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Official Progamme - League of Ireland v Football League

"A famous night in in Irish football, when a League of Ireland XI beat the English League 2-1 at Dalymount Park, Dublin before a crowd of 25,000 excited fans. The Irish Independent headline the following day ... 'Carve Their Names In Pride', honouring part-timers and one amateur who beat the professionals of the Football League, including Bobby Moore and manager Alf Ramsey. My uncle, Willie Browne from Longford, was the amateur member of the team that evening, In 2013, the 50th anniversary of that famous victory was marked at a function in Dublin. "

Submitted by: Richard Browne