Sligo Rovers have a host of sponsorship opportunities available for the 2019 season.

Sponsoring Sligo Rovers – a club deeply embedded in the local community and with one of the biggest online brands in the north-west region – is a proven method of promoting your business.

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The sponsorship prices are among the most competitive in the league and receive huge praise for value for money.

To become a sponsor, e-mail administrator@sligorovers.com

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Ryan Casey has been appointed as manager of the Sligo Rovers Under-17 team.

Casey was assistant manager of the senior side for a period in 2017, while he has also worked as regional development officer for the FAI.

He previously managed Castlebar Celtic senior side and was a Director of Coaching at US Development Academy Club Everton FC Westchester, based in Connecticut.

Casey will be assisted by Packie Lynch.

The club would like to thank former Under-17 management Colm Jinks and Danny O’Leary for their excellent work.

They have stepped down with Casey and Lynch set to take over for the coming season.

Sligo Rovers return for pre-season today with manager Liam Buckley revealing that friendlies have been finalised and further signings are set to occur next week.

Ronan Murray, Dante Leverock, Johnny Dunleavy, Regan Donelon, Kyle Callan-McFadden, Mitchell Beeney, Ed McGinty, John Mahon, Jack Keaney, David Cawley, Kris Twardek, Liam Kerrigan, Niall Morahan and Luke MacNicholas is the current Rovers squad along with player-assistant John Russell.

The group will assemble for the first time on Thursday evening ahead of the first session.

Buckley said: “We’ve our pre-season games lined up and will confirm them shortly. We can’t formally announce them just yet.

“We’ll be looking at pre-dominantly away matches with one on the main Showgrounds pitch. We hope to announce five to six games soon with the exact details.

“In terms of signings, it’ll be a few more days before we can announce more additions but good progress has been made and we’ve one or two more that are very close.

“I’ve been here just over two months, signed some what I think will be good players and I could go sign more players for the sake of it. That isn’t what we’re about. We want players that will make an impact at Sligo Rovers and that come from good backgrounds to make a difference here.

“We’re looking at next week. There’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes and it takes time and patience to get things over the line.

“We’ll have the players in tonight for a meeting ahead of being on the pitch tomorrow. The games will start in or around two weeks’ time. We’ve been going about our business behind the scenes to get a good squad raring to go that first game of the season and you’ll see the fruits of that over the next while.”

Open Trials for our Under 17 Women’s Team for 2019 will take place in IT Sligo on Friday, 4th January and Friday, 11th January 2018. A third invite only session will take place on Friday, 18th January 2018.

All sessions will take place at 8:00pm for 90 minutes and all female players, born in 2002 & 2003, are invited to attend.

All players interesting in being involved with this squad are requested to complete the registration form ahead of the trials. This can be completed online here: Registration Form

The club will be once again be based in the excellent facilities of IT Sligo for both training and games for the coming seasons (March – October ’19).

Local business David McConville Orthodontics will continue as the main sponsor of our U17 Women’s Team until the end of the 2019 season.

Sligo Rovers can confirm the club has accepted an undisclosed fee for the transfer of Patrick McClean to Derry City.

The Bit O’ Red are satisfied with the deal and Patrick will now agree terms with Derry.

We wish him well in the future.

The club will announce new 2019 squad additions in January.

Sligo Rovers will be hosting Under-13 trials on Sunday 30th December on The Showgrounds Astro pitch at 1pm.

Players are asked to register via email at alanfarry@hotmail.com with players name, date of birth, club and playing position.

Only players born in 2006 are eligible.

For any other info, please contact manager Alan at the above e-mail address.

The winner of the Sligo Rovers Christmas Draw was Michael Mullaney as the fundraiser saw the highest ever sales to yield €15,000 profit for Sligo Rovers.

Congratulations to Michael on his top prize win which was €500.

The Bit O’ Red are extremely grateful for the generosity received in this year’s Christmas, including the public who supported so well on Friday night as we sold tickets in businesses and public houses. Thank you to the owners for facilitating this.

We want to thank our office staff Frank and Sandra for their hard work and brilliant dedication in helping co-ordinate the draw and the volunteers who helped sell so many books of tickets.

Their efforts are appreciated by all at the club

1. Michael Mullaney – €500
2. Megan McDonagh – Two nights B&B in Clanree Hotel, Letterkenny
3. Kevin Quinn, Cliffony – One night B&B in Clayton Hotel, Liffey Valley, Dublin
4. Kathy Devaney, – One night B&B with Flynn Hotel Group
5. David Smyth – Sligo Rovers season ticket 2019
6. Lucy McNasser, Crozon Park – Signed Republic of Ireland jersey
7. David Donegan, Cartron – Two tickets to a Republic of Ireland Euro 2020 qualifier
8. Paul Nicholson – Christmas Hamper
9. Jimmy Feehily – Dinner for two in Clayton Hotel, Sligo
10. Marika Bousnes – Sligo Rovers jersey

This morning we made a special visit to the paediatric ward at Sligo University Hospital where we donated some gifts to staff and children.

The club would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff at Sligo University Hospital for their hospitality and the amazing work they do everyday, which we witnessed first hand this morning.

We also wish all kids and patients in the hospital a Happy Christmas.

It was a pleasure to visit you all today

Alan Farry has been appointed manager of the Sligo Rovers Under-13 side.

Farry has managed the Sligo Leitrim Under 13s including a historic win over Chicago Fire to claim the Super Elite champions trophy at the Galway Cup.

He will be assisted by Bit O’ Red favourite Anthony Elding. The 2013 FAI Cup match winner has been working at youth level in Mayo.

Sligo Rovers chairman Martin Heraghty said: “We are really pleased to confirm such a strong appointment for the new side. It’s a very important role and in Alan we have someone who is improving all the time as a fantastic coach.

“Anthony will assist and he has played for the club on great days and worked for a couple of years in Mayo around this level so it’s a great management team.

“We wish the lads well.”

We’ll hear from the duo next year as the season approaches.

The team will compete in the inaugural National Under 13 League, which is set to begin at the end of March.