Women’s league set to kick off in style

HISTORY will be made tomorrow when the Bus Éireann FAI Women’s National League kicks-off.

Women’s league set to kick off in style
Sat, 12 Nov, 2011 - 00:00
Peter McNamara

Never before has a national women’s football league been organised and competed for in Ireland.

However, with financial backing from UEFA through their women’s football development pilot phase in 2010/11, the FAI hatched plans to create a top flight division for the game,

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