Sligo Rovers are thrilled to announce the signing of goalkeeper Bonnie McKiernan ahead of the new 2023 SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division season.

The 18-year-old joins from Athlone Town having previously played with Cavan Shamrocks.

McKiernan becomes the third goalkeeper to sign for this season with Amy Mahon and Anais Coyne also competing for the number 1 shirt.

Manager Steve Feeney is delighted with his latest recruit:

‘’We are delighted to sign Bonnie McKiernan today.

‘’As we always say, this club is about giving people in this North-West and surrounding areas a chance of playing Senior Women’s football and this is another good example of that.

‘’Bonnie has done great in training so far and we are all really looking forward to working with her his this season’’.

McKiernan could make her debut in a fortnight as Rovers host Shamrock Rovers in the opening game of the season on Saturday March 4^th at The Showgrounds.

The Cavan native is thrilled to have joined the club:

‘’I’m absolutely delighted to be here.

‘’ Steve is a brilliant coach who pushes to get the best out of every player and has built such a positive environment which I could tell from my very first training session.

‘’I’m very excited and really looking forward to the season ahead with the rest of the squad’’.

Season Tickets are available now for all Women’s Premier Division matches this season for just €50.

You can secure yours online via the link below:

https://srfcdirect.com/season-tickets-2023/

Sligo Rovers wish to inform supporters that Children Under the age of 12 must be accompanied by a paying adult in order to attend a match at The Showgrounds.

We are not responsible for Children attending a fixture unaccompanied and they will be refused entry to the ground unless an adult is present with them. We ask parents and guardians to assist us with this request this season.

Those aged over the age of 12 will be filtered to a designated turnstile this season which will be clearly signposted.

Children over 12 (secondary school) are subject to the same prices as others an must pay €12 for Category One games and €10 for Category Two games.

Satuday’s game against Shamrock Rovers is an all-ticket game and no cash will be accepted on the night at the turnstiles. All those aged over 12 years of age will be asked to enter via the Juvenile turnstile with your €12 ticket which must be pre-purchased. Anyone over the age of 12 will be refused entry if in possession of an Under 12 ticket.

The final pre-season friendly of 2023 for our Senior Men’s team takes place this evening at 7.45pm at The Showgrounds against Finn Harps.

Tickets are available at the turnstiles which open from 6.45pm.

Adults are €10 with all other categories €5.

Tickets for next Saturday’s SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division clash with Shamrock Rovers will be on sale outside the ground until kick off at the front office window at the turnstiles.

Sligo Rovers are delighted to announce the signing of Faroese International Striker Stefan Radosavljevic on a two-year deal.

Radosavljevic joins the Bit O’ Red ahead of the start of the 2023 SSE Airtricity Premier Division season which begins next week at home to Shamrock Rovers (Saturday, February 18^th – 7.45pm).

The 22-year-old has scored 44 times in 145 appearances in the Faroes top flight between and also has 20 assists in that period.

Bit O’ Red Manager John Russell is happy with his latest recruit:

‘’I’m excited to announce the signing of Stefan Radosavljevic.

‘’I have been in talks with Stefan and his agent for a number of months and I am delighted he has decided to join Sligo Rovers.

‘’Stefan is a player of immense quality. He is an attacking player who can play as a ‘number 9’ or a ‘number 10’.

‘’He is a current Faroese International and, I know from our conversations he is very ambitious and driven to succeed.

‘’He fits the profile of the type of player we want to bring to the club and, I think our fans will enjoy watching him play’’.

Stefan may make his first club appearance in tomorrow’s pre-season friendly at home to Finn Harps, Rovers’ final game before the season starts a week later at The Showgrounds.

The talented forward player is excited to be at The Showgrounds:

‘’I feel really good now that I have joined Sligo Rovers. I am very happy to be here.

‘’I think that the coach, John and the team has big ambitions and I wanted to be a part of that and help us all achieve our goals.

‘’I can’t wait for the start of the season next weekend at The Showgrounds’’.

Radosavljevic will wear the number 18 shirt for The Bit O’ Red this season and met up with his new team-mates for the first time today.

Season Tickets have now surpassed the club’s greatest ever tally with over 1,100 tickets sold before the start of the season with still one week remaining.

Supporters can buy Season Tickets online via the link below before next Friday for your ticket to be printed in time for kick-off:

The club wish to remind all 2023 Super Red members that the annual open day will take place tomorrow, February 11th, from 3pm until 4.30pm in The Showgrounds.

With large crowds expected, we ask all families planning on attending to be patient on arrival.

Registration will open from 2.15pm and we ask families not to arrive until then.

Please enter via the Astro Car Park entrance.

All members will receive their 2023 Season Tickets along with their club training top on arrival. Following this all members will enjoy activities on the clubs astro facility with members of the first team squad.

Following the activities, there will be an opportunity for all members to get photos and autographs from club staff and players.

There will be complimentary tea and coffee on the day in the clubhouse.

Super Red packages offer incredible value at just €70 for the year.

If you would like to become a member, click here

Sligo Rovers are excited to announce the signing of Women’s Club Captain Emma Hansberry until at least the end of the 2023 SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division season.

Hansberry has a wealth of experience both domestically and internationally having been involved in Republic of Ireland International youth squads throughout her career.

The local Sligo native was the Club Captain for last season’s first ever Women’s Premier Division squad and has previously played with Castlebar Celtic, where she won Young Player of The Year and featured in the Women’s National League Team of the Season and for Wexford Youths where she won an FAI Cup and three Women’s National League titles as well as competing in The Women’s Champions League.

Manager Steve Feeney is delighted with his latest recruit:

‘’We are all delighted that Emma is with us again this season.

‘’Emma is a fantastic role model for all young players in the region to aspire to.

