Shelbourne Cult Heroes

The supporters club at Tolka Park was the venue for a different kind of gathering on Thursday, 21st October. Players and fans of past and present gathered to witness the launch of the second edition of Seán Fitzpatrick's Shelbourne Cult Heroes.

Hearty congratulations were paid to Seán, who has managed to profile and track players from a club steeped in history. Shelbourne FC has seen many players grace the field over its 115 years. Some made names for themselves while they were at the club; others went on to make their mark elsewhere, at different football clubs, and even in different sports and disciplines.

Shelbourne Cult Heroes
by Sean Fitzpatrick.
Price €15

In Shelbourne Cult Heroes Seán Fitzpatrick makes a personal selection of just seventy-five players who "set records, scored goals, and far too often failed to find the net." Included amongst them are sporting personalities from soccer, GAA, rugby union, rugby league, cricket, American football. What have Westlife got to do with Shelbourne FC or even football for that matter? Read Seán's book and find out.

Shelbourne Cult Heroes by Seán Fitzpatrick is published by TAF Publishing. It is on sale now at all good bookshops and from the Online Catalogue of The Author's Friend. Price €15.

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