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After Ireland's comfortable progression past Georgia last weekend Breifne and Aaron take a look back at the games and what lies ahead with Wales standing between Eileen Gleeson's side at the European Championship Finals next year.
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After a blistering start from Shelbourne saw them race into a 6-0 lead before Brenda Tabe got a consolation goal in half time injury time.
Two goals each from player of the match Noelle Murray and Kate Mooney as well as strikes from Leah Doyle and Jess Gargan saw Shels set up a cup winning performance which belied the competition between these two over the last couple of years.
In the immediate aftermath of the cup final Athlone announced the departure of their head coach Ciaran Kilduff who becomes the 5th vacancy or managerial change in the League alongside Waterford, Wexford, Sligo and the recent appointment of Sean Russell in Treaty United.
Breifne Earley & Aaron Clarke will be joined by former Irish International Meabh de Burca to discuss all of these as well as the WNT squad which was announced late last week. Live from 8:15pm this evening.
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Another League campaign comes to a close and it's curtains for a number of personalities across the league with Steph Roche Zambra joining her international team mate Niamh Reid Burke in retirement while Hugh Strong (Wexford FC) and Dominic Foley (Treaty United) depart their respective dugouts.
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will also be taking a look ahead at the Tallaght Thriller as Athlone Town and Shelbourne met for the third consecutive year in the showpiece FAI Women's Cup decider.
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Swashbuckling Athlone Town secured their maiden league title with a resounding 2-0 victory over Bohemians on TG4 on Saturday despite Shels doing what was required of them with a 3-0 win over the previous champions Peamount.
Elsewhere a gallant Treaty overcame Galway to potentially set up their best finish to a season in some time as Sligo Rovers secured their first win of the season in their penultimate game in a disrupted game on Leeside. Wexford and Shamrock Rovers could not be separated in Ferrycarrig Park finishing 2-2.
Despite the glut of action across the league it was off the field events which dominated the coverage of the league this season as some end of season retirements are announced and Rovers defender Savannah McCarthy is pulled from a burning vehicle with serious injuries on Sunday evening.
All this and a preview of the final round of games this weekend from Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke (The WNL Show)
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A flurry of late goals in Athlone saw the league leaders draw 3-3 with Shamrock Rovers, blowing the title race wide open between Athlone and Shelbourne who effectively ended Galway's ambitions with a Kate Mooney strike in a single goal game in Eamonn Deacy Park live of TG4.
Elsewhere Sligo Rovers scored late to extended their unbeaten run with a 1-1 day at home to Peamount but they have since parted ways with their manager Tommy Hewitt ahead of their trip to Cork on Saturday.
Wexford came from behind to comfortably defeat Bohemians at Dalymount while DLR secured a rare away win Turner's Cross.
Breifne Earley and Aaron discuss all the action as well as setting up this weekend's potential title decider for Athlone.
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Athlone secured a vital win this evening to take a five point lead at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Table with just three rounds of games to go and could wrap up the title as early as Saturday evening.
Brenda Tabe's double secured a key three points in the race for the title and the European football on offer to the champions. Of course Athlone also secured their third consecutive FAI Women's Cup final berth with a 1-0 victory in The Showgrounds over Sligo Rovers on Sunday afternoon.
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke (The WNL Show) will be chatting about the run in for all three sides ahead of a big weekend where Galway and Shels meet with at least one of them eliminated from the race by Saturday evening. A draw in Galway coupled with a victory for Athlone at home to Shamrock Rovers would see the Midlanders secure the trophy.
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This week the league title race really got underway with wins for Athlone Town and Galway United as saw them skip ahead of Shelbourne as Peamount came from behind to secure all three points at home to Bohemians with a scorcher from Niamh Farrelly sealing the win at the death.
DLR will be disappointed to have capitulated under the challenge of Galway in Belfield as Sligo Rovers left it late to take a point home from the battle of the Rovers at Tallaght as an early Shamrock Rovers goal promised much for the home side.
Cork City will be happy with their home draw with Wexford who face live now without Ellen Molloy who made the move across the Irish sea in recent week.
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke (The WNL Show) will also be previewing the FAI Women's Cup Semi Finals which take place this weekend.
