Ireland will take on favourites Holland at the quarter-final stage of the 2018 UEFA U17 Championship at 7pm on Monday evening in the Chesterfield FC Stadium. The match will be shown live in Ireland on RTE 2 and online at RTE Player while UEFA.Com will also provide international coverage.
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Premier League finale on Sunday afternoon…13/05/2018
The 2018 Premier League concluded on Sunday afternoon with the final champions League and relegation spot defined. Liverpool crushed visitors Brighton & Hove Albion (Shane Duffy) to secure the champions league spot while a one nil defeat for Southampton (Shane Long) at home to Manchester City did not matter as Swansea City went down to a two one defeat at home to already relegated Stoke City to join them in the Championship next season. Burnley (Stephen Ward, Kevin Long, Jeff Hendrick) went down to a two one defeat at home to AFC Bournemouth while West Ham United (Declan Rice) defeated Everton (Seamus Coleman) by three goals to one.
Second Championship semi-final first leg on Saturday
The first leg of the second Championship semi-final play-off was played at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday afternoon with fifth place Middlesbrough (Darren Randolph) going down to the only goal for fourth place Aston Villa (Conor Hourihane, Scott Hogan, Glenn Whelan).
Airtricity League Premier Division – Friday…11/05/2018
Current Airtricity League Premier Division leaders Cork City made the lengthy journey to face fourth place Derry City in the Brandywell on Friday evening and secured a point with a scoreless draw. Second place Dundalk narrowed the gap to one point with a two one victory over Sligo Rovers in Oriel Park. Third place Waterford played out a one all draw with hosts Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght Stadium with the Carlisle Grounds meeting of Bray Wanderers and Bohemian going the way of the visitors by three goals to one. St Patrick’s Athletic scored the only goal to defeat hosts Limerick in the Markets Field.
Championship play-off first leg on Friday evening
The first leg of the first Championship semi-final play-off took place at Pride Park on Friday evening with Derby County (Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce) scoring the only goal to defeat visitors Fulham (Cyrus Christie). The second leg is set for Craven Cottage on Monday evening.
Premier League action on Thursday evening…10/05/2018
The Premier League continued on Thursday evening with young West Ham United defender Declan Rice continuing his role on the right side of a back three as his side played out a scoreless draw with visitors Manchester United in the London Stadium.
Martin O’Neill announces 40 man provisional squad
Manager Martin O’Neill has announced an extended forty man Republic of Ireland squad for the upcoming friendly contests against Glasgow Celtic, France and the USA. With Cyrus Christie, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Conor Hourihane, Scott Hogan, Glenn Whelan and Darren Randolph attached to clubs involved in the Championship play-offs, it was expected that some new names would appear in the preliminary squad and so it is with goalkeepers Ian Lawlor and Conor O’Malley together with U21 netminder Kieran O’Hara joined by midfielder Shaun Williams and strikers Graham Burke and Callum Robinson. The official paperwork relating to Robinson is not yet completed so he can only be available for the Scott Brown Testimonial against Glasgow Celtic.
John O’Shea yesterday confirmed his retirement from international football and he will skipper the side in his final appearance against the USA in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday the 2nd June.