2. UCD
BOWL
GROUND
REGULATIONS
• All
persons
entering
this
ground
are
admitted
only
subject
to
the
following
ground
regulations
and
rules
and
regulations
of
the
club.
• Entry
to
the
ground
shall
be
deemed
to
constitute
unqualified
acceptance
of
all
these
rules
and
regulations.
• Fireworks,
smoke
canisters,
bottles,
glasses,
cans,
flags,
banners,
poles,
laser
pens,
flares
or
any
similar
articles
or
containers
including
anything
that
could
be
used
as
a
weapon
are
not
permitted
• Within
the
ground,
any
person
in
possession
of
such
article
or
container
may
be
refused
entry
or
ejected
from
the
ground.
The
consumption
of
intoxicating
liquor
is
not
permitted.
• The
unauthorized
climbing
of
floodlight
pylons,
stands
or
other
buildings
in
the
ground
is
forbidden.
Under
no
circumstances
is
it
permitted
to
throw
any
object
into
the
field
of
play.
• Unnecessary
noise
such
as
that
from
the
use
of
radio
sets
and
behaviour
likely
to
cause
confusion
or
nuisance
of
any
kind,
including
foul
or
abusive
language,
is
not
permitted
in
the
ground.
• Unauthorized
persons
are
not
permitted
to
enter
the
field
of
play
at
any
time.
• Any
persons
who
fail
to
comply
with
the
instructions
from
the
stewards
may
be
ejected
from
the
ground.
• In
general
the
right
of
admission
is
reserved
to
unauthorized
persons
who
are
not
the
ground
management.
• Any
person
attempting
to
gain
admission
to
or
being
found
within
a
section
of
the
ground
designated
for
members
only
without
the
appropriate
authorization
may
be
ejected
from
the
ground.
• Only
persons
specifically
authorized
in
writing
by
club
management
are
permitted
to
offer
for
sale
or
distribute
any
newspaper,
periodical
or
any
other
article.
• Any
person
found
damaging
or
defacing
the
property
of
the
club
will
be
prosecuted.
• Persons
are
admitted
to
this
ground
subject
to
their
acceptance
of
these
ground
rules
of
the
football
association
of
Ireland
and
the
Airtricity
league.
• Entry
to
the
ground
should
constitute
unqualified
acceptance.
• The
ground
management
reserves
the
right
to
refuse
admission
to
or
eject
any
person
who
refuses
to
be
searched
by
an
Garda
Siochana.
Any
person
who
remains
in
a
gangway
may
be
ejected
from
the
stadium.
The
ground
management
will
not
tolerate
any
form
of
racist
abuse.
• The
ground
management
reserves
the
right
for
servants
or
agents
to
remove
from
the
ground
any
person
who
does
not
comply
with
the
ground
regulations
or
whose
presence
in
the
ground
could
reasonably
be
construed
as
constituting
a
source
of
danger,
nuisance
or
annoyance
to
other
spectators.
• The
moving
from
one
area
of
the
stadium
to
another
without
permission
of
a
steward,
an
Garda
Siochana
or
other
authorized
agent
of
the
club
is
strictly
forbidden.
• In
the
event
of
a
match
being
postponed
or
abandoned,
any
refund
of
the
admission
charge
will
be
at
the
sole
discretion
of
the
club
management.
This
is
subject
to
a
time
limitation,
the
details
of
which
are
available
from
the
club
ticket
office.
Persons
entering
the
ground
are
advised
to
retain
their
ticket
stub,
as
this
may
be
required
to
be
produced
at
a
later
date.
UCD
DIRECTORY
President:
Gerry
Horkan
Executive
Vice
President:
Josef
Veselsky
Vice
Presidents:
Caroline
Hussey,
Theo
Dunne
Treasurer:
Tony
Sheridan
Secretary:
Richard
Shakespeare
Director
of
Football:
Pat
Devlin
First
Team
Manager:
Colin
O’Neill
First
Team
Coach:
Evan
McMillan
Goal
Keeping
Coach:
Ger
Barron
College
&
University
Manager:
Diarmuid
McNally
Leinster
Senior
League
Managers:
Diarmuid
McNally,
Tony
Sheridan
&
Jack
Doyle
Under
19
Managers:
Albert
Sugg
&
Alastair
Harvey
Kitman:Josh
Dolan
Club
Doctor:
Richard
Downey
Physio:
Diarmuid
Fitzgerard,
Karl
Fulham
UCD
Soccer
Development
Officer:
Diarmuid
McNally
Hospitality
Manager:
Denise
Sheridan
Media
Officer:
Georgina
Dwyer/Conor
McCarthy
P.A.
Announcer:
Michael
Higgins
FAI
Fans
Liason
Officer:
Stephen
Joyce
Historian:
Declan
Hughes
3. I would like to welcome everyone from Shelbourne
FC to the UCD Bowl for tonight’s SSE Airtricity
League game. Shelbourne is a unique club where
I had the pleasure of beginning my management
career and there are many people who work
tirelessly for the club and none more so than Joe
Casey. He has been with the club through the good
times, the bad times and has always got the clubs
best interests at heart.
Shelbourne had a great season last year and I
expect them to be there or there abouts come
the end of the season. In Kevin they have a great
quality manager and if he can bring the qualities he
possessed as a player into the management side
of things then there’s no reason why they won’t be
back in the premier division soon.
Secondly, as this is our first home league game of
the season, I would like to welcome back all of our
supporters, and I hope that we will be able to give
you some great nights with exciting football over the
coming months! I was delighted when I was given
the opportunity to take over as UCD’s manager,
and with Pat Devlin as Director of football and the
return of Evan McMillan I feel we have a very high
quality backroom team for the season ahead.
Last Saturday night saw us begin our season with
an away trip to Cobh, and we were delighted to
come away with a 3 – 0 victory, especially with debut
goals for three of the new lads who have recently
joined the club, Gary O’Neill, Ryan Swan and Jamie
Doyle. I am really looking forward to the season
ahead as we have an extremely young, hungry and
exciting squad, who can all go on to achieve great
things for this club.
I hope that tonight’s game will be a great game of
football.
Enjoy the game!
Collie O’Neill
4.
5. Pat Devlin was appointed
Director of Football at UCD in
January 2015. He had a long
almost 30 year association
with Bray Wanderers. He
managed them in their debut
League of Ireland season
1985/86 winning the First
Division Championship at the
first attempt. FAI Cup success
followed in 1990.
