Author: Colin Feehily

Annual Draw reaches €69,000

Our 2023 Annual Draw is coming towards its end, with €69,000 now raised so far by our brilliant volunteer sellers in addition to our online sales on srfcdirect.com

The draw takes place at the UCD game on Saturday night at The Showgrounds which kicks off at 7.45pm.

The top prize is €5,000 and will be won by one of our entrants who has purchased a ticket for €10.

If you can, we’d encourage you to support our draw by purchasing a ticket now online via the link below:

https://srfcdirect.com/annual-draw-ticket/

There are other top prizes such as a huge €2,500 voucher for West Coast Orthodontics in Sligo Town and a €1,000 voucher for Petstop Discount Warehouse.

Vouchers for stays at The Connaught Hotel, Clayton Hotel Liffey Valley and the Silver Tassey Hotel in Letterkenny are also up for grabs.

Corporate match tickets for a Liverpool home game at Anfield are also on offer which will be a great prize for any football fan.

There are also vouchers for Kate’s Kitchen in Sligo, Elverys Sports and Ticketmaster.

We’d like to thank all our supporters for getting behind the draw once again this year.

Women’s team in FAI Cup 1/4 Final action

Our Women’s senior team take on Bohemians on Saturday afternoon at Dalymount Park in the 1/4 Final of the Sports Direct Women’s FAI Cup.

The game takes place at 3pm and will be broadcast Live on LOI TV.

Sligo Rovers fans in the area can pay on the gates on Saturday afternoon, with tickets just €5.

All support for the team would be greatly appreciated as we look to progress to the semi-finals.

UCD Home tickets available

Supporters wishing to attend this Saturday night’s SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division fixture between Sligo Rovers and UCD can buy their tickets online now on the club’s online store.

Tickets are available here: https://srfcdirect.com/match-tickets/

The game takes place at 7.45pm at The Showgrounds and gates will open from 6.30pm.

The Club’s 2023 Annual Draw will take place on the pitch at half-time.

Supporters can also pay on the gate on the night by cash or card.

Academy Weekend Review: September 9th-10th

Our Academy had five games on Saturday and Sunday with all teams in action other than our Under 19 Men’s team who had a weekend off due to International matches taking place.

On Saturday, our Under 17 Women’s team hosted Dundalk at 1pm at The Showgrounds and the girls were on the end of a narrow 1-0 defeat.

Rovers Under 14’s were in action away to Dundalk at Oriel Park and the hosts ran out 3-1 winners on the day, with Conor Whittaker’s goal proving to be only a consolation.

Finally, our Under 17 Men’s side had a good away win against Finn Harps on Saturday afternoon.

Goals from Conor Reynolds, Conor Cannon and Niall Kenny were enough to seal the three points.

Sunday saw two games take place with our Under 15 side at home to Drogheda United at The Sean Fallon Centre and our Under 19 Women’s side away to Wexford Youths.

The Under 15 game was an entertaining one with six goals shared between the teams in a 3-3 draw.

Rovers goalscorers on the day were Cead McGrath, Liam McLaughlin and Oisin Keenan.

Our Under 19 Women suffered a 4-0 defeat against a strong home side at Ferrycarrig Park.

Annual Draw reaches €63,000 – One week to go

Our 2023 Annual Draw is coming into its final week of sales, with €63,000 now raised so far by our brilliant volunteer sellers in addition to our online sales on srfcdirect.com

The draw takes place at the UCD game next Saturday night at The Showgrounds.

The top prize is €5,000 and will be won by one of our entrants who has purchased a ticket for €10.

If you can, we’d encourage you to support our draw by purchasing a ticket now online via the link below:

https://srfcdirect.com/annual-draw-ticket/

There are other top prizes such as a huge €2,500 voucher for West Coast Orthodontics in Sligo Town and a €1,000 voucher for Petstop Discount Warehouse.

Vouchers for stays at The Connaught Hotel, Clayton Hotel Liffey Valley and the Silver Tassey Hotel in Letterkenny are also up for grabs.

Corporate match tickets for a Liverpool home game at Anfield are also on offer which will be a great prize for any football fan.

There are also vouchers for Kate’s Kitchen in Sligo, Elverys Sports and Ticketmaster.

We’d like to thank all our supporters for getting behind the draw once again this year.

Ticket sellers are heading to Manorhamilton later today so if you’re about the area, your support will be appreciated.

Academy Weekend Preview: September 8th-9th

Our Academy has a total of five games taking place this coming weekend between Saturday and Sunday.

Our Under 19 Men’s have no fixture this weekend following their 5-1 win over Derry City at The Showgrounds last Sunday.

On Saturday, at The Showgrounds, our Under 17 Womens team take on Dundalk at 1pm. The two sides met at Oriel Park at the end of July and played out an entertaining 2-2 draw.

Our Under 14’s also play Dundalk on Saturday, with kick-off at Oriel Park at 2pm. This is the start of Phase 3 of the Under 14 National League season.

Our Under 17 Men’s team are on the road to face Finn Harps at 2pm. The sides are no strangers having played against eachother twice already in 2023, with Rovers winning away from home back in May in the Under 17 Cup and playing out a 2-2 draw at home in July.

Sunday sees two games take place with our Under 15 side hosting Drogheda United at 1pm at The Sean Fallon Centre. It’s the first meeting of the sides so far this season.

Our Under 19 Women are on the road again on Sunday, following last week’s long journey to Cork is an equally long trip to Ferrycarrig Park to take on Wexford Youths at 3pm.

Last week’s 3-2 win made the journey a fruitful one and the side will be hoping to make it two wins from two in Wexford.

Women’s Preview: Shamrock Rovers away

Sligo Rovers go to Tallaght Stadium for a first-time-outing in the Women’s Premier Division against Shamrock Rovers on Saturday, 5,30pm, writes Conall Collier.

When the Rovers clashed in the opening game of the season at The Showgrounds last March, it required a 92nd minute goal from Aine O’ Gorman to seal a hard-earned 2-1 victory for the Dublin women..

That performance will boost the confidence of the Bit O’Red players despite only one victory so far this season in the WPD, achieved against Cork City, and they will relish the prospects of causing an upset at Tallaght Stadium.

The statistics show that it’s third from the top against second from the bottom and the formbook suggests that a home win is on the cards.

With six games remaining, the Dublin side is nine points behind, with a game in hand, title-chasing Peamount Utd and cannot afford to drop any more points.

The Bit O’Red players have displayed plenty of character and determination this season and will take many positives into the Tallaght assignment, none more so than the first-half performance of the Dublin women last week away to Cork City.

On that occasion, bottom-of-the-table Cork City went in scoreless at the interval after absorbing some intense first-half pressure while the visitors were also forced into a goalkeeper change with Amanda Budden replaced by Summer Lawless due to injury.

The Dublin side adapted hit the front early in the second-half and finished with a four-goal haul, boosted by the introduction of Aine O’Gorman.

The goals scored by Joy Ralph, Abbie Larkin, Stephanie Roche and Melissa O’Kane.

Sligo Rovers strikers Emma Doherty and Casey Howe will be eager for more goals, especially as both were unlucky with a number of efforts against Wexford last Saturday at the Showgrounds before Howe was eventually rewarded for all her hard work in the 86th minute.

Creating chances hasn’t been a major issue for for the Sligo Rovers women and if they can be more effective in the finishing department, then they certainly have the ability to get a result at Tallaght.

After that, they will focus on another trip to Dublin the following weekend for an FAI Cup quarter-final showdown against Bohemian FC.

Annual Draw reaches €54,000

Our 2023 Annual Draw will take place in just 10 days, at half-time in our upcoming Men’s game at home to UCD.

The draw has now raised €54,000, with the final week or so of sales about to continue.

The draw has a top prize of €5,000 in cash and many other top prizes including a €2,500 voucher for Westcoast Orthodontics and a voucher for Petstop Discount Warehouse.

We wish to thank all our volunteer sellers who are going door to door around the region selling our €10 tickets.

You can enter now via the link below:

https://srfcdirect.com/annual-draw-ticket/

Keeva Flynn – Republic of Ireland Under 17’s

Sligo Rovers Academy and Senior Womens player Keeva Flynn is in Portugal with the Republic of Ireland Under 17 Women’s squad this week for three friendlies.

Keeva came on in the second half of last Wednesday’s defeat against Poland before playing 90 minutes in a win over Scotland on Saturday.

Tomorrow, Tuesday sees the third and final game against hosts Portugal before the squad return home.

Keeva is expected to be part of the Senior squad for this Saturday’s SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division tie against Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium.