The UEFA Nations League draw was finalized on Thursday evening ahead of a busy year on the international football scene. Before any names were plucked out of the hat (or any redraws had to be conducted…), an ideal group on paper for Ireland would have potentially looked like Iceland, Finland and maybe Armenia? It was…
A perfect hat-trick by Matty Smith has secured European football for St Pats – ending three years without playing competitively on the continent – as the Inchicore club ran comprehensive winners at a rainy Bishopgate.
By Gerard Browne
There was late drama at Dalymount Park as Georgie Kelly converted an injury-time penalty to rescue a point for Bohemians against Dundalk.
Athlone Town’s slim play-off ambitions took a further dent as they drew 1-1 away to Shelbourne at Tolka Park last night.
In stoppage time Andrew Omobamidele picked the ball up in Serbia’s half and unleashed a spectacular shot which was arrowing towards the top corner only for Serbian keeper Predrag Rajkovic to get a hand on it. If that had gone in, it would have been the 19-year-old’s name and face on the front of the…
August 26th Europa Conference League Dublin man Graham Carey scored after just six minutes in the second-leg clash between CSKA Sofia and Viktoria Plzen. Carey beat the keeper at his near post with a thunderous strike to give his team the lead in a game where Sofia completed a comeback in extra-time to progress into…
August 19th Europa Conference League Last Thursday saw four Irish players feature in the Europa Conference League qualification stage. Josh Cullen’s Anderlecht drew 3-3 with Vitesse (who defeated Dundalk in the previous round). And there was a trio of first-leg defeats for Matt Doherty, Johnny Hayes and Graham Carey at their respective clubs Spurs, Aberdeen…
August 14th English Premier League Last weekend marked the return of the Premier League, but more importantly the return of Shane Duffy to the Brighton backline. After a disappointing spell at Celtic last season, the Irishman put in a ‘Man of the Match’ display in Albion’s 2-1 win over Burnley. It was also a momentous…
Goals from Robbie Benson, Matty Smith and Ronan Coughlan helped St Pat’s to a much needed, but deserved win over Longford Town at Bishopsgate last tonight.
With the return of action in League of Ireland this weekend after the summer break, we grade each Premier Division team season to date.