Sligo Rovers are delighted to announce that Carnarvon Limited have sponsored Liam Buckley for the 2019 season.

A construction business predominantly based in the North-West, Carnarvon Ltd have always been huge supporters of the bit o’ red and we are delighted to welcome them on board once again.

Pictured is Barry Creed of Carnarvon Ltd with Liam Buckley.

If you would like to come on board with the bit o’ red for 2019 by means of player sponsorship, you can contact Sandra at the club by emailing administrator@sligorovers.com.

The FAI primary schools programme in conjunction with Sligo Rovers is now entering its fifth week, with school children across the region enjoying fun football sessions both indoors and outdoors.

Six schools have participated in the programme since its launch last month, with new schools invited to participate after the Christmas holidays.

To date, the development of skills has been a key aspect of the programme in its opening five weeks while a classroom based session on nutrition has also taken place.

The final two weeks of the programme will consist of two classroom based sessions, one on show racism the red card while the final session will consist of all things Sligo Rovers and the role the club has in the community. A member of the Sligo Rovers first team will also attend for the final classroom session.

All coaches on the programme are fully vetted and experienced.

The programme runs in seven week blocks and costs just €150. To enroll your school on the programme or for more information you can contact Darragh Healy on 086-0620268.

It is with great sadness that Sligo Rovers have received the news of the passing of Gerry Keavney.

Gerry was a Sligo Rovers fanatic, attending all home games with members of his family and indeed away games also.

Sligo Rovers played a huge part in Gerry’s life and everyone at the club is deeply heartbroken with the news of his passing.

Our sincere condolences to Gerry’s mother Doreen, son Gerry Jnr, partner Anne, sisters Jenny and Karena and brother Martin. Gerry Jr.’s partner Caitriona, brothers in law Pete and Ray, nieces Caitlin and Lauren, cousin Madeline and relatives.

Season tickets for 2019 have been finalised, including a new Super Reds offer that is among our best ever and price freezes on all regular priced tickets. A new two adult and two children ticket has also been introduced.

Adults are €220 standard and €300 gold which is reserved seating. Students are €135 and OAP €140. Second level is €70.

The Super Red offer is a ticket for the unchanged price of €50 and the child will receive a complimentary new jersey that will be released for 2019! This is valued at €40 so in effect offering a season ticket for just €10.

All the above are early bird prices and offers are valid until 2pm on Christmas Eve. All categories of season tickets are now on sale in The Showgrounds and will be up until Christmas Eve.

Our club shop will open on Monday December 3^rd in Barton Smiths Sligo, which will also sell 2019 season tickets along with a wide range of new Joma leisure wear for the new season ahead.

As always in order to accommodate the Bit O’ Red supporters outside of Sligo Town, the club have adopted outlets to cater for their needs. Season tickets for 2019 can also be bought in the following outlets from this week:

• Barton Smiths Sligo
• Collerys Menswear Sligo
• John Lowe Carrick- On- Shannon
• Greenan Electric Boyle
• Gerry Kenny Sport Ballina
• Collerys Shop Beltra
• Gillespies Tubbercurry
• Tanseys Centra Gurteen
• Lavins Menswear Ballymote
• Tony Quinn Cliffoney

Season tickets can also be purchased online here. For more information, you can contact the club by emailing administrator@sligorovers.com or Tel 071-9171212.

The Bit O’ Red were presented with a commendation award yesterday, at the 2018 SEE Airtricity League Club Awards which was held in Dublin.

The award in the category “best match day experience” was collected on behalf of the club by Shane Crossan at the awards ceremony.

Sligo Rovers wishes to thank each and every volunteer within the club who helps out on match days in order to provide the best possible match day experience for our supporters.

This award is a testament to the hard work our volunteers do for every home game in The Showgrounds.

We would like to thank the judging panel for nominating and presenting us with such a prestigious award.

Sligo Rovers would like to offer our sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the late Willie Bradley who passed away.

Willie scored a total of 26 goals for the club during his 195 appearances between 1949 and 1962.

Our thoughts are with the Bradley family at this sad time.

The 2018 Sligo Rovers Halloween Camp came to a close on Friday last, to complete what has been a fantastic year of kids camps for everyone involved.

This year witnessed 1,400 children participating in the camps, which has yet again proved to be the biggest year for camps in the club’s history.

Children both young and old participated while travelling near and far to enjoy weeks of fun filled football in The Showgrounds.

Camp Co-Ordinator, Shane Crossan spoke of his delighted at the success of this year’s camps and said “2018 has been a magnificent year for the camps and on a personal note I would like to thank everyone who contributed to their success. Our coaches deserve huge credit for all their hard work all year round. A special mention to the children and of course their parents also for their invaluable support throughout the year. We are already looking forward to our next camp in 2019”.

The next children’s camp will take place at Easter in 2019. For now, Sligo Rovers would like to wish all of the children well in their return to school and wish them every success going forward in the classroom.

Sligo Rovers would like to thank both the Match Sponsor & Match Ball Sponsor from our final home game on Friday last.

The Match Sponsor on the night was West Coast Orthodontics, while the Match Ball Sponsor was Hot Rods in Collooney.

Our thanks to both West Coast Orthodontics and Hot Rods Collooney for their continued support of the club as a whole.

The Wehrly Bros player of the month awards for July, August & September were awarded last Friday night to David Cawley and Mikey Drennan respectively.

David Cawley swooped two awards for the months of July and August while Mikey Drennan picked up the award for September.

Sligo Rovers would like to thank Richard Wehrly and all of his team for their kind sponsorship for the 2018 season, and also the supporters who voted each month.

Sligo Rovers look forward to working with Wehrly Bros once again for the 2019 season.

Sligo Rovers are delighted to be partnering with Memfies to showcase a match day experience from the fans perspective this Friday night, as we entertain Shamrock Rovers at 7.45pm in The Showgrounds.

Memfies is a Sligo based start-up, experts in weddings and the events industry.

We are calling on all supporters this Friday night to record your journey to the ground and to capture the best moments in the game on your phone, which can then be uploaded onto Memfies.com.

All footage uploaded by supporters will then be compiled into a video, showcasing the experience a supporter enjoys on a match night in The Showgrounds.

Any supporter who uploads footage will also be entered into a free draw to win a signed Sligo Rovers jersey. Below is the link in which supporters can use to upload footage this Friday night.

https://events.memfies.com/#/events/sligorovers/join