Sligo Rovers are seeking applications for the role of Head Coach of our Men’s Under 15 team for the 2023 season.

The position of Under-15 Men’s Head Coach is key to the ongoing development of our elite Academy players and will play a significant role in their development through this team and onto our Under 17’s, 19’s and or Men’s Senior team. The role will provide valuable experience for the successful candidate to work with an elite group of players in a professional environment.

Job Description

– Help the club achieve its vision to ‘Build a brand that is associated with excellence on and off the pitch for football, to be considered as an example of excellence and best practice, and one of the major developers of players within the country at academy, and eventually senior level’.
– The development and nurturing of a pool of elite players to facilitate their current and future success as individuals and as a team.
– Organise, plan and deliver a suitable player development programme in line with the FAI and Sligo Rovers coaching syllabus.
– Uphold the club’s code of conduct and implement the club’s vision on and off the pitch.
– Set high standards for the players both on and off the pitch.
– Create and maintain appropriate communication with players/parents/clubs/leagues and any stakeholders relevant to the team
– To work with the media in any area regarding Sligo Rovers FC.
– Ensure the club adheres to FAI rules and regulations and competition rules. 
– To ensure that all delivery satisfies the club safeguarding and welfare procedures 

Job Specification:
The ideal candidate will have skills and experience in the following areas:

Essential Criteria
– A current valid UEFA Elite Youth B Licence holder as a minimum.
– Successful candidate will be subjected to Garda vetting clearance. 
– Up-to-date Safeguarding 1 / Child Welfare Certificate.
– An ability to produce verbal and written reports.
– Access to both email and phone.
– Experience and enthusiasm for coaching and mentoring elite young players and coaches.

Desirable Criteria
– Administrative and organisational skills.
– Previous experience of coaching.
– Coach mentoring experience.

Abilities / Skills / Knowledge: 
– Has the leadership ability to inspire a team to play to their maximum potential
– Ability to communicate and implement the club’s philosophy as Head Coach.
– Excellent communication skills with the ability to build meaningful, strong strategic relationships with players, staff and officials.
– Understanding of learning, development and high performance with a proven ability to create optimum and challenging learning environments for players.

– Strong existing relationships within football in the North-West.
– Must be available for games/training at weekends and evenings.

To apply for this position, please email your CV with a cover letter by Monday, November 30^th at 5 pm to Conor O’Grady, Head of Academy, Sligo Rovers FC at ogrady.27@hotmail.com

Sligo Rovers are seeking applications for the role of Head Coach of our Women’s Under 19 team for the 2024 season.

The position of Under-19 Women’s Head Coach is key to the ongoing development of our elite Academy players and will play a significant role in their development through this team and onto our Women’s Senior team. The role will provide valuable experience for the successful candidate of working with an elite group of players in a professional environment.

Job Description

– Help the club achieve its vision to ‘Build a brand that is associated with excellence on and off the pitch for football, to be considered as an example of excellence and best practice, and one of the major developers of players within the country at academy, and eventually senior level’.
– The development and nurturing of a pool of elite players to facilitate their current and future success as individuals and as a team.
– Organise, plan and deliver a suitable player development programme in line with the FAI and Sligo Rovers coaching syllabus.
– Uphold the club’s code of conduct and implement the club’s vision on and off the pitch.
– Set high standards for the players both on and off the pitch.
– Create and maintain appropriate communication with players/parents/clubs/leagues and any stakeholders relevant to the team
– To work with the media in any area regarding Sligo Rovers FC.
– Ensure the club adheres to FAI rules and regulations and competition rules.  
– To ensure that all delivery satisfies the club safeguarding and welfare procedures 

Job Specification:
The ideal candidate will have skills and experience in the following areas:

Essential Criteria
– A current valid UEFA A Licence holder as a minimum.
– Successful candidate will be subjected to Garda vetting clearance. 
– Up-to-date Safeguarding 1 / Child Welfare Certificate.
– An ability to produce verbal and written reports.
– Access to both email and phone.
– Experience and enthusiasm for coaching and mentoring elite young players and coaches.

Desirable Criteria
– Administrative and organisational skills.
– Previous experience of coaching in the female game.
– Coach mentoring experience.

Abilities / Skills / Knowledge: 
– Has the leadership ability to inspire a team to play to their maximum potential
– Ability to communicate and implement the club’s philosophy as Head Coach.
– Excellent communication skills with the ability to build meaningful, strong strategic relationships with players, staff and officials.
– Understanding of learning, development and high performance with a proven ability to create optimum and challenging learning environments for players.

– Strong existing relationships within football in the North-West.
– Must be available for games/training at weekends and evenings.

To apply for this position, please email your CV with a cover letter by Wednesday, November 29th at 5pm to Conor O’Grady, Head of Academy, Sligo Rovers FC at ogrady.27@hotmail.com

WOMEN’S PREMIER DIVISION PREVIEW

PEAMOUNT UTD V SLIGO ROVERS

SATURDAY 11^th NOVEMBER 4.30PM

Sligo Rovers return to the venue where they took that tentative first step up to the senior grade for the first time in March 2022 when they travel to PRL Park in west Dublin to tackle the 2023 Women’s Premier Division (WPD) champions Peamount Utd in the final game of the season on Saturday, 4.30pm, live on TG4, writes Conall Collier

For Sligo Rovers manager Steve Feeney, this will be his last game in charge of the team as he is stepping down after two years at the helm due to work and family reasons.

While the result is irrelevant in terms of silverware, both teams will want to deliver a performance in front of the TG4 cameras with the live action a fitting tribute to the achievement this season of Peamount Utd manager James O’Callaghan, his backroom team and the players.

All the attention is focused on Peamount Utd and the trophy presentation will take place after the game.

However, this is a big opportunity for the Sligo Rovers players, and one they will relish, going into yet another game as underdogs.

Players like Lauren Boles, Leah Kelly, Eimear Lafferty and Amy Roddy all contributed handsomely to last week’s victory against DLR Waves while goalscorers Casey Howe and Jodie Loughrey will be eager to hit the target again as will Emma Doherty.

The objective will be to sign off with a battling performance and build on the momentum of the last few weeks where they established a three-game unbeaten home record in the WPD.

On the last visit to Dublin those battling qualities were evident when they went to the home of the 2022 champions, Shelbourne, and were unlucky to concede a goal in added time as the Dublin side salvaged a 2-1 victory.

All that was despite finishing with 10 players after Emma Handberry picked up a second yellow card.

Last weekend Sligo Rovers recorded a 2-1 home win against DLR Waves and those battling qualities were evident in the second-half as the players stood strong and were able to grind out a result that earlier this season might have eluded them.

And what of the Peamount Utd threat on Saturday?

Last weekend Galway Utd inflicted a 3-0 defeat on the champions and Peamount will certainly want to avoid a repeat of that performance in front of what should be a large crowd.

Avril Brierley and Freya Healy both had good chances for Peamount against Galway, but it was one of those days when nothing went favourably for the Dublin women.

Peamount also lost goalkeeper Niamh Coombes in the opening half and she was replaced by Niamh Reid-Burke

In mitigation, Peamount hadn’t played since they clinched the title on Saturday 14^th October with a 2-0 away win against Wexford in a game where Ellen Dolan was the stand out player with a brace of second-half goals that clinched the title.

Manager James O’Callaghan, a former player with Sligo Rovers some 30 years ago, will be looking forward to the occasion on Saturday and the players will be aiming to set the record straight seven days on from that reversal at Eamonn Deacy Park.

For Sligo Rovers, the players will be eager to make a statement to highlight the progress they have made since that opening day of the 2022 season when Peamount enjoyed a 6-0 victory.

WPD FORMGUIDE – LAST FOUR GAMES

Sligo Rovers 2, DLR Waves 1; Galway 3, Peamount Utd 0.

Shelbourne 2, Sligo Rovers 1; Wexford 0, Peamount Utd 2.

Sligo Rovers 3, Cork City 3; Peamount Utd 3, Treaty 1.

Sligo Rovers 4, Bohemian FC 1; Peamount Utd 5, Cork City 0.

Sligo Rovers are thrilled to announce the signing of 18-year-old goalkeeper Anais Coyne.

The American joins the Bit O’Red having opted to make the move to Ireland instead of playing college football in her native US.

Coyne, originally from Texas, has just finished school and made the decision to move to Ireland to play football having kept a close eye on the Women’s National League for the last number of years. Coyne played high school football with Mansfield Legacy High School and played for her club BKSC.

“I had the choice of playing college soccer in the US, but ultimately I decided to forego that and come to Ireland instead because I thought it would be a cool opportunity to come here. Family circumstances brought me here too,” she told sligorovers.com

Coyne added:

“I am excited about the challenge ahead. I enjoy the training a lot. Especially the goalkeeping portion, I think Kristen (Sample) is a really good coach. And I really like the goalkeepers I’m working with as well”.

Coyne made the move to Sligo a month ago and is enjoying life here so far, even if it is a big change. She is hoping that she can develop her football and feels that joining Rovers is the right fit.

“With college soccer in the US you have four or five years and that’s it. With me, it’s sort of about staying in the sport for as long as I can and developing along the way.”And this feels like the right opportunity for me.”

Coyne will be available for selection in the matchday squad for Saturday’s league game at The Showgrounds against Bohemian FC.

Sligo Rovers are delighted to announce the signing of former Republic of Ireland international Amy Boyle-Carr. The 21-year-old makes a return to football for the first time since 2019 having decided to step away to commit to Donegal GAA.

The Glenties native is a well-established GAA player, but is also a highly rated football player who earned her first Irish senior cap at the age of 17. Boyle-Carr, who can operate in midfield, on the wing or as a striker, started her football career with Fintown Harps as part of the boy’s team before moving on to Sion Swifts. She represented Donegal in the Gaynor Cup and was a regular in Irish underage squads.

At the age of 16, Boyle-Carr was named in the Irish senior squad for friendlies before being handed her first start in April 2018 at the age of 17 against The Netherlands at Tallaght Stadium. In fact, it was a game she had tickets for, but they went unused as she was named in the starting 11 on the day. Having made her debut, Boyle-Carr made the decision to step away from Gaelic football.

A number of months later, she made her return to Donegal GAA, and never left since. But, with her GAA season now over, Boyle-Carr has decided to commit to Rovers for the remainder of the season. After attending training on Monday, she decided she wanted to be part of it all.

“Steve had been in touch at the start of the year, but I’d already committed to Donegal. I said I’d come down on Monday and see how I got on. I enjoyed it. “It’s brilliant, it’s a great opportunity to get. I said I’d sign and see how it goes. It will keep me fit.  

“I was training on Monday night and the training was brilliant, good and intense. I enjoyed it.”Boyle-Carr is now part of an already sizeable Donegal contingent within the Rovers squad, but she also knows players like Katie Melly, Lauren McLellan and Ruth Monaghan from her time studying at ATU Sligo, where she has just completed her degree. And now that she’s here, she can’t wait to get going.

“It’s been a while since I played (football). I wasn’t putting too much pressure on myself. “The girls are great, it helped that I knew some of them. I was chatting to them and they were telling me about the backing they get from the club and the support so it’s fantastic. It will only push everyone on.”

Sligo Rovers are currently looking for a competitive Irish gamer to represent us in an upcoming FIFA 21 Tournament.

Players must have a minumum Ultimate team ranking of Division 3 or be FIFA Ultimate Team Verified (FUT Verified)

The tournament will take place on the Playstation 4 platform only. 

To apply to be our representative, please email your details to media@sligorovers.com by 4 pm Monday (February 22nd)

Tournament Details:

•  The tournament will take every Wednesday over five weeks, with clubs competing against each other online through the Gfinity Platform. (dates to be confirmed)
• Games will play all games in FIFA 21 90 rated friendlies mode,
• All Clubs represented in the FIFA game will play as themselves.
• The top 8 teams will progress to the Finals
• The winner of the finals will earn a spot in the FIFA Global Series

Sligo Rovers would like to congratulate Patricia Cryan who has won the Last Man Standing competition.

Following Brighton and Hove Albion’s scoreless draw last night which eliminated Des Kavanagh and saw Patricia Cryan as the only remaining player after her selection of Burnley beat Norwich on Saturday evening.

The club would like to put on record our thanks to everyone who entered the competition which began last February.