The Club, at our AGM, confirmed Acquired Brain Injury Ireland and Cystic Fibrosis Ireland as our joint nominated charities for the club year ending on 30 June 2019. The Club will seek to raise funds through our meeting raffles, voluntary donations and of course our Annual Charity Quiz Event which is scheduled for Friday the 25th January 2019.
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Sunday afternoon in the Championship…05/08/2018
Beloved of Irish rugby icon Tony Ward, Leeds United commenced their new Championship season with an accomplished three one victory over Stoke City at Elland Road on Sunday afternoon. The visitors included summer signing James McClean in their side and while the Derry man expounded the maximum of commitment and energy, his technical shortcomings limited his impact, save for the run and cross which helped create the penalty situation from which the ‘Potters’ scored their goal.
Championship season continued on Saturday afternoon…04/08/2018
The 2018/19 Championship season continued on Saturday afternoon with Bristol City (Callum O’Dowda) playing out a one all draw with Nottingham Forest for whom international retiree Daryl Murphy scored at Ashton Gate.
Newly promoted Blackburn Rovers (Daragh Lenihan, Derrick Williams) secured a two all draw at Ipswich Town while The Den hosted the two all draw between Millwall (Aiden O’Brien, Shaun Williams) and Middlesbrough (Darren Randolph) with O’Brien opening the scoring on twelve minutes.
Preston North End quartet midfielder Alan Browne scored the only goal on fifty minutes against visitors QPR for whom Ryan Manning was a second half substitute. Callum Robinson started with Daryl Horgan a seventieth minute substitute for the ‘Lilywhites’ and Graham Burke unused on the bench.
The late kick-off featured Sheffield United (Enda Stevens, John Egan) who went down to a two one defeat by visitors Swansea City.
Airtricity League action on Friday evening…03/08/2018
There were four Airtricity League Premier Division contests played on Friday evening with the Munster clash of third place Waterford and second place Cork City at the Regional Sports Centre catching the eye as the visitors returned to the summit of the table with a two one success.
Unpredictable Derry City went down to a two one defeat by Sligo Rovers at the Brandywell in a prelude to their EA Sports Cup semi-final meeting in the Showgrounds on Monday afternoon. Bohemian trounced Limerick by five goals to nil in Dalymount Park while Richmond Park was the setting for St Patrick’s Athletic’s three nil deferat of visitors Bray Wanderers.
New Championship season kicks-off on Friday evening…03/08/2018
The 2018/19 Championship season commenced on Friday evening with Reading (Paul McShane, David Meyler, John O’Shea) playing host to Derby County (Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce) who came from behind to secure a two one victory at the Madejski Stadium.
Dundalk crash out of Europa League…02/08/2018
Following their scoreless draw in the home first leg, Dundalk suffered a crushing four nil defeat by AEK Larnaca of Cyprus in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League second round tie to exit the competition on Thursday afternoon in Larnaca. Also in second round action were Burnley who go through to the third round following victory over Aberdeen. The contest ended level in regular time at one goal each with the hosts scoring twice in extra-time to set up a meeting with Basaksehir of Turkey. Stephen Ward started for the ‘Clarets’ with Jeff Hendrick joining the fray for the second period of extra-time while Kevin Long was an unused substitute. Tommie Hoban started for the visiting ‘Dons’ with Chris Forrester introduced at the same time as Hendrick. Stephen Gleeson was an unused substitute.
Cork City to face Rosenborg in Europa League
Cork City will face Rosenberg of Norway in the third qualifying round of the Europa League with the first leg set for Turner’s Cross at 7.45pm on Thursday the 9th August and the second leg seven days later in Trondheim.
Dundalk in Europa League second round action…02/08/2018
Following their scoreless draw in the home first leg, Dundalk take on AEK Larnaca of Cyprus in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League second round tie at 4.30pm on Thursday afternoon in Larnaca. The winners will meet the losers of the Champions League tie between Ajax (Holland) and Sturm Graz (Austria) with the Dutch side holding a two nil advantage from the home first leg.
Also in second round second leg action will be Burnley (Jeff Hendrick, Kevin Long, Jon Walters, Stephen Ward) and Aberdeen (Tommie Hoban, Stephen Gleeson, Chris Forrester) who played out a one all first leg draw at Pittodrie last week.