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Details of the Match Fixtures for the UEFA Youth League are confirmed. UEFA Youth League: Round 1 Wednesday 18th October ko 18:30 Aker Stadion, Molde. Molde FK (NOR) v UCD AFC (IRL) Molde FK, Aker Stadion, Julsundveien 14, 6412 Molde, Møre Romsdal, Norway Club Website: http://www.moldefk.no/ Aker Stadion http://www.moldefk.no/english/aker-stadium Aker Stadion has a synthetic pitch and is the expected …

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Sep 09

UEFA Youth League: UCD AFC v Molde FK

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Airtricity League, UCD AFC, UEFA, Uncategorized

The details of the Match Fixtures for the UEFA Youth League has been confirmed. Date: Wednesday 27th September, UCD Bowl, ko 18:30 UCD AFC (IRL) v Molde FK (NOR) Ticket Prices: Adults: €10.00, Concession (Students with ID and Seniors) €5.00, Under 14s FREE. The Matchday Arrangements for Fans are expected to be the same for SSE Airtricity League …

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Jul 30

U19s: Cabinteely FC 0:4 UCD AFC

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Airtricity League, UCD AFC, UCD Players

SSE Airtricity League U19s Southern Elite League Stradbrook, Sat 29th July ko 14:00 Cabinteely FC U19s 0:4 UCD AFC U19s UCD U19s came into the game on a good run of results including hitting Cork City U19s for 4 goals twice in in four days during the week. Once in a top-of -the-table 4-0 (Youcef …

Tags: Andy O'Neill, Andy O'Reilly, Ben Hanrahan, Cabinteely FC, Conor Crowley, Conor Kearns, Dylan Rowe, Evan Farrell, Jack Ryan, Joe Manley, Kevin Coffey, Luka Lovic, Luke Boore, Marciej Tarnogrodski, Mark Dignam, Neil Farrugia, Ryan Meeney, Sean McDonald, Sean McDonals, Stradbrook, U19s, Youcef Yoyo Mahdy

May 28

Halfway: Where We Stand

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Halfway Point after Game 14. (This is second part of the stats blog following the first seven games http://ucdsupporters.ie/blog/2017/04/11/1st-series-7-games-in-where-we-stand/) After UCD’s defeat of Athlone Town away on Friday with second-half goals from Josh Collins and Georgie Kelly. Team P W D L F A GD Pts Waterford FC 14 8 5 1 17 6 11 …

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Airtricity League, UCD AFC

May 16

Attendances

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SSE Airtricity League Attendances Earlier this month the Airtricity League published figures of attendances for the first ten weeks of the 2017 season. The figures don’t make happy reading for UCD Fans as the Official figures show the first five home league matches at the UCD Bowl. SSE Airtricity League Attendances (May 04th 2017) First …

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Apr 11

1st Series: 7 Games in Where We Stand

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Airtricity League, Gary O'Neill, UCD AFC, UCD Players

1st Series: Where We Stand UCD AFC lie second after the first series of seven games against each of our opponents in the SSE Airtricity League First Division. Team P W D L F A GD Pts Waterford FC 7 4 2 1 11 4 7 14 UCD AFC 7 4 1 …

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Apr 07

Cobh Ramblers v UCD AFC 01st April 2017

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Airtricity League, UCD AFC, UCD Players, Uncategorized

Pic:(Andy Wilson UCD Fan) chalk notice outside Hostel pic:UCD FANS. Andy Wilson and Gary O’Neill With the diaspora of UCD Fans spread across the length and breath of the world it should be no surprise to learn of fans living in Cork. Singer/songwriter Andy Wilson is once such …

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Apr 07

Towards a Sustainable League – ISN workshop

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Airtricity League, UCD AFC, UEFA, Uncategorized, World Football

Irish Supporters Network was founded by four Football Trusts who control their respective Airtricity League clubs, they promote the fan-owed model for operating Football Clubs and work closely with Supporters Direct Europe to further this goal. Minutes of Irish Supporters Network workshop – Towards a Sustainable League Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Sunday 26th March 2017 …

Tags: Airtricity League, Bohemians, Cork City Foras, FAI, Finn Harps, Finn harps Co-Op, Football Supporters Europe, FSE, Galway Utd, GUST, Irish Supporters Netwaork, Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne, Shels 1895, UCD AFC

Mar 31

Students Outgun Forces

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This Match Report by John Hudson appeared in The Herald Striker supplement on Tuesday 21st March 2017 Colleges and Universities strike top form to get their season off to a bright start Head coach Greg Yelverton got the perfect start to a programme of important fixtures in the coming months when the Colleges and Universities side …

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Mar 08

UCD Finish Top of The Class

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CUFL, IUFU, Samir Belhout, UCD Players, Universities, Universities Football

