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League Report: Longford Town 0 - 2 Bray Wanderers
It was a solid performance from the visitors who started the game well but for the home side it was ...
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League Preview: Longford Town v Bray Wanderers
Daire Doyle’s charges struggled for large parts of their clash against the Students, although they will perhaps feel unfortunate not ...
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League Report: UCD 0 - 0 Longford Town
Promotion hopefuls UCD and Longford Town played out a scoreless draw on Friday evening as neither side could find the ...
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Live Updates - 2020 SSE Airtricity League of Ireland Restart - Day 1
The first “Behind Closed Doors” SSE Airtricity League of Ireland matches take place this evening as the Irish domestic season ...
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League Preview: UCD -v- Longford Town
UCD play host to promotion rivals Longford Town at the UCD Bowl
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Jack Doherty signs back with Wexford
The former Ipswich, Waterford and Limerick man is no stranger to Ferrycarrig Park having enjoyed a decent spell at the ...
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Re-start Club Preview: Longford Town
At the start of the season, the Extratime.com team predicted a second placed league finish for Longford Town
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Daire Doyle raring to go as Longford await sprint finish to First Division campaign
The second tier, which has already seen three fixture lists – has been pushed back to just 18 games – ...
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Longford Town snap up promising Lilywhite Lido Lotefa on loan
Lotefa links up with Daire Doyle’s charges after beginning to make the breakthrough with Vinny Perth’s Dundalk
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Watch: Sam Verdon opens scoring for Longford in Dundalk friendly as the Lilywhites fight back to earn win
Verdon opened the scoring for Daire Doyle’s charges with a fierce strike that nestled into the back of Gary Rogers’ ...
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Former Longford Town and Shelbourne striker David O'Sullivan joins Leinster Senior League side Bangor GG
O’Sullivan retired from League of Ireland football in 2018 after a season with Shelbourne, following a previous five-year stint with ...
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FAI board approve plans to resume SSE Airtricity League season on July 31
The National League Executive Council (NLEC) last week voted in favour of a truncated season of 18 league games to ...
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FAI steering group to meet to consider early resumption of football
The FAI have this evening welcomed the speeding up of the Government’s roadmap and will now meet tomorrow morning to ...
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Tactics, Taxis and TU - Lee Steacy's Story
Speaking with extratime.ie, the Dubliner explained how his career developed to the stage where he’s now playing some of the ...
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League of Ireland clubs receive working document on potential behind closed doors return
The League of Ireland has been put on hold since March as a result of the current COVID-19 outbreak
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Longford's Byrne eyes the big prize as he steps up recovery from his latest long-term injury setback
The injury was his second long-term setback – with his first coming in 2018 at Stradbrook against Cabinteely that left ...
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FAI to seek clarification from Department of Sport on mass gatherings ruling
The FAI will seek meetings with Government and Department of Sport officials on new proposals to ban mass gatherings of ...
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FAI joins reconvened 'working group' to plot a future for the League of Ireland
The working group was previously convened in July while the association was under the temporary management of Noel Mooney, though ...
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FAI extends suspension of football until May 5th
An agreement between the FAI and clubs last month saw a provisional date of June 19th announced for the return ...
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How to help your League of Ireland club financially during the Coronavirus shutdown - a guide
First-team and academy training has been suspended across the board as clubs put the health of their players and staff ...
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The plane that didn't arrive, the stands that did - The story of Longford Town's maiden European voyage of 2001
Such was the story behind getting the tie played, this trip was never really about the result such was the ...
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Former Drogheda United striker Lee Duffy to appear on Late Late Show to discuss Covid-19 battle
The Dubliner tested positive for the condition three weeks ago and spent eight days in hospital on a ventilator after ...
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Extratime.ie esports Cup -- Match Day 2
After the opening day’s action saw Cork City and Dundalk draw 1-1 while Waterford grabed a dramatic late winner in ...
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FAI extends ban on all football from grassroots up until April 19th
The League of Ireland has already set a conservative return date of June 19th following consultation between the FAI and ...
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Former Drogheda United striker Lee Duffy warns peers 'not to take this lightly' after being hospitalised with Covid-19
The Dubliner doesn’t fit the profile of those most vulnerable to the disease – a young, healthy athlete with no ...
