1962–63 Dundalk F.C. season

June 2019 June 2019 Dundalk 1962–63 Trainer Gerry McCourt League of Ireland 1st (champions) FAI Cup Second round League of Ireland Shield 3rd place Dublin City Cup First round Top Four Cup Semi-final Leinster Senior Cup Semi-final P.J. Casey Cup Runners-up Jimmy Hasty (9) Jimmy Hasty (19) _blackborder _vneckblack _blackborder _whitehorizontal _3_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF 1961–62 1963–64 Dundalk entered the 1962–63 season on the back of a disappointing eighth-place finish in the League and a fifth-place finish in the Shield the previous season. 1962–63 saw the side trained by 1932–33 title-winning veteran Gerry McCourt, assisted by Mickey Fox, Colm Bellew and Shay Noonan. Team selection was still the responsibility of the club's 10-person management committee. It was Dundalk's 37th consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football. Season summary The new season would see the 30th anniversary of the club's only previous League title pass.https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=SIN%2F1932%2F12%2F11&id=Ar01402&sk=58E5341D Dundalk Win Championship at Dalymount Park Sunday Independent 11 December 1932 22 April 2019 Irish Newspaper Archives Since then they had been runners-up three times. They had been uncompetitive throughout the 1950s, but had made strong challenges for the League in both 1959–60 and 1960–61. The season opened with the P.J. Casey Cup – a single-season competition run to replace matches lost due to the reduction in teams that season.Casey Cup kick-off https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=EHD%2F1962%2F08%2F18&id=Ar01114&sk=37E20C3A 30 September 2019 Evening Herald 18 August 1962 It ran as a two group, single match round-robin with the top two in each group then playing off in a semi-final and final. The competition was named in memory of P.J. Casey - a long time Honorary Treasurer of the League, and former committee member at Dundalk, who had died in late 1961.Paddy Casey Dead https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=EHD%2F1961%2F10%2F07&id=Ar01617&sk=826E7B9C 30 September 2019 Evening Herald 7 October 1961 Drumcondra defeated Dundalk in the final. The Shield followed, a competition Dundalk had yet to win, and they were pipped to the runners-up spot on goal average.Scoreboard https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=EHD%2F1962%2F11%2F05&id=Ar01100&sk=95EDBFE7 8 December 2019 Evening Herald 5 November 1962 The Dublin City Cup saw them knocked out in the first round, 4–3 on aggregate, while the Leinster Senior Cup saw them knocked out in the semi-final on corner-count after a 2–2 draw with Shelbourne.Shelbourne - On Corners Again! https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1962%2F12%2F21&id=Ar01603&sk=41D25321 8 December 2019 Irish Press 21 December 1962 With four competitions essentially dealt with by the time the League was up and running, all attention turned to the League schedule. A run of five wins and a draw saw Dundalk lead the table going into the new year,Kenealy K.J. Dundalk lead is now two-points https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=EHD%2F1963%2F01%2F07&id=Ar00900&sk=E0780911 8 December 2019 Evening Herald 7 January 1963 but a defeat and three draws in their next five games raised doubts about their ability to stay in front. Their rivals were faltering too, however, and with six games remaining Dundalk led by four points – although their closest rivals, Waterford and Drumcondra, both had two games in hand, as bad weather that winter had seen a number of postponements. Another slump in form followed, with a second round exit in the FAI Cup to Cork Hibernians and two League defeats in three weeks, leaving them top on goal average only with an extra game played.Mathers Vincent Weak Dundalk Bid https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1963%2F03%2F18&id=Ar01100&sk=6C022150 8 December 2019 Irish Press 18 March 1963 But they rallied as their rivals continued to drop points, needing a win away to Bohemians in their final match to seal the title. They went two goals behind, however, and with supporters believing they had blown the title, they came back to score twice in the last five minutes and secure a point. They then had to wait a full week for the fixture backlog to clear, with Shelbourne, Cork Celtic and Drumcondra all in the hunt. All three faltered, confirming Dundalk as Champions.https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=EHD%2F1963%2F04%2F16&id=Ar01600&sk=5670CB61 Salute the League of Ireland Champions K. J. Kenealy Evening Herald 16 April 1963 22 April 2019 Irish Newspaper Archives First-Team