In the Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel title race City United with a game in hand on current tables Boyle Celtic moved within two points on the leaders thanks to this win at Sean Fallon Park against visitors Ballisodare United. David Blaine was the hero for City scoring his first seven minutes before half time [...]
Sligo – Leitrim & D.S.L Tables 25th March 2012 BestWestern Sligo Southern Super League P W D L F A Pts Gd 1 Boyle Celtic 18 15 0 3 69 12 45 57 2 City Utd. 17 14 1 2 51 19 43 32 3 Yeats Utd. 20 [...]
Sligo – Leitrim & District Soccer League – Results Sunday 25th March Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel Super League City Utd 2 – 1 Ballisodare United Coolera Rovers 1 – 3 Ballymote Celtic Manor Rangers 1 – 3 Carbury FC Yeats United 2 – 1 Aughanagh Celtic
Danny North’s, having spent the last two season’s with St. Pat’s is already making a name for himself with Sligo Rovers after his 49th minute strike earned the bit o’ red a 1-0 victory over Roddy Collins Monaghan United in Gortakeegan last night. Rovers were on top for most of the proceedings but they had [...]
League Leaders in the Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel Yeats United travelled to Mitchell Curley Park hoping to continue their good form and put more space between them and the chasing pack. Rory Mc Caffrey opened Yeats account and a Shane Hayes own goal looked certain to settle matters for the Yeats men however a [...]
While the GAA inter provincial series – the old GAA Railway Cup as it was better known for many decades – gets a new lease of life in Sligo’s Markievicz Park this Sunday (throw-in 2pm) with Ulster playing Connacht, it appears that the long time Connacht GAA supremo is not at all pleased that the [...]
Former Sligo Rovers boss Paul Cook says he had to come to Ireland if he had any chance of fulfilling his managerial dream and now his five year spell at Sluigo has made him better equipped as a manager. Meanwhile the hunt for his successor at the Showgrounds continues with names like colourful Monaghan boss, Roddy Collins [...]
Despite talks with Derry City today over their managerial vacancy, after Stephen Kenny’s departure to Shamrock Rovers – Sligo Rovers manager Paul Cook is likely to stay at the Showgrounds – for now!. Sligo have signed 12 players, including Ross Gaynor, for next season and it is felt that Cook will stay on at the Showgrounds with one year left [...]
The Football Association of Ireland today (October 17) announced that ticket prices for the 2011 FAI Ford Cup Final will be set at €5 for children and €10 for adults. The game will take place at 3.30pm on Sunday, November 6, at Aviva Stadium and prices have been kept at the same affordable level as [...]
For the second year in a row, Sligo native Stephen Kilfeather (24) has taken the title of Irish Open Surfing Champion. In a hotly contested competition which concluded at the County Sligo Open at the weekend, Stephen retained the title narrowly beating fellow Team Ireland members Cain Kilcullen and Ronan Oertzen to top place. The [...]
The Legends are coming to Sligo as on Saturday August 6th in the Showgrounds when Manchester United Legends take on the Sligo Rovers Legends in Gerry Carr’s Testimonial. The Manchester United side will include some of the great players to have ever played for the club with an impressive haul of Premier League, FA Cup and [...]
Sligo Leitrim & D.S.L. Fixtures Sunday 4th Sept Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel KO 11am Ballymote Celtic v Quayside Rovers Boyle Celtic v Ballisodare Utd. Carbury FC v Yeats Utd. City Utd. v Coolera Rovers Cliffoney Celtic v Manor Rangers
Sligo Rovers 0 (Ireland) Vorskla Poltava 0 (Ukraine) Sligo Rovers broke new ground last evening when they came out of Ukraine with a scoreless draw against Vorskla Poltava. Not as traumatic as their trip in recent years to Albania, but the north west side are enjoying their globe trotting of recent times. This nicely sets up a [...]
Sligo Rovers are coming to Mayo as for the third year in a row the club will hold a Summer Camp in Bellaghy Park, Charlestown. The camp will run from Monday 25th July to Friday 29th July from 10:30am to 3:30pm each day and is open to boys and girls aged 5 to 16. The [...]
The Showgrounds will be a hive of activity over the coming weeks as Uefa has confirmed that the major programme of works outlined by Sligo Rovers will ensure the ground meets the strict ‘Category 3’ criteria for the Europa League fixture. While this is excellent news for Rovers and their supporters, Chairman Michael Toolan outlined [...]
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