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League of Ireland suspension set to last until June 19th as EA Sports Cup is cancelled
The EA Sports Cup will be deferred for a year, while First Division clubs explore the possibility of fulfilling their ...
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ET Connects: Tell us about your highlights and lowlights of the 2020 season so far
Whether it’s Jordan Flores’ viral sensation Puskas contender against Rovers, or Jack Byrne’s winner in the same game, or something ...
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Longford Town's Dean Byrne continues recovery following successful surgery
In a tweet released by Longford Town, the club have wished the forward well in his recovery
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Aidan Price: 'We are trying to instill that in them, whether they've been with us since 12 years of age or just a couple of months, that it means something to play for Shamrock Rovers'
It has been quite the eventful start for Shamrock Rovers II. Before a ball was even kicked the second coming ...
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League Preview: Longford Town -v- Bray Wanderers
“De Town” will look to go three games out of three unbeaten at the start of their league campaign as ...
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League of Ireland Attendances 2020 -- Gameweek 2
Gameweek 2 featured nine games after the Galway United versus Athlone Town fixture was postponed due to adverse weather conditions. ...
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League Report: Drogheda United 0 - 1 Longford Town
Longford were the better side in the first half, winning a number of early frees but their first chance came ...
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League Preview: Drogheda United -v- Longford Town
Longford came out on top on all three occasions last term
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Full schedule for the first round of the EA Sports Cup confirmed as Cabinteely host Crumlin United in the opening game
Cabinteely will welcome Leinster Senior League champions Crumlin United to Stradbrook Park on the afternoon of Sunday, March 8th with ...
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Longford Town boss Daire Doyle: 'We knew coming into the game that it was a possible banana skin'
However, the victory came at a cost – with star man Dean Byrne going off injured with a serious long-term ...
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League Report: Longford Town 2 - 0 Shamrock Rovers II
Longford Town got their League of Ireland campaign off with a win on Saturday evening over Shamrock Rovers II.
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2020 Season Preview - Longford Town
If the goals get flowing and the defence remains as watertight as it was at times last season, one thing ...
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Live Updates - 2020 SSE Airtricity League of Ireland - Gameweek 2
Friday night sees the beginning of the 2020 SSE League of Ireland First Division with two games taking place as ...
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First Division Alliance confirm no boycott to take place but will play 'under protest'
The clubs, after discussions with FAI CEO Gary Owens and Deputy CEO Niall Quinn – have confirmed that no boycott ...
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Extratime.ie staff predictions - First Division 2020
Have we wrote off Cabinteely once again? – Maybe, but it appears our writers have backed Drogheda United to lift ...
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EA Sports Cup First Round Draw Made
The draw for the First Round of the EA Sports Cup took place today.
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Pre-Season Friendly Report: Cork City 2 - 0 Longford Town
In this friendly encounter, Neale Fenn was visited by his old side for the first time since his departure from ...
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Longford sign three as preparations ramp up for 2020
Under-19s duo Thomas McLaughlin and Callum Warfield have both been promoted to the senior side, while winger Niall Barnes joins ...
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Draft First Division fixture list drawn up
The draft fixture list is in line with the dates previously advised and based on 11 teams competing in the ...
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Longford Town sign Cliftonville defender Joe Gorman
Gorman featured in the Red and Black’s two-goal defeat against Bohemians on Tuesday evening as a trialist, and he has ...
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Kristian Crawford joins Wexford after Longford stint
Crawford had been training with the club and made an appearance for Wexford as a second half substitute during their ...
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Gary Shaw: 'I signed straight away and going home, I checked on Teletext to see where Bray were in the league and they were bottom - I didn't care'
As an underage player, Gary was a prolific goalscorer for Newbridge Town, represented Shamrock Rovers in the SuperCupNI and lifted ...
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Longford Town snap up former Dundalk under-19 star Aaron McNally
McNally joins from the Lilywhites as a highly-rated utility player – following on from Dylan Hand’s move from Oriel Park ...
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Opinion: The First Division Alliance is a necessary front amid the backdrop of blatant disrespect from the FAI and NLEC
However, in light of the Shannonsiders’ exit from the League of Ireland, a vacancy of sorts had been created – ...
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Opinion: The First Division Alliance are wrong on Shamrock Rovers II - but the dictatorial approach must stop
Why they chose a nine-team division as their hill to die on is anybody’s guess. When the next crisis arrives, ...
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