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Sligo Rovers F.C. (Irish: An Cumann Peile Ruagairí Shligigh) is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. Image File history File links SligoRovers. ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...
The Showgrounds has been home of Sligo Rovers F.C. since the club was formed in 1928. ...
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Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Sligo Code: SO Area: 1,836 km² Population (2006) 60,863 Website: www. ...
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Michael Toolan is the current chairman of the Irish football (soccer) team Sligo Rovers FC. He is native of Gurteen, County Sligo . ...
The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the Eircom League (from the leagues sponsorship by Irish telcommunications company Eircom), is a league of football clubs in the Republic of Ireland. ...
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The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the eircom League (from the leagues sponsorship by Irish telecommunications company eircom), is a league of football clubs in Ireland. ...
The club is a co-op, it is owned by the people of Sligo. Sligo Rovers have played at The Showgrounds since their inception. The Showgrounds is held in trust, which ensures the ground can never be sold and will remain for Sligo Rovers to use. A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) comprises a legal entity owned and democratically controlled by its members, with no passive shareholders. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...
The Showgrounds (also known as the Showgies) has been home of Sligo Rovers F.C. since the club was formed in 1928. ...
History
Sligo Rovers Football Club was formed on 17 September 1928 as a result of an amalgamation of two junior sides, Sligo Town and Sligo Blues. Their first game was a 9-1 victory against Ballyshannon on 23 September 1928 . The club, elected to the League of Ireland in 1934, hails from Sligo and play their home matches at the Showgrounds. The club colours are red and white stripes with red shorts away colours are all white. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...
September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...
The River Erne in Ballyshannon Ballyshannon (Béal Atha Seanaidh in Irish) is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. ...
September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...
The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the Eircom League (from the leagues sponsorship by Irish telcom Eircom), is a league of football clubs in the Republic of Ireland. ...
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...
The Showgrounds has been home of Sligo Rovers F.C. since the club was formed in 1928. ...
In the years of The Emergency (WW II) the club captured the imagination of the country when it signed the legendary Bill "Dixie" Dean -the former Everton legend and still the all time top scorer in the English First Division. The Emergency was an official euphemism used by the Irish Government (of the State now known as the Republic of Ireland) during the 1940s to refer to its position during World War II. The State was officially neutral during World War II and in government media, direct references to the...
William Ralph Dean (January 22, 1907 - March 1, 1980), popularly known as Dixie Dean, was an English football player and the most prolific goal-scorer in English football history,[1] best known for his legendary exploits at Everton. ...
Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. ...
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Rovers finest periods came in 1937 & 1977, when they won the League of Ireland championship, 1983 when they defeated Bohemians FC to win the FAI Cup and 1994, when under manager Willie McStay they won a "treble" of the Irish First Division title, the First Division Shield and the FAI Cup, beating Derry City FC in the final. In 1994 they got through the preliminary round of the European Cup Winners Cup (eventually losing to Club Brugge in the first round proper, 5-2 on aggregate). The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the Eircom League (from the leagues sponsorship by Irish telcom Eircom), is a league of football clubs in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Bohemian FC is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...
The FAI Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland. ...
Willie McStay is the current youth coach of Celtic F.C. McStay also played for Celtic and even captained the Wembley Wizards. ...
Derry City FC is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland, it is also the only club in the league from Northern Ireland. ...
The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic league cups. ...
Club Brugge KV is a football club from Brugge, Belgium. ...
Current Northern Ireland national football team manager Lawrie Sanchez managed the club in the 1994-95 season. Steve Cotterill, manager of Burnley F.C. since the season 2005/2006, succeeded Sanchez as manager. First international Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest win Ireland (IFA) 7 - 0 Wales (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 1 February 1930) Biggest defeat Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1958) Best result Quarterfinals, 1958 European Championship Appearances none...
Lawrence Philip Lawrie Sanchez (born October 22, 1959 in London, England) is a former Northern Irish football player, who is the current Northern Ireland Manager and caretaker Manager of Fulham. ...
Stephen Cotterill, born July 20, 1964 is an English football manager, currently manager of Burnley. ...
Burnley Football Club are a professional football club based in Burnley, in north-east Lancashire, England. ...
On Saturday November 12th 2005, Sligo Rovers claimed the 2005 First Division Title with a 0-0 draw at home to Athlone Town. Sligo Rovers are playing Premier Division football for the first time in six years in the 2006 Eircom League season. Sligo Rovers reached the FAI Cup semi final in the 2006 season but their manager Sean Connor resigned days after the game despite being contracted until the end of the 2007 season. Despite Connor's lack of interest towards the end of his tenure Sligo Rovers still managed a very credible 5th place finish in their first season back in the Premier Division.
