sligoman
04/09/2006, 4:23 PM
France legend Michel Platini will assist at Wednesday evening’s draw for the quarter-finals of this season’s FAI Carlsberg Cup:eek:.
The draw, which will be screened live on RTE’s Six-One News, takes place at the Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Club.
Platini is in Ireland in a bid to learn English in preparation for his challenge for the Uefa presidency next year.
The 51-year-old won 72 senior caps for France in an 11-year international career, and remains his country’s highest scorer with 41 goals.
The FAI Carlsberg Cup quarter-finals include five Premier Division sides, two from the First Division as well as Leinster Senior League outfit Killester United, who received a bye to the last eight following the demise of Dublin City during the summer.
Derry City are the bookmakers’ favourites – the Candystripes are still in the running for a domestic treble of League, Cup and League Cup, while they can also look forward to a Uefa Cup first round date with Platini’s countrymen, Paris St Germain, later in September.
FAI Carlsberg Cup quarter-final participants:
Athlone Town
Derry City
Killester United
Longford Town
St Patrick’s Athletic
Shamrock Rovers
Sligo Rovers
UCD
http://www.eleven-a-side.com/faicup/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=24317
The draw, which will be screened live on RTE’s Six-One News, takes place at the Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Club.
Platini is in Ireland in a bid to learn English in preparation for his challenge for the Uefa presidency next year.
The 51-year-old won 72 senior caps for France in an 11-year international career, and remains his country’s highest scorer with 41 goals.
The FAI Carlsberg Cup quarter-finals include five Premier Division sides, two from the First Division as well as Leinster Senior League outfit Killester United, who received a bye to the last eight following the demise of Dublin City during the summer.
Derry City are the bookmakers’ favourites – the Candystripes are still in the running for a domestic treble of League, Cup and League Cup, while they can also look forward to a Uefa Cup first round date with Platini’s countrymen, Paris St Germain, later in September.
FAI Carlsberg Cup quarter-final participants:
Athlone Town
Derry City
Killester United
Longford Town
St Patrick’s Athletic
Shamrock Rovers
Sligo Rovers
UCD
http://www.eleven-a-side.com/faicup/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=24317