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UCFL Div. 3
28 August 2010

Grant City 2 – 5 Terenure 3rds

The short trip to Marlay Park proved a fruitful one for Terenure 3rds as they turned in an excellent performance to see off Grant City. A heavy rain shower before kick off made the surface quick, ideal for a passing game, and it seemed to suit Terenure who kept possession well in the early stages and limited Grant City’s attacking opportunities.

Brian Donlon opened the scoring for Terenure ...

UCFL Div. 3
25 August 2010

Carton Avenue 0 - 0 Terenure 3rds

On the familiar territory of last seasons home pitch in Bushy Park Terenure 3rds fought hard to keep a clean sheet and take a point from Carton Avenue. Terenure faced a bit of a crisis going into the game with a number of players unavailable through injury and other commitments and started a 4-5-1 formation with winger Bernard Geraghty filling in up front.

The first half produced few clear ...

Finn Park will play host to a special visitor on Friday 27th August when the Henri Delaunay Trophy will be on view at the ground. The Henri Delaunay Trophy is awarded to the European Football Champions, with Spain the current holders having won the Euro 2008 Tournament two years ago.

The trophy will be on display before and during the FAI Ford Cup fixture between Finn Harps and Sligo Rovers at Finn Park on 27th August. An opportunity to have your photograph taken with the trophy will ...

UCFL Div. 3
21 August 2010

Terenure 3rds 4 - 4 Dollymount 2nds

On a warm, muggy, day in Bushy Park Terenure 3rds were left feeling like Dollymount had robbed a point from this season opening encounter, but really only had themselves to blame. Terenure started much the stronger and were 2 goals to the good inside the first 30 minutes, Kevin Murphy starting the season in flying fashion as he got in behind a hesitant Dollymount defence on both occasions and finished ...

Athlone Town FC is to host a free open day at Athlone Town Stadium, Lissywoollen on Sunday next.

A memorial match in honour of the late Brideswell resident John (Sean) Gately will be held as part of an Athlone Town FC Open Day on Sunday next, August 15, in Athlone Town Stadium. John passed away suddenly in July 2009 aged just 52.

Cam Celtic, of which John was a founder member, will take on Willow Park in a masters (Over 35) friendly at 2pm. The game, organised ...

There’s no feeling like going home. Tomorrow night sees the return of international football to Lansdowne 2.0 as Ireland take on Argentina, sadly no longer led by Maradona. It may only be a friendly but I can’t wait to get back. Last week’s game was nothing more than a fundraising charade and whilst we will only see real intensity come the qualifiers, it will be a nice warm up game.

Croker was grand, but watching football on a gaelic pitch doesn’t work. It is like seeing a mini ...

Finn Harps Football Club are delighted to announce that they will be hosting a Match against the Celtic Legends on Friday 13th August, KO 7.30pm.

The Match will be followed by “An Evening with the Celtic Legends” including interviews with the Bhoys and live Music taking place in Jacksons Hotel from 10.30pm to late.

Celtic, who will be captained by Tommy Boyd, will also include Frank McAvennie, Reggie Blinker, Darren Jackson and Tommy Johnson in their travelling party. ...

Hi All,

This Saturday 24th July, the Airtricity League will host a Fans Forum in Abbotstown from 10am sharp.

The Forum will give Airtricity League fans the opportunity to learn more about the management of the League & offer feedback.

The Forum will include a presentation by Airtricity League Director, Fran Gavin followed by presentations from Licensing, Finance, Marketing & Communications.

We see the Fans Forum as a really important ...

’m a big fan of podcasts, none more so that those produced by RTÉ, so I was intrigued when I saw a podcast called “Are you Tony Sheridan?” appear on the list of Documentary on One list.

As a League of Ireland fan, I immediately though of the mercurial Shelbourne legend of the mid nineties but unfortunately it turned about that the programmes was dedicated to another interesting Tony Sheridan, whom the Beatles were a backing band. You can find out about “the other Tony Sheridan” and ...

The slogan for the winning City of Culture bid had been "Just Say Yes!". Derry had been announced as the winning city on Thursday night and there was general euphoria home and abroad.

Friday dawned and it was the first trip of the season and a visit to a familiar haunting ground, Tolka Park. Working in Dublin now, this is particular a home game for me now! I spent the early morning in the dentist's chair, but unfortunately not in a Paul Gascoigne side, being filled full ...