Bray must learn lesson from bitter cup defeatIt's not hard to imagine what the atmosphere is like in Bray this week as Pat Devlin's players prepare for the visit of Derry…Tue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Stadium's fate now in hands of developersAfter yet another marathon meeting of the FAI's board of management, the fate of Eircom Park now appears to be firmly in the …Tue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Draw gives no cause for complaintOn the face of it this was an opportunity missed for Stephen O'Brien's Longford Town sideMon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Rovers know what they face but not whoWith all but two third-round ties yet to be decided, last night's FAI Cup quarter-final draw failed to produce a single tie of…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Waterford earn second bite after real thrillerTo look at them throwing themselves headlong into one of the most exciting ties this year's Harps Lager FAI Cup is likely to …Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Bohemians win round two as wellAfterwards it was almost amusing to reflect on how we had thought there had been bad blood between these two clubs before last…Sat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Galway lose Grant to ShelbourneCost-cutting measures aimed at preventing potentially serious financial difficulties developing at Galway United were blamed …Thu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
Cup game could be defining momentSometimes you just call it wrong and as the handful of journalists covering Sunday's run-of-the-mill encounter between UCD and…Tue Jan 30 2001 - 00:00
Cork City manager set to goCork City officials are expected to issue a statement this morning confirming the departure of manager Derek Mountfield just …Tue Jan 30 2001 - 00:00
Kilkenny fail to take chances"It wasn't so much a six as a nine pointer," Kilkenny City assistant manager Billy Walsh said after seeing the league's bottom…Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
Foran makes amends for past sins with double strikeThe villain on Tuesday when he was sent off for the fourth time this season, Richie Foran turned hero at Tolka Park last night…Sat Jan 27 2001 - 00:00
Determined UCD discover that spirit is not enoughIt's not over yet but having lost by two goals to a St Patrick's side that has been on a more or less consistently upward curve…Thu Jan 25 2001 - 00:00
FAI plans meeting to keep park on trackThe Football Association of Ireland's negotiating team will meet representatives of Davy Hickey Properties by the end of this…Wed Jan 24 2001 - 00:00
FAI battlelines are still drawnThe leading critics of the FAI's Eircom Park scheme were claiming vindication last night after a meeting of the association's…Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
Players leave, deal or no dealIt was easy to see just how angry many of the home side's supporters were at Turner's Cross on SundayTue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
FAI seeks new investors as cost of Eircom Park rises to £130mThe Football Association of Ireland last night nominated a four-member negotiating team to open talks with potential investors…Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
Shelbourne happy with point after late scaresJudged on this game, Cork City are no closer to conceding that the season holds nothing for them than their visitors are of considering…Mon Jan 22 2001 - 00:00
Bray settle for a well earned pointIt wasn't quite a win over one of the main title contenders, but then these days Bray fans are getting a little bit spoiled with…Sat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
FAI's project plans strongly criticisedAn independent consultant, who specialises in advising sports organisations on how to maximise revenue, has strongly criticised…Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
O'Byrne insists the figures are positiveFAI chief executive Bernard O'Byrne has insisted the Eircom Park project is "stronger now than it has ever been" after most of…Thu Jan 18 2001 - 00:00
UEFA Cup spot seems beyond CorkThe National League Premier Division game between Finn Harps and Bohemians, which had been refixed for this evening after being…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
UCD search for a change of fortuneGiven the form of the sides involved it wouldn't seem unreasonable for Pat Dolan to be aiming to put the Eircom-sponsored League…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
City limits fail to halt Town's progressThe celebrations around the Longford bench at the end suggested that even Stephen Kenny's side were surprised by their latest…Mon Jan 15 2001 - 00:00
New costings but future of Eircom Park still in doubtThe future of Eircom Park will be decided on January 26th rather than the 22nd after yesterday's meeting of the FAI's Board of…Sat Jan 13 2001 - 00:00
New post looks demandingThe trawl for National League football's new chief administrator gets under the way over the next couple of days when advertisements…Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
Bray get chance of revengeAfter a lacklustre second round, the Harp Lager FAI Cup promised to spring into life last night when the draw for the last 16…Tue Jan 09 2001 - 00:00
Romance and the Cup might soon spell D-I-V-O-R-C-ESo, it's official then. Romance and the cup have gone their separate ways. Irrevocable differences, it seemsTue Jan 09 2001 - 00:00
Doolin retains his old appetiteThe standard joke before this game was that Monaghan's management team of Shelbourne old-boys, Bobby Browne and Garry Howlett…Mon Jan 08 2001 - 00:00
Longford strike at the final whistleBefore this game got under way City manager Derek Mountfield would surely have been the happier of the two managers had they …Mon Jan 08 2001 - 00:00
Bray enjoy frolic by the seasideMuch better teams than Sligo Rovers have come to the Carlisle Grounds over the past couple of months and left with their tail…Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
Gamble that may have double payoutHaving played less than 50 first-team games in over five years away, Jim Crawford returned to Dublin last summer hoping to finally…Thu Jan 04 2001 - 00:00
Harps players seek transferThe financial crisis at Finn Harps looks set to take another twist this evening when most of the first-team players are expected…Thu Jan 04 2001 - 00:00
St Patrick's angry over postponementSt Patrick's Athletic reacted angrily last night to Bohemians' successful bid to have the league game scheduled to take place…Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00
Fixture chaos adds to winter break debateIt hasn't been the best of Christmas periods for the National League with the weather continuing to take its toll on what looked…Tue Jan 02 2001 - 00:00
McCarthy's stature grows as boys in green come of ageThe bare stats are a little misleading. Four wins, four draws and two defeatsSat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Head to head with FA Cup bafflingYou mightn't have twigged it but further evidence that the National League's unending war against the Premiership is being won…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Longford sell naming rightsLongford Town became the first club in the National League to sell the naming rights to their ground yesterday when they unveiled…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Bray's home fire burns onDown the years it hasn't been one of those places that championship contenders worried about visiting, but much more of this …Mon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
Shelbourne racing ahead at half paceMore than halfway into the season and still we're supposed to be waiting for Shelbourne to really hit their strideSat Dec 16 2000 - 00:00
Mahon move hits hitchAlan Mahon's proposed loan move to Blackburn Rovers was thrown into doubt yesterday when it emerged that his former club Tranmere…Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Dream draw for cup minnowsLeinster Senior League clubs Rathcoole Boys and Dublin Bus were last night handed dream Harp Lager FAI Cup ties with Derry City…Tue Dec 12 2000 - 00:00
