Dedicated to the League of Ireland
By Michael Hayes (@thegegenpress)
The floodlights catch the swirling rain in the night sky above Turner’s Cross. This is no evening for the fair-weather fan, but since when has this been the type of place for the bandwagon brigade anyway? Continue reading “Pilgrimage to the Cross”
By Philip O’Rourke (@effect_phil)
When you hear the name Kilkenny, you automatically think of hurling. It’s like hearing the word wet and thinking water. But what about the other sports that play second fiddle down in the Marble County? A county that once played host to a League of Ireland club for years, unfortunately does not anymore. With a mixed history of highs and lows, here is the story of Kilkenny City AFC. Continue reading “Forgotten Clubs – Kilkenny City AFC”
By Philip O’Rourke (@effect_phil)
They say there is two sides to every story, well in the case of Cork football there are eleven, and I’m about to tell the story of the second one. I got the side of Cork Hibernians FC in my previous article and it painted a picture of just how big the derby game between them and Cork Celtic FC was back in the 60’s and 70’s. Now it’s time to get the point of view from Cork Celtic FC and see if it really was a big deal to them as it was to Cork Hibernians supporters. Continue reading “Forgotten Clubs – Cork Celtic”
Despite my love of all things Dundalk I have to say it is great to see other teams challenging them in the race for this years League title. Continue reading “The Dermot Keely Column”
By Philip O’Rourke (@effect_phil)
I’ve seen and read a lot of articles recently about how we could promote the League of Ireland and how we can attract more people to games and take them away from their arm chairs from watching football on their TV screens. Continue reading “All-Ireland League? Yes or No?”
By Philip O’Rourke (@effect_phil)
Nothing lasts forever, and sometimes that includes a football club. Unfortunately, over the many years that football has been played on this island, 39 clubs have fallen to this fate (some have been connected in some way or another). The cruel realties of financial restraint, lack of facilities or even in some cases lack of support have resulted in our league only having twenty football clubs currently playing in the Premier and First Division respectfully. Continue reading “Forgotten Clubs – Cork Hibernians”
First of all I’d like to apologise to all the holiday-makers who came into Keely’s Bar in Lanzarote to watch the recent League of Ireland matches which we are usually in a position to stream. Unfortunately due to an “upgrading” of the 1XBet.com site these matches were not available. Continue reading “The Dermot Keely Column”
This Friday night Bray Wanderers will play their first home league game of the season, when they take on fellow relegated side Limerick FC at the Carlisle Grounds. Continue reading “Bray unveil ‘Access Is For All’ initiative ahead of home opener”
By Gerard Mulreaney (@gerardmulreaney)
Athlone Town kicked of their season with a win, on their brand spanking new AstroTurf pitch, in a highly entertaining 4-2 victory over Wexford FC on Friday night. Continue reading “Athlone Town start off with a win”
Little did Cobh Ramblers know that when they left Cobh on Friday that it would take 5 and a half hours, when it’s normally a 3 hour drive, for them to get to United Park in Drogheda. Their hired bus amazingly broke down on four separate occasions, three on the way up and once on the way home. Continue reading “Difficult opening night for Hendo and his side as delay hurts their preparation”