[This article by John Hudson appeared in The Herald Striker supplement on Tuesday 07th March 2017] UCD Finish Top of the Class Skipper Belhout bows out by leading Belfield side to a sixth Premier Division title UCD……………………………….4 UCC……………………………………3 by John Hudson FOR UCD skipper Samir Belhout this is what dreams are made of in …

Tags: #COYBIB, CUFL, Daire O'Connor, Gary O'Neill, Georgie Kelly, Jason McClelland, John Hudson, Samir Belhout, The Herald Striker, UCDFANS

Dec 29

UCD reach 1/4 final of CUFL Premier League

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CUFL, Irish Universities, IUFU, UCD AFC, UCD Players, Uncategorized

Colleges and Universities Football League The CUFL Divisions have continued to grow and this year 2016/17 there are five different tiers. UCD compete in Premier Division North and the team have had a great start to the campaign coming out on top of their group. http://www.thirdlevelfootball.ie/iufu/results/ Premier Division North Maynooth University 2:2 UCD Match Report: …

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Oct 14

UCD FAN looks forward to Drogs v. UCD

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Airtricity League, UCD AFC, UCD Players, Uncategorized

Life long UCD Fan Andy Wilson gives an emotional view before the final league game of the regular season. So amidst all the high profile, euro glory boosted premier division title racing that’s been hogging the headlines and even getting on the telly begod, the race in the first division for 2 play off places has been …

Tags: Andy Wilson, Andy Wilson & the Longshots, Athlone Town, Cobh Ramblers, Collie O'Neill, Cork, Deep Red, Drogheda Utd., Shelbourne, UCDAFC, UCDFANS

Sep 19

FAI Senior Cup: UCD’s recent history

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Airtricity League, Ex-UCD AFC, Ex-UCD Players, FAI Senior Cup, UCD AFC, UCD Players, Uncategorized

(draft article) UCD AFC’s recent history at UCD Bowl and a little before. UCD FANS have a love hate relation with the FAI Senior Cup, lifting the trophy in 1984 against a Dublin rival Shamrock Rovers. The year win won our first match after 6 previous attempts. But hardly a sniff of a cup run …

Tags: Belfield Park, Derry City, Dundalk, Longford Town., Salthill Devon, Shamrock Rovers, UCD (LSL), UCD Bowl

Jun 12

Summer Break: The season so far

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Aaron Greene, Airtricity League, Brian Shortall, Conor O'Donnell, Gary O'Neill, Ismael Akinade, Jack Watson, Jason Byrne, Jason McClelland, Kieran 'Marty' Waters, Niall Corbet, Ryan Brennan, Ryan Swan, UCD AFC, UCD Players, Uncategorized

Summer Break: The Season so far after Round 13 A short article on UCD AFC’s season, mostly anecdotal. The blog will do a statistical analysis after next match v. Drogheda Utd away. Which will be the half-way point of the League season. UCD have put the pedal to the medal in the last few games …

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Apr 09

Students Wing it Past Hoops!

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Airtricity League, UCD AFC, UCD Players

(This article appeared in The Herald Striker Monday 21st March 2016) Farrugia, Perry to the fore as UCD take honours Shamrock Rovers 2 UCD 3 By Ciaran Brennan A SCINTILLATING opener to the Airtricity League U17 season. If this is the competition’s template we’re in for an exciting summer. A south Dublin derby played on …

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Mar 29

Old Slovak friends return to Dublin

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March 29th, Senior Friendly International, Republic of Ireland v. Slovakia, Aviva Stadium, ko 19:45 The Rep of Irl take on Slovakia this evening at the Aviva and for UCD Fans there will be a number of familiar faces on the Slovak team. With UCD Fans watching their side against ŠK Slovan Bratislava last July, they’ll …

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Mar 13

Gary O’Neill – At The Head of the Class

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Airtricity League, Gary O'Neill, UCD AFC, UCD Players

(the article below written by Paul Buttner appeared in the newspaper Irish Daily Mirror, Mirror Soccer League of Ireland supplement Friday 11th March 2016) At The Head Of The Class Top scholarship has Gary back on track The disappointment of not making it as a professional footballer in England has become academic to Gary O’Neill …

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Airtricity League, Ex-UCD AFC, Ex-UCD Players, Uncategorized

Dec 20

Winter 2015-16 Close Season Transfer

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With UCD AFC preparing for the 2016 Airtricity League and our second season-in-a-row in the First Division for the first time since 1994-95 season we note some of the Players joining or leaving the UCD Bowl. Chris Mulhall (winger) to Limerick FC (hard working Chris Mulhall launches another attack at home against F91 Dudelange in …

Tags: Airtricity League, Chris Mulhall, Dundalk FC, Eoin Kirwan, Ex-UCD, Jamie Doyle, Leinster Senior League, Lilywhites, Limerick FC, Malahide Utd, Markets Field, Oriel Park, Premier Division, Robbie Benson, Shelbourne Fc, Shels, Stephen Kenny, Tolka Park, UCD AFC, UCD AFC Supporters, UCD Bowl, UCD FANS, UCD Supporters

