Sligo Rovers trained today for the penultimate time before facing Waterford FC this Saturday in the RSC.
With just six league games to go, the Bit O’ Red are in fifth place in the table and trail this weekend’s opposition by a point going into the game.
View images from today’s session compiled by our media team.
Sligo Rovers will play Derry City on a new date – Tuesday 29 September – with the game moved from October due to international call-ups.
The SSE Airtricity Premier Division match in The Showgrounds will kick-off at 7:45pm next Tuesday. The match had been due to be played on 11 October.
The game with Shamrock Rovers in Dublin next week will be live on RTÉ2, RTÉ Player and WATCHLOI.
Our new fixture list is published as below.
Due to international windows, and the rescheduling of another game involving Derry City, plus TV coverage meaning games can not be moved, it has left little room for an alternative date for this fixture and as such this Derry game will take place next week.
Supporters successful in getting a ticket for this Derry game will be contacted in the next 72 hours.
We are incorporating all season ticket and associate sponsor ticket holders who have not attended a game since the restart in a ballot.
On Friday our under 13 team made the short trip to Ballybofey to take on Finn Harps at Finn Park.
The lads created a number of chances and played some good football throughout, but were defeated 2-0 with Harps scoring two well taken goals.
Saturday saw our under 15 squad host Derry City at The Showgrounds. Sam Tuohy gave Rovers the lead with his first goal of the season after a clever run and finish after 20 minutes. The visitors levelled soon after with a fantastic goal of their own, with winger Trent Doherty finding the top corner.
Ronan Niland was intoduced in the second half and his strike gave Rovers all three points with one more group game remaining this weekend in Cavan.
Sunday saw the top two teams in our under 17 group face off in a tight encounter in Aileach, Donegal. The game was scoreless deep into the second half when captain Kailin Barlow struck to secure all three points for the Bit O’ Red.
Rovers remain unbeaten in the group and now face Longford Town on Saturday at The Sean Fallon Centre, hoping to secure our spot at the top of the group.
Also on Sunday our under 19 team suffered defeat at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium, on a scoreline of 6-1.
Mark Byrne’s penalty proved only consolation on the day. Rovers now face Longford Town this Sunday at home in the final group game.
On Sunday evening, our ladies team hosted Peamount at The Showgrounds. The Dubliners took all three points with three well taken goals on a beautiful evening for football.
The girls face Athlone town this Saturday away from home, and will be hoping to bounce back as we pass the halfway mark in the group.
Team sponsors:
Under 13: Pure Telecom
Under 15: O’ Connor Cabins
Under 17: Ivor Parke Paintor & Decorators
Under 19: www.ejmenswear.com
Ladies Under 17: Verus Metrology
Sligo Rovers WU17s were defeated for the first time this season as they were defeated 3-0 by an impressive Peamount side at the Showgrounds on Sunday evening.
The Dubliners went ahead in the first-half, and added their second and third goals of the evening in the second-half, earning a well deserved victory against a steely Rovers side.
The Bit O’Red started well, and a good interception from Aoife O’Leary in the Peas defence put an end to a lovely move involving Ciara Henry and Alison Langdon-Long.
Amy Mahon in the Rovers goals kept the visitors scoreless with a super save from an Orlagh Fitzpatrick shot.
Keela Scanlon forced a good save from Ciara Glackin in the Peas goals after eight minutes when she got on the end of a fine through ball from Ciara Henry.
Another strong shot from distance was well held by Amy Mahon, before the Dubliners took the lead on 24 minutes.
Becky Watkins got on the end of the impressive Orlagh Fitzpatrick’s corner, knocking past Mahon from close range to make it 1-0.
Fitzpatrick forced another good save from Mahon seconds later, before the Dubliners should have extended their lead when Della Doherty played a great ball to Abbie Clarke, the tall striker just nodded her effort wide.
Rovers started well after the restart, but they went further behind on 49 minutes when Della Doherty headed past Mahon from close range.
The hosts didn’t give up, however, and went on in search of a goal with Kate Nugent trying her luck from distance, watching on as it was wide of the mark.