‘’She has achieved some great things in her career and won medals but the big thing for me is she’s still as hungry as ever to achieve more and she is a valuable member of the club here at Sligo Rovers’’.

Rovers took on Athlone Town in a pre-season friendly away from home on Saturday, a game which ended 2-2. Hansberry scored Rovers’ second goal with a long-range effort which flew into the top corner. Her free kick last season against Bohemians was a stand-out moment in 2022.

Hansberry is delighted to be back this season:

‘’I’m very happy to have signed for the 2023 season with Sligo Rovers.

‘’I’m really looking forward to the year ahead. We have learned a lot from our first year in the League last season and, we hope to be even more competitive this year.

‘’We have signed some exciting new players and we have kept the bulk of our squad from last season which is a really positive start.

‘’We are all excited for our opening home game on March 4^th.

Season Tickets are available now for just €50 online via the link below:

https://srfcdirect.com/season-tickets-2023/

Sligo Rovers are excited to announce the signing of Northern Irish International Casey Howe until at least the end of the 2023 SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division season.

The 20-year-old from Enniskillen joins Steve Feeney’s side from Glentoran in the Women’s Premiership in Northern Ireland.

Howe has had spells with Ballinamallard and Linfield before moving to the Glens and now will begin her career South of the border with the Bit O’ Red.

Manager Steve Feeney Is delighted with his latest recruit:

‘’Casey is a terrific player. We have been keeping track of her for a while now and are delighted to have secured her signature.

‘’It is an exciting time for the club ahead of the new season and this is a big statement of where we want to go.

‘’She will add an attacking threat and add to the quality we already have in the squad’’.

Rovers take on Athlone Town today in a pre-season friendly away from home. Preparations for the opening game of the season are in full swing as today marks four weeks to our first game against Shamrock Rovers at The Showgrounds (March 4^th, 5pm).

The talented attacker has scored 32 goals in 40 appearances from her time at Linfield and Glentoran and is sure to excite Bit O’ Red supporters throughout 2023.

Howe is happy to be at The Showgrounds:

“I chose Sligo Rovers as I wanted a different challenge to that of the League in Northern Ireland and having the opportunity to play against the best teams in Ireland was something that really appealed to me.

‘’I aim to bring something different to the team and help the team move up the table.

‘’The girls have all been very welcoming and I’m looking forward to kicking off the new campaign.

‘’Knowing the quality of both Steve Feeney and Jason McCartney through my youth football at Ballinamallard really helped me in making my decision to join Sligo Rovers.”

Season Tickets are available now for just €50 online via the link below:

https://srfcdirect.com/season-tickets-2023/

Sligo Rovers are delighted to announce that talented defender Keela Scanlon has signed for the senior squad for the first time ahead of the new 2023 SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division season.

Keela signed for Rovers from local youth club Yeats United, who continue to play a pivotal role in local youth football, back in 2020 and was named the Under 19 team’s Player of The Year.

Scanlon is currently an ATU Sligo student and is part of the University’s Senior Women’s team.

Manager Steve Feeney is thrilled to have Keela involved this season:

‘’This really is what the senior Women’s team is about. Until we started it last year, girls like Keela and lots of her team-mates who would become overage for our Under 19 team would have no football left for them in Sligo.

‘’Now, we can provide that for them and, it gives them something to aspire to be part of.

‘’Keela is a fantastic player and, her defensive capabilities will help us this season.

‘’We are looking forward to working with her in the season ahead.’’

Keela will be part of the squad who travel to take on Athlone Town tomorrow away from home. The game kicks off at 2pm and will be the squad’s second pre-season friendly after they played the same opposition last weekend.

Scanlon is happy to be part of the senior set up this year:

‘’I’m delighted to sign with the senior squad after coming through the Academy here at Sligo Rovers.

‘’I’m really looking forward to the coming season and to learn from Steve and the management team.

‘’Hopefully we can push on this season and continue to develop as a team’’.

The Women’s Premier Division season is just four weeks away where we host Shamrock Rovers at home on the opening day of the new season.

The game kicks off at 5pm and a large crowd is expected at The Showgrounds.

Sligo Rovers are thrilled to announce the re-signing of goalkeeper Anais Coyne ahead of the new 2023 SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division season.

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

Coyne, originally from Texas, played high school football with Mansfield Legacy High School and played for her club BKSC.

Manager Steve Feeney is happy to have the experienced goalkeeper in the squad this season:

‘’Anais has been a great addition to the squad since arriving here last year.

‘’She is popular among the squad and herself and the other goalkeepers are training well together and all playing for the number one shirt this year.

‘’We are looking forward to working with Anais again this season’’.

Bit O’ Red Season Tickets are available now for just €50 for the season. You won’t miss a kick in the Women’s Premier Division and you can buy your tickets online via the link below

Coyne is happy to be back with Rovers this season:

‘’I’m delighted to be signing again with Sligo Rovers.

‘’I’m happy to be getting back into it and I look forward to each training session.

‘’My goals, as with any club, are to just continue to develop and improve and I hope to see the team do well in the League this season.”

Anais was part of the Bit O’ Red team in last weekend’s pre-season friendly against Athlone Town and will travel to take on the Midlanders again tomorrow away from home.

Everyone at the club were deeply saddened at the passing of supporter Sean Dwyer yesterday.

Sean was a Season Ticket holder at The Showgrounds for many years as well as being a member of our 500 Club.

A former club committee member and treasurer, Sean rarely missed a Sligo Rovers match and was always a friendly face among fellow Bit O’ Red supporters.

We express our heartfelt sympathies to Sean’s family and friends at this difficult time.

We will remember Sean before tomorrow’s game against Wexford with a moment’s silence.

May he rest in peace