Sligo Rovers U17 manager Ryan Casey has confirmed that he will be hosting open trials this coming Sunday from 5pm until 7pm on the Showgrounds Astro.
Players attending are asked to be on site by the latest 4.30pm and must bring their own training gear.
Anyone who is interested in attending must register for the event by emailing their Name, DOB & Preferred Position to ryan.casey101@gmail.com
Sligo Rovers can confirm two upcoming friendly games as we prepare for the new season.
Rovers will take on Galway United at the home of Castlebar Celtic in Mayo on Saturday 26 January, kick-off 2pm.
The following Saturday 2 February we travel again to take on Athlone Town at Athlone Town Stadium. Kick-off will be 4pm.
Three more friendly games will be announced shortly.
Sligo Rovers are delighted to announce details of an upcoming fundraising Bingo, which will take place on Sunday, March 10th at 3pm, in the Knocknarea Arena IT Sligo.
Following on from the clubs hugely successful bingo back in 2017, numerous requests from the public were made to the club to carry out another bingo.
This year’s one-day bingo event is set to be the biggest to hit the North-West region for quite some time, with €10,000 guaranteed in prizemoney on the day.
Single books are priced at €20 while Double books are priced at €25. There are numerous outlets through-out the region selling bingo books from next week. (These outlets are listed below).
Please note bingo books will also be available at the door on the day also. However, the public are urged to pre purchase their book if they can to avoid heavy congestion on the day.
Sligo Rovers would like to thank all of the following outlets for supporting the event and for facilitating the pre-sale of books:
For more information on the Sligo Rovers Monster Bingo, you can contact Shane at the club on 071-9171212 or email shane@sligorovers.com.
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.
Click here to download the sponsorship brochure
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
Click here for a list of fixtures to enquire to sponsor. Choose home games only.
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.
View a gallery of images from the first day of pre-season training in The Showgrounds.
Thanks to our club photographer Michael Melly for the images.
The Bit o’ Red will play their first pre-season match in two weeks.
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.
