates: Derry City vs Drogheda United (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		An excellent victory for City, condemning Drogheda to only their 2nd defeat of the season.
		A Drogheda free from 35 yards is well held though it was straight at the keeper
		Drogheda continue to increase their influence over the game and Fabio O'Brien blasts a shot over from a tight angle
	www.derrycityfc.net /liveupdate.php?matchid=3 (648 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Irish \| Derry City 3-0 Drogheda United
		Derry City moved to within a point of Eircom League leaders Cork by beating fellow-challengers Drogheda United in Friday's clash at the Brandywell.
		Drogheda's Damien Lynch was sent off in the 69th minute after he had appeared to have lunged at Gary Beckett.
		There seemed to be a degree of doubt over whether Hutton's opener had crossed the line although there were no major protests from the Drogheda players.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/irish/4608769.stm (201 words)

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