Two first half goals sealed the result, arriving via the boot of Roland Banya and an unfortunate own goal. Despite the fight back in the second period, the brilliant backline of Garreth Dodrill's charges stood firm.
Having yet to concede a goal in the tournament, DDSL were heavy favourites going into this tie and they went a goal ahead after just four minutes. 
The dangerous Val Adeedokun looked up to see the Sligo-Leitrim defence tuck in, before delivering a clever cross-field switch into the path of right winger Roland Banya. 
The tricky number six took a touch inside onto his left boot and fired a curling effort from the edge of the eighteen yard box. Sligo-Leitrim 'keeper Kayle Wasjszczuk almost kept the shot out, but it found its way into the bottom corner.
Just as the clock was ticking towards half time, the DDSL won a corner. The delivery wasn't cleared properly and found its way to the feet of Belvedere's Ben McCormack. 
The midfielder aimed to cross into the far post, but a deflection off the boot of a Sligo-Leitrim defender directed it back across Wasjszczuk.
Led by the brilliant William Chelaru, DDSL kept another clean sheet - ensuring the Dublin outfit maintained a perfect defensive record over the five days.
DDSL: Morgan Rice (Crumlin Utd); Gavin O'Brien (St. Kevin's Boys), William Chelaru (Cherry Orchard), Adam Wells (Crumlin Utd), Len O'Sullivan (St. Kevin's Boys); Bosun Lawal (St. Kevin's Boys), Jeff Nwodo (Malahide Utd); Roland Banya (St. Kevin's Boys), Ben McCormack (Belvedere), Val Adeedokun (Malahide Utd); Conan Noonan (St. Kevin's Boys).
Sligo-Leitrim: Kayle Wasjszczuk (Merville Utd); Dylan Walsh (Gurteen Celtic), Luke Casserly (Benbulben), Peter Maguire (Manorhamilton Rangers), Josh Mulrennan (Ballisodare Utd); Canice Mulligan (Strand Celtic), Sean McAteer (Merville Utd), Paul Mahon (Ballisodare Utd), Luke Moran (Merville Utd), Cailan Barlow (Merville Utd); John Kenny (Arrow Harps).

RESULTS
Trophy:
Mayo 2-1 Kilkenny

Shield: 
Kerry 2-1 West Cork

Bowl:
Midlands 1-0 Dundalk

3rd/4th Place: 
Cork 3-1 Galway

Plate:
NDSL 1-1 Limerick Desmond (Limerick Desmond won 6-5 on penalties)
 

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The Women’s National Team face Scotland on Friday, July 7th, at Raith Rovers’ Stark Park ground in their final game before the 2019 World Cup qualifying campaign begins in September.
 
Celtic midfielder Ruesha Littlejohn returns to the squad as well as Shelbourne Ladies forward Leanne Kiernan who has recently recovered from hamstring injury.
 
Sunderland forward Stephanie Roche has been included in the squad but will face a fitness test having sustained a hamstring injury on the final day of the Women’s Super League Spring Series.
 
UCD forward Dearbhaile Beirne, Peamount United forward Heather Payne and Cork City WFC goalkeeper Amanda Budden all remain in the squad having impressed during the Iceland camp.
 
WNT Head Coach Colin Bell said: “It is the final game before we start our World Cup qualification campaign so it is important we continue to improve on the form we’ve shown this year.
 
“I was really impressed with the spirit and determination shown against a strong Iceland side in difficult conditions and I’ll be looking for the same qualities in Scotland for what should be another difficult test. Scotland are currently in a pre-European Championships camp whilst our players will be coming back from holiday. 

“The individual responsibility of my players will be vital and I’ve every confidence that the players will be well prepared for the game.
 
“We’ve brought Ruesha Littlejohn back into the squad as well as Leanne Kiernan. We’ve got to assess Stephanie’s fitness ahead of the match considering her injury in the final game of the season and a decision will be made in due course.
 
“I’d also like to thank Houston Dash for making Denise O’Sullivan available for selection outside of the international window. “
 
Republic of Ireland WNT squad v Scotland
 
Goalkeepers: Marie Hourihan (Manchester City), Emma Byrne (Brighton and Hove Albion), Amanda Budden (Cork City WFC).
 
Defenders: Harriet Scott (Reading WFC), Sophie Perry (Brighton and Hove Albion), Diane Caldwell (SC Sand), Louise Quinn (Arsenal Ladies), Niamh Fahey (Chelsea WFC), Megan Campbell (Manchester City).
 
Midfielders: Karen Duggan (UCD Waves), Denise O’Sullivan (Houston Dash), Megan Connolly (Florida State University), Ruesha Littlejohn (Celtic), Roma McLaughlin (Shelbourne Ladies), Stephanie Roche (Sunderland Ladies), Alex Kavanagh (Shelbourne Ladies).
 
Forwards: Aine O’Gorman (UCD Waves), Dearbhaile Beirne (UCD Waves), Leanne Kiernan (Shelbourne Ladies), Heather Payne (Peamount United), Katie McCabe (Arsenal Ladies). 

The Lilywhites will welcome Rosenborg to Oriel Park in the first leg of the second qualifying round fixture and will then travel to Norway for the second leg.

