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Waterford man lands the top job in Irish soccer

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

Waterford man Paul Cooke now has the biggest job in Irish soccer. The crisis-hit FAI turned to the former newspaper executive to lead the association, just one day after John Foley dramatically announced he would not be taking up the reins as interim CEO. Mr Foley had been lined up to take over from Noel […]

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EUROS: Once more unto the breach: Ireland into the play-offs as they draw with Denmark

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 0

Ireland’s hopes of qualifying directly for Euro 2020 have been dashed after they failed to beat Denmark tonight in the Aviva Stadium. Despite one of Ireland’s best performances in years, the boys in green could only manage a 1-1 draw in a pulsating atmosphere in Dublin. After battling back to draw level when Matt Doherty […]

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‘You dream of these moments’ – Kilkenny star nets first goal for boys in green

By Kilkenny Now 15th November 2019 0

It was a good night for Castlecomer’s Seani Maguire, scoring his first international goal and impressing the fans, the pundits and most importantly the manager. “I’d say notably Seani Maguire played well,” enthused Mick McCarthy, the Ireland manager, after watching the boys in green come from behind to beat New Zealand 3-1 last night in […]

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SOCCER ROUND-UP: Kilkenny’s Maguire gets chance to shine, former army officer trials at championship club

By Kilkenny Now 14th November 2019 0

Kilkenny’s Seanie Maguire gets a chance to impress Ireland boss Mick McCarthy this evening, as he has been picked to start up front for the Republic’s soccer team against New Zealand. The 25-year-old Castlecomer man has been beset with injury misfortune when it comes to international matches, so tonight is a real opportunity to lay […]

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EURO 2020: Qualification hopes still alive as Irish play out dull draw in Georgia

By Kilkenny Now 12th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE Republic of Ireland soccer team’s chances of qualifying for Euro 2020 remains within their grasp after drawing 0-0 with Georgia in Tbilisi. It could have been so much different. Ireland’s best chance of the match came after three minutes when a John Egan’s header from a Conor Hourihane free-kick hit the […]

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‘I got the fright of my life’ – freak injury left Kilkenny soccer star fearing for his career

By Kilkenny Now 23rd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S Republic of Ireland striker Seanie Maguire was on the score sheet once again over the weekend, but just a couple of weeks ago he feared he might never play football again. The 25-year-old Kilkenny man scored the only goal in Preston North End’s 1-0 away win at Birmingham City, a win […]

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Kilkenny’s Seanie Maguire scores again, pushes Preston up to third in table

By Kilkenny Now 21st September 2019 Post a comment

  By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S Irish international Seanie Maguire was on the score sheet once more, scoring the only goal in a win which pushes his club up to third in the championship. Maguire knocked in Preston North End’s opener on 23 minutes in their match away to Birmingham City this afternoon. Preston had to […]

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Kilkenny soccer star knocks in opener and pushes club into top five

By Kilkenny Now 14th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY SCORING the opening goal for Preston North End, Kilkenny’s football star Seanie Maguire paved the way for Preston North End’s fourth win of the season. Preston held on to win 2-0 at home against Brentford and pushed the club into the top five in the English Championship. Maguire started out on the […]

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Son of Kilkenny’s former president of the FAI takes on mammoth challenge in memory of his father

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

A MAN is swimming the length of Ireland in memory of his late father, a Kilkenny man and former President of the Football Association of Ireland, to raise money for two charities close to his dad’s heart. Alan Corcoran, 28 from Waterford, is the son of Milo Corcoran, the FAI president between 2001 -2005. Alan […]

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Rising Kilkenny soccer star to shine on European Championships stage

By Kilkenny Now 14th July 2019 0

SEANIE Maguire is not the only Kilkenny man representing the Boys in Green this summer. Kilkenny’s Ciaran Brennan has been called up to the Republic of Ireland under 19 squad for the European Championships in Armenia next week. The 18-year-old played his soccer locally with East End United before signing his first professional contract with Sheffield […]