ACADEMY ROUND UP: SEPTEMBER 17TH 2023
It was another excellent weekend for our underage sides with four of the five teams in action coming out victorious from their matches. MU14 // Longford Town 1-4 Dundalk MU14 Our MU14 team travelled to the midlands on Saturday where they produced a comprehensive display to run out 4-1 winners against Longford Town at Bishopsgate. Hughie Martin maintained his recent run of goalscoring form with a hat-trick while Alex Gaughran added [...]
FANTASTIC WEEKEND FOR OUR ACADEMY SIDES
It was a brilliant weekend for our underage sides who recorded five wins and a draw from the six games played. A brace from Hughie Martin and a goal from Shaun Platt helped our MU14 team to a 3-1 win over Sligo Rovers at Oriel Park on Saturday. The trip home from Sligo was a happy one for our WU17 team who left The Showgrounds on Saturday with a 1-0 win [...]
MIXED WEEKEND FOR OUR WOMENS ACADEMY SIDES
It was a mixed weekend for our women's academy sides as our WU19 team maintained their place at the top of the league while our WU17s bowed out of the LOI Cup. Athlone Town 0-1 Dundalk FC WU19 EA SPORTS WU19 LOI Academy Tier Two North R5 A Madeleine McKinley goal secured our WU19 side three more crucial points in Athlone on Sunday afternoon to keep them on top of [...]
WU17: MCCAFFREY ON IRISH DUTY AGAINST FAROES
WU17 academy player Sarah McCaffrey featured in both of the Republic of Ireland WU16 team’s wins over the Faroe Islands last week. The Monaghan native appeared as a 65th-minute substitute for Beatrice Silickaite in the first of two international friendly games between the countries at Weaver's Park last Tuesday week. DLR Waves midfielder Ella Kelly hit an early double to give the Girls In Green, who were captained by former Dundalk [...]
BENSON BACKING MU19S IN CUP QUARTER FINAL
After seeing them at close quarters last weekend, Robbie Benson is backing our MU19 academy side to emulate the first team and see off Bray Wanderers in a big cup tie. Benson made his return from a hamstring injury by playing 63 minutes for the MU19 team in last Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Seagulls in Greystones. The sides will meet again in the quarter-finals of the MU19 Enda McGuill Cup [...]
MU14: GRIMES PROUD OF HIS PLAYERS AFTER SHOOTOUT EXIT
Dundalk FC MU14 head coach Shane Grimes heaped praise on his players after they made their exit from the LOI Academy Eddie Wallace Cup on penalties at home to Cork City on Saturday. TJ Molloy, who also scored for our MU15 team on Sunday, put the young Lilywhites ahead and Dundalk hit the woodwork on two occasions before the Leesiders pulled themselves level. A cagey two periods of extra time followed [...]
