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Premier League action on Saturday…23/02/2019

Jeff Hendrick retained his starting position and had a fine match for Burnley while Robbie Brady, having recovered from injury, replaced him for the final ten minutes as the ‘Clarets’ defeated  Tottenham Hotspur by two goals to one at Turf Moor in the Premier League early this Saturday afternoon. Matt Doherty and Wolverhampton Wanderers made the journey to face AFC Bournemouth at 3pm in the Vitality Stadium where a late equaliser earned them a point from a one all draw.

The Championship on Saturday…23/02/2019

Third place Leeds United included rumoured Ireland target Patrick Bamford in their starting eleven for the Championship visit of struggling Bolton Wanderers this Saturday afternoon and he converted a sixteenth minute penalty in their two one victory. Middlesbrough and Darren Randolph play host to QPR for whom Ryan Manning started this afternoon having spent the great majority of his time since his loan recall on the substitute bench. Manning was withdrawn at half-time and his side went down to a two nil defeat. Millwall included Shaun Williams in their starting eleven with Aiden O’Brien and Derby County loanee Alex Pearce unused on the substitute bench for the visit of Preston North End and their duo of Alan Browne and Sean Maguire. The visitors secured  a three one victory with Maguire scoring the third goal in front of watching Ireland manager Mick McCarthy. Current leaders Norwich City played host to Bristol City and Callum O’Dowda and secured a three two victory to retain top spot. O’Dowda scored  the second goal for the visitors.  Keiren Westwood and Sheffield Wednesday defeated visitors Swansea City by three goals to one at Hillsborough. With Ireland Assistant Manager Terry Connor in attendance, James McClean and Stoke City played out a one all draw with  misfiring Aston Villa who included Conor Hourihane and Glenn Whelan in their starting eleven. Anthony Pilkington and his Wigan Athletic colleagues drew one each with their visitors, basement side Ipswich Town who included Alan Judge and Will Keane in their starting eleven with Keane converting from the penalty spot. The 5.30pm kick-off featured fourth place West Bromwich Albion in opposition to second place Sheffield United for whom, John Egan, Enda Stevens and David McGoldrick started while Aston Villa loanee Scott Hogan was unused on the substitute bench as they secured a one nil victory. There was disappointment for Egan who was withdrawn through injury at half-time.

Airtricity Premier Division on Friday night…22/02/2019

Match series two in the Airtricity League Premier Division took place this Friday evening with Cork City going down to a two nil home defeat by Munster rivals Waterford in Turner’s Cross. Defending champions Dundalk journied to face promoted Finn Harps in Finn Park and were held to a one all draw. Derry City travelled to take on Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght Stadium where they suffered a two nil defeat. The Showgrounds was the venue for the meeting of Sligo Rovers and St Patrick’s Athletic which saw new host manager Liam Buckley face his former club and suffer disappointment as the visitors scored the only goal in added time. Promoted First Division champions UCD went down to a two nil defeat by Bohemian in the Bowl.   

Opening night in the Airtricity First Division…22/02/2019

The Airtricity League First Division commenced this Friday evening with all five contests kicking-off at 7.45pm. Athlone Town played host to Wexford FC and defeated their visitors by four goals to two. Cabinteely suffered a three nil home defeat by  local rivals Bray Wanderers at Stradbrook. Drogheda United crushed their visitors Cobh Ramblers by four goals to nil in United Park . Shelbourne recovered  from a two goal deficit against Galway United in Eamonn Deacy Park to secure a three two success while further South, Limerick and Longford Town played out a scoreless draw in the Markets Field. 

Friday night in the Premier League…22/02/2019

There was Premier League action this Friday night with Cardiff City suffering a crushing five one home defeat by visitors Watford. Harry Arter was in action for the hosts while Greg Cunningham, who has recently been excluded from the matchday squad, was unused on the substitute bench. Cyrus Christie was an unused substitute for  Fulham who went down to a three one defeat by West Ham United at the London Stadium.

UEFA Women’s European Championship draw…21/02/2019

The draw for the qualifying stage of the 2021 Women’s European Championship took place at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon this Thursday afternoon and sees the Republic of Ireland drawn in Group I alongside Germany, Ukraine, Greece, and Montenegro.
The first qualifying match is scheduled for Tuesday the 3rd September 2019 with Montenegro providing the opposition in Tallaght Stadium. Second seeds Ukraine will be the visitors to Tallaght for the second match on Tuesday the 8th October 2019 with a trip to Greece on Tuesday the 12th November 2019 completing the fixture schedule for this calendar year.
There are nine qualifying groups with the group winners and the three best runners-up qualifying automatically to join hosts England for the July 2021 Finals. The remaining six second place teams will contest a two leg play-off to determine the three remaining finalists.

EA Sports Cup First Round draw…20/02/2019

The draw for the first preliminary round of the 2019 EA Sports Cup was made today and produced the following ties which are set to take place at 7.45pm on the evening of Monday the 4th March 2019.
Athlone Town v Galway United
Bray Wanderers v Wexford FC
Cobh Ramblers v Limerick
Drogheda United v Cabinteely FC
Longford Town v Cockhill Celtic FC
Shelbourne v Bluebell United