Irish Football & League of Ireland News & Opinion
Goalkeeper Freddy Hall has left Limerick for “personal reasons” the club confirmed on Monday. The 32-year-old Bermuda international, joined the Shannonsiders in 2015 and spent three seasons at the club.
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The 2018 League of Ireland season gets under way on February 16 and what better way to whet your appetite than to watch the top two teams – Cork City and Dundalk – battle it out in the curtain-raiser?
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Limerick have appointed former Newcastle United and Everton player Neil McDonald as the club’s new manager. The 51-year-old succeeds Martin Russell at the Markets Field and joins on a two-and-a-half-year contract that will run until the end of the 2019 …
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Derry City manager Kenny Shiels has hit out the condition of the pitch at Eamonn Deacy Park after his side were held to a draw by Galway United on Monday. The Premier Division game ended 0-0 and Shiels believes that …
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The opening weeks of the 2017 League of Ireland season have conjured up some brilliant attacking displays and with that, plenty of goals. With so many crackers, it must have been difficult for the Soccer Republic team to whittle the …
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Each year, Dundalk lose one or two of their star players and each year someone steps up to the plate. Having lost Patrick Hoban in 2014 and Richie Towell in 2015, 2016 saw Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle depart Louth …
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Derry City pulled off a magnificent performance to beat reigning champions Dundalk on Monday, firmly thrusting themselves into the conversation on 2017 title contenders. But, while Derry’s on-field displays have been encouraging, off the field there is much to be …
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Martin O’Neill will be hoping to see something special when he attends the Carlisle Grounds on Monday for the League of Ireland clash between Bray Wanderers and Drogheda United. Just a matter of hours after announcing a 39-man provisional squad for …
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“If I could slap one person, who would it be? John Delaney.” Roddy Collins has a love/hate relationship with Irish football, where he has both experienced the euphoric highs of success and the sickening lows of humiliation. The Dubliner’s manner …
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Ireland’s oldest club has had an interesting few months, to put it mildly. From being unable to pay its amateur players so much as travel expenses last June and barely keeping the proverbial ship afloat through to the end of …
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