The FAI Cup semi-final with Dundalk is now sold out. 

No more tickets will be available for home fans unless we  receive returns from Dundalk FC which we do not expect to.

Cash will not be accepted at the gate.

Biggest Showgrounds attendance in over five years. Let’s hear you 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️

Ahead of Sunday’s FAI Cup tie with Dundalk in The Showgrounds, we ask all fans to read the regulations as they may differ to normal match days.

Ticket availability:

We currently have 50 tickets left as of Thursday afternoon. These are only available from The Showgrounds offices, 10am to 3pm.

We will have no tickets available on matchday unless we receive returns from Dundalk FC.

We will advise over the weekend but we do not expect to receive any.

Parking:

The Showgrounds car park and Nazareth House car park will quickly fill up as well as street parking. Anyone arriving after 4pm should not expect to park locally and possibly earlier.

Summerhill College have confirmed free parking for Sunday including the top car park beside the old sports hall. Please respect the school grounds

There is also free parking in Sligo town car parks on Sunday, but be aware of the private car parks which do charge.

Gates opening and seating:

Gates will open at 3pm. Please do not queue onto the road and move towards the footpath.

Match tickets are unreserved seating and only the Treacy Avenue and Railway End stands are for home fans. The Jinks’ Avenue Stand is for Dundalk FC as per FAI guideline.

A large part of Block H (closest to the Railway End) of the Treacy Avenue Stand is being saved for Forza Rovers. This is the designated singing area so this is not an area for small children. Note the Forza Rovers fans will stand during the game.

Please note that some seating has been reserved by the club for media, guests and others. These include the back row beside the large press box and the back row below the small press box. There are also reserved seats for Sligo Rovers matchday personnel, volunteers and staff needed to fulfill club obligations so please respect where a seat is marked reserved.

We strictly advise that no seat is guaranteed. 

Please do not hold multiple seats for fans arriving later. The game is a total sellout so every seat is needed and please be willing to move up or down a seat so that everyone can have a seat.

We will confirm when the Treacy Avenue stand is full on the day. After this please proceed to the Railway End or standing areas. There is to be no standing in aisles of the Treacy Avenue Stand.

Members section – the middle section of the main stand is for club members only. Non-members should not try to access this section.

Online tickets:

A large volume of tickets have been bought online. We expect this to add time to entering the ground and please be wary there will be longer wait time than usual.

Please respect our volunteers and staff.

• Please download your ticket/s and print them or have it available on your phone on match day. It is essential you have the ticket available to scan, be it paper or on your phone, or entry will not be granted. 

• All tickets will be scanned at entry. Please be patient and wait for the turnstile operator to scan all tickets and arrive early on the day to ensure wait time is limited.  Hundreds of tickets have to be scanned, please queue and wait for our scanners.   

• Ticket scanners will be accompanied by a steward who will ask for relevant ID for concessions. Sligo Rovers reserve the right to refuse admission without relevant ID for concessions. This will be strictly imposed.

• Please use our social media channels for queries, we will happily answer your all questions.

Half-time:

Fans leaving at half-time will be not re-admitted. This will be strictly imposed. No fans without a ticket will be allowed enter at half-time.

Entry to the main offices for tea and coffee is for club officials and volunteers only. All others should go to the clubhouse. Please do not abuse this service.

Full-time:

Please exit slowly and do not rush. Fans at the Railway End should in particular not rush out. 

Enjoy the game and get behind the #bitored

Sligo Rovers wish to advise supporters that tickets can no longer be purchased online as the game is about to sell out.

The remaining tickets are on sale on Wednesday and Thursday 10am to 3pm in The Showgrounds.

The club will announce when the game is sold out. After that, the only possible available tickets will be if any are returned from Dundalk FC but this is unlikely.

The #bitored have worked with six primary schools in the region over the last two weeks, in conjunction with a poster competition developed by the club.

We asked children to design our match poster for our home league game with Shamrock Rovers next month, in schools such as Ransboro, Scoil Ursula, Rathcormac, St. Johns, The Mercy Primary and Carraroe.

The competition was aimed at children in third, fourth, fifth and sixth class respectively.

The club received over 300 entries to the competition, with the club picking a winner in each classroom and presenting them with a small prize from the club.

The club then picked an outright winner from each respective school, with these final six drawings now going to public vote to decide which design will be used as our match poster next month.

To show our appreciation to every child who entered the competition, the club have committed to displaying every entry to the competition in the ground on the night of the game against Shamrock Rovers on October 5^th.

The outright winner of the competition will be invited to the game with their family as VIPs, receive a signed match poster and match day programme from the club, be introduced to the crowd at half time and will also get their picture taken on the night for local media.

Below are the finalists for the competition, the child’s name, age and school listed also. Voting will be open for 24 hours and the winner will be contacted on Thursday.

Vote for your winner here.

Tickets for the FAI Cup semi-final with Dundalk will be on sale again from 10.30am in The Showgrounds on Monday.

Sales will finish at 5pm.

A handful of concession/kids tickets will be sold from the beginning of the day that were reserved for anyone that missed the pre-sale and were eligible but these will quickly sell.

From there on, it will only be adults tickets remaining. These tickets can be used to admit any age.

We wish to point out we have sold a large amount of concession tickets and gave ample time for fans to get these tickets and as this is an “all-ticket” game there is a limited amount of each variety.

