Love Is The Drog

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Arthur Mathews: 'I went to the '71 and '76 cup finals. We lost both of them. That had a terrible psychological effect on me.'
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Arthur Mathews: 'I went to the '71 and '76 cup finals. We lost both of them. That had a terrible psychological effect on me.'

The Father Ted co-creator speaks to Love Is The Drog about his Drogheda United fandom, cup finals and a less heralded member of a famous football family.

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Arthur Mathews: 'I went to the '71 and '76 cup finals. We lost both of them. That had a terrible psychological effect on me.'
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Arthur Mathews has been supporting Drogheda United for 54 years.

Arthur Mathews is not a loser. That is a fact and it is irrefutably so. It took him a long time to reach that conclusion, but reach it he did. For many football supporters, their own perception of self is often inextricably linked to the fortunes of their football team. Mathews is no different in that respect.

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