Sligo Rovers recovered from a nightmare start to beat Livingston Colts and progress to the third round of the Scottish Challenge Cup.
The Bit O’Red had fallen behind to a wonderful Matthew Knox opener inside the first 90 seconds. But a Mikey Drennan hat-trick and a goal from David Cawley sealed the win for Rovers.
Sligo Rovers host Livingston Colts in the second round of the IRN-BRU Cup at The Showgrounds on Saturday
The Bit O’Red play in the competition for the second year running, losing narrowly to Falkirk in 2017.
It’s that time of year again and we want to test your football prediction skills. What’s more is that we’ll even give a prize of €1,000 to the very last man standing.
Kicking off on Saturday, 22nd of September, Sligo Rovers are running a last man standing competition where each competitor will pick a team from that weekend’s Premier League fixtures. If your team win their game you go through to the next round, lose or draw and you’re out of the competition. Continue reading “Last Man Standing Competition”
Sligo Rovers were brilliant 2-1 winners in Turner’s Cross on Friday night as David Cawley and Raffaele Cretaro secured a comeback win.
Karl Sheppard’s early header had the Champions on course for victory but second-half goals from Cawley and Cretaro was enough to see Rovers climb 11 points clear of safety but for the Leesiders, they now trail leaders Dundalk by six points with six games remaining. Continue reading “Cretaro wins it for Rovers in Cork”
Sligo Rovers take on Cork City in Turner’s Cross on Friday night in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division.
The Bit O’Red have not been action since last Monday week and sit eighth in the table going into this fixture. Continue reading “Team news for Cork City game”
Shelbourne Ladies had their goalkeeper Courtney McQuire to thank as they left Sligo IT with all three league points in this enthralling Continental Tyres U17 Women’s National League encounter yesterday with a single strike from in form Rebecca Cooke giving the Dublin side the 1-0 victory.
Continue reading “WU17: Sligo Rovers 0 Shelbourne 1”
Sligo Rovers women’s Under 17 side will be hoping to make it three wins from three as they play host to Shelbourne Ladies at IT Sligo tomorrow (Saturday) at 2pm.
Continue reading “WU17: Kearney hoping home comforts will pay dividends”
Dundalk moved three points clear at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division after they recorded their 10th league victory on the road this season with a win over Sligo Rovers. Continue reading “Rovers beaten by Dundalk”
Sligo Rovers host Dundalk on Monday night in The Showgrounds in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division.
The teams meet were due to meet last month but the game was postponed due to a European fixture. Continue reading “Team news for Dundalk game”
A solid team performance from Sligo Rovers saw off the challenge of the Donegal League to secure the Bit O’ Red’s second victory in a week against the same opposition in the Continental Tyres Under 17 Women’s National League in Drumkeen, Donegal. Continue reading “WU17: Donegal League 1 Sligo Rovers 4”