Tickets can be purchased 24/7 on www.sligorovers.com/match-tickets

Dundalk fans can buy from their club with details on their website.

We expect the game to sell out later in the week

Sligo Rovers can confirm the club will host a 25^th anniversary celebration for the 1994 FAI Cup winning side on Friday 1^st November in the Clayton Hotel.

Willie McStay and members of the 1994 team will be guests at the dinner dance event which will include a complimentary drinks reception, two course meal with tea/coffee, music and more.

Among the guests confirmed so far are Eddie Annand, Riccardo Gabbiadini, Mark McLean, David Reid and Gerry Carr.

The night will also coincide with the Player of the Year awards for this season, from senior to underage and women’s team.

The awards will be presented on the night.

Sligo Rovers legends will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame on the night as well as honouring a volunteer who has made a massive mark on the club.

Captain on the day of the FAI Cup victory to seal the treble win, Gavin Dykes, said: “It’s fantastic that the club are honouring the team and there is a great deal of excitement among all of us to catch up with the group.

“It looks like we’ll have nearly all the team with us and I know Willie is thrilled to be coming.

“The 1994 era was a special time in all our lives. For us it’s important to celebrate that time and we are delighted the club are organising this event.

“There’ll be a lot of stories, a lot of catching up and we hope to have a really memorable night.”

Tickets for the event are limited and will go on sale from The Showgrounds from Wednesday at 12pm, priced €50.

Tables of 10 are also available for corporate, please e-mail administrator@sligorovers.com

The 1994 team will also be honoured by the FAI at the FAI Cup final at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday 3 November.

Ticket update: Children tickets are all but sold out as of Saturday morning and will be sold out online shortly, we may have a small amount in ground Monday morning.

Concessions are also very limited, we expect these to go by Monday afternoon.

Overall we are down into hundreds left and expect a sell-out crowd possibly before Sunday.

Dundalk FC will have the regular away area plus the other side of Jinks Avenue, this is over 800 as per FAI guideline for semi-final, tickets have been issued and away fans should purchase there when available from their club.

Home fans will have the two other stands and usual standing areas

Tickets will be available here all weekend sligorovers.com/match-tickets/

If adult tickets are only available it is due to sell-out of others. Sales in the Showgrounds will recommence Monday morning

Please use our Twitter or Facebook for queries #bitored

Sligo Rovers secured their top flight status for next season as they overcame UCD at the Bowl.

A calamitous Conor Kearns own goal along with Romeo Parkes’ eleventh league goal of the season also means the Students will be effectively relegated, should they lose to Finn Harps in two weeks time.

Rovers played 70 minutes of this game with ten men, after Ronan Murray was sent off for a foul on Harry McEvoy.

That single point from safety, Sligo shaded the initial exchanges.

Kearns had to sweep the ball from Danny Kane’s feet after Lewis Banks nodded Regan Donelon’s corner towards the full back.

This was the only real opening early on.

Maciej Tarnogrodzki’s side rallied on the quarter hour. Richie O’Farrell and Mark Dignam combining before the latter fired narrowly past Ed McGinty’s post.

The Rovers goalkeeper was called into play again on 18 minutes.

McGinty’s two handed save denying Yoyo Mahdy’s low drive towards the far corner after Paul Doyle picked out the striker with a crafty through ball.

Liam Buckley’s team were reduced to ten two minutes later.

Murray left a late foot on McEvoy at the edge of the UCD box. And although there was a hint of an accident about the challenge, there was little protest from Murray when referee Neil Doyle issued him his second red of the season.

The numerical disadvantage played no part in the direction of this game, for the remainder of the half at least. Although there was more than a hint of fortune when Rovers had their opener on 33.

Kearns totally mis-judged the flight of David Cawley’s corner when the ball bounced off the outside of closed fist and into his own net.

Sligo had their second on the stroke of half time.

Fordyce led the break from the edge of his own area before laying play into the path of Parkes.

There was little panic or fuss from the Jamaican, who strolled his way past the last UCD defender before finishing deftly past Kearns.

McGinty was called into play eight minutes into the second period as the home side sought to fight their way back into contention.

Jason McClelland testing the Scot with a laced effort from 15 yards, before Kearns had to be alert at the opposite end to keep out substitute Niall Watson from the angle.

Dara Keane and Kris Twardek had chances at either end as Rovers held out for their fifth win over the Dubliners this term.

Kearns then pulled off a super double save from both Parkes and Cawley with six to go.

The first from Parkes was low down at his post, before the UCD number one leapt to push Cawley’s rocket from 20 yards over his crossbar.

UCD: Conor Kearns; Dan Tobin, Liam Scales, Harry McEvoy, Evan Farell; Paul Doyle, Dara Keane; Jason McClelland, Mark Dignam (Sam Byrne 57); Richie O’Farrell; Yoyo Mahdy.

Sligo Rovers: Ed McGinty; Lewis Banks, Kyle McFadden, John Mahon, Danny Kane (Niall Watson HT); Kris Twardek, David Cawley, Daryl Fordyce, Regan Donelon (Niall Morahan 69); Ronan Murray, Romeo Parkes. 

Referee: Neil Doyle.

16 players remaining in the running to win €1000 in Sligo Rovers last man stanidng. The team selections for week 6 are listed below.