A former chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland once described the League of Ireland as a "difficult child for the Association." Despite such sentiments, and the perceptions they feed, the story of Dundalk Football Club stands out as a story worth telling. This is the story of a football club formed in 1903 by the men of the Great Northern Railway works in Dundalk. The club did not "aspire to any great heights", only promising "a couple of clever elevens." Yet it has grown to become the most successful club in modern Irish football.Generations of board members, volunteers, players, staff, and supporters have ridden a roller-coaster of highs and lows, which has seen the club motto become: "We see things they'll never see." While the story continues, memory is a highlights reel... this is Dundalk Football Club, in black and white.
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