Archive for the ‘Soccer’ Category
Italy come from behind to crush Ireland
Matt Keane reports
Ireland received a major setback in their quest to qualify for the UEFA Euro finals in France when they lost to a classy Italian side at the RSC on Thursday night last. Back on October 13th Noel King’s side were unlucky to lose to Italy away by one goal to nil and things [...]
Blues squander two goal lead
Under 19 League
Waterford United 2
Cabinteely 2
Matt Keane reports
Waterford United opened up their league campaign on Saturday at the RSC but had to settle for a point after squandering a two goal lead.
Jordan Andre created the first chance for Cabinteely after four minutes when he took a pass from Ross Broderick on the [...]
Blues no match for red hot Limerick
League of Ireland First Division
Waterford United 2
Limerick 5
Matt Keane reports
Limerick, relegated from the Premier League last season, were far too strong for Waterford United at the RSC on Friday night last.
The Shannonsides have retained the majority of last year’s team and also added some new players including Aaron Greene who signed from St Patrick’s Athletic [...]
Blues pay penalty for poor start
League of Ireland First Division
Drogheda United 2
Waterford United 1
Matt Keane
Waterford United manager Roddy Collins made it clear before this game, which was played in United Park on Friday night last, that he wanted his charges to keep a clean sheet but his plan went out the window after five minutes when the hosts [...]
Irish hearts broken in dramatic fashion
Under 18 International
John Coughlan Memorial Cup. 2nd Leg
Republic of Ireland 3
Wales 2 (Agg 3-3)
(Wales won 5-3 on penalties)
Wales struck late to break the hearts of the Irish players at the RSC on Wednesday in the second leg of the annual John Coughlan Memorial Cup competition.
The visitors led one nil from the first game [...]
Wales claim spoils in Graun Park
Under 18 International
John Coughlan Memorial Cup. 1st Leg
Republic of Ireland 0
Wales 1
raun Park, the home ground of Tramore AFC staged this match on Monday of last week and a crowd of almost 1,6000 turned up to insure that the occasion was one to remember for the club.
Everything went according to plan and despite the final [...]
League of Ireland about to kick-off
Matt Keane reports
Waterford United will get their new season up and running on Friday night when they play away to Drogheda United. Blues manager Roddy Collins has been speaking ahead of the big kick-off.
“Like every other manager in the league, there is always one final piece of the jigsaw that you want to find [...]
Morale boost for Blues
Pre-season friendly
Waterford United 2
Longford Town 1
Matt Keane reports
Waterford United ended pre-season on a winning note as two penalties from Philly Gorman gave Roddy Collins side an impressive victory against Longford Town on Saturday afternoon last to leave them in good stead ahead of Friday’s first game away to Drogheda United.
To beat a Premier League team [...]
W.I.T. ‘A’ WIN HISTORIC MATCH
All-Ireland Colleges & Universities Plate
W.I.T. ‘A’ win historic match
John Douglas reports
History was made on Tuesday last when for the first time in the history of Waterford Institute of Technology, two W.I.T. soccer teams played each other in the quarterfinal of the All-Ireland Colleges & Universities Plate competition when W.I.T. ‘A’ team played the ‘B’ [...]
21st Anniversary of FAI Youth Inter League success
n Friday next February 26th the Waterford team which won the FAI Youth Inter League Cup will gather in The Munster Bar to celebrate the 21st anniversary of a memorable day in Castlebar when the Waterford team defeated the Mayo League two nil thanks to a brace from Pat McCarthy.
The game was played in [...]