Pretty unique week for the Airtricity League with all 20 teams in action tonight. Here’s what you should look out for in week 12 of the Airtricity League 1) Will Sligo Rovers get back to winning away games and remain on top of the league? Sligo Rovers started the season with 4 straight away wins including impressive wins in Derry and Dundalk. They lost the 5th game away to St Pat’s an... »
In Friday night’s live TV Airtricity League game between Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians, we had a strong contender for worst refereeing decision of the season. Less than two weeks after Tom Connolly gave Pats a penalty in Drogheda for this, Neil Doyle awarded Shamrock Rovers a penalty for this to overtake him. As RTE commentator on the night Brian Kerr said; “It hit him in the mush!R... »
Plenty of ups and downs in week 11 of the Airtricity League. Here’s our take-aways. 1) Summer football is a myth Last night’s game between Sligo Rovers and Dundalk was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Sligo’s pitch is always one of the league’s best but severe rain gave the referee no option to call it off. With FAI and League Cup ties in the next forthnight and Champ... »
10 games in the Airtricity League this weekend, including the return of live games on RTE2. Here’s our pick of the weekend storylines to follow. 1) Can Dundalk join the title race and beat Sligo Rovers? Dundalk are currently sitting in 4th position, only 6 points behind leaders Sligo Rovers. While Rovers have won only 1 of their last 5 games, Dundalk have won 4 of their last 5. Those 12 po... »
This is a photo of Derry City’s Barry McNamee being presented with the Airtricity player of the month award for April by a very young looking Airtricity employee. Who knew they took the phrase junior executive so seriously? »
Week 10 of the Airtricity League doesn’t finish until tomorrow evening, but here’s our pick of the weekend’s story lines. 1) Shamrock Rovers win the first Trophy of the Year As you can see from the highlights above, Shamrock Rovers thumped Drogheda UnIted 7-1 to win the Setanta Sports Cup on Saturday. It was a thoroughly impressive showing from the Tallaght side and if they can r... »
Last night Shelbourne’s Brian Shortall was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Dundalk’s Tiarnan Mulvenna. Today Mulvenna showed his scar off on twitter with a little barb at Shortall. Shortall responded. The scars indicate he was hit by something anyway Shortall’s red card was Shels’ fifth of the season. Well on the way to reaching our pre-season prediction of a ... »
Great picture of a Rainbow at Dalymount Park over Cork City’s Denis Behan as he celebrates his equaliser against Bohemians from the penalty spot. Behan struck in the 41st minute after Bohs had taken the lead earlier in the first half. Cork youngster Danny Morrissey scored the winner in the 80th minute to give Cork a vital 3 points. Picture credit: Brian Lawless / SPORTSFILE »
A real mixed bag this week with 2 league games moving to Tuesday because of Saturday’s Setanta Sports Cup final. Here’s our pick of the storylines to follow. 1) Who will win the Setanta Sports Cup? The first trophy of the LOI season is handed out tomorrow as Shamrock Rovers play Drogheda United in the Setanta Sports Cup final in Tallaght Stadium (TV: Setanta Ireland, 3pm). Rovers have... »
The first series ended, the second series began. Here’s the take-aways from a very busy weekend of Airtricity League action. 1) Sligo Rovers are still the team to beat Thanks to a draw in Tallaght on Friday night, Sligo Rovers ended the first series of games behind Derry City on goal difference. That draw marked the first time under Ian Baraclough that Sligo had gone 3 games without a win.... »
This Bank Holiday weekend is huge for so many teams in the Airtricity League. Friday sees the end of the first series in the Premier Division and Monday sees the start of the second. 16 games and for many, it’s time to move. We look at the pick of the storylines to follow. 1) Can Sligo Rovers re-stamp their authority on the League? Barring goal difference at the start of this season, Sligo... »
Dundalk beat Cork City 2-0 last Friday night and they took the lead with just a quarter of an hour left through this great strike from John Mountney. »
Another topsy-turvy week in the Airtricity League saw goals and incidents galore. Here’s our pick of the week’s take aways. 1) Shamrock Rovers are in trouble. Back in week 4 we joked that some Rovers fans were being a little premature with criticism of Trevor Croly. In the 5 games that followed they thumped Bray 7-0, drew with Limerick and Drogheda and now have lost the last 2 too. ... »
Another big week in the Airtricity League, here’s our pick of the best storylines to follow. 1) Can Derry City top the league table tonight? Derry City are the form team in the LOI with 6 consecutive wins and travel to Inchicore to play Pats knowing a win there will put them top of the Airtricity League. (If only temporarily with Sligo playing on Saturday). The league’s top scorers, w... »