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After a hectic week of FAI Cup Quarter Finals we're back to Women's Premier Division action this weekend as Peamount host Shamrock Rovers in a South Dublin derby and Bohs and Shels meet in Dalymount.
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke discuss the weekend's action including that injury time og for Shels as Cork upset Bohs and Sligo progress against DLR to earn Semi Final berths.
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It was a bumper week of FAI Women's Cup action with four non league sides joining the Women's Premier Division sides with a place in the quarter finals up for grabs.
Defeat for all four non league sides who remain without a goal between them since 2019 in this competition is the main topic of conversation on this week's show.
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke (The WNL Show) look back at the action as well as the upcoming set of fixtures in the League, latest transfers and contract renewals for Irish players.
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It's been an action packed few weeks since our last show with the European U19 Championships been and gone, Shamrock Rovers secured their first senior final with a 2-1 win over Shelbourne last night while Holders Galway took penalties to ease past Wexford.
Elsewhere we have a full set of league fixtures this weekend as Athlone visit Peamount to try and tighten their hold on top spot. Second placed Shelbourne host DLR Waves as Wexford and Cork make the trips to Limerick and Tallaght to attempt to keep in touch with the top sides.
Breifne Earley & Aaron Clarke discuss all the happenings at home and abroad as well as some of the transfer rumours circulating around the league in recent days.
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It's a slightly somber show this week after the broadcast of the 'Girls in Green' documentary on Sunday. After a two year investigation by journalists Marie Crowe (RTE Investigates) and Mark Tighe (Sunday Independent), horrific allegations of inappropriate behaviour within the inaugural FAI Women's FAS course in Leixlip in the 1990's have been levelled at a number of coaches involved in that course.
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke share their thoughts on the documentary, the allegations and what it means for the future of the women's game and some of the steps now needed to ensure events like this can not happen again in the sport.
There was also the small matter of some football played this week with big 1-0 wins for Bohemians and Cork City over Galway United and Peamount United respectively. Athlone stretched their lead at the top of the league while Shamrock Rovers continued their resurrence with a solid 3-1 win in Limerick.
The focus turns to the WNT clashes with England and France and the U19 European Championships over the coming weeks.
At home this weekend, DLR Waves host Treaty United and Bohemians visit Turner's Cross in what all camps will see as winnable games.
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Treaty United CEO Ciara McCormack drops in to discuss how the season is going for her side this year. With promises of a big new signing teased earlier in the week she’ll be chatting about the new arrival and how the club is faring this year. (9:30pm, Wednesday 3rd July 2024)
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will also be chatting about the upcoming Senior Internationals, the U19 European Championship, Galway United joining the final four in the Avenir Sports Cup, departures from Wexford, other transfers and all the league action.
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This week we're joined by the latest former player from the league to excel on the international stage in another sport with former Shamrock Rovers midfielder Grainne Walsh, a national champion boxer, who's qualified for the Paris Olympics later this summer.
She'll be dropping in to chat about the decade since she pulled on the famed hooped jersey in Rover's first iteration in the early days of the league as a teenager.
The Offaly native will discuss her early sporting career including an U16 FAI Cup final alongside current Ireland captain Katie McCabe, her transition to the ring and her long awaited journey to the Olympic Rings this summer.
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will also be looking over last weekend's action and the fixture list for this weekend.
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This week we're taking a look back at the season so far, the highs and lows of the Women's Premier Division in the League of Ireland, the Avenir Sports All-Island Cup and the Republic of Ireland's campaign in the top tier of the UEFA Nations League.
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will also be taking a look at last weekend's action and what's in store this weekend for fans of Women's Football across Ireland.
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We're back to LOI Women's Premier Division this weekend but after Ireland's last gasp defeat in Sweden last night we're joined by former Senior International and last night's match commentator for RTE, Meabh De Búrca.
The former Galway WFC captain will be chatting about the Irish girls performances in the Aviva and the return leg last night, the pros and cons of their first Nations League campaign and looking forward to the squad's trip to Norwich next Monday to face England as well as discussing Galway United's great start to the season.
After almost the entire league took advantage of the international break and left the country last week we get back to domestic action. Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will run the rule over the upcoming weekend's fixtures as well as a look back at the last set of games before the break.
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With the conclusion of the group stages of the Avenir Sports All Island Cup last weekend former Northern Ireland Women's manager Alfie Wylie drops in to discuss the competition, his current role with the SuperCupNI (formerly Milk Cup) and his thoughts on the health of women's football on the Island.
Alfie spent 14 years as the manger of Northern Ireland's women's side with responsibility for all of the underage sides at various stages throughout that period also. In 2019 he moved to the newly created role of Head of Women's Elite Performance overseeing the girl's talent pathway programmes and the Women's Performance Academy at Ulster University before stepping away from the Irish FA in 2022.
More recently he has been commentating for LOITV on the Avenir Sports All Island Cup as well as helping to promote the SuperCupNI which was launched last night.
As well as the Avenir Cup results and quarter final draw, Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke (The WNL Show) will also be discussing the upcoming round of fixtures on Saturday where league leaders Galway United visit under the cosh Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght Stadium, live on TG4 (7:35pm).
The recent Irish squad announcement will also be in focus ahead of the double header against Sweden with Eva Mangan earning her first senior call up after some fine form in recent months for a resurgent Cork City.
Join the conversation, live from 8:30pm this evening (Thursday, 23rd May) on all FinalWhistle.ie socials.
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Ahead of the historic meeting of Bohemians and the Palestine Women's National Team tomorrow evening midfielder Sarah McKevitt drops in to chat about the game and how life is going at Dalymount this season after her move from DLR Waves over the winter.
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will also be looking back at last weekend's games including that Cork City 2-1 win over Shamrock Rovers at Turner's Cross. They'll discuss the poor start to the season for the Hoops and what that might mean for the club and the entire league.
With the final round of games in the Avenir Sports All Island Cup on the horizon this weekend the lads preview the permutations for the sides chasing quarter final spots.
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After their defeat in the Munster derby ended their three game unbeaten streak Cork City manager Danny Murphy will be in the hot-seat this evening as he joins Breifne and Aaron to discuss their impressive league start and how life has been for the club.
He'll be discussing their in's and out's in the dressing room, the problems with the pitch at Turner's Cross, the visit of a struggling Shamrock Rovers on Saturday ahead of Cliftonville's arrival in the All Island Cup with a quarter final place requiring a minor miracle for both sides.
Lacking firepower up front only hitting the net 3 times so far in the league makes their 7 point tally and 6th place position all the more impressive for the Rebelettes.
Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will also take a look back over the weekend's action and preview Saturday's upcoming games.
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This week we're chatting to Phil Trill, manager of the early pace setters Galway United. In just their second season since they replaced Galway WFC they have been the team to beat with six wins in all competitions before last week's scoreless draw at Peamount United.
Phil will be chatting about his side's campaign to add that league title to their Avenir Sports All Island Cup triumph in their maiden season.
Having already secured their quarter final place in the cross border competition with wins over Sligo Rovers and Glentoran setting up a top of the group clash with FAI Cup winners Athlone Town.
Phil will be chatting about how the Tribeswomen sophomore season in the league has been going, the re-emergence of Irish international Julie-Ann Russell in the club after a break for most of last season and the emergence of some exciting young talent breaking through at the club and at international youth level.
Join Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke as they take a look back at the action from the weekend and preview the action slated for Saturday's.
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This week Northern Ireland international Casey Howe drops in to talk about her international competitive debut, scoring worldies and her breathtaking start to the season.
She'll be discussing bagging a brace on her return to Glentoran where she scored a bakers dozen of goal in her 27 appearances for the club in 2021 & 22 before her move to the League of Ireland with Sligo last season.
After a brilliant season at the Showgrounds she moved to FAI Cup winners Athlone for this year and has hit the ground running with three goals in the last month for her new side, including a phenomenal lob over the keeper in their statement victory against league champions Peamount United.
As usual Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will be looking back at the action from match day 2 of the Avenir Sports Cup and previewing this weekend's fare after an extended break in the league.
Watch / Listen to the episode at 8:30pm this evening on our website and socials.
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