Friday Favourite Takes Us Back to 1989

Our 'Friday Favourite' this week concerns members of the Castleisland FC Youth team in a specially convened photograph to reveal their new Ahern's Opel strip in 1989. How many of the players can you name ?
Our ‘Friday Favourite’ this week concerns members of the Castleisland FC Youth team in a specially convened photograph to reveal their new Ahern’s Opel strip in 1989.Members of the Castleisland FC Youth team in a specially convened photograph to reveal their new Ahern’s Opel strip. Included are front from left: Michael Brosnan, Billy Roche, Georgie O’Callaghan, coach; Kevin Leahy, captain; Mick Ahern MD Ahern’s Opel Castleisland; Patrick O’Rourke and Nicholas Greaney. Back from left: Niall McCarthy, Fergal Brosnan, Michael Devereaux, Donal Daly, Kieran O’Sullivan, John Twomey, Eamon Hewitt, Timmy O’Sullivan and Francie Brosnan. ©Photograph: John Reidy 18-10-1989

Our weekly ‘Friday Favourite’ look-back through the photographic archives is establishing itself as one of our most favoured inclusions.

It has caught the imagination of our growing numbers of followers and readers.

Our ‘Friday Favourite’ this week concerns members of the Castleisland AFC Youth team in a specially convened photograph to reveal their new Ahern’s Opel strip which had just been presented to them by Ahern’s Opel MD, Mick Ahern and their coach, Georgie O’Callaghan.

As you will see from this, and the accompanying photograph, the tradition of Ahern’s support for the game in Castleisland continues to this day.

Only a couple of weeks ago, during the visit of Republic of Ireland manager, Martin O’Neill and FAI CEO, John Delaney,

Republic of Ireland manager, Martin O'Neill joins Paul Ahern in presenting a set of jersey's to John McMahon who accepted on behalf of the youth wing of Castleisland AFC. Included are from left: Georgie O'Callaghan, Castleisland AFC youth manager;  Martin O'Neill; John Cronin, Gordon Lunn and Paul Ahern, Aherns Opel and BMW; John McMahon and John Delaney, FAI CEO. Photograph: Nora Fealey 21-3-2014
Republic of Ireland manager, Martin O’Neill joins Paul Ahern, Aherns Opel & BMW in presenting a set of jersey’s to John McMahon who accepted on behalf of the youth wing of Castleisland AFC. Included are from left: Georgie O’Callaghan, Castleisland AFC youth manager; Martin O’Neill; John Cronin, Gordon Lunn and Paul Ahern, Aherns Opel and BMW; John McMahon and John Delaney, FAI CEO. Photograph: Nora Fealey 21-3-2014

Aherns again stepped up to the sponsorship plate.

As we do, with these photographs, we’re holding the names until after the weekend so that our browsers and readers can pit their team-naming skills against the span of time. All will be revealed after the weekend. See how you get on.