Sligo Rovers are the subject of a popular, semi-autobiographical book, "There's Only One Red Army" by journalist Eamonn Sweeney, published in 1997.
Supporters The club has always had loyal following in Sligo Town as well as throughout the North West of the country, where it was an outpost for soccer since its membership of the League of Ireland, this despite not always being successful.
There are four main supporters groups, they are:
- SRFC North Sligo Supporters Club.
- SRFC South Sligo Supporters Club - This is the longest active supporters club of Sligo Rovers F.C. Established on the 15th of January 1995 in the Woodside Inn, Rinbane, Co Sligo. The main focus of South Sligo S.C. is fundraising for the Bit O' Red. The South Sligo S.C. has its own constitution and rules. It is an affiliated supporters club of Sligo Rovers and all monies raise by the club are forwarded too Sligo Rovers F.C. Since the establishment of the Club it has raised over €250,000 for Sligo Rovers F.C. Other activities carried out by the South Sligo S.C. members include stewarding on match days, general repairs to the Showgrounds.
- SRFC Dublin Supporters Club.
- SRFC The Bit O'Red Supporters Trust.
Current squad As of April 10, 2007 April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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Richard Brush (born November 26, 1984 in Birmingham, England) is a football (soccer) goalkeeper currently playing for Sligo Rovers F.C. in the Eircom League Premier Division. ...
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Gavin is a footballer playing for Sligo Rovers in the Eircom League. ...
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Sean Kelly is a professional footballer currently playing for Cork City F.C. in the eircom League of Ireland Premier Division. ...
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The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ...
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The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ...
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The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ...
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The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ...
Conor OGrady is a footballer currently playing for Sligo Rovers in the Eircom League. ...
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The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ...
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Chris Turner (born September 15, 1958 in Sheffield) is an English football manager. ...
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The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ...
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The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ...
Jason McCartney (born March 14, 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer and 2002 Bali bombing survivor. ...
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Brian Cash (born Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is a 25-year-old Irish footballer. ...
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Recent Managerial History
Managerial career began 14 November 2006. Resigned 6th March 2007
Dubliner O’Riordan came to the club after a successful period with Galway United. However, with Rovers he failed to build a side capable of challenging for promotion although he did lay the groundwork for the club’s highly successful Youth policy and he gave a number of locals their Senior debuts in the eircom League. Sean Connor(1967-) is the current HOmosexual manager of the Irish football (soccer) giants Bohemian FC. He is native of Belfast. ...
Donald Joseph O’Riordan (born May 14, 1957 in Ballyfermot, Dublin) is an Irish former footballer and football manager. ...
O’Riordan and Sligo Rovers parted ways in the summer of last year – his replacement is Belfast native Sean Connor – and since then his name has been linked with every vacancy in the eircom League.
He has found work with Sheffield United under manager Neil Warnock, whom O’Riordan played for when Warnock was in charge of Notts County.
O’Riordan is part of the club’s Youth set-up and is currently in China where he is setting up a Youth Academy for United so that they can tap into the ever growing Asian football market.
Cassidy, who had previously managed in Cyprus and Northern Ireland, could do little to reverse the slide in Rovers’ fortunes following the departure of previous manager Jim McInally and they were relegated from the Premier Division.
Cassidy went close to getting Rovers back up as they were in contention right up until the final day of the 2000-2001 season when they lost 4-1 against Home Farm Everton.
Cassidy and Rovers then parted ways with Cassidy helping out the then Northern Ireland manager Sammy McIllroy, by running the rule over players in the IFA Leagues.
The former Northern Ireland international – who played in the World Cup finals in 1982 – was then appointed manager of UniBond League First Division side Workington Reds.
Cassidy has been in charge of the Reds for four years and has won promotion to the UniBond Premier Division, which they currently lead and were they to win that they would move into the Conference North. Cassidy also instigated a link between Workington and Scottish Premier Division side Motherwell who now own a 10 per cent share of the club.
McInally came to the Showgrounds at the start of the 1999-2000 season but early results didn’t go his way and he left the club due to personal reasons. James Edward McInally (born February 19, 1964 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer and now manager. ...