He had spells with Athlone Town,
Drogheda United and even briefly
assisted at Shamrock Rovers before
returning to Bray Wanderers, an
association that lasted until two
years ago. Recently I caught up with
him and spoke with him for the UCD
Matchday programme.
DH: First of all Pat, Congratulations
on the appointment. But I was
thinking to myself that because you
spent so many years looking at UCD
from a different perspective, that you
are probably more qualified than
most to come in as an outsider.
PD: Well you know, I’m local I’ve
always looked at UCD, played against
them on many occasions , but i think
it’s like everything else perception
is fairly different to the real thing.
Now I am inside . And I see it ,
and it’s just an amazing place, ....it’s
a huge campus with great facilities,
fantastic people and a combination
of different types of players. Young,
experienced and so if we can get
everybody fit and get everybody on the
park . It will be good.
Colly’s a great lad , a great coach and
now he is taking on the manager’s
role which is again a huge challenge
for him. I am there to help him
as much as I can and direct him
and him and I so far have hit it off
brilliantly and of course you have
Diarmuid in the background who
does all the other amazing amount of
In Conversation;
PAT
Devlin
6. stuff. So It’s a tough task though so
many teams so many players,
different positions trying to pull
together.
And of course the big disappointment
for everyone is relegation and
now the most important thing is
promotion. It’s not easy.
DH: But you have plenty of experience
of getting out of this Division both
in your time with Bray Wanderers
and one or two other occasions as
well. And if anybody can provide a
bit of knowledge on that it would be
yourself.
PD : Yeah and I think that’s the key
I am here to help in all areas. Not
just the first team: The Under 19’s ,
the Under 17’s . I’ve sort of come in
here and assessed everything since
early January . It’s just been amazing
there’s so much you can barely catch
your breath. I’ve looked at a number
of the College’s League team games
and the Under 19’s .
We’re now talking about the Under
17’s The First team is the priority...
we’re about to get that going. Get
people then believing in themselves
at under 17 and 19 and getting them
ready to step up . We have some
great young talent here and if we
can nurture that and hold on to it a
bit better. Now we are bringing in
a different type of player as well ....
Gary O’Neill has come back from
England after spending some time
with Wolves. Young Eoin Kirwan he’s
come back after spending some time
with Barnsley. So we’re getting there
and we will be a bit more attractive.
We’re trying to help those players
prior to them going away and then
when they come back.
DH : And there are so many teams at
UCD as well that you know you might
find a potential first teamer in any
of the teams who could be a potential
first teamer in any of the teams the
College put out in terms of either
the Universities League or Leinster
League
PD : There’s no doubt about it,
I’ve watched the Leinster Senior
League team a couple of times and
the Colleges League team a couple of
times. You’re absolutely correct and
they can fit in as equal as anyone else
and do a job for you. It depends on
whether their work schedule allows
for it , and they have the commitment
necessary to make it to League
of Ireland level, but the talent is
definitely there.
DH : Pat thanks a lot for talking to me
and I look forward to catching up with
you again later in the year.
PD: And please God we’ll have
something to talk about I’m looking
forward to it...
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8. Midfielder Robbie Benson is
set for his second term as Club
Captain and this week, Josh
Dolan sat down with Robbie to
chat about his comeback from
injury, the club’s news signings
and new manager Collie O’Neill
J: You’re currently struggling with an
injury. How soon can we hope to see
you back on the pitch?
R: Hopefully I’ll be back in the next
few weeks. It’s frustrating to have
missed out on a good pre-season.
But, I’ve been using my time out to
work extra hard in the gym, which will
stand to me as the season goes on.
J: Collie O’Neill has made the step up
from coach to manager this season.
Have you enjoyed having him as your
Manager so far?
R: I was delighted to learn Collie was
given the job. He has been fantastic
ever since he came in a few years
ago and I think he’s ready to make
the step up and show how good he
is as a coach and manager. He is the
most organised manager I’ve ever
played under and demands very high
standards of each and every player in
the squad at every session.
(Collie) is the most
organised manager
I’ve ever played under
and demands very high
standards of each and
every player in the squad
at every session.
J: Collie has brought in experienced
and familiar faces in the form of
Michael Leahy and Evan McMillan.
In Conversation:
RObbie
Benson
9. Will having two former Captains
around help you to learn and excel in
your current role as Captain?
R: The management team have
pulled off a bit of a coup to be honest
bringing the two lads in, as I’m sure
they could have signed for many a
team in the Premier Division. Hanging
on to the likes of Mark Langtry and
Ian Ryan, who have shown over the
years, they are well capable of playing
at a higher level. I’m still learning my
role and it’s great to be able to tap
into the experience that those lads
have garnered in their time playing in
the league.
J: Collie has also brought in a number
of young faces, including the likes
of Ryan Swan, Eoin Kirwan and Gary
O’Neill. What have you made of them
so far?
R: I haven’t been on the pitch much
myself (because of injury), but from
what I’ve seen in friendlies, I think
the new lads all look capable of being
key players in the team if they can
impose themselves in the manager’s
thoughts.
J: It’s been a positive pre-season for
the lads involved in the Universities
team. Having won the College and
Universities Football league and
reached the semi-finals of The
Collingwood Cup, do you think it will
stand to them in the opening games
of the season?
R: A lot of the lads in the college
team this year don’t have too much
experience at first team level, so for
them to have had some competitive
action before the season starts is
great for them. Winning the college’s
league was great, as it helps build a
winning mentality, which we’ll need
this season as we chase promotion.
J: With the squad that we have
assembled, what do you think we are
capable of achieving this year?
R: We want to get back to the Premier
Division and we want to do it as the
best team in our league. We don’t
want to have to rely on a playoff at the
end of a long season. We have a lot of
players who are of Premier Division
class, so if we perform to the best of
our abilities, we should be able to do
it. We are under no illusions though
that we’ll need to be at our best week
in week out, as there are lots of teams
who will capitalize if we don’t.
We want to get back to
the Premier Division and
we want to do it as the
best team in our league
J: It’s Shelbourne at home tonight.
The sides have enjoyed some exciting
games down the seasons. Are you
expecting another one tonight?
R: I’ve always enjoyed playing against
Shelbourne personally. We’ve been at
the same level for the last few years
and I don’t think there have been
many games that have been settled by
more than the odd goal either way. I’m
sure it will be tight again tonight. It’s
a good chance for both teams to draw
first blood early on in the season.