Dates and kick-off times are set to be confirmed but the dates for the first leg is either 11th and 12th July, and the second leg will be played on either the 18th or 19th July.

UEFA Europa League

Meanwhile, SSE Airtricity League leaders Cork City will face Levadia Tallinn in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

All the SSE Airtricity League sides in the UEFA Europa League have been drawn away first with John Caulfield’s side set to travel to Estonia.

Derry City face a tough trip to Denmark to face FC Midtjylland and Shamrock Rovers will travel to Icelandic side Stjarnan FC with all ties set to be confirmed.

First leg ties are set to take place on June 29th and second leg ties will be on July 6th with dates and times set to be confirmed.

Full UEFA Champions League Draw HERE

Full UEFA Europa League Draw HERE

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Republic of Ireland winger James McClean joins Jarlath Regan for a fascinating conversation about the highs and lows of football and his thoughts on the modern game. James discusses how football has become a softer sport (10:00), why the life of a footballer is far from a life of luxury (12:00) and how the Irish team need to be ruthless to make it to the World Cup (45:00).

From giving grief to Séamus Coleman to lighten the mood after breaking his leg (29:00), to his aspiration of finishing his career at Derry City FC (37:00), how he very nearly signed for New York Red Bulls (34:00), and why he says that being booed is ‘kind of great’ (15:00), this episode is a fascinating insight into one of Ireland's greatest footballers.

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The announcement in Tullamore this afternoon, at a meeting of Offaly County Council, means that the Football Association of Ireland now has at least one Football Development Officer in every county in the Republic of Ireland. The Offaly Football Development Officer adds to the 52 other Football Development Officers implementing football in the community programmes across the country.

Speaking at the announcement, which was attended by Republic of Ireland Manager Martin O’Neill, FAI CEO John Delaney welcomed the partnership. “I would like to thank everyone involved at Offaly County Council as we embark on this exciting partnership. Offaly has a tremendous sporting pedigree and the new Football Development Officer will further enhance the game at all levels in the county.”

The Football Development Officer will have more than 20 different FAI participation programmes to select from, geared towards different target groups, to allow as many people as possible the opportunity to participate in football at their level.  These range from club, league and schools programmes to education, women’s football, Football for All and Player Development Programmes, as well as a large range of social inclusion initiatives.

The Football Development Officer will liaise with Offaly County Council to identify community partners and groups to work with, so that these programmes can be effective in reaching and engaging with target groups.

The recruitment process for the Football Development Officer will go live on the FAI careers website from tomorrow, with the successful candidate due to commence in August.  Applications are welcome through this process.

Both groups are part of Garda Diversion Projects and have played football within their ‘Youth Club’ throughout the year. As the groups come to the end of their time within the ‘clubs’ as most turn 18, there was a discussion held around having a challenge match between them. To make it impactful local Gardai also took part in the game as it would be a way to allow them to build a relationship with the young people and allow the young people to see the guards in a more positive light.

In total, 35 teenage boys took part as well as eight members of An Garda Siochana from Ronanstown. The game drew a huge crowd with the mood throughout being nothing but positive. Ronanstown Youth Service put a wonderful spread of food on for the everyone which was greatly appreciated by players and supporters.

As this was the first of its kind the FAI certainly feel it is something we could do annually to end the groups’ Garda Diversion Projects. Seeing the young people engage with the Gardai in a very social environment was brilliant and allowed all involved an opportunity learn about each other.

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The Football Association of Ireland today announced a new multi-year partnership with iPro Sport, as the preferred sports drink partner of the FAI. Ireland manager Martin O’Neill was on hand to announce the new partnership, following the 1-1 draw with Austria in the crucial 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier.

Fast becoming the leading supplier of Isotonic Sports Drinks to the world of sport, iPro Sport is the official hydration partner to football teams across the Championship, League One and League Two, as well as international teams within rugby, cricket, netball, basketball, cycling and running associations.

The sponsorship will see iPro Sport provide isotonic drinks for the Republic of Ireland senior men’s and women’s international teams, as well as each of the underage teams. 

In addition to supplying all international teams, iPro Sport will proudly support the domestic game by providing SSE Airtricity League and Continental Tyres Women’s National League clubs with isotonic sports drinks. iPro Sport will also provide iPro Sport branding at all SSE Airtricity League venues.

As an official partner of the FAI, iPro Sport will have a visible presence at all Ireland home games at the Aviva Stadium, on the FAI’s website and at FAI media conferences. 

FAI CEO John Delaney welcomed the partnership by saying: “We are delighted to welcome iPro Sport as partner of the FAI. iPro Sport have a track record of supporting football through their partnerships with football clubs in the UK. iPro Sport isotonic drinks will ensure our players at all levels are hydrated, thus enabling them to perform to their best.”

Commercial Director, Sophie Christy of iPro Sport commented: “We are absolutely delighted to be chosen by the FAI as their preferred sports drink. We strive to support each and every player with their rehydration process with a product that gives them the nutritional benefits they require. We are delighted that the FAI are partnering with us and will benefit from the hydration powers of iPro Sport isotonic drink.”

Speaking at the launch Tom Garrad, Director of iPro Sport Distribution Limited said; “When it comes to hydration, professional footballers understand how important it is to keep on top form and to be able to perform at their best.”

