eircom league stories - October 2000

Collins 'reneges' on deal - October 31, 2000
Dermot Keely is not impressed with the way Roddy Collins does business after the Shelbourne manager accused the Bohs boss of reneging on a deal which the two men thrashed out last week which would release four Bohs players for Wednesday night's inter-league clash against the north.
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Rovers' late strikes see off Derry - October 30, 2000
Shamrock Rovers 2 Derry City 0
Rovers change their home ground more often than England change managers - but Derry haven't been able to win on any of them since 1994!
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Bray rescue precious point - October 30, 2000
Bray Wanderers 2 St. Patrick's 2
Bray made things tough for themselves against St. Pat's at the Carlisle Ground, giving the visitors a two-goal start before rescuing a point with just seven minutes left.
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Shelbourne win table-top battle - October 28, 2000
Shelbourne 2 Cork City 0
Shelbourne marched into sole leadership of the Premier division as Cork self-destructed at Tolka Park.
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Students back to winning form - October 28, 2000
Galway United 1 UCD 4
A six-minute burst which produced three goals helped UCD to their first league win in over a month at Terryland Park.
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Bohs pair in contention for League Player of the Year - October 26, 2000
Shelbourne's Pat Fenlon will be hoping that his League and Cup double win will carry the day and help him win the Eircom League Player of the Year ahead of Bohs pair Kevin Hunt and Glen Crowe but it is doubtful that this will happen.
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Hoops want GAA compo - October 26, 2000
Shamrock Rovers are to seek compensation from the GAA for 'poaching' one of their players!
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Bulldog set for Irish return as Barbadan leaves - October 26, 2000
With the close season in America, players are left twiddling their thumbs - but with soccer in mid-season everywhere else most decide to cross borders and play on.
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Sherlock hangs up his soccer boots - October 25, 2000
Jason Sherlock has decided not to return to soccer but instead to concentrate on Gaelic Football - upsetting his club, Shamrock Rovers.
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Delaney straight into action for Foxes - October 25, 2000
Damien Delaney completed his £50,000 move from Cork City to English Premiership outfit Leicester City yesterday and went straight into the club's reserve team against Tottenham.
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Woods homing in on move - October 24, 2000
It looks likely that Shamrock Rovers midfielder Billy Woods will return to Cork to join City in the near future.
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McDonnell saves students - October 23, 2000
UCD 2 Shamrock Rovers 2
Stand-in skipper Tony McDonnell rescued a point for UCD with a dramatic last-minute equaliser against Shamrock Rovers at Belfield yesterday.
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Cork go fourth - October 23, 2000
Cork City 2 Galway United 0
Cork leapfrogged over Galway into fourth place in the Eircom Premier table, as record signing Jamie Mulligan broke his duck at Turners Cross yesterday.
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Sligo stay in promotion race - October 23, 2000
Sligo Rovers 2 St. Francis 1
Sligo Rovers maintained their promotion drive yesterday, when two goals in four minutes at the start of the second half gave them victory over St. Francis.
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Dolan's forward worries - October 20, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic boss Pat Dolan has a worrying wait to see whether his in-form strikers Liam Kelly and Ger McCarthy will win their battle to be fit to play against Kilkenny City tonight at Richmond Park.
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Dundalk tops in derby - October 20, 2000
Dundalk 1 Drogheda 0
Dundalk moved to within striking distance of Eircom Division One league leaders Athlone Town with an unconvincing 1-0 win against struggling Drogheda at Oriel Park last night.
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Hallows dream turns sour - October 19, 2000
Marcus Hallows has slapped in a transfer request at St. Patrick's Athletic after a year of misery at the club.
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War looming between Dublin rivals - October 18, 2000
There is a war on the brew in Dublin. Bohemians are ready to lodge a compensation claim against Shelbourne after the league leaders signed Avery John from Boston Bulldogs.
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Harps need your help - October 17, 2000
It is time for Eircom League fans to stand up and be counted once more. They did it for Derry City and now the famous club is out of trouble. But as things begin to run smooth for them, near neighbours Finn Harps are just about out of business.
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Keely names strong Eircom squad - October 17, 2000
Shelbourne manager Dermot Keely will have a change of hat on November 1 when he manages an Eircom League selection to face the Irish League at Terryland Park.
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Collins ready to turn his back on Bohs - October 16, 2000
Bohemians manager Roddy Collins has applied for the vacant post at Oxford United - and says he would have no problems turning his back on Bohemians after only two years in charge at Dalymount Park.
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Jail nightmare for Yank goalkeeper - October 16, 2000
Former Boston Bulldogs Goalkeeper Matt Nelson got a shock welcome to Ireland when he was locked up in Mountjoy jail for a night by immigration officials.
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Cork caught cold - October 16, 2000
Shamrock Rovers 4 Cork City 1
Cork City haven't been able to score for most of the season but have picked up points because of their mean defence. Yesterday, however, the defence decided to give Shamrock Rovers a helping hand as the Dublin outfit secured a crushing 4-1 win.
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Derry go second - October 16, 2000
UCD 0 Derry City 1
Derry City moved into second place in the Eircom Premier League with a 1-0 win over UCD at Belfield yesterday.