10. Colin O’Neill
Manager
Robbie Benson
UCD AFC Captain
DOB: 07.05.92
Evan McMillan
1st Team Coach
Pat Devlin
Director of Football
Josh Dolan
Kitman
Niall Corbet
Goalkeeper
DOB: 13.11.94
Conor Mackey
Goalkeeper
DOB: 08.03.96
Karl Skinner
Goalkeeper
DOB: 07.02.97
Sean Coyne
Defender
DOB: 23.5.95
Dan Tobin
Defender
DOB: 27.07.93
Mark Langtry
Defender
DOB: 09.12.87
Mick Leahy
Defender
DOB: 30.04.89
Ian Ryan
Defender
DOB: 09.06.87
players and management
of
UCD AFC
12. Collie has had previous spells as
Caretaker Manager with sides
including tonight’s opponents
Shelbourne. However, he is still
getting used to activities that are
new to him in his permanent role.
“There’s been a little bit more in the
organisation end of things. An awful
lot of phone calls and phone calls and
then more phone calls,”
Collie has also been taping into the
experience of new recruit Pat Devlin,
who joined the club in a Director of
Football role back in December. “I’m
constantly asking him (Pat Devlin)
questions, over and over again. He’s
been great. You always worry about
working with someone you’ve never
worked with before. You wonder
how you’re going to get on. Whether,
you’re going to click, hate each other,
you just don’t know.”
O’Neill has also inherited a quality
backroom team, a backroom team,
he believe his young squad can learn
from.
“With Evan (McMillan), it’s gone well
so far. He’s still half a player and half
a coach. He’s not fully embedded in
either one of the roles. It’s not like
I have a fully dedicated new coach
on board. But he’s such a nice guy,
players love him. He has the makings
of being a very, very good coach. Ger
(Barron) is by far the best Goalkeeping
Coach I have ever worked with and
James Timmons is by far the best
Strength and Conditioning Coach I’ve
ever heard of. We’re blessed that
the backroom team we have is the
best this country has to offer and it’s
something that the young players will
grow from.”
Despite Collie’s limited experience in
the management business, he does
have a substantial knowledge of UCD
as a club, a feature that he believes is
important for people within the club.
“I know how the club works. I know
about the whole scholarship system,
the 19s coming through, I know the
ins and outs of the club. An awful
In Conversation:
Collie
O’NeillCollie O’Neill took the reigns
here at The UCD Bowl following
the departure of Aaron
Callaghan, and this week he sat
down with Josh Dolan to give us
an insight on how he’s settling
into life as UCD boss.
13. lot of people come in and don’t
understand it, they don’t get it. It
takes while of you being here to fully
understand how this club works. It’s
different, but it’s still one of the best
clubs around.”
New managers often bring about a
change in playing style when they
arrive at a new club. Having been at
the club as an assistant manager for
the last four seasons, O’Neill won’t
change much, but he will put his own
touch on things. “On the ball, I like
to play football, so we will continue
to play football the way we always
have. With the bunch that I have and
the quality that they have I want to
play football. But as soon as we lose
it I want that ball back as soon as
possible.”
The former Shels boss has assembled
a squad of 23 players that he believes
are full of potential. He believes that
if his current crop work hard at their
jobs that they can be successful in
their time in Belfield.
What we have is
something tremendous.
With the young, hungry
group that we have there’s
a great chance of us being
successful.
“We’ve been fortunate to sign some
really good quality young players.
They’re players that a lot of teams
won’t know much about them.They’re
on the start of their progression and
we have them. Depending on the
work they do, we have the makings
here in two or three years of a real top
side.”
When asked about who he believes
will be in contention for promotion
alongside his side, Collie said, “I think
Shels will probably win it. I think it’s
between Shels and Wexford, then
ourselves and Athlone. That’s the way
I think it’ll go.”
O’Neill, who spent a number of
years plying his trade at Tolka Park
had some nice words for his former
employers, who he believes are
too strong to remain in the First
Division. “Shels is one of those
clubs that doesn’t deserve to be in
the First Division. It’s a really, really
big club and there’s good people
like Joe Casey and Colm Murphy,
who do an awful lot of hard work in
the background and don’t get the
credit that they really deserve. They
shouldn’t be in the First Division.”
Collie believes that all the pressure
is on our North Dublin opponents
heading into tonight’s tie. He believes
that although his side aren’t as
experienced as Kevin Doherty’s, he
thinks that his side’s hunger can help
the team to match the Tolka Park
outfit. “All the pressure is going to
be on them (Shelbourne). We’re the
ones with the young side, we’re the
ones with the inexperienced side, they
have more experience players than
us, but the one thing we set out at
the start of pre-season was we might
not have the most experience in the
world, but if we can be one of the
fittest, hungriest teams in the division
let’s see where it takes us.”
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15. 4 seasons in 1 day
For those who are too young to
appreciate Crowded House or in
fact know who they are at all, the
title loses its quirky title by having to
explain it. The reference is in fact two
fold. Firstly paying sentiment to the
huge number of football teams, at all
levels available in UCD and the extend
at which they train, participate and
compete is to be applauded!
However not to get too philosophical,
the song represents what sport and
football can mean to students and the
management. The thing which makes
this song great (in case you didn’t yet
realise, I really like this song) is that
it can mean something to everyone.
Firstly it symbolises that it takes all
kinds and takes all sorts and that no
matter what there is a place (in this
case a team) for you.
The ambiguity of the lines allows
it just to represent one heck of an
emotional day but every day is a
new surprise and who knows what
the dawn may bring. The club has
seen a rollercoaster of emotion from
1st team relegation, Harding Cup,
Collingwood etc. but as it was put, you
take “the rough with the smooth...the
clean with the dirty”. It is basically the
ironic beauty of this thing we call life.
In one day you can go through a whole
panorama of emotions.
So back to the first point, UCD AFC
fields a team in the Airtricity 1st
Division, three teams in the LSL, the
Fresher’s team, Colleges League and
Collingwood teams and then the 59
teams across three divisions in the
infamous ‘Superleague’.
16. We’ll look at UCD’s 2014/2015
Colleges campaign.
Still a sensitive subject and still
licking wounds, the season while
successful did not pan out the way it
was supposed to.
College’s Captain Samir Belhout
speaks of the mixed emotions from
this years colleges campaign.
Yet again the college season was a
mixed one. Following on from last
year was always going to be difficult
for the college team. With a number
of new faces in the team the first
couple of matches were always going
to be difficult, with a loss to DCU in
our first game. However, the team
bounced back going unbeaten in
the rest of the group stages of the
Premier Division, eventually finishing
third on goal difference.