Substitute Ella Maree made it 3-0 on 74 minutes. Rovers fought hard for the remaining 15 minutes with Maeve Molloy troubling the Peas defence, but the stronger team won on the day.
Sligo Rovers: Amy Mahon, Keela Scanlon (Maeve Molloy, 75), Sarah Kiernan, Emer O’Neill, Kate Nugent, Erin Taheny, Alison Langdon-Long (Eimear McIntyre,18), Helen Monaghan, Ciara Henry, Jessica Casey (Aine Gorman, 58), Cathy Harrison.
(Jessica Farry)
View a selection of images from the 1-0 defeat to Bohemians on Friday night in the SSE Airtricity League. Photography by James Fallon.
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Sligo Rovers will play Derry City in the quarter-finals of the Extra.ie FAI Cup in the Showgrounds.
First Division side Athlone Town will welcome Shelbourne.
Holders Shamrock Rovers will face a difficult trip to Ballybofey to face Finn Harps.
Bohemians, who secured a 1-0 win over Sligo Rovers this evening before the quarter-final draw at the Showgrounds, will welcome Dundalk in the last eight.
Extra.ie FAI Cup Quarter-Final Draw
Athlone Town v Shelbourne
Bohemians v Dundalk
Finn Harps v Shamrock Rovers
Sligo Rovers v Derry City
All dates and KO times will be confirmed at a later date.
Bohemians found a way past Sligo Rovers at the Showgrounds on Friday night.
Andre Wright’s strike ten minutes from time was enough to seal the win for an industrious Bohs outfit who inflicted upon the Bit O’Red, their first league defeat in six games.
Seeking to tighten that gap between themselves and the league leaders, it was the visitors who dictated much of the play in the opening half and who fashioned the early chances.
Rovers goalkeeper Ed McGinty was called into action five minutes in when Lewis Banks mis-controlled his attempted clearance at the edge of the Sligo area. Possession fell to ex-Sligo winger Kris Twardek who picked out the waiting Dawson Devoy, who was in turn denied by the sprawling Scot.
Devoy was offered another chance to open the scoring just 60 seconds later. But the ex-Home Farm youth could only drive wide from all of 15 yards.
Rovers then had to rely on acrobatics from Kyle McFadden whose overhead kick stopped the ball from going over the line after Twardek’s cross was poked towards goal by a Bohs player.
The home side, looking to continue their impressive post lock-down form, conjured up their first opportunity on 17 minutes. Will Seymore might have done better when he headed David Cawley’s corner past James Talbot’s post.
The Phibsboro men were back amongst the chances before the break. Danny Grant’s effort was deflected into the path of Wright, but the striker couldn’t apply the finishing touch with the goal at his mercy.
While McFadden was involved in front of his own posts again on 37 when he blocked down Grant’s well struck volley.
Both sides began the second period with headed chances. Ronan Coughlan first for Sligo, while Bohs’ Wright was next to miss the mark after he met Anto Breslin’s hanging ball from the left.
Good work from both Seymore and Junior provided Coughlan with Sligo’s next opening with just over an hour elapsed.
The sparse Showgrounds crowd took to their feet in anticipation as Coughlan found himself one-on-one with Talbot. But Coughlan’s poor finishing was his downfall as he fired wide with just the Bohs net-minder to beat.
McGinty was called on to get both hands behind Wright’s opportunistic shot on the turn with a quarter of an hour to go as Sligo continued to frustrate their opponents.
The Dubliners finally broke the deadlock on 80 when Wright was allowed ample space to connect with Devoy’s cross. The 23-year-old marksman tucking the ball past McGinty for his fourth goal of the campaign.
There was a late chance for Sligo, but the mis-firing Coughlan blazed over Seymore’s knockdown from a Cawley corner.
Sligo Rovers: Ed McGinty; Lewis Banks, Kyle McFadden, Teemu Penninkangas, Regan Donelon; David Cawley, Will Seymore (Ryan De Vries 90); Junior, Garry Buckley (Ronan Murray 81), Jesse Devers; Ronan Coughlan.
Bohemians: James Talbot; Andy Lyons, Dan Casey, Rob Cornwall, Anto Breslin; Conor Levingston, Keith Buckley; Kris Twardek, Dawson Devoy, Danny Grant; Andre Wright.