It was a great day for Galway & District League who had an unbeaten day across U14 and U16 level. The U16 side recorded wins over Midlands Schoolboys/girls League and Clare Schoolboys/girls Soccer League whilst the U14 side recorded a 3-0 win over Wexford and District Womens League.

Metropolitan Girls League U16 side also had a strong start to the tournament with a 3-0 win over Limerick County followed up by a 4-0 win over Kilkenny and District League.

Other impressive results included Sligo Leitrim & District League's 4-0 win over Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League at U14 level in one of the first matches of the day. A five-goal thriller between Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League and Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youths League saw the Rebels triumph in a brilliant opening day at the 2017 Fota Island Resort Gaynor Tournament.

Results from Day One

U16 Group Stages

Group One
Midlands Schoolboys/girls League 0-1 Galway & District League
Clare Schoolboys/girls Soccer League 1-0 Carlow and District League
Galway & District League 1-0 Clare Schoolboys/Girls Soccer League
Donegal Women's League 1-0 Midlands Schoolboy/Girls League

Group Two 
Inishowen League 1-0 Waterford Women's League
Sligo Leitrim and District League 1-0 Kerry Schoolboys Girls League
Waterford Women's League 4-3 Sligo Leitrim & District League
Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League 2-1 Inishowen League

Group Three
Metropolitan Girls League 3-0 Limerick County Underage League
Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League 0-0 Mid-Western Girls League
Kilkenny and District League 0-4 Metropolitan Girls League
Limerick County 1-1 Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League

Group Four
Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League 3-2 Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youths League
Longford & District Schoolboy/Girl League 1-0 North Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls League
Wexford and District Womens League 0-0 Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League

U14 Group Stages

Group One
Metropolitan Girls League 0-0 Mid-Western Girls League
Mid-Western Girl League 2-0 Longford & District Schoolboy/girl League

Group Two
Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youths League 5-0 Waterford Women's League
Waterford Women's League 1-5 Limerick County Underage League

Group Three
Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League 0-0 Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League
Tipperary Schoolboys/girls Southern & District League 1-0 Carlow and District League

Group Four 
Inishowen League 2-0 North Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls League
North Tipperary Schoolboys/girls League 1-2 Kerry Schoolboys Girls League

Group Five
Donegal Women's League 2-1 North Eastern Counties Schoolboys/Girls League
North Eastern Counties Schoolboys/Girls League 1-4 Kilkenny and District League

Group Six
Galway & District League 3-0 Wexford and District Womens League
Wexford and District Womens League 0-0 Kildare and District Underage League

Group Seven
Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League 0-4 Sligo Leitrim & District League
Sligo Leitrim & District League 1-1 Midlands Schoolboy/girls League 

FAI TV have produced highlights for a number of selected matches from Day One across both U14 and U16 level. Please feel free to use any of the footage to support your coverage of the tournament. Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSYExIphebZDbzettOzwuRfZ0IJchwZq

Team Ireland departs Dublin on June 27th and July 1st to participate in the third FIPFA (Fédération Internationale de Powerchair Football) World Cup, which takes place in the Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, Florida from July 5th-9th 2017.

Whilst Ireland competed on invitation in the World Cup in 2011, this is the first time the Irish team has had to qualify for the World Cup, and follows on from the squad’s participation in the European Championships which were hosted in Limerick in 2014. Nine players will travel to Kissimmee, along with a team of carers, coaches and back-up staff. Ireland will compete alongside Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Japan, Uruguay, and the United States at the event, which was first held in 2007.

Drawn in Pool B, Ireland will take on England and France on Thursday 6th July, followed by Australia and Canada on Friday 7th July. The full schedule of games can be viewed here.

POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL

Powerchair football has existed since the 1970s in some form or another, but it was not until 2005 that representatives from France, the United States, Canada, Japan, England and Portugal met in Paris to discuss formalising the sport and develop a set of international rules. This led to the establishment of the Federation Internationale De Football Association (FIPFA), and the first World Cup took place two years later.

The Association of Irish Powerchair Football was established in 2008 and oversees the growth and development of the sport in Ireland, in partnership with the Football Association of Ireland and Muscular Dystrophy Ireland.

Powerchair football is played indoors between teams of four players. Players use customised motorised sports powerchairs to move a size 10 football around the court. Players are classified based on level of impairment, and a classification process will take place prior to the first games. There are two grades of classification - PF1 and PF2, PF1 being the more challenging in terms of neck movement or hand control. Teams must have two PF1s on court at all times.

PLAYER PROFILES

EMER O’SULLIVAN: Squad Captain
AGE: 19
Club: DCU STORM
From: Borris Little, Portlaoise
Achievements: Represented Ireland at U-16 in Paris in 2013. Competed at two European Champions Cup tournaments - Paris 2013 and Denmark 2016. Part of the 2014 European Nations Cup Squad.
Currently studying in DCU.

AOIFE MCNICHOLL
Age: 22
Club: DCU STORM
From: Borris Little, Portlaoise
Achievements: Represented Ireland in the second FIPFA World Cup in Paris in 2011, scoring a hat-trick against Switzerland. Competed at two European Champions Cup tournaments - Paris 2013 and Denmark 2016. Ireland Captain at the European Nations Cup in 2014, voted the most valuable player and winner of the FAI Football for All award. Has just finished her final year in DCU studying Psychology.