Squad (1962–63) Sources:Murphy Jim A Dundalk FC Miscellany 2013 Self-published Ireland 234 No.NameYearsLeagueFAI CupLeague of Ireland ShieldOtheraTotalGoals1IRL Christy Barron 1959–1967 18 2 9 11 40 02IRE John Murphy 1957–1969 16 1 8 11 36 33IRE Tom Lyons 1961–1966 18 2 7 8 35 14IRL Patsy McKeown 1957–1968 17 2 9 11 39 05IRE Tommy Rowe 1962–1965 18 2 2 10 32 26NIR Ted Harte 1959–1964 17 2 3 7 29 17IRE Francie Callan 1954–1967 16 2 9 9 36 128IRE Billy Kennedy 1962–1966 13 1 8 10 32 59NIR Dermot Cross 1961–1964 14 1 7 7 29 1010IRE Leo O'Reilly 1962–1966 10 1 9 11 31 1111NIR Jimmy Hasty 1960–1966 13 2 5 7 27 1912IRE Stan Pownall 1962–1964 9 1 5 9 24 313IRE James Redmond 1962–1963 16 2 0 1 19 614IRE Davy McArdle 1960–1964 3 1 5 6 15 3 a. Includes the Leinster Senior Cup, Dublin City Cup, P.J. Casey Cup, and Top Four Cup. Competitions P.J. Casey Cup Source: Group 19 August 1962 3–2 Dundalk St Patrick's Athletic Oriel Park Dundalk 26 August 1962 1–1 Dundalk Shelbourne Oriel Park Dundalk 30 August 1962 1–4 Dundalk Shamrock Rovers Dalymount Park Dublin 30 August 1962 5–3 Dundalk Drumcondra Tolka Park Dublin Dundalk qualified as group runners-up Semi-final 5 September 1962 1–0 Dundalk Waterford Dalymount Park Dublin Final 12 September 1962 3–0 Dundalk Drumcondra Dalymount Park Dublin Shield Source: Round 1 9 September 1962 Dundalk 1–2 Cork Celtic W Round 2 16 September 1962 Dundalk 2–7 Waterford L Round 3 23 September 1962 Dundalk 1–1 Drumcondra D Round 4 30 September 1962 Dundalk 2–1 St Patrick's Athletic W Round 5 7 October 1962 Shelbourne 0–4 Dundalk W Round 6 14 October 1962 Dundalk 1–4 Shamrock Rovers L Round 7 21 October 1962 Limerick 3–2 Dundalk L Round 8 28 October 1962 Dundalk 1–1 Cork Hibernians D Round 9 4 November 1962 Dundalk 1–3 Bohemians W Shield table main WDL QR auto 2 SHM Shamrock Rovers CCF Cork Celtic DUN Dundalk CHF Cork Hibernians WAT Waterford BOH Bohemians LIM Limerick DRU Drumcondra StP St Patrick's Athletic SHE Shelbourne 4 2 3 18 19 3 2 4 18 27 4 0 5 15 21 3 2 4 22 18 3 1 5 17 17 8 0 1 33 11 2 3 4 17 17 3 3 3 12 19 5 0 4 17 15 3 1 5 17 22 complete Irish Press Dublin City Cup Source: First round 11 November 1962 2–1 Dundalk Cork Hibernians Flower Lodge Cork 18 November 1962 2–2 Dundalk Cork Hibernians Oriel Park Dundalk Cork Hibernians won 4–3 on aggregate Leinster Senior Cup Source:Murphy Jim 2003 History of Dundalk FC - the First 100 Years Dundalk Jim Murphy 462 Fourth round 14 November 1962 5–1 Dundalk Workmen's Club Tolka Park Dublin Semi-final 20 December 1962 2–2 Dundalk Shelbourne Dalymount Park Dublin Shelbourne won 8–2 on corner count FAI Cup Source: First round 17 February 1963 Waterford 2–0 Dundalk Oriel Park Dundalk Second round 10 March 1963 Cork Hibernians 1–2 Dundalk Oriel Park Dundalk Top Four Cup Source: Semi-final 28 April 1963 0–1 Dundalk Drumcondra Dalymount Park Dublin League Source: Round 1 25 November 1962 Dundalk 2–1 Cork Celtic W Round 2 2 December 1962 Dundalk 2–3 Waterford W Round 3 9 December 1962 Dundalk 5–2 Drumcondra W Round 4 16 December 1962 Dundalk 2–2 St Patrick's Athletic D Round 5 23 December 1962 Shelbourne 2–1 Dundalk W Round 7 6 January 1963 Limerick 3–0 Dundalk W Round 8 13 January 1963 Dundalk 1–0 Cork Hibernians L Round 9 20 January 1963 Dundalk 5–1 Bohemians W Round 10 27 January 1963 Dundalk 2–2 Cork Celtic D Round 11 3 February 1963 Dundalk 2–2 Waterford D Round 12 10 February 1963 Dundalk 0–0 Drumcondra D Round 13 24 February 1963 Dundalk 4–1 St Patrick's Athletic W Round 14 3 March 1963 Shelbourne 2–1 Dundalk L Round 6 17 March 1963 Dundalk 1–3 Shamrock Rovers L Round 15 24 March 1963 Limerick 0–2 Dundalk W Round 16 27 March 1963 Dundalk 1–1 Shamrock Rovers D Round 17 31 March 1963 Dundalk 2–0 Cork Hibernians W Round 18 4 April 1963 Dundalk 2–2 Bohemians D League table main WDL Q auto 2 DUN Dundalk WAT Waterford DRU Drumcondra CCF Cork Celtic SHM Shamrock Rovers CHF Cork Hibernians SHE Shelbourne LIM Limerick StP St Patrick's Athletic BOH Bohemians 9 6 3 39 23 10 3 5 50 37 10 3 5 33 27 6 9 3 33 22 7 5 6 36 25 7 4 7 22 25 7 4 7 29 35 5 3 10 22 30 4 5 9 23 47 1 6 11 19 35 inherit European Cup EC inherit Fairs Cup ICFC inherit Cup Winners' Cup CWC complete www.rsssf.com References Bibliography Jim Murphy The History of Dundalk F.C.: The First 100 Years Dundalgan Press 2003 B0042SO3R2 Graham Alex Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005 Soccer Books Limited 1-86223-135-4 MacSweeney Niall A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921/2 - 1984/5 Association of Football Statisticians 1985 B008H2CBJQ Ryan Sean Dunne Noel The Bass Book of Irish Soccer 24 October 1975 Mercier Press 9780853424505 Citations Category:Dundalk F.C. seasons Dundalk