Referee: Rob Hennessy.
It’s another busy weekend at academy level with all five teams playing league games between Friday and Sunday.
Tonight in Finn Park, Alan Farry and Kieran Brick take their Under 13 team to face Finn Harps. The sides met last Friday night in Sligo with the visitors taking all three points thanks to three second half goals.
Our under 15 squad face Derry City on Saturday at 2pm at The Showgrounds. The sides met on the opening day of the season with Rovers running out winners in Donegal in August.
The team are looking to make it five wins from five in the league so far.
Sunday sees three games down for decision with Ryan Casey’s under 17 team travelling to Aileach, Donegal to face Derry City. The last time the teams met, they couldn’t be seperated with the game finishing 1-1 thanks to Darragh Reilly’s equaliser. We wish Darragh well in his recovery from an injury picked up lately.
Brian Dorrian and our under 19 side take on the same opposition at 2pm at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. Rovers defeated Longford Town on Wednesday and will be hoping to take that form into Sunday’s game, having been defeated by the Candystripes back in August.
The final game of the weekend sees our under 17 Ladies team host Peamount at The Showgrounds. The girls have had a good start to their campaign picking up a win and a draw from the first two fixtures, against Shamrock Rovers and Donegal.
The game kicks off at 6:30pm.
Best of luck to all our players and coaching staff this weekend.
Sligo Rovers host Bohemians on Friday night in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division in The Showgrounds in a match to be broadcast live on RTÉ2, kick-off 7:45pm.
Rovers earned a first draw of the season last week against St Patrick’s Athletic, and extended an unbeaten run to five matches in league and Cup.
The Bit O’ Red are in fifth position in the table, with Bohs three placed and five points ahead.
In team news Danny Kane (ankle), Darren Collins (ankle), Sigitas Olberkis (hamstring) and Johnny Dunleavy (knee) are out. Niall Morahan serves a one-game suspension for the red card last week.
Manager Liam Buckley said: “Given it wasn’t a performance we were happy with last week, a point was important for us. It’s a congested table so every result counts.
“This is another six-pointer, a good result could put us right up there again. We have to eke out as many results as we can, it is something we’ve said to the players from the start of the season. It makes all the difference. This is a stiff test, but one we are looking forward to.
“We’re expecting a tight game. One thing we would like to do compared to last week is keep possession better and use it better. That sort of improvement will be important.
“We can’t affect what Bohs do, except by imposing ourselves on the game, our focus is on producing an overall performance from our end.
“I’m delighted to have our supporters back with us, even if it is only 100. They’ve been with us every step of the way this year, even when we haven’t seen much of them because of the circumstances. We’re certainly aware of the support they give us.
“Having 100 of them behind us will mean something. In this short truncated season, we have to be grateful for every occasion.
“We know there’ll be plenty watching on television and online so we’re going to try to put in the performance for them as well.”
Kick-off is 7:45pm. Supporters who have been issued match info following successful ballot for tickets should follow advice given. No other supporters can be admitted. The match is live on RTÉ2 and WATCHLOI.
Sligo Rovers can confirm that 100 supporters will be permitted to attend Friday’s SSE Airtricity Premier Division game with Bohemians.
Following updated regulations by the government on the six-month plan for Covid-19, The Showgrounds can admit 100 fans from today.
As part of our commitment to loyal supporters, the club will now use our season ticket holder database to randomly select those that can attend.
The match with Dundalk last month was due to be played in front of a small number of fans who had not yet attended a game and were successful in the ballot.
However a change in regulations meant they could not attend. Those fans will now be contacted to inform them that they can instead be at The Showgrounds for Friday’s game.
The rest of the places in the 100 allocation will come from season ticket holders who have not attended a game since Covid-19 regulations came in. They too will be contacted shortly. Our match night personnel needed for each game and the daily running of the club will also be in place to ensure a safe event takes place.
We thank our supporters for the incredible backing they given us in the last six months and look forward to welcoming even more fans for the remaining two home games if possible.
Friday’s match is live on RTE2 and worldwide on WATCHLOI.
