1. Play a short football match in every Premiership stadium in the UK? Manchester United,Liverpool,Leeds,Everton,Newcastle,West Ham,Chelsea,Crystal Palace,Barnsley,Bolton,Southampton,Derby,Leicester.......
2. Meet players and Personalities from each of the great teams?
3. Soak up the atmosphere of Old Trafford,Anfield,Elland Road,Goodison Park,St James' Park,etc. as you enjoy a conducted tour of each stadium.
4. Spend three days in the company of former Man Utd Manager Tommy Docherty and listen to his stories about great players,great teams,great characters?
5. Travel to each ground by luxury coach and stay in the very best of hotels for four nights?
6. Be able to tell your friends that not alone have you visited these stadiums,but you have played there!

Tommy Docherty

Tommy Docherty is renowned as one of the most colourful characters in football-the man who claims to have had more clubs than Jack Nicklaus! He has seen the world in a distinguished career with 12 clubs in four different countries and wherever The Doc has gone,his sharp sense of humour has helped him through good times and bad. As a player his career began with Celtic,made 324 appearances for Preston and then moved further south with Arsenal and Chelsea.He also won 25 caps for Scotland and when Tom's playing days were over,he turned to management. He lent his experience to a long lists of clubs-Chelsea,Rotherham,Aston Villa,Oporto,Manchester United,Derby,Queens Park Rangers(3 times),Sydney Olympic(twice),Preston and Wolves with various degrees of success. It was under his guidance that Scotland also qualified for the 1974 World Cup Finals but his most memorable success came at Old Trafford,where he created an exciting team which took Manchester United to the second-division championship in 1975 and F.A. Cup glory two years later. Since retiring from management,the Doc has always kept in close touch with the football world,while establishing himself as a top after dinner speaker.

The Venues

Click on the team name to see a picture of that teams ground *No picture

• Arsenal
• Aston Villa
• Barnsley
• Blackburn Rovers
• Bolton Wanderers
• Chelsea
• Coventry*
• Crystal Palace
• Derby County
• Everton
• Leeds
• Leicester
• Liverpool
• Man Utd
• Newcastle Utd
• Sheffield Wednesday
• Southampton
• Tottenham Hotspurs
• West Ham
• Wimbledon

Don O'Riordan

Don O'Riordan began his playing career at Derby County where he played under The Doc,he moved to Preston,Carlisle,Middlesborough,Grimbsy where he was assistant manager,Notts county where he was player-coach and Torquay where he was player manager.He also spent a period with Tulsa Roughnecks in the USA.

Provisional Itinerary

Day1 26th April

Meet and get aquainted at Dun Laoghaire.Travel to Liverpool by ferry or air and overnight in a luxury hotel.The teams are picked! Manager team 1,Tommy Docherty;Manager team 2,Don O'Riordan.

Day2 27th April

The tour begins! Tommy Docherty joins us for a visit to Liverpool,Everton,Manchester United,Bolton,Blackburn,Newcastle.Overnight in a luxury hotel.

Day3 28th April

Leeds,Barnsley,Sheffield Wednesday,Derby County,Leicester,Aston Villa.Overnight in Coventry in a luxury hotel.

Day4 29th April

Coventry,Arsenal,Crystal Palace/Wimbledon,Chelsea,Spurs,West Ham,Southampton.Overnight in a luxury hotel in Southampton.Say goodbye to The Doc.

Day5 30th April

Back to Liverpool and to Dublin by ferry or air

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Keatingp@iol.ie

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