“Spirit of The Eighties” – Distillery v Ballymacash Rangers
The last home game of the season is almost upon us and that means the final edition of the “Spirit of the Eighties” – our official matchday programme – will be on sale this Saturday.
“We guaranteed the club a minimum of four programmes but somehow ended up delivering twelve.” writes Programme Editor David Hunter. “Whilst that has been a huge task, my thanks to everyone who has supported us this season by purchasing a programme, and I have expanded upon that in the programme editorial.
We sign-off with all our regular features, and in “On this day” we look back at games against Linfield, Bangor and Ballyclare Comrades. Saturday’s match is being sponsored in memory of our friend, and former great winger Billy Totten, and our centre-spread is a tribute to the wee man with an abundance of skill.
The “Spirit of the Eighties” has now been produced for five seasons, the only club matchday programme produced consistently at this level over that period. (for back-issues please email ldnetweb@hotmail.co.uk)
Our league fixtures over that period have all been Premier Intermediate League fixtures and as things currently stand in terms of league structuring, this could well be the last programme produced for any Premier Intermediate League game – an end of another era. You can pick up programmes as usual from Neil (Partridge) just inside the turnstiles.”
