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Limerick FC to APPLY for FAI National League
With the FAI today making a final reminder regarding the expression of interest for clubs wishing to participate in the brand new FAI National League, LOITalk can exclusively reveal that 1 club looking to return to League Of Ireland football via the National League is Limerick FC. LOITalk understands Limerick FC have made an expression…
Premier Division TOTW GW 1
The League Of Ireland is finally back and gameweek 1 certainly didn’t disappoint. 14 goals across the 5 games, A power outage that nearly had the game abandoned and a record crowd at an LOI game at the Aviva stadium. In total across the Premier and First Divisions there was over 57 thousand in attendance…
James Norris joins Shelbourne
The 21 year old English left back joins Shelbourne on loan from Liverpool. This is an exciting signing from Damien Duff! He comes from Anfield as the final deal from what has been a very enticing transfer window for the Auld Reds. A brief bit of history. Norris made his debut for Liverpool on the…
Match Review: Longford Town vs Bray Wanderers
AND BREATHE, was the reaction for most Bray supporters when the final whistle was blown. It was a decent and very mature performance from a very young squad. Just 3 minutes in, Dean O’Shea delivered the ball into the box and Norris smashed it against the post for Longford, if that goes in its a…
Dearg agus Dubh – Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers
Dublin is red and black, as Bohemians claimed a 1-0 win in a record-breaking Dublin Derby. The opening fixture for both teams saw a record 32,000 people show up at Lansdowne Road, as the Gypsies beat their traditional rivals Shamrock Rovers. Right from the get-go, Bohs were in control. Aside from a couple of opportunities…
WE ARE SO BACK, CORK CITY
It’s not just that City is back in the top league. It’s that I was back in Cork for a couple of days. It’s that I was finally out and about after a minor surgery—still, surgery is surgery. Since the end of January, I had been mostly confined to home, if not to bed. It’s…
Blue Review 1 – Sligo Rovers 2 – 3 Waterford FC
What a way to start the year! A 3-2 victory away from home secured our first three points of the year with goals coming in from Rowan McDonald, Tommy Lonergan and Conan Noonan. Block E were in full voice from start to finish playing a key part in the end. FIRST HALF HEROICS The game…
Treaty United 2-3 Cobh Ramblers
2-0 up and looking set to claim an unlikely win with 7 minutes to go, The crowd in the main stand in the Markets Field were starting to have abit of hope that this Treaty United side could be competitive for the playoffs places this season. The Blue Army in the top right corner singing…
Blue Preview 1 : Sligo Rovers VS Waterford FC
We are back! It’s matchday 1 as Waterford FC travel 4 hours to Sligo Rovers to kick off what is expected to be a magnificent League Of Ireland season! Sligo have been the more successful side in the head to head with 11 wins, Waterford close behind with 10 and a stalemate 8 times. Team…
Match Preview: Dundalk vs Athlone Town.
Dundalk and Athlone Town kick off their First division campaigns this Friday night at Oriel Park. Dundalk are looking to go straight back up to the Premier division following their relegation last season. Athlone Town are looking to spoil the party and push for promotion as well. Last time out: Well, where do I begin?…