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2 July 2020

Speaking with Shamrock Rovers’ Strength and Conditioning Coach Darren Dillon, Macdara Ferris got the lowdown on how the club managed the players’ fitness during the football hiatus of the enforced coronavirus break and how, away from the pandemic, Dillon works with the squad on a daily basis. Start of lockdown “It was eerie,” said Dillon about the…

30 June 2020

Restart Date 31st July

The SSE Airtricity League is set to return to competitive action as and from 31st July following a ruling made by the NLEC (National League Executive Committee) today. Shamrock Rovers welcome the opportunity to have our teams back up and fully running with both our Premier and First Division teams having been back in training for…

22 June 2020

Robbo on Academy return

Robert Goggins spoke to SRFC Academy Director Shane Robinson about the return of the teams to training this week.

20 June 2020

Scales on return to training

We caught up with Hoops defender Liam Scales and an interview with Karl Reilly for shamrockrovers.ie Rovers have been back in group training for a couple of weeks now. What was it like being together and seeing everyone again? “It was great to get back in. All of us were dying to get back in….

20 June 2020

Return of Senior Leagues

The Football Association of Ireland has authorised a new pathway for a Safer Return to Football for SSE Airtricity League and Women’s National League clubs that will allow them to return to full contact training and play friendly matches from June 29th in accordance with new Government guidelines. The SSE Airtricity League is also to…

19 June 2020

10 years to 10 thousand

Macdara Ferris takes a look at the history of Tallaght Stadium as plans are announced for bringing the stadium up to a 10,000 seater venue – the capacity originally envisaged when the plans first emerged for the stadium back in 1996.

12 June 2020

North Stand News

South Dublin County Council today issued the following press statement which is great news for the club. “South Dublin County Council has announced a €7.7m upgrade of Tallaght Stadium that includes the building of a new North Stand and development of the West Stand to a high-quality corporate area. The plans were agreed by elected…

10 June 2020

The boys are back

The First Team returned to training today, the first step in the FAI’s programme to ensure a safe return for soccer which will see Rovers face, Bohemians, Dundalk and Cork City in a friendly tournament. All four clubs will play in a behind closed doors competition, likely at the Aviva Stadium, before the league resumes. A date…

8 June 2020

€7.7m stadium investment

6 June 2020

Back to football update

The FAI statement below was released last night and outlines the very positive steps being taken to restart football in Ireland. The Football Association of Ireland welcomes the new measures announced by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Ministers Shane Ross and Brendan Griffin today, as we continue to work on a safer return for all…