PATRICK FLANAGAN:
Age: 25
Club: DCU STORM
From: Tralee, Co. Kerry
Achievements: Captain of the World Cup team in Paris 2011. Competed at the European Nations Cup in 2014 and with DCU Storm in the European Champions Cup in Denmark in 2016. Studied at DCU and now works for Muscular Dystrophy Ireland.

THOMAS DONOGHER:
Age: 16
Club: Midlands United
From: Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
Achievements: Captain of the U-16 team at the Youth Development tournament in Paris 2013. Competed at two European Champions Cup tournaments - Paris 2013 and Denmark 2016.
Scored a goal against England at the European Nations Cup in 2014 in Limerick. In fifth year at St Brendan’s Community School.

SEAN DONOGHER:
Age: 15
Club: Midlands United
From: Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
Achievements: Represented Ireland at U-16 level in Paris in 2013. Competed at two European Champions Cup tournaments - Paris 2013 and Denmark 2016. In his Junior Cert year at St Brendan’s Community School.

NEIL SHEEHAN:
AGE: 20
Club: Midlands United
From: Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Achievements: Captained the U-18 Ireland team at the Youth Development Tournament in Paris in 2013. Competed at two European Champions Cups - Paris 2013 and Denmark 2016. Part of the 2014 European Nations Cup squad in Limerick. Currently studying Computers in Athlone Institute of Technology

THOMAS WINTERS:
Age: 20
Club: Kingdom Rebels
From: Trim, Co. Meath
Achievements: Represented Ireland at U-18 level at the Youth Development Tournament in Paris 2013. Scored the first goal for Ireland against Switzerland in the opening match of the European Nations Cup in 2014. Currently studying Computers in Cavan Institute.

NAGLIS MONTVILAS:
Age:14
Club: DCU STORM
From: Balrothery, Co. Dublin
Achievements: Participated at the Youth Development Camp in Paris in 2015, has won domestic shield competition with his previous club M and F United. Currently at school in Balbriggan.

KEITH HAYES:
Age: 41
Club: DCU STORM
From: Lives in Bray, from Bunclody, Co. Wexford
Achievements: Represented Ireland at the World Cup in Paris in 2011. Part of the European Nations Cup Squad in 2014 in Limerick. Played in the European Champions Cup in Denmark 2016. Works for Enable Ireland.

Ireland's International Amputee football side will play in a 6 Nations tournament in Warsaw, Poland this weekend.  Teams taking part along with Ireland are Poland, England, France, Greece, and Japan.

FAI Football development Officers Nick Harrison and Declan Consadine have recently taken over the management of the squad with this weekend's tournament being their first taste of an international tournament.  

The Polish Cup will be used as a warm up to the European Championships which are due to take place in Turkey later this year. Ireland take on France and England in the group stage, with a place in Sunday's semi final the aim for the side captained by Simon Baker. Everyone in the Football Association of Ireland wishes the team the very best of luck in this weekend's tournament.

Sligo Leitrim will face Inishowen League in the other semi-final in another incredible day of football at the 2017 Fota Island Resort Gaynor Tournament.

Metropolitan Girls League secured a semi-final spot in the U14 Gaynor Cup thanks to a 4-3 penalty victory over Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League whilst Galway received a bye to the semi-finals.

Inishowen League cruised into the semi-finals thanks to a 3-0 win over Limerick County and Sligo Leitrim and District League joined them in the semi-finals with a 2-0 win over Kilkenny and District League.

In the U16 Group fixtures, Galway & District League, Metropolitan Girls League and Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League continued their winning runs on Day Two.

Galway recorded an impressive 3-0 win over Carlow and District League whilst Limerick Desmond beat both Sligo Leitrim & District League and Kerry Schoolboys Girls League.

Metropolitan Girls League backed up 3-0 and 4-0 victories yesterday with another 4-0 win over Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League. 

The final U16 group games will take place tomorrow morning at 10am before the draw for the final stages of the tournament takes place at 12.30pm on Saturday.

Results from the 2017 Fota Island Resort Gaynor Tournament:-

U16 Group Stages

Group One

22/06
Midlands Schoolboys/girls League 0-1 Galway & District League
Clare Schoolboys/girls Soccer League 1-0 Carlow and District League
Galway & District League 1-0 Clare Schoolboys/Girls Soccer League
Donegal Women's League 1-0 Midlands Schoolboy/Girls League

23/06
Galway & District 3-0 Carlow and District League
Donegal Women's League 1-0 Clare Schoolboys/Girls Soccer League
Clare Schoolboys/girls Soccer League 0-0 Midlands Schoolboy/girls League
Carlow and District League 0-1 Donegal Women's League

Group Two 

22/06
Inishowen League 1-0 Waterford Women's League
Sligo Leitrim and District League 1-0 Kerry Schoolboys Girls League
Waterford Women's League 4-3 Sligo Leitrim & District League
Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League 2-1 Inishowen League

23/06
Waterford Women's 2-0 Kerry Schoolboys Girls League
Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League 1-0 Sligo Leitrim & District League
Sligo Leitrim and District League 0-4 Inishowen League
Kerry Schoolboys Girls League 1-3 Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League

