By Chris on July 30, 2009
Athlone Town make their final journey northwards in the League this season when they travel to Kingspan Century Park to take on a Monaghan United side that lay 8 points and three places above them in the Division 1 table.
After last Tuesdays dissapointing loss to Longford Town Athlone bounced back with a thrilling 2-2 draw [...]
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By Chris on July 29, 2009
by Kevin O’Neill
Athlone Town 2 Longford Town 5
A disastrous first-half display led to Athlone Town suffering an embarrassing home defeat to close rivals Longford at Lissywoollen last Tuesday.
The Town completely crumbled during the opening half and picked a terrible occasion – a local derby – in which to produce their worst performance by some distance [...]
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By Chris on July 29, 2009
U20 League of Ireland
Athlone Town 2
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1
Lissywollen
Two trademark strikes from Sean Brennan just before half time were enough to give Athlone Town u20’s a 2-1 victory over visitor’s St. Patrick’s Athletic on Tuesday night. Pats hit back with a headed goal late in the second half but Athlone showed good character to hold [...]
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By Chris on July 27, 2009
The F.A.I. Goalkeeper Summer Camp rolled into town last weekend with Athlone Town goalkeeper coach Declan Mulligan and u20 stopper Scott Gaynor among the coaches at the 2-day session. Once again, the camp was well attended with goalkeepers of a high standard coming from all over the surrounding regions to try and pick up some [...]
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By Chris on July 27, 2009
Athlone Town’s young left winger Tom O’Halloran has expressed his delight at opening his goal scoring account after scoring a dramatic equaliser to secure a point against high flying Shelbourne on Saturday evening. O’Halloran struck in the 94th minute to send the Athlone fans into raptures, giving Athlone a much needed result following the midweek [...]
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By Chris on July 27, 2009
U20 League of Ireland
UCD 8
Athlone Town 0
Belfield
8-0. Think it sounds like a fairly convincing victory? Well you’d be right. For that was exactly what it was as rampant UCD ran out as winners last Sunday morning against an Athlone side that in truth never got going. From start to finish the Students bossed and controlled [...]
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