Nov 07

EX-UCD in FA cup action

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Airtricity League, Ex-UCD Players, FA Cup, Republic of Ireland, UCD AFC, Uncategorized

Long time UCD Fans will remember Midfielders Gary Dicker (2004 -2007) and Paul Corry (2009 – 2012) who played at different periods with UCD but both were to an English league club directly from The College. Striker Conor Sammon (2005 – 2007) went to Derry City before moving to Scotland then England and the Republic …

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Jul 23

Visas for Russian Federation

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[This article follows from Krasnodar (Russia): Planning the Away Trip] We encourage all travelling fans to view the information on the Embassy websites. Consular Section of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ireland Address: 184-186 Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 14, Ireland Phone: +3531-492-20-48 Fax: +3531-492-69-38 E-mail: dublin.consul@mail.ru http://dublin.kdmid.ru/ 9.00 – 11.45 every day except …

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Jul 18

Krasnodar (Russia): Planning the away trip

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[Details of match TBC] Visas for Russia Federation FK Krasnodar v. Slovan Bratislava/ UCD AFC, Thursday 30th July Academy Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia ko TBC Krasnodar is close to the Black Sea, south of Ukraine and north of the Caucasus countries of Georgia Armenia and Azerbaijin, we’ll also look at Turkey. Known Knowns: This article …

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Jul 11

Bratislava: Away trip Europa League 2nd round

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Europa League, Fair Play, Republic of Ireland, Travel, UEFA, Uncategorized

UCD AFC continue their journey in Europe and UCD AFC Supporters want as many UCD Fans there as possible. We’ve created this short guide based on convenient Airports for Bratislava city. The routings are based on flying one OUT and one RET flight from Dublin (DUB) to selected Airports, with Fans who are on a budget …

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Jun 30

Dudelange: Accommodation and Social activities

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Europa League, Travel, UEFA, Uncategorized, World Football

Accommodation in Luxembourg This is just a short list of Accommodation options in Luxembourg City and Dudelange. Most UCD Fans have chosen Luxembourg City to overnight. This guide is a follow on from Planning the Away Trip to Dudelange, which is caters for Transport options. Luxembourg City Studio Hotel Belappart, 69, rue du Fort Neippert, …

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Jun 23

Planning the Away Trip to Dudelange

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Europa League, Fair Play, Travel, UEFA, World Football

Planning the away trip These small notes below may be a help to any UCD Fans hoping to travel to the Away game in Dudelange, Luxembourg. They are designed for Fans who are primarily using Dublin (DUB) airport, travelling out and back over a short of period of time, using one Outward and one Return …

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Jun 21

What to Expect from the UEFA Europa League Draw

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Airtricity League, Fair Play, UEFA, World Football

UCD AFC will entry the UEFA Europa League at the 1st qualifying round, the UCD Bowl is a designated Home venue for UCD and the club can upgrade to another venue if it’s deemed necessary. The 1st round matches are scheduled for 1st leg Thursday 02nd July and 2nd leg Thursday 09th July ( but …

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Jun 16

French Language blog on UCD AFC in Europa League (with translation)

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Airtricity League, Fair Play, UEFA, Uncategorized, World Football

French Language blog WebFootballClub.fr posted an article on UCD AFC’s qualification for UEFA Europa League UCD l’exception irlandaise English Translation: “UCD, l’exception irlandaise by Johan Biboum Although relegated to the second division, University College Dublin (UCD) will play for the first time in a qualifying round of Europa League. Focus on a College like no …

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Apr 23

UCD AFC v. Derry City Programmes Needed

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Sometimes Football fans are inundated with requests to buy Programmes but one long-time Derry City Fan needs our help. He’s looking for four League of Ireland programmes from the recent past to complete a very unique collection. League 1996-97 UCD AFC v. Derry City, Belfield Park, 13 October 1996 League 1998-99 UCD AFC v. Derry …

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Mar 25

UEFA Fair Play 2015 – What more has to happen…..

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Airtricity League, Fair Play, Republic of Ireland, UEFA, Uncategorized

This is the second article about UCD AFC gaining a place at the UEFA Europa League 1st Qualifying Round Draw June 22nd through the UEFA Fair Play route. UCD Fans already know, under UEFA FP criteria, UCD AFC are the FAI’s representatives and the Rep. of Irl (IRL) are currently top of fifty-four countries in …

Tags: Airtricity League, Fair Play, Republic of Ireland, UEFA

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Mar 24

UCD’s chance of European Place in 2015

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Airtricity League, Fair Play, Republic of Ireland, UEFA, Uncategorized

UCD AFC’s path to a Europa League place UCD AFC have an excellent chance of competing in the first round qualifying of the UEFA Europa League in 2015 by taking one of the UEFA Fair Play spots allocated each year to the top three National Associations who finish highest on UEFA Fair Play list for …

Tags: Airtricity League, Fair Play, UEFA