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Frank Coughlan: From the 1969 cup final to the Aviva this weekend, it’s great to see the League of Ireland on the up
So long the poor relation, the domestic league contrasts with football has become the playground of greedy players, narcissistic oligarchs and cynical petrostates, an avarice seemingly encouraged by Fifa Changing fortunes: Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers …