Southampton to take part in Sligo Super Cup
The Sligo Super Cup will host a Premier League team for the first time in 2020. The highly-rated Southampton academy is sending their under-12 team to compete in the tournament, which will be in it’s fourth year next April. It’s not the first time a big name club has taken…
Sligo Super Cup kicks-off on Friday evening
The stage is set for a feast of underage football as the second annual Sligo Super Cup takes place at Sligo Showgrounds this weekend. The elite under-12 tournament features eight top academies from across Ireland and England in 16 matches over three days, beginning on Friday night. The local Sligo/Leitrim…
LISTEN BACK: Sligo Super Cup Draw
The draw for the 2018 Sligo Super Cup – an elite 9-a-side U12 football tournament hosted by the Sligo-Leitrim Youth, Schoolboys and Girls League in association with Sligo Rovers and the FAI – took place at County Hall in Riverside on Thursday, April 12. The draw was broadcast on Ocean…
Draw for the 2018 Sligo Super Cup is made
The draw has been made for this year’s Sligo Super Cup – the elite nine-a-side U12 soccer tournament hosted by the Sligo-Leitrim Schoolboys League, Sligo Rovers and the FAI. The host team have been grouped with Derby County, Sheffield Wednesday and Glenavon in Group B, while Group A features the…
LISTEN BACK: Derby County coaches visit Sligo ahead of U12 Super Cup
Ahead of Derby County’s participation at the Sligo Super Cup – the annual U12 football tournament held in Sligo in May – the club’s head of academy operations John Barton visited Sligo. The former Everton, Derby and Burton defender spoke with Ocean FM’s Darragh Cox. Darragh also spoke with Derby’s…
Soccer stars of the future descending on Sligo this weekend for inaugural U12 Super Cup
Up to 130 young soccer stars of the future will be parading their skills this coming weekend as elite players from eight top academies across Ireland and the UK compete for the inaugural Sligo Super Cup. Hosted by Sligo Rovers and the Sligo/Leitrim Schoolboys Leagues, the U12 tournament has attracted…
Sligo Celtic Supporters Club to host ‘An Evening With Willie McStay’ on April 29
One of Sligo Rovers greatest ever managers, Willie McStay, will reflect on the historic treble-winning season at the Showgrounds and his distinguished football career in general at what promises to be an enthralling question and answer session in the Glasshouse Hotel, on Saturday night, April 29th. A genuine Celtic legend…