Group Three

22/06
Metropolitan Girls League 3-0 Limerick County Underage League
Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League 0-0 Mid-Western Girls League
Kilkenny and District League 0-4 Metropolitan Girls League
Limerick County 1-1 Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League

23/06
Limerick County Underage League 2-0 Mid-Western Girls League
Kilkenny and District League 3-0 Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League
Metropolitan Girls League 4-0 Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League
Mid-Western Girls League 0-1 Kilkenny and District League

Group Four

22/06
Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League 3-2 Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youths League
Longford & District Schoolboy/Girl League 1-0 North Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls League
Wexford and District Womens League 0-0 Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League

23/06
Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youths League 3-1 North Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls League
Wexford and District Womens League 1-4 Longford & District Schoolboy/Girl League
Longford & District Schoolboy/girl League 1-1 Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League
North Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls League 0-0 Wexford and District Womens League

U14 Group Stages

Group One

22/06
Metropolitan Girls League 0-0 Mid-Western Girls League
Mid-Western Girl League 2-0 Longford & District Schoolboy/girl League

23/06
Longford & District Schoolboy/girl League 0-6 Metropolitan Girls League

Group Two

22/06
Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youths League 5-0 Waterford Women's League
Waterford Women's League 1-5 Limerick County Underage League

23/06
Limerick County Underage League 4-1 Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youth League

Group Three

22/06
Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League 0-0 Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League
Tipperary Schoolboys/girls Southern & District League 1-0 Carlow and District League

23/06
Carlow and District League 0-0 Limerick Desmond Ladies League

Group Four 

22/06
Inishowen League 2-0 North Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls League
North Tipperary Schoolboys/girls League 1-2 Kerry Schoolboys Girls League

23/06
Kerry Schoolboys Girls League 1-3 Inishowen League

Group Five

22/06
Donegal Women's League 2-1 North Eastern Counties Schoolboys/Girls League
North Eastern Counties Schoolboys/Girls League 1-4 Kilkenny and District League

23/06
Kilkenny and District League 0-0 Donegal Women's League

Group Six

22/06
Galway & District League 3-0 Wexford and District Womens League
Wexford and District Womens League 0-0 Kildare and District Underage League

23/06
Kildare and District Underage League 1-1 Galway & District League

Group Seven

22/06
Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League 0-4 Sligo Leitrim & District League
Sligo Leitrim & District League 1-1 Midlands Schoolboy/girls League 

23/06
Midlands Schoolboy/girls League 4-1 Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League

U14 Plate 
Quarter-Finals 

North Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls League 0-0 Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League (4-5 pens)
Wexford and District Womens League 0-0 Waterford Women's League (3-2 pens)
North Eastern Counties Schoolboys/Girls League 2-0 Carlow and District League

U14 Shield 
Quarter-Finals

Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youths League 0-3 Kildare and District Underage League
Midlands Schoolboy/girls League 1-2 Donegal Women's League 
Mid-Western Girls League 2-0 Kerry Schoolboys Girls League

U14 Cup 
Quarter-Finals

Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League 0-0 Metropolitan Girls League (3-4 pens)
Limerick County Underage League 0-3 Inishowen League
Sligo Leitrim & District League 2-0 Kilkenny and District League

Semi-Final Fixtures

U14 Shield

Kildare and District Underage League v Limerick Desmond Ladies League
Mid-Western Girls League v Donegal Women's League

U14 Plate 

Wexford and District Womens League v Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League
Longford & District Schoolboy/girl League v North Eastern Counties Schoolboys/Girls League

U14 Gaynor Cup

Sligo Leitrim & District League v Inishowen League
Galway and District League v Metropolitan Girls League

Galway are set to face Sligo Leitrim Schoolboys/Girls League in the U14 final at 2pm tomorrow in an all-Connacht showdown in the University of Limerick Bowl.

Then, Metropolitan Girls League wait for Galway in the U16 Final after they both came through narrow semi-finals. MGL claimed a narrow 2-0 victory over Limerick Desmond whilst Galway scored a late goal to claim the spot against Cork.

Earlier, in the U14 semi-finals, Galway claimed a 1-0 win over Metropolitan in an entertaining game whilst Sligo put three spectacular goals past Inishowen to seal a finals spot in style.

Metropolitan Girls League go into the finals day having already claimed silverware after MGL triumphed in the U12 final. The game went all the way to penalties after a 1-1 draw and after a tense penalty shoot-out, MGL claimed a 4-3 win.

Results from Day Three of the Fota Island Resort Gaynor Tournament

U16 Group Fixtures

Midlands Schoolboys/girls League 3-1 Carlow and District League

Donegal 1-1 Galway & District League
Inishowen League 6-0 Kerry
Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/girls League 3-0 Waterford Women's League
Metropolitan Girls League 4-0 Mid-Western Girls League
Kilkenny and District League 0-0 Limerick County Underage League
Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League 4-0 North Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls League
Wexford and District Women's League 1-1 Mayo Schoolboys/girls and Youths League

U16 Bowl - Semi-Finals

Sligo Leitrim and District League 0-3 Kilkenny and District League
Clare Schoolboys/Girls League 1-0 Wexford and District Womens League

U16 Trophy - Semi-Finals

Mid-Western Girls League 1-0 Carlow and District League
North Tipperary Schoolboys/girls League 2-0 Kerry Schoolboys Girls League

