Bray Wanderers 1 Waterford FC 4 Matt Keane Following victories over Wexford and Athlone Town, Waterford FC made it a hat-trick of wins on Friday when they easily defeated Bray Wanderers in the Carlisle Grounds. Playing under the guidance of Gary Hunt and David Breen for the third time since the...
Tag: League of Ireland
Waterford come good in Wexford
![Waterford come good in Wexford](https://www.munster-express.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Pic1-1-600x400.jpg)
Waterford come good in Wexford
Wexford FC 0 Waterford FC 2 Matt Keane Two goals, a clean sheet and three points secured. That was the outcome from a Waterford point of view in Ferrycarrig Park on Friday night last. Playing their first game since the departure of manager Ian Morris, the Blues just simply had to win this game following the...
Blues blow another Munster Derby in disappointing fashion
![Blues blow another Munster Derby in disappointing fashion](https://www.munster-express.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Pic1-6-600x400.jpg)
Blues blow another Munster Derby in disappointing fashion
Treaty United 2 Waterford FC 1 Matt Keane After losing to Cork City in Turners Cross two weeks previously Waterford FC travelled to the Markets Field on Friday last to play Treaty United in another Munster Derby encounter. The performance in Cork was bitterly disappointing and everyone involved with Waterford...
League of Ireland First Division – Sluggish Blues grind out vital win
![League of Ireland First Division – Sluggish Blues grind out vital win](https://www.munster-express.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/8-600x400.jpg)
League of Ireland First Division – Sluggish Blues grind out vital win
Waterford FC 2 Wexford FC 1 Matt Keane This was a game that will not live in the memory. From a Waterford point of view it was another vital victory which moved them three points clear at the top of the league table but from a performance point of view it was sluggish, especially in the second half. It was...
Dixie Hale – A Majestic Player For The Ages
![Dixie Hale – A Majestic Player For The Ages](https://www.munster-express.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Pic1-600x400.jpg)
Dixie Hale – A Majestic Player For The Ages
Matt Keane Many people who love football were saddened on Wednesday last when the news broke that Richard Dixie Hale had lost his fight for life in his adopted home of Swansea. Born in Waterford on the 29th of May, 1935 – the Ard na Greine man was one of the four Hale brothers who made their mark in football...
Bircham: “I believe we are in a false position”
![Bircham: “I believe we are in a false position”](https://www.munster-express.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG-5025-600x400.jpg)
Bircham: “I believe we are in a false position”
Jordan Norris New Waterford FC manager Marc Bircham says that he believes that the club are in a false position despite being rooted to the bottom of the League of Ireland Premier Division Table, and is confident that he can do enough to help keep the Blues in the league come the end of the campaign. Speaking to...
Still reasons to feel blue
![Still reasons to feel blue](https://www.munster-express.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/S1Logo-600x400.png)
Still reasons to feel blue
Jordan Norris It’s fantastic that Waterford FC got off the mark at home with their 1-0 win against Longford Town at the RSC on Saturday night. Having been on the wrong side of many a one-goal defeat, five to date in fact – it was pleasant to see the roles reversed. But still, given the off-field drama that...
It’s time Irish football stopped living in the past
![It’s time Irish football stopped living in the past](https://www.munster-express.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/S1Pic1-6-600x400.jpg)
It’s time Irish football stopped living in the past
Jordan Norris There’s been some bad nights following Irish football down the decades, but Saturday night’s defeat at home to Luxembourg was undoubtedly the worst of the entire lot. It doesn’t matter who the manager is, what players were available or unavailable, what tactics or formation were adopted – losing...