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Pat's seek to end Bohs run - October 13, 2000
Throughout the Nineties, St. Pat's were the undisputed kings of Dublin and tonight they cross town to Dalymount Park (19:45 BST) seeking to reclaim their throne.
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Galway could go top - October 13, 2000
Galway United could go top of the Eircom Premier league tonight if they can beat leaders Shelbourne at Terryland (19:45 BST).
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Eircom four for Zurich - October 13, 2000
A four-man Eircom League delegation will be in Zurich today for the UEFA summit on the transfer rules
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Jimmy loses Harte - October 12, 2000
St. Francis manager Jimmy Harte has stepped down from his position after the club's disastrous start to their division one campaign.
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Donnellan blow for United - October 12, 2000
Injury has robbed Ireland's International Rules team of the services of multi-talented Michael Donnellan - and it's upset the plans of Eircom League premier outfit Galway United too.
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Kilkenny sign 'keeper - October 12, 2000
Newly installed Kilkenny City manager Joe McGrath has again moved to strengthen his squad - this time signing goalkeeper Matt Nelson as competition for Robbie Forde.
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Draw made for League Cup quarters - October 11, 2000
The draw for the quarter-finals of the Eircom League Cup was made last night and it threw up some interesting ties.
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Farm grab first win
- October 10, 2000
Home Farm Fingal 3 Drogheda 2
Home Farm grabbed their first Eircom League division one win of the season at Whitehall last night in an incident-packed game which left Drogheda rooted firmly to the bottom.
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Derry scheme upsets diehards
- October 10, 2000
Derry City are well on their way to securing their financial future - but they have upset some of their most loyal fans in the process.
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Crowe can't be stopped - October 9, 2000
Longford Town 1 Bohemians 6
What looked like a tough assignment for Bohemians was turned into a stroll at Strokestown Road as Glen Crowe kept up his wonderful goalscoring record with three of the Dubliners' goals in a 6-1 victory against Longford.
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West ride away with the points - October 9, 2000
Derry City 0 Galway United 1
Galway continued their great start to the season with a well deserved win at the Brandywell on Sunday. The men from the West travelled north with little fear and even though they fielded a young team they did enough to merit the win.
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Cork go goal crazy! - October 9, 2000
Cork City 2 UCD 1
Cork City fought back from a goal down to beat UCD at Turner's Cross on Sunday, scoring their first goals since the start of last month in the process.
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Leaders held by Rovers - October 7, 2000
Shelbourne 2 Shamrock Rovers 2
Pascal Vaudequin was Shamrock Rovers' hero at Tolka Park, coming on as a sub to head a 78th-minute equaliser from Tony Grant's cross. And the draw was no more than Rovers deserved, after they had contributed fully to an enthralling Dublin derby.
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Bray win new-boys battle - October 7, 2000
Bray Wanderers 3 Kilkenny City 0
Bray Wanderers had things all their own way in the battle of the promoted teams at the Carlisle Grounds - and left Kilkenny looking like relegation candidates.
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Byrne cracker secures Saints win - October 7, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic 2 Finn Harps 1
A cracking goal by dead-ball expert Paul Byrne sealed St. Pat's second league win of the season against bottom club Finn Harps. With the sides level at 1-1 and 75 minutes gone, Byrne stepped up to a 20-yard free kick and curled it past a bemused Gareth Downey into the top corner.
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Dirty Dundalk salvage a point - October 6, 2000
Dundalk 1 Limerick 1
High-flying Division One outfit Dundalk were lucky to earn a draw against Limerick at Oriel Park last night as they ended the game with only nine men on the field.
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Rags to riches - October 5, 2000
Derry City were a spent force less than two months ago, when were threatened with a winding up order - but now they look safe after Manchester United agreed to follow in the footsteps of Celtic and play a friendly at the Brandywell.
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Bohs march on in League Cup - October 5, 2000
Bohemians 4 Home Farm Fingal 0 - Even without established stars like Stephen Caffrey, Dave Hill and Kevin Hunt, Bohemians still proved far too strong for Home Farm Fingal last night and duly marched into the last eight of the Eircom League Cup with a resounding 4-0 win.
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Bohs look to continue success - October 4, 2000
Roddy Collins' in-form Bohemians take on Home Farm Fingal tonight in a rearranged League Cup game. Bohs were supposed to play the game a fortnight ago but it clashed with their UEFA Cup against Kaiserslautern.
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Celtic celebration at the Brandywell - October 3, 2000
Martin O'Neill, as promised, brought his Celtic squad to Derry last night to play the home team in front of a full house.
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Derry Bhoyed by visit of Celtic - October 2, 2000
Derry City fans are in for a real treat tonight as Glasgow Celtic make the short trip across the Irish sea to play the Candystripes in a bid to get the Eircom Premier League club out of their financial troubles.
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Pat's earn first win - October 2, 2000
St. Patrick's Athletic will be hoping that things will start to happen for the club after they earned their first league win of the season against Shamrock Rovers at Morton Stadium on Sunday.
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Foran on target again - October 2, 2000
Sunday was a day of Dublin derbies and both games went to the away teams. Shelbourne won by a narrow squeak at Belfield against UCD with a single goal from the much talked-about Richie Foran.
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