50 years ago, FAI Cup semi-finals were the rule - not the exception - for Drogheda United
Between 1971 and 1978, Drogheda United appeared in five FAI Cup semi-finals including in three straight last four line-ups - and two finals.
11 years is a long time. When Drogheda United last contested the semi-finals of the FAI Cup, Enda Kenny was Taoiseach. Giovanni Trapattoni had resigned as Republic of Ireland manager only weeks earlier. Apple had just released the iPhone 5c and Taylor Swift was still a country music singer. Donald Trump was best known as a reality television star and social media was an emerging technology. Two days after Drogheda beat Dundalk in that game at United Park, the government voted in proposals to introduce a new nationwide postcode system - Eircode.