Next up was a tricky quarter final
away to UL. After a tight 90 mins the
game went to extra time. Luckily,
Tom O’Halloran popped up with 1
minute to go in extra time with the
winner. We then had a semi-final
against DIT in early February. With a
number of the lads only back training
two weeks there was always going
to be a few rusty legs and heads. In
a game that went back and forward,
we came out on top 3-2 after two
great strikes from Conor Cannon
and Joe Keohane, and a rare headed
goal from myself. Maynooth were the
opponents in the final, a team that
had proven to be a bogey team for us
the last couple of years, knocking us
out of the Collingwood in 2014 and
having not beaten them in our last
three meetings. In another tight game
where chances were few and far
between, the game eventually went to
penalties. After being on the verge of
defeat in the penalty shootout, Niall
Corbet proved the hero, saving two
penalties in a row to win the league.
After a second successful
CUFL campaign, it was onto the
Collingwood. The Collingwood is a
competition contested solely between
the Universities from both the
Republic and the North. After a 2-1
Quarter Final win again Queens, we
faced Trinity in the semi-final. This
proved a step too far for the team,
bowing out after losing 1-0.
Given the fact it was a new look
college team and the loss of some
experienced players, winning the
CUFL was a major achievement for
this set of players, especially beating
Maynooth in the final. The double
17. again proved elusive for the team,
but given the nucleus of the team
will be together for the next 2 or 3
years I’m confident the double will
be completed for the first time since
2010 sooner rather than later.
So on to the UCD Superleague….
well what can you say about the
Superleague? The Superleague is
synonymous with ‘classic’, (in the
worst sense of the word) team names
and players of all standards and
faculties!
One might think that because this
is just an intramural or UCD soccer
college league, but you would be
wrong…it’s so much more. Loic
Wright from the veteran team, Crystal
Phallus noted that “even the Critical
Theory books has dedicated chapters
to ‘The Signification of The Phallus.’
the Mighty Phallus is much more than
a football squad, it’s a way of life.”
Many of the teams are as competitive
as any league out there but enjoy the
banter and craziness that is UCD at
the weekend!
At present we have league leaders
Sauce Pan Celtic way ahead of the
pack. Unbeaten in their Premier
Saturday campign, they are 11
points ahead, one game in hand and
silverware is almost a certainty!
All Priests Over 75 (these are the
‘classic’ names referred to earlier),
are also ahead of the field in Premier
Sunday with a few matches to go, but
never say die as “The Shokas” did just
that and beat the top team 3-1.
It has to be said the excitement lies
in Division 1 Saturday. The Gangs of
Dwight York are only one point ahead
of LA Galaxy Caramel who have a
game in hand...this one will come
down to the wire!!!!!!
Next up the LSL...again I’v rallied the
troops and called in those with more
in depth knowledge of the league! In
other words those who stand on the
sidelines in the rain most of the time,
every weekend during the madness
that is UCD.
Enter Conor McCarthy!
With the LSL season being a winter
season, the return of the SSE Airtricity
League also means that our three
LSL sides’ seasons are entering the
closing stages of their seasons. With
our sides competing in both the top
Sunday and top Saturday divisions as
well as our fresher’s team competing
in the Saturday Major 1C division.
18. Senior Sunday
Our top side are once again
competing at the pinnacle of amateur
football as they continue their battle
in the top division in the Leinster
Senior League. Despite losing both
Timmy Molloy and Conor Cannon to
the first team set up at the end of last
season, they are having an extremely
good season as Diarmuid McNally’s
troops currently sit 6th in the table
with 10 games remaining. This
season’s league has been extremely
competitive with UCD being one of
8 teams within 6 points of the drop
zone. With yesterday’s game against
Crumlin United being called off, UCD
look forward to travelling to St. Pats
CY on Friday night in a crucial game
as they look to pull themselves away
from a relegation dog fight
Saturday Major
With our Saturday side competing in
the top Saturday LSL division, this
season has been a bit of a struggle
as sit in the middle of a relegation
battle. Our sides have been decimated
by injuries this season which has
made it extremely difficult in a very
competitive league. With five games
remaining, Diarmuid McNally’s side’s
performances have begun to improve
and he will be hoping that they will be
able to turn the good performances
into some much needed results over
the coming weeks. Despite this they
are still in the David Lanigan Cup and
will be hoping for a good cup run.
Saturday Major 1C
After a brilliant start to the season
which saw our predominantly freshers
side win four of their first five games,
our Major 1C side had a mid-season
slump, however they have picked
it up again in recent weeks to keep
themselves in the promotion mix. The
season has been disrupted with three
teams withdrawing from the league
mid-season and means we only have
one remaining game, being an away
trip to Killinarden.
Overall there is still a lot to play for
over the coming weeks with both our
Sunday side hoping to keep up their
good form and finish with a strong
mid table finish, while our Saturday
side will be hoping they are able to
start picking up some much needed
results and pull away from their
relegation battle. Finally our Major 1C
(Freshers) side will be hoping to win
their last game in order to maintain
their chances of back to back
promotions after they were promoted
last season.
So since the programme itself is
about the 1st team we don’t need to
go into much details on the 1st team
but the 0-3 win away to Cobh was a
great start to the season and a great
boost to this young teams confidence.
Although another reference from
my wondrous song states that “It
doesn’t pay to make predictions”; this
particular season is looking pretty
bright!
19. The 2013–14 season was Bradford City’s 111th season in their history, their
99th in the Football League and 101st in the league system of English football.
It was their first season back in League One following six years in League Two,
after they beat Northampton Town 3–0 in the 2012–13 League Two Playoff
Final.
Former sponsors JCT600 signed a three-year deal to become the club’s
main shirt sponsors once again after a seven-year absence. Coach Phil
Parkinson signed a new three-year deal with the club, along with assistant
Steve Parkin and Head of Sports Science Nick Allamby.
During their pre-season, they were again in Ireland and the Bantams pre-
season started this tour with a 4–1 win against Athlone Town. The Irish opened
the scoring as Bradford defender James Meredith scored an own goal in the
23rd minute, however this was short lived as last seasons top scorer Nahki
Wells drove a shot into the bottom corner to equalize. The Bantams took the
lead 8 minutes later as Mark Yeates blasted a drive into the other bottom
corner, this soon became a 3–1 lead to Bradford when Raffaele De Vita’s cross
was bundled into the net by Rory McArdle. Alan Connell rounded off the scoring
by slotting home a shot to make it 4–1. The second game on the Irish tour
saw the Bantams face Bohemians, City once again went behind however this
time it wasn’t an own goal but rather an opposition player heading the ball in.
This 1–0 lead was soon rubbed out by an equalizer to Garry Thompson who
headed home a Jason Kennedy cross. Just after halftime the Bradford side
dominated and this dominance paid off as Michael Nelson scored to make it
2–1. Youngster Louis Swain also added a goal before the game was wrapped up
by a goal from Nahki Wells to ensure the Bantams won 4–1.
Bradford’s League One campaign started with a 2–2 draw against Bristol City,
after going behind last seasons top scorer Nahki Wells equalized before Bristol
scored their second. However Rory McArdle headed in a cross to make sure
the Bantams got a point from the match. The Bantams first home game was
a 4-0 win against Carlisle United, Bradford raced into a 3-0 lead after half an
hour with Mark Yeates scoring a spectacular goal followed by goals from Nahki
Wells and James Hanson before Gary Jones added a second half goal.
Bradford’s first loss of the season came against Port Vale as the Bantams went
down 2-1, their only goal coming from in form striker Nahki Wells.
Bradford bounced back from this defeat with an outstanding 2-0 win over
Yorkshire rivals Sheffield United with Wells scoring both of the Bantams goals.
Bradford finished 11th in the league.
In the FA Cup, Bradford entered at the First Round stage with the other League
One and Two clubs. The draw was made in October and the Bantams were
20.
21.
22. On the 31st of October 2014, UCD AFC
travelled to Eamonn Deacy Park in
Galway to try and overturn a 21 deficit
that they had set for themselves in
the Belfield Bowl four days earlier.
The trouble for the Dublin side
was amplified in Connacht, as they
fell victim to a ruthless Galway
performance, beating College 30
on the day and a thumping 51 on
aggregate. In reality, the game was
not lost over two legs, it was lost over
a season where results didn’t go their
way, and where performances often
lacked against teams they should
have beaten.
The setup was screaming out for
changes to be made, and that is
exactly what UCD did, with a changing
of the guard in the form of Colin
O’Neill, who has replaced Aaron
Callaghan as the new UCD manager.
As well as this, Pat Devlin has taken
up the position of UCD Director
of Football, and as a man who
was Assistant Manager to Steve
Staunton for four years, his wealth
of experience shows real intent by
the College and his appointment
demonstrates their hunger to get
back into the Airtricity.
with a lot of the clubs
making cutbacks and
stuff, we’d slowly been
cutting our budget back
so the relegation was
probably coming. It wasn’t
a case of whether it
happens, it was a case of
when will it happen.
In Conversation:
diarmuid
mcnally
With UCD AFC getting ready
for life outside of the Airtricity
League, Ciarán Sweeney sat
down with Diarmuid McNally,
a man at the forefront of
UCD Football, to discuss the
upcoming season ahead of
the first game in Division One
against Cobh Ramblers next
month.
23. But if you break your leg you have to
xray it to see what went wrong before
you can walk again and to this end,
McNally explains the offthepitch
reasons concerning last season’s
disappointing campaign: “I’d say
going back 5 years ago with a lot of
the clubs making cutbacks and stuff,
we’d slowly been cutting our budget
back so the relegation was probably
coming. It wasn’t a case of whether
it happens, it was a case of when will
it happen. So we’ve been gradually
cutting back every year and as a result
of that, we’ve been losing players.
Once our players came through the
scholarship system, they’d been
moving on quicker than they had
been before, so we’d lost our ability
to retain our players for a year or
two, something we would have been
able to do for the majority of time we
stayed in the Premier Division. So it
was as a result of ongoing budget
cuts plus Cillian Morrison signing for
Cork halfway through the season, Ben
Mohamed being out for six months
of the season, Mark Langtry getting
injured and Tomás Boyle, the centre
half who played the first seven or
eight games, was out for the rest of
season. So we probably lost three or
four key players and of all the seasons
we probably didn’t have the back up to
cover that.”
While UCD were losing money, many
teams around them were heading
in the other direction, a case of
unfortunate timing for the college, as
McNally explains the reintroduction of
fulltime club for some of the teams in
the League: “For other clubs, money
was starting to come back into the
game. The likes of Cork, Dundalk,
Pat’s, and Shamrock Rovers were all
spending money again.
They had gone all fulltime again, the
league, where it use to almost all be
professional and then it went down
to two professional clubs, was now
creeping back up. It’s now six, seven,
eight full- time clubs so we were
financially under pressure and we got
squeezed out of the league.”
2009 was the last time
UCD were in the second
tier of Irish football and
that season, they bounced
straight back up into
the Airtricity League as
they beat Shelbourne
by a point to be crowned
champions
2009 was the last time UCD were
in the secondtier of Irish football
and that season, they bounced
straight back up into the Airtricity
League as they beat Shelbourne by
a point to be crowned champions. So
albeit unfamiliar, the situation isn’t
completely alien to the club, and with
a strong core group of players still
at the club, McNally is hopeful that
the club can emulate their previous
achievement and bounce straight
back up: “We still have the core
scholarship players and the good
news is that a lot of them were in the
first team last year. Our scholarship
players are getting exposure to first
team football because we’re not
24. really signing senior professionals
like we used to. We used to have a
mixture between a scholarshipbased
team, experienced graduates and
one or two nonUCD players. Now it’s
all young lads on scholarships but a
lot of them played last year so they
would’ve got a lot of experience. I
think we’ll have to build the team up,
we’ll have to stay within our ethos and
our financial restrictions but we’ve
also put a big effort into bringing in
a couple of other people and we’ve
put a bigger effort into fundraising,
so we’re not scaling back much. Our
budget is much the same and we’ve
managed to hold on to most of our
scholarship players and we’ve got
some good young players coming in.
Whether we’re good enough to get
out of the First Division in year one, I
don’t know, but we would be hopeful.
The aim of the club is very much to
get back into the Premier Division.
And that doesn’t mean it necessarily
has to happen next year, but we will
certainly build a foundation. We would
be hoping at least to make the play
offs.”
With players coming and going as the
new season beckons, McNally also
talked about how the scholarship
system works within in the club, both
in terms of the Ad Astra scholarships
from the college and the scholarships
from the club itself:
“We have a limited number of places
on the Ad Astra, but the fact that
we’re playing Premier Division or
First Division doesn’t really matter,
the experience of a player coming in
on scholarship doesn’t really change.
They still are going to get the same
benefits and they’re still going to get
to experience playing football. Okay,
it’s not in the Premier Division, but
it’s still the elite level and they’re still
going to develop in that environment.”
