Cork face tricky trip to Limerick 37
Tue, May 13, 2008
FAI CUP DRAW CORK CITY will start their campaign to retain the Ford-sponsored FAI Cup with a trip to Limerick 37 a little over a month after knocking the first division outfit out of the League Cup thanks to goals from Neal Horgan and George O'Callaghan. p
Ramblers out of step
Mon, May 12, 2008NATIONAL LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION/Cobh Ramblers 0 Bohemians 1: BOHEMIANS TOOK full advantage of St Patrick's Athletic slip-up on Friday, going to Cobh on Saturday to become the first team to take away three points from St Colman's Park in 21 months. p
Drogheda’s superiority counts for nothing as resolute Bray hold out
Sat, May 10, 2008Bray Wanderers 1 Drogheda United 0 : AFTER A miserable start to the season, Bray's form of late has been quite something, with the Seasiders winning four and drawing one of five league outings before last night's visit by the champions. p
Students frustrate leaders
Sat, May 10, 2008St Patrick's Athletic 0 UCD 0 : ST PATRICK'S increased their lead at the top of the Premier Division table, but not by the three points they had hoped for as UCD held them to a draw in a game the home side dominated. p
Sammon leaps to Derry’s rescue
Sat, May 10, 2008A CONTROVERSIAL Conor Sammon header 14 minutes from time secured Derry City a well-earned point after a 1-1 draw with Shamrock Rovers in Tolka Park. p
Parkhouse earns point for Harps
Sat, May 10, 2008Galway United 2 Finn Harps 2 : STEPHEN PARKHOUSE struck from 25 yards to give Finn Harps their first point in seven Premier Division games as they shared the spoils with fellow strugglers Galway United at Terryland Park last night. p
Mooney shoots down luckless Sligo
Sat, May 10, 2008Cork City1 Sligo Rovers 0 : CORK CITY were well worth their win at Turner's Cross last night, but will have to work on their final product if they are to continue to lift themselves up the table. p
Kavanagh enjoying new role
Fri, May 9, 2008NATIONAL LEAGUE: HAD BIRMINGHAM City not been promoted last summer then Paddy Kavanagh might have felt he had a long-term future at the club but they were and "Steve Bruce said he wanted to buy big after that," he recalls. So the Dubliner returned home and joined Bray where, after the month he's just had, Eddie Gormley must be rather glad to have him just now. p
Fahey in form as leaders pull away
Mon, May 5, 2008St Patrick's Athletic 3 Cork City 2: MEMORIES OF the mid-season jitters suffered by St Patrick's Athletic last year are bound to provide plenty of encouragement to the chasing pack in the weeks, perhaps in the months, ahead. p
Scully describes display as 'beyond pathetic'
Mon, May 5, 2008Sligo Rovers 3 Shamrock Rovers 2: SHAMROCK ROVERS manager Pat Scully described his team's performance in their 3-2 defeat at the showgrounds on Saturday night as "beyond pathetic", adding, "We were soft, weak, making the same mistakes, unprofessional and we are killing ourselves. Our two goals were decent efforts but their three goals were embarrassing . . . A lot of people are hiding, we are in a bad situation and continue to struggle," he said. p
Brennan rescues point for Bohemians
Sat, May 3, 2008SOCCER LEAGUE OF IRELAND PREMIER DIVISION UCD ... 1 McWalter 76 Bohemians ... 1 Brennan 78 pen p
Sports News Champions edge past Finn Harps
Sat, May 3, 2008Drogheda Utd ... 1 Hughes 43 Finn Harps ... 0 p
Rowe stretches Bray's run
Sat, May 3, 2008Bray Wanderers 1 Cobh Ramblers 0: GERARD ROWE'S superb headed goal stretched Bray's unbeaten run to five games, and a points haul of 13, to move Eddie Gormley's side up to fifth place in the table. p
Soccer: League of Ireland Preview
Fri, May 2, 2008AS IF they scarcely need to tempt fate, even at this early stage of the season, given they've not scored a goal in 515 minutes in losing their last five games, Finn Harps' press release for tonight's trip to face champions Drogheda United felt the need to note that the last time they visited United Park a 2-0 defeat saw them relegated after one season back in the top flight. p
Kenna earns first point
Sat, May 3, 2008Derry City 0 Galway United 0: JEFF KENNA earned his first league point with a deserved draw at the Brandywell last night. p
St Patrick’s grind out win to go four clear
Mon, Apr 28, 2008Shamrock Rovers 0 St Patrick's Athletic 1: IN HIS more high-profile position of team manager at the club over a 10-year period, Brian Kerr, St Patrick's director of football, was fully conscious of the need to do well in the Dublin derbies if the league was to be won. p
Bohemians forced to settle for a point at Dalymount Park
Sat, Apr 26, 2008Bohemians 0 Derry City 0: FOR MUCH of the 90 minutes this proved an interesting example of the great chasm that can sometimes exist between footballing theory and practice: the former being that when two attack-minded sides like these get together a belter should result, the latter being that sometimes, no matter how lofty the respective aspirations, two good teams can do no more than cancel each other out. p
Drogheda find form to end Cork's run
Sat, Apr 26, 2008Cork City 0 Drogheda United 2: TEN-MAN Cork City's saw their 10-match unbeaten league run come to an end in an exciting tie at Turner's Cross last night. p
Ramblers fail to break down resilient students
Sat, Apr 26, 2008Cobh Ramblers 0 UCD 0: TWO POTENTIAL relegation sides cancelled each other out at St Colman's Park last night. Save for a few good chances, this contest was ultimately frustrating. p