U16 Shield - Semi-Finals 

Donegal Women's League 1-2 Longford and District League
Inishowen League 4-1 Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League

U16 Plate - Semi-Finals 

Limerick County Schoolboys League 0-2 Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youths League
Waterford Women's League 2-3 Midlands Schoolboys/Girls League

U16 Cup - Semi-Finals

Limerick Desmond Schoolboy/girls League 0-2 Metropolitan Girls League
Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League 0-1 Galway and District League

U14 2nd Group Stage - Series 1

U14 Cup - Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League 2-1 Limerick County Underage League
U14 Plate - North Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls League 2-1 Waterford Women's League
U14 Shield - Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youths League 3-2 Kerry Schoolboys Girls League

U14 Cup - Semi-Finals

Galway and District League 1-0 Metropolitan Girls League (Saoirse Healey)
Sligo Leitrim and District League 3-0 Inishowen League (Ciara Henry, Muireann Devaney 2)

U14 Plate - Semi-Finals

Wexford and District Women's League 0-1 Cork Women's & Schoolgirls Soccer League (Sarah Carroll)
Longford District League 0-3 North Eastern Counties (Lucy Jayne Grant, Zoe Kirwan, Abbey Hewitt)

U14 Shield - Semi-Finals

Mid-Western Girls League 1-0 Donegal Women's League (Mellisa O'Kane)
Kildare and District League 0-0 Limerick Desmond Ladies League (4-3 pens)

U12 Semi-Finals

Metropolitan Girls League 0-0 Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League
Galway and District League 3-2 Sligo Leitrim and District League

U12 3rd/4th Play-off

Sligo Leitrim and District League 0-0 Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls Southern & District League (4-2 pens)

U12 Final 

Galway and District League 1-1 Metropolitan Girls League (3-4 pens)

In the final game of the tournament, Metropolitan Girls League claimed a 1-0 win over Galway and District League thanks to a first-half penalty from Alannah McEvoy. McEvoy, who starred for the Republic of Ireland WU17 side at the European Championships, ensured her side lifted the trophy, presented to them by Republic of Ireland WNT Head Coach Colin Bell.

In the U14 Final, Galway and District League triumphed in an all-Connacht affair against Sligo Leitrim and District League. In an enthralling final between two unbeaten sides, Orlaith Conlon scored the winning goal after great work by Anna Fahey. Galway were presented with the trophy by FAI CEO John Delaney as Galway reached the final in all three age-groups (U12, U14, U16).

Limerick Desmond walked away with third place in the U16 Cup after a narrow 1-0 win over Cork. Metropolitan Girls League claimed third place in the U14 Cup after a narrow 1-0 win over Inishowen League which means Metropolitan finished in the top three in all three age-groups, winning two.

The two finals wrapped up the four-day tournament which has seen over 45 teams compete and over 1,000 girls participate in the Fota Island Resort Gaynor Tournament at the University of Limerick.

Results from the final day of the Fota Island Resort Gaynor Tournament:-

U16 Cup Final
Metropolitan Girls League 1-0 Galway and District League (Alannah McEvoy)

U16 Cup – 3rd/4th Place Play-off
Cork WSSL 0-1 Limerick Desmond League

U14 Cup Final 
Sligo Leitrim and District League 0-1 Galway and District League (Orlaith Conlon)

U14 Cup – 3rd/4th Place play-off
Metropolitan Girls League 1-0 Inishowen League

U14 Cup – 2nd Group Stage Series 2
Limerick County Underage League 0-0 Kilkenny and District League

U14 Cup – 2nd Group Stage Series 3
Kilkenny and District League 1-3 Tipperary SSDL

U16 Trophy Final 
Mid-Western Girls League 0-0 North Tipperary Schoolboys/girls League (3-5 pens)

U16 Trophy – 3rd/4th Play-off
Carlow and District League 6-0 Kerry and District League

U14 Plate Final
North Eastern Counties Schoolboys/girls League 1-1 Cork WSSL (2-4 pens)

U14 Plate  - 3rd/4th Play-off
Longford and District League 0-2 Wexford and District League

U14 Plate – 2nd Group Stage Series 2
Waterford Womens League 0-4 Carlow and District League

U14 Plate - 2nd Group Stage Series 3
Carlow and District League 1-0 North Tipperary Schoolboys/Girls League

U16 Bowl Final
Clare Schoolboys/Girls League 1-1 Kilkenny and District League (4-3 pens)

U16 Bowl – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Wexford and District  Womens League 0-0 Sligo Leitrim Schoolboys Girls League

U16 Plate Final
Midlands Schoolboy/girls League 0-3 Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and League

U16 Shield Final
Inishowen League 2-0 Longford and District League

U16 Shield – 2nd Group Stage Series 3
Tipperary SSDL 0-1 Donegal Schoolboys/girls League

U14 Shield Final
Kildare and District Underage League 3-0 Mid-Western Girls League

U14 Shield  - 3rd/4th Play-off 
Limerick Desmond 0-1 Donegal Women’s League

U14 Shield – 2nd Group Stage Series 2
Kerry Schoolboys Girls League 2-5 Midlands Schoolboys Girls League

U14 Shield – 2nd Group Stage Series 3
Midlands Schoolboy/girls League 4-1 Mayo Schoolboys/Girls and Youths League

Clondalkin head coach Harry Kenny will look for the Dublin outfit to make home advantage tell against their counterparts from Cork, who are led by former Cork City star Mick Conroy.

The FAI in partnership with a number of Education and Training Boards throughout the country and supported by the European Social Fund operates Local Training Initiatives that provide a unique blend of educational and football development for talented young footballers. Bobby Smith had many years involvement in the ETB centres.

Mick Conroy is expecting a tough test in Bray but believes his players have shown their qualities this year.

“We’ve two from Cobh Ramblers - Charlie Fleming and Ben O’Riordan RCB - and Cabinteely’s Evan Galvin in our squad. They’ve shown themselves to be good young players with a bit to learn but they’re in good environments to learn both at their clubs and in the centre,” he explained.

“We hope we can do ourselves justice tomorrow. Our squad isn’t as strong as it was throughout the qualifying process for a number of reasons. We’ve one or two injured plus we lost two or three players who secured full-time employment.

“We had a draw against Limerick in the group stages then beat the other two sides in Cork then the decider in the group was up in Limerick and that was probably out best performance of the season as we won 3-1. We played Cabra in the semi-final and progressed to the final for the second time. 

“We didn’t play as well as we could last time but these players have worked hard to get to here. We’ll enjoy the experience.

“We’ve seen their progression over the year. The three SSE Airtricity League players have certainly improved individually and as part of their units. I’m happy with how we’ve developed. 

“Eric Grimes and Corey Galvin aren’t available to us anymore but that’s what happens with these courses. Adam O’Sullivan from Cork City U19s has had a good season and is close to making his debut with John Caulfield’s side.

“I’m expecting a tough game. Clondalkin beat Limerick in the semi-finals and it was a tight game I understand so I expect a similar situation tomorrow. It’s good for the boys to get to a final. It keeps the interest there for those who aren’t playing League level.”

Clondalkin boss Harry Kenny has a squad made up of mostly junior and intermediate players with Shelbourne U19s defender Dean Longhi their best known player.

“We’re delighted with how they’ve done. They may be players from the junior ranks but they’ve good morale and they love their football,” he said. 

“We’ve four girls - Roma McLaughlin, Niamh Prior, Chloe Maloney and Amanda McQuillan - on the course too and they add to the atmosphere in the group. They’ll be there cheering the lads on tomorrow.

“Eoin Devereux has got goals for us. He’s quick. He plays for Sacred Heart. Claudio Da Silva is a Portugusee player who is training with Athlone Town at the moment and he’s done well.

“We finished second in the group to Cabra then we beat Limerick 1-0 down there in the semi-final so we were thrilled with that.

“I’d say it’ll be first time in a National League ground for some of them. They’ll love the occasion.

“You can see how much they’ve developed over the year, technically and tactically. They are working away every day. Thomas Heffernan was the coach and he moved on to become a Development Office and Jason McGuinness has been great with them since he came on board.”

Kenny has also been very pleased with how his course participants have performed in the classroom as well as on the pitch.

“We got 19 FETAC Major awards which was a great achievement. They’re looking to go on to IT level now. They’ve been a great group on and off the pitch,” he added.

The 28-year old forward suffered a hamstring injury in the final Women's Super League fixture of the season for Sunderland and missed the international friendly against Iceland on June 8th.

Roche has been working with the FAI medical staff to overcome the hamstring injury but despite making progress with the injury, she has been ruled out of the Scotland trip.

WNT Head Coach Colin Bell said: "On the advice of the medical staff, we've decided not to risk Stephanie for the trip to Scotland next week.

"Stephanie has worked really hard in her bid to recover from the injury. We don't want to take the risk of bringing her back too soon and aggrevating the injury further.

"She is a hugely important player for us as her recent goals record suggests and we will need her to be fit and available for the start of the 2019 World Cup qualification campaign in September.

"She will continue with her rehabilitation with the FAI medical staff ahead of the trip to Northern Ireland on September 19th."

There will be no replacement called up with WNT Head Coach Colin Bell set to travel to Scotland with a 20-player squad for the game on Friday, July 7th, with kick-off at 7.30pm.

Republic of Ireland WNT squad v Scotland

Goalkeepers: Marie Hourihan (Manchester City), Emma Byrne (Brighton and Hove Albion), Amanda Budden (Cork City WFC).

Defenders: Harriet Scott (Reading WFC), Sophie Perry (Brighton and Hove Albion), Diane Caldwell (SC Sand), Louise Quinn (Arsenal Ladies), Niamh Fahey (Chelsea WFC), Megan Campbell (Manchester City).

Midfielders: Karen Duggan (UCD Waves), Denise O’Sullivan (Houston Dash), Megan Connolly (Florida State University), Ruesha Littlejohn (Celtic), Roma McLaughlin (Shelbourne Ladies), Alex Kavanagh (Shelbourne Ladies).

Forwards: Aine O’Gorman (UCD Waves), Dearbhaile Beirne (UCD Waves), Leanne Kiernan (Shelbourne Ladies), Heather Payne (Peamount United), Katie McCabe (Arsenal Ladies). 