McNally also stressed the importance
of the First Division, from a positive
point of view, in terms of how it
can be a great platform for player
development, particularly among the
younger players:
“the first division suits some players
and it’s going to be particularly
positive for our under 19’s players.
The jump from under 19’s football
to Premier Division football is a big
jump. Four of those players are now
coming into the first team. The First
Division will be a good level for them
to continue their progression.”
With such an emphasis now placed
on these under 19 players, UCD are
always keeping in close contact with
Ireland schools teams to watch out
for any talent rising from the youth
ranks:
25. “We would have close connections
with the Irish schools team and liaise
with those and try to get players
that can get into college and fit the
bill because they have to be not just
elite players but also have to have
the academic requirements. Now
we’re looking at possibly setting
up a‘ reintroduction to education
programme’ with the academics
here, for some of these lads that are
coming back from England with no
education.”
McNally says that a large part of this
return to Ireland for so many young
hopefuls is the ruthless demand for
talent in the English Premier League,
as the League casts its net now far
wider than Ireland and even Europe,
to a worldwide pool of players from
Asia, Africa and America: “The players
that we would be familiar with that
would have headed over to England in
the 80s or 90s, a lot of those players
wouldn’t make it in today’s world as
they would never have got the chance.
Players now come back quicker and
they are at a loose end having failed
but then they have a double knock
back when they struggle to make it
here in the Airtricity league off the
back of not making it in England.
So this structure could get them a
reintroduction to education, get them
into UCD and this would then be the
goal for player welfare. If they can
bounce back from a footballing view
it would be fantastic, but even if they
don’t, they will have this fallback of an
education through the programme.”
It will be vital for UCD
to try and hit the ground
running early on in the
League, to try and build
up momentum early that
they can carry through the
season as they hope for
promotion
It will be vital for UCD to try and
hit the ground running early on
in the League, to try and build up
momentum early that they can carry
through the season as they hope for
promotion. The College’s first match
is away to Cobh Ramblers, which
precedes tough fixtures against
Athlone and Shelbourne. With no easy
games for UCD, McNally is fully aware
of how tough it will be stave off stiff
competition for promotion: “Athlone
will be strong and they just missed
out on surviving last season, finishing
only a couple of points behind us and
they seem to have invested a bit, and
Shels as well made it to be play
offs last year so they will be tough.
Wexford Youths will be the dark
horses, they just missed out on the
playoffs last year and got a couple of
good results against Galway last year
as well who ended up getting into the
Airtricity, so those three teams will
probably be the three. But having said
that, Finn Harps, Waterford and Cobh
would be experienced First Division
teams, and albeit they haven’t shown
any major signs of investment, those
three could still be near the top as
well by the end of the season.”
26. Last season’s campaign was not
all bleak however. Despite the
poor results, UCD AFC kept up a
fine discipline record, a feat that is
rewarded each year by UEFA, who
grant the team with the best discipline
record in the league with the overall
best record a place in Europe.
With Ireland currently sitting top of
the best discipline table, with only
2 months left until the winner is
announced, 3rd place in the league
UCD would claim a place in Europe
as Dundalk and Cork have already
qualified for Europe by finishing 1st
and 2nd in the Airtricity League.
Despite the main goal of promotion
back to the Airtricity, McNally says the
club would welcome an opportunity
to also play in Europe: “Well I think
it’s a positive and would be great,
we’ve been in Europe twice before. We
played in 1984 albeit a long time ago,
but played a famous match against
Everton in the European Cup Winners’
Cup and then we also played in the
Intertoto Cup which was the early
2000’s preEuropa League competition
to qualify for the UEFA cup. It’d be
great experience for the players and
the staff and it would be a huge profile
for the club and the college but while
it’s something we would embrace, our
main focus is on the league and if its
happens it would be great and if not,
it’s not the end of the world.”
On a more general level, worries
are mounting from an FAI point of
view, as Ireland slipped to 67th in the
FIFA World Ranking on the 12th of
February, just three places off their
lowest ever ranking of 70th held last
June. McNally again tried to dissect
the reason behind such a dip in
the standard of Irish football on an
international footing: “If you look back
to the teams like Liverpool, Arsenal
and Manchester United in the 1980s,
these teams were all challenging for
cups and they consisted of a lot of
our Irish players competing at the
top level. Our players were constantly
playing against the likes of Juventus
and Bayern Munich and now, when
Ireland go out to play an international
match against the likes of France of
Germany, they are playing against
players who are playing Champions
League but our players themselves
have no experience of such a high
standard and this is the problem.”
Despite the 21 and 61
losses to Dundalk, the
intensive preseason has
churned the team into
a squad hungry for top-
flight football, and the
beginning of the hopeful
path back to the premier,
is now mouthwateringly
close.
Original interview
published in the
University Observer
28. There is only One
Answer
The season started off just the way
UCD needed away to Cobh. It wasn’t
just about getting the points, it was
about showing that this club needs to
run roughshod over all comers in the
First Divsion this season.
The mantra for 2015
has to be: Eat. Sleep.
Conquer. Repeat.
The First Division is great if you like
to travel but don’t be fooled, this is a
place best visited and not somewhere
to live. For the Students, it’s the third
time in the past decade where time
will be served in the lower tier of Irish
football. The last time round saw UCD
lift the title. The previous campaign
ended with a second place finish but
automatic promotion as the Premier
Division re-expanded to 12 teams.
This was a fun division to play in back
in 2005 and not because this club
won a lot of games. That didn’t hurt
but the division had a heartbeat and
a full set of functioning organs. The
barnstorming tour back to the top
flight was a legitimately enjoyable
affair. Likewise, the drama that came
with our last trip to these shores and
the title glory that came with it had a
touch of romance but this division was
already starting to hurt.
The past few seasons down here
have been grim. It’s a place no-one
sane could contemplate residing.
It’s a division where the FAI had to
court multiple clubs who all shirked
at joining to bring the number of
participants up to a meagre eight.
Last season a reserve side was
required to fill the gap. This time
its a club that has leapfrogged the
intermediate ranks to join the senior
sides and got its first look at UCD on
Monday night.
Cabinteely FC’s presence in the
league is a concern for this corner
and that comes with no personal
animus towards the club or its
backers. I’m a Dun Laoghaire man,
By Emmet Ryan
29. the idea of a club from my area
playing in the League of Ireland
should fill me with pride despite my
lifelong status as a UCD supporter.
That the club was willing to take
the plunge should be lauded
but Cabinteely even being in the
discussion speaks volumes about the
attractiveness of this division.