Rowe's late winner earns Bray full points
Sat, Apr 26, 2008Galway United 2 Bray Wanderers 3: JEFF KENNA'S managerial reign at Galway United began in frustrating fashion when they lost out to Bray Wanderers in a five-goal thriller last night at Terryland Park. p
Almeida heads Sligo in the right direction
Sat, Apr 26, 2008Finn Harps 0 Sligo Rovers 1: SLIGO ROVERS won the north-west derby at Finn Park last night to continue their rise up the table while Finn Harps have now lost five in a row. p
Bohemians to face up to home truths against Derry
Fri, Apr 25, 2008SOCCER/LEAGUE OF IRELAND PREVIEWS: THOUGH WINNING your home games and picking up points on the road may be a professed recipe for success, you sense Bohemians would be hoping for a reversal of fortune soon. p
Gavin dismissive of All-Ireland League proposal
Thu, Apr 24, 2008LEAGUE OF IRELAND NEWS: LEAGUE OF Ireland director Fran Gavin yesterday dampened down speculation on an All-Ireland league by insisting the current Participation Agreement would run its five-year term. p
When Rovers began wandering
Wed, Apr 23, 2008FROM THE ARCHIVES April 13th, 1987: Peter Byrne reports on Shamrock Rovers' last game at Milltown: a drawn FAI Cup semi-final second leg with Sligo Rovers p
Bohemians' powerbrokers need to build on firm foundations
Tue, Apr 22, 2008ON SOCCER: THAT OLD chestnut about poachers turned gamekeepers could pretty much have been thought up for the pair driving things at Bohemians these days. p
Bohemians draw Rhyl in Intertoto
Mon, Apr 21, 2008Bohemians will face Welsh Premier side Rhyl in the first round of the Intertoto Cup after the draw was made in Switzerland today.
UCD dump St Pat's out of cup
Mon, Apr 21, 2008UCD 2 St Patrick's Athletic 0 : A depleted St Patrick's Athletic came unstuck at Belfield this evening, suffering just their second defeat of the season as they were knocked out of the eircom League Cup.
Kenna named new Galway manager
Mon, Apr 21, 2008Former Blackburn Rovers and Republic of Ireland defender Jeff Kenna will replace sacked manager Tony Cousins at Galway United.
Injury-time penalty gives Bohemians all the points
Mon, Apr 21, 2008Drogheda United 1 Bohemians 2: A DRAMATIC finish saw Bohemians take all three points from a game that appeared to be heading for a draw. As the clock ticked into the fifth minute of additional time Drogheda goalkeeper Jamie Ewings felled Glen Crowe in the box and referee Alan Kelly pointed straight to the penalty spot. p
Galway fans in the spotlight
Mon, Apr 21, 2008Sligo Rovers 3 Galway United 0: GALWAY UNITED supporters came under fire at the Showground on Saturday night for allegedly hurtling abuse at one of their team's players. p
All-Ireland league can stop haemorrhaging
Sat, Apr 19, 2008SETANTA SPORTS CUP FALLOUT There is no evidence to support the view that games involving teams from North and South will bring violence to our towns, says Fintan Drury p
St Patrick's win but fail to impress
Sat, Apr 19, 2008St Patrick's Athletic 1 Cobh Ramblers 0 AGAINST LINFIELD in midweek finishing was the problem for St Patrick's, but here they barely got started against a Cobh Ramblers side that battled hard late on for an equaliser but never quite got the break they required in a decidedly poor game. p
Cawley penalty ends Derry's run
Sat, Apr 19, 2008Bray Wanderers 1 Derry City 0 ALAN CAWLEY scored from the penalty spot for the second week running to earn Bray a morale-boosting win as Derry finished with 10 men at the Carlisle ground. p
Ammond makes late intervention
Sat, Apr 19, 2008Shamrock Rovers 1 UCD 1 PÁDRAIG AMMOND saved Rovers from defeat at Tolka Park last night, his 88th minute strike averting a hat-trick of losses for Pat Scully's men. p
Cork keep their good run going
Sat, Apr 19, 2008Cork City 3 Finn Harps 0 A STRAIGHTFORWARD win at Turner's Cross last night for Cork means a good run gets better while alarm bells must surely start ringing in Donegal. p
Cobh face daunting trip to Richmond Park
Fri, Apr 18, 2008AFTER A GOOD win over Shamrock Rovers at St Colman's Park last week, Cobh Ramblers resume their search for some points away from home with Stephen Henderson's side facing the slightly daunting task of taking something from Richmond Park if they are to break their duck. p
Tynan to leave Cork City office
Fri, Apr 18, 2008CORK CITY have confirmed general manager Aidan Tynan will move on from the club "to pursue other business interests" as soon as a successor has been found. p
Linfield and St Patrick's criticise media
Thu, Apr 17, 2008BOTH CLUBS involved in Tuesday's Setanta Sports Cup match at Richmond Park were critical yesterday of some of the media coverage of the event at which six people - four from north of the border and two from Dublin were arrested. p
Ireland likely to have to wait on Given
Wed, Apr 16, 2008
SOCCER: FAI OFFICIALS are likely to make contact with Newcastle United over the coming days in order to clarify whether Shay Given will be available to travel to Portugal with the Irish squad in the wake of confirmation from Kevin Keegan yesterday that the goalkeeper will not play for the club again this season. p
St Patrick's secure win despite themselves at Richmond Park
Wed, Apr 16, 2008SETANTA CUP St Patrick's Athletic 2 Linfield 0: SOME MINOR altercations between stewards and travelling fans that resulted in a handful of arrests outside Richmond Park before last night's game were followed by a contest that might well have yielded a real hiding for the Northerners. p
