FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
Newspaper Report Friday, February 27, 2009
International • Ireland beat Wales in Centenary Shield (Star, Herald, Examiner)
• Sult 2009 – Trapattoni photo and Liam Brady interview (seachtan na gaeilge magazine, Star)
Corporate • Fran Gavin interview on future of the league, on gambling, on sponsorship and the absence of first division on TV (Mail)
• Limerick FC hope to return to Markets field with reps from Limerick FC, FAI and other organizations to make a presentation to a specially convened meeting of Limerick City Council on Monday (Times)
Domestic • Dermot Keely promises players a culture shock in this years first division (Sun, Independent)
• St. Pat’s injury woes deepen as Stephen Maher suffers knee injury in pre season camp (Independent)
• Sporting Fingal’s Gary O’Neill is just happy he can pay his mortgage after deal fell through with Bohemians but feels confident that Fingal are a club on the up (Sun, Star, Mirror, Mail)
• Liam Buckley warns his players not to get complacent (Mirror)
• Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers to wear pink kit for Action Breast cancer (Sun)
• Tallaght stadium lights switched on for first time (Star)
• Waterford Utd to be sponsored by 3 (Star, Sun, Examiner)
• Waterford’s Kevin Murray reckons promotion number two could be on the cards under Stephen Henderson (Star)
• Sporting Fingal are in cuckoo land according to Shelbourne boss Dermot Keely but also sees them as main threat (Star, Mirror, Mail, Times)
• Damien Richardson hopes new season is less stormy than last (Mail)
• Sligo Rovers sign three new signings (Mirror)
• Jeff Kenna signs Mark Leech (Herald)
International players • Andy Keogh is confident he will be a premier league player next season (Star)
• Graham Barrett has joined St. Johnstone until end of the season (Mirror)
• Kevin Foley will not get distracted by transfer talks (Mirror)
• Kevin Doyle bids to end Reading goal drought (Herald)