The last thing the League of Ireland
needs is yet another Dublin club. On
the upside, Cabinteely are a superior
option to having another Dublin
club’s back-ups but where we are
as a league when so few clubs hold
ambitions to join our ranks speaks
volumes.
We stand tonight
against a team that knows
all too well of the perils
and misery that come with
a lengthy stay in the lower
tier.
Shelbourne have escaped the First
Division before in recent years but fell
in the playoff last season in their first
effort to return to the big show. This
is a club which has been through the
wars, with a fanbase that has fought
for it in the stands and beyond to
restore its former glory. In short, this
is not an opponent to be taken lightly.
Which brings us back to Cobh last
weekend where Gary O’Neill got on
the scoreboard for the Students in
that 3-0 win. By and large, UCD will
lean towards young talent to carry
the load and that vigour can do plenty
when the pace is hard and there is
room to run wild. Not all nights will
be like that. There are times when
veteran grit is going to be required,
where minds with a familiarity for
those more frustrating matches must
guide our younger players through.
It’s those hard games, the tight ones,
where UCD need the likes of O’Neill
this season. Promotion, and with it a
championship, is the only acceptable
result in 2015. I say this not out of
hubris but fear. Every extra year down
here makes the return to prominence
more difficult.
It would be remiss to open the season
without looking at the one other factor
that could influence UCD’s season.
Participation in the Europa League is
looking increasingly probable via the
Fair Play route. It will, should UCD get
the slot, make for a great adventure
but even a short-term fling could have
an impact on the rest of the season.
European football doesn’t come to
this club often so the prospect is
tremendously exciting but, with a
young squad in particular, it is one
that will require cool heads.
It’s not exactly going out on a limb to
say any involvement by UCD in that
competition will be short-lived but
the impact could be felt long after
the Students exit if it leads to UCD
faltering in this league. A run in any
of the knockout competitions would
be nice but I’ll take an early exit in the
lot so long as the primary objective
is achieved. This season is about this
division.
Eat. Sleep. Conquer. Repeat.
30.
31. Return of
The Mac.Declan Hughes talks with new
player/coach Evan McMillan;
former Club Captain returning
from stints in St. Pats, tonight’s
opposition Bohs, and the last
two seasons in Sligo Rovers.
Evan McMillan originally joined UCD
in 2006 and initially didn’t make the
first team squad. After a spell in the
Leinster Senior League teams he
was eventually promoted to the First
team Squad. He was a regular by the
time we were relegated in 2008 and
was pivotal in both the First Division
Championship winning team of 2009
and the Premier Division side the
following year which established
UCD back in the top flight. Moves
to St. Patrick’s Athletic, Bohemians
and Sligo Rovers followed. In the
close season he returned to UCD
as assistant coach eager to begin
the first stages of his post playing
career. I chatted with him recently and
decided to catch up with him.
DH: Evan you’re originally from
Templeogue did you begin playing for
the local team in schoolboy football?
EM: Yes I joined Templeogue United
at a very young age, perhaps 7 years
old. Mount Merrion where the only
other schoolboy club I played for, and
did so for Under 17 and Under 18
seasons. I played for our UCD Under
19s manager Albert Sugg during that
spell and learnt a lot from him.
DH: At one point (during the 1990’s
and early 00’s) Templeogue had an
association with UCD did it cross
your radar at that stage? Or was it
when you played for Mount Merrion
that UCD became an option for you to
aspire to?
EM: I never knew that link existed
while playing with Templeogue. It was
definitely while with Mount Merruon
that UCD became a target. It was
Albert who pushed me towards a UCD
scholarship and it was ideal for me as
my educational target was to begin a
commerce degree at UCD.
DH: What position did you play at as a
schoolboy player?
EM I played central midfield up
until around 16. I loved playing there.
I remember I was club top scorer
at Templeogue with 23 goals fropm
that position one year pipping our
winger/striker by one goal. With
Albert I played both central midfield
and centre back, the period with him
predominantly as a centre back. I’ll
never forgive him for that ha!
DH: How important for your
development as a player, and now
in the early stages of your coaching
32. career, do you think your stint in the
LSL side at UCD was ?
EM : I think it was massive for
me! My first trial for a scholarship
didn’t actually go so well. So the
time playing in that League gave
me more confidence and made me
stronger. Through that I was given a
scholarship and never looked back.
Diarmuid McNally was great during
that period and helped me progress
through the ranks at the club. It’s
a unique siutation in the League of
Ireland. We have just seen it again
with Ryan McLoughlin who has just
made his League debut for us, and
many others have followed that same
route.
DH: When did you first become
interested in coaching ... and do you
think any of that stems from you being
a defender when you were playing in
the League of Ireland?
EM: I watch a lot of football and am
quite opinionated on systems and
styles of play etc. From that I knew
coaching interested me. And it just
clicked with me one day that I should
start my coach badges as soon as
possible. It takes a long time to
complete them all. I have completed
my youth certificate and all going
well will have the UEFA B licence
finished by May. I have really enjoyed
the courses! Regarding the link to me
being a defender, that’s an interesting
part of the question....I guess in the
main centre backs, myself anyway, are
quite focussed and driven. They are
two qualities a coach requires.
DH: Given the number of teams at
the club and the facilities on offer at
UCD ... is there any better place to
take your first steps as a coach ?
EM: I don’t think there is a better
place... no! I’ve touched on the route
the club has to the first team, the
many different teams at goood levels,
at LSL level etc. And our Under 19s
always attract the top players in the
country as we can see currently !
Many of them will certainly and have
already made a big impact at first
team level. It is ideal for me at the
early stage of my coaching career
to work, in the main with younger
players, and it’s even better that they
are the top players in the country. And
you mention the facilities...., they are
also the best around the League of
Ireland.... it’s the perfect place to be.
DH: The defensive record, since you
left, has been shocking. Is part of
your brief as a coach to sort that out?
EM: My first meeting with Collie
included a quick chat on my views on
how I like teams to approach games
tactically. They were very
similar to his. We want to
play an attractive passing
game, but at the same
time, we don’t want
to be too open which
would lead to goals
being conceded. It’s
all about balance.
I think that focus will
ensure that we are strong
defensively this year.
For the young players,
a seasons experience
in the First Division will
make the step up to the
Premier Division standard
easier and that would
be key in continuing to
have a strong defensive
platform.
33.
