Derry City s rise from the ashes recalled in new documentary Fan, Deirdre Dunne has followed Derry City since she was a girl. Picture by Stephen Latimer Seamus McKinney 19 April, 2021 01:00
The gang of four , from left, Tony Doherty, Terry Harkin, Eamonn McLaughlin and Eddie Mahon, brought senior football back to Derry. Picture by Stephen Latimer
The day Martin McGuinness dismantled an IRA bomb so the biggest game in the history of Derry City FC could go ahead is recalled in a new documentary charting the club s Phoenix-like rise from the Troubles. Different League: The Derry City Story charts City s entry to the Republic s League of Ireland to the day that European football royalty in the form of the great Benfica graced the Brandywell stadium.