Release Date: 10/03/2010

THE Carling Premiership is offering Coleraine FC fans a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with legends Pat McAllister, Victor Hunter, Dessie Dickson and current player Stephen Carson with the ‘Carling Presents an Evening of Legends’ event at the Coleraine FC Social Club on 24 March.

This will be the eighth out of 12 ‘Carling Presents an Evening of Legends’ event and is being hosted by BBC Sport’s Joel Taggart. The free events allow fans to quiz the legends and star players of their team, get a picture taken with them and the Gibson Cup, as well as enjoy some ice-cold pints of Carling.

Fans will be treated to a trip down memory lane with Hunter, who was part of the Coleraine team that won the 1965 Irish Cup; Dickson who was a key player in the 70’s and McAllister who was part of the team that won the Irish Cup Final in 2003. Current player Carson, who has also played for the International team, completes the panel and fans can look forward to plenty of footballing wisdom from this exciting line-up.

Andrea Carson from Carling is delighted with the success of the events so far.“We created the Carling Presents evenings to help the fans get closer to legends and star players from their favourite teams in the Carling Premiership. The evenings have allowed for some fantastic football banter as fans have put the players and legends under the spotlight with every topic covered from most memorable goals to career highs and lows to stories from off the pitch!” said Andrea.

Geoff Wilson, Head of Marketing and Communications at the Irish FA, is delighted with the success of the events.  He said: "It is very satisfying to see the fans and legends have so much enjoyment at these evenings.  Both Carling and the IFA have worked tremendously hard to make these legends evenings happen, and we are looking forward to another memorable night at Coleraine."

Coleraine’s event takes place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 24^th March and tickets are already getting snapped up.

Tickets for these exclusive events are free but places are limited. You can register for Coleraine’s event or the other four remaining Legend events taking place at www.carlingpremiership.com/legends. Fans unable to attend can view all of the action from the night online as well as joining in the debate about your favourite team.

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