34. So another season starts and the
club have put the disappointment
of relegation in the Play-Offs last
season behind them with some great
additions to the club. UCD fans
should look forward to the arrival of
Manager Collie O’Neill and Director of
Football Pat Devlin who’s both wit and
experience will prove invaluable in
the future. During close season UCD
Fans watched the departure of some
many Players that it would seem very
hard to replace them. However, many
Players have stayed with the club
and with the return of former UCD
Captains Evan McMillan and Mick
Leahy it can be a nostalgic season for
the club.
UCD AFC Supporters Club have grown
from our embryonic foundation in
2010 and last season topped 200
signed-up members, the majority
registered on UCD match-days. This
may seem small number but it is
larger than many SCs in the Airtricity
League. UCD Fans get an unfair rap
about the size of our support, as if
Football is a democracy or something.
But with the low attendance there is a
loyalty to the Club that brings with it a
longevity of support. This comes from
an open and welcoming attitude to all
fans at match, I was welcomed and
tolerated when I first started coming
to UCD games in the late 1980s and
that’s the reason I still go to Airtricity
League matches. And I hope I have
provided a welcome to new fans who
have come after me.
Since it’s inception the SC has
reached out to different profiles of
UCD fans and helped found other
UCD groups, including UCD AFC
Serbia Supporters Club, which can
be found on facebook. This club
was founded in 2010 after UCD
fans attended Ireland games at the
2009 Universiade in Belgrade. Well,
Aleksander Gubic who started this
SC, both designed and wrote the code
for the current UCD AFC SC website
www.ucdsupporters.ie, is following
own career path, which has led him
to the UCD Campus, where since last
December he’s work in the Computer
Science block. He’s certainly looking
forward to this season.
The UCD Supporters Society (again to
be found on facebook) was founded
on Campus last year by full-time UCD
students who were founding members
of the UCD AFC SC back in 2010 as
young teenagers. It was always vital
to have an organised presence on
campus and now the loyalty of long-
term UCD Fans has been rewarded
with the opportunity to spread the
message of UCD AFC on Campus and
getting new UCD Fans into attending
games and organising other activities.
These examples aren’t alternative
UCD AFC
Supporters
35. Don’t forget to check out the
UCD AFC TV to see all the match
highlights and all the great goals
from our UCD players.
www.youtube.com/UCDAFCTV
www.facebook.com/UCDAFCTV
or opposing Supporters Groups but
part of the umbrella of the UCD AFC
SC. But as the profile of UCD fans is
diverse between full-time Students,
families and young and old in the
hinterland it’s necessary to be able
to contact these different profiles
directly and on non-matchdays.
But a successful common
denominator is that UCD Fans should
always be warm and welcoming to
new fans at the UCD Bowl. UCD
fans are encouraged to continue to
welcome new faces at the UCD Bowl,
tell them they’re welcome and invite
them back for the next game. By
showing consideration for all fans in
the ground, UCD presents a character
many other clubs can only dream
about.
Away Travel:
Part of the SC’s access and
opportunity to get UCD Fans to games
has been the organising transport or
facilitating Fans who wouldn’t have
made the game otherwise. There’s a
lot of derision labelled at the location
of many First Division grounds. The
detractors may only wish to devalue
Rural clubs and only be reminded of
concrete and ‘Urban Threat’ associate
with Football. However, a term like
‘Discover Ireland League’ may be
both an accurate and appropriate
description of away travel in the First
Division. This is because clubs are
represented in some of the most
beautiful parts of the country, after a
UCd fans travelled to Cobh last week
our next away game is to the Sunny
Southeast no less. SSE Airtricity
League First Division, Wexford Youths
v. UCD AFC, Ferrycarrig Park, ko
19:45. Ferrycarrig Park has a covered
seated stand and is 9km from Wexford
town. UCD Supporters Travel are
taking names for a bus to this away
game, it will be a first visit for many
UCD fans so now is the chance to
support the side in a new Stadium.
Our bus will leave South Dublin
approx. 16:30 and return immediately
after the game. UCD Fans who wish
to travel to the game should email
ucdsupporters@gmail.com or contact
UCD AFC Supporters Travel 087
7606299. Fans are encouraged to put
their names down early so that quotes
from buses can be obtained.
ucdsupporters@gmail.com www.ucdsupporters.ie
The UCD AFC Club Shop is also
open at every home match for you
to buy replica jerseys and all other
UCD AFC memorabilia.
36. ucd afc fixtures
Date Time Opposition Venue Score
Tue 10th Feb 7.45pm Dundalk FC Oriel Park LSC
UCD 1 -
Dundalk 2
Sat 7th March 7.45pm Cobh Ramblers St Colmans Pk League
UCD 3 -
Cobh 0
Fri 13th March 7.45pm Shelbourne UCD Bowl League
Fri 20th March 7.45pm Athlone Town UCD Bowl League
Fri 27th March 8.00pm Wexford Youths Ferrycarrig Pk League
Fri 3rd April 7.45pm Finn Harps UCD Bowl League
Fri 10th April 7.45pm Cabinteely FC Stradbrook League
Fri 17th April 7.45pm Waterford United UCD Bowl League
Fri 24th April 7.45pm Cobh Ramblers UCD Bowl League
Fri 1st May 8.00pm Shelbourne Tolka Park League
Fri 8th May 7.45pm Athlone Town
Athlone Town
Stadium
League
Fri 15th May 7.45pm Wexford Youths UCD Bowl League
Fri 22nd May 7.45pm Finn Harps Finn Park League
Fri 5th June 7.45pm Cabinteely FC UCD Bowl League
Fri 12th June 7.45pm Waterford United R.S.C. League
Sat 27th June 7.45pm Cobh Ramblers St Colmans Pk League
Fri 3rd July 7.45pm Shelbourne UCD Bowl League
Fri 10th July 7.45pm Athlone Town UCD Bowl League
Fri 17th July 8.00pm Wexford Youths Ferrycarrig Pk League
Fri 24th July 7.45pm Finn Harps UCD Bowl League
Fri 31st July 7.45pm Cabinteely FC Stradbrook League
Fri 7th Aug 7.45pm Waterford United UCD Bowl League
Fri 14th Aug 7.45pm Cobh Ramblers UCD Bowl League
Fri 28th Aug 8.00pm Shelbourne Tolka Park League
Sat 5th Sept TBC Athlone Town
Athlone Town
Stadium
League
Fri 18th Sept 7.45pm Wexford Youths UCD Bowl League
Fri 25th Sept 7.45pm Finn Harps Finn Park League
Fri 9th Oct 7.45pm Cabinteely FC UCD Bowl League
Sat 17th Oct 7.45pm Waterford United R.S.C. League
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