There Are Clear Signs That The Shamrock Rovers Revival Is Finally Underway
If there’s one thing Shamrock Rovers can’t be accused of, it’s lacking in confidence. Regardless of their somewhat patchy form or poor recent record in Europe, the Hoops will have gone to Iceland this...
View ArticleDone Deal: Cork City’s Kevin O’Connor Follows Sean Maguire To The Championship
Cork City defender Kevin O’Connor has become the latest League of Ireland star to depart for England. The 22-year-old will follow City teammate Sean Maguire in moving to Championship side Preston North...
View ArticleWatch: Dundalk’s Patrick McEleney Scores Yet Another Screamer Against Bray...
undalkDundalk midfielder Patrick McEleney continued his amazing run of form with a brilliant strike against Bray Wanderers on Friday night. On his day, the 24-year-old former Derry City man is one of...
View ArticleQuestions Over Short-Term Future Of Bray Wanderers Following Latest Development
Bray Wanderers look to be a club in turmoil at present, following the events of recent days. The Seagulls have enjoyed a promising start to the season, currently placed third in the League of Ireland...
View ArticleDone Deal: Cork City Confirm The Signing Of Ex-Ireland Under-21 International
Premier Division favourites Cork City have begun the task of bolstering their squad for the title run-in with the signing of Kieran Sadlier from Sligo Rovers. With Sean Maguire and Kevin O’Connor...
View ArticlePFAI Chief On Bray Situation: ‘We’ve Wandered From One Issue To Another’
Following the emergence of financial difficulties at Bray Wanderers in the last number of days, PFAI general secretary Stephen McGuinness spoke to RTÉ’s Tony O’Donoghue about the escalating situation...
View ArticleThe Mixer: Bray Wanderers Owners’ Actions Have Tarnished The League Of Ireland
The main topic of conversation on this week’s Mixer Irish Football Podcast was the developing crisis at Bray Wanderers. The Premier Divison side have been thrown into turmoil over the past week, first...
View ArticleAn Ireland Under-23 Squad Made Up Of League Of Ireland Stars
The League of Ireland season has seen a number of youngsters emerge or further establish themselves. Sean Maguire and Kevin O’Connor are the latest in a line of Ireland-based players to make the move...
View ArticleBray Wanderers Chairman Comes Out Fighting In The Midst Of Financial Crisis
Bray Wanderers chairman Denis O’Connor has claimed that the financial crisis engulfing the club has been resolved (for now at least). Without going into specifics (aside from simply saying that outside...
View ArticleSean Maguire Has A Message For Martin O’Neill Following European Heroics
With 18 goals to his name domestically, and having just broken Cork City’s European goalscoring record, Sean Maguire has unsurprisingly been singled out as the League of Ireland’s brightest shining...
View ArticlePundit Arena League Of Ireland Team Of The Month: June 2017
Cork City’s seemingly unstoppable march towards the Premier Division title continued in June, including a comprehensive 3-0 defeat of Dundalk in their own back yard. Stephen Kenny’s side had been in a...
View ArticleWatch: Sean Boyd Almost Pulls Off Screamer In Rovers’ Pre-Season Friendly...
Celtic have been ramping up their preparations for the new season this week with a series of friendlies across Europe. Brendan Rodgers’ side are this afternoon taking on Shamrock Rovers in the...
View ArticleEx-Cork City Boss Pat Dolan Talks Up John Caulfield And Sean Maguire’s...
Former Cork City manager Pat Dolan has singled out free-scoring Sean Maguire for praise following Cork City’s Europa League success last week, Maguire was instrumental in Cork City’s 4-2 win over...
View ArticleDundalk’s Patrick McEleney Wins Player Of The Month Award
Cork City have for the first time this term not had one of their players claim the SSE Airtricity/SWAI Player of the Month award, with Sean Maguire, Conor McCormack and Ryan Delaney receiving the...
View ArticleJohn Caulfield Hints At Anti-Cork Bias For Mark McNulty’s Lack Of Ireland...
Cork City manager John Caulfield believes that Mark McNulty would have been handed an Ireland call-up by now if he hadn’t spent his whole career playing in Cork. The City boss went out of his way to...
View ArticleThe Mixer: Owen Heary On How He ‘Absolutely Loved’ Playing In Europe
Finishing his playing days with seven Premier Division winners’ medals to his name as well as the 2001/02 PFAI Players’ Player of the Year gong, Owen Heary is rightly considered a League of Ireland...
View ArticlePeople Were Mightily Impressed With Dundalk’s Performance Against Rosenborg
Dundalk will travel to Trondheim next week with everything to play for after a 1-1 draw against Rosenborg at Oriel Park in Wednesday night’s Champions League second round qualifier first leg. After...
View ArticleDundalk Could Face Celtic In Next Round Of The Champions League
The draw for the Champions League third qualifying round has taken place, and Celtic will face League fo Ireland champions Dundalk should the pair reach the next phase. Neither side is yet there of...
View ArticleThe Bray Wanderers Mess Is Far From Over As Players Drop Bombshell Statement
If Denis O’Connor thought that his announcement last week that everything was rosy in the garden of Bray, he had another thing coming. The Seagulls chairman insisted that, following the nightmarish...
View ArticleWatch: Drogheda Utd’s Sean Russell Rattles In A Goal Of The Season Contender
In a League of Ireland season rife with Goal of the Season contenders (most of which are from Patrick McEleney, if we’re being honest) Drogheda United’s debutant Sean Russell has rifled in in his own...
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