McInally went back to Scotland and joined the coaching staff of his former club, Celtic, linking up with another former Rovers manager, Willie McStay, in working with the club’s Youth teams. McInally moved back into management as he was appointed manager of Scottish Second Division side, Greenock Morton. In the 2005/2006 season he led Morton to 2nd place in the Division after which they were subsequently denied promotion by losing to Peterhead in the play-offs. McInally has stated his intention to win the Second Division in the 2006/2007 season. Celtic Football Club (pronounced seltik in IPA; AIM: CCP) is a Scottish football club, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. ...
Reid was one of Jimmy Mullen’s last signings and the former Manchester City player was asked to take charge. In his first season – as player-manager – he took the club on it’s longest ever unbeaten run – which saw them claim the League Cup in February of 1998, beating Shelbourne over two legs in the final (Reid captained the side). His second season didn’t go as well and the club just escaped relegation from the top flight on the final day thanks to a 2-0 win against Derry. Reid was then released from his contract and he went back to England where he went back to college to get his physiotherapy qualifications. Nicky Reid was an English Football centre back who was born in Davyhulme . ...
He had been working at Burnley but left them to take up a position with Manchester City. He is part of Chief Physiotherapist Jim Webb’s staff and is involved mainly with the club’s reserve side. He also regularly togs with the City ‘Past Masters’ team.
Mullen came to the club after a good spell with Burnley but his reign at the Showgrounds was short-lived and he left the club due to family reasons in July 1997. After leaving the Showgrounds, Mullen found employment with the Welsh FA as he was helping out Neville Southall with the Welsh U-19 side. He then became manager of UniBond Welsh League side Colwyn Bay, but was later sacked. He then had spells with Market Dragon FC and Telford before recently being appointed manager of English Southern League Western Division One side, Bromsgrove Rovers. Jimmy Mullen (born November 8, 1952 in Jarrow) is a football manager. ...
Before lawrie Sanchez left in 1995, he recommended that Sligo Rovers appoint Cotterill and that proved to be a wise decision as he led the club to third place in the Premier Division of the National League and his side also reached the League Cup final (Rovers were beaten on penalties by Shelbourne). Cotterill was then offered the position of manager of Cheltenham Town, who he brought from non-League football into the Football League winning the FA Trophy along the way. Stephen Cotterill, born July 20, 1964 is an English football manager, currently manager of Burnley. ...
Cotterill was then appointed manager of Stoke City before leaving Stoke to become Howard Wilkinson’s assistant at Sunderland, who were then in the English FA Premiership. Wilkinson had a disastrous reign at Sunderland and was sacked as was his coaching staff. In June 2004, Cotterill was appointed manager of Football League Championship side Burnley.
Prior to his appointment with Rovers, Sanchez had been famous for scoring the winning goal for Wimbledon in the 1988 English FA Cup Final against Liverpool. Sanchez built on the good work done by McStay with his professionalism rubbing off on everyone at the Showgrounds. He led the club to semi-final of the FAI Cup where they were beaten by Shelbourne. Sanchez then left Rovers to take over as reserve team manager for Wimbledon before becoming manager of Wycombe Wanderers , who had a memorable run to the FA Cup semi-final in 2001 (but they lost to Liverpool in the last four). Sanchez was sacked by Wycombe in 2003, but bounced back to become manager of Northern Ireland for whom he won two caps under Billy Bingham. Sanchez has done sterling work since taking over as he halted their miserable run which saw Northern Ireland set an international record for the longest winless streak without scoring. Lawrence Philip Lawrie Sanchez (born October 22, 1959 in London, England) is a former Northern Irish football player, who is the current Northern Ireland Manager and caretaker Manager of Fulham. ...
After leading Rovers to an historic treble in the 1993-94 season, when they won the First Division, First Division Shield and the FAI Cup, the Scot left Rovers just before the start of the new season after being approached by Celtic, his former club as a player. Willie McStay is the current youth coach of Celtic F.C. McStay also played for Celtic and even captained the Wembley Wizards. ...
McStay joined Celtic’s coaching staff and ever since he has been involved with their underage sides. A testament to McStay’s work is the fact that he has survived all the managerial changes at Celtic and is currently part of the club’s Youth Academy staff and has his UEFA Pro Coaching Licence.
Keely guided Sligo to their highest finish in a decade in the Premier Division with a 5th place finish in 1990/91. Dermot Keely, (born 8 March 1954 in Dublin) is the current manager of Irish football team Shelbourne FC. The Keely name has been synonymous with League of Ireland football with his late father Peter playing for Shelbourne, his brother Joe played on the same Home Farm FAI Cup winning side...
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