It was a bruising few years for Athlone Town FC marked by financial hardship, controversy, conflict and poor league performances. The senior men’s soccer team languished at the bottom of the SSE Airtricity First Division. Off the pitch, there were rotating managers, allegations of match fixing and a legal bust-up over who owned the club’s new purpose-built 5,000 capacity stadium.  But by 2019, the club’s fortunes appeared somewhat rosier. The team crawled a couple of places up the bottom half of the league table with four wins, compared to just one the year before, and the row over the €4.5…

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