Clondalkin 0-2 ETB Carrigaline 

Mick Conroy's Cork outfit had most of possession in the first half in a very entertaining game but failed to break down a very resolute 'home' defence which was well-marshalled by Dolapo Lawal. Cal Sheehy opened the scoring mid way through first half. 

Clondalkin created the better opportunities as Sam Afolabi went close after a right wing pull back from Glen Fullam and Eoin Devereux got in on goal a few times but failed to hit the target.

The game was more even in the second half with Clondalkin's Leon Foley's long range free-kick being well saved by the Carrigaline goalkeeper.

Claudio Silva was very prominent for Clondalkin in the middle of the pitch and sent Dean Longhi away on the left hand side on a few occasions.

Substitute Ryan McCarthy side-footed home a corner from Graham Bogue in the final minute to wrap up the victory for Carrigaline. 

Man of match for the winners was Ben O'Riordan at the heart of the defence with Evan Galvin also putting in a top display in midfield.

Gerry Davis's side will face into stifling conditions at Sarıyer Yusuf Ziya Öniş Stadyumu as temperatures have been over 30C degrees all week.

"We've had a good week and the conditions are an obvious challenge. It's still very hot every day. It was 37C degrees coming home from training today. That's hot even for Istanbul," said Davis. 

"We've managed it quite well and put huge emphasis on hydration and recovery. Players have taken that information on board and we feel that they are adapting well to the conditions.

"Playing in the heat creates a different challenge than a normal game for us. So game management will be vitally important. We've certainly impressed it upon the players. It's not a normal scenario."

Davis and the Irish coaching staff have done their analysis on the Russians and the Irish coach anticipates a tough opener in Group B regardless of the heat.

"We've managed to get two videos from the Russian side's qualifying games. They came through a very tough group where three teams ended up on five points," said Davis. 

"They are a well-organised outfit and dangerous from set-pieces. We'll be prepared for that. They're very attack-minded and maybe more direct than you'd expect from a continental team.

"We're more focused on how our players perform. It's a new experience for most of the game and we've been pleased with how the likes of David Stack, Chris Smith and the new faces have settled in. They've done really well in training. Everybody in the group has bought into what we're doing. 

"There's good unity in the group and we'll be as prepared as possible. It's up to us to go out and perform now."

Live updates will be available here: http://www.uefa.com/regionscup/season=2017/matches/live/day=29/session=1...

Made up of players from Connacht Munster, the team are known officially by UEFA as Region 2 but head coach Gerry Davis (pictured above) knew that Irish pride was on the line in their opening match of this year's finals tournament.

Newmarket Celtic attacker Hayes pounced on 26 minutes to break the deadlock and there was no way back from there for the opposition despite fighting right to the end to find an equaliser.

Goalkeeper Brendan O'Connell was on high alert throughout, although his confidence in the players in front of him was justified as the Irish side attempted to play on the front foot and push their opponents back inside their own half at every opportunity.

In what was an all-action first period, David Hoban and David Stack went close with efforts, while Hayes had a number of chances before he eventually found the back of the net.

South Region responded by making an early substitution and adopting a more adventurous approach. They had opportunities to pull one back but the Irish defence stood strong and kept them at bay.

The victory puts Davis's team joint top of Group B - Castilla y Leon won 4-1 against Olomouc in the other game - ahead of Monday's showdown with their Spanish counterparts.

Passage through to the final remains on track as Davis aims to guide his team all the way to glory - just like in 2015 when Gerry Smith's outfit triumphed on home soil.

Region 2: B O'Connell; Hoey, Horgan, Kelly, Higgins; Carr (Daly-Butz 65), Joyce, O'Donovan, Stack; Hayes (K O'Connell 83), Hoban (Murphy 75).

South Region: Lyashenko; Voroskalevski (Devadze 30), Serov, Tishchenko, Kartashov; Donskov, Mochkarski, Khodzhumyan, Sanko (Valiulin 70); Obernibesov (Nastavshev 64), Lednev.

Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (MKD).

Gerry Davis’s Irish side, Region 2, beat Russias South Region 1-0 on Saturday thanks to a first half goal from Eoin Hayes.

Castilla y León are the Spanish representatives and they won 4-1 against Olomouc from Czech Republic yesterday so the meeting in Maltepe near Istanbul (1.00pm) could have a major bearing on who wins the group.

The winners of each group will meet in the finals. If there is no winner in the other game in the group which sees South Region clash with Olomouc, then the winners of encounter between the Irish and Spanish sides could not be denied top spot in the group.

Davis was very pleased with how his side performed against the Russians in extremely hot conditions on Saturday.

“I was absolutely delighted with the performance. It was a really tough game. We were under the cosh for a long time,” he said.

“They had a lot of possession but we didn’t have a lot of shots to save. Our back four were magnificent, the midfield and front two worked very hard. It was a really good performance.

“It was around 34C degrees when we got to the stadium and there was a water break in each half which showed how warm it was. We had to dig deep so I’m really pleased.

“The goal from Eoin Hayes was a real finisher’s goal. We may have had one or two other opportunities which we passed up with different decisions but you can’t be too hard on anybody.

“We’ve looked at the videos of the Spanish and have a game plan for Monday. That’s a massive game for us now.”