Search

06 Sept 2025

WATCH: Derry punk legends 'Ventura Highway' putting on a show - 'DCFC'

'Ventura Highway' rocked O'Neill's Derry store yesterday as city supporters came together for a final good luck celebration ahead of today's FAI Cup Final.

The band were delighted at the opportunity of singing their song at the Waterloo Place store.

The song, entitled 'DCFC', was released earlier this year.

It is sung by the Brandywell faithful from the terraces and has certainly proved to be a fan favourite.

In 1979 four local lads formed the band and 43 years later they availed of the opportunity to thank Derry City Football Club for all the much needed years of football entertainment.

The 'Ventura Highway' band members are: Don Clarke (Lead Singer), Martin Sweeney (Lead Guitar), Martin Mullan (Drums) and Paul McGowan (Base Guitar).

Martin Mullan, who wrote “DCFC